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Volume 97, No. 4

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2021-10-29

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By EMMA FORD
LEWIS & CLARK’S Environmental
Studies program held their 24th
“Environments Across Borders”
(ENVX) symposium from Oct. 19 to
Oct. 21. The three-day event’s theme, “A
Post-Truth Environment,” endeavored
to explore what communication should
look like in current times. Alex Chapelle
’24, Chris Kerkhof ’22, Liv Ladaire
Bruce ’24, Anélyse Regelbrugge ’22 and
Lewis Summers ’24 were this year’s
chairs.
Since its establishment in 1997,
the annual event has aimed to
cross boundaries of environmental
communication through the inclusion
of scholars across a variety of fields.
In exploring what such conversations
mean around the world, the symposium
seeks to present all sides of these
hot-button issues in their pursuit to
engage students and the general public.
According to Chapelle, last year the
symposium tried to accomplish their
goal by virtually hosting speakers from
many regions. This year, however, a key
issue was bridging the gaps between
those with opposing political views.
“This year’s symposium tried to
do the same thing by reaching across
a political spectrum and talking
about how we can engage better with
people who might not have the same
beliefs in regards to environmental
management,” Chapelle said.
The theme of “A Post-Truth
Environment” is aimed at a core
question of our times: “What is
environmentalism, a movement grounded in science and facts, in a
post-truth era?” In an environment
of mistrust towards science, the
theme of this year focuses on what
communication styles are best suited to
our times.
The event opened with remarks
from Professor of Environmental
Studies and Director of ENVS James
Proctor and President Wim Wiewel.
Wiewel thanked attendees for coming
to participate in the symposium. “Climate communication is the
poster child of post-truth,” Wiewel said
in his opening remarks at the keynote
address. “As climate change and global
warming affects us all, we must reflect
on our current conversation.”
The symposium’s keynote speaker,
Dr. Naveed Mansoori, is a political
theorist focused on media, religion and
crisis as a postdoctoral research assistant
at Princeton University. His current
book “After Prophecy: Propaganda and the Politics of Truth in Contemporary
Iran” deals with the proliferation of
media as a teaching space. According
to Mansoori, when unity has eroded,
propaganda is what may bring it
back. In addition, the media ecology
of mistrust makes people question if
democratized knowledge is true. As a
result, the non-rational perspective,
the propagandist, may be the one to
lead people. Although Mansoori is not
coming from a strictly environmental background, his perspective is integral
to bridging the gaps between different
fields.
“He was kind of a political
theorist,” Chapelle said. “We wanted
to expand beyond the environment
so that ... it could be more attractive
to people outside of environmental
studies.”
After Mansoori’s address, faculty
panelists Proctor and Kundai Chirindo,
associate professor of rhetoric and
media studies, discussed the potential
for persuasion to help the fight against
climate change and the danger of a
public with a dominant viewpoint.
They also answered questions from the
audience. Afterwards, a reception took
place outside the council chambers.
On Oct. 20, the symposium hosted a
student lunch with Mansoori in Stamm
West. That evening, the Lewis & Clark
Law School hosted a panel on “Post-truth,
Law, and Policy.” Panelists included
Oregon District 3 Representative Ken
Helm, Manager at the Oregon State
Dept. of Environmental Quality’s Office
of Compliance and Enforcement Kieran
O’Donnell, Crag Law Center’s Executive
Director and Staff Attorney Courtney
Johnson and Clinical Professor of Law
and Co-Director of the Earthrise Thomas
Buchele. The panel was moderated by
Adjunct Professor Karen Russell, LC’s
Law School and environmental studies
program director.
On Oct. 21, the events included a
story exchange Zoom meeting hosted by
the organization Narrative 4. Students
discussed their prompt, which was to
Continued on page 3 Alex Chapelle ’24, Lewis Summers ’24, Liv Ladaire Bruce ’24, Chris Kerkhof ’22 and Anélyse Regelbrugge ’22 are the ENVX co-chairs. Vol. 97 No. 4 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021 www.piolog.com
Today’s Weather
Overcast with a mix of sun and
clouds with a high of 55 degrees and
a low of 42 degrees. 97% chance of
precipitation. Sunset at 6:01 p.m.
and a waning crescent moon.OPINION
Housing Requirement
Campus Living should work to meet
the individual needs of students rather
than
PAGE 5FEATURES
Ray Warren Symposium
This year’s Ray Warren Symposium
will explore themes of joy and justice
through several keynote speakers.
