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2021-04-09

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By IHSAAN MOHAMED
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AFTER A tumultuous year, the
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The symposium typically consists
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addresses an international issue that
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global politics. This year’s theme,
“System Shocks: Finding Clarity in a
Chaotic World,” was inspired by the
political and economic shockwaves
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COVID-19 pandemic.
According to co-chair Sandenna
McMasters ’21, the planning committee
was particularly interested in learning
about potential solutions to these issues.
“We wanted to analyze what shocks
have been happening and what are the
possible evolutions to come from those
shocks,” McMasters said. “What are the
perspectives from the leading scholars
on what’s going to happen in the world
after we’ve experienced the blows that
we have?”
Since the start of the fall semester,
members of the Student Steering
Committee, as well as symposium
co-chairs McMaster and Nathan
Oakley ’22, met weekly to research
scholars and topics for the debates. The
committee had originally intended to
plan an in-person symposium where
speakers would have livestreamed their
debates from the Lewis & Clark Campus.
However, COVID-19 regulations
eventually forced the symposium to go
completely online.
According to Committee member
Annika Bateman ’22, this year held
especially new challenges that they had
not encountered before.“Throughout the whole year, the
symposium was up in the air and we
weren’t sure exactly what the format
was going to be or who could come, or
who could attend the event,” Bateman
said.
One of the committee’s biggest
concerns was the Q&A portion of the
debates. Prior to the pandemic, these
debates had allowed LC students to
discuss and question the speakers, many
of whom are distinguished scholars
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address this dilemma by planning
watch parties hosted by members of the
steering committee.
“We have rented out a lot of
classrooms in Howard ... where a
steering committee member, or just
a host (will) be leading discussions or
talking about the event with those who
are coming to the watch parties,” Bateman
said.
The watch party hosts also read
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students to engage with the scholars.
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5 with a debate on cultural preservation
versus integration. The two guest speakers,
Sophie Croisy and Salikoko Mufwene,
discussed the impacts of globalization
and whether “minority cultures (should)
embrace the dominant one in the name
of the collective good of society,” or
whether that integration “threaten(ed) the
advantages that cultural diversity brings.”
“System” continued on page 2
UN ambassador to launch speaker
series at commencement address59th International Affairs Symposium
addresses disruptions to global order
Deans visit ASLC Senate,
discuss COVID-19 issuesToday’s Weather
Sunny, with a high near
56. Calm wind expected
in the afternoon. 50%
chance of rain at night
with a low around 39.
South southwest winds
will pick up with gusts
up to 18 mph.Health Notice
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read, please keep it
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Vol. 96 No. 5 FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 www.piolog.com
LC cancels
on-campus
vaccination
By VENUS EDLIN
LEWIS & CLARK c a n c e l e d t h e
COVID-19 vaccination clinic
scheduled for April 10 at Pamplin
Sports Center three days before the
event was set to take place. LC has yet
to announce if there will be other clinics
during the remainder of the semester.
The medical provider that was
slated to administer vaccinations
unexpectedly did not have the doses
required to go through with the clinic.
In an email sent on April 7 to those
who expressed interest in the clinic,
the college apologized for “raising
hopes” and encouraged those who are
eligible to pursue vaccination through
other means. There were no available
appointments in the Portland area the
day the email was sent.
According to Vice President of
Student Life and Dean of Students
Robin Holmes-Sullivan, immunization
is a key step for LC to begin moving
forward.
“It is extremely important for
our entire LC community to obtain
vaccination so that we can reach
herd immunity as soon as possible,”
Holmes-Sullivan said via email. “After
we have achieved herd immunity, it will
allow us to resume most if not all of our
normal activities and programs without
the fear of transmission of the virus.”
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campus that evening to specify LC’s
vaccination plans. If the clinic took
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by the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) could have been
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By VENUS EDLIN &
ISABEL REKOW
THE ASSOCIATED S t u d e n t s o f
Lewis & Clark (ASLC) Senate
convened on March 30 for a
forum with Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences Bruce Suttmeier and Vice
President of Student Life and Dean of
Students Robin Holmes-Sullivan.
During the forum a significant
number of students asked about
vaccinations. Holmes-Sullivan said
LC will be holding a vaccine clinic
on April 10 for those who are already
eligible, with other clinics possible
later on. The college plans to release
more information about a possible
vaccine mandate in the coming weeks.
According to Suttmeier, LC
continues to monitor the pandemic
worldwide, noting that some regions,
including parts of Europe, have
reinstituted strict lockdowns. LC will
inform the 120 students currently
registered for fall study overseas
whether their programs will run as
planned on June 1. Students will have
a month to choose to study overseas in the fall or opt for a spring program
instead. They are also required to sign
up for fall classes at LC in case their
programs are canceled.
Summer classes at LC will follow
the same format as spring classes,
with the majority of courses offered in
an online format.
“We wanted to make (summer
classes) more available to students
who need to be home or need to be
somewhere for a job, but also want to
take classes,” Suttmeier said. “A few of
them are hybrid, but all of them are
flexible for students who want to take
those.”
While LC is preparing for a summer
marked by continuing pandemic-related
restrictions, the college plans to return
to in-person instruction during fall term.
Holmes-Sullivan said that LC is
planning to return to pre-pandemic
normalcy in the academic and social
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laws allow it. However, she recognized
that lifting restrictions will not undo
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faced during the pandemic. Many high
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U.S. ambassador to the United
Nations, will present this year’s
undergraduate commencement
address on May 8.
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Ambassador Edward J. Perkins
Distinguished Speaker Series. The
series is named after the distinguished
LC alum who preceded Thomas-
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LC’s Diplomat in Residence Niels
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was enthusiastic at the opportunity to
speak at the alma mater of Perkins, her
mentor.
Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences Bruce Suttmeier expressed
his gratitude for Marquardt, whose
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helped make the connection possible.
“I am thrilled that Ambassador
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CAS commencement speaker this
year,” Suttmeier said via email. “Her exemplary accomplishments as a
diplomat and a leader represent the best
of global engagement, championing
values of diversity, openness, and
cooperation throughout her long
career. With so many students, across
the curriculum, deeply committed to
international issues, she’s an inspiring
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Louisiana, attending segregated
schools in the deep South during Jim
Crow. In her TED Talk “How I found
strength and compassion through
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about how she has intentionally
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inner strength, including navigating
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in 1994. That spring, she was staying
at the U.S. embassy in Rwanda with
Ambassador Joyce Leader, who was
deputy chief of mission at the time. On
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This Week on The PioPod
OPINION
Goodbye Online Learning
LC’s plan for in-person instruction is
a much-needed return to normalcy
after a year of Zoom classes.
PAGE 5
FEATURES
Statues Depict Expedition
The Sacagawea and Jean Baptiste statue
and the York statue are part of how LC
has addressed the history of the Lewis
and Clark expedition. PAGE 6ARTS
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book “Singer Come from Afar” at a
virtual bookwarming on April 1.
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SPORTS
March Madness Heats Up
Baylor bested Gonzaga 86-70 on
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LC canceled a vaccine clinic, Associate
Vice President for Public Afairs and
Communication Joe Becker leaves and
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is slated to speak at commencement.By TOR PARSONS
STARTING NEXT year, Lewis
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a data science minor and a
concentration in cybersecurity for
computer science majors.
Covering topics including computer
science, statistics and the use of
computers in social sciences, the data
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created at LC since the college added
minors in entrepreneurship and health
studies last year, which followed the
creation of a Middle Eastern and North
African studies minor in 2017.
According to Associate Professor
of Political Science and Department
Chair Ellen Seljan, who spearheaded
the implementation of the minor,
discussions around starting a data
science program have been going on
for years.
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think that the faculty saw we’re really
missing out on an opportunity for
interdisciplinary collaboration, because
we have so many quantitatively focused
faculty across so many departments here
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is more than just statistics.
“Getting data science right requires
a ton of critical thinking and thinking
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out about the minor describes data
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study dedicated to quantitative problem
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science
minor with a major
in computer science,
political science, biology, economics or
even psychology.
Faculty members from the
humanities are involved, as well: One
of the minor’s advisors is Associate
Professor of Philosophy and Department
Chair Joel Martinez, who Seljan says was
one of the most vocal supporters of the
data science minor.
The decision to add the minor was
also motivated by the number of other schools, including liberal arts colleges
like LC, that have recently created data
science programs or similar curricula.
The school’s Strategic Enrollment
Management Initiative (SEMI) helped
create the minor. SEMI is a faculty-led
initiative aimed at stabilizing LC’s
enrollment and competitiveness with
other schools through the addition of
new programs. Many recent decisions at
LC have been led by SEMI, including the entrepreneurship minor. In addition to
the data science minor, they are working
on the creation of a public health major
in response to COVID-19 and similar
programs started by other schools.
Associate Professor of English
Rachel Cole, the leader of SEMI,
described SEMI as a data-informed
process, specifying that this means it is
more than just data-driven. Cole said
that the initiatives proposed by SEMI are not only intended to boost enrollment,
but are also “true to our mission, our
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In the long term, Seljan has bigger
plans. She expects that the data science
minor will be popular and plans to
eventually make it into a major. This
would be a larger undertaking, requiring
another vote from the existing faculty
members and hiring a new computer
science professor.
Seljan plans to integrate the data
sciences minor with a series of related
activities. She will hold a hackathon
where students work together to solve
data problems over the course of a
few days and invite speakers on topics
related to data. Seljan eventually expects
to create an internship program in
collaboration with the Career Center for
students to get hands-on experience in
the world of data and computer science.
