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Volume 97, No. 1

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2021-09-17

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By ASIYA KAMAWAL
LEWIS & CLARK’S College of Arts
and Sciences (CAS) class of 2025
is the largest undergraduate
class in the college’s history, with over
700 students.
This past admissions cycle, LC
admitted the same number of students
as they had in previous years. Prior
to this year, around 12% of admitted
students would typically accept the
offer of admission. However, this
year, acceptance rose to 16%.
According to Eric Staab, vice
president for admissions and financial
aid, there is no clear answer as to why
the class of 2025 is so large, but there
are a few contributing factors.
“During the pandemic, there were
many obstacles the college faced, yet,
the college remained open, holding
classes on campus, and students were
here.” Staab said. “Many students
wanted to go to a college that was
going to be in-person, and LC showed
that they have managed to hold
classes during a pandemic all while
having a low COVID positivity cases.”
LC’s decision to remain open for
college tours also played a role in
the significant number of acceptance
offers.
Many private colleges in the United
States increased their acceptance
rates in order to recuperate any
financial difficulties caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic. However, for
LC, according to Staab, there was no
financial aspect in the decision to take
on a larger class this year.
LC’s target size for the class
of 2025 was originally only 550 students. Yet Staab remains confident
that exceeding this target by over
150 students will be relatively
manageable.
“Total enrollment is not so different
from certain years before, and ... the
college is not currently over enrolled
as an institution,” Staab said. “The
biggest challenge that LC has faced
is mainly living spaces; the housing department over the summer worked
hard to make accommodations for the
students coming into Fall 2021.”
Campus Living has had to adopt
unconventional methods due to the
large number of students living in
residence halls. For example, some
lounges now function as dorm rooms.
Campus Living intends for this
overflow housing to be temporary. Frankie Spurbeck ’23 is a
Residential Advisor in Odell Hall.
According to Spurbeck, the top floor
of Odell has had four “forced triples,”
which are double rooms converted to
house three residents.
Spurbeck has 39 residents on their
floor in Odell Hall. They described a
few other challenges that come with
the large class size. First, they had to spend a lot more time meeting with
students and constructing roommate
agreements. Also, with 40 people
living on the floor, there are only
six communal showers available
for the residents. Finally, Spurbeck
mentioned that with more students,
there is more noise and activity in
the dorms. Quiet hours have been
difficult to maintain.
Ashlyn Kelly ’24 currently has
three roommates. She originally
requested to be in a double, but was
unexpectedly placed into a quad.
“I think it has some challenges
for sure, and it is definitely not what
I expected,” Kelly said. “It is hard to
live in a small space with so many
people, especially coordinating social
and academic schedules.”
Kelly said her classes are larger
than expected, but it does not seem to
surprise her. She speculated it could
be due to an increase in the number of
deferrals last year and a large number
of applicants this year. Despite the
large class, Kelly maintains that LC
was the right choice.
“It is a small liberal arts college
with a great community,” Kelly said.
“But I think the biggest difference is
the rooming situations. I know that
the idea of having five people in a
dorm room does not sound fun.”
Even with all the difficulties that
come with a large class, both Spurbeck
and Kelly have an optimistic outlook
on the situation, emphasizing the
positive impacts more students may
have on the community.
“The fact there are so many
students makes it a livelier
community,” Spurbeck said.Vol. 97 No. 1 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 www.piolog.com
Today’s Weather
Gray skies return. Likely to be dry
during the day and wet at night.
Gentle, fickle breezes with a high of
77 degrees in the afternoon and a low
of 54 at night. Sunrise at 6:44 a.m.
and a waxing gibbous moon.OPINION
Takeout at the Bon
The safest and most convenient option
is for the Bon to make takeout an
ongoing option instead of requiring
students to eat indoors. FEATURES
LC Rocks
Colorful and fun rocks that were created
by NSO as part of a service day project,
have been distributed all throughout
campus. ARTS
Artist Roster Project
Over the summer, the Platteau launched
the Artist Roster Project, a way for
LC artists to connect on campus and
collaborate.SPORTS
Frankie Reid Profile
Frankie Reid ’24 broke LC’s 54-year-
long 1500 meter run record and
received national recognition in the
process.
Class of 2025 breaks past admissions record
Dean of Spiritual Life retires after three decades at LC
By VENUS EDLIN
DEAN EMERITUS of Spiritual
Life Mark Duntley retired at
the end of July after working
in the chapel at Lewis & Clark for 32
years.
Duntley has long been an engaged
member of the LC community,
from serving as the Collins View
neighborhood liaison to his extensive
involvement in the Diversity Equity
and Inclusion Committee. Through
the Chamberlin Lecture series he
spearheaded, he brought speakers
such as civil rights movement leader
Andrew Young and Holocaust
survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie
Wiesel to campus. He has performed
invocations at convocation, held
memorial services for LC community
members and officiated nearly 250
weddings, mostly for LC graduates.
Duntley began his career in
spiritual life in 1989 because of the
unique opportunity to be both a
chaplain and teacher.
“It was a really great position,
because it had this possibility of
working with students in terms of
their spiritual life and growth and
also doing things in the classroom,”
Duntley said. “I wasn’t tenure track, and I didn’t have to be tenured, so I
thought this would be the best of both
possible worlds.”
Throughout his time at LC,
Duntley made a number of fond
memories he enjoys sharing. The
memories varied from the Princeton
Review ranking LC the number one
college in the nation to ignore God in
1999 to a coincidental conversation
that led a student to pursue divinity
school.
Despite working in spiritual
life, Duntley emphasized his role
in helping all students, religious or
otherwise.
“My role wasn’t to make
everybody like Mark Duntley or
(make) everybody to follow Jesus
— it was to help people find their
own spiritual paths,” Duntley said.
“That’s been one of the joys of my
work, that people can do that in so
many different ways. It’s enriching
to our whole community when people
are able to do that individually and
collectively.”
Chaplain and Director of Spiritual
Life Hilary Martin Himan took over
Duntley’s position on Aug. 2.
Himan emphasized that spiritual
life is for all students, secular or
religious in any tradition. In the future, she intends on communicating
that message to LC’s student body, as
well as fighting the perception that the
chapel is only for Christian students.
Himan also aims to preserve many
aspects of Duntley’s tenure.
“Mark was incredibly generous
and I hope that I can also be that,”
Himan said. “He would leave gifts for
the custodial staff around the holiday
time, he would send thank you cards
to everyone. He was just cognizant of
the importance of relationship and I
want to maintain that.”
Duntley’s work has impacted
many individuals in the community,
including Professor of Music Aaron
Beck. Years ago, both of Beck’s
parents died of cancer five days apart
and Duntley played an important role
in Beck’s grieving process, like he has
for many others.
“He made a celebration in honor
of my parents, he organized it in the
chapel to celebrate them,” Beck said.
“Not only did he give me counsel, but
he went the extra mile to organize the
chapel celebration. Ever since then,
we’ve been very close.”
Beck, having known Duntley
for 28 years, decided to work in
conjunction with Advancement
Services to establish the Rev. Mark A. Duntley Award Fund in order to honor
“celebrating a selfless kind of giving,
and a deep caring for each other, for
humanity.” Information regarding
the distribution of the funds is still to
come.
President Wim Wiewel has a
similar story of connection with
Duntley. Shortly after Wiewel took
office, his father-in-law died and
Duntley organized a memorial service.
“I was impressed with the care
Mark took to learn about my father-
in-law and the family,” Wiewel
said via email. “The sincerity of
his engagement with the service
manifested the best of Presbyterian
and Lewis & Clark’s community
spirit.”
Vice President of Student Life
and Dean of Students Robin Holmes-
Sullivan also identified the support
and care the community has received
from Duntley.
“On a personal note, I have found
him to be a trusted confidante,
inspiring leader, and truly great
person,” Holmes-Sullivan said via
email. “It has been an honor to work
with him and he will be sorely missed
but never forgotten.”
Beck, like many others, will miss
Duntley’s presence on campus.“I just wish him a wonderful,
wonderful retirement, and to thank
him from the bottom of my heart,”
Beck said. “Thank him for all his
service to this institution to help us
make it what it is today.”
To honor Duntley’s presence on
campus, the college organized a book
of appreciation with community-
member submitted photos and
letters. The book will be presented
to Duntley at a gathering on Oct. 7 at
4 p.m. at the Gregg Pavilion and the
Pavilion Bridge.
In his retirement, Duntley plans
to reflect on his time at LC, take care
of his parents who are in their 90s.Mark Duntley played an active role on campus organizing events, officiating weddings, giving backThe large class of first-years and transfers assemble for the annual incoming class photo on the Glade during New Student Orientation.The current first-year class, with over 700 students, creates overflow challenges across the LC campus
PHOTO COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARKPHOTO COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARK
Mark Duntley retired from Spiritual Life.
By VENUS EDLIN
THIS SUMMER , Lewis & Clark
combined Student Support
Services (SSS) and Case
Management to create the new Office of
Student Accessibility (OSA).
Aimée Milne was appointed to the
office’s director after starting at LC as
a counselor and case manager in 2014.
Milne also graduated from LC in 2002
with a master’s degree in counseling
psychology. In her current position, she
is not offering counseling services to
students.
According to Milne, the offices will
not be discontinuing any services and
hope to add more due to the office
merger.
“Functionally, when the two offices
were separate there was so much overlap
and collaboration with the work that
we were doing, it was just a natural fit
to bring the two together,” Milne said
via email. “The new office will allow
for greater accessibility, financial and
logistical resources, potential expansion,
and connections to both on-campus and
off-campus resources for students.”
According to the OSA webpage, the
office focuses on providing academic
accommodations and advocacy for
students with disabilities. However,
they “also support the campus-wide
community with accessing resources to support overall health and wellness.”
The office works with students who
do not have documented disabilities
and can provide academic strategies
for students even if they are not using
accommodations.
Milne said the office’s role is focused
on student advocacy and academic
accommodations. Students can make
appointments with the OSA through their
online scheduling tool to address such accommodations. For other accessibility
concerns, students should work with the
Office of Equity and Inclusion, as well
as the Americans with Disabilities Act
Coordinator Heyke Kirkendall-Baker.
Prior to the merger, SSS had a long-
time working relationship with the
Disabled Student Union (DSU) and
Disability Allied Law Association. DSU
is working to revive its connections after
a year of dormancy due to the COVID-19 pandemic and looks forward to working
with the new OSA.
“We’re trying to revive a club that
has deep roots and connections, but just
doesn’t have a whole lot of community
engagement yet,” DSU co-chair Rose
Thompson ’23 said. “(We are) trying to
really get it together so it can be a long
lasting resource for students on campus.”
According to Thompson, the DSU
often serves as a connecting point between students and official channels,
such as the OSA. In her opinion,
this partnership makes improving
accessibility more approachable for
many students.
“Advocating for yourself as a
disabled or chronically ill person is a
lot,” Thompson said. “It’s really taxing
sometimes, so we can help facilitate that
relationship.”
Thompson also pointed out that the
OSA is currently booked out weeks in
advance to meet with students to address
academic accommodations, so she hopes
the DSU can help ease the burden of OSA
staff. Moving forward, she hopes the
office can better aid disabled students,
especially those with physical disabilities
and those who are more vulnerable to
COVID-19. The OSA urges students
who are immunocompromised or have
underlying health conditions to schedule
an appointment to address academic
accommodations.
Both the OSA and DSU are focused
on continuing to increase access across
campus for students.