PAGE 7ARTS
Arts @ LC
A new group called Arts @ LC aims to
promote the art department despite
recent setbacks.
PAGE 8SPORTS
New Varsity Sports
Women’s lacrosse and men’s soccer
teams will be coming to Palatine Hill.

PAGE 10Community members respond to
recent campus graffiti incidentPioneer Express route
now goes to Sellwood
Dr. Naveed Mansoori remarks on the role of misinformation and propaganda in political leadership
PHOTO COURTESY OF NINA JOHNSONENVX Symposium explores climate narratives
By REBECCA HANSON
BEGINNING OCT. 29 at 6 p.m.,
Lewis & Clark’s free shuttle, the
Pioneer Express, will have stops
in Sellwood and the South Waterfront.
From there, the Pio will continue on to
Fred Meyer and then return to campus.
This new route is two years in the
making and will replace the weekend
route to Shattuck Hall at Portland State
University.
The route was originally pitched by
the Associated Students of Lewis & Clark
(ASLC) during the 2019-20 school year.
ASLC worked with LC’s Office of Parking
and Transportation to plan the changes,
with student focus groups providing
their input. The initial surveying of
student interest occurred before the
COVID-19 pandemic, and these plans
were delayed to after the pandemic as a
result. Despite this delay, ASLC President
Sarah Lind-MacMillan ’22 met virtually
with a student committee of around 10
students, including ASLC members and
members of the general student body,
over the summer of 2021. Administration
supervisors included Assistant Dean of
Student Engagement Rocky Campbell,
Director of Student Engagement Tamara
Ko and Vice President of Student Life and
Dean of Students Robin Holmes-Sullivan.
Lind-MacMillan explains that the committee met often to discuss how to
best pick a beneficial route while also
considering finances.
“The committee and I tried to meet
regularly to start discussing the pros and
cons, the current Pio route, what services
we want to be connecting students to,
like pharmacies and coffee shops, and
learning the limitations of what we have
to work with,” Lind-MacMillan said. “The
Senate last school year approved a transfer
of $100,000 from the ASLC rollover
accounts, which are meant for projects
that will benefit the whole school.”
Student committee member Fabian
Guerrero ’23 said the students on the
committee pushed hard for an east side
route.
“We really drilled into these meetings
that the Pio needed to go to the east side,
that it was kind of ridiculous that it didn’t
and that we had to use other means
in order to just get across the river,”
Guerrero said. “It was important to me
that students were able to do that because
of the people that live in the east side, and
because I wanted to buy into the spirit of
public transportation, and I just noticed
this dead spot that people wanted to go to,
but weren’t able to.”
One of the committee’s main goals
in their planning was to strike a balance
between what the students want and
what is possible.
Continued on page 3By IHSAAN MOHAMED &
AUBREY ROCHÉ
ON OCT.11, THE Lewis & Clark
community awoke to several
graffiti messages spray-painted
across all three campuses, criticizing
the history of the institution’s
namesakes. A report with the Portland
Police Bureau was filed by Campus
Safety in response to the incident, but
the responsible individual(s) have not
yet been identified.
President Wim Wiewel responded to
the incident in an email statement sent
out to the entire LC community. Wiewel
began by acknowledging the Indigenous
tribes whose homeland LC resides on,
as well as LC’s position on the issue.
“As an institution that was founded
on Indigenous land, we acknowledge
that our very existence plays a role in the
trauma of colonization,” Wiewel said.
“This trauma affects us as individuals
and as a broader campus community,
and can be painful and difficult to
process.”
In an effort to turn the dialogue
about the issue from the past to the
future, the President made an appeal to
individual reflection on the matter.