The original plan devised by SEMI
had a cybersecurity focus included
within the data sciences minor, but the
data science and cybersecurity programs
were split during negotiations. Now,
cybersecurity will be a concentration
available to students doing computer
science majors or minors, with one
dedicated class taught by Professor of
Computer Science Jens Mache.
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with numerous potential applications.
Looking at enrollment statistics
from data-related programs recently
implemented at similar colleges, Seljan
projects that the data science minor
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careers in high tech.
Continued from page 1
the morning of April 7, at the
beginning of the genocide, members
of the Rwandan military entered
the embassy in
search of Prime
Minister Agathe
Uwilingiyimana,
whose house
was next door
to the U.S.
embassy.
The soldiers
mistook Thomas-Greenfield for the
prime minister and she was hard
pressed to convince them that she
was not Uwilingiyimana, nor a Tutsi
(a member of the targeted minority
ethnic group), but an American
citizen.
“It was a very tense and stressful
time but she handled herself
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During her career in the foreign
service, Thomas-Greenfield formed
a lasting friendship with Perkins, a
fellow Black Louisianan who preceded
her in three positions: as ambassador
to Liberia, as director general of the
Foreign Service and as ambassador to
the U.N.
Perkins graduated from Jefferson
High School in Portland and went on
to study at LC in 1953. He received the
LC Distinguished Alumnus Award in
1992 and was a lifetime trustee of the
college.
During his time in the State
Department,
Perkins strove
to champion
diversity and
equality in the
United States
and around
the globe. He
was the first
Black U.S.
ambassador to
South Africa, where he advocated
for the abolishment of the apartheid
system. Perkins also promoted equal
representation within the Foreign
Service where he worked.
“(Perkins) definitely felt he
should be responsible for starting to
transform the diversity of the State
Department, which was and still is
LQDGHTXDWH´0DUTXDUGWVDLGMarquardt led the effort to
institute a speaker series to honor
Perkins’s legacy at LC. Institutional
Advancement, which organizes
fundraising
and outreach
activities for
the college,
is currently
working on
establishing
the speaker
series and is
still accepting contributions. The
series will likely be an annual event
in which a distinguished diplomat or
scholar in international affairs will
travel to campus, present an address
and possibly spend several days
leading workshops with students.
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address marks the first event of the
series. According to Marquardt,
she will certainly pay tribute to her
mentor during her address. Perkins
passed away in November 2020 and
Thomas-Greenfield honored him in
the acceptance speech she delivered
when she was nominated to be U.S.
ambassador to the U.N.
“On this day, I’m also missing
my mentor, Ambassador Ed Perkins,
who served as the U.S. ambassador to
the United Nations under President
George H. W. Bush and President
Clinton, and who was also from
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in her acceptance speech. “He told
me constantly,
‘Linda, don’t
undersell
yourself.’ And
he would always
do everything
possible to
lift me up. He
passed away last
week, but I know
he’s here with us
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Marquardt encouraged students
to use their diplomat in residence
as a resource for exploring future
careers. Students who are interested
in looking further into international
work — whether in diplomacy,
education, business, Peace Corps or
other NGOs — can contact Marquardt
via email at nielsm@lclark.edu.FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
NEWS 2
MAYA WINSHELL/THE PIONEER LOGData science, cybersecurity will debut at LC
Speaker series honors
alum Edward Perkins“System Shocks” symposium tackled
disruptions to international orderInterdisciplinary STEM minor and concentration respond to growing student interest, job opportunities
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In an email statement, McMasters
explained that the symposium’s online
format in no way diminished the
quality and engagement of the event.
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spectacular ... We had a wonderful turn
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said.
This year’s most anticipated event
occurred on April 6. G. John Ikenberry
and Gregory Treverton, both of whom
are individually acclaimed in the world
of international relations, discussed
the future of the liberal international
order. The debate was mediated by
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both Ikenberry and Treverton on
their personal beliefs. He often cited
from their personal published works
as reference, such as Ikenberry’s
novel “After
Victory:
Institutions,
Strategic
Restraint,
and the
Rebuilding of
Order After
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studies with his students in his own
classes.
The final debate was held on
April 7 with speakers Roslyn Fuller and Samuel Woodley, who discussed
the digitalization of the modern
world. LC Professor of Law Tung Yin
moderated the debate, encouraging
the speakers to push the envelope on
the discussion
of technology
and its
influence on
the modern
distinction
between fact
and fiction.
Despite the initial challenges
they faced, the oldest student-run
symposium in the country managed to
hold an engaging online symposium
amid a pandemic. “It was a very tense and
stressfull time but she
handled herself beautifully.”
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Department, Perkins strove
to champion diversity and
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symposium was spectacular.”
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By KAMRYN FORD
AFTER SERVING L e w i s & C l a r k
for 20 years, Associate Vice
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and Communications Joe Becker
will leave LC at the end of the Spring 2021 semester. Becker is primarily
responsible for the increase in media
coverage and representation of the
school on both an international and
national level in his department.
Becker has played a valuable role
in the college’s narrative through
relationships with students, alumni
and administration. His work in alumni
relations and his contributions to the
growth of the college’s social media and
internet presence built newer and more
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Originally coming to LC as a
law student, Becker had no idea he
would graduate and quickly return
as an employee. After being raised
in Pennsylvania and earning an
undergraduate degree in North
Carolina, moving to Oregon with his
wife led to him permanently settling on
the West Coast.
According to Bruce Suttmeier, dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences,
Becker has always been a supportive
asset in times of need.
“[Becker] has saved me many times
from my own sloppy prose, patiently
tightening, clarifying, and improving
my sentences,” Suttmeier said via email.
“When a crisis hits, we all rely on him to get accurate, important information
quickly to the community.”
According to Becker, LC has
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national and international stage during
his tenure. He believes that LC has
grown not only in strength but in the
value of its academic prowess and
success. Becker felt that his purpose on
campus was to bring people together
and form long-lasting relationships.
“The undergraduate college was less
focused on career and outcomes, not
that those were not important things,
but those were not as much seen as what
the college in any way prepared you
for,” Becker said. “It was really much
more about the liberal arts academic
disciplines, and I think there has been a
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Becker has a strong background in
academic publishing as a text editor. As
part of the communications department,
he sees himself as an editor, working
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one would an essay. The growth of LC’s
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played a role in the increase in alumni
relations, something Becker takes very
seriously and hopes will continue to
improve and expand after his departure.“He does a ton of work behind
the scenes, with admissions, with
departments, and with nearly every
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is calm and level-headed and funny,
a colleague whose advice, I quickly
learned when I became Dean, was well
worth taking.”
Becker said his communications
team and the multitude of relationships
he has built during his time on campus
are what he will miss the most.
“The best part of my job is how many
smart, engaged people that I get to work
with every day, every month, every year,
who are committed to knowledge, who
are committed to making the world a
better place,” Becker said. “That’s what
I will miss, getting a chance to work
with such a broad range of really cool
and intelligent people.”
Becker will be embarking on a “self-
funded sabbatical” where he hopes
to continue building on his current
writing projects and spend time with
his wife. While he did not initially plan
on retiring at the end of this year, the
COVID-19 pandemic forced him to look
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his family.“You have probably heard of
people having three-year plans or
five-year plans for their life, and I
think if you would’ve been talking
to me for whatever reason a year
and a half ago, I think my five year
plan probably would’ve included still
being at Lewis & Clark for at least
a good chunk of that time,” Becker
said.
In the eyes of LC’s Director of
Public Relations Roy Kaufmann,
Becker will be missed most for his
values and work ethic, as both a
colleague and friend.
“Joe Becker leaves enormous,
sensible shoes to fill,” Kaufmann
said. “His dedication to Lewis & Clark
is unassailable, and that dedication is
surpassed only by his acumen and
professionalism. I am grateful for
his leadership, mentorship, and most
importantly, friendship.”
The next several weeks will be
spent searching for replacements
for Becker as he prepares for his
departure. While a specific applicant
has not yet been chosen, he has no
doubts that whoever takes up his
reigns will thrive with help from his
colleagues and communications team.FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
NEWS 3
Joe Becker will leave at spring semester’s end
Associate vice president for public affairs and communications will begin “self-funded sabbatical”
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Joe Becker will leave after the semester.
Continued from page 1
vaccinated, including the on-campus
partner employees and student
employees who receive payroll.
Alaryx Tenzer ’23, who has already
been fully vaccinated as of March 4,
was “amazed” that LC had been able
to become a vaccine distributor and
plan a clinic so quickly, though the
clinic has been canceled. Tenzer, an
Associated Students of Lewis & Clark
(ASLC) senator, was planning on
advocating for vaccination-related
transportation for students.
“Frankly, I know that we all have
very complicated relationships with
administration, myself included, but
the fact that they’ve worked so hard
to manage to get a free vaccine on
campus for students who therefore
don’t have to travel — I was very
impressed by that, and I’m very happy
about it,” Tenzer said.
Tenzer felt a “moral obligation”
to increase accessibility to the
vaccine for LC students, so he
had publicly offered to drive any
eligible LC students to their vaccine
appointments. No one has taken up
his offer yet.
“Getting from here to the
convention center is probably like a
$25 Lyft,” Tenzer said. “That’s a huge
cost barrier, particularly given that
the vaccine itself is free.”
Before LC announced the clinic,
some community members had
already been immunized. One student
claims to have been vaccinated earlier
than they were eligible to do so, but
felt justified as a Black student at
a predominantly white institution
due to the history of medical racism.
The identity of this student has been
withheld for their protection. “(The government) is clearly not here
to protect people that look like me,” the
student said. “So I just made sure I’d
take the measures that I took to protect
myself and my family.”