“LC is not always the most accessible
place,” Thompson said. “I’ve been
striving to make access not something
that is given, not something that people
always have to advocate for themselves
for and put the labor in. It’s something
that should already be taken into account
for.”FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
NEWS 2
By AMELIA DOYLE &
ASMAA ZAIDAN
ALL STUDENTS who choose
to drive their cars to campus
are able to purchase parking
permits through the Lewis & Clark
website. But since the beginning of
the fall semester, students have been
struggling to find parking, even after
they have purchased a permit. Many
have spent a considerable amount of
time driving through LC’s campus,
scanning every parking lot for
available spots.
Ebtehal Yahya ’22, who has been
commuting to LC from Southwest
Portland for the past four years,
said that limited parking has greatly
affected her daily commute
“I get to campus around 10 a.m. on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
and on those days it’s extremely
difficult to find parking,” Yahya said.
“It’s the worst that it’s been so far.”
According to Parking and
Transportation Manager Gabriel
Montez, there is currently no parking issue based on the data from week
one of the fall semester. He explained
that there was available parking at the
Graduate campus in the past week,
and that CAS students could park
there. There are also parking spaces
available for LC students at Saint
Mark’s Church.
“We are expecting to have a
shortage of parking, however, looking
at the data from the first week, of
all three colleges being on campus,”
Montez said. “We were not at full
capacity.”
The price of parking has increased
in the past year, increasing from $360
per year to $374 per year. Even if
students purchase a parking pass, they
are not guaranteed a parking spot.
“We post on the webpage that
parking is not guaranteed if you buy
a permit, unfortunately,” Montez said.
According to Yahya, $180 is a
steep price to pay for a college one is
already attending.
“I think the price is too high to
justify.” Yahya said.
David Ernevad, associate vice president for facilities, said that
originally LC and the city of Portland
functioned under the conditional
use master permit plan. However,
this year the city of Portland and LC
now have the transportation demand
and management plan. One of the
agreements of this plan is that LC will
increase the price of parking by 4%
each year.
“Part of the concept behind that is
that they want to help drive down the
use of fossil fuel and parking, (and)
commuting and parking becomes a big
piece of that puzzle for them.” Ernevad
said. “One of the ways driving down
commuting is achieved is through
increasing the cost to park.”
In order to accommodate future
students, the LC Parking and
Transportation department is making
plans to help students find parking.
“We are working to add more
parking now,” Ernevad said. “We
have just engaged with an engineering
firm to design an 88 stall lot at the
Graduate campus, where we have
some space to add parking.”Both Montez and Ernevad
suggested that students budget
time more wisely in order to find
parking and arrive to class on time.
Oftentimes, students coming to class
5-10 minutes beforehand may not
have sufficient time to locate parking,
especially considering the amount of
time it takes to walk to the academic
side of campus from farther lots.
Both of the staff members of
the Parking and Transportation
department at LC mentioned the
Pioneer Express, the TriMet and
biking as alternative options to
driving.
“We have a tremendous number
of bike parking spots on campus.”
Ernevad said. “We have on the border
of 900 biking spots on campus.” While biking is a great option,
Montez emphasized the importance
of taking advantage of the Lewis and
Clark busing system, the Pioneer
Express.
“Furthermore, all of our resources
and all of our efforts with parking
go into other transportation needs,”
Montez said. “For example, the
Pioneer Express is one of the largest,
under-utilized things that we offer on
campus.”
For the time being, alternative
transportation, arriving early and
taking advantage of available parking
lots are the primary solutions for
commuter students. Until LC comes
up with a better solution, students
will continue to struggle on their daily
commutes.Commuter crisis: Students and staff struggle
to find available parking spots on campus
LC community members find difficulty locating parking despite purchasing permits amid rising costs
PHOTO COURTESY OF LEWIS AND CLARK
Commuter students park in upper Griswold (parking Lot C) near the football field, which typically reaches capacity around 10 a.m.
Office of Student Accessibility aims to expand services
Student Support Services and Case Management offices merge, Aimée Milne is announced as director Commuters have had to get creative with parking, often using nontraditonal spots.
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOG
DAVID ALLEN/THE PIONEER LOG
DAVID ALLEN/THE PIONEER LOGA student car parked in three spots taken by a shipping container in lower Griswold.
By FIONA SCHRADER
THIS FALL, Lewis & Clark’s
College of Arts and Sciences
(CAS) welcomed its first group of
Posse scholars to campus.
The students are members of
the Posse Foundation’s program to
educate and train leaders of the 21st
century. Founded in 1989, Posse has
more recently garnered attention after
receiving a portion of President Barack
Obama’s $1.4 million Nobel Prize
grant.
In the spring of 2021, LC announced
a five-year partnership with the
foundation. That means four more
cohorts of Posse students will arrive
at LC every fall term from 2022-2025.
In all, LC will be home to 50 Posse
students in the coming years.According to the Posse website,
the program “is rooted in the
belief that a small, diverse group
of talented students — a Posse —
carefully selected and trained, can
serve as a catalyst for individual
and community development.” The
foundation believes that for our
nation to enter a promising future,
the leaders of that future must come
from diverse backgrounds and be able
to collaborate and reach a consensus
on solutions to complex social issues.
Wesley Esparza Salazar ’25
and Sania Starnes ’25 are two of
10 current Posse scholars at LC.
Salazar is a biology major from
Arlington, Virginia who said the pre-
college interview process was nerve-
wracking. His first interview, held on
Zoom, had over 1,000 participants. Still, Salazar felt confident enough
that he applied to no other schools
or programs. He described it as
manifestation, knowing he was the kind
of student they wanted. Starnes grew up
in Springfield,
Virginia, and is
also considering
a biology
major. She was
nominated to
the Foundation
by an older
Posse recipient on her swim team.
Posse’s selection procedure, the
Dynamic Assessment Process, is
different from the average admissions
process. According to the website, the
Dynamic Assessment Process, “is a
unique evaluation method designed to
find young leaders that may be missed
by traditional admissions criteria but
can still excel at selective colleges and
universities.”
Salazar discussed the problems with
traditional admissions criteria in the
higher education system, specifically
the financial barriers, but he maintains
that Posse is not aimed solely towards
underprivileged students, rather, it is
about mitigating the money factor.
“Anyone can get Posse,” Salazar said.
“It’s not aimed at kids who struggled in
high school, or minorities, I think the
point of Posse saying that is to make
them realize everything’s not about
money, that it’s about the students who
can actually make a difference in the
world.”
Similarly, Starnes felt that her
experience with the Posse admissions
process highlighted her potential as
a student. Beyond simply looking at
grades, the interviews brought to light aspects of her life and personality that
were otherwise overlooked in regular
admissions.
Starnes explains how she hopes
that Posse will diversify campus as
members and
leaders of the
community,
for example,
they plan to
join clubs that
are not often
dominated by
people of color.
“I went to the Wallowas and there
were three other
new student
trips going with
mine, and I was
the only Black
person not only
in mine, but in
all of them,”
Starnes said.
“And that’s
when I was like, woah, this is how it’s
going to be.”
Beyond their mission with Posse,
Salazar and Starnes both expressed their excitement about being at LC.
“I love the campus a lot, and making
new friends,” Starnes said. “I started
being a part of College Outdoors, which
is really exciting.”
The Posse Foundation’s training
extends beyond undergraduate
education, supporting its scholars
through career training, internships,
and graduate programs. Their mission
of establishing the leaders of the future
is a process that spans college and the
careers beyond. Salazar pointed out
that a leader does not necessarily mean
someone curing cancer tomorrow
or waking up
one day and
ending racism
— a leader is a
person who is
there for others
and makes a
difference in
someone’s life.
“It’s not
just about me being a leader, it’s
about helping others become leaders,”
Salazar said. “And you’re a leader even
when nobody is looking at you.” By AIDAN D’ANNA
OVER THE SUMMER , the office
formerly known as Student
Leadership and Service (SLS)
transitioned into the brand new Center
for Social Change and Community
Involvement.
Associate Dean of Students and
Executive Director Dr. Kayleigh
McCauley-Sayer. She formerly served
as the Director of Student Support
Services before transitioning to her new
position in May. This year, the Center
seeks to expand on the programming
and relationships fostered by SLS,
while focusing even more on developing
relationships in the community.
“With anything that we do
programming and events wise, I’m
trying my best to partner with other
offices on campus, other departments,
community partners,” McCauley-Sayer
said. “All of the work that we do, we’re
focusing on different ways that we can
impact and influence social change.”
The Center’s values are built on four
pillars: the LC Volunteers Program,
leadership development, alternative
breaks and immersion programs. The
Center uses each of the four pillars
to further LC students’ experience in
immersive service learning as well
as developing marketable leadership
skills.
Graduate Assistant for Leadership
Development Erin Khong ’21 leads
efforts under the second pillar,
leadership development.
“Our leadership development
program is going to be a course/
workshop type format that will allow
students to acquire skills that will make
them marketable for employers and on
their resume,” Khong said.
While the Center has not yet received
approval to develop full courses, their
first workshop is set to be held on Oct.
18. A collaboration with the Career
Center, this first workshop will focus on
how to network and build a resume at a
liberal arts college.
“We want our office to be a starting
point to get students acquainted with
where they can go if they want to get
these leadership skills,” Khong said.
“If you’re at this level, we can help you
build more skills to get to this level, and
then align their skills with potential employers so that they can send their
resume over.”
The Center will also be resuming
the alternative break programs, New
Student Trips (NSTs) and immersion
programs that started under the SLS
office, but were forced to take a hiatus
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
McCauley-Sayer emphasized that these
trips will not only be returning, but will
be better than ever.
“Instead of just offering alternative
spring breaks, our plan is to offer
alternative spring breaks, summer
breaks, fall breaks and winter breaks,”
McCauley-Sayer said.
The Center has partnered with a
company called Breakaway to plan the
logistics of the trips. Breakaway leads
service learning trips with schools
and businesses worldwide with the
mission of educating their participants
about the salient social issues in their
own communities, as well as the
communities they visit.
According to their website,
Breakaway is “ proud to partner with
diverse students and communities,
universities and organizations to spark
the personal transformations that can
make a lasting difference for individuals,
organizations, and communities.”
Finally, the Center plans to
continue to pay special attention to
SLS’ flagship program L&C Volunteers
by encouraging more students to
participate. The program’s goal is to
promote a culture of service, and get as
many LC students out into the greater
Portland community as possible.
“(We want to focus on) providing
an incentive for completing volunteer
hours,” McCauley-Sayer said. “The idea
is to provide recognition at graduation
for students who complete volunteer
hours over the course of their time here
at Lewis & Clark.”
Gabriel Huerta ’22, former project
leader in the SLS office, hopes to see
the Center’s volunteerism take a turn
towards racial justice as he applies to
join the team again this year.
“I’m hoping that the office this
year prioritizes racial justice, because
I don’t feel that SLS was particularly
outward about that,” Huerta said.
“Dr. Kay (McCauley-Sayer) is a white
person themselves. Many of our
community leaders are white people, but I’m going to possibly bring that up as a
space … to be more outwardly vocal about
our specific focus on racial justice.”
The Center is sponsoring multiple
events around campus and in the greater
Portland community. On Oct. 9, the
Center is helping to host the Cully festival,
an event in Northeast Portland which
seeks to celebrate the Cully neighborhood,
the most racially and ethnically diverse
neighborhood in Portland.
The Center is also hosting a river
cleanup in High Rocks Park, as well as
an event on campus in celebration for
National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11. At this event, students will collaborate
in the painting of a rainbow on a
sidewalk on campus.
According to the Center’s webpage
there are no
plans for
transportation
to and from off
campus events
at this time,
but in the past
transportation
for students
has been provided.