“We must acknowledge and honor
differences, and strive to understand the inequities that exist and the harm
that has been done. This is what
motivates me, and I hope it inspires you
as well.” Wiewel said.
Dr. Carma Corcoran, director of
Indian Law at Lewis & Clark Law
School, was first notified about the
graffiti by students at the law school.
Corcoran reported concerns that the
incident would be falsely connected to
Indigenous students at LC.
“That’s not the way I protest,”
Corcoran said. “(However) I am
empathetic, I understand completely the issues at play ... going to school
(and) teaching within the institutions
of Lewis & Clark.”
Corcoran expressed disappointment
in the way that LC’s administration
handled the incident.
“Nobody within the (LC law)
faculty or administration reached out
to me about it, which I did feel was
interesting,” Corcoran said.
Native Student Union (NSU)
leaders Annabelle Rousseau ’23 and
Alberto Partida ’22 also found the email
Continued on page 3
KAMRYN FORD /THE PIONEER LOG
A person from Graffiti Removal Services washes away the spray paint on Oct.11.
By LEO BERNSTEIN
NEWMAN
LEWIS & CLARK has recently
experienced a growing rate of
COVID-19 infections in the
last three weeks, bringing the total
number of students, faculty, staff and
contractors infected this semester to 43
as of Oct.26.
The price of COVID-19 tests at
LC’s Health Center, which is $55, has
left students hesitant to get tested.
John Hancock, chief psychologist and
associate dean for health and wellness,
insists that students should not be
discouraged by the $55 price tag.
According to Hancock, the cost of a
PCR or antigen test can be reimbursed
in full to students with health insurance
covered by LC Health Services. On the
Health Portal, students can input their
claim, print a receipt of it and send
it to their health insurance provider.
Hancock said there is a “reasonable
chance” that the student’s insurance
will fully reimburse them.
Health Services compels students
and staff members who have
been approached for contact
tracing to take PCR tests.
In this scenario, the cost of
testing is waived.
“PRC tests are free to
anyone we require to test,”
Hancock said.
Katelyn Straw ’25 recounted
that last week, at least half a
dozen Copeland residents tested
positive for COVID-19. Straw
reported that each student sought
off-campus testing sites to avoid
paying the $55 cost of on-campus
tests.
During New Student
Orientation, Straw was
exposed to COVID-19.
Although she tested negative,
she developed a sore throat
and a cough. She wore an
N95 mask at all times while in her quad, which she shares with an
immunocompromised student. Straw
said she had a difficult time contacting
Health Services to receive medical
attention.
“I called (Health Services) over 25
times from 8 a.m. to about noon until I
finally called the nurse (via) the 24-hour
line,” Straw said.
The 24-hour line connected Straw,
who was now waiting outside the
Health Services office, to the proper
specialists through a back
line. She was told
that she could
receive a consultation in an hour’s time. Straw then
had to wait for an additional hour after the
tele-consultation to receive a test, which
she took a little after 2 p.m. that day.
After receiving a PCR test, and a
prescription for cough medicine, Straw’s
account was charged $75. Straw filed
a claim with her insurance and was
reimbursed.
Some students have criticized the cost
of testing, arguing that it disincentivizes
getting tested on campus when one is
exposed or displays symptoms.
Cam Sylla ’22 feels that the cost of
testing compromises the school’s
dedication to pandemic safety.“I know people who have had
symptoms and chose to not get tested
at the school because there is no
infrastructure in place to help them stay
ahead of their work while isolating,” Sylla
said. “Who would pay to go to this school
and then pay to not go to classes?”
As a result of students reluctance
to test due to costs, Straw feels that the
school does not have a solid grasp on the
transmission of COVID-19 throughout the
student body.
According to Hancock, the
department’s priority has been to keep
testing readily available and, more
importantly, affordable.
Health Services carries virtually
any provider that covers the greater
Portland area. However, the department does not cover
the Oregon Health Plan (OHP), Oregon’s
free and public health care option. Though
no steps have been taken yet, Hancock
says that Health Services does anticipate
incorporating OHP in the near future.