The student is in a pod with another
student who works as a personal care
assistant for an elderly woman. The
elderly woman wanted all of her care
assistant’s pod to be vaccinated, so she
wrote a letter claiming that they all
played a role in her care in early March.
Shortly after, the student booked an
appointment in Olympia, Washington.
Other students received the
vaccination after an error in Oregon’s
vaccine registry, which is regulated by
the Oregon Health Authority (OHA),
falsely alerted 11,000 people that they
were eligible to receive a vaccine at the
Oregon Convention Center in Portland.
Despite the glitch, OHA decided to
honor the false alerts and allowed those
who received them to schedule their
appointments.
Hanna Wright ’23 was one of the
11,000 people who received the false
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dose on March 29.
“Everybody was in such a good
mood because we were all there to get
vaccinated,” Wright said. “Inside, there
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but once you got through, then the
actual process was super easy.”
Wright encouraged everyone who
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double mask due to the density of people
at the convention center.
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25, and is already scheduled for the
second in the coming weeks.
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vaccinated, despite negative reactions.
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vaccinated.”
LC plans to have fully in-person
instruction for Fall 2021, so many
students have inquired if COVID-19
vaccination will be mandated upon
entry. Holmes-Sullivan and College
of Arts and Sciences Dean Bruce
Suttemeier were asked about this
during the Q&A portion of the March
30 ASLC meeting, and said LC was still
considering the policy.
In an email sent after the ASLC
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LC was still considering mandating
vaccinations, but said the college will
make a decision and announce it in the
upcoming weeks.
Wright said this is a step that the
college should take to ensure the safety
of the community.
“If we’re going to have plans to
be fully in person in the fall, I think
they need to make it mandatory that
everybody has a vaccine,” Wright said.
“If that’s the case, likely we should
actually host a clinic, if that’s possible,
on campus, or at least make it really
accessible for our students to be able to
access (vaccination).”
At the ASLC meeting, Holmes-Sullivan
said if vaccines were mandated, clinics
would be held on campus for students who
had issues getting access, if necessary.
Tenzer agrees that accessibility is
important, but also said that the college
should follow what it has done for other
vaccines in the past and recognize some
vulnerable populations may not be able
to be inoculated.
“The college should be very careful
about what this decision is because of
how it will alter their precedent going
on in the future,” Tenzer said. “It also
should at least strongly encourage, if
not make mandatory (vaccinations), for
people for whom the vaccine is shown
to be safe.”
Holmes-Sullivan said she is excited
for the LC community to continue
getting vaccinated.
“The importance of obtaining
a vaccine can not be overstated for
the overall health and safety of our
community,” Holmes-Sullivan said.
“We are working as quickly as we can
to bring this opportunity to our campus
so that we can get back to normal
operations as soon as possible.”
Everyone 16 or older will be eligible
for vaccinations in Oregon on April 16.Students recount vaccination
experiences, eligibility expands
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school students who will be entering
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intense anxiety after spending their
senior year learning remotely, and
they feel unprepared academically.
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said. “And then we have a rising
sophomore group that has a lot of
feelings about the fact that they missed
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acknowledged that the psychological
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continue. They
encouraged the
community to
take care of one
another.
“This whole
past year is a
kind of loss
that needs to
be mourned
and processed,”
Suttmeier said.
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forum, a bill was
brought to the
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Organizations
Chair (SOC)
Quentin Gaul
’22, Treasurer
Sam Daer ’21 and Senator Josie Stenzel
’24 wrote a bill to replace the Student
Organizations Committee and Finance
Committee bylaws with a new ordinance
to combine the two committees. The
exact duties of the SOC and treasurer
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senators on the new committee, instead
of three on both previous committees.
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Gaul said. “Sometimes students aren’t
really sure where to go, not really
sure who should be in charge of what
kind of thing ... Sam and I’ve been
talking about how to combine the two
committees, because that just makes a
lot more sense.”
Vice President Jeremiah
Koshy ’21 said that the bill would
consolidate some responsibilities of
the two committees.“It’s kind of this weird thing because
the Student Organizations Committee
allocates money, but the treasurer
handles the actual money,” Koshy said.
“It works out that one person’s job is
to just give you money and the other
person’s job was to actually take the
money from the account.”
The bill passed with a unanimous
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semester ends.
Following the resignation of
Arunima Jamwal ’21 as SAAB chair,
Ela Pencl ’21 and HC Nowatka ’22
will take on the chair’s duties for the
rest of spring
semester.
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already
been acting
unofficially
in the interim
role, and
Nowatka had
previously been
a SAAB director
and volunteered
to help. Both
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by senators
through a vote.
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help of Mikah,
we kind of got
access to all the
responsibilities of the SAAB chair and
we split them amongst each other,”
Pencl said. “I think it’s gonna be all
good, and we’re looking forward to
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applicants for the SAAB chair for the
2021-22 academic year and has waived
previous requirements for the position
in order to encourage more students to
apply.
As a result of Jamwal’s resignation,
members of the Senate will submit
information to Chief Justice Jacques
Parker ’23 about the responsibilities
and hours of their roles. This
information will be used to generate
updated job descriptions for the roles
within the senate and is meant to
clarify expectations and pay before
officials assume responsibility in
their roles.ASLC votes to combine
two finance committees
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31, 2019 — did not change with this correction.FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
OPINION 4
By ALEXANDRA FLORY
MORE THAN 169 million doses
of the COVID-19 vaccine have
been administered in the
United States since its release on Dec.
14, 2020, according to NPR. And more
people have been able to get vaccinated
as eligibility requirements expand.
However, this also means that it has
become easier for people to lie in order
to get the vaccine early. There have been
many cases across the nation of people
lying about having an underlying
health condition, about their career
or even about their
identity in their
attempts to “jump
ahead” in line. Beyond
the immoral aspects of
these events, there are
other occurrences that
further complicate the
situation.
A major point
of contention about
those who lie in order
to get the vaccine
early is that they are
bypassing certain groups of people
that need the vaccine more. Eligibility
requirements exist for a reason, and
when people ignore them, populations
that need the vaccine due to health,
occupation or lifestyle reasons face
additional challenges to access. These populations include healthcare
workers, those who work with children,
the immunocompromised, houseless
individuals and those living in a group
home or another foster care setting.
Considering how hard it already is
for eligible individuals to book an
appointment, those who are not eligible
and choose to get the vaccine early
make it even harder for those who are.
Furthermore, there are certain racial
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Americans, that end up being left behind
when white individuals choose to ignore
eligibility, especially considering the
unintentional racial
bias within the vaccine
distribution system.
The Kaiser Family
Foundation says that
80% of vaccinations
in Oregon have been
given to white people
while 2% and 5% have
been given to Black and
Hispanic populations,
respectively.
These statistics are
troubling, particularly
given the fact that Hispanic people have
contributed to 34% of total cases despite
making up 13% of the population. It is
not news that racial biases have caused
a lack of vaccinations in communities
of color due to language barriers,
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excludes many. According to Johns
Hopkins Medicine, Black Americans
are at a higher risk of having a chronic
illness or pre-existing health condition
that makes them more vulnerable to
COVID-19. As such, white individuals
jumping the line further disadvantage
already marginalized groups.
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campus, it is frustrating to see people
lying about their eligibility because we
will all get vaccinated soon. The college
recently sent out an email outlining
plans to administer vaccines to students
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19, when all people in Oregon over
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planning on administering vaccines
once the college receives its own
supply. There are also other ways
for individuals who are not eligible
to get vaccinated without cheating.
Walk-ins are welcome at some clinics,
though it is relatively tough to get an
appointment. Others, such as Walmart,
have a list of names that one can call
and ask to be added to in the case that
there are extra vaccines. I do not see
this as cheating because there is no
lying nor immediate guarantee of a
vaccine involved.
Ultimately, everyone wants the
vaccine. It is not bad to worry about
the safety of one’s family, community
and self. The problem exists in lying about eligibility and bypassing certain
groups that are more susceptible to
get COVID-19 while also experiencing
boundaries that already hinder their access. If you are eligible, get vaccinated.
If you are not, wait and choose not to
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a select few.Lying to cut in line for a COVID-19 vaccination contributes to an already-biased distribution systemGet vaccinated ASAP, but not before your turn
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By SOFIA REEVES
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receive the Moderna vaccine for
COVID-19 a few weeks ago, and I
anticipate receiving my second dose
soon. Getting a vaccine has given me
a new perspective on the pandemic,
vaccinations and how people are
responding to increasing levels of
vaccinated populations. It is of the
utmost importance that as many
people get vaccinated as possible,
but that does not mean we should be
abandoning safety measures that will
continue to help prevent the spread
of the virus.
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continue to get vaccinated in the
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older than 16 become eligible for
vaccination on April 19. However, I
am concerned that awareness and
anxiety around the virus will go
down. People who are vaccinated
may feel that they can take risks they
would otherwise not have taken.
This includes nonessential travel,
indoor dining, maskless gatherings
and other risky activities. Though, by
vaccinating large percentages of the
population, we are working towards
being able to do these activities soon,
now is just not the right time.
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have been vaccinated is that they
view vaccination as a free pass to
do what they want, ignoring the
dangerous implications of their
actions. For one, though they are
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a COVID-19 case with symptoms.
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people may not have symptoms
of the virus, they may still have a
chance of passing it onto others
who have not received the vaccine.
I am also concerned that those
who use the excuse that they have
been vaccinated to engage in risky
behaviors, such as not wearing masks,
will encourage others who have not
been vaccinated to do the same,
thus continuing to spread the virus
and prolonging the pandemic. We
need to wait for enough people to be
vaccinated to create herd immunity,
particularly for those who cannot get
the vaccine. Only then can we fully
return to our pre-pandemic lives.