“I think social change ties to our students … and the community that
they’re involved in here at Lewis & Clark,”
Khong said. “And we want to be a central
hub for a student to come to us with a
grand idea, and
we give them
the tools and
appropriate
resources to help
them make that
idea come to
life.”
The Center
is located in lower Templeton Campus
Center.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
NEWS 3
Former LC office transitions into new Center
Student Leadership and Service Office is now the Center for Social Change and Community Involvement
Posse Foundation students arrive with class of 2025
The first students from the esteemed POSSE Foundation express hopes to bring different perspectives
SOFIA REEVES/THE PIONEER LOG
PHOTO COURTESY OF POSSE FOUNDATION“It’s not just about me being
a leader, it’s about helping
others become leaders.”
- Wesley Esparza Salazar ’25“I love the campus a lot,
and making new friends. ”
- Wesley Esparza Salazar ’25“I’m hoping that the office
this year prioritizes racial
justice.”
- Gabriel Huerta ’22
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OPINION 4
By BELLA ROOT
WHETHER YOU are a new or
returning student, eating in
public is a big jump from
where we were a year ago. Although
the majority of the student population is vaccinated, new threats such as
the Delta variant are still cause for
caution. Lewis & Clark’s COVID-19
policy still requires everyone to be
masked indoors, with the exception
of when they are eating or drinking.
This means that anyone who wants to eat a meal at Fields Dining Hall must
sit with dozens of other unmasked
individuals.
Fields Dining Hall, also known
as the Bon, recently changed their
dining policy due to a staffing
shortage. Now, students are only able
to use disposable dishes when dining.
This compensates for the Bon’s lack
of staff by reducing the labor required
for washing dishes. Because of this,
students are allowed to take their food
outside the dining hall to eat it, but
are not allowed to reenter afterwards.
This system provides students with
the ability to gauge their comfort for
eating inside and make a decision
that is best for them. When the
staffing shortage gets resolved, to-go
disposable dishes
should remain a
permanent option
for students.
Last year, the
Bon offered takeout
to LC students,
with only a few
exceptions when
Multnomah county
policy changed
to allow limited
in-house dining.
And even when there was in-house
dining, to-go boxes were the default.
Students were able to place orders
using the “Get” app and specify what
they wanted. When they would come
pick it up, it would automatically
charge it to their meal plan and voilà;
students could grab their bag of food from the pick-up area, located in the
double-door entrance right outside of
the Bon, and be on their way. Because
of the unprecedented circumstances
last year, we know that the Bon has
the capacity for takeout.
However, this year the Bon
decided to completely transition
back to in-house eating only. The
risks are high in terms of COVID-19
safety, even with such a high rate of
vaccination. Some students may still
feel more comfortable eating outside
the dining hall where they can control
their own circumstances.
There are multiple problems
with indoor dining including the
limited ventilation in the cafeteria,
infrequent sanitation for high-touch
surfaces and the
difficulty of contact
tracing.
I believe that
it would be in the
best interest of the
student body for
the Bon to employ
what I am coining
as “hybrid dining.”
Students should be
given the choice to
place pickup orders
online. They could then pick their
orders up in the old designated pick-
up area, just like last year. Instead of
waiting in line to swipe a meal card,
one could just show their receipt
for their order and head in. Dine-in
eating can continue to be an option
for students, but students should not have to sacrifice their safety for a hot
meal.
Not only would a takeout option
be safer, it would also be more
convenient. Natalie Zoz ’23, points
out that the old system was “super
convenient, because you could
order in between classes and it did
a lot to reduce the number of people
waiting in line.” We have all felt our
stomach drop after coming upon the
mammoth Bon line, so why not tame
that beast through takeout? With an
additional takeout line, Bon-ing could
be drastically expedited for everyone.
The idea of offering takeout to
students is not new. Both University
of Portland and Reed College offer
takeout options to their students.
So why are we lagging behind? The
answer is unclear. The Bon has the
ability to provide takeout, but cost
may be a factor here. Providing
takeout materials such as boxes does
present the Bon with a significant
added cost. Additionally, using to-
go boxes would add to LC’s waste
production, which was a serious issue
last year.
As more establishments transition
to using biodegradable takeout
containers, the prices of providing
this service have increased. However,
the Bon has demonstrated its ability
to pay for a year’s worth of takeout
material last year.
Bringing takeout back to the Bon
would make eating at the dining hall a
safer and more convenient experience
for all students. The Bon should include more convenient, safe to-go options in addition to required in-person dining Takeout options needed for COVID-19 safety
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOGBy NOAH REESE-CLAUSON
OVER 99% OF Lewis & Clark’s
student body is fully vaccinated
as well as upwards of 93% of the
faculty. However, there is still a small
percentage of people on campus who
are unvaccinated due to medical or
religious reasons. These individuals are
much more likely to carry COVID-19
and potentially
spread the virus
to people who
are vaccinated,
especially those
who are following
the Centers for
Disease Control
guidelines loosely.
Students should be
made aware if their
course selection places them with an
unvaccinated student or professor, but
in a way that protects the unvaccinated
from having their identity disclosed.
There are obvious legal and ethical
issues with revealing a student’s
religious and medical information
without their consent. Because of
this, any sort of mandated candidness
would be ill-advised and unlikely. If
vaccination status is revealed it should
not be attached to a person’s name or
there would be a serious risk of hazing
or even segregation.
Sharing exemptions based on
religious grounds is problematic
because religion is highly susceptible to
skepticism and it is far easier to respect
a person’s religious beliefs when they
do not interfere with your livelihood.
A public notice of the reason a person
is not vaccinated,
especially if that
reason is religious,
could easily result
in criticism of an
exposed student’s
beliefs. It could
even grow into a
form of student segregation.
Of course, there is merit to not
wanting to be exposed to infection,
something made more difficult by being
around the unvaccinated, but we have
precautions like masking and social
distancing in place to protect ourselves.Also, protecting the identities of the
unvaccinated helps these precautions
protect against mental health struggles.
If an unvaccinated individual is
separated from other students it could
catalyze depression, anxiety or any
number of other disorders.
LC decided to return to in-person
learning because it could be done
safely with almost the entire campus
vaccinated, as well
as to protect against
the mental health
struggles that come
with isolation. We
cannot exclude such
a small percentage
of people from this
chance for healing
because of a risk
largely mitigated
by rule-following and herd-immunity.
However, it is still unethical to
put some students at greater risk of
contracting COVID-19 without their
awareness. While pure transparency is
problematic, it would make sense for
vaccinated students to be aware if there
is an unvaccinated individual they were
randomly placed in close quarters with.
Classes that are not fully vaccinated
could be made aware that there is a
slightly higher risk of them becoming
infected so that they have the option
to drop the class. It would be especially
crucial to notify individuals who are at
a higher risk of harm from COVID-19
of the possible danger, as it could cause
significantly more damage.
Even this limited disclosure of
medical and religious information
could be dangerous, though. There
could be small
classes in which
the unvaccinated
individual can be
easily identified.
There could be
individuals that
are vaccinated who
argue they have more of a right to the
class than the unvaccinated student,
and that the student should drop the
course instead of them.
There could even be a legal argument
against such a policy exposing private
religious and medical information, but it would be the same argument anti
maskers make against mask mandates,
the same argument Confederates made
against Lincoln’s suspension of habeas
corpus during the Civil War and the same argument gun fanatics make to
keep assault rifles on the streets; that
it is more important to follow the law
literally than protect lives by following
the law spiritually.In dangerous and crucial situations
the law can be bent for the greater
good, and this sort of compromise
is a fair way to protect health and
anonymity.Vaccine transparency should protect students’ privacy
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Unvaccinated students should be able to reveal their vaccination status while still retaining anonymityUMI CALDWELL/THE PIONEER LOGWhen the staffing
shortage gets resolved,
to-go disposable dishes
should remain a
permanent option for
students.
It is still unethical to put
some students at greater
risk of contracting
COVID-19 without their
awareness.
This sort of compromise
is a fair way to protect
health and anonymity.
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOGBy SOFIA REEVES
AFTER ARRIVING back to Lewis
& Clark’s campus this fall, I
have been dealing with a rush
of conflicting emotions that come
from being a college student during a
pandemic.
On one hand, I am incredibly glad
to not have to take any more classes on
Zoom. I am also excited to be able to
see friends and spend time with people
outside of a designated pod. However,
I also remain deeply concerned about
COVID-19 infections, despite LC’s
mandatory vaccination policy. While
the additional new policies that lower
pandemic restrictions make life as a
student much easier and more enjoyable,
I remain extremely wary of the dangers
presented by the virus, which still poses a
substantial threat to the LC community.
Though we are well over a year and
a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, it
continues to impact our day-to-day life
on campus. Many policies from the last
two semesters have been lifted, such as
the ban on visiting residence halls other
than your own and to-go dining at Fields
Dining Hall. Some policies remain,
though, like masks still being required
indoors and for outdoor gatherings
Perhaps the most influential policy implemented this semester, that all
students, staff and faculty members at
LC must be vaccinated, seems to be the
largest factor in soothing anxieties about
the virus on campus.
For now, the policies seem to be
keeping the community safe, with a very
low positivity rate of 0.47% as of Sept 10
according to a campus-wide email from
Vice President of Student Life Robin
Holmes-Sullivan.
Unfortunately, I still feel very anxious
about the virus. All of LC’s policies are
in line with the Oregon safety laws and
guidelines. In addition, they are made
even safer by the mandatory vaccination
policy. However, as the policies ease up,
I feel that people on campus have been
slacking off on COVID-19 safety.
I have witnessed people going
maskless indoors, especially in the residence halls, as well as in large outdoor
groups. In addition, the complete lack
of social distancing policies or policy
enforcement crops up daily. I find
myself feeling worried about spending so
much time in close proximity to others
in packed classrooms or standing in a
cramped line for the mailroom.
Sometimes I wonder if my anxiety
is misplaced or if I am making a big
deal out of nothing as I adjust to the
new school year, but I simply cannot
ignore the evidence that my anxieties are
founded in fact. With the continued rise
of the new Delta variant of COVID-19,
numbers of cases and deaths are on
the rise again. Though vaccinations can prevent infection, it does not mean
you cannot pass the virus to others. In
addition, breakthrough cases where a
vaccinated person contracts COVID-19,
though much rarer than infections
of unvaccinated
people, still occur
and are a real risk.
I continue to worry
about getting sick
myself or unwittingly
passing the virus on
to someone else.
I enjoy having fewer restrictions this
year. It makes LC an environment where
I can talk and laugh with friends again,
meet with professors in person and fully engage in my classes. I do not want to go
back to the strict rules from the past year.
I have a deep admiration for all the people
in the LC community who have worked
for so long to keep the campus healthy,
and who continue to work
and make sacrifices every
day. It is only because of
this work that campus is
as safe as it is. We have
all worked hard for LC to
be a safe place during this
pandemic.
But we cannot pretend that COVID-19
ends with vaccination. We still owe it to
each other to be careful and vigilant to
keep LC safe.FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
OPINION 5
By JULIA SCOTT
I WOULD LIKE TO preface this
article by acknowledging that I am
a white student who has attended
Lewis & Clark for two weeks, and that
change takes time. I am coming to
this school with little to no knowledge
of how diverse and equitable it was
before the murder of George Floyd
and the subsequent promises the
administration made, but I do have
a fresh perspective. I believe that LC
has failed to deliver on its promises to
diversify its curriculum in a tangible
way.
In a letter to the LC community
last June, President Wim Wiewel
said the college would try to recruit
more students from historically
underrepresented groups, and I have
no reason to doubt these claims.