When a student displays symptoms
of COVID-19, they should contact
Health Services and coordinate a safe
way to enter the testing site in Forest
Halls. There, they receive an antigen
(nasal swab) test and incur a charge of
$55 to their student account.
Residential students infected with
COVID-19 are instructed to return
to their dorm, collect all necessary
belongings and then report to an
isolation dorm where they stay for
approximately 10 to 14 days after
receiving a negative test result. After
they have collected their items, a team
of LC staff disinfect their dorm.
According to Hancock, Health
Services supports the isolating
students by delivering meals and
providing pulse oximeters. Isolating
students receive contact with Health
Services six days a week. The Health
Center also oversees that isolating
students keep in contact with their
professors and other necessary
faculty members.
The rate of transmission to
contact-traced individuals is 2-3%.
According to Hancock, at the time
of publication, there has not been a
single recorded case of an in-class
transmission of COVID-19 at LC.
Students with religious or
medical exemptions from the
COVID-19 vaccine, as well as
some international students
who have yet to receive the
vaccine, are required to submit
to weekly tests at no cost to
themselves.
Health Services plans on
holding an optional testing
clinic before students return
home for Thanksgiving. The tests
will come at a cost of $55. By VENUS EDLIN
& ADELAIDE KAISER
ON OCT. 13, PRESIDENT Wim
Wiewel hosted over 70 student
leaders at the Cooley House in
order to thank them for their contributions
to the community.
Wiewel invited resident advisors
(RAs), New Student Orientation (NSO)
leaders and Associated Students of
Lewis & Clark (ASLC) representatives to
the dinner reception. Vice President of
Student Life and Dean of Students Robin
Holmes-Sullivan’s office helped plan the
event along with Special Assistant to the
President Rachel Martinez.
During one of his speeches that night,
Wiewel recognized the students present
for their leadership.
“Those are the roles that are actually
critical to building the community that is
Lewis & Clark,” Wiewel said.
When originally planning the
reception, Martinez was worried about
the event being canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. However, the night went on as
planned, and even had a high RSVP rate
compared to previous years. According
to Martinez, typically 50% of invitees
respond “yes” at comparable events, but
75% responded “yes” to this event with
only five no-shows.
“I think it speaks to how people are
just so excited to be around each other
again, to be able to connect in person,”
Martinez said. “Zoom is great and it fills
a void. It fills a need, but it’s just not the
same.”
For Martinez, the benefits of events
like this justify the work she does. In
particular, she pointed to the benefit of
different groups of students interacting
with each other.
“It is so worth it,” Martinez said. “It is
that culmination of ‘this is why we’re all
here’ — it’s to serve the students. What
an amazing opportunity we were just able
to provide just by inviting some people to
dinner.”
Students who attended the dinner
had varying feelings about the event. Sammy Kutsch ’24, an RA for Forest
Halls, echoed Martinez’s sentiments that
the event was a nice way to bring student
leaders together.
“I feel like sometimes as student
leaders we are part of a group but we
can feel pretty separated because of the
different roles that we play,” Kutsch said.
Phoenix Cox ’24 shared similar
feelings about bringing different students
together.
“When you’re a leader, you end up
very close in your own community, so
(this dinner is) a really nice way, I think,
to open that up a little bit and start some
connections between different people,”
Cox said.
However, Cox also said appreciating
student leaders should go beyond events
like the reception.
“It’s a very small way to say ‘We
appreciate you, this is all that you’ve done,
thank you so much,’ and it obviously
doesn’t even begin to do that,” Cox said.
“However, I think a more just way to
honor the work and labor that student
leaders provide to an institution is to pay
them adequately. It’s something we’ve
been discussing at ASLC for a very long
time.”
ASLC Director of Allocations Alaryx
Tenzer ’23 said he appreciated the event,
but thought its representation of leaders
on campus was incomplete.
“I feel like the definition of student
leader is really … ill-defined,” Tenzer said.
“Like there are people here who should
be here, and then there are people
who aren’t here who should be here.