What this means for me is that
I will still be wearing my mask,
social distancing in public, sticking
to the rules about social pods, only
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activities and taking all the same
precautions that have kept me and
the people I care about safe over
the last year. Other people who
have been vaccinated should do the
same. This pandemic is not over, and
getting a vaccination does not end
your responsibility to public safety
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the people around us should always
be our top priority.
After the loss of life, experiences
and time over the past year,
the prospect of the public being
vaccinated to the point of complete
herd immunity is beyond exciting.
Personally, I cannot wait to be able to
spend time in large groups of friends
and family, attend in-person events
and be able to travel freely again.
But the reality of the situation is that
people are still being infected with,
and are still dying from, COVID-19
throughout the United States and
the world. While we can see the light
at the end of the tunnel, that is all the
more reason to double down on the
precautions that have been put in
place all along, that will hopefully see
us successfully through the end of
the pandemic. Get vaccinated if you
can, but be smart, stay diligent and
protect the people around you.
By CAN ALTUNKAYNAK
SINCE THE BEGINNING of the
COVID-19 pandemic, it has been
clear that the future of education
is uncertain. Because the virus spreads
through respiratory droplets, it became
imperative early on to switch to hybrid
learning to prevent the airborne
transmission of COVID-19. And while
hybrid learning is not ideal for many, it
certainly has its advantages.
When you are attending class
virtually, you can wake up and sit in
front of your computer and be in class
almost instantly. Additionally, Zoom
breakout rooms are very ideal for group
work since students do not have to
fumble around the classroom trying to
physically form groups. However, it is
harder to focus in a virtual classroom.
This year, my brain has struggled to
retain information because I have often
been sitting in the same chair looking
at the same screen for hours.
Internet connectivity issues
further add to the struggle.
Hybrid learning can also
be very challenging when
you have in-person classes
because it takes time for
both the professors and the
students to log onto Zoom
and prepare the classroom.
Furthermore, hybrid
learning lacks the same level
of human connection we had
before the pandemic started. Human
connection is crucial for personal
growth and learning as we improve
our interpersonal skills and see things
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to those around us. According to the
Canadian Mental Health Association,
social connection can lower anxiety
and depression, help regulate our
emotions, lead to higher self-esteem
and empathy, and improve our immune
systems. It is true that virtual classes
can be more accessible to students
who have disabilities or who struggle
with mental health issues, as they
have the option to attend classes from
their homes. However, this option also
decreases daily physical activity, which
is vital for our health, unless we choose
to engage in physical activities such as
sports, dance or yoga.
One of the most absurd parts of
hybrid learning for me has been the
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classes. Having class on Zoom helps
you become familiar with everyone
in the class as long as they have their
cameras on. Ironically, however, it
also prevents people from interacting
casually before and after classes.
Despite the accessibility and
advantages of hybrid learning, it seems
to me that the majority of people would
prefer to go to in-person classes once
the pandemic is over. Regardless of
the pandemic’s status next semester,
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classes next fall. I think this is great
news as everyone will be eligible for the
COVID-19 vaccine no later than April
19 in the United States. According
to Vox, the vaccines do not provide
100% protection, but they prevent
hospitalizations. Considering that the
vaccines are free, and thus accessible,
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back to in-person learning.
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reluctant to keep logging onto Zoom
and pointing their cameras at their
faces once everyone is vaccinated.
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be accommodating for those who
struggle to come to class in person.
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which could make the student body
more diverse by opening the door for
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in-person classes next semester, more
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to students such as letting them watch
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as the University of California, Berkeley
even before the start of the pandemic.
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students do not attend classes and learn
as much as the ones that do, which could
be measured by success in assignments
and exams, then we would know for
sure that class attendance is not always
needed for success.
Both semesters this year, I have
experienced my professors sending us
video recordings rather than having
classes on certain days. I like this because
it gives us ample time to work on our
assignments, rather than perpetuating
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that we always need more time in
class to learn. This might have
been true two or three decades
ago, but today we have the
internet and databases that
we could individually learn
from. Classes serve as places
of gathering for discussion,
group work and practicing
our presentation skills, but we
do not need to learn everything
there. We just need to know that
things exist, and we need to learn
how to process and use data as well as
learning certain technical skills that need
to be explained to us. Having classes
when it is necessary, and providing extra
time for students when it is not, would
surely help us learn more and better.
I would even say that it would help us
be more innovative by taking us out of
a monotone structure, and by giving us
more time to think about life and what
we want to do with it.
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future of education. Although we are
heading towards a more digital higher
education system, colleges must bring
back the human aspects imperative
to the college experience once the
pandemic is over. This should be
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of looking at higher learning where
students not only acquire the necessary
skills in class, but also have ample time
to practice and learn from other sources
in an experiential fashion.
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only a select few.FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
OPINION 5
By AIDAN D’ANNA
ON MARCH 12, D e a n o f t h e
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out a statement outlining the college’s
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learning for Fall 2021. I believe the
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for Disease Control and Prevention
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The announcement is a sign
that life might return to something
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of their time socializing, but also in
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student ratio and boasts an average
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classes have caused this model to go
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FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
FEATURES 6
By MADELINE COX
ON DEC. 13, 2019, Sarah
Ruggiere ’16 was struck by a
drunk driver while walking on
the sidewalk in Southeast Portland.
Ruggiere had just left the bar Dig A
Pony after having a drink with her
family, and was planning on meeting
a friend while her family went to
dinner. Saying goodbye to her family
is the last thing she remembers before
waking up in the hospital. “I don’t even know what happened,”
Ruggiere said. “I woke up in the hospital,
and I didn’t have my glasses on, so I
couldn’t see. I couldn’t talk because I had
a trach tube in my throat. And I remember
seeing my parents, but I was just like,
‘Why am I in the hospital? What are we
doing here? Why can’t I talk? Why can’t I
see? What’s going on?’”
Ruggiere sustained serious injuries
during the crash, including losing
three teeth and part of her jawbone,
damaging her face and skull, and breaking her right knee. Ruggiere also
received a severe cut on her left eye that
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place a cage over her eye and monitor
her eye pressure throughout her stay in
the hospital. It was not until a month
later when Ruggiere returned to the
hospital to receive surgery on the bones
in her face that she learned her eye had
to be removed.
“So that surgery a month later, I
mean I was just really freaked out about
it, building up to the surgery,” Ruggiere
said. “It was just really stressful. And
then when we found out shortly after
I had arrived at the hospital that they
were going to have to remove my eye,
that was a huge thing.”
During her initial hospital stay, the
cage placed over her left eye helped
Ruggiere adjust to not being able to use
it later on. Still, it was not easy for her
to adjust to seeing with only one eye,
as her depth perception was severely
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hospital, I was adjusting to seeing with
one eye, which is really hard,” Ruggiere
said. “I would go to grab something and
would knock it over, or I would reach
the air in front of whatever it was I was
trying to (reach). It was really weird.”
Ruggiere is still dealing with
the aftermath of the crash and her
injuries. To replace her lost left eye,
Ruggiere was fitted with a prosthetic
eye. She underwent physical therapy
for her knee after the crash, but her
knee was re-injured by her physical
therapist, leading to an extra five
months of recovery time. Ruggiere
currently has a partial denture to
replace the three teeth she lost, but
this summer she plans to undergo a
cheek implant surgery to give her a
more permanent solution. Ruggiere
previously underwent a bone graft
surgery to replace her lost jaw bone,
but the site became infected and she
had to have another surgery to remove
the graft.Ruggiere has not only had to recover
physically from the crash, but emotionally
and mentally as well.
“I’m doing so much better now,”
Ruggiere said. “But because I almost
died, it was just very emotional and very
traumatic.”
Ruggiere has been in therapy since
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to deal with the knowledge that she had
almost lost her life.
“(It is) so terrifying to say your life
can be taken away from (you) like that,”
Ruggiere said. “My life was out of my
hands. This woman
decided to get drunk
and then decided to
get in her car, and
then just started
to drive away. And
then she hit me. So
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almost died.’”
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describes feeling resentment towards the
drunk driver after the accident, and made
overcoming that a priority in her therapy.
“I was feeling resentment towards the
drunk driver,” Ruggiere said. “I mean, of
course, it’s normal to feel that way, this
girl almost killed me. So it’s normal to feel
that way. But I’m a very positive, friendly
person. I don’t hate people. That’s not me.
But then all of a sudden I hated this girl,
and I just was carrying this resentment
towards her. And I wanted to work
through that. So that then became the big
goal for me.”
Despite how traumatic the situation
was, Ruggiere has been able to learn from
her experience. In particular, she learned
about her body and its needs, her ability
to be resilient and how to advocate for
herself. She has also seen how much
support she has around her.“I have also learned how many people
are out there to support me,” Ruggiere
said. “I mean, I was getting so many
messages from people. It was pretty
incredible.”
When the crash happened, Ruggiere
was enrolled at Lewis & Clark’s graduate
school, but she had to take a medical
leave due to her injuries. Faculty and
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of Ruggiere during that time, including
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former dean of students and dean of the
college even visited her in the hospital
the night of the crash.
“They were just
very flexible and
reached out to me all
the time to make sure
I had what I needed,”
Ruggiere said. “Lewis
& Clark has been
amazing during this
whole thing.”
Ruggiere is
currently pursuing
a Master of Arts in
Teaching and an
endorsement in ESOL
(English as a second language) at LC.
She plans to graduate this summer.
Aside from her studies, Ruggiere has
been engaged in advocacy work against
drunk driving since the crash.
“I have been working with Mothers
Against Drunk Driving,” Ruggiere said.