Additionally, both Wiewel’s letter
and the college’s 2018 Strategic
Plan stated they would try to create
a more inclusive curriculum. This
claim, however, makes me doubt the
validity of all the promises made by the
administration, as it is refuted by my
personal observations:
All of my professors are white. This
is unsurprising, since only 23% of LC
faculty are people of color (compared
to roughly 35% of students) according
to the LC Common Data Set 2020-
2021.
I took a random sample of 100
books in the library, and only five of
them were written by authors of color. 22 of them were written by women.
Out of the 11 books I bought for
classes, just one of them has a BIPOC
author, the amazing Toni Morrison.
Of the 25 main contributors to these
books, there is only one person of
color, again, Toni Morrison.
It is vastly important to have people
with similar identities to oneself as
role models. If you are interested in a
field, but are instructed to read books
by and be taught by people who do not
look like you, it sends a clear message
that you are not welcome there — that
your being there is unusual. One way
to recruit, retain and set LC’s students
of color up for success is to hire
more professors of color and adjust
our curriculum to better represent
the diversity we want to see on our
campus.
I know that I cannot speak for the
BIPOC community at LC. However,
I know that when I am in situations
where I am the only woman in a
group, I feel constantly on edge. Not
only must I deal with my male peers’
subconscious assumptions that I lack
the skills needed for the task at hand,
whether it is a math problem or a
frisbee game, but this then shapes my
view of myself until I, too, slowly begin
to believe I actually am inferior.
One of the only ways to undo this
self-doubt is to speak with other women
who understand my experience. The
difference, however, is that LC is a
predominately white institution, which
allows the microaggressions to pile up with no way to reverse the damage.
I do not wish to undermine any
progress the Office of Equity and
Inclusion has made in the wake of
George Floyd’s murder. That being
said, it is evident that LC, a college named after two slave owners, has
plenty of work to do. By diversifying
our library, curriculum and faculty, and
changing the school’s name, we can
create a more welcoming environment
for students of color while teaching white students to be more empathetic
and accepting towards their BIPOC
peers’ experiences. These are not the
only solutions, and they are certainly
not where we should stop, but they are
a measurable place to start. First-year provides thoughts on diversity at LC
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Anxiety amid rising Delta variant case numbers cause worry surrounding the college’s safety policies
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FEATURES 6
First-years paint, hide rocks for NSO service day
By ISABELLE ATHA
HAVE YOU EVER noticed colorful
rocks while you walked around
the Lewis & Clark campus?
Maybe a blue rock hidden in a bush with
the words: “Never forget just how amazing
you are” painted on the front? Or how about a rock laid under a tree with a night
sky painted on it? Thanks to LC Rocks,
these painted stones are one of many new
colorful additions that can be found all
around campus.
LC Rocks was started this year by the
Center for Social Change and Community
Involvement (formerly known as Student Leadership and Service). The rocks were
painted during this year’s New Student
Orientation (NSO) as a service day project,
where students spent time participating in
an assortment of volunteer activities.
Emma Brown ’25 was among the
students who participated in the LC Rocks
project for NSO service day.“We were in the Trail Room, and
there were a bunch of little rocks and
painting supplies,” Brown said. “We were
told to just have fun with it and to create
some cute little
upbeat designs,
anything that
would brighten
someone’s day.
And on the back
we wrote ‘hide
me in another
place’ to keep it
going.”
Dr. Kayleigh
McCauley-Sayer,
associate dean of students and
executive director of the Center, said that
LC Rocks was started “as a way to uplift
our own community.” She went on to
describe how thrilled she was about the
project’s success.
“It’s really catching on,” McCauley-
Sayer said, “And it’s pretty exciting. I did
not think that that would be something
that would
catch on,
but students
seem to be
pretty into it.
So I’m happy
about that.”
Students
do seem to
enjoy finding
the rocks. Cleo Lockhart ’25 said that they
are a fantastic way for students to send
anonymous positive messages to each
other and to the broader LC community.
“I noticed one that said ‘you rock’ on it,
which is funny because it was on a rock,”
Lockhart said. “I loved it. I thought it was amazing. It’s a very beautiful thing because
it really connects us as a community.”
Students have also been re-hiding the
rocks in very clever places after finding
them.
“I saw one
on the outside of
one of the posts
on Howard
bridge, which
I thought was
very creative,”
Brown said. “I
just love seeing
them around
campus.”
Katie McGuire, a graduate assistant for
the Center, has high hopes for the future
of LC Rocks.
“The hope is that anyone can
participate,” McGuire said. “If you have
rocks or want to paint something, it
doesn’t have to be just fixed to the rocks
we paint through the Center. I know
we’ve talked about having some folks
get together
and paint
some rocks
again. We
had a lot of
fun painting
them during
the NSO
service day,
and I’d
imagine it would be a really good stress
relief.”
The next time you take a stroll
around campus, keep an eye out for these
wonderful hidden surprises in the trees
and bushes. Make sure to re-hide them to
brighten someone else’s day too.Newly restructured Center for Social Change and Community Involvement project LC Rocks brightens campus through hidden, colorful stones
Historic incoming class dives into crowded LC experience
With over 700 students, the class of 2025 is the largest in school history and is eager to get involved after year of virtual learning
By EMMA KRALL
AS THE DAWN breaks on a new
academic year at Lewis & Clark,
campus appears to be returning
to a state of relative normalcy.
Canvas bags are being embroidered
on the lawn outside Templeton Student
Center, the Copeland Hall fire alarms
regularly blare their deafening tune
and ambient sounds of DJ Poopie Bum
boom through the grounds of LC.
As the dust of move-in week begins
to settle, a new wave of social and
educational chaos has graced campus:
the class of 2025. With more than 750
students, LC’s current freshman class is
the largest yet. Since New Student Trips
(NSTs) began in mid-August, campus
has been bustling with newcomers
ready to begin their LC experience.
Jasper Baur ’25 of Topanga,
California came to LC in hopes of
meeting people who share his interest in
environmentalism. After participating
in the Marmot Research NST in
Olympic National Park, Baur says that
many of the like-minded people he met
embody what he hoped to find at LC.
“It was a great way of integrating
students into the environment ... and
allowing them to understand what
Lewis & Clark is about,” Baur said.
Another element quintessential
to the new student experience is New
Student Orientation (NSO). This
year activities included a range of
community service projects, guest
speakers, discussion sessions, a silent
disco and a drag performance hosted
by LC’s student-led drag show, Gagged.
NSO allows new students to break
into small groups of 16-20 in order to
cultivate more personal connections.
For many students, like Lila Ward ’25,
this allowed for a seamless introduction
to the campus social scene. After over a
year in COVID-era high school, she was
thrilled to be moving onto campus with
a fresh start.
“We’re all so starved for social
interaction,” Ward said. “Everyone is so
friendly and nice.”
In addition to meeting new people,
Beau Staun-List ’25 noted the service
day as one of her favorite parts of NSO.
“(It) was meaningful because I was
able to take part in writing cards for
hospitalized kids,” Staun-List said. “I liked that Lewis & Clark places
importance on civic
engagement and
volunteer work.”
In that vein,
Staun-List intends to
extend this community
involvement beyond
NSO by joining Garden
Club and other LC
student organizations.
With the size of
this year’s freshman class comes a
multitude of adjustments that have
to be made around campus. One of these accounts for the overcrowding
of campus housing,
which prompted
the creation of the
forced triple-double
room, lovingly
referred to as
the “trouble.”
In addition,
several common
rooms have
been converted
into doubles and triples, and many
students have been moved into
subterranean conditions in the basement rooms of Copeland and
Forest halls.
To add to the post move-in week
shuffle, Forest Halls have struggled
with the sporadic loss of hot water,
Fields Dining Hall is short-staffed and
lines for the mailroom often wind well
past the Council Chamber. Despite
the ever-changing circumstances,
students remain positive and ready to
tackle all that this year may throw at
them. When asked about his thoughts
on the coming year, Baur’s response
to the growing pains on campus is one
of promise.“Even though the large student
body may seem daunting, it’s bringing
a lot of new and eager students,” Baur
said. “It’s making everyone more
willing to get involved and excited for
the year.”
Amidst the masses of LC’s class of
2025 lies a vibrant culture of students
already anxious to make their voices
heard. From Instagram affirmation
accounts (@lcaffirmations) to club
meetings packed with first year
students, this year’s freshman class
brims with energy, paving the way for
the next four years on Palatine Hill.
JASPER BAUER/THE PIONEER LOG
Freshman Staun-List waters plants in the community greenhouse with members of Garden Club; Staun-List is a new member and joined the club to get involved.ISABEL KROEPFL/THE PIONEER LOG
One LC Rock was hidden near Templeton Student Center; students who discover rocks are supposed to rehide them for others.
“We’re all so starved
for social interaction ...
Everyone is so friendly
and nice.”
— Lila Ward ’25“We were told to just have
fun with it and to create some
cute little upbeat designs,
anything that would brighten
someone’s day.”
—Emma Brown ’25
Cleo Lockhart ’25 said that they
are a fantastic way for students
to send anonymous positive
messages to each other and to the
broader LC community.FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
FEATURES 7
Trolley Project explores history of PNW F Line
Portland’s historic railway has finally been uncovered after years of research, speculation and discovery
By PHILIP STEFFEN
LONG BEFORE there were
TriMet bus stops and interstate
highways, or even a college on
Palatine Hill, South Portland had a
form of public transportation that
was distinctly alien to most of its
contemporary residents. Contrary
to what today’s casual observer
might expect, Portland was once
crisscrossed by a haphazard network
of streetcars and interurban rail lines.
John Miller, a local enthusiast and
founder of the Trolley Project, first
became aware of this little-known
history in 1978.
“I bought a house on Boones Ferry
Road just north of the entrance to
Greenwood Hills Cemetery,” Miller
said. “My next-door neighbor, Doris
Graham, told me, ‘Why John, a street
car went right through your yard!’”
This hint at local history
resurfaced again in 2013 with the
release of a vague map of a local
trolley line in the Greenwood Hills
Cemetery newsletter. The Trolley
Project did not come to fruition
until the COVID-19 pandemic, which
left Miller with newfound free time
to post about the streetcar line on
Facebook. This quickly led to a
cascade of research, sleuthing and
community activity that culminated
into the Trolley Project.
In time, the project uncovered the
history of the Metropolitan Railway
Company’s F Line. According to the
Multnomah Historical Association,
the line was founded in 1890 by Sen.
George Steele to bring passengers to his South Portland estate. The line
would have followed a route not unlike
that of the Pioneer Express today,
spending most of its time between S
Macadam and SW Barbur Avenue and
sharing much of its passage with the
current route of I-5.
As one of the nation’s first electric
railways, the next three decades and
several bankruptcies would see the F
Line passed between various owners.
On any given day a railroad car would
have filled numerous roles, including
carrying merchandise and shoppers
to stores, materials and products to
and from manufacturers, workers to
places of employment and even bodies
and mourners to the cemeteries north
of Lewis & Clark.
Little remains of the F Line today.
But a curious observer, guided by
the numerous resources, maps and
images provided on the Trolley
Project’s website, would still be able
to find trenches, walls and piers left
over from the line.
Far from being a piece of obscure
historical interest, the fashion in
which the F Line and others like
it were stripped from the urban
landscape tells a compelling, if not
dark, story about Portland and the
United States as a whole. The fatal
blow to Portland’s small railroads
occurred in 1924, when a reactionary
slate of politicians composed largely
of Klu Klux Klan members swept into
power throughout Oregon. According
to the Sightline Institute, this new
government implemented a number
of explicitly racist policies, which
included a ban on high density housing in most of Portland’s neighborhoods.
This shift in public policy ensured
that Portland’s rail lines, even those
that survived the strains of the Great Depression into World War II, would
never be capable of competing with
the burgeoning automobile industry.
What remained of these lines was torn up in favor of highways by the
1950s, and large sections of track
were destroyed entirely to make way
for the construction of I-5 in 1960.
Study abroad programs resume after extended pause
As international trips become safer, Overseas & Off-Campus Programs look forward to bright future
By ISMAEL JARAMILLO
STUDYING ABROAD can be a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
that some students regret not
pursuing. Anyone can travel to a
country and stay for days, weeks or
even months. But to say that you lived,
studied and had a host family there is
something that not a lot of people can
do. So, why not you?
Earlier this year I attended a
French Club dinner and Zoom session
about francophone countries, or
countries which include French as an
official language. I spoke to a Lewis
& Clark student who had studied
abroad and lived with a host family in
Dakar, Senegal in the spring of 2020.
They mentioned that even though the
locals were not happy with tourists,
seeing students immerse themselves
in Senegalese culture brightened their
mood.
There are a variety of different
countries and programs to study
abroad in. Many programs have
language requirements, especially
those that are situated in regions where
English is not widely spoken. Some
programs also cater to specific majors
such as biology or Hispanic studies.
There is also the option to apply for a
regional area study program
where you can
appreciate
living in
another
country while also working on your major.
Students can submit their
applications through a form on the
Overseas and Off-Campus programs
page on the LC website
for all programs except
Munich, Germany.
For the online
portion, applicants
will need to provide
essay responses,
two academic
references and documentation regarding academic
progress, passport details and contact
information. Alongside that, students
will need their advisor to complete an
Advisor Approval form.
For students wanting to apply
for Fall 2022 or full year programs,
the deadline is Oct. 4, 2021. Spring
2023 applications are due by Feb. 7,
2022.
While an overseas application
may seem like a lot of work, it
provides the staff
with important
information
to ensure a
safe and
enjoyable
trip. If you
have specific
questions, the
Overseas office
is happy to help
students Monday
to Friday from 8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m. in the
Albany Quadrangle.
It is important to keep in
mind that the global pandemic
could affect study abroad programs
in the future. COVID-19 travel
restrictions have canceled fall programs
in India, Japan and Russia thus far,
and it may be difficult to predict how
certain countries will respond to
changing COVID-19 guidelines moving
forward.
However, things are looking up
for future study abroad programs.
“We anticipate
some COVID-related
disruptions through
the 2021-22 academic
year,” Director of
the Overseas & Off-
Campus programs
Blythe Knott
said via
email.
“For the
2022-
2023
academic year,
we’re hoping that
all of our scheduled
programs will be able to run as planned.”
Should a student’s program be
canceled, the Overseas office will help
them find another one to participate
in.
“It’s best to go into the experience
with an understanding that you can’t
fully prepare for what your time abroad
will be like, and that you will learn a
ton about your host country, and also
about yourself,” Assistant Director of
Overseas and Off-Campus Programs
Kaitlin Sommerfeld said via email. “Flexibility and an open mind are key.”
Most people who participate in
Overseas programs are happy that they
were able to learn and grow from such
an experience.
“After studying abroad in Spain,
I was really excited about how my
Spanish language skills had improved,”
Sommerfeld said. “I also noticed an
increase in self-confidence, and I
felt more comfortable navigating the
uncertainty that often comes with
traveling.”
Overseas
Application
Deadline!Oct 4,
2021
Fall
2022

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ARTS 8
By ELLA GUILES
ANOTHER YEAR has come and
gone and television has served
as an escape from the real world
for many. The Primetime Emmys are
set to premiere this Sunday, Sept. 19,
with comedian Cedric the Entertainer
as the host. The award show will take
place at the The Event Deck at L.A.
Live in Los Angeles where strict social
distancing and mask policies will be in
place.
From shows such as “Ted Lasso,” a
comedy about a top-flight football club
in England being managed by a high
school football coach from Kansas,
to the historical fiction, “The Queen’s
Gambit,” the story of a young female
chess prodigy who works to become the
best chess player in the world, the long
list of nominees this year showcases the
many talents of the television industry.
Here’s a look at some of the favorites
for this year: the Netflix original series
“The Crown” is tied with Disney+’s
“The Mandalorian” for the most
nominations of 24 each. The former is
this year’s favorite to win Outstanding
Drama Series as well as both Best Actor
and Actress in a Drama series.
There are countless actors and
actresses to be on the lookout for,
including Jurnee Smollett, nominated
for her lead role in the drama series
“Lovecraft Country,” which grew in
popularity this year after the series of
horror novels written by Matt Ruff was
adapted to screen.
Alongside Smollett, fellow cast
member Michael K. Williams was
nominated for Best Supporting Actor
in a Drama Series. Williams died
this past month and was best known
for his role in both “The Wire” and
“Boardwalk Empire.” This was the
first Emmy nomination Williams
received. The cast has expressed
their condolences and Williams will
most likely be recognized during the
ceremony.
Conversely, other higher ranking
nominations came as a shock to many.
For example, “Ted Lasso,” the comedy
series from Apple TV+, was able
to snag 20 nominations, including
major categories such as Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The
show grew in popularity due to the
lightheartedness that came from
Lasso, played by Jason Sudeikis, and
the lovable personalities from the rest
of the cast. Viewers say “Ted Lasso”
is exactly what the world needs right
now, and the show’s nomination count
proves it.
The National Academy of Television
Arts & Sciences, which holds a
committee of Emmy voters who are
deemed qualified to both nominate and
vote for the winners, has faced harsh
criticism in past years surrounding
the lack of diversity in nominations.
This year, however, it seems that they
have made a small step in the right
direction. The hit Netflix reality show,
“Indian Matchmaking,” was nominated
for Outstanding Unstructured Reality
Program. The creator and executive producer of the show, Smriti Mundhra,
expressed her shock in a recent
interview after the show had received
some harsh criticism regarding classism
and depiction of stereotypes.
“I would like to think that the
conversation the show brought up, and
the way it crept into the zeitgeist, was a
part of it,” Smitri said.
The surprise to many after this show
was nominated highlights the problem
within the Academy itself. Diverse
shows, whether it be through casting,
writing, producing or costume design,
deserve the same spotlight that other
programs receive every year.
When watching the Emmys this
Sunday, you can expect to see masks,
social distancing and only a small
number of attendees at the theater.
Remember to be on the lookout for
your favorite stars, while also paying
attention to the newcomers. By L IZZIE LOHRER
EVERY YEAR, ONE of the first
things new students at Lewis &
Clark have to decide is whether
or not they want to go on a New Student
Trip (NST). Run by College Outdoors
and the Center for Social Change and
Community Involvement, these trips
provide a space for first-year students to
get to know one another and the beautiful
nature of the Pacific Northwest.
Until this year, most of these trips
centered around hiking, canoeing,
paddleboarding or other outdoor
activities that might not be appealing or
accessible to all students. For those who
are not as comfortable with the outdoors,
this year’s inaugural Creative PDX trip
allowed first-years to form friendships with
other students while also learning about
artistic opportunities both on-campus and
in Portland.
Associate Professor of Theatre
Rebecca Lingafelter initially proposed
the trip, recognizing the success of NSTs,
but also the lack of arts programming
offered.
“I wondered about the possibility of
having an arts-focused trip to fulfill that
interest and that need and still create
that really beautiful relationship between
the people who are on the trip together,”
Lingafelter said. “We have a really artsy
and creative student body, but the
storytelling around that isn’t always
really clear to prospective students.”
The trip had a considerable impact
on many of the students, giving them a
space to be creative while encouraging
them to explore their own connections
to art. “I went into [the trip] not considering
an art major in the slightest,” Cameron
Shapiro ’25 said. “But after the trip I
was really inspired and realized that art
is one of my biggest passions and that
there are ways to be successful in the art
industry.”
Throughout the NST, students
participated in workshops on campus with professors, alumni and returning
students who all demonstrated different
ways to get involved in the arts at LC.
Activities ranged from theatre and
dance to music and creative writing;
they also had the chance to make art
collaboratively through workshops or
on their own during dedicated studio
time. Additionally, they talked with professors from various departments
at a faculty meet-and-greet, forming
connections before classes even began.
Aside from exploring the arts on
campus, the trip also allowed students
to learn about and experience the art
scene in Portland. This involved visiting
several galleries, going on a theater tour,
discussing the history of street art while on a walking tour of downtown Portland
and more.
“We wanted folks … to be connected to
those resources in Portland, so thinking
about experiencing art ... to be able to
know about where and how to make art
in this city as a college student,” Isabel
McTighe ’22, who helped coordinate,
plan and lead the trip, said.
The combination of the off- and
on-campus portions of the trip allowed
students to explore all aspects of art they
might be interested in while building
connections with each other.
“It was just such a gift to be able
to see all of the participants forming
relationships and growing even in that
week as artists,” McTighe said.
This community building included
collaborating on art pieces and sharing that
art freely with each other. This culminated
in a showcase that allowed everyone to
share something they had created over
the week, and had more engagement than
many of the leaders expected.
“When we were planning, we had
all these strategies for how to get [the
students] to share their art, but it wasn’t
a challenge at all,” McTighe said.
McTighe went on to say that they
were “pleasantly surprised by [students’]
willingness to share their art … it was
beautiful to witness and be a part of.”
Overall, the trip had a positive impact
on many involved, from the students to
the organizers, many of whom expressed
hope in the trip’s continuation in future
years. For students who wanted to know
more about the arts in their community,
this trip provided that and more, and
served as a motivation for many
budding artists.
By SOLEINA ROBINSON
ACROSS THE Willamette River,
Mother Foucault’s Bookshop has
inhabited 523 SE Morrison St. for
10 years. Through large, green trimmed
windows, pedestrians can see the slanting
stacks and towering shelves of books
within. The sign above the windows is
slightly faded, but the maroon sandwich
board sitting on the sidewalk is an
invitation to experience the aroma of used
pages and the overwhelming medley of
titles, colors and sizes dimly lit by a variety
of lamps and chandeliers.
Upon entering, owner Craig Florence
or bookshop clerk Will Spray can be
found welcoming customers, reading or
answering the phone at a desk with varying
heights of piled books and a typewriter.
Florence is a fan of Michel Foucault,
the French philosopher and historian who
lived from 1926 to 1984. The name Mother
Foucault’s is inspired by the philosopher,
but is also a bit of a joke and a fun way to
answer the phone. There are plans for a
second shop to open in Amsterdam, which
Florence has named Other Foucault’s.
Mother Foucault’s Bookshop is a place
for wandering. Titles vary from old and
vintage to a few books whose pages have
never been turned. The shelves are not
perfectly organized, making the search for
books a treasure hunt that is neither for the
faint of heart nor those on a time crunch.
Genres are labeled on the wooden
shelves or above them on chalkboard walls.
Mother Foucault’s Bookshop tends to
specialize in foreign language, philosophy,
poetry and translated works. After closing due to the pandemic, the
bookshop was able to successfully reopen
in July 2021. However, the shop has not
been able to host any of the events they
have in the past such as poetry, author
readings and occasional live music.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has
had a more recent impact on small, local
bookshops, another factor that impacts
the success of independent bookshops are
large corporations. Amazon is one of the
main conglomerates that affect book sales
at places like Mother Foucault’s.
“We do not compete with Amazon, we
are a different category,” Spray said.
Amazon cannot provide the
atmosphere, community or experience
that creates the culture of independent,
hole-in-the-wall bookshops. At Mother
Foucault’s Bookshop, Florence has created
a bookstore experience that fills the soul.
“Bookstore patrons are a weird breed,”
Spray said. “We exist for them.”
Bookshops can be a place of community,
though perhaps less so during the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic. But stores like
Mother Foucault’s serve as gathering places
for folks who prefer the feel of the page to
swiping a screen and have souls that seem
to remember being in a candle-lit space
filled by paper and words. Throughout
many places and times a bookshop was a
safe-house where one could share opinions
and intellectual ideas.
When buying a book from Mother
Foucault’s Bookshop, consumers get to
experience the unique atmosphere that
Florence has created, with books full of
words that have been read by many eyes
and touched by many hands. Alternative NST explores Portland art scene
PHOTO COURTESY OF NINA JOHNSON
SOLEINA ROBINSON/THE PIONEER LOG
Stacks of disorganized books surround patrons as they enter Mother Foucault’s.Primetime Emmys will showcase
diverse talent across categoriesCreative PDX trip helps first-years to observe, learn about and create art collaboratively in the community
Students on the Creative PDX New Student Trip observe social media-based art from an artist in a local gallery in Portland.
UMI CALDWELL/THE PIONEER LOGVisitors bond over books
at Mother Foucault’s FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
ARTS 9
By RYAN MARSHALL
WHILE MANY forms of art can
be done alone and have one
creator, art can also bring
connection between artists as they
create in the same spaces. A sense of
connection can often inspire greater
creativity. Unfortunately, throughout
quarantine and the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic, this connectivity was
stripped away and completely halted the
many art forms that require connection. While some artists have found
ways to continue their creative
process, it has still been difficult to
bring collaboration back to the art
community. Musician Sam Flores
’23 noticed the lack of connection
within the Lewis & Clark campus
and thought that technology could
revitalize artistic endeavors.
“Not everybody that you meet is
gonna possibly be someone that will
be good for you creatively but if you
just have a giant list of people you can kind of go through — I mean,
just ask them out to coffee and have
a conversation about art,” Flores said.
As a former manager for the
Platteau, an on campus creative space
to practice the arts, Flores was able to
create the Artist Roster Project last
spring in a move to strengthen the LC
art community, which felt separated.
“Everybody was doing art, for sure,
you know if we’ve learned anything
about the pandemic it’s really brought
out a lot of artists,” Flores said. “It’s just that everybody was doing it
individually. Our mission was to make
the Platteau not just a space but also
an organization. And I think we were
really emphasizing organization last
semester because we couldn’t really
use the space.”
Flores wanted to use
the trend of bringing
technology to human
affairs to craft a smoother
art network on campus,
which would allow
students to connect with
one another in order to
converse about art.
“The idea with the
Artist Roster Project
was to take all of the
networking and all of
those interactions you
usually have in person
and try and make those happen
digitally. It was to bring all of those
connections into the internet because
that’s where all the artists were,”
Flores said.
The work that the managers put into
this project was mostly organizational,
trying to make a space
to bring back artistic
interactivity. The roster
is a list of artists, their
pronouns, interests,
style, aesthetics and
mediums as well as a
way to contact them if
you wish to collaborate.
To access the roster
you must sign up for it
through the Linktree
link on the Platteau Instagram page, and
it is meant to work like an introduction.
Once you have completed the linked
form and been approved by the managers to ensure privacy, you gain
access to the roster.
According to Flores, there had not
been much use of the roster before
the end of last year, but that can be
attributed to the roster only being
completed last April.
With only a month
to collaborate, it is
understandable that
few people have used it.
However, Flores pointed
out that many people
have sent in forms to
be processed by its new
managers since the start
of this year.
Flores has wanted to
create this roster for a
while, and hopes it will
last past the pandemic.
Within any school,
especially one growing in size, it can be
difficult to contact others. This year’s
large class of first-years is an example
of the important role the roster could
play at LC.
“It would be so awesome if all of
the artists knew each other,” Flores
said. “Like you can’t
even manage that at a
networking event here.
Because not everyone
is going to meet each
other, that just isn’t
possible, but if you
have something digital
everybody can sign up
in their own time and
you have everybody on
there.”
As this year goes on, it will be
exciting to see the roster finally get
full usage and to see the collaborative
works that come out of it.
By AIDAN D’ANNA
INSTANTLY BELOVED by fans
and critics alike when it premiered
in 2013, NBC’s “Brooklyn Nine-
Nine” has finally come to an end after
an eight-season run. The airing of
the double-episode finale on Sept. 16
marks the end of the Halloween heists
and Boyle family reunions.
Built around Andy Samberg’s
character, Detective Jake Peralta,
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” was regularly
applauded for its innovative take
on the cop show format; it managed
to satisfy all the criteria of a single-
camera sitcom while also tackling real
world issues.
It has been especially lauded by
critics for its support of the LGBTQ+
community and its unapologetic
representation of love on screen.
However, the focus has always
been more on the comedy. Samberg
is joined on screen by comedic talents
such as Terry Crews and Chelsea
Peretti, as well as recurring guest stars
including Craig Robinson and Jason
Mantzoukas.
This eighth and final season, despite
the obligatory return of the Pontiac
Bandit, focuses almost exclusively on
the elephant in the room for a 21st
century cop show: police brutality.
While episodes such as season four’s
“Moo Moo” have scratched the surface
of this issue, never before has a season
of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” been built
around a single issue.
According to Samberg and
Crews, this decision was made in
order to address the reckoning over
racial justice in 2020 following the
murder of George Floyd. Crews told
Access Hollywood in June 2020 that
showrunner Dan Goor scrapped four
episodes of season eight that were
already finished.
“They had four episodes all ready
to go and they just threw them in the
trash,” Crews said. “We have to start
over … this is an opportunity right
now for us all to unite.”
The trouble for the cast and crew
was figuring out how to delve into these social issues as much as they
wanted to, while still being able to
call themselves a sitcom.
“We’re going to be striking
a balance,” Samberg said in an
interview with GQ. “Between
reckoning with decades of police
brutality, and putting on a show that people who love it have been watching
for seven years.”
A balance indeed this eighth season
turned out to be; subplots about
marriage, maple syrup shampoo and
a hundred-year-old sourdough starter
made their way through, but the focus
never left the overarching theme. Warning: spoilers ahead.
Season eight begins with the news
that Rosa Diaz, played by Stephanie
Beatriz, was quitting the force because
she no longer agreed with what the
institution stood for.
“I couldn’t ignore what I was a part
of anymore,” Diaz said in season eight, episode one. “I couldn’t ignore what
the police are doing in my community
to people who look like me.”
The episode also features a
clueless but well-meaning Charles
Boyle, played by Joe Lo Truglio,
getting a “low-drop fade with a crisp
lining” at Terry’s barber shop in the
name of supporting Black businesses,
Venmoing Lieutenant Terry Jeffords
an accidental $10,000 as “a mini
reparation,” along with other common
microaggressions.
But the real balance between
comedy and reality comes through
the introduction of Frank O’Sullivan,
head of the patrolman’s union and
a perfect foil for Peralta, Captain
Raymond Holt and Sergeant Amy
Santiago.
Played by John C. McGinley,
O’Sullivan is a good old-fashioned
man’s man.
“I only love three things in this
whole world,” O’Sullivan said in
season eight, episode one. “My ma,
the NYPD and Billy Joel.”
O’Sullivan becomes a recurring
character throughout the season,
and represents the “thin blue
line” faction of police departments
all across the country. McGinley
himself realized how it could be
tough to portray a cop who so openly
supports police violence, but he
thought the character was created in
such a way that he manages to hold
the line.
“Because of the travesty of what
happened with George Floyd and the
rise of BLM, all of a sudden doing a
cop comedy becomes a really slippery
slope, McGinley said in an interview
with TV Insider. “I think they
straddled that line with grace.”
Of course, this opinion is coming
from a white actor, on a show with
a mostly white cast, created and
written by two white men, so it
should not be taken as the final
perspective on the success of the
season. But many have loved what
season eight has brought so far, and
the ensemble has unequivocally gone
out with a bang.Platteau artists organize collaborative roster
Artist roster project aims to promote communication between creatives in a period of disconnection
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” finale takes aim at social issues
Season eight of the acclaimed NBC cop sitcom reacts to brutality, shortcomings of the police systemHANNAH KORN/THE PIONEER LOG
Managers of the Platteau, the artistic center beneath Platt Hall, discuss the order of artists signed up to perform at open mic night.
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOG“Our mission
was to make the
Platteau not just a
space but also an
organization.”
- Sam Flores ’23While some artists
have found ways
to continue their
creative process,
it has still been
difficult to bring
collaboration
back to the art
community.FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
SPORTS 10
By LEO BERNSTIEN NEWMAN
THERE SEEM TO be two ultimate
truths for student athletes at Lewis
& Clark: The plane tickets are free,
but the shoes are not.
To the general student body,
whose own accomodations do not
surpass much further than a set of
reusable silverware, the budget of the
athletics department appears endless.
LC Athletics provides student athletes
with uniforms at the beginning of
each year. It pays for transportation,
usually flights or bus rentals, to and
from tournaments. It pays for lodging
while the teams are away. Athletes
also have their meals at Fields Dining
Hall paid for while training in the
weeks before the term begins. But
when the season rolls around, the
players often find themselves paying
out of pocket for clothing, gear and
food.
Director of Physical Education &
Athletics Mark Pietrok cites inflation,
higher price of gasoline and hotel
accommodations and a decrease in
donations over the last ten years to the
budget restrictions student athletes have
lately been facing.
Shaina Zins ’22, coxswain for the
Men’s Crew team, keeps a wrench in her
back pocket in case a boat needs a tune-
up. She paid for it on her own, along
with an electric hand warmer. Regarding
funding for personal supplies, Zins wishes
she had more.
“At the end of the day, [maintaining]
the boats and travelling expenses are
more important than that,” Zins said.
Nike provides the LC athletics
department with a 45% discount on
all goods via their online store at the beginning of each year, as long as the
department pays with institutional funds.
This is charged to the department’s
operational budget. In return, it is
understood players will wear Nike gear to
games and other public appearances.
Nike conducts similar deals
with other Division III institutions.
However, this policy is seldom
enforced, according to members of
the football team. Additionally, the
athletes who do not prefer Nike have
to buy their own equipment out of
pocket with no discount.
“There’s definitely room to take better
care of the athletes,” Mercury Compagno
’22, member of the football team, said.
Though the team of 70 players can
afford special uniforms to wear while
travelling and hotels to sleep in during
tournaments, the money runs dry when it
comes time to eat.
“The budget doesn’t allow for
nutritional meals,” Compagno said.
The department organizes its
finances into two budgets: operations
and personnel. The operations budget
finances the purchase of new supplies,
software, travel expenses and game
officials. The personnel budget covers
the salaries and benefit costs of all
coaches and employees. The capital
equipment budget, a pot for the whole
school, contributes to the maintenance of
department facilities.
The college provides about 80% of the
operations budget. The remaining 20%
comes from sources of revenue such as
ticket sales, facility rentals and the Pioneer
Athletics Club (PAC). A diminished
presence in recent years, the PAC is a
“booster group” or funnel for alumni and
parent donations. This infrastructure also
allows local businesses and corporations to pledge donations to the department.
Pietrok and Assistant Athletic Director
Sharon Sexton oversee all purchases made
within the department. The coaches of any
given team or club make a formal appeal
to purchase a needed item. If Pietrok and
Sexton approve the appeal, the coach
can use their issued credit card to make
the purchase. Coaches can also request
the directors for the funds necessary to
send their team to a tournament. These
requests are usually granted, though they
require tweaking and manipulating to the
department budget.
According to the Equity in Athletics
Data Analysis (EADA) report on Lewis
& Clark’s athletics department, expenses from March 2019 to June 2020 racked up
to a total of $3.25 million.
A sum of $939,257 went to the
salaries of 19 head coaches and 69
assistant coaches. Head coaches of
men’s teams can make up to (in full
time equivalents) $14,000 more per
year than head coaches of women’s
teams, regardless of National Collegiate
Athletic Association status.
The highest operating expense
per individual was spent on Women’s
Basketball at $3,524 per team
member. The lowest was spent on
Men’s Outdoor Track and Field at
$442 per team member.
The highest expenses by team were spent on Football, LC’s largest team,
at the cost of $137,735 in operating
expenses and a total of $491,295. The
lowest expenses by team were spent
on Women’s Golf at $5,742.
The football team was also the
department’s greatest individual
source of revenue, bringing back
nearly half a million dollars. The
revenues of all teams, excluding
football and basketball, amounted to
just over the million dollar line.
According to the EADA report,
all expenses were paid in direct
proportion to revenue, leaving the
department’s treasury with a net loss
of zero to one dollars.
By GABRIEL HOLMES
ACCORDING TO the National
Alliance on Mental Illness, 50%
of college students rated their
mental health below average or poor and
40% of them do not seek help. Whether
you have already sought or are seeking
help from external sources, you can still
compound wellness practices. Gratitude
journals are a low-commitment, high-
reward practice that can greatly benefit
one’s mental health.
According to the UC Berkeley’s
Greater Good Science Center (GGSC),
gratitude journaling is defined as
spending 15 minutes a day recording up
to five things you are grateful for. When
you record your list, try to savor the good
emotions attached to the event, person
or experience you are describing. While
gratitude journals can sound a little goofy
if this is your first exposure, the benefits
associated with them are backed by
empirical research.
GGSC recommends that you should
be detailed and specific with your
gratitude, and while it is okay to have
duplicate entries, make sure to focus on
new aspects of the things you are grateful
for. Sometimes the people and events
in our lives are not conducive to finding
gratitude; if you find yourself in such a
position, it is recommended to try and
find aspects of your life that you might
take for granted.
If you have been pleasantly surprised
by a discount at the store, a good meal or
even a compliment from a stranger, hone
in on that. Events that break us out of
our daily routine are more likely to carry
stronger emotions. Finally, keep these
lists consistent, set a time and schedule
but do not overdo it. GGSC recommends
one to three times a week rather than
daily because “we adapt to positive events
and can soon become numb to them.”
Professor of Psychology at UC Davis
Robert Emmons, who focuses on the
psychology of gratitude, gave a talk
at GGSC on the effects of practicing
gratitude.
“There is new evidence coming out
showing that gratitude is effective in the prevention of episodes of depression,
reduces their duration and makes future
episodes less likely,” Emmons said.
The research done on gratitude
journaling is a part of the positive
psychology movement that is described
in one study as a “‘build what’s strong’
rather than a ‘fix what’s wrong’
approach.” Rather than look for methods,
practices and remedies for eliminating
negative emotions and states of mind,
positive psychology aims to strengthen
the beneficial emotions and states of
mind.
There is a growing body of scientific
research being done on the positive effects
of gratitude. A 2010 article in Psychiatry
(Edgmont) found five studies that linked
a focus on gratitude to improved well-
being and life satisfaction; one of the five
studies even linked gratitude to better
subjective sleep quality. The same article
does mention that there are two studies
that found there can be “conditions
or circumstances that temper the
association between gratitude and well
being.” Non-traumatized veterans,
college students with neutral emotional
condition and divorced middle aged
women have shown not to be affected by
gratitude journaling. This implies that
there are certain circumstances that will
limit your ability to gain from gratitude
journaling.
Gratitude journaling will take 45
minutes a week if you choose to do the
maximum recommended amount.
Even if you do fall into the conditions
and circumstances that could limit the
potential benefits, the benefit-to-cost
ratio is in your favor. This will not be a
practice that takes over your life, but it
may be one that greatly benefits it, so
what is there to lose?Athletics budget reveals true cost of LC athletes
From tournament meals to athletic gear, student-athletes pay costs for sports out of their own pocket
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOG
Gabriel’s gains: journal
for mental well-being
By GABRIEL HOLMES
DON AABERG ’66 once held the
record at Lewis & Clark for the
fastest 1500 meter run since
1966. That changed in May of 2021 when
Frankie Reid ’24 broke the 54-year long
record with a time of three minutes and
48 seconds at the National Collegiate
Athletic Association qualifier event
hosted at George Fox University.
Reid has been running since he
was in elementary school.
“My dad was a runner, and my
brother’s a runner, so they influenced
me,” Reid said. “My mom and my dad
run every morning. I used to just ride my
bike with them every morning, and then
as I started getting older, I was like, ‘Oh,
I think I could start running with them.’”
This was the start of the journey
that led Reid to third in the nation
for the 1500 meter run. Reid followed
these bike rides by joining his middle
school cross country team.
“The 1500 was really new to me ... I
think this year is the first time I’ve ever even raced (it)” Reid said.
Previously, in high school, Reid raced
the 2-mile run, which is roughly 3200
meters. While they are both classified as
distance races, the difference between
eight and roughly four laps around a
track is massive.
“I’d say there’s more strategy involved
in the 1500,” Reid said. “Your placement
and who you’re running behind needs to
be more organized.”
Along with the record-breaking
and national ranking Reid, to his own
surprise, was recognized as the West
Region Track Athlete of the Year from
the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country
Coaches Association.
“All of a sudden, everything was
thrown at me,” Reid said. “It was kind
of a blur. In February, when we got back
to campus and started training. That
wasn’t even looked at as a goal that was
feasible at that point. So yeah, it was a
huge honor and I was honestly more
surprised than anything.”
Reid runs 70 miles a week on average
and lifts for one hour a week. In addition to his training, he also participates in ice
baths, stretching and Saturday races.
To navigate the time commitments of
sports and academics Reid stresses the
importance of sleep. When the workload
of both pile up to the point where he has
to stay up late to complete them, he finds
solace in naps.
Reid has also managed to start a
podcast over quarantine with some
friends back home in Palos Verdes
Estates, California. The podcast, “Zoom
Sports Talk,” is available on Spotify.
“We sit and talk about sports
anyway,” Reid said. “So we’re just like,
why don’t we record it and start posting
it. We’ve done 12 episodes so far.”
Reid describes his personal goal
to run his best is going to naturally
blossom from his team’s goal.
“For this season, the goal is to, as a
team, win the conference... and get to
the national championship,” Reid said.
The LC Cross Country team will be
competing against Pacific Lutheran
University in Tacoma Washington on
Saturday Sept. 18.
LC runner Frankie Reid breaks
54-year-long record for the 1500
GABRIEL HOLMES/ THE PIONEER LOGGABRIEL HOLMES/ THE PIONEER LOG
Frankie Reid ’24 has been running since his elementary school days, and was nationally awarded last year for his hard work.FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
SPORTS 11
By GABE KORER
FOR DECADES the Olympics have
remained the gold-standard for
athletic achievement, excellence
and persistence, pushing athletes
beyond their usual limits as they
pursue glory and honor for their home
countries.
With all the fanfare and excitement
surrounding the games, there is often
little conversation surrounding the
mental health aspect of being an
Olympic athlete. While individual
athletes have spoken out at times
regarding their own struggles with
mental health, the stigma around the
subject as a whole has, in the past,
prevented meaningful discussions
from emerging.
As the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
unfolded, it became clear that mental
health would finally take precedence
when U.S. gymnast Simone Biles
withdrew from the women’s team
gymnastics final, citing mental
health concerns as the reason for her
departure in an interview with CNN.
“Whenever you get in a high-stress
situation, you kind of freak out,” Biles
said. “I have to focus on my mental
health and not jeopardize my health
and well-being.” Biles’ decision sparked a landmark
debate over how to address the mental
well-being of Olympic athletes,
one that would draw support from
several other high-
profile athletes such
as Michael Phelps and
Aly Raisman. Although
she is not the first to
publicly announce her
struggles with mental
health, Biles is one of
few Olympic athletes
to have this level of
impact, with Google’s
mental health searches
hitting their highest
peak in two months the
day Biles withdrew.
Reigning Australian Open tennis
champion, Naomi Osaka, who
withdrew earlier in the year from
the French Open for similar reasons,
spoke out in support of Biles’ decision.
“I think now that it is a leading
topic of conversation it is really helpful
because at the end of the day, we are
athletes and it is our craft, but we are
human too,” Osaka said.
According to the International
Olympic Committee (IOC), scientific
research currently suggests that mental
health disorders affect up to 35% of elite athletes at some stage in their
careers. This can take the form of
depression, anxiety, eating disorders
or substance abuse issues. The triggers
can be anything from
poor sleep, negative
media coverage or even
premature retirement
due to injury.
Ahead of the Tokyo
2020 Olympics, the IOC
made sure to increase
the resources available
to athletes. They had
an official support
service called the
“mentally fit helpline”
available, which offered
counseling and practical
support, and they stationed trained
psychologists and psychiatrists inside
the Olympic Village. On their website
they also set up the “Olympic State of
Mind” series to advocate for mental
health causes.
Ultimately, the Tokyo 2020
Olympics furthered the dialogue
around what being a professional
athlete entails. When Simone Biles
offered her perspective, it reminded
the vast Olympic audience that, like
us, athletes deal with mental struggles
too.Mental health pushed to forefront of Olympics
Wander the breathtaking woodlands through Oregon
Easily accessible from LC, venture into five one-of-a-kind, picturesque hikes that Oregon has to offer Simone Biles’ withdrawal during the 2020 Summer Olympics sparked discussions of mental health
The still terrain of the forest engulfs this stunning waterfall located in Silverton, OR.By WILL TOPPIN
WITH THE RETURN of
academic life, getting
outside can be a breath of
fresh air for Lewis & Clark students.
September and October are the
last two months of the year with
temperatures above the sixties and
less than 10 days of rain, and that
means this is the perfect time to go
for a hike. There is a huge number
of outdoor activities available in the
Pacific Northwest, and Oregon in
particular is known for its beautiful
waterfalls. Below are five great hikes
that are not too far away.
One: Forest Park
Distance from campus: 20 minute
drive
Forest Park spans more than 5,000
acres which makes it the largest urban
park in the country. For a famous view
of St. Johns Bridge, The Oregonian
recommends a 6.5 mile hike that starts
at the end of the Leif Erikson Drive trail.
Turn left onto Ridge Trail after a little less
than three miles; the view of the bridge is
after another half mile. To see the view
without too much of a hike, start at the
pullout on Northwest Bridge Avenue
near the Ridge Trail trailhead. I would
also recommend the hike to Witch’s
Castle (or Stone House), another hike
in Forest Park. This trail is around two
miles round trip; your destination is a
mossy stone building covered in graffiti.
This hike also features a perk: a restored
highway bridge running overhead.
Two: Trail of 10 Falls
Distance from campus: One hour
and 15 minute drive
This eight mile day hike is extremely
popular, and features 10 waterfalls that
span up to 177 feet tall. According to
OregonHikers.org, mapping to South
Falls Lodge Trailhead will take you to
the parking area. The trail largely follows
a counterclockwise loop, with a few
additional short turn offs to some of the
waterfalls. There are options to reduce
the total distance of the hike while still
seeing most of the falls. This hike is hard
to parallel, and can be a little crowded.
Come early in the morning or wait until
the afternoon for guaranteed parking.
Three: Wilson River at Keenig
Creek
Distance from campus: One hour
drive
This hike offers a lot more than
walking. In addition to a short hike to a waterfall, the creek next to the
parking area has a great swimming
area and there are opportunities for
cliff jumping. Route to Footbridge
trailhead in Tillamook, Oregon and
from the parking area follow the
sidewalk path right along the road’s
guardrail. After a minute or two, you
will go down stone steps and cross a
bridge dozens of feet above the creek.
The best cliff jumping is to the left at
the end of the bridge. Turn right at the
wood sign. After a little less than 1.5
miles of easy walking you will reach
the waterfall. Make sure to return to
the creek for a refreshing dip!
Warning: cliff jumping can be
extremely dangerous. Ensure safe
jumping conditions and water visibility;
I recommend watching someone else
jump first.
Four: Riverview Cemetery
Distance from campus: One
mile; a 15 minute walk
This is my favorite walk nearby.
It is a more off-the-beaten path than
Tryon Creek State Natural Area, and
it offers a lot of variety. From campus,
take the sidewalk on S Palatine Hill
Road toward the roundabout, and
take the first right after Gate 2. Then,
just stay on this road until you get
to the red brick “Riverview” gate;
this will take you through a cute
suburban area to reach the cemetery.
The cemetery is quiet and beautiful,
and I have always found it to be an
excellent space for reflection. There
are a number of streets within, but
I recommend following the bike signs for easy navigation. If you turn
around about halfway down the hill,
the hike is three miles round trip.
You can also continue through the
cemetery all the way to Sellwood
Bridge, which has a great view of the
river. This will amount to a little over
five miles round trip.
Five: Moulton Falls
Distance from campus: 50
minute drive
This six mile out-and-back has
it all: a gorgeous waterfall, a nice
swimming hole with opal blue water
and an elegant old bridge. The only
downside is that these features are all
together at the end destination, and
the walk to get there — a three mile
gravel path — is not the most exciting,
though it does feature a railroad. I
would argue that the end is worth it.
Route to Hantwick trailhead in Yacolt,
Oregon to start at the trailhead and
hike out and back to the falls. If you
would prefer to start and end at the
falls, you can route to Moulton Falls
Regional Park. This second option
offers convenient water access, but
the midway destination of the hike is
just a waterfall.
If you take the time to explore
even one of these hikes, you will not
regret it. Through thick forestry,
rugged terrain and beautiful natural
landmarks, immerse yourself in the
unique nature Oregon has to offer.
Thankfully, we are surrounded by a
rich natural world just waiting to be
explored, and it only takes a Saturday.
Have fun out there.
South Falls, part of the Trail of 10 Waterfalls, pours rapidly into the water below.GABRIEL MANTIONE HOLMES/THE PIONEER LOG
The Willamette River flows peacefully in an aerial view of downtown Portland.ADAM KARP/THE PIONEER LOG ADAM KARP/THE PIONEER LOG
ADAM KARP/THE PIONEER LOG When Simone
Biles offered her
perspective, it
reminded the vast
Olympic audience
that, like us, athletes
deal with mental
struggles too.12FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
LC places excess students in Evans Auditorium
By EMMA FORD
OUR SCENE BEGINS in the
historic Evans Auditorium,
and with a great commotion.
In the face of the largest freshman
class in Lewis & Clark history, Campus
Living has taken an innovative
approach to easing the strains on dorm
space. Drama majors, stage crew and
other performing arts students have
been moved out of overflow housing
and into the Evans Auditorium.
Thanks to generous donations
from College Outdoors, two-person
tents have been erected onstage and
in aisles for first-year students and
sophomores in what was described by
an unnamed member of the campus
living staff as “a major space upgrade
for these lucky students.”
As students streamed into the
auditorium, carrying their belongings
in cardboard boxes and duffel bags,
distressed members of Campus
Living rushed around distributing
commemorative shower shoes,
Resident Advisor (RA) introduction
packets (all RAs will be housed on-
site in the lighting booth) and clip-art
printouts of padlocks.
“Yes, the $150 re-locking fee still
applies — look, color ink is expensive,
OK?” RA Jose Bautista ’22 said.When asked about the prospect of
living in the auditorium, Marie Gerin
’24 said there are significant benefits
to the alternative housing solution.
“I mean, I’ve always preferred the
Fir Acres Mainstage, but apparently
the drama department does too, and
at least the hall lets in some natural
light right? I mean, it beats Copeland,
anyway,” Gerin said. “Plus, there is
a dope tunnel system beneath the
theatre that I found last year and wait
you aren’t going to print this, are you?
My mom will kill me!”
For star actors, musicians and
dancers, surplus dorm furniture has
been moved into the dressing rooms
to keep them above the chorus riffraff.
Anonymous student sources attested
to fierce competition over the only
private dressing room (with its own
bathroom, no less) even after the
unfortunate mishap drove away its
first occupant.
Campus Living Student
Coordinators Ricky Finn ’22 and
George Andrews ’23 were backstage
helping theater major Clara Gigiel ’23
move copious bags into her new home.
Lucky Gigiel had secured the room
after a stirring rendition of “Quando
M’en Vo” from Guiseppe Verdi’s
“La bohème.” In response to being
questioned about allegations that she had been given the room to halt her
rendition, Gigiel huffed in offence.
But things quickly went wrong in
the dressing room. As Gigiel stood
in the back of the room, directing
the hanging of fairy lights, a large
plywood diner sign from her high
school’s production of “Grease” (in
which she played Marty) hung with
blue painter’s tape, came crashing
down inches from her head. Down the
hall, alarmed cries echoed as Gigiel
sobbed hysterically, clutching her
Hamilton doll.
“We tried to calm her,” Andrews
said, horrified. “But she wouldn’t stop
crying!”
Finn interjected in support of
Gigiel.
“Which is, like, totally valid,” Finn
said. “I tried to tell her that these
things happen, and she should really
use Command hooks, but nothing was
getting through to her.”
Gigiel stormed out of the room,
swearing she would not be returning.
Sources have said she is sleeping on
the floor of a friend’s dorm in Copeland
and participating in aromatherapy.
The Office of Student Welfare has
reportedly been in contact with her
regarding her experience.
The vacancy her departure left has
since been filled.“Oh, it’s been filled.” Andrews said.
“We had so many people who wanted
that room, we thought it was better
to pick randomly. Cristy Day ’25 has
been placed there for the time being.”
Gerin, however, claims an
alternative set of events took place.
“Is that what he said?” Gerin said. “No, my mom and I totally got her
put in there. She’s a way better singer
anyways, nobody likes listening to
Clara.”
Campus Living denies any such
agreement. Associate Professor Mimi
Gerin, Marie Gerin’s mother, was
unavailable for comment.
By OWEN WOLFF
BY ALL ACCOUNTS and metrics,
it should be clear that Copeland
Hall is Lewis and Clark’s least
desirable dorm. However, its residents
are fed up and prepared to ramp up the
conflict.
From booby-trapped exits that
blare incessantly at any student foolish
enough to attempt to use them, to the
mistreated bathrooms which have
all weathered many a storm, it can
be (and has repeatedly been) said
that Copeland unequivocally sucks.
Beyond the physical aspects that
make Copeland infamously iconic,
the great forest bastion remains a
beacon of hedonism and a monument
to shenanigans. With a more liberal
take on quiet hours, rarely does an
uneventful evening pass at Copeland.
Due to its flaws, Copeland has
become the butt of many jokes around
campus. Animosity towards the blue
baby-clad building is shown freely
and without hesitation. Naturally,
there has always been tension between
Copeland and the
rest of LC, but
after the fire
alarm went off
for the second
time last week
on September
5 at 8 p.m., that red, hot
tension began to boil over.
Gathered in the front lot,
Copeland residents, blinded
by dorm nationalism and
made indignant by a lack
of sleep, began to confer
about the unfair treatment
of their home. By the
time Campus Safety
had arrived to shut off
the alarm, the scene
had already escalated
into a full-blown
protest. Phrases
such as “Better bathrooms now!,” “Copeland demands
independence!” or simply “Copeland!”
were belted out to the tempo of the
distant fire alarm. The demonstration
dispersed immediately when the alarm
was shut off, but the issue was certainly
not resolved.
Sources within Copeland indicate
that representatives from each wing
have been meeting to draft a formal list
of demands, among them:
“...IV.) The permanent removal of
all fire alarms in Copeland.
V.) The construction of a
secondary student center that is more
accessible from Copeland.
VI.) The construction of no fewer
than two more bridges between the
buildings of Copeland.
VII.) The official recognition of
“Semen” (lol) as the Lewis & Clark
mascot…”
Copeland residents have
already established barricades at
the residential campus bridge and
fortifications along the Lewis & Clark
ravine. Stumps and Pallets, two illegal
smoke spots on campus, have been reappropriated for strategic garrisons
and are no longer open to the public.
Copeland has also begun to employ
psychological warfare tactics, no doubt
inspired by the ghost army of World
War II. There is evidence of a so-called
“Operation Jockstrap” wherein elite
Copeland operatives maintain an air
of general brutishness to weaken the
resolve of the rest of campus.
The Xperiment Living-Learning
Community has devoted all of its
resources to research for another black
op, an “Operation Unquiet Hours”
which would theoretically exploit the
brain’s need for sleep, and by extension
absence of noise, to function properly.
It is unclear how this research will
be applied, but sources indicate
that “Operation Unquiet Hours” has
already been in action for some time
now.
Copeland has the means, motive
and rambunctiousness to cause
unspeakable inconvenience to this
campus and those who inhabit it, but
only time will tell what they are truly
capable of.EMMA FORD/THE PIONEER LOG
Diversity initiative
targets popular kids
Copeland launches mass class war
against rest of residential campus
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOG
The Backdoor is a work of humor and fiction
With an influx of students, dormitories are exploding and students are demanding their personal space
ALEX NASH/THE PIONEER LOGBy SCOTTY MONTGOMERY
LEWIS & CLARK took a bold
step forward in the world of
affirmative action today in
their efforts to recruit more “popular
kids” to their student population.
The college’s status as a
PUI, predominantly unpopular
institution, made it a clear candidate
for efforts in diversifying its campus.
KC Diver-City is the staff member
spearheading the program.
We spoke to one glass ceiling
breaking student, McKinsleigh
Smithson ’93 the first high school
student with more than ten total
friends to gain admittance to LC in
the school’s history.
“It’s just so hard when you don’t
see yourself represented like the other weird kids.” Smithson,
now an investment banker at
her family’s company, said.
“Representation for rich, white
students whose dads own large
tracts of land in Florida is so hard
to find these days.”
The admissions team working
in the program welcomed
prospective populars to campus
with free Vineyard Vines T-shirts
and mirrors in public bathrooms
to write derogatory terms towards
women, as well as therapy vouchers
for emotional unavailability. Each
one of these new students will be
assigned an “older
sibling” who can help
show them around the
campus and be asked by
their younger sibling to buy
alcohol and book a hotel
room.
Current LC students
giving campus tours were
asked to dress in salmon-colored
Ralph Lauren short sleeve button
downs, stiff crisp khakis and fresh
off the boat Sperry’s to make the
prospective populars feel more
comfortable on campus.
High school popular students
have been provided access to
support groups for them to let out
all their hatred of casual fishnet
wearers and those with colorfully
dyed hair in a safe space. Other
spaces these students have found
to create community and express
themselves are newly formed
sororities and fraternities. These
gender-binary-conforming and
racially homogeneous groups
feature fun ways for the students
to get involved on campus, such
as filming each other saying slurs
while drunk and absolutely not
participating in hazing.
The program has not been all
sunshine and roses, though. One
particularly vicious pack of LC
students descended on a gaggle
of fresh high school populars
like vultures when they declared
themselves “the plastics.” Subsequent
protests have taken place featuring
many handmade cardboard signs
declaring LC a “plastic free campus.”
The road towards progress is
never an easy one.