I’m thinking about groups that consider
themselves to be student leaders on
campus that aren’t represented here.”
Despite these concerns, Tenzer still
felt that the event was important to attend.
“I think it’s worthwhile and it’s good
for networking with other people,” Tenzer
said.
For others, the novelty of the Cooley
House was a main draw of the event.“I think what drove me to attend was
actually just seeing where Wim’s house
is,” Dylan Blanchard ’24, who was an
NSO leader said. “The president’s house
was the most interesting part of this to
me.”
Alexandra Flory ’24, an RA in Forest
Halls, felt similarly about speaking with
the president.
“Wim came up to me and spoke to me
which was crazy, but fun,” Flory said. “It
was like meeting a celebrity.”
ASLC Treasurer Sam Daer ’22 and Cox
were both drawn to the event because of
the food. For Martinez, offering students
a dining hall alternative for the night was
another way to show appreciation
“I don’t get to work with students
very often,” Martinez said. “When I get
to do things like this, it’s extra rewarding
for me … to see everyone together like
that and happy and appreciative and to be able to feed you all dinner that’s not
Bon Appétit.”
In the Oct. 18 edition of The Bark,
Holmes-Sullivan reflected on the event
and future plans at the Cooley House.
“It was truly a party and the first
hosted event of its size at the Cooley
House since the pandemic began,’’
Holmes-Sullivan said via email.
“President Wiewel and his wife Alice
hope to host a Thanksgiving gathering
for some students who remain on
campus over the break so be looking out
for an invitation very soon.”
According to Wiewel, Thanksgiving
dinner for international students was a
tradition he brought to LC from Portland
State University, where he served as
president. Martinez said she is currently
organizing the dinner and if she can
secure a caterer for the event, invitations
will be sent out soon.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
NEWS 2
LC students reluctant to pay for COVID-19 testing
Wiewel hosts student leaders at Cooley House
AMELIA DOYLE/THE PIONEER LOG
Wiewel speaks to student leaders attending the Cooley House dinner he hosted Oct. 13.Student leaders socialize at the annual student leadership dinner hosted by Wiewel.ASLC Representatives, Resident Advisors and NSO leaders attend the president’s annual dinner
AMELIA DOYLE/THE PIONEER LOG
Community members grapple with questions about cost of testing amid increase in reported cases
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOG By TOR PARSONS
ON SEPT. 27, THE Oregon state
legislature finally approved
a new congressional map for
the state after weeks of debate. This
makes Oregon the first state to submit
its new congressional map.
Oregon is one of just six states
gaining a congressional district after
the results of the 2020 census, which
determined how many seats each
state should have in the House of
Representatives. The reapportionment
of congressional districts is based on
each state’s population growth since
2010, not their absolute population.
Oregon, which is going from five
House seats to six, is a particularly
interesting case. Since the majority of
the state’s population is concentrated
in metropolitan areas, Oregon is a
heavily Democratic state. However,
outside of the state’s major population
centers, Oregon is majority
Republican. This makes it possible
to draw intuitively-shaped districts,
an act known as gerrymandering,
that result in Republicans controlling
the state’s congressional delegation
despite the majority of the state voting
Democratic.
Republicans in the state legislature
proposed a map that allowed them
to control the state’s congressional
delegation, while Democrats proposed
a map that would make five out of
the six districts reliably blue. On the
last possible day of negotiations,
Democrats and Republicans reached
a compromise. According to The
Oregonian, the map signed into law
creates three safe Democratic seats,
one Democratic-leaning seat, one
swing seat and one safe Republican
seat.
Oregon’s first and third
congressional districts are largely
unchanged. The first district still
covers the northwest corner of the
state, while the third incorporates
most of the city of Portland and
its eastern suburbs. Both of these
congressional districts are held by Democrats, and are expected to
remain that way.
The second congressional district,
which is sparsely populated, deeply
Republican and encompasses the
state’s entire eastern half, is also
remaining roughly the same.