“At some point, I hope to be a volunteer
on their (Victim Impact Panels). It’s a
group of people who have committed a
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them about my experiences as a victim of
someone who was hit by a drunk driver.”
The main takeaway Ruggiere has
learned from her situation is to value your
life and live without regrets.
“The big thing I’ve learned through
all of this is enjoy your life,” Ruggiere
said. “Because you never know when it’s
going to be taken away from you. Have
no regrets. And if you have regrets, work
through them.”THE STATUES OF Sacagawea
and Jean Baptiste and York play
a vital role in how Lewis & Clark
recognizes its origins. The former
features Sacagawea looking upward
with her son, Jean Baptiste, situated
on her back sleeping, while the latter
statue features York holding a rifle
and staring blankly ahead.
The Sacagawea and Jean Baptiste
sculpture was donated to LC in
2004, almost
140 years after
LC was founded.
The sculpture was
created by Glenna
Goodare, who
famously designed
the Sacagawea
coin, the Vietnam
Women’s Memorial
and the Irish
Famine Memorial
throughout her
illustrious career.
Goodare sadly
passed away in April
2020.
Her sculpture at LC depicts
Sacagawea, an Indigenous woman
from the Shoshone tribe who joined
Meriweather Lewis and William Clark
on their expedition to the Pacific
Northwest. The sculpture reflects
the idea that Sacagawea was an
expeditioner. She is looking onward
and carrying the future (an infant)
on her back. Sacagawea’s knowledge
of the land, plants and regional
languages helped the expedition
significantly, as it mitigated some of
the dangers they encountered in the
West. Only at the end of their journey
did Lewis and Clark recognize her as
a valuable guide. While Lewis and
Clark received around $2,500 and
1,600 acres of land each for their expedition, Sacagawea returned from
the expedition with nothing.
In 2007, law student Charles Neal
’07 started to question why York
— Clark’s slave that accompanied
the expedition — was not a part of
LC’s campus. He then started the
York Project, which moved toward
commissioning a statue of York in
order to achieve greater representation
for the historical figure. While York
had been part of conversations at LC
before, this was the first time someone
actively pushed for a
permanent tribute to
him.
In 2011, LC
commissioned Alison
Saar to make the York
statue, which she
titled “York: Terra
Incognita,” Saar is an
artist that has mainly
worked in the realm
of African American
history, and has been
commissioned to
create other statues
such as one of Harriet
Tubman and the
Great Northern Migration.
On Tuesday, March 30, the art
department hosted a
panel where Saar and
several LC professors
discussed the impacts
of public monuments
on our understanding
of history. The panel
discussed how our
perceptions of the past
can change how we
think about the present.
Specifically they talked
about the “York: Terra
Incognita” statue located
on the LC campus and the impacts
that it has had on our perception of
York as a person. “York: Terra Incognita” rests
on the side of the walkway into the
academic campus from Frank Manor
House. It is both heroic and hopeful,
while also a depiction of a suffering
man. The York statue, as the panel
discussed, is very haunting to look at.
York is holding his shirt and scarred
on his bare back is a map of a creek.
His back is very important to the
symbolism of the statue. Saar said
in the panel that she was inspired
by pictures of Gordon, a slave who
escaped from a Louisiana plantation
in 1863, whose back was covered in
deep scarring. The scarring on York’s
back symbolizes the burden that
he carried on the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
York is not placed on a pedestal.
Instead, he stands on a single rock,
surrounded by a number of others.
On these rocks are fragmented pieces
we know of York, taken directly from
Clark’s journals. In a way, these
fragments are all we have left of York
— the memories and observations of
his oppressor and owner, Clark.
Ultimately, both of these statues
open up conversations at LC about
our history as an institution and the
responsibility we have as students
to understand that
history. Next time you
decide to take a walk
around campus, try
reading one of the rocks
surrounding York, or
leave a flower in his
hand. These gestures
are how LC students
show that we care. The
Sacagwea and Jean
Bapsite statue and the
York statue were only
dedicated in the last
two decades and these statues are
just a step in the right direction in
accepting what our history means.Historical figures on display around campus
After near fatal crash, graduate student thrives at LCThe statues of York and Sacagawea and her son, Jean Baptiste, represent an important part of LC’s history
By AMELIA DOYLE
Sarah Ruggiere ’16, who was injured after a car struck her in 2019, will receive her diploma this summerELI BRICKNELL/THE PIONEER LOG
The York statue is located near the walkway that leads into the academic campus.
“The big thing I’ve
learned through all
of this is enjoy your
life. Because you
never know when
it’s going to be taken
away from you.”
— Sarah Ruggiere ’16“Ultimately, both of
these statues open
up conversations at
LC about our history
as an institution and
the responsibility
we have as students
to understand that
history.”
ELI BRICKNELL/THE PIONEER LOG
The Sacagawea and Jean Baptiste sculpture was donated by Richard Bertea in 2004.
MAYA WINSHELL/THE PIONEER LOG“The scarring
on York’s back
symbolizes the
burden that he
carried on the
Lewis and Clark
expedition.”By ARIEL MCGEE

THIS YEAR, Lewis & Clark
welcomed Ahyoung Yoo as a
lecturer of art history and Asian
studies. After completing her Ph.D. in
art history at Ohio State University, she
and her husband moved to Portland
where she has resided for several years.
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being in touch with Associate Professor
of Art History Dawn Odell.
“When I heard about this new
opportunity to teach, not just art
history but also Korean culture, I
thought this would be wonderful and
this would be perfect for my research
interests,” Yoo said.
As a student and researcher, Yoo
studied new media art, focusing
primarily on works created by Korean
and Korean-American artists, and she
often brings this expertise into her
classes.
“I’m interested in looking into the
body and especially ... the way that it is
racialized even in our cyberspace and
the digital sphere,” Yoo said. “There
tends to be this thought that ... we live
in a post-race world. And we know
how that’s not true, right? With the
Black Lives Matter movement, and the
current rise in hate crimes against Asian
Americans, we know how the body is at
the center of one’s identity.”
Yoo has taught three courses at LC,
using her combined knowledge of art
history, new media and contemporary
art, and Asian studies.
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East Asian Art, and that is quite broad in
scope — starting from the ancient all the
way to the 16th century covering China,
Japan and Korea,” Yoo said. “This
semester I am teaching Contemporary
Korean Culture, and that course looks
into mainly visual culture, including
pop, music videos, K-Pop, but also art,
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made in Korea and beyond. The other
class that I am currently teaching is Art After 1945, which is focusing on
modern and contemporary art with a
global perspective.”
While Yoo has only had the capacity
to teach her courses online, she is
incredibly impressed with the students
she has had in her classes and their
ability to stay focused during these
turbulent times.
“I have actually stressed this
multiple times to other professors in
the department: I am really impressed
by how serious and sincere the students that I taught were given the
circumstances,” Yoo said. “It feels
like it is kind of in the atmosphere (at
LC) ... we respect learning and what it
means, we believe there is meaning in
learning.”
Yoo expressed how important LC
students have been to her teaching
experience this year.
“I feel that it is a privilege to be
teaching at Lewis & Clark, to be forming
these relationships with students and
see them actually grow,” Yoo said.
“Quite frankly, I learn a lot from my
students too ... because I teach art
history, we have a lot of discussions so
I also learn about how other people see
and process things.”
While Yoo has greatly enjoyed her
time at LC, her future employment with
the college is uncertain.
“My position is not a tenure position,
so most likely this is my last semester
here at Lewis & Clark,” Yoo said. “I feel
grateful that I met some of the students
here and I do truly appreciate that I
was given a chance to interact with
these students. I want them to know
that, even though I might not say this
to everyone who was, or is, in my class,
these encounters matter to me as well
and I learned a lot from the students.” FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
FEATURES 7
By TOR PARSONS

THE APP, GEOCACHING, tells
me I am 75 feet away from my
destination. A Washington Park
hillside, covered in dense ivy and
prickly blackberry vines, blocks my way.
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description says no bushwhacking is
necessary to reach where I am headed.
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snaking through the ivy, going up
toward a twisted tree. My phone buzzes.
This must be the place. I reach into the
hollow tree and, sure enough, pull out
a metal jar containing an assortment
of random items: a golf ball, pencil,
bottle cap, etc. I put in a $2 bill from
Singapore, a reminder of when travel
was easier, and place the jar back into
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the cache’s number into my log.
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a combination of modern technology
and old-fashioned treasure-hunting.
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geocache is expected to leave a small
item in the cache as a reminder to
future discoverers that they were there,
and take something from the cache if
they want.
Like maraschino cherries, veggie
burgers and the computer mouse,
geocaching is an Oregon invention
that has since gone global. The
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side of a road in Beavercreek,
Oregon — about 20 miles south
of downtown Portland — in
the year 2000. It was a bucket
containing books, maps, a
slingshot and a can of beans.
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were posted to a Usenet forum
dedicated to mapping software.
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alike, and today, there are geocaches on
every continent, including Antarctica.
Until 2017, there was even one aboard
the International Space Station.
The geocaching community is rich
in jargon. Caches are often described
by the size of the container, which can range from “nano” (about the size of a
pack of gum) to “gigantic” (usually a
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such as entire shipping containers,
have been used on occasion to hide
something especially big. Such a large geocache would be able to hold a lot
of “swag,” the geocacher term for the
random souvenirs they leave in caches.
Geocaches are usually given clever,
punny nicknames, though they often
have little to do with the location
or contents of the actual cache.
For instance, the one I found in
Washington Park was called
“Iraq the Casbah,” a reference, I
guess, to the Clash song “Rock
the Casbah.” Other times,
a geocache’s nickname can
provide a clue to its location.
One of the two known
geocaches on the Lewis &
Clark campus is dubbed “Lift
Up Thine Eyes,” hinting at its
location being a sturdy tree
branch.
Geocaches have caused
controversy among “Muggles”,
the geocacher term for people
who do not partake in the activity.
Caches have been mistaken for drug
stashes before, and local governments
have been concerned that geocaching
encourages littering and trespassing.
However, geocaches are placed in public locations and geocachers follow
“leave no trace” ethics, other than the
swag they leave. In 2012, Disneyland
was evacuated due to a bomb scare; the
“bomb” turned out to be a geocache.
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geocache saved Muggles’ lives, and
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birthplace of Oregon. In 2008, two
hikers were stranded on Mount Hood.
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cave, the hikers discovered a geocache
which allowed them to transmit their
location. This allowed searchers to
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reported missing.
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friends, geocaching is an excellent
COVID-safe outdoor activity. Some of
the most widely used geocaching apps
include Geocaching (sometimes called
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EVERY TUESDAY night at 6 p.m.,
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goes live on KLC radio. Her
hour-long radio show is called “Call On
Jamie,” and boasts the tagline, “Have
you ever wanted one of your personal
issues to be broadcasted on a public
domain in the form of a 2007 Maroon
5 song? You’ve come to the right place.”
Throughout the broadcast, anyone is
welcome to call in, either anonymously
or publicly, and talk to Murray-Hiteshew
about whatever they want. In response
to every caller, Murray-Hiteshew
plays a song that is relevant to their
conversation.
So far, most callers consist of
Murray-Hiteshew’s friends and family.
“It’s kind of funny,” Murray-Hiteshew
said. “I’ll put (the number to call in) on
my Instagram, and then someone will
call in who I know from, like, high school,
who I haven’t spoken to in four years.”
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talk about love and relationships,
which always makes for an interesting
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of the most memorable conversations
she had was with a high school friend
of hers asking for advice about an
awkward sexual experience.
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expectations. Some of them just want
to reconnect with her, while others
want her to play the role of a “Dear
Abby” columnist. One of the funniest
calls Murray-Hiteshew received was
from her friend’s mother, who called
in to complain about her relationship
trouble.
“So, I gave her some advice there,”
Murray-Hiteshew said.
Sophie Bennett, a childhood friend
of Murray-Hiteshew who regularly calls to catch up with her, describes the
show’s atmosphere as reminiscent of
a podcast. She enjoys “Call On Jamie”
as a friendly, wholesome space where
people can casually discuss their lives.
“It feels very cozy. It feels like
you’re in the studio with her and all her
friends.” Bennett said.
Murray-Hiteshew has been hosting
“Call On Jamie” for about a year,
after starting it in March 2020. Her
inspiration came from a radio show
she and her dad would listen to in their
hometown of Washington, D.C.
“There was this radio show run by
this woman named Delilah,” she said.
“People would call in and ask for advice,
and she would play them a song.”
Murray-Hiteshew described Delilah’s
show as “really goofy” and unintentionally
hilarious, and she and her dad would
constantly joke about it. Upon arriving
at LC, Murray-Hiteshew thought it
would be fun to start her own version of
Delilah’s radio show. She did not have
any broadcasting experience before
starting “Call On Jamie,” but the KLC
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While Murray-Hiteshew says she
has never been recognized outside of
KLC as the host of “Call On Jamie,”
and acknowledges that the number of
listeners on an average “Call On Jamie”
episode tends to be low, she enjoys
reconnecting with friends and being
part of KLC. Her other favorite shows on
KLC include “Sexology”, a show about
sex and relationships at LC; the “Sunday
Soul Hour,” an hour-long program of
soul and R&B music; and “Crime Time,”
a show discussing true crime cases and
urban legends, which runs after “Call on
Jamie” on Tuesday nights.
Murray-Hiteshew welcomes callers,
no matter who they are or what they
want to talk about, between 6 and 7
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Murray-Hiteshew hosts her radio show “Call on Jamie” every Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m.ELI BRICKNELL/THE PIONEER LOGYoo joined LC this fall as a lecturer in the art history and Asian studies departments.PHOTO COURTESY OF AHYOUNG YOOEMERY ANDERSON/THE PIONEER LOG
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the Arts section, contact piolog@lclark.edu to learn more.FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
ARTS 9
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features upcoming book
By JILLIAN JACKSON
SUSIE YANG’S m a s t e r f u l d e b u t
novel “White Ivy” is now available
for checkout at Aubrey R. Watzek
library. Longlisted for the Center for
Fiction’s First Novel Prize, “White Ivy”
and its inventive take on the Chinese-
American immigrant story will not stay
on the shelves for long. Any Lewis &
Clark reader lucky enough to check it
out will discover a tour de force that
refuses to conform to genre.
Readers meet the novel’s main
character Ivy Lin in middle school,
asserting herself on Yang’s fast-
turning pages as a compulsive liar and
kleptomaniac. Endearingly boy crazy,
14-year-old Ivy steals a diary from a big
box store to write and gush about her
classmate Gideon Speyer. Not only is
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Pitt lookalike, Gideon and his family
have an old money Massachusetts
fortune and a summer cottage.
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might have cause to worry in its
opening chapters. The opening cover
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mother, “a Tiger Mom.” And as early as
on page three, Ivy’s parents pressure
her to become a doctor.
However, Yang subverts these
dangerous and harmful stereotypes
about Chinese-
Americans, beginning
when Ivy fumbles her
high school chemistry
and algebra grades.
Ivy is no submissive
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stereotype either;
her awkward teenage
forays into dating and
discovering her own
sexuality are portrayed
with dignity.
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teacher at age 26, reconnects with
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two-faced sister, Sylvia, go on $2,000 brunch dates and buy each other yachts
as wedding presents. Not since E.
Lockhart’s “We Were Liars” has there
been such a biting send-up of the one-
percent.
As with any psychological thriller
exposing the seedy side of old
money America, expect some twists.
Unfortunately, Yang often tends to
over-foreshadow until the reader
knows what will happen next. With
how often the same characters walk in
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more thrilling plot points.
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sabotaging will still manage to keep
you guessing until the last page. “White
Ivy” seems tailor-made for the kind of
soap-operatic-but-classier adaptation
that has brought its contemporaries
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Everywhere” to the silver screen.
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“The Joy Luck Club,” “White Ivy” also
devotes ample time to Ivy’s mother,
Nan, and her grandmother, Meifeng.
Flashing back to 44 years earlier in the
Sichuan Province of China, the narrative
reveals how they survived during Mao’s
return to power. As chairman of the
Chinese Communist Party, Mao and his
regime were responsible for the deaths
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Sinophobic stereotypes
about this historical
time period, choosing
to focus instead on
Nan’s fragile high
school romance and
how the Red Guards
left it in pieces. Ivy’s
family stories add an
intergenerational layer
to the novel that ties it
in a neat bow.
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triumph, a novel equal
parts a tender coming of age story,
social satire and a moving portrait of a
Chinese-American immigrant family.
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Susie Yang is one to watch. By MARCO DREGNI
AS PART OF N a t i o n a l P o e t r y
Month, Lewis & Clark Alumni
and Parent Programs invited poet
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to present exerpts from his upcoming
book, “Singer Come from Afar.” Over
170 people attended the virtual event on
April 1, ranging from LC’s class of ’67 all
the way to President Wim Wiewel and his
wife Alice. Many of the attendees were
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who has long been an important literary
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started studying English literature and
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teaching at LC in 1979 and is currently
the director of the Northwest Writing
Institute at the Graduate School. He also
served as the Oregon poet laureate from
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poems from his upcoming book. He
explained that much of his recent work
focuses less on what the poem “is” and
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poem addressed teachers, the second,
Donald Trump and the third a customs
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honey.
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of his “Pandemic Poems,” a series of
works shared over his social media. ³3DQGHPLF&R̆HH´RQHRIWKHVLPSOHVW
of these poems, is also one of his most
widely shared and appreciated pieces,
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heaping dose of darkness, / a slender
pour of light, / a ringing spoon of silver /
transforming wrong to right.”
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follows a three-step process. He starts
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hidden meaning.
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people, and to me that means the poem
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book “Singer Come from Afar” is likely
to please. The book is currently available
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old and hearing “Love Story” by
Taylor Swift for the first time. I
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to buy “Fearless” that summer, and I
would play the album on my portable
CD player in the car on the way to
summer camp every morning. I was
so enthralled by the music, dancing
around my house and memorizing
every word.
I remember every Swift album
release since then and the euphoric
feeling of hearing my favorite artist’s
vulnerability in every song. I listened
to “Fifteen” as I entered high school,
preparing myself to walk through
the door on the very first day and
face freshman year. It was magical
to understand “Fearless” in a whole
new way as I went through the stages
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heartbreaks, starting high school and
growing up.
Now, I get to experience
“Fearless” for the first time again.
Today, April 9, Swift is releasing
“Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” a move
she is making in order to fully own
her masters after they were sold
without her permission in 2019.
While the complex circumstances
surrounding the re-recording of
Swift’s first six albums are grim,
there are silver linings. For a life-
long fan, getting to hear the new
version of “Fearless” so many years later feels almost cathartic. Swift
has left behind the country genre,
but she is not trying to modernize
the songs she wrote as a teenager. If
“Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” is any
indication, it will be almost identical
to the original, with the exception of
a more mature voice. The original
producers and background singers
are present in the new version, and
it still hits the same way it did back
LQIt seems that Swift has less to
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“Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” she is
including six songs “from the vault,”
which she wrote at the time she
wrote “Fearless” but was not able to
include. According to Swift, it killed
her to leave these songs behind. The
first of these songs to be released,
“You All Over Me (Taylor’s Version)
(From The Vault) [Feat. Maren
Morris]” is quintessential “Fearless”-era Swift. Her signature country
twang and metaphors about rain fit
in perfectly with the original songs,
though it is produced by “folklore”
and “evermore” collaborator Aaron
Dessner. The second pre-released
vault track, “Mr. Perfectly Fine
(Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault),”
is co-produced by Jack Antonoff,
who does a great job of taking Swift’s
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feels fresh and relevant in 2021.This new version of “Fearless”
has 26 songs, much longer than a
standard album. However, Swift is
no longer worried about the album
being too long or having too many
break-up songs. This time, she is
doing it for the fans, the ones who
want to dive deeper into the world
of “Fearless” with her, an album that
defined so many of our childhood
and teenage years. Swift has often
said that she is re-recording these
albums so her fans can listen to her
old music without feeling the guilt
of supporting music moguls, who
stole her life’s work. With “Fearless
(Taylor’s Version),” she is speaking
directly to us. It feels like a collective
look back on old memories and
music, us and her, together. It does
not feel like a chore or a rushed
project she just had to get done.
We are appreciating “Fearless” for
what it is and what it means to us,
celebrating the special connection
between an artist and her fans.
Although it is sad that Swift’s
music career was stolen from
her, I for one am grateful for the
opportunity to hear “Fearless” for
the first time again. I am thrilled
that Swift has chosen to make this
experience an invigorating one full
of reminiscence and excitement. And
I would like to issue an apology to
my roommate, who will have to put
up with me listening to “Fearless
(Taylor’s Version)” repeatedly for the
foreseeable future.
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Ivy and her
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sabotaging will
still manage
to keep you
guessing until
the last page.FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
SPORTS 10
By NICHOLAS NERLI
FOLLOWING LAST year’s
heartbreaking cancellation of
March Madness, fans of men’s
college basketball have rejoiced over
this year’s shock-inducing tournament.
Brackets were busted across the country
as this year saw a record-breaking 14
upsets. Ultimately, the Baylor Bears won
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over the Gonzaga Bulldogs, pulling
a slight upset and rounding out the
tournament with an 86-70 victory.
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underdog teams earned decisive wins
to advance to the second round. In the
West Region, Ohio, the No. 13 seed,
narrowly defeated No. 4 seed Virginia
while Oregon advanced after their game
against Virginia Commonwealth was
canceled due to COVID-19. The East
Region’s No. 10 seed Maryland, No.
11 seed UCLA and No. 14 seed Abilene
Christian scored victory margins
between one and 11 points. In the North
and South Regions, North Texas, Oregon
State and Syracuse won commanding
victories over higher-seeded teams as
underdogs Wisconsin, Oral Roberts and
Rutgers also moved on to the second
round.
Devout disciples of West Coast
teams had their prayers answered
during second round games. In the
Pac-12 Conference, No. 6 USC, No. 7
Oregon, No. 11 UCLA and No. 12 Oregon
State — all underdogs — delivered
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accomplished teams. Oregon State’s 80-
70 performance over No. 4 Oklahoma
State was particularly impressive as
Ethan Thompson and Maurice Calloo
scored 51% of the team’s points and
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No. 1 Gonzaga, undefeated through the
Final Four, rolled over No. 8 Oklahoma
to advance. The second round also saw
the fall of No. 1 Illinois to No. 8 Loyola
Chicago in a 71-58 matchup.
In the Sweet Sixteen, UCLA’s
extraordinary 88-78 victory over
No. 2 Alabama was unparalleled.
Despite their horrendous free throw
performance, Alabama overcame a
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game with a jaw-dropping 26-foot shot
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regulation play. During overtime, amid
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routed Alabama in one of the most emotionally exhilarating games of the
entire tournament.
The Oregon Ducks fell to USC in
frustratingly underwhelming fashion
during the Sweet Sixteen. Oregon
State, meanwhile, continued their
Cinderella-esque charge by besting
No. 8 Loyola Chicago. No other
upsets occurred this round, though
No. 3 Arkansas nearly lost to No. 13
Oral Roberts in an excruciatingly
close 72-70 game.
By the Elite Eight, all eyes were on
the Pac-12. Conference stakeholders
have long argued that Pac-12 teams
are underappreciated and often ranked
too low; this year, three of their teams
advanced to the Elite Eight, much to
the chagrin of expert analysts. Oregon
State’s second half comeback was not
enough to overcome No. 2 Houston’s
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teary 67-61 loss. The Gonzaga Bulldogs
swept USC and marched onward to
the Final Four. UCLA orchestrated
another white knuckle victory over
No. 1 Michigan, with Johnny Juzang
leading the Bruins to a 51-49 win. The
Final Four was set with UCLA against
Gonzaga and No. 1 Baylor comfortably
advancing to face Houston.
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3 featured Baylor rolling over Houston
with fury, dominating play from the
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the team to a 78-59 victory and Baylor’s
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day, Gonzaga narrowly defeated UCLA
with an overtime buzzer-beater by Jalen
Suggs, sending the Bulldogs to their
second-ever national championship.
The epic performances by both teams,
coupled with UCLA’s underdog status
and Gonzaga’s undefeated record,
resulted in many analysts calling the
game perhaps the greatest in March
Madness history.
Ultimately, against expert
odds, Baylor clinched the national
title on April 5 with an impressive
victory over West Coast powerhouse
Gonzaga. Starting the first half with
a 9-0 lead, the game had little drama
as Jared Butler, Davion Mitchell and
MaCio Teague led the Bears on an
unbreakable drive that Gonzaga never
came close to overcoming. As Bulldogs
mourn in Spokane, Washington,
Baylor fans have overtaken Waco,
Texas, to celebrate the team’s first
national championship win.
Despite fears that the coronavirus
would derail the tournament, the
NCAA and city of Indianapolis
executed a March Madness packed
with historic triumphs, debilitating
disappointment and an abundance
of belligerent expletives hurled at
television sets. Now, fans tend to
their wounds and await next year’s
tournament, one hopefully including
stadiums filled with vaccinated
supporters.
By AIDAN D’ANNA
ON SATURDAY, April 3, College
Outdoors (CO) conducted its
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’21, trip leaders for the event, showed
participants how to make dye using
natural ingredients. Participants made
dyes out of purple cabbage, turmeric and
chili powder; each ingredient was mixed
with boiled water and vinegar before the
eggs were placed inside. The eggs were
protected inside a pouch of fabric tied
with twine, and the dye seeped through
the fabric in order to get to the egg.
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decision to attend Lewis & Clark, and she
has managed to work her way up to trip
leader after just a semester and a half
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to run, and egg dyeing was at the top of
the list because it preserved one of her
personal Easter traditions.
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leaves to put inside their pouch. Some
participants collected brightly colored
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natural pigments from the petals would
seep onto their egg, while others collected
leaves in an attempt to make an imprint on
the surface of their egg. Participants then wrapped all of their
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an onion skin (used to get a light brown
pigment), and tied the fabric with the
twine. They then dropped the bundle into
either the colored dye if they were going
for color, or pure boiling water if they were
looking for an imprint.
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and was excited to see the patterns on his
egg after the 15-20 minute waiting period
was up.
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turning the surface of the eggs a deep blue
after only half an hour, while the turmeric
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behind how the homemade dye works.
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the event so that it was open-ended,
and geared towards what participants
were interested in doing. Each of the
10 participants got multiple eggs and
were able to experiment with both the
boiling and colored dye techniques.
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forewent a strict plan and left the
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participants. ³7KH EHVW SDUW LV WKDW ZH ZHUH
winging it and everyone was just
experimenting and we were all
wrapping the eggs and messing around
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dyeing event an annual spring staple
at CO.By HENRY GOODIER
ON FEB. 14, the Portland
metropolitan area faced erratic
snow and ice storms that left
devastating amounts of damage. The
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the loss of their practice facility, the tennis
dome. While built to withstand inclement
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brought to the ground during the historic
storms. The season had already previously
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presenting the team with an inordinate
amount of challenges. However, they
were determined to not let the collapse
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season.
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Building Systems, the leading
manufacturer of domes within
universities and country clubs in North
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mechanical system, skylights, insulation
and most importantly, four completely
covered tennis courts.
Since the loss of their facility, the
program has shifted its practice and
game locations to Mountain Park
Racquet Club, located in Lake Oswego,
Oregon, and Club Green Meadows
located in Vancouver, Washington.
Head Coach Jimmy Chau rapidly made
this adjustment to ensure the teams had
facilities to use during the unprecedented
time. Chau expressed his gratitude
towards the newly welcoming hosts.
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been extremely great hosts in a time
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Chau said.
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minded playing under the sun on the two
outdoor courts at LC, the unpredictability of the weather in Portland makes it
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removed on March 18. As of now, the
plans for a new facility are up in the air.
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amount that insurance will pay out.
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players remain in good spirits.
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quickly with the best possible solution
for our tennis program, the athletics
department and the wider community as
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has faced, the tennis teams have not let
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began its season with an impressive 4-2
record while the men’s team won four
straight competitions, giving them a
winning record of 5-3.
Due to the in-conference-only rules
set in place by the Northwest Conference
(NWC) this season, the women’s team
only has four matches left before the
NWC tournament begins May 8. They
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teams have a record of 4-2, and the
upcoming matches will determine who is
in second place behind George Fox.
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matches left before the tournament.
They are currently sitting in third place
in the NWC, and they hope to continue
their winning streak and come out on top
The loss of a facility in the midst
of a pandemic is unfortunate, but the
Pios have persevered. Their optimistic
outlook has led them to achieve two
strong records while showing promising
potential in the upcoming NWC
tournament.
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March Madness championship win
KAMRYN FORD/THE PIONEER LOG
Lewis & Clark’s tennis dome collapsed under the weight of ice left by the storm.
Students prepare to take their eggs out of the turmeric, cabbage and chili powder solutions to see if their patterns were transferred.AIDAN D’ANNA/THE PIONEER LOG
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOGFRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
SPORTS 11
By KAMRYN FORD

THE LOCAL SPECIES of English
and Irish ivy in Portland have long
reigned as one of the most invasive
plants in the area. You can often spot
it around campus covering the forest
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some of the larger trees. For College
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been a long-standing staple among the
various activities they conduct at Lewis
& Clark..
In partnership with the Tryon Creek
Watershed Council, CO joined a collective
that focuses primarily on the restoration
of native plants within the Portland
area. The council itself has previously interacted with the college, and this
year some LC students hold executive
positions on their board. It is the
promising reputation of the CO program
all across Portland that has granted them
unique access to such opportunities. On
Saturday, March 13, the program led an
initiative with a group of students who
ventured around campus to aid in the
process of eradicating the invasive ivy
and preserving the native plants that
reside around campus. In order to do
this, the students uprooted the ivy from
the ground and placed them into burn
piles that LC landscaping would later
take care of.
According to trip co-leader Qwynci
Bowman ’23, who also holds the title of
Executive Board Member on the Tryon
Creek Watershed Council, this was a
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tasks were completed by her group.
“I think the most important thing
that we can take away is that even small
scale action can create a large scale
impact.” Bowman said.
This COVID-safe trip became an
all-encompassing experience, from a
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practices. Bowman, along with trip
co-leaderLauren Simms ’21, not only
taught their group of students the proper
technique to remove the ivy, but also
gave them the opportunity to learn more
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ivy grow around campus, both of which
were seemingly introduced to the west
coast during the colonial period, and
have since grown to become a serious
nuisance to Portland environmentalists.
The local species are often overrun by
the ivy and choked out of accessing
necessary nutrients
The ivy itself is one tough cookie.
The plant extends its and creates a
complex maze underground. One group
realized this very quickly as they were
excavating the areas they had been
assigned, pulling pieces that were more
than 15-20 feet long. The work itself
was an exciting and experience, and
Bowman was very proud of her group’s
accomplishments at the end of the day.
“I think that when you’re standing
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task and it might seem like it’ll never
end or it’ll never improve but I think it’s
important to recognize that even though
we did get only a few spots on Saturday,
there was a clear clearing of the ivy
and we did make an impact on the
restoration process that was happening
across Portland,” Bowman said.
If you are interested in hearing
more about CO, their connections to the
Tryon Creek Watershed Council or are
curious about their program, you can
contact them via email at outdoors@
lclark.edu.College Outdoors shifts focus to
removal of Tryon’s invasive ivyPioneers swing into season
with encouraging openers
By GABE KORER
FOLLOWING a hard-fought series
against the Willamette Bearcats,
the Lewis & Clark Pioneers
baseball team has moved to 6-10 on
the season. Under Head Coach Matt
Kosderka, the Pioneers have largely
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leaning on several experienced hitters
at the top of their lineup. Alongside
Hitting Coach Eric Del Prado, Kosderka
has prioritized improving the Pioneers’
on-base percentage and strikeout rate
throughout his tenure as head coach,
which has led to an impressive 6.5 runs
per game through 16 games.
“We’ve walked and been hit more
times than we struck out this year,
which is usually not the numbers that
we have,” Kosderka said. “Being able
to get on base is huge for us ... I give
a lot of that credit to the players, but
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to help them have the right mentality
going forward.”
According to Kosderka, the Pio’s
improvement as a team has been a
long time in the making. When he
became the head coach in 2017, he
wanted to create a winning culture that
emphasized preparation and making
the most of opportunities. Four years
later, he is pleased with how his players
have come together to reinforce that
culture, especially in the midst of the
COVID-19 pandemic.“They’ve done a great job of that and
obviously, they are super excited to come
out and very thankful to get out back on
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Despite their season being cut short
last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
Kosderka believes that their last
performance on March 8 against George
Fox University, a consistently dominant
team in the NWC, laid the groundwork
for what they have been able to achieve
this season. In his eyes, that series marked
a turning point in how they viewed
themselves as a team, which they have
carried over into each of their match-ups
this year.
“That was really the time where it
clicked for us that, ‘Hey, we can challenge
anybody,’” Kosderka said.
Brett Pierson ’24, who was named
Northwest Conference (NWC) player of
the week after pitching a one-hit shutout
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his teammates pride themselves on giving
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we all stress — is leaving everything out
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are big players in this concept, but Kos
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trying to get us to play to the best of our
ability every game.”
As a pitcher, Pierson has had to deal
with a heavier workload due to the NWC’s
decision to expand inter-conference
match-ups to four games. The games
themselves have also been changed, as the Pios now play two 7-inning and two
9-inning games during a four-game series.
Second Basemen Tyler Gannon ’21
believes that the team’s experience has
allowed them to adjust to the new schedule
and build on their momentum from last
season. Along with his teammates, he has
high expectations for what the Pioneers
can accomplish this year, especially after
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20 and 21.
“We’re really pushing to be in that top
four,” Gannon said.
Gannon has been with the team since
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he has seen the program come a long way
and views this season as a culmination
of everything the team has been working
toward.
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statement ... coming out with the young
talent that we have and some of the older
talent, we want people to know that we’re
not (a team) to roll over,” Gannon said.
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punch back.”
With the season in full swing,
Kosderka is optimistic about how much
the team has improved and their chances
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He credits his starting pitchers with
providing a source of stability thus far,
and looks forward to watching the seniors
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The Pios face George Fox this weekend
on April 10 and 11. For fans, the games
will be live-streamed on the LC website.
By AMELIA MADARANG
RECENTLY, screams and chants
can be heard coming from
Griswold Stadium late at night
and early in the morning. If you listen
close enough you might even be able
to hear voices shouting “ruck, maul,
pillage and burn” over and over again.
Although it may seem like a cult, it is
actually just the sounds of club rugby
returning to Lewis & Clark.
Rugby faced a handful of barriers
this year that made their return
seem unlikely. The club had trouble
getting approved through Student
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getting access to their equipment and
accessing COVID-19 testing through
LC for their coaches. Despite all of this,
rugby is back again.
During a normal year, members
of club rugby spend the fall semester
teaching new players how to play the
game. They then spend the spring
semester going to tournaments and
competing with other schools. Before
the global pandemic there were also
infamous rugby parties. Any veteran
rugby player can tell you about
“shooting the boot,” a party game
played to commemorate a player
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is what they refer to as points . To
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rainboot with a beverage of choice
and the scoring player must chug it.
However, like many club sports at
LC, rugby has had to adapt to new
COVID-19 restrictions.
Cate McGlynn-Mandel ’22, who
has played rugby at LC for three years,
has seen the team change under the
pandemic.
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Mandel said. “We are of course
wearing masks, sanitizing all our
balls and equipment and everything.
Making sure to be aware of distance
while we are practicing. We aren’t
playing games right now.”
Despite not being able to play any
actual games, the members of the club
have been able to practice passing,
formation drills and touch rugby. In
touch rugby, players do not tackle
each other but instead touch their
opponents using their hands on any
part of the body, clothing or the ball.
The lack of full contact rugby has made
this a great time for people to try rugby
if they are scared of being tackled. The
team is always looking for new players
of any experience level.
“Everyone is so friendly, so
welcoming,” McGlynn-Mandel said.
“It’s a really great group dynamic.
Our coaches are awesome and super supportive of new people. You don’t
have to be ‘traditionally athletic,’ rugby
is really a sport for every body.”
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year Lidor Nadler ’24 joined the team
without having played before.
“I’ve never seen a rugby game
before I got here,” Nadler said. “I
didn’t know anything about it.”
She ended up appreciating it as a
fun way to exercise and even recruited
her roommate Kaya Tsbari ’24.
Despite new restrictions put in place,
Nadler and Tsbari love the community
rugby has built.
“It’s very inclusive,” Tsbari said.
“During practice sometimes there are
people on the track and we ask if they
want to join us for practice, maybe join
the team.”
Most players on the team speak
highly about rugby’s inclusivity and
approachability. Though rugby had
previously only been open to women,
the team has become coed in the last
year. Currently the team consists of
mostly women but it is becoming more
diverse as time goes on. Students of
all genders are now welcome to join
practices.
“The transition has been pretty
seamless,” said Claire Lundy, coach
of LC rugby. “The big part that would
make it complicated would be the
contact piece as, genetically speaking,
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male tend to have stronger/faster
bodies than people who are female
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always true, though.”
When rugby is able to play full
contact again, Lundy predicts that
practice will be split into three grids.
The grids would be male only, all
genders and female only and players
can decide which grid or group to
participate in.
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from rugby’s decision to go coed is
Daniel Pang ’24. Pang played rugby
for 11 years before joining the LC team.
Even with all his experience, Pang has
felt welcomed and challenged on the
LC team. He encourages all students
to give rugby a chance and promises
that “you’ll fall in love with it.”
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players.
“Listen, learn, just do your best,
don’t get down on yourself,” Pang said.
“Everyone starts from somewhere.
You have absolutely nothing to fear.”
If you are interested in joining
rugby, their practices are open on
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Sundays and 8-10 p.m. on Tuesdays.
You can email the team at wrugby@
lclark.edu.After pandemic pause
club rugby kicks off
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