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Volume 94, No. 3

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2020-03-06

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Vol. 94 No.3 FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 www.piolog.com
Weinstein Trial
Notorious predator Harvey Weinstein faces minor
punishment for major crimes.
See page 5Garden Club builds cobb oven to cook freshly grown
vegetables. Cobb Oven
See page 6Zeke Crawford ’20 reaches 1,000 points in the last
game of his collegiate career. Crawford scores 1000
See page 11Search The PioPod on Spotify or Apple
podcasts to hear from Phonathon and
Bon Appétit student workers, as well as an
interview with Watzek’s night-time librarian.Working at LC
Basking in the success of their most recent album, indie
rock band Destroyer performs at Aladdin Theater.Destroyer at the Aladdin
See page 7
By HANNA MERZBACH
LEWIS & CLARK phonathon
student workers went on strike
during the Day of Giving on
March 4, after the administration
declined to negotiate their wages. The
Day of Giving is an important day for
Phonathon workers as their job is to
call alumni, parents and friends of the
college to secure donations for LC. In
the past weeks, they have demanded
higher wages and organized under the
name “The United Student Workers of
Lewis & Clark.”
The phonathon workers sought
to publicize their cause and gain
support from the student body on
Feb. 26 with a rally outside Templeton
Campus Center. The following day, the
Associated Students of Lewis & Clark
(ASLC) passed a resolution in support
of student workers.
It urged the “establishment of an
ad-hoc committee dedicated to student
workers’ rights and the development of
a Student Workers Union, which will
stand in solidarity with non-student
workers here on Campus.”
Phonathon workers wrote the
resolution, and ASLC Senator Cas
Mulford ’23 submitted it to the Senate.
“The main goal of it is to keep
their momentum going and to show
that all the student workers and all of
the students, ASLC included, support
students and their right to unionize,”
Mulford said.
The phonathon workers do not
plan to officially unionize through
the National Labor Relations Board,
however with the help of the ASLC ad-
hoc committee, hope to continue to
organize through the United Student
Workers of LC.
The resolution was sent out to the
entire study body, as well as several key
administrators, on March 2. The following day, phonathon
workers met with these administrators,
including members of Institutional
Advancement, Annual Giving and
Student Life, to discuss their concerns.
The administration plans to address
the issues brought up through better
education on current policies, as well
as new measures to protect students
from hurtful interactions.
No commitment was made to
meet the workers’ demands for higher
wages.
Jamie Strickler ’20, a student
supervisor at phonathon, explained
their decision to strike on the Day of
Giving after this meeting.
“Both at the beginning and end
of the meeting, we made it clear that
if they would not agree to ANY form of wage increase, we would escalate,”
Strickler said via email.
The phonathon program is run by the
Annual Giving office, which is housed in
Institutional Advancement. According
to Director of Public Relations Roy
Kaufmann, phonathon raised $240,861
in 2019 and contributed about 1% of
the $25.2 million total funds raised in
Institutional Advancement in 2019.
There are three work study positions
at the phonathon: callers, lead callers
and student supervisors. Workers
must commit to a minimum of 9.75
hours a week, the equivalent of three
evening shifts. Currently, the hourly
rate is $12.75 for callers (25 cents above
Portland’s minimum wage), $13.25 for
lead callers and $14 for supervisors.
“Student workers” continued on pg. 3
Phonathon student workers
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Students holding signs and chanting at the United Student Workers of Lewis & Clark rally on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The students were rallying to publicize their cause and gain support from the student body.
Coronavirus presents
growing threat at LC
By GABE KORER
AS THE NUMBER of cases
of coronavirus increase in
Portland, Lewis & Clark has
begun preparing for the potential of
widespread school closures.
At the most recent faculty meeting,
Vice President, Chief of Staff, General
Counsel and Board Secretary David
Reese and Chief Financial Officer
and Vice President of Operations
Andrea Dooley discussed the college’s
incident management policy and urged
faculty to plan ahead for possible
class cancellations. In an email sent
out to faculty before the meeting, IT
suggested that they become familiar
with the online tools the college has at
its disposal, and formulate a plan for
teaching their classes virtually in the
case of cancellations.
Reese and Dooley also reported that
plans are being formulated in case the
college needs to quarantine students,
and that rooms in Hartzfeld have been
identified as possible isolation rooms.
On Feb. 27, an employee at Forest
Hills Elementary School in Lake
Oswego tested presumptive positive for
the coronavirus. It marked the first case
of the virus in Oregon.
Authorities were unable to
determine the source of exposure.
According to ABC news, “The individual
had neither a history of travel to a country
where the virus was circulating, nor is
believed to have (had) close contact with
another confirmed case — the two most
common sources of exposure.”
Samples were sent to the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
after the initial diagnosis. Their lab
work concluded on Tuesday morning,
confirming the results of the prior
presumptive test.
The coronavirus, formally known
as COVID-19, is a virus that attacks
the immune system, which has led the
World Health Organization and other
leading experts to associate it with the flu. Though it has spread to more than
fifty countries around the globe, there
have been only 152 confirmed cases in
the U.S. as of March 4.
The CDC maintains that the
relatively small amount of cases in
the U.S. does not reflect the gravity
of the threat. They have encouraged
individuals, communities and
institutions within the U.S. to act
preventatively in order to limit
the potential for an outbreak. All
preventative measures would be non-
pharmaceutical, according to the CDC,
because there are no active vaccines
that combat the virus.
Following the Lake Oswego case,
Lewis & Clark sent out an email
through the LC Bulletin on Feb. 29
that included information regarding
support resources, traveling and
prevention. Several leading coronavirus
experts were listed as sources for the
information. The email was signed by
Vice President of Student Life and Dean
of Students Robin Holmes-Sullivan.
“We are following public health best
practices guidance from the Centers
for Disease Control, local health
authorities, and the American College
Health Association,” the email reads.
“We will provide updated guidance as
it becomes available.”
A second case of the coronavirus
was documented on March 1, a day after
the LC Bulletin email was sent. The
Oregon Health Authority reported that
the person involved in the Lake Oswego
case is a likely source for this case, as
the infected persons lived together.
The second case has not warranted
medical attention thus far. Treatment
has consisted entirely of bed-rest.
Director of Overseas & Off-Campus
Programs Blythe Knott says that the
global crisis has not affected Overseas
Programs beyond the Beijing program,
which was cancelled. The rest of the
trips are scheduled to continue as
planned.
“LC prepares” continued on pg. 3
ASLC passes resolution in support of student workers union,
negotiations with administration stagnate as protests continue
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Phonathon workers Emma Ray-Wong and Jamie Strickler participate in the rally.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020
NEWS 2
By ERIKA ANDERSEN
ON FEB. 10, Concordia University
in NE Portland announced it
would be closing its doors at
the end of the spring semester. The
Interim President Thomas Ries posted
a statement on the university’s website.
“The university’s current and
projected enrollment and finances make
it impossible to continue its educational
mission,” Ries said.
Concordia University is currently
working on getting its 5,342 students
situated at new institutions by
providing information about transfers
and academic records on their website.
Many students found the news very
shocking and claimed that they were not
made aware of the financial condition of
the college prior to the announcement
of its closure. Some students are seeking
a refund of their tuition in a class-action
lawsuit filed against the school and
others staged a walkout on Feb. 13.
In a faculty meeting President Wim
Wiewel commented on Concordia’s
closing, disputing similarities between
LC and Concordia, adding that the
closure was due largely to mismanaged
finances.
One of many Oregonian articles
written on the university’s closure cited
the specific state of Concordia’s finances
at the time of the announcement.
“The school had nearly maxed out
its credit line, defaulted on bond terms
and amassed tens of millions of dollars
in loans and business debts,” the article
said.
Bruce Suttmeier, dean of the
college, and Eric Stabb, vice president
for Admissions and Financial Aid,
addressed what the closure could mean for the LC community.
“We are certainly open to the idea of
having the Concordia students apply to
transfer to LC, just as any other students
at other colleges may want to transfer
to us,” Stabb said via email. “Every fall
we matriculate around 50 new transfer
students from all sorts of schools.”
Suttmeier stated that LC is doing all
it can to help Concordia students.
“The College is working hard to do
outreach to Concordia - attending the
transfer fair they had last week, setting
up a webpage for Concordia students
interested in transferring, working with
departments (Bio and Psych, the two
majors we have in common) to make
sure we let students know what specific
courses will transfer,” Suttmeier said
via email.
A webpage on the LC website
advertises that Concordia University
students who are interested in transferring may be eligible for financial
support that would make the out-of-
pocket cost of LC the same as the cost
at Concordia. In the 2018/19 academic
year their tuition was around $44,000.
Concordia and LC do not have many
majors in common, making a large
influx of Concordia students to LC
unlikely.
Concordia’s website laid out the
university’s plans regarding graduation
and logic behind the decision making
process.
“April 25, 2020 will mark the
last commencement ceremony at
the Concordia University - Portland
campus,” the website said. “The Board
made this decision to prioritize the well-
being of students, faculty, and staff and
fulfill its fiduciary obligations. In the
Board’s best judgment, a thoughtful and
orderly closure process offers the best
possible outcome for all affected parties”By MATTHEW FELDMAN
DONNA HENDERSON has vacated
her position as director of campus
safety. Henderson was in the
position for about three years; she was
hired in 2017 after the previous director,
Tim O’Dwyer, retired. Henderson is a
Lewis & Clark Graduate School alumna,
obtaining a masters of arts in counseling
psychology in 2009. Before working at
LC, Henderson worked at the Portland
Police Bureau for over 20 years.
According to Vice President of
Student Life and Dean of Students Robin
Holmes-Sullivan, Henderson resigned
from her position.
“Our HR department was informed
in February that Ms. Henderson resigned
her position as Director of Campus
Safety,” Holmes-Sullivan said via email.
John Harvey, Campus Safety
supervisor, has taken on the role of
interim director. Harvey had previously
acted as interim director after O’Dwyer’s
retirement.
“I have asked John Harvey, who has
previously served as the Interim Director
of Campus Safety and who has been the
Lead Supervisor in the Department for
several years to once again step in as
the Interim Director,” Holmes-Sullivan
said via email. “John (Harvey) has great experience and understanding of the
campus and the community and will
serve as a solid leader for us in this role.”
In a statement released on the LC
website, Holmes-Sullivan stated that
Harvey will provide strong leadership as
the school looks for a new director.
“(Harvey’s) knowledge of and love for
the Lewis & Clark community are two of
his strongest assets,” Holmes-Sullivan
said on the website. “He will provide a
steady hand as we choose our next steps
in selecting a leader for this important
campus function.”
The search for a replacement will
begin over the summer.
Holmes-Sullivan was also clear that
there are no operational impacts expected
due to the departure.
“We are working to ensure that normal
operations in Campus Safety continue to
occur,” Holmes-Sullivan said. “The staff
in the department are hard-working and
dedicated professionals, and I fully expect
that they will continue to provide a high
level of service and support to our College
community.”
Henderson’s departure comes as
many positions campus-wide have
been left vacant. Vice President, Chief
of Staff, General Counsel and Board
Secretary David Reese commented on the
vacancies. “Because the incoming freshman
class this year was a bit smaller than the
budget had anticipated, we are trying to
hold open positions vacant for about four
months in the College of Arts and Sciences
and Common Services as a method to
help keep the budget in balance,” Reese
said via email. “It often takes several
months to post, search and successfully
fill a position in any event, so we don’t see
this as a big change. We are not, however,
requiring that a position be held open if
we believe it is important to the student
experience or otherwise important to be
filled immediately.”
One of the positions that will remain
vacant until the spring semester ends is
associate director of Overseas and Off
Campus Programs, which was previously
filled by Nicole Schneider. Blythe Knott,
director of Overseas & Off-Campus
Programs, commented on her absence.
“Nicole (Schneider)’s work has been
divided between Kaitlin Sommerfeld
(the Programs Coordinator) and myself,”
Knott said via email. “We’re doing our
best to keep the Overseas Programs office
running smoothly this spring, given our
short-staffing (and given unexpected
situations like the Coronavirus).”
Another notable vacant position
includes Director of Student Activities.
Assistant Dean of Student Rights and
Responsibilities Charlie Ahlquist is the
acting director of student activities.
“The Director of Student Activities
position is not being held vacant for
budget-related reasons,” Reese said.
“Vice President Robin Holmes-Sullivan is
working hard on reimagining the student
experience at Lewis & Clark, a process
which includes talking with students and
considering new Student Life facilities.
Part of that work is thinking about the
best organizational structure in Student
Life to support the student experience.
We don’t want to post and fill a position
until we know exactly what type of
position will best serve students.”
Jason Feiner, who transitioned from
director of Student Activities to Director
of Special Events earlier this semester is
no longer at the college. Director of Campus Safety
leaves LC, among others
Concordia University set to close
doors at the end of this semester
COURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS
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Donna Henderson left her position as Director of Campus Safety after three years.
Concordia University in Portland is shutting down at the end of the spring semester.Data and technology:
a major in the works
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The proposed major takes a social-impact approach to data science academics.
By AMELIA EICHEL
IN 2012, columnists in the Harvard
Business Review deemed “data
scientist” the sexiest job of the
21st century. The columnists claim
that “the shortage of data scientists is
becoming a serious constraint in some
sectors.” Over 50% of Lewis & Clark’s
peer schools have added data science
programs in the past few years. LC has 17
peer schools that the Admissions office
has identified as primary competitors in
the liberal arts school market.
In response to the mounting
importance of data literacy, Dean
of the College Bruce Suttmeier, put
out a request for proposals for a new
initiative in data and technology last
year in coordination with the Strategic
Enrollment Management Committee
(SEM). Three proposals came out
of this: a data science proposal, a
cybersecurity proposal, and a science,
technology and society proposal.
“This year, because they were all
great proposals but all had similarities
about them, Bruce Suttmeier asked
the SEM committee to convene a new
subcommittee to take the best parts of
those proposals and put them together,”
Ellan Seljan, chair of the Political
Science department and member of the
planning group for a new data science
and technology-related minor, said.
The members of the planning
group are Seljan, Associate Professor
of Computer Science Peter Drake,
Associate Professor of Rhetoric and
Media Studies Mitch Reyes, Associate
Professor of Philosophy Joel Martinez
and Pravaneh Abbaspour, who is the
College’s Science and Data Services
Librarian.
The group has not yet landed on
a name for the major. The proposal is
for a data and technology-related major
and minor and a cybersecurity minor.
They are deciding between the names
“Data Science,” “Data Analytics,” “Data
Studies” or “Data, Technology and
Society.” They are seeking input from
the LC community.
Part of the reason why the group is
resistant to simply use the name “Data
Science” is because the major will be
more interdisciplinary than traditional
data science majors, it will also
emphasize data analysis for the social
good which will set this program apart
from LC’s peer schools.
“We want to bring speakers to the
College that speak to the social good that
can come out of data and technology
and the pitfalls, the importance of doing
data analysis responsibly and ethically
and concerns about data privacy and
security,” Seljan said. “We’ve looked
at our peer schools and no one really
has that. Some schools have it as a
submission but we’re moving that to the
forefront. In particular, whatever major
we propose will have courses in the
philosophy department as a required
course.”
The group is also hoping to establish
a center for data and technology on
campus. Currently, most of the High
Performance Computing (HPC) and
Data Science projects at the college
happen in Watzek in the Digital
Initiatives Office where Abbaspour and
Digital Services Coordinator Jeremy McWilliams work.
“In a lot of ways the center that is
being proposed is a more formal version
of the informal work we’ve already been
doing out of this office,” Abbaspour
said. “I hope the establishment of that
center allows us to connect with more
students on campus.”
This major will solve capacity
issues in the Computer Science and
mathematics (CSMT) department by
hiring a new computer science faculty,
likely with data science expertise.
Drake’s Artificial Intelligence and
Machine Learning course had 64 people
in 2018 which is far larger than any other
course offered on campus and faculty
have been forced to do independent
studies with CSMT majors because they
cannot offer enough courses.
Although the group is still deciding
how many courses to require for
the major in computer science, data
analytics and statistics, and cultural,
social and ethical impact, there has
been some consensus on the intro-level
courses for the major.
“It’s pretty certain that at the
beginning of the major, you would take
an introductory statistics class and
that could be from any of a number of
departments that offer that because
psychology and econ and math all have
statistics courses,” Drake said. “Then
you would probably take CS I, the first
computer science class. And then those
would feed into an introduction to data
science class where you could use those
techniques and build on that a little
bit, and also talk about things like data
visualization.”
Many other aspects of the program
are still being decided on. The
committee is considering planning a
hack-a-thon during the winter and a
data visualization competition. They
also plan to seek outside funding.
“The tech industry has all sorts
of money of course and has shown
some interest in spending that money
on education because they can’t find
enough properly trained employees,”
Drake said. “There’s a huge shortage of
computer scientists and data scientists
out there, and so we would like to say,
‘Yes, give us some money we can train
more of those people for you.’”
On June 5 the group will submit
the final proposal to the SEM steering
committee who will subsequently
make a recommendation to President
Wiewel. In July, the President will
make a decision and funding letters
will go out in late summer. Since the
proposal includes a new curricular
component, it will need to be approved
by a faculty-led curriculum committee
during the 2020-21 academic year and
then it will need to be approved by
the faculty at a faculty meeting before
being implemented in 2021-22, which
is the committee’s goal.
“This has been a process that has
come out of years of conversations
among faculty on campus,” Abbaspour
said. “We really want to develop
a curriculum that’s exciting and
preparing students to live in this data-
infused world but is also consistent
with who we are and what we care
about as an institution and how we
want to equip students to engage with
the world as they’re graduating.”FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020
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“Our spring programs have not been
cancelled (aside from China),” Knott
said via email. “If the U.S. Department
of State raises its Travel Advisory
level for a country or area in which
our students are located to a level 3
(“reconsider travel”), we will cancel any
programs in that area and require that our students return home.”
Knott believes that the potential for
countries to close their borders does not
warrant ending any trip prematurely.
“I don’t think it’s likely that a
country that sees a surge in coronavirus
infections would close its borders,”
Knott said. “I think it’s more likely
that countries receiving people from
countries with a major outbreak will
ask travelers to quarantine for 14 days,
until the incubation period for the virus
has passed. We’re keeping a close eye
on the situation worldwide and will
always work to support our students
if circumstances change in their host
country.”
Despite this, some students on
study abroad programs are still
feeling the effects of coronavirus.
A trip to the Canary Islands on the
Morrocco program was cancelled due
to a confirmed case on the island, and
schools in Fukuoka, Japan are currently
closed.
Back on Feb. 12, Bon Appétit at the college underwent a cautionary
health-related exercise that involved
the removal of self-service, prompting
speculation that Bon Appétit was
preparing for the coronavirus.
Ryan Jensen, general manager of
Bon Appétit said that while the exercise
certainly took the coronavirus into
consideration, it was carried out with
other issues in mind.
“There were a number of factors,”
Jensen said. “The flu season is hitting
right now, and our company has put out
some steps to limit that. We look at a
variety of things that could cause us to
modify our work to keep people safe.”
Jensen noted that the procedure
is indicative of an overall trend at LC,
in which various organizations and
facilities around campus have taken
measures to prepare for a health-related
emergency.
“We wanted to kind of look at some
steps that we could take that, in the
beginning, would be minimally invasive
to the student dining experience,” Jensen said. “But also how we could
ramp up in case something did happen.
A lot of concern that Bon Appétit has
is shared by the school in terms of
facilities all over campus and it centers
around basic preparedness.”
LC worked in coordination with
Bon Appétit in implementing their Feb.
12 procedure. It was a response to the
World Health Organization’s initial
briefing of the coronavirus that took
place on Feb. 11, when the virus was
officially named and disseminated for a
mass audience.
Melissa Osmond, associate director
of health promotion, believes that
providing information about the disease
is the best way to keep people safe.
“It’s a public-health issue which
means everyone should be informed
about it; it’s about preparedness,”
Osmond said. “This is a new disease
and a novel one, a concern globally.
We want to send out the information
that we have so that people can protect
themselves.”Continued from pg. 1
Phonathon workers receive
additional incentives like a $1 bonus for
each donation they obtain on credit card.
Workers earn anywhere from an
additional $50 to $100 per semester on
average, according to Julie Newsome,
senior associate director of Annual
Giving.
Strickler said via email that “these
bonuses do not translate to an equitable
and livable wage.”
A “living wage” typically refers to the
minimum income necessary for workers
to meet their basic needs, such as food,
rent and healthcare, and is typically
calculated with the assumption that one
is working full time.
Emma Ray-Wong ’20, a student
supervisor, said many workers are
unable to cover their expenses despite
having multiple jobs at LC.
“I think people definitely assume
that the jobs that student workers have
aren’t their livelihood because I guess
it’s somewhat common here for your
parents to pay for your rent and stuff,”
Ray-Wong said. “But there are also a
lot of students who don’t have that and
have to work really hard not only to pay
rent but also for tuition and expensive
books. It builds up.”
In their fight for higher wages,
Phonathon workers first presented their
demands to their immediate supervisor,
Assistant Director of Annual Giving
Shelby Danzer, on Feb. 20. They were
in communication with administrators
at Annual Giving and Institutional
Advancement thereafter.
Since last fall, the phonathon
workers have had support from the
Portland Industrial Workers of the
World (IWW), a member-run union
that has aided them with negotiating
tactics. Ray-Wong said that the IWW
encouraged their group to expand their
reach at the Feb. 26 rally.
“It started as a phonathon thing, and
as we talked with people from IWW,
they also helped show us that this is a
greater student worker movement and
... that it would help the non-student
workers as well, which is a huge goal of
ours,” Ray-Wong said.
Cameron Crowell ’17, a delegate to
the Portland IWW, spoke at the rally.
“The way that you win is through
direct action,” Crowell said. “It’s through
you and your coworkers coming together
and using your power that makes this
university run. Without your labor, this
university would not run and that is your
leverage. That is your power.”
At the rally, phonathon workers
voiced their grievances. They believe
that they are not being paid fairly for
their emotional labor, citing the personal
attacks they face when making calls
to alumni, parents and friends of the
college.Ochuko Akpovbovbo ’21, a
phonathon caller, attested to this.
“I’ve gotten a lot of really aggressive
interactions, when people find out
like I’m Nigerian, I’m black, I’m
international,” Akpovbovbo said.
Workers are not required to continue
a conversation with someone who is
being disrespectful or aggressive. Ray-
Wong said that even though callers are
allowed to hang up the phone, they can
still endure emotional labor.
According to Newsome, the office
was not aware of these concerns prior to
receiving the workers demands on Feb.
20.
“The well-being of our students
is always a top priority,” Newsome
said via email. “So is providing both
classroom and ‘real world’ knowledge
and experience. Phonathon student-
workers gain applicable and practical
skills that will help them be prepared
for life after college. They learn how
to have a conversation with anyone
- those of diverse ages, backgrounds,
and experiences. They learn how to
communicate clearly and advocate
for support. With that, they also learn
crucial life skills of handling rejection
and occasionally encountering rude
people on the phone.”
Newsome said that the phonathon
manager (Danzer), student supervisor
and lead callers are available to support
the caller. Yet Strickler said that most
of the responsibility falls on student
supervisors to “keep up moral.”
Akpovbovbo, along with many other
callers, said that she keeps working
at phonathon because of the well-
established support system.
“The reason why people stay isn’t
necessarily because of the money,
it’s because of the community that
gets formed there,” Akpovbovbo said.
“Jamie (Strickler) didn’t have to come
to my room after work when I was
crying when people were rude and
racist on the phone (but she did).”
Phonathon workers repeatedly
reference these instances of emotional
labor in demanding higher wages.
Since the rally, phonathon workers
have faced mixed responses from
students and administration alike.
Eliza Auchincloss ’20 attended the
rally in solidarity with the phonathon
workers.
“I think it’s important that people,
who might be more privileged and
are able to pay their tuition without
working, also see the other side that’s
not really talked about at Lewis &
Clark as much as I think needs to be
recognized,” Auchincloss said.
Ben Glick ’20, a student worker
at Digital Initiatives, had a different
take. While he considers himself to
be universally pro-worker, he thinks
that non student workers at LC should get raises before students, who are
temporary workers.
“If this comes to a vote and it comes
to most of all student workers, I will be
voting no on this proposition,” Glick
said.
He argued that the school already
often pays student workers above
minimum wage and that this pay comes
from a finite budget.
“Even if you get all of this money
to be increased, the school will just
have no choice but to hire less people,
because again, they have a limited
operating budget,” Glick said.
Students can have LC work study
and/or federal work study. The school’s
federal work study amount does not
increase based on Oregon’s minimum
wage. According to Kaufmann, the
college submits a budget request to
Congress each year and, for at least the
last seven years, has not received the
full amount requested.
Wages are set through a
collaborative process between Human
Resources (HR) and the department
that is hiring. The department sets
a wage rate within a range that is
provided by HR and based on many
factors, including the rates for
comparable positions at LC. While
there are no caps on how much
students can make, the range for most
student positions is between $12.50
and $13.50 per hour.
These constraints were reflected
in the institutional response. After
receiving the Feb. 20 demands, Vice
President of Institutional Advancement
Josh Walter said via email to the
workers that the college would not be
“providing raises at the level demanded
or on the timeline demanded.”
“The wages you receive are fair,
and the opportunities you have to
earn incentives (like bonuses) is unique among Lewis & Clark student
employees,” he said.
Additionally, Walter said that their
wages will be raised when Oregon
minimum wage goes up on July 1. He
said that the college does not negotiate
wages with its employees in this manner,
although he was glad to be able to sit
down with the phonathon workers and
hear about their experiences at the
March 3 meeting.
Stephen LeBoutiller ’00, the director
of Annual Giving, was also present in
this meeting.
“While right now we’re focused on
having direct conversations with our
Phonathon students, I am concerned
about the thinking and process that led
to a resolution with such sweeping and
misleading statements,” LeBoutillier
said.
Members of the administration
claimed that several of the statements
in the ASLC resolution were
unsubstantiated.
In a statement to The Pioneer Log,
Walter and Vice President of Student Life
and Dean of Students Robin Holmes-
Sullican said, “We will take a hard look
at compensation for Phonathon students
and other student-employees to make
sure that equitable and fair wages are
being paid across campus. Lewis &
Clark’s policy on student employment is
to provide as many students as possible
with valuable work experience through
the performance of necessary jobs on
campus, while providing students with
assistance in funding their educational
expenses.”
As was demonstrated with the Day of
Giving strike, phonathon workers plan to
continue to escalate until administrators
come to the negotiation table.

Additional reporting by Lexie Boren,
Amelia Eichel and Ariel McGee
“LC to offer new Health Studies
minor as part of Strategic
Enrollment Management”
(Feb. 21, 2020)
The Pioneer Log
mischaracterized the content
of this article with the above
headline. The headline has
been changed online to “Health
Studies minor approved by
Curriculum Committee, still
needs faculty approval.”CorrectionsStudent workers protest, demanding
higher wages and better conditions
LC prepares for more coronavirus cases
as Portland reports first confirmed infections
WILL TOPPIN/PIONEER LOGBLAKE ASHBY/PIONEER LOG
The Counseling/Health Service Center at LC.Students at the Feb. 26 protest outside Templeton, holding signs and cheering.
The Health Promotion and Wellness
Department has released a statement
that can be found on the LC website
in the Health Promotion and Wellness
section. It is comprised of relevant
details concerning the coronavirus and
is updated weekly.
Osmond says that the statement
may serve to dispel illegitimate fears or
misinformation that LC students might
have.
“Any time that there is some kind
of illness or infectious disease, we want
to balance (the fear of) it with giving
people information,” Osmond said.FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020
OPINION 4
Breaking the silence: my life with endometriosis
Endometriosis is a painful condition that impacts one in 10 women, it is time we listen to their voices
By BELLA MET
THIS MARCH WILL be the 33rd
National Women’s History
Month. Since 1987, this month
has honored what women have fought
for and what we continue to fight for. It
also serves as Endometriosis Awareness
Month. Endometriosis is one of the most
common diseases in women. Although
one in 10 women have it, very few people
have heard of it. Endometriosis refers to a
condition when tissue similar to the kind
that should be growing inside the uterus
develops outside of the uterus anywhere
in the pelvic region and in rare cases,
the head and chest; this causes severe
pain and heavy bleeding, among other
symptoms, and is one of the leading causes
of infertility in women. Sufferers often go
unnoticed and uncared for because society
normalizes their pain.
They are forced to endure their pain
in silence. For this reason, along with the
individualized symptoms of the disease,
endometriosis often goes misdiagnosed
or underdiagnosed for a long time.
Currently, there is no cure due to lack of
research, furthered by budget cuts like
the one President Trump implemented
through his budget proposal on February
10; women who come forward about
their pain are called “attention seekers”
and “liars,” but I want to set the record
straight. I have decided to come forward
about what it means to live with endo as it
is colloquially called.
I was 12 when I was inducted into the
club of womanhood. I thought nothing of
it, except that it was weird that my mom’s
friends were giving me goodie baskets.
When I was 14, I knew something was wrong with my body. I started feeling
pain in the lower part of my body for more
than one week each month. It was every
day. To paint a picture, imagine minding
your own business, working, standing or
existing, then BAM: you go all clammy
and fall forward, holding what is in front
of you for support as you crumble to your
knees. There is a sensation that runs up
your spine and down to your pelvis like
somebody is trying to stab you from deep
within your organs. The only thought that
courses through your mind is: I’m dying.
Maybe there are people nearby, so you
bite your tongue, fighting the innate urge
to scream. Sometimes this lasts for a few
minutes, perhaps an hour or more. Once,
I was in this kind of pain for an entire day.
You never know when it will strike. You
feel twinges and pokes daily that remind
you that you are never in the clear. Your
body lies in wait to torture and destroy
you.
I was told that pain came with beauty
and periods, so I accepted that and
swallowed my agony. This continued for
about a year until I spoke candidly with
my mother. I let it slip that I was in pain
on a daily basis. The next thing I knew,
I was sitting in my pediatrician’s office.
I waited eagerly because I was sure my
doctor would have the answer. Instead,
the response I received was that I was
unlucky to be cursed with genes that gave
me terrible cramps. I saw another doctor
who said something far more patronizing,
“You’re just overweight.” This one was
painful because I respected this doctor
immensely and I already struggled with
my weight. Having a doctor blame me for
my chronic pain was unbearable.
When I was on a new diet I was riddled with new insecurities, so I went for a third
opinion. I was told that it was my anxiety
playing tricks on me. I bought that answer
because no one I knew was going through
this and the doctors had to be right. It was
only after this that I started researching
on my own and first discovered the term
“endometriosis.” Following a consultation
with Dr. Google and Nurse Buzzfeed, I
made the conscious decision to begin
advocating for myself.
I finally got surgery last year after
trying every homeopathic remedy and
three different birth controls in a period of
six months. The thing about endo is that
the only way to be certain about diagnosis
is by having a surgery called a laparoscopy
which entails making an incision
underneath the naval where a camera is
put through. If doctors find endometriosis,
they will create more incisions to either
ablate (burn off) the tissue or excise it (cut
it out). I felt a sense of relief and validation
when I awoke from surgery and had a
name for my pain. I had endometriosis
and the doctor had removed what she
could by ablation. For the first time in four
years, I enjoyed life without being afraid of
my own body.
A month after surgery, I took a three
week trip to Italy where I walked the
cobblestone streets without a care in
the world while indulging in scoops of
stracciatella gelato. I finished my last year
of high school and sashayed across the
graduation stage with my hard-earned
diploma. Then, I started my first semester
of college.
However, surgery does not put the
“end” in “endo” because the tissue always
grows back. When that regrowth occurs
is uncertain though; some have months, others have years and I was blessed with
a pain-free year.
I am back to living day by day. My story
mirrors that of many who are included in
the one in 10 statistic. However, I am not
coming forward because I want pity or
attention. I do not want to be an “Endo
Girl” as I do not want my pain to define
me. If anything, I want to take my pain
and turn it into power. My power lies in
the courage to legitimize the narrative. It
allows for change to happen: change that
will help those who feel isolated know that they are not alone, change that will spark
more funding for research to be conducted
and a cure that can be found because
surgery and pregnancy are not sustainable
options. Until then, Endometriosis
Awareness Month is important not only
for me but for the 176 million women I
suffer alongside because we wish to be
seen and above all, believed.
If you have any questions about
endometriosis refer to any reputable
medical journal or websites like https://
www.speakendo.com to learn more.
The power of naming: setting a
positive precedent for the future
By IHSAAN MOHAMED
NAMING: A concept so powerful
that it has been crucial to the
formation of this very country
and its story afterwards. When the
founding fathers first gained control
over this land, the first thing they did
was rename it from the 13 colonies to
the United States of America. When
Malcolm X first began consciously
reforming his identity, the first thing he
did was reject his surname, Little, that
was originally given by slave owners.
Although he is known as Malcolm X,
he renamed himself El-Hajj Malik El-
Shabazz. Names and the process of
naming are extremely vital parts of
our society. When we name places of
worship after holy people, it represents
our hope to emulate their behavior.
When we name community centers
after civil rights leaders and various
activists, we encourage attendees to
be inspired by them. So what are we
telling students across the U.S. to do
when they attend schools named after
questionable, yet powerful, men of
history?
I rejoined the Portland Public
School district my freshman year
of high school after leaving for
elementary and middle school. There
were nine functioning high schools in
my district, and eight were named after
U.S. presidents. At face value, this may
not seem like a big issue, but in essence
it was. I attended Woodrow Wilson
High School, a majority white high
school that did not have the adequate
administration to deal with racial
issues. I was one of the small minority of
black students that attended, and one of
the handful of Muslim students. There
was always this tension bubbling under
the surface and threatening to explode
every moment. Yet, our administration
would often embolden the instigators
by branding them as innocent teens
who had not yet matured, whilst
denying black kids this privilege for
less incriminating behavior. And when
the issue of who our school was named
after came up, the administration and
most of the population dismissed it as
too much of a hassle. So every morning, students of color would get ready to
attend a school named after a man who
resegregated the federal government
in the post reconstruction era, was an
avid supporter of the Klu Klux Klan
and truly believed in the false theory of
white supremacy; this was all led by an
enabling administration.
Yet, this issue was prevalent
all across my district. Black kids
in Northeast Portland were the
predominant group at Thomas
Jefferson High School, named after a
notorious slaveholder who cried for
freedom, yet denied it to other human
beings. James Madison High School is
one of the most diverse high schools
in the district, yet it is named after a
slaveholder who drafted the bill that
counted slaves as three-fifths of a
person. And these are just a few of the
minor examples. All across the rest of
the U.S., students are forced to attend
schools named after Confederate
War generals such as Robert E. Lee.
And since many of these schools are
predominantly black, it is incredibly
ironic and inappropriate that their
places of growth and education are
named after men who wanted to keep
them enslaved. It also continues to
reinforce the idea that this country
does not want them here and does not
have their best interests in mind.
As a nation, we should want what is
best for our future generations. Schools
should be named after scientists,
doctors, philosophers, teachers and great thinkers of history. We should
be naming schools after great women
like Katherine Johnson, a black
engineer whose work was incredibly
vital to NASA in 1969. We should
be naming schools after the Persian
poet Jalal ad-Din Muhammed Rumi,
whose soul-touching work continues
to inspire the masses several hundred
years after his death. We should be
naming schools after Harriet Tubman,
the most important conductor of
the underground railroad who led
thousands of slaves to freedom and
was a leader in the Civil War. There
are people like Nikola Tesla, George
Washington Carver, Sequoyah,
Tecumseh, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
and so many more. A school is not just
a place to learn math and English, it is
where students form their identity and
grow their minds. Let us show them that
they should strive to be changemakers
in this world, rather than by restricted
by those who hold most of the power.
History is chock-full of people who
have actually contributed positively to
the whole of society, not just benefitted
the most powerful group. Let us teach
our future generations to be inspired
by the greatness that came before
them, let them see themselves in the
past so that they can strive to change
their future for the better. Forget the
powerful men of history who exploited
people to gain status, and let us focus
on the ones who truly made the world a
better place against all odds. KAYLA PLATER/PIONEER LOG
By RILEY HANNA
I WOULD FIRST like to say that I am
majoring in English and loving every
minute of it. Second, I hope to find
a career after college that pays a livable
income. Third, and perhaps my most
radical goal, I would like to find a career
where I can actually use the skills I have
learned from my major (blasphemous, I
know).
Last academic year I attended a
meet-and-greet put on by the Career
Center, which was advertised for students
interested in design, communication
and writing. Hoping to form connections
with local newspapers and publishing
companies, I decided to check it out.
Instead, I was met with various brands
looking for people to perform outreach
online, run their social media page and
design advertisements.
I left with a sense of dread, wondering
if this was the reality that awaited me after
graduation. Would I be stuck in some
meaningless public relations position
trying to pay the bills? Will all that I have
worked for go towards writing Facebook
posts for some brand I do not care about?
After a brief moment of panic, I
realized that this was not the case. There
is a wide array of attainable careers out
there where I can use my creative talents
in a meaningful way. Unfortunately, Lewis
& Clark did not help me connect with these sorts of opportunities.
I believe I can speak for many students
pursuing “impractical” majors when I say
that we all have anxieties surrounding
finding a well-paying career that aligns
with our creative passions. And, it certainly
does not help to have family members who
feel the need to lecture you on how useless
your major is and how you will never find a
job (I am looking at you, grandpa).
As a liberal arts institution
encouraging students to follow their
passions, LC has the responsibility to
help students pursuing creative fields of
study to connect with other people and
companies that align with their talents
and dreams. As I have identified this gap,
here are my suggestions for how to fill it:
Connect aspiring writers with publishing
companies, newspapers and publications.
Connect aspiring artists with galleries and
other artists in the area. Connect aspiring
musicians to record labels, music stores
looking to hire instructors and local bands
looking for talent. You get the picture.
As graduation creeps closer and closer,
these fears of not finding a meaningful
job are becoming all the more palpable.
Therefore, LC, please help provide
guidance to students like me who want to
have careers that will foster the passions
college has helped them discover. Life after
college is terrifying as is, and anything to
soften the harsh, unforgiving blow of
adulthood is greatly appreciated.
EVAN YERIAN/PIONEER LOG
LC should expand art
students’ job prospects
RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOG
Few job opportunities for art students are posted on the bulletin board in Fields.
FRIDAY MARCH 6, 2020
OPINION 5
By TADAO KUMASAKA
TIME AND AGAIN , I am struck
by the amount of socializing that
I see on the campus of Pontificia
Universidad Católico Madre y Maestra
(PUCMM), the university that I am
attending while studying abroad here
in the Dominican Republic. On my way
to and from class every day I watch my
Dominican peers shoot the breeze in
the sunshine. This campus feels active
and full of people. All the activity is
cultivated by the design of PUCMM’s
campus which features covered outdoor
social spaces that are welcoming, even
during the rainier months.
It feels alive in the way that Lewis
& Clark does when the sun comes out
after long weeks of gray and the vitamin
D-starved masses hit the steps of J.R.
Howard. When the rain returns, LC
students escape to the indoors and take
refuge in the only places they can: the
nooks and crannies of Watzek and the
other academic buildings.
It is common knowledge that the
long weeks and months of PNW rain
weigh heavily on the well-being of large
swaths of the LC community. Seasonal
Affective Disorder is no stranger to
many students and faculty.
However, I believe that rain is
detrimental to our well-being in
another way as well. When we seek
shelter in the cozy, secluded corners
of Watzek, we also hide ourselves to
a certain extent. We are less likely to
bump into acquaintances and cannot
be seen by close friends from across the campus. Simply by not being seen our
socialization is limited. We miss out on
shared experiences that could otherwise
help us feel more connected to each
other. I believe that missing out on
feeling connections because of the need
to be indoors poses a problem to our collective well-being. I also believe that
a potential solution lies in the design of
the PUCMM campus.
The J.R. Howard steps are the main
place where I see shared experiences
of the community. This is because
the steps are centralized on academic campus, highly visible and comfortable
to lounge on. The PUCMM equivalent
is Café Santo Domingo, which is
similarly centralized and visible (three
of the walls are made of glass) and has a
remarkable amount of seating for such
a small place. The crucial difference is the wrap-around awning that protects
all of the outdoor seating.
Obviously, the Caribbean features a
much different climate than the Pacific
Northwest (the sweat will not let me
forget), but the bursts of rain that come
through two or three times a week do
not keep Cafe Santo Domingo from
being a social hub.
The issue of rain is, in part, an
issue of design. There is a Master Plan
in place as of 2019 to renovate the LC
campus in order to deal with the lack of
social spaces. The ambitious renovation
would feature modern buildings with
elegant glass walls to connect people
indoors and out, and there would even
be a café installed in J.R. Howard.
Although the plan would make for more
visible campus social spaces, it is years
away from being installed and pieces
of the plan may never actually come
to fruition. Current students at LC will
likely never get to experience the new
and improved social landscape.
I would like to propose a solution
to tide us over until the sweeping
renovations occur: a big ol’ pop-up rain
shelter over the J.R. Howard steps.
If the rain shelter is too unsightly for
our svelte campus, a group of rogue
sculpture students could whip up
something else. What matters is that
we would be able to reclaim the space
during the long months of rain. It is a
quick and small solution to the large
and long-standing issue of students
feeling disconnected in our community,
but the potential to boost student well-
being makes it well worth a try.
By ARIEL MCGEE
ON FEB. 24 , Hollywood producer
Harvey Weinstein was convicted
for one count of criminal sexual
assault in the first degree and one count
of rape in the third degree. He is the
most pervasive sexual criminal in the
entertainment industry of the 20th
century, yet he was not found guilty on
the most important charge: predatory
sexual assault. Predatory sexual assault
is the most serious of the potential
charges Weinstein faced; he was up
against two counts of predatory sexual
assault. If he had been found guilty,
his prison sentence would have been
much longer. The verdict, however,
required proving that the defendant
had attacked at least two victims and
a unanimous vote from the jurors,
but several of them were unsure if
his case met the requirements. Four
women testified against Weinstein
in an attempt to prove his pattern of
predatory behavior, but only one of the
women had a criminal case against him;
the other three women had cases that
were too old to prosecute under New
York’s statute of limitations. Weinstein,
a serial rapist, was only charged for a
singular assault.
Dozens of women have accused him
of sexual assault and rape. Over 80
women working in the entertainment
industry were abused by him and felt
obligated to fulfill his desires in order to
receive or maintain a job. This trial is
not a win for the female empowerment
movement. It is not a win for the fight
against sexual misconduct in the
workplace. Weinstein faces the measly
sentence of between five and 29 years
in prison. In Oregon, possessing heroin
results in ten years of imprisonment;
Weinstein’s repeated offenses against
women have been deemed just as
dangerous as the felony of possessing a
narcotic. People who abuse drugs only
harm themselves, rapists ruin the lives
of others; drug use and sexual abuse
are not comparable offenses. Abuse
should be more heavily persecuted and
looked down upon than drug use, but
that is not the world we live in. We live
in a world where it is more acceptable
to abuse a female than it is to abuse a
drug.
Clearly, the priorities of prosecutors
are out of whack if the “war on drugs” is more important than the protection
and sanctity of the female body. Rich
and influential men will continue to
get away with these heinous acts until
they are deemed rightfully punishable
by the judicial system. I am ashamed
to live in a nation where it is more
acceptable to rape, assault and act in a
predatory way towards women than it
is to possess and ingest drugs. There is
no excuse for these actions, and there
are no comparable offenses. Weinstein
was not charged with predatory sexual
assault, the worst of the three sexual
assault offenses, but his offenses could
never be comparable to those of a drug
user or dealer. He should be in prison
for life. His life should be over, and he
should be removed from society. His
offenses are of the worst kind, and yet
they are the most pardoned, especially
when pertaining to upper-class male
society.
I think it is very likely that Weinstein
will be released after only five years on
“good behavior” and that he will return
to work. He will be pardoned and
allowed back into the entertainment
industry where he will continue to
produce movies, prey on young women
and make Hollywood a dangerous
place for anyone who identifies as a
female. With the verdict of Harvey
Weinstein, the #MeToo movement
has been setback by many years. When
Weinstein is released from prison, all
too soon, young women in the industry
will feel unsafe and silenced once again.
We have let a predatory man triumph
once again; the male prerogative to take
advantage of women has become the
loudest voice. The women of the world
are angry. We have been let down, once
again. By ANNA DESMET
RECENTLY, AMAZON founder
Jeff Bezos announced that he was
pledging $10 billion of his own
wealth to start the Bezos Earth Fund,
a non-profit organization founded to
combat climate change. As he says in
an Instagram post, the money will go
towards “scientists, NGOs ... any effort
that offers a real possibility to help
preserve and protect the natural world.”
In addition to the Bezos Earth Fund,
Amazon has created “The Climate
Pledge,” in which the company will
aim to meet the requirements for the
Paris Climate Agreement 10 years early.
According to their website, if they are
successful, Amazon will have net-zero
carbon emissions by 2040. They hope
to use 10,000 electric vans for deliveries
starting as early as 2022 and hope to
have 100,000 in use by 2030. Another
goal is to use 80% renewable energy
by 2024 and 100% by 2030. Tucked
away in a weird corner of Amazon’s
website, a person can learn all about
Amazon’s sustainability efforts through
fun graphics or not-too-long articles.
With only the information they provide,
a person might believe that Amazon is a
pretty green company.
Despite the mountain of information
Amazon willingly provides, the topic
in which there is no information is
concerning. Most damningly, there
is nothing on their website about the
environmental impact their company
has on the world. However, I think we
can all agree that the amount of shipping
they do (five billion items in 2017) cannot
possibly be good for the world.
Bezos is worth more than $100
billion. His ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos,
became one of the richest women (the
third, or fourth richest, according to
Forbes) just by divorcing him. His
company is worth nearly a trillion
dollars. Bezos is never going to use all of
his money, even if he had 10 lifetimes to
live.
So while $10 billion may sound like
an outrageous amount to the average
person, that number grows smaller in the
scope of Bezos’ wealth and his trillion-
dollar company. Moreover, I would bet
my pocket change that this $10 billion
will be parceled into countless smaller
packages, grants, charities and research
across years, which will create more feel-good headlines for Amazon while
simultaneously lessening its overall real
world impacts.
Here is the main problem I have
with this donation: Bezos and Amazon
will receive brownie points in the press
with every donation this foundation
makes for years to come. While Amazon
continues to operate in ways that directly
harms the earth’s health via their
packaging, distribution and proliferation
of rampant consumerism. Additionally,
Bezos, one of the few people in the world
who has enough money to make a real
difference in combating climate change,
chooses not to. He gives a lot, but not
enough. He has left himself $90 billion
in capital (that we know of), which I am
sure will continue to grow.
Call me a cynic, but I do not have
the faith that Bezos will work to find a
real solution to the imminent threat of
climate change because doing so would
drastically disrupt his business model.
United Nations (UN) scientists claim
that $300 billion is needed in order to
halt climate change for 10 or 15 years while we transition into renewable
energy. This could be achieved largely by
reforestation efforts, which would trap
carbon from the atmosphere into the
soil. That number seems insurmountably
large to most people, but Bezos is one of
the few who can make a dent and still
have enough to live happily for centuries.
Yet, Bezos chooses not to invest his
money in ways proven to help the Earth.
This Earth Fund is for the benefit of
people, not our planet.
He also has the freedom and liberty
to do with his money as he pleases. Any
responsibility he has towards the rest of
us plebeians is a moral question, not a
government or business one. And I say,
how dare he not do more for his fellow
humans, on the levels of morality, soul
and generosity.
I am happy that Bezos has pledged
a portion of his money and I am excited
to see what technologies and discoveries
might come from it. But while he calls for
“any effort to help preserve and protect
the natural world,” he stops himself at
only some effort: I call bullshit.
LC needs more rain-protected outdoor spaces
Bezos’ generosity is hypocritical,
distracts from company’s harmTADAO KUMASAKA/PIONEER LOG
Students at Pontificia Universidad Católico Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) socialize outside at Café San Domingo despite the rain.
ADA BARBEE/PIONEER LOGRAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOGEven during the rainy months, students should be able to gather at social hubs like the Howard steps
Weinstein’s sentencing
is grossly inadequateFRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020
FEATURES 6
Garden Club to construct
cob oven, cook vegetables
Students made cob out of clay, sand, straw and water to
construct oven in front of the co-op under Tamarack LoungeLecture: the history of
Japan-Korea conflicts
By WILL TOPPIN
Kenneth Ruoff, professor of
history and director of the
Center for Japanese Studies
at Portland State University, gave a
presentation on Feb. 17 entitled “The
Use and Abuse of History in Japan and
Korea.” The talk took place in Miller
105 and was co-sponsored by Lewis
& Clark’s Asian Studies Program and
History Department.
Ruoff has written multiple books
and is considered a global expert on
Japan’s imperial house. He received
the Osaragi Jirō Prize for commentary,
Japan’s equivalent of the Pulitzer
Prize, for his book “The People’s
Emperor” in 2004.
Ruoff was introduced by Andrew
Bernstein, associate professor of
history.
“He is really one of the world’s
foremost authorities on the history
of the Japanese monarchy in modern
times,” Bernstein said.
South Korea was under imperial
Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945. In
1965, the two countries signed the
Treaty on Basic Relations, which
included a large payment from Japan
to South Korea, settling all issues of
compensation and property from the
imperial era.
This treaty has become a focal
point of the recent Japan-Korea
conflict, as the two countries
disagree over whether Japan has
sufficiently apologized for the World
War II comfort women issue, and
compensated the victims.
“The ‘comfort women’ were women
in areas occupied by Imperial Japan
who were coerced into having sex
with Japanese soldiers at ‘comfort
stations,’” Bernstein explained via
email. “Most of them were Korean,
so memories of their suffering have
played a large role in the ‘history wars’
that have strained relations between
Korea and Japan.”
The comfort women issue came to
light in the ’90s, and had not been a
consideration of the 1965 treaty.
“A lot of Korean women who had
been forced into comfort stations
didn’t want to reveal that fact after the
war, because of the stigma,” Bernstein
said. “But by the 1990’s these women
had grown quite old, and wanted to tell
their stories before they passed away.”
In 1993, the Japanese government
issued the Kono Statement, which
announced the results of a study
uncovering the employment of
comfort women in military brothels
during WWII.
“(The statement) was admittedly acrobatics by the Japanese government
... to create a compensation fund
for comfort women that was non-
governmental enough that the
Japanese government could still
claim that the 1965 treaty governed
relations between Japan and Korea
when it came to anything to do with
the colonial period,” Ruoff said.
A 1998 joint declaration
between the two countries called for
reconciliation and positive future
relationships. However, the comfort
women issue persisted as many
Koreans felt that compensation was
necessary. Civil groups in Japan still
felt they should not have to apologize.
“(Japanese civil groups) started
to conclude that anti-Japanese
nationalism is such a useful and
powerful unifying force in Korea that
the Korean elites had no real intention
of discarding it no matter what Japan
did,” Ruoff said. “There is a genuine
apology fatigue in Japan.”
In 2015, a Japan-Korea agreement
created the Reconciliation and Healing
Foundation. Japan provided $8.8
million to settle the comfort women
issue by providing support for victims
and their families.
Additionally, In 2018, a Korean
Supreme Court decision mandated
that Japan’s Nippon Steel compensate
South Koreans who worked under
forced labor during WWII. As
relations continued to fray, South
Korea announced it would close
the Reconciliation and Healing
Foundation that December.
Ruoff pointed to broader lessons
of how citizens perceive their nation’s
history.
“I doubt that I need to remind all
present that the reaction to attacks
on the invented dignity of the nation
state, and backsliding on recognizing
dark chapters in national history, is
hardly unique to Japan,” Ruoff said.
“It is obviously going on in our own
country.”
In the bigger picture, Ruoff argues
against talking about humans rights
issues, such as sexual violence against
women, in reference to specific
nations.
“I think it would be useful to
take the nationalism out of this,
but obviously that’s not happening
any time soon,” Ruoff said. “(Sexual
violence) is a really, really important
human rights issue. It speaks to much
broader topics.”
Bernstein spoke to what he hopes
students got out of the presentation.
“Too often, People will point out
the crimes committed by other nations
without reflecting on the faults of their
own nations,” Bernstein said.
By HANNA MERZBACH
NATE JONES ’05, the recipient
of the 2019 Outstanding Young
Alumnus Award, stumbled upon
the concept of classified documents
while writing his history thesis at Lewis
& Clark. This led to a career fighting
government secrecy, first at the National
Security Archive (NSA) and now at The
Washington Post.
His thesis focused on the 1983 Able
Archer nuclear scare, an annual NATO
exercise that almost triggered a nuclear
war. His aim was to show how dangerous
this scare actually was, but he met a
roadblock: the information he needed
was in a classified government report.
Jones soon found himself
immersed in the world of the Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA), a 1967
legislation that gives the public the right
to request nonexempt records from any
federal agency. Jones filed his first FOIA
request at LC, and while this request did
not go anywhere at the time, it led him to
a career where he files FOIA requests on
a daily basis.
“So the irony is if they’d just given
me the dang document the first time,
I wouldn’t have helped file thousands more (FOIA requests),” Jones said.
After graduating, Jones kept digging
for the Able Archer information and
found the NSA (the National Security
Archive), a Washington D.C.-based
nonprofit that fights for the public
release of secret government documents.
He worked his way up and soon became
the FOIA director at the NSA, where
about 2,000 FOIA requests are filed a
year. But he never stopped fighting for
the information he wanted about the
Able Archer scare.
“About 10 years later, on my birthday,
I got a big package of this key document
and then eventually turned it into a
book and finished off what started at the
beginning at Lewis & Clark,” Jones said.
Jones’ book, entitled “Able Archer
83: The Secret History of the NATO
Exercise That Almost Triggered Nuclear
War,” came out in 2016, and highlighted
how worried policymakers at the time
were about accidental nuclear war. Jones
said that this event affected President
Ronald Reagan’s thinking about nuclear
weapons and the Cold War.
“Government people on the inside
have said to me many times, ‘I can’t
believe you actually got that declassified.
We thought that they would be secret forever,’” Jones said. “There’s still
a debate on how dangerous it was,
but what’s not in debate was that
policymakers knew this happened and
many were worried bout it.”
Although he is still a research fellow
at the NSA, Jones recently transitioned
to The Washington Post, where he is the
first FOIA director. The Post is trying to
bring more rigor into its FOIA requests,
so Jones is working with reporters to
target documents to request, appeal
and sue for. He is also helping them
overcome bureaucratic resistance such
as delays and over redactions.
Even though there is a 20-day
deadline for agencies to respond to FOIA
requests, they rarely meet this deadline
— the oldest FOIA request, still not met,
is over 20 years old. According to Jones,
in over a third of all FOIA appeals, more
information is released, but just 1% of all
FOIA requests are appealed. Although
these problems have always been there,
Jones said they have generally gotten
worse under the Trump administration
due to neglect.
Jones emphasizes pressuring federal
agencies with appeals and lawsuits. He
oversees a newsroom-wide system to
track FOIA requests.“So at The Post, we’re trying to
change the culture so that anytime that
there’s a denial, we don’t take that at face
value,” Jones said. “We appeal and then
maybe sue ... and the good news is that
you can win.”
As a success story, Jones cited
the Post’s recent reporting on the
Afghanistan Papers, previously secret
documents that reveal high-ranking
officials’ pessimistic views on the
Afghanistan War.
“Essentially, the Post filed a FOIA
lawsuit and used some National Security
Archive documents and ultimately
created a story showing that the
government’s official rosy posture on the
Afghanistan war was a lie and that they
were losing the war and saying that they
were winning the war to this day.”
Although Jones self identifies as
more of a historian than a journalist,
he said there is a synergy between the
two professions. He hopes to continue
helping reporters at the Post uncover
stories like the Afghanistan Papers.
“There’s a lot of evils in the world
and one small one that I like fighting is
government secrecy,” Jones said. “I think
that most of the time, not always, but
most of the time when the government says that something is secret, probably
the public should have the right to know
it ... FOIA is one tool in fighting the
government to empower the citizenry
and know what our government knows.”
Jones said that this kind of thinking
was instilled in him during his time at
LC: he learned to question and fight
authority.
“I think that what I’m kind of
realizing looking back — I graduated
almost 15 years ago — is that I did
learn here that I actually really did
like fighting: fighting the government,
fighting for what’s right, fighting
authority ... using bureaucratic warfare
to force the government to give up
secrets.”By AIDAN D’ANNA
THE LEWIS & CLARK Garden
Club is constructing an outdoor
wood-fired cob oven outside of
the co-op under Tamarack. Garden
Club wants to use the oven to bring
the community together and cook
food grown in the Forest garden. A
cob oven consists of two parts: the
base, in this case made from cinder
blocks, and the actual oven made out
of sand, clay and straw.
“The correct combination of these
elements creates a very strong, heat-
resistant, and insulative cob that
is perfect for constructing a wood-
fired oven,” according to the Garden
Club’s proposal for funding to the
administration.
Peter Huizenga ’20 was
responsible for the idea and original
proposal for the oven.
“I actually have one at my house
(in Vermont) ... it really brings people
together,” Huizenga said. “The idea is
that everyone can use it.”
Feb. 22 was the Garden Club’s
first building day for the oven. Club
members gathered outside the co-op
and began to scrape away rocks using
shovels to make sure the ground
was level before they began to lay
the foundation for the oven. They
then started to mix cement in an old
wheelbarrow and eventually spread it
onto cinder blocks they had arranged
in a square on the ground. The base of
the oven is four layers of cinder blocks
high.
Lucas Martinez ’20, co-president
of Garden Club, spoke about the
purpose of the oven.
“This is a part of our greater goal
of getting projects through Garden
Club, Peter (Huizenga) approached
me with this idea of building a cob
oven,” Martinez said. “This is a really
good (project) for the garden because
it’s kind of food-oriented, and it
uses a type of architecture that is
sustainable.”
Garden Club hopes that the
oven will help bypass some of the
challenges that come with gardening
in the Pacific Northwest climate.
“The Pacific Northwest has really
fertile soil, but there’s really only
one major season for gardening and
that’s late spring and summer … so
then most of the school year is when
the garden is most unproductive so
there’s really only so much you can
do,” Martinez said. “Hopefully what can happen is we can start preserving
things and canning things … and in
some way, the bounty of the garden
can be used in some way in this oven.”
Garden Club also hopes that this
oven can be a place for students to
come together to cook the food that
they have grown themselves in the
garden.
Rylie Neely ’20, also co-president
of Garden Club, commented on her
hopes for the collaborative aspect of
the oven.
“We have lots of people who are
interested in the garden,” Neely
said. “We’d like to hopefully involve
some students who are not involved
in Garden Club, and hopefully pique
their interest in maybe joining something they haven’t joined before
… I think it’s a really cool way to
bring people together.”
The oven will be maintained
jointly by Garden Club and the co-op.
“What will probably happen is
there will be a calendar, and you have
to reserve it a week or two in advance
and ideally you get in contact with
either the co-op or the Garden (Club)
and that will be the way that you
reserve it … but the hope is that it’s
open to everyone,” Martinez said.
Garden Club finished building the
structure of the oven on Feb. 29 and is
still working to complete the design.
The club will be hosting a kickoff
pizza party once the oven is ready to
be opened to the public.
LC alum works to declassify secret government documents
Nate Jones ’05, of The Washington Post, received the 2019 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award
COURTESY OF NATE JONESAIDAN D’ANNA/PIONEER LOG
Members of the Garden Club leveling the ground for the base of the cob oven.FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020
ARTS 7
By AIDAN D’ANNA
LEWIS & CLARK sculpture
students completed their first
big project of the semester by
building a kiosk in the atrium of Watzek
Library. Nine sculpture students,
from Sculpture II and III, took turns
manning the kiosk from Feb. 19 to
March 3. The kiosk transformed into a
different booth multiple times per day,
depending on the project of the student
behind the counter. The nine different
concepts included self-affirmation,
missed connections and questions of
gender identity.
Associate Professor and Head of
Sculpture Jess Perlitz orchestrated
the project. She believes that there
is a history of transactional art, and
creating art in this manner is a good
way for aspiring artists to practice
displaying their work to the public.
Transactional art is a specific form
of art that involves the viewer giving
something to the artist in exchange for
experiencing their art.“In part, some of my motivation was
also Lucy in the Peanuts cartoon strip,”
Perlitz said via email. “She has that
endearing lemonade stand where she
offers her service of Psychiatric Help
for five cents. So I asked the Sculpture
II/III class to collaboratively make a
similar kiosk - and then all the students
in our class individually had to think
about offering a service from the kiosk.”
Alaryx Tenzer ’23 participated in the
installation.
“We all have a project of our own
that is a transactional sort of project
... seeing how we can engage the
community in the making of the art
itself,” Tenzer said.
The idea behind each installation
involved a person approaching the
kiosk and then providing something
to the sculpture student behind the
counter, and the student would then
offer something else in return. For
example, in Tenzer’s booth, the Love
Cafe, participants “purchased” services
for the price of self-kindness.
“Kiosk” continued on page 9You’re the best!
Thank you for showing your
love on Day of Giving. Lewis & Clark
would not be the magical place
that it is without YOU.Destroyer proves relevance yet again at Aladdin
Following the release of their most recent album “Have We Met,” Bejar and bandmates stun audience
Kiosk facilitates art in
transactional context
ADVERTISEMENTBy JUSTIN HOWERTON
ON FEB. 21 , Destroyer delivered
a timeless, captivating show at
the Aladdin Theater. The crowd
consisted of generally older people, some
of whom even opted to bring their children.
The physical arrangement of the venue
made for an interesting crowd dynamic.
There are three aisles of seats that are first
come first serve, as well as an open space
near the stage where more courageous
attendees can stand. Most of the crowd
was sitting during the beginning of the
show, but more folks ventured to the front
as time progressed. Lead vocalist Dan
Bejar’s familiar detachment throughout
his performance increased his appeal
exponentially. With his shaggy hair and
beard and stoic demeanor, Bejar almost resembled a contemporary Christ figure as
audience members (his disciples) streamed
towards him.
Bejar defies definition. In one moment
he resembles a petulant heartthrob; in
others, he appears more akin to an aloof
nihilist. As frontman of indie rock band
Destroyer, Bejar has continually reinvented
himself and his music over the course
of his discography. This impermanence
serves as a motif not only for Bejar but for
Destroyer’s work in general, with the band
having formed in 1995. Each successive LP
has challenged preconceptions that familiar
listeners held about Destroyer’s music;
their most recent album “Have We Met”
ushered the group out of their arguable dry
spell after 2011’s “Kaputt.”
“Have We Met” builds on some of the
standard tropes of Destroyer’s music: Bejar’s piercing, nearly shrill vocals, slow-
building melodies that incorporate varied
and often unpredictable instrumentations
and cryptic lyrics that will frustrate whoever
attempts to decipher them. Bejar displays
a near unprecedented confidence in the
opening track “Crimson Tide” when he
belts “I know when to hold ‘em / and I know
when to leave / I know where to go / I know
how to breathe.” This track in particular
expands in measure and intensity over
the course of its near six-minute duration
and concludes with Bejar repeating
the title phrase over the background of
keyboards and synths. “Kinda Dark” serves
as a welcome reprieve and seamlessly
transitions into “It Just Doesn’t Happen.”
The heavy, infectious synths in this track
seemingly contradict the lyrical subject
matter: “you cast a poisonous look to the sun / you know it just doesn’t happen to
anyone.” The enigmatic “it” referred to
here remains ambiguous in true Destroyer
fashion. It could be playing on the common
assumption that bad things always happen
to other people and never ourselves, and in
this case these lyrics may imply that a person
enduring a tragedy should be thankful that
something significant has finally happened
to them. Whatever the definition of “it,”
this track perfectly combines cynicism with
synth-pop.
After an ethereal performance by
opener Eleanor Friedberger, Destroyer
started with the previously mentioned
“Crimson Tide” and played songs from
their most recent album for the first half
of the set. Bejar’s nonchalance was in full
display as he effortlessly drifted from one
side of the stage to another; he seemed Bejar serenades the audience while a red backdrop fosters an intimate atmosphere; the intense emotion evident in Bejar’s presence tied the performance together.JUSTIN HOWERTON/PIONEER LOG
Jesse Maack ’22 sits near the kiosk as another student sticks their head into installation.AIDAN D’ANNA/PIONEER LOGperfectly at ease drinking beer in between
tracks. Much to the crowd’s delight, the
band eventually drifted into the land
of their older discography, performing
bouncy tracks such as “Kaputt” and
“Chinatown.” The spotlights followed suit,
alternating between red and blue over the
course of the performance. Towards the
end of the set, the performance of “Savage
Night at the Opera” made one appreciate
the evolution of Destroyer’s music over
the years. The song sounded as if it had
just been written yesterday with its lyrics
strikingly contemporary but also as if it had
been composed decades prior. It was at this
point in the show that the performance felt
its most complete, but Destroyer would not
end so easily.
Fans near me emulated the subdued,
buzzed behavior of Bejar as they continually
retreated towards the back of the theater
for more beer. Unlike the audience’s
enthusiasm, Bejar remained level-headed
the whole time. After what appeared to be
the final track, the crowd demanded an
encore; Destroyer obliged and opted to play
the ten-minute epic “Bay of Pigs (Detail)”
as their concluding track. The song
progresses through ambience to surging
melodies, occasionally skirting the realm
of dissonance, but Bejar’s voice centered
the audience during this bittersweet song.
Bejar and bandmates waltzed off the stage
casually, but not in a pretentious way. Why
would they make some grand final gesture
to the audience? Their relevance has been
established not only for this year but for the
next decade. What need do they have for
pretense?FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020
ARTS 8
“Love is Blind” is
heteronormative
CHARLOTTE FRENCH/PIONEER LOG
By VENUS EDLIN
NEW NETFLIX original dating
show, “Love is Blind,” has
garnered attention for many
reasons, like the quick meeting-to-
engagement timeline, one contestant’s
“sexy” baby voice and questions about
dogs drinking wine (poison). But
these kitschy moments should not be
the only aspects viewers notice. More
importantly, the show reinforces
cisgender conceptions of gender and
heterosexuality as the norm.
The dating show features a group
of men and a group of women who are
kept separate while they seek to get
married. “Love is Blind” aims to be a
progressive “social experiment” by
having contestants speak to each other
only through small, connected rooms
where they cannot see their potential
future spouse, prioritizing emotional
connections over physical attraction.
The heterosexual pairs can only see
each other after proposing, which is an
explicit attempt to push back against
the focus on appearance in dating that
apps like Tinder promote.
Though the idea seems novel,
similar dating shows have aired in
the past. “Blind Date” aired in 1949
on ABC, when virtually no one had a
television set, though it had previously
been broadcasted on the radio. ABC
had a different show in the ’60s called
“The Dating Game” with the same
concept. Most recently, Lifetime’s
“Married at First Sight” which ran in
2014 uses matchmaking techniques
to pair couples that first meet when
walking down the aisle.
Much like these other shows and
dating shows in general, “Love is
Blind” is extremely heterosexual. Only
recently, with shows like MTV’s “Are
You the One?,” the genre has expanded
to include members of the LGBTQ+
community. This is where “Love is
Blind” gets complicated because one
of the contestants, Carlton, has dated
men and women in the past even
though he is now solely seeking a wife.
Early on, the show positions
Carlton’s sexuality as a point of conflict.
“At one point in my young adult life
I found myself attracted to just hearts,
period,” Carlton said in episode one. “I
dated guys and girls, but I want a wife
now because I feel like women bring
a certain nurturing love and affection
to the table that I don’t get from a guy.
My biggest worry is that I will find
someone that I am super in love with,
and then at the last minute, she won’t
be able to walk down the aisle because
she just can’t be married to someone like me.”
Carlton is valid in his fear, citing
past experiences of rejection from
heterosexual women. However, the
way the show frames his sexuality is
harmful. Even though he is attracted
to women, by not admitting that he is
attracted to men from the beginning he
is portrayed as being untrustworthy.
The show also underscores the belief
that men who are attracted to men
cannot be completely satisfied in
heterosexual relationships.
Carlton does not tell his fiancée,
Diamond, about his sexuality until the
fourth episode.
“In the past, I have dated both
genders,” Carlton said, which
reinforces the idea of gender being a
strict binary, which the show brings to
reality by physically separating women
and men from the beginning.
Diamond at first supports her
fiance’s admission but eventually
judges him for “not being honest” from
the beginning. This tarnishes her trust
with Carlton, even though his sexuality
does not alter the fact that he intended
to marry her. Ultimately Diamond and
Carlton did not make it to their wedding
day. Unsurprisingly, they were not
alone as only two couples decided to go
through with their marriages, Lauren
and Cameron, and Barnett and Amber.
Beyond just how the show portrayed
Carlton’s sexuality, “Love is Blind”
is fundamentally heteronormative
and cis-centric by design. The pairing
of two groups of men and women
reasserts the gender binary and
heterosexual partnering as the norm.
The people who occupy the space also
reaffirm this false ideal.
One of the contestants, Lauren,
received unsettling comments about
her race as a black woman. A white man,
in one of their initial conversations,
commented that he believed her to
be African American based on his
stereotypical assumptions. Lauren was
justifiably put off by his remark, but
responded in a way that centers her
cisgender identity and marginalizes
trans women.
“Who cares what my complexion
is? I’m a woman, that’s all you need to
worry about, that I don’t have a penis,”
Lauren said.
Despite its reaffirming harmful
tropes towards the LGBTQ+
community, the show has been popular
amongst this community. This may
seem odd to an outsider, but we love
anything ridiculous and kitschy. Plus,
it serves as a fantastic opportunity to
make fun of cisgender heterosexual
people.
RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOGThai Peacock offers delicious Thai
classics at a reasonable price point
By MACKENZIE HERRING
DESPITE ITS modern interior
and original menu, Thai Peacock
has been in Portland since 1999.
Located downtown on SW 9th, Thai
Peacock has long been an Lewis & Clark
favorite. It is clear that their Pacific
Northwest take on classic Thai favorites
is still thriving in Portland’s experimental
food scene.
Before even mentioning the food,
there are several reasons to choose Thai
Peacock when you are looking for a spot
downtown. The location is perfect; it is
near Powell’s and several small shops
and bars, serving as a nice jumping-off
point for an evening spent downtown.
Additionally, I have gone with a group
of seven on a Friday night without any
reservation, and they were still able to
accommodate us within seconds. The staff
is incredibly friendly and efficient, making
sure that food and drinks get out quickly.
The design of the restaurant is stylish and
comfortable; there are candles, string lights
and a lofted area. Despite the busy nature
of this establishment, it still feels cozy
wherever you sit.
For those of you who are 21 or over, I
would recommend selecting an item from
their cocktail menu. With drinks like the
asian plum sangria, raspberry mojito,
blackberry margarita and lychee martini, it
is difficult for anyone to choose a favorite. I
will say that you should not suspect a weak
drink; they are both delightfully sweet and
strong, so plan accordingly.
Over the course of my visits, I have tried
some incredible dishes. As far as appetizers
go, try the house combo if you are with a
group. The gyoza, vegan egg rolls, tofu
salad roll, coconut prawns and cream
cheese wontons are all well done classics
paired with appropriate sauces. The
chicken teriyaki meatballs are a favorite
of mine, as they contain the perfect ratio
of sweetness to spice. Their pineapple chili sauce, house plum sauce and tamarind
peanut sauce are particularly impressive.
They value balance in their dishes, as they
often pair fruity or vegetal flavors with just
enough bite and umami to round them out.
As far as entrees go, there are really no
bad options. If you are coming here for the
first time I would without a doubt suggest
ordering the pad thai and crispy trout,
although many dishes are paired with
the crispy trout. The trout is an extremely
generous portion, and the sweet aioli that
accompanies it is creamy and bitter and
accentuates the savory crunch of the trout’s
exterior perfectly. The pad thai is fantastic
but can be just as easily substituted with
one of their delicious fried rice dishes.
They offer garlic fried rice and basil fried
rice. I am partial to the garlic fried rice, but
both come with fresh vegetables and are
saturated with mix-ins, such as raisins and
herbs.
If you opt for curry instead I would recommend the matsaman curry. It
contains a generous helping of vegetables
and a wonderful peanut flavor; my only
regret is that I did not get it with enough
heat the first time. Even if you are not
confident with your spice tolerance like me,
go for the spicy option, if you do not specify
you will get medium spice by default. Thai
Peacock clearly pays great attention to
their sauces and how they interact with
other flavors on the plate so let your meal
get messy and experience some wonderful
new taste combinations.
Thai Peacock is a comfortable spot
downtown with an expertly developed
menu. They are often easily able to
accommodate different dietary needs,
including vegetarian, vegan and gluten-
free. Moreover, their menu makes it easy
to discern whether a dish adheres to your
dietary needs. Overall the restaurant is
comfortable, affordable, authentic and
accessible. Thai Peacock offers a variety of dishes, including khao pad and matsaman curry.By ANNA DESMET
I DISCOVERED Orville Peck recently
from my friend who shared his song
“Dead of Night” with myself and two
other friends. She shared it as a text,
myself and another friend promising to
save it and listen to it later. But by the
next day, my roommate was playing
Peck’s music while making breakfast.
He became a common commute artist
for me. Between the four of us, we have
very distinct music tastes, but Peck has
captured us all. He currently has one
complete album, “Pony,” released in
2019. This gay Canadian songwriter has
revitalized the genre of country music,
causing Mike Pence to quake in his
loafers.
It is difficult to describe the kind
of music that Peck produces. I would
best describe it as country bedroom
rock, or “Cowboi” music (the “boi”
being, clearly, a derivative of the
“sadboi” music genre). It resembles the
music that might have existed in this
world if Clint Eastwood had feelings
and sensitivity instead of guns and
smolders. When the lone anti-hero so
popular in our current zeitgeist (Han
Solo, Wolverine, you know the type)
is overcome with emotion the singular
time in his life, this is the artist he plays.
If country music normally turns you
off and you think it is only songs with
banjos about guns and trucks, I implore
you to give Peck a chance. He has a
song for everyone. His music knows
no boundaries, crossing genre and
situation alike. His low, soulful voice
will soothe at least five of your troubles.
“Hope to Die” evokes David Bowie-
esque ballad notes, mixing nostalgia for
a time that is gone with heartsickness
and love. Dare I say it, but when he
sings the line, “But I still try,” he
invokes Whitney Houston and her
great, timeless, “I will always love you.”
I would be content if the soulful self-
affirmation of “Kansas (Remembers Me Now)” played me out as I exited the
tiring stage we call life, and I have never
even stepped in Kansas (nor do I plan
to). To me, it is a song that says, “I have
achieved greatness, and you have no
power to undermine that.”
“Dead of Night” remains my favorite
song of Peck’s. It is a simple song that
leads you effortlessly to its climax,
wrapped in easy lyrics that capture the
comforting feeling of wasting time with
someone you love. There is a surprise
banjo solo at the end that seems neither
out of place or unwelcome. Really, a
masterpiece.
I also know, deep in my heart, that
Peck’s aesthetic deserves a place of honor in LC’s reverence of style. It
seems to me that any fashion choices
that are bold are applauded. Peck is
certainly bold. I have never thought,
“what if a dominatrix became a cowboy
but kept the leather?” and now I do not
need to. That is to say, Peck wears a
leather mask that ends in about a foot of
fringe that he couples with a cowboy hat
and his piercing stare. It is the aesthetic
I did not know I was missing in my life.
With 12 songs on his album, “Pony,”
there are at least 12 reasons to give him
a chance. I guarantee you that a hole
exists in your music library that only
Peck can satisfy. Listen to him and
revel.
ALEX BARR/PIONEER LOGGay cowboy Orville Peck shatters
country music norms and hearts
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020
ARTS
By AUBREY ROCHÉ
DIRECTOR ARI Aster’s recent
horror films, “Hereditary” (2018)
and “Midsommar” (2019), have
become widely popular among horror
fans and film buffs alike. “Hereditary”
sticks with the model of a classic horror
film while “Midsommar” breaks the
mold entirely. Each has their strengths
and weaknesses, yet they both contribute
greatly to the growing genre of modern
horror/thriller films, exploring cult and
body horror.
“Hereditary” tells the story of a
family that experiences strange and
disturbing incidents after the death of
their maternal grandmother. Despite
fitting the nuclear family model, each
member has their own idiosyncrasies:
one character is known for their certain
tongue-clicking noise and another has
a business making artistic miniatures,
including replicas of rooms and scenes
from the film. With séances, witchcraft
and demons, “Hereditary” contains your
classic horror elements with just enough of the unknown to keep you guessing as
you watch.
On the other hand, “Midsommar”
depicts a group of friends, some of which
are conducting anthropological research,
traveling to a Swedish village for its mid-
summer festival. The inhabitants of this
village have strange rituals and exhibit
unsettling behaviors that soon endanger
the characters who have no choice but to
remain with the villagers, as the villagers
are vague about any transportation
options out of the village. The horror of
“Midsommar” has no supernatural basis
but instead relies on cult-related realism,
gore and a slow-paced plot.
As a more standard horror film, using
familiar tropes such as jump scares and
vengeful spirits, the unexpected elements
in “Hereditary” come as more of a shock.
There are suspenseful moments as well
as sudden twists that make your heart
race, and Toni Collette’s terrific acting
makes the film’s horrific nature all the
more believable. Moreover, Aster makes
excellent use of light and shadows, setting
most of the film in darkness, increasing
the sense of mystery and the audience’s
immersion into the story.
That said, “Hereditary” leaves
several story elements unresolved in the
end, and the viewer departs with many
unanswered questions. This is a common
trend in horror movies, but it causes
“Hereditary” to lack a certain coherence
that could have distinguished it from
other dark horror films.
“Midsommar” is a chilling film
camouflaged by blue skies and bright
florals with a leading performance by
Florence Pugh. Unlike “Hereditary,”
most of the story unfolds in broad
daylight, which forces the audience to fully absorb every disturbing
detail. Despite its sprawling, isolated
setting, “Midsommar” feels intensely
claustrophobic. As a result, the actions
that occur behind closed doors adopt an
eerier quality.
Despite its unique, cult-related story,
the plot can move almost too slowly at
times, taking an hour just to establish the
setting. Additionally, many elements are
explained visually rather than through
dialogue, thus the audience must pick
up on numerous visual cues in order to
understand later parts of the story.
Aster has an exceptional eye for
suspense and detail, and incorporates
elements of his own life and childhood into
his films. He has stated that “Hereditary”
is related to events he experienced
with his family while growing up. His
directorial style integrates classic horror
tropes along with creative elements of
his own, bringing just as much shock
with the way he chooses to edit scenes
and play with lighting and sound. Each
film has already garnered the attention
worthy of a modern classic, receiving
positive reviews from journals such as
The New Yorker, and receiving ratings of
over 80% from Rotten Tomatoes.
I preferred “Midsommar” to
“Hereditary” due to its unique visual
style and shocking themes, and because
I had never seen anything quite like it
before. Regardless of their differences,
both films are worth watching multiple
times in order to notice details missed in
the first viewing.
“Midsommar” and “Hereditary” are
available through Amazon Prime, and
“Hereditary” is additionally available on
the streaming service Kanopy, which is
accessible through Watzek library. Ari Aster’s films overturn horror
genre, expand on existing tropesProfile: Sam Flores’ music challenges media
By GABE KORER
MUSICIAN SAM Flores
’23, also known by his
pseudonym Pink Phantom,
wants you to think critically. This
first-year student believes it is
more crucial than ever to analyze
sundry issues in an era where we
are constantly inundated with new
information. Rather than becoming
complacent, Flores maintains that
it is important to fight back by
actively searching for the relative
truth in every grain of substance.
In his eyes, people can only be free
when they open themselves up to
argumentation, where beliefs and
opinions can be formulated aside
from the mind-numbing influence of
the media.
At LC, Flores makes music under
the pseudonym Pink Phantom. He
has been producing since he was
first introduced to it by his brother
and performing since he was first
encouraged to by his family. He
describes his progression in music
as a sequence, the first part of which
was “being raised as a performer” and
the final part of which was “starting
to produce.” His surrounding
community in Tucson, Arizona
contributed to his development as an
artist.
“The thing about growing up in a
poor town with a small music scene
is that the people in the music scene -
both audiences and artists - are going
to support you,” Flores said. “That’s
one of the things I really enjoyed
about the Tucson scene. Back home
people were readily available to
support what I was doing with
music.”
Flores underscored the idea that
art has the potential to liberate people
from the oppression of the media and
other information outlets. In his own
life, Flores has used music as a tool
for argumentation, recognizing its
capacity for introducing compelling
viewpoints and unique perspectives.
“I want to be introducing people
to ideas that are liberating,” Flores
said. “I also want to romanticize critical thinking through drug
imagery. The drugs that I am talking
about are a metaphor for theses.
The drugs that I am talking about
are stimuli that take you out of your
prescribed world. Get high on your
own supply of argumentation.”
Flores has worked on
incorporating drug-related imagery
into his music since his freshman
year of high school. It reinforces the
sentiment that argumentation can be
intoxicating and that an artist should
shape their approach according to
the ideas that they wish to express.
“All of my music is very thesis
driven,” Flores said. “There is always
a narrative, and with the narrative
there is always an argument being
made. They tend to be progressive
and they generally tend to speak
about peoples’ capacity to obtain
power. Power is a central theme to
the music I create.”
The toxic academic culture at
Flores’s high school influenced
his belief that power distinctions
between groups of people can be
unhealthy.
“The school held awards
assemblies ... for the kids that
were doing great in school,” Flores
said. “You parade a bunch of good
numbers up in front of a bunch of
not-so-good numbers, and there is a
power dynamic created.”
The 2016 presidential election
further solidified the concept of
power dynamics in Flores’s mind.
The relationship between the media
and the population, he observed, was
very much a dependent relationship,
in which the population relied on
biased media narratives to formulate
their opinions.
“The 2016 election made me
realize how important it is to be a
critical thinker all the time,” Flores
said. “Because, if you aren’t, you risk
being swayed by the very rhetoric-
dense atmosphere that is (a part of)
the United States. It is more essential
than ever then that people become
agile thinkers.”
For Flores, artistic performance
holds power that can bring people together in a more positive way. He
describes this relationship between
the audience and the artist as
liberating and inclusive because it
allows people to unite in solidarity
despite their differences; instead
of separating people based on their
relative power, artistic performance
equalizes them on a basis of shared
power.
“After bringing them into the
performance they feel one with the
music and one with the performance
so much so that they actually become
a part of it,” Flores said. “That
feeling of togetherness and power is
absolutely what I want people to take
away from the music I create.”
Aside from the performative
aspect of art, Flores believes that
art itself should be sufficiently
captivating so that people can
effectively engage with it. This
sentiment explains why he has
frequently deviated his music from
traditional expectations, choosing
instead to formulate a structure
that is reflective of his own non-
conventional and provocative style.
“I love expressing ideas in really
strange ways,” Flores said. “I like to
bend genre. When an artist has the
ability to weave things that do not fit
together in a way that works, that’s
really impressive. It’s very exciting
to me.”
If there is one thing Flores has
relied upon throughout his music
experience, it is the belief that
what he is doing serves a purpose.
Whether he is performing or creating
music, he does so with the intention
of sharing ideas that can provoke
broad, meaningful avenues of
thought within his listeners.
“There is a rule that can be
applied to anything that you do,”
Flores said. “It boils down to...having
a dream. You have to latch onto it.
You have to believe that you’re doing
something good for yourself and
for others. When you’re practicing
an instrument, as in anything, you
have to have (that dream). Because
every time you hit a note on a piano,
anytime that you slap a symbol, the 9
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Sculpture students set up
shop in Watzek atrium
Continued from page 7
“I have a firm handshake, and in
order to buy that firm handshake
you just have to smile, so it’s kind
of working on self and external love
between the two,” Tenzer said.
Avia Kaner-Roth ’22 approached
Tenzer’s kiosk.
“It put a smile on my face,”
Kaner-Roth said. “It was really
sweet, and it was different from
anything I’ve ever done before.”
Another main point of the
project was emphasizing that
transactions do not always include
the exchange of money for a good or
service; there are other things that
lack material value but can be far
more important.
“I thought it was interesting
to see instead of the exchange
of monetary things for a good or
a service it was an exchange of
an affirmation or a good deed in
exchange for self-love which I
think is something to support and
encourage and something we need
more of,” Kaner-Roth said.
The installation encouraged
the community to interact directly
with the art. Jesse Maack ’22
was another student involved in
creating the kiosk.
“It gives people a chance to
interact with our works, as well
as giving us as makers a chance to
get more comfortable showing our
work off publicly,” Maack said.
“It’s a cool thing for people to come
and interact with something they
wouldn’t normally interact with in
their everyday life.”
His installation was entitled “Happiness in a Box.” He invited
participants to stick their heads
into a wooden cube he had built.
The interior of the cube contained
small shelves lined with tubes
containing small plants, and above
the plants was a large lamp.
“It is sort of an upgraded happy
lamp, and the idea behind it is that
it’s easily taken apart ... and that you
have this thing that we think about
a lot which is happiness and that
we have this natural beauty around
us and we like to buy something to
simulate that,” Maack said.
Maack’s kiosk took a subtler
approach to the idea of a
transaction.
“The transaction is people just
coming up and sticking their head
in ... they provide their head, and
the box provides the space for them
to experience,” Maack said.
The kiosk installation allowed
sculpture students to think about
the process of making art in a
new way, one that emphasizes the
audience’s relationship to the art.
Since the installation was located in
the library, sculpture students were
given the chance to interact with
many different students, which
provided them an opportunity
to gain the important skill of
presenting their art in public.
“I love the range of projects
the students are making with the
kiosk,” Perlitz said via email. “I
feel particularly attentive to how
their various projects address the
LC community in surprising, and
humorous, and thought provoking
ways.”dream is what makes it worth it.”
Flores seeks to further his work
with concept albums and genre-
mixing, but above all he seeks to
engage the LC community with his
ideas. By doing so, he embraces
a mindset that places collective,
critical thought over individualist,
unsubstantiated beliefs. Pink Phantom, then, represents a beacon
of honest reflection and indignant
queries in a world that could use
much more of it.
If you would like to learn more
about Sam Flores and his music,
you can find him on Spotify or
Apple Music by searching for Pink
Phantom.COURTESY OF GABE KORERFRIDAY,MARCH 6, 2020
SPORTS 10
Dwyane Wade supports transgender daughter
A commentary on the reaction to former NBA star Dwyane Wade’s child coming out as transgender
By VENUS EDLIN
DWYANE WADE, former member
of the Miami Heat, spoke about
his 12-year-old daughter, Zaya,
coming out as transgender to him and
his wife, Gabrielle Union, when he
appeared on “The Ellen DeGenerous
Show” to promote his new documentary,
“D. Wade: Life Unexpected.”
The sports world had a mixed reaction
to Wade supporting his daughter’s new
name, identity and pronouns, some
congratulating the three-time NBA
champion’s parenting, while others
remained in the fixed, binary perception
of gender and masculinity that are often
associated with athletics. For a young
trans person like me though, it was
touching and empowering to see parents
strongly support their trans child in a
way that most of us are not allowed.
Wade and Union approached Zaya’s
coming out much like any other issue a
child might have, by normalizing it.
“We take our roles and responsibilities
as parents very seriously,” Wade said on
the show. “When our child comes home
with a question or an issue ... it’s our
job as parents to listen, to give them the
best information that we can, the best
feedback that we can, and that doesn’t
change now that sexuality (and gender)
is involved.”
Though Wade and Union are both
cisgender and heterosexual, they have
taken the opportunity of Zaya coming
out to educate themselves and grow
as self-described allies to the LGBTQ+
community. Instead of shaming their
daughter or assuming that they have
more knowledge than she does, they have
allowed her to lead and educate them.
They are asking the right questions.
They ask these questions in their
joint article written for Time Magazine
where they discuss Zaya’s journey and
their parenting more in detail. Wade and
Union go deeper than most cis people
in questioning the role of gender and
gender roles in their parenting.
“There are lots of things we still
argue about, like what it is to be a ‘lady,’” the couple wrote for Time. “Are
we trying to teach Zaya a very specific
and ‘traditional’ way of performing
‘femininity,’ like shaving your legs and
armpits? How many things that we do
are rooted in misogyny, sexism and
forcing women into these boxes?”
However, not everyone has been as
supportive as Zaya’s parents. Zaya and
her parents were slammed by American
rapper Boosie Badazz in a video posted
to Instagram.
“Dwyane Wade, you gone too f— far,
dawg,” he said in the video. “That is a
male, a 12-year-old. At 12, they don’t
even know what they next meal gon’ be.
They don’t have shit figured out yet.”
The rapper then said more graphic
comments, implying that Zaya would
be getting a phalloplasty, a procedure
where the vaginal area is reconstructed
into a phallus, despite none of the
family mentioning such a procedure.
He touches on a common transphobic
trope that assumes trans children are making irreversible changes by coming
out, despite only transitioning socially.
These sorts of comments were what
I was anticipating to find when I first
heard about Zaya, which is why I avidly
avoided looking at replies to tweets
about Zaya that appeared on my timeline
for a long time.
Unfortunately, as I expected,
Badazz’s comments were not singular.
Twitter users took to the platform to
criticize the family and perpetuate
transphobia.
Dwyane Wade really on a press tour
promoting his 12 yr odl son’s sexuality”
Twitter user @boluxxxx wrote. “Even
if you know your son was some type of
way why are you on a broadcast mission?
Weirdos.”
Comments like these are not
surprising considering Wade’s
prominence in the sports world. He
was recently honored at a ceremony
where his Miami Heat jersey was retired
and his children, minus Zaya, were in attendance. Fortunately, despite the
reputation basketball has for excluding
LGBTQ+ people, sports commentator
Sarah Spain has spoken out in support
of the family.
“(Wade) gives an example to all the
people out there who feel like they know
him and may not ever meet someone
who is transgender in their lifetime, who
are afraid of it, who don’t understand
it,” Spain said on ESPN’s “Highly
Questionable.” “Because of (fans’)
connection to sports and Dwyane Wade,
a little bit of the door is opened for them
to step in and try to understand.”
Wade and Union have been trying
to protect Zaya from these comments,
but are also balancing the importance of
social media in the life of someone her
age, especially as part of the LGBTQ+
community.
“Social media has been difficult,”
Wade and Union wrote for Time
Magazine. “She’s in junior high, and those
years are so critical and can be brutal.
But for a lot of LGBTQ+ kids, it’s their
only lifeline
to their
community.
We’re trying
to figure out
that balance
of not taking
away her
community
but also
protecting
her from
being inundated with negativity and
ignorance.”
Union has been using Twitter as a
way to retaliate against these harmful
comments and fill the platform with
support for her daughter. Her words are
emblematic of what I wished my parents
would have said after I came out to them,
and in response to other adult’s asking
about my gender.
“Huge huge huge THANK YOU to
everyone whose dms I slid into, friends,
& family who provided information,
resources, love & encouragement,” Union tweeted on Feb 11. “We are
humble LGBTQ+ allies with A LOT to
learn & grateful for all the support. We
encourage y’all to check us as needed.
Again, thank you!”
Wade and Union understand their
daughter’s situation much better than
many parents do, even if they are still
searching for answers. In a society with
cis-normative standards, we are all
expected to be cisgender from birth.
It is only by experimenting and
trying on different identities that trans
people can truly figure out who we are.
Even if Zaya discovers later on that she
is not a woman, this process has helped
her and her family grow, as well as
expose a culture nearly devoid of trans
people to a positive representation of
transness.
Much like most trans people, I went
through puberty without blockers, which
inhibit hormone levels, and grew up in
a family that assumed I was cis. I was
challenged and not listened to when I first
came out as nonbinary to my parents. It
has been
a difficult
road,
one that
I am still
exploring.
Trans
people face
systemic
oppression
and
shockingly
low life expectancies. This context is what
makes Wade and Union’s wholehearted
acceptance and willingness to learn so
powerful.
Trans kids deserve to have parents
like Wade and Union, ones who will
respect their gender expression and go
to bat for them. Cis children deserve
the same love and ability to explore
their genders. It is promising to see love
and support for a trans kid come from
an unexpected place: a basketball star
whose career was rooted in masculine,
binary expectations of gender.RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOG
By ANNA DESMET
LET ME BEGIN by saying that I am
not “swole.” I am not even “swuh.” I
have been working out consistently
for one month at the Circuit Bouldering
Gym, and just took a week-long break
when my membership ran out. All of this
is to say, I am absolutely not an expert.
That said, this workout routine works for
me (someone who hates working out), so
maybe it could work for you.
My workout routine consists entire-
ly of bouldering. Bouldering is a form of
rock climbing, done without the safety
harness. The walls are much lower than
in rope climbing, but falling is falling.
I try to go every other day for at least
an hour, and when my poor noodle
arms simply cannot complete any more
climbs, I move to weight lifting and
bodyweight exercises. I eat protein be-
fore or after I go to the gym. I stretch be-
fore and a little after. When I weightlift
and do bodyweight exercises, I focus on
parts of the body that are not as empha-
sized while bouldering, like legs and abs.
Bouldering can be difficult for new-
comers because there is a paywall (no
pun intended). Climbing shoes and
the membership to a climbing gym are
both expensive. I bought my shoes used
from Next Adventure for $25, and they
have lasted for six months of use. At the
Circuit, by far the most popular climb-
ing gym for Lewis & Clark students, a
month-long membership at the student
rate is $75, up from a previous $67
during the fall of 2018. And yes, it does
make me want to cry a little bit each time
I pay it, and yes, I am going to wait until
their spring sale before I sign up for their
11-month membership, which is priced
at a more reasonable $55 per month. (The nice desk worker told me that a
membership sale is coming in March or
April.)
That said, bouldering is worth the
price for me.
I am not a good “worker outer.” It
is difficult for me to push myself to run,
lift or do anything consistently for more
than a few weeks. I played sports grow-
ing up but never did exceptionally well
because I was not competitive enough.
“The most important thing is that we
have fun, guys.”
Out of all the workouts I have tried,
bouldering is the most fun. It brings me
back to my days on the monkey bars
during recess when the purpose of exer-
cise was having fun. Climbing may not
be as fun as monkey bars, but stepping
into the climbing gym feels like stepping
into a playground for adults. There is a
sense of triumph when finishing a climb.
And if I do not finish a climb, it is still
an accomplishment because I tried and
used my muscles in the process. More-
over, there is tangible proof that I am be-
coming stronger and more skilled when
I am able to complete a climb at a higher
level. I can listen to podcasts or music
during my workout, which makes the
time feel like it goes by faster.
I am also trying to hike more, when
the weather permits it, as my “cardio.”
It may not be the most effective form
of cardio, but it is something I will do
because I enjoy it.
And that brings me to my biggest tip
for working out: if working out is difficult
for you, find something you enjoy doing.
Bouldering and hiking are enjoyable
for me. Maybe for you it is biking or
kickboxing or playing Just Dance alone
in your room. If it makes you want to
move, it is good enough. The Circuit in Portland provides the perfect place for students who are either experienced at bouldering or want to start to learn.
JO TABACEK/PIONEER LOGIf you have trouble finding a workout routine and sticking to it, bouldering is a worthwhile optionWorking out can feel like playtime when bouldering
I was challenged and not listened
to when I first came out as
nonbinary to my parents. It has
been a difficult road, one that I
am still exploring. Trans people
face systemic oppression and
shockingly low life expectancies. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020
SPORTS 11
Zeke Crawford ’20 concludes his LC
career with 1,000 point milestone
By ALEX BARR
ALTHOUGH Lewis & Clark’s
men’s basketball team lost
their season-ending game
against Pacific Lutheran University
on Feb. 22, Zeke Crawford ’20 ended
the game and his collegiate career in
triumph. As Crawford stood at the
free-throw line, he already had 20
game points under his belt. The crowd
cheered and chanted his name. An
overall victory for the Pioneers was
out of reach – the Lutes led by nearly
double-digits in the final 12 seconds
of the game – but there was still a
monumental achiement to be had. As
Crawford sank the first of his two free
throws, the crowd exploded. He had
just earned 1,000 career points in the
last game of his collegiate career.
“I’ve been playing (basketball) ever
since I could walk,” Crawford said.
During the interview, Crawford
recollected his time playing the sport
as he sat in the waiting area of the
Pamplin Sports Complex. He looked
comfortable in the familiar space. He
undoubtedly spent countless hours
training in the gym over the past
four years. As he leaned back on the
black leather couch, a humble and
unassuming demeanor encompassed
him. He spoke about his impressive
accolade like you might hear someone
talk about the weather. He revealed that he tried to go into his last game
with an equally cool mindset.
“I knew I needed exactly 21 points
... I’m like 21? That’s easy. I could do
that.” Crawford said.
With an average of 14.8 points
per game, Crawford had his work cut
out for him, but he proved his skill as
the game leader in both points and
rebounds for the Pioneers. Although
he remained level-headed prior to the
game, he revealed how his mid-game
nerves almost prevented him from
earning his 1,000th point.
“I think I was thinking about it
a little bit too much because I could
easily have (scored) way over 21 ... I
was definitely nervous, especially in
the first half ... but then I was just like
‘Let’s just have fun. You know, this
last one, let’s just have fun,’” Crawford
said.
Although his nerves almost got
the best of him, he explained how
the support he received from the LC
community helped him during the
game and throughout his career.
“People here (at LC) just want to
help you ... that’s just something very
common here,” Crawford said. “So it’s
just kind of like putting yourself out
there genuinely and knowing that you
have to back the desire you have with
the work ethic.”
He also received support from his family, who traveled to LC from his
hometown of San Francisco to cheer
him on during the game.
“It was kind of like a story because
my family was there,” Crawford said
“I’ll never forget this, I was on the
free-throw line. Everyone’s like, ‘Zeke, Zeke, Zeke.’ (It) made me almost cry
on the court. Everyone was just super
happy for me.”
Crawford concluded by reflecting
on the tools to his success.
“When you’re surrounded by good
people, the sky’s the limit.”
JO TABACEK/PIONEER LOG
During his career at LC, Crawford averaged 14.8 points and 9.1 rebounds per gameSports Schedule
Saturday, March 7
Track & Field @ Linfield
9:00 a.m.
Track & Field @ Wartburg
10:30 a.m.
Women’s tennis vs. George
Fox
11:00 a.m.
Men’s tennis @ George Fox
11:00 a.m.
Baseball vs. George Fox
11:00 a.m.
Softball vs. Whitworth
12:00 p.m.
Softball vs. Whitworth
2:00 p.m.
Baseball @ George Fox
2:00 p.m
Sunday, March 8
Women’s tennis @ Pacific
Lutheran
10:00 a.m.
Men’s tennis @ Pacific Lutheran
12:00 p.m.
Softball vs. Whitworth
11:00 p.m.
Softball vs Whitworth
1:00 p.m.
Baseball @ George Fox
12:00 p.m.
“Roll Pios!”
Trailblazers continue their struggle without Lillard
Portland’s basketball team attempts to make a last-ditch effort to earn the eigth seed in the playoffs
By ANNIE ERICKSON
IT IS A DESPERATE time for the
Portland Trailblazers. This time
last year, Damian Lillard and
CJ McCollum made up one of the
top backcourts in the country and
had firmly positioned their team
as contenders and now the team is
fighting to earn the last playoff spot in
the Western Conference. The Blazers
were expected to follow up their
Western Conference Finals appearance
from last year with another deep
playoff run, but injuries have derailed
the team thus far.
Starting center Jusuf Nurkic is still
out while rehabilitating the leg he
broke in the playoffs last season. Power
forward Zach Collins is in the midst
of rehab after undergoing shoulder
surgery. Most notably however,
superstar Damian Lillard strained his
groin right before the mid-season and
is scheduled to miss several key games
just as the team needs him the most to
make their final playoff pushaComing
out of the all-star break, the Lillard-less Blazers team lost a close game
to the New Orleans Pelicans, who are
also competing for the eighth seed in
the Western Conference playoffs, on
February 21... The starting lineup of
the Blazers all posted double figures
and were led by CJ McCollum, but
like most games for the Blazers this
season, the Pelicans were able to
use their rookie sensation power
forward Zion Williams to attack their
weakened frontcourt. Williamson
finished with 25 points on an efficient
10-17 shooting.
The Blazers bounced back from
the defeat with a tight win over the
floundering Detroit Pistons on Feb. 23.
The game was almost single-handedly
won by McCollum who dropped 42
points and Carmelo Anthony who
added 32. McCollum sealed the game
with a long-range three-pointer in the
closing seconds.
Unfortunately, this momentum
did not carry on to the next two
games. Portland then had to face a
tough opponent in the Boston Celtics,
losing 118-106. The final score was deceptively close, as the Celtics led
for almost the entire game and took
advantage of weak perimeter defense
and the Blazer’s poor shot selection.
It did not help that they caught the
first time Celtic all-star Jayson Tatum
in the middle of the hottest shooting
streak of his career. The Celtics also
added a season-high 19 three-pointers.
Adding to their misfortune, the
Blazers suffered another close loss to
the Indiana Pacers 106-100 on Feb.
27. The Pacers used a similar formula
as the Pelicans as forward Domantas
Sabonis earned 20 points along with 11
rebounds. After a back and forth game,
Pacers center Myles Turner hit the
dagger three to defeat the embattled
Blazers.
While the Blazers have fought
valiantly, it is undeniable that this
team will not be able to make the
playoffs without the return of Lillard.
He is the anchor of their offense and
their go-to player in critical moments.
Although center Hassan Whiteside has
improved immensely on the defensive
end in the place of Collins and Nurkic,
his offense has been inconsistent at
a time where the Blazers desperately
need some inside scoring.
The Blazers then travelled to the
east coast and split a pair of games. In
crushing defeat on Feb 29, the Blazers
dug themselves a de.ep hole in the
first half, falling behind by 20 points.
Despite a strong effort by CJ McCollum
with 35 points, it again became evident
that the team lacked crucial scoring
with the absence of Lillard, who was
averaging close to 30 points before
injuring himself. They were ultimately
unable to withstand the scoring trio
of forward John Collins (24), rookie
forward Deandre Hunter (22), and all-
star guard Trae Young (25). The final
score was 129-117. Since the Hawks are
at the bottom of the league standings,
the Blazers inability to earn this win is
a major blow to their playoff hopes.
On March 2, The Blazers posted
one of their highest scoring games of
the season as they dropped 130 points
on the Orlando Magic, who finished
with 107. This blowout win was
much needed, especially considering
Damian Lillard’s return is right
around the corner. McCollum scored
41 which paired perfectly with a career night from Gary Trent Jr. who had 24
points. Most importantly however was
the even spread of scoring. For a team
that has been so decimated by injuries
this year, the fact that they were able
to have six players in double figures is
a great sign for the future.
Even if the team does not make the
playoffs this year, they will have given
the reserves crucial NBA experience
that will improve their all-around team
next year when everyone is back from
injury. For example, while a rookie
player like Nassir Little would usually
be added to the team’s developmental
league affiliate, he has been given
the opportunity to demonstrate
how he stacks up against high level
competition. Another good sign has
been the production of Carmelo
Anthony. The team took a risk when they signed the former all-star in the
middle of the season. While Anthony
used to be one of the league’s premier
scorers, he fell on difficult times after
leaving the New York Knicks. Once a
10 time all-star, he was cut by multiple
teams due to his lack of defensive
effort and inability to fill a rotation
player role. However, his career has
been revived in Portland and he has
consistently put up strong numbers,
showing flashes of his former self.
When Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nurkic,
Zach Collins, and Rodney Hill all
return to full form the team will have
a lot of talent to work with.
They currently have a record of 27-
35 which positions them two spots out
of the last spot in the NBA playoffs.
Their next game is today against the
Phoenix Suns.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES SCHUMACHER
Prior to his injury, Damien Lillard averaged 29.5 points and 7.9 assists per game.
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12
Evidence of Bon and Boning:
one scientist’s observations
By MACKENZIE HERRING
IN THE WAKE OF the term “daddy
issues” being overused to describe
those who are attracted to the maturity
and independence that they can only find
in older men, sociologists and therapists
have come together in an unprecedented
effort to define a concept plaguing a
generation (indeed, perhaps generations)
of emotionally competent young women:
the “mother zone.” Similar to the friend
zone, the mother zone is a concept in
which one person in a relationship takes
on both romantic and parenting duties of
their less mature and capable counterpart.
The mother zone can be applied to
someone regardless of gender as it entirely
depends on the opposite party treating the
“mother” as though they are intrinsically
responsible for maintaining the emotional
stability of the less mature party. If you or
someone you know is experiencing the
symptoms below, you might be part of
a mother zoned relationship. Below are
common indicators that someone will put
their partners in the mother zone.
Failure to reciprocate emotional
labor/lack of reciprocation in general.
The mother may have to constantly look
after the other’s emotional state. “What is
wrong? Are you sad? Mad? Just hungry?
Oh, okay.”
Has to be scolded in order to learn,
instead of using emotional intelligence
and intuition: this can also be turned
around on the mother for constant
“nagging.”
The sole emotional responses in this
person’s emotional repertoire are anger
or pouting. Much like a child, this person
might have difficulties articulating and managing their emotions.
Lacking basic knowledge of cleanliness
or generic appliances, paired with a
refusal to learn. Their actual mothers find
it “endearing” when they come home with
laundry.
Does not ask you to do things for them
but definitely expects you to because it is
long overdue, creating a game of “who will
cave first.” The towering garbage in the
corner bothers you more than it bothers
them, and they know it.
Says “you are amazing” after you
accomplish simple tasks like making
coffee or taking out their trash. What they
lack in expertise, they try to make up for in
compliments. Sometimes it works.
Apologizes profusely for small offens -
es but never tries to change the behavior
in question.
Asks you to remind them to do things
but banks on you just doing it for fear of
confrontation. You may end up taking the
trash out for them after you had already
reminded them to do so like they asked.
Has no idea how much things like dish
soap cost. In fact, they might not have
noticed that you replaced their dish soap
multiple times.
It can be very difficult to deal with
someone once you realize you have been
mother zoned. Often, the mother zones
come from home environments in which
they were loved unconditionally and insist
that their partner loves them similarly,
despite all of their flaws. This issue can
come out of the woodwork deep into a
relationship, and can often be masked
by an appreciation for Greta Gerwig
and listening to Lauren Hill. Beware the
mother zone, for at the end of it leads to
complete and total emotional dependence.CASPER PIERCE/PIONEER LOGAddressing all sheeple: shirk your shackles
LC daters beware: the
mother zone is out there
SETH MORIARTY/PIONEER LOGADA BARBEE/PIONEER LOGBy JUSTIN HOWERTON
A SPECTER IS HAUNTING the
West. And by the West that is
to say the world. That specter
is capitalism; its dreadful facade has
corrupted our ideologies, poisoned our
waters and besmirched the good name
of communism. This proposal that I
have outlined here will examine the
ways in which this system (capitalism)
has adopted the policy of the well known
pyramid scheme to convince those fluffy
sheep we call citizens of its validity. These
ideas will culminate in a five-page thesis.
And, yes, I have already copyrighted the
comparison of commoners to sheep;
please refrain from using it in your work.
Let us first consider the squirming
masses, the hungry proletariat that
huddles around fires in barrels as the
luminous light plays on their pliable
flesh, similar to a pudding cup left
too long in the sun. From lack of
nutrition and intellectual stimulation,
the average impoverished person
develops a condition known as “pain,”
uncommon to the ruling class, in which
emotional and physical stress produces
unfavorable sensations in their writhing maggot bodies. Their condition should
humble us all.
Here at Lewis & Clark, many of us
are unfamiliar with this disease. There
are those who attend this institution
because of the financial aid, and there
are those who do not. I am sure you
know which one you are. But, despite the
pervasive ignorance at this school, there
still remains the plight of the modern
worker who forms the lowest rung on
this pyramidal ladder. Do not dispute
my synthesis of metaphors. If your mind
is too dense to picture such a device, stop
reading now before you injure yourself.
Back to the argument at hand: there
are many poor and few rich (Infinite Jest,
12). While one laborer suffers, the ruling
business owner has his toes sucked by
another worker (Atlas Shrugged, 68-69).
Thus, this structure resembles that of a
pyramid, not to be confused with a cone,
and you slowly approach the singular
power in orgasmic suspense as you
travel upwards (The Bible). The evidence
supplied from these three texts warrants
further investigation for the studious
researcher, but we do not have the time
to digress.
As the lower classes fornicate out of fear and sexual frustration, the higher
classes suffer from an increased rate
of erectile dysfunction because of their
business preoccupations (WebMD). This
trend accounts for the fact that there are
fewer rich than poor; another thwart
to procreation in the upper echelons
also may be the fact that they can hire
workers to have surrogate sex for them,
thus eliminating the exhaustion that
comes with the animal act (The Tibetan
Book of the Dead). In layman’s terms, as
you ascend the ladder of capitalism, the
population decreases until you are left
with a single member. What lies at the
point of this perilous pyramid you may
ask? Reader, if you have not ascertained
the arc of my argument thus far, then
you do not deserve to read the finished
product of my labors. (Hint: it is God.)
Although this proposal already
surpasses some “finished” projects I have
read in terms of substance and length, I
will pursue these questions further in my
senior thesis. Similar to the manner in
which Ulysses was disseminated to the
public, I will be serializing my thesis in an
obscure publication at Reed that you can
only access after ingesting psychedelics
and proving that there is an infinite number of prime numbers. Few of you
will make it, but those that do will bask
in the light of my accomplishments.
If you are lucky, you may even
just understand
the structure
enough to
mount it
yourself.
By BELLA MET
AT LEWIS & CLARK, one
can witness the complex
interactions of rambunctious
youths in a closed setting. In
particular, the Fields dining room
(fondly referred to as “the Bon”) offers
rich ground for study, inspection
and introspection. Following some
clarifying questions to LC locals and
anthropologists, the Bon seems like
a perfectly normal place for students
to socialize and satisfy their hunger,
in more ways than one: it is the star-
studded stage for modern courtship
and amorous encounters.
One such interaction occurs
between Danny Fitzpatrick ’22 and
Ethan King ’21. Danny has shaggy
hair that he partially tucks away in a
beanie, covered by layers of jackets,
so he can sink away in a corner booth
— which is difficult when he walks by,
for he stinks of dank patchouli. On
the other hand, King has the charisma
and laugh of a man destined for a
future in politics. His style is more
East Coast preppy than West Coast
hipster comfort.
The two act as if nobody notices
them exchanging sneaky glances and
telling smiles from across the a few
tables. Their friends implore the pair
to “kiss and tell.” They do not say
a word but their eyes declare it all,
“We’ve boned before...” I hypothesize
that they did it in the Bon, but I cannot
be certain because the tables have
been wiped of any evidence of such
behavior. Perhaps some romantic
rituals are best left to the mists of
mythology and privacy.
From longing stares over plates of
onions to awkward eye contact upon
entry to the Bon, I bear witness to it
all. Sequoia Douglas ’20 and Lydia
Samson ’21 recall a night a few weeks
ago when they matched on Tinder, a
platform commonly used for “hooking
up,” or an isolated encounter where
two individuals agree to keep their
relationship purely physical. During
my survey of Samson’s habitation,
I noticed that she had stocked her
fridge with Douglas’ least favorite
flavor of La Croix (coconut) and crispy
onions from the Bon. Douglas could
have overlooked the La Croix incident
as a minor annoyance in anticipation
of post-copulation abandonment. If
there was a spark, a persuasive La
Croix mango conversion conversation
could take place post haste.
Local student discusses socialism, power and how to make capitalism work for the average person
During one of our more
vulnerable interview sessions,
Douglas revealed that when her lips
met Samson’s, her tastebuds were
overwhelmed by the gag-inducing
flavor of rancid coconut water and
onions. Douglas had to get out of
there before gagging turned into
full-on vomiting. She sighed while
covering her face in shame and
running her fingers through her
hair.
“Memory is a funny thing that
cannot always be suppressed by a
bottle of tequila, though we still try,”
Douglas said.
Finally, I witnessed a crucial
performance native to this social
arena: the stand-off. Two once
star-crossed lovers from freshman
year, Ava Evans ’22 and Keegan
James ’22, spot each other across
the cutlery counter. James lifts his
gaze and opens his mouth to utter
a courteous pleasantry when the
young woman’s current boyfriend,
Taylor Clement ’21, wraps his arm
around her. The eyes of lovers past
and present meet and a scuffle
seems imminent between James
and Clement. They accentuate their
posture and puff out their chest.
They jut out their chins. They act as
though they have feathers to ruffle and are two hummingbirds ready to
spar.
However, due to cowardice or lack
of importance, they move forward
with their day without a brawl. The
awkward moment is avoided and
peace continues for another day.
I continue seeking more
coveted specimen(s): two or more
partners boning after hours. I act
as the anthropological Nancy Drew,
investigating under the cover of night
in every corner of Templeton. Unless
my observations are greatly lacking,
it is evident that students know to
separate where they Bon from where
they bone.
Affectionate displays in this eatery
shrouded in mystery are elusive.
The only evidence I discover are
uniquely-shaped hickies and tall tales
of past conquests that allude to being
more fiction than reality. However, I
will continue my observations in the
name of science. The Bon is a treasure
trove for interpersonal relations and
interactions of college students, an
environment to which I am glad to
bear witness.
Thank you for reading College
Field Diary with scientist and
contributor Dr. Daniella Attenberg.
Tune in next issue as we investigate
“casual activism.”