However, there is one very small,
yet consequential alteration. About
half of central Oregon’s Deschutes
County, including the city of Bend,
has been placed in a dramatically
reshaped fifth district. As Bend
attracts an influx of new residents, its
population and politics are changing
rapidly. In the 2020 presidential
election, Deschutes County, which
was previously solidly Republican,
was won by Joe Biden in a landslide.
In the Democrats’ plan, Deschutes
County would have remained in the
second district in hopes that Bend’s
increasing population and changing
politics would help turn the second
district blue.
Oregon’s fourth congressional
district, which has historically
covered the state’s southwestern
quarter, still covers the same area
but has had some coastal areas are
now part of the second congressional
district. This was likely done to
shore up Democratic support for
Rep. Peter DeFazio, the chair of the
House Transportation Committee
and co-founder of the Congressional
Progressive Caucus. He has held the
seat for 35 years, but now his grip on
the district has loosened as rural areas
become increasingly Republican. In
2020, DeFazio was nearly defeated by
Republican challenger Alek Skarlatos,
a 27-year-old National Guardsman
who once received bipartisan praise
for stopping a terrorist attack in
France. The alterations made to the
fourth district are likely to have the
effect of making it more Democratic,
rendering it a safe seat for DeFazio.
The fifth district had previously
encompassed a broad swath of the
Oregon coast, with a protrusion
extending through the middle of the
Willamette Valley, incorporating the state capital Salem and some
south Portland suburbs. It has been
completely reshaped, now forming
a shape like a slanted figure eight.
The northwestern part of the district
incorporates south Portland and
much of Clackamas County, as well
as the eastern edge of Salem and
some smaller towns in the northern
Willamette Valley. A narrow neck
across the Cascade Mountains’
ridgeline connects that area to the
district’s southeastern half, which
includes Bend. This district is one
to watch, as statistical analysis
website FiveThirtyEight considers
it “highly competitive,” with roughly
equal numbers of Democratic and
Republican voters.
The new sixth district will include
most of Salem, as well as Yamhill
and Polk counties in the northern
Willamette Valley, which typically
vote Republican. However, it will
also include several major Portland
suburbs, which could tip the district
into the Democratic column.
Rep. Kurt Schrader, the current
representative of the fifth district,
will likely run for re-election in the
sixth district, as he now lives outside
the redrawn fifth district. As one of
the most conservative Democrats
in the House of Representatives,
Schrader could attract a primary
challenger in his new, bluer district.
Oregon’s redrawn districts will
go into effect with the 2022 midterm
elections. With the House majority on
a razor’s edge and President Biden’s
agenda in the balance, Oregon could
make all the difference.NEWS 3FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
Oregon legislators approve new
six district congressional map
ISMAEL JARAMILLO/THE PIONEER LOG ASLC allocates funding for
new Pioneer Express route
Continued from page 1
tell a story about encountering
information that challenged previous
understandings, whether via
conversation or media.
Also on Thursday, the symposium
concluded with a workshop and
closing reception hosted in Stamm
West by Lisa Swallow, executive
director of Crossing Party Lines. The
event’s focus was on “Navigating
Conversations About Science in a
Post-Truth World.”
Chapelle explained that the
purpose of such workshops and
the symposium as a whole, was to
confront the disconnect between
different groups discussing
environmental issues.
“There’s the challenge of figuring
out what we are going to do about
certain issues. Because if we can’t
agree on the science behind the issue,
there’s no way we can agree on the solution of the issues,” Chapelle said.
In all, the coordinators of the
event seemed enthusiastic about the
results of the symposium.
“What I appreciated about
ENVX Symposium this fall was the
diversity of events our student co-
chairs organized around post-truth,”
Proctor said via email. Chapelle
encourages students interested in the
environment to get involved.
“I think it’s very important for
freshmen and other students involved
in either environmental studies and
depending on the subject, other LC
students to get involved with the
symposium next year,” Chapelle said.
Students interested in getting
involved can email Proctor at
jproctor@lclark.edu or Environmental
Administrative Specialist Laura Mundt
at lmundt@lclark.edu.
Additional reporting by Asmaa Zaidan
Continued from page 1
statements on Oct. 11 from Wiewel and
Vice President of Student Life and Dean
of Students Robin Holmes-Sullivan to
be lacking.
“I did appreciate how (Holmes-
Sullivan) did go into the trauma that
people may feel on Indigenous Peoples’
Day,” Rousseau said. “But … (there
was) no call to action, no reference to
any kind of work that can or should be
done.”
Corcoran echoed Rousseau’s
sentiments.
“I think they could have handled it
better by acknowledging the response
to the letter that came out campus
wide … and then stated … any action
that ... they should do going forward,”
Corcoran said.
According to Partida, it is important
that LC’s administration begin focusing
on actionable items that support
Indigenous students and communities.
“I feel like within the context of
going to a college named Lewis &
Clark, you’d want to support the Native
community at that school more, and we
haven’t felt any outreach from them,”
Partida said.
Wiewel listed the Land
Acknowledgment, the Law School’s
Indian Law Program and courses
offered in the College of Arts and
Sciences related to Native American
history as actions on LC’s part in
honoring the legacies of the Indigenous
peoples. However, Wiewel recognized
that these actions are not entirely
sufficient.
“As terrific as these various
programs are, I will not pretend we are
doing enough collectively to honor the
lives and legacies of Native Americans.”
Wiewel said in an email statement to
The Pioneer Log. “We need to do more,
and that will be among the priorities I
discuss with Mark Figueroa’s interim
and permanent replacement(s) as Dean
of Diversity and Inclusion.”
The graffiti on Oct. 11 contributed to
an ongoing conversation about a name
change for LC. Rousseau and Partida
suggested that LC’s administration hold a panel for student input about the
college’s name.
Wiewel detailed the LC
administration’s plans regarding the
potential for a name-change.
“Earlier this week, ASLC leaders,
Vice President Holmes-Sullivan and
I sat down to discuss how we might
create a shared learning experience to
raise questions, issues and ideas about
the relation between the College’s
name and our values of caring, critical
thinking and equity and inclusion,”
Wiewel said via email.
While details have yet to be
finalized, the group hopes to host a
campus wide discussion in February.
All members of the LC community will
be invited to “celebrate the positive
aspects and critically reflect on the
negative (aspects)” regarding the
institution’s name.
According to Corcoran, who hails
from the Chippewa-Cree tribe of
Montana, LC’s name change should be
a thoughtful process, one that begins
with involving Indigenous tribes in
Oregon.
“Getting input from the nine tribes
would be so important, because this
is the place that their ancestors walk,”
Corcoran said. “This is the blood of
their people. And as a member of the
Lewis & Clark community, I care very
deeply, (but) it would not be up to me
to (decide) what the name should be.
We need the advice of their elders and
leaders.”
Rousseau explained how students
who feel inclined to advocate for a
name change or larger systemic change
in response to the graffiti, can take
more substantial actions in the future.
Going forward, NSU plans to celebrate
Indigenous Heritage Month in
November and potentially collaborate
with other student unions for future
events.
“ I really urge people that were either
ignited or impassioned by the graffiti
and what it stood for to come out to
(our) events and engage in discussions
with us, because we would really love
that,” Rousseau said.ENVX aims to dissect
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“We can’t go everywhere that we
want, unfortunately,” Lind-MacMillan
said. “But with what we do have, how can
we meet this desire of students wanting
to get to the east side?”
Regular users of the Pio also
expressed their desire for balance,
including Makena Andersen ’24.
“The new route sounds good, but I
wish I could have both the old and new
options,”Andersen said.
Despite this sentiment, Andersen felt
that the balance had been reached by
retaining the Fred Meyer stop.
One of the key focuses of the new
route’s design is sustainability and
reducing students’ dependency on
cars. The new stops link LC students
to an abundance of Portland public
transportation, particularly the bus
system. While making this decision, the
route’s designers wanted to encourage
the use of the subsidized TriMet passes
available to all LC students, purchasable through the online parking portal. They
hope that this will boost accessibility
to alternative and more sustainable
transportation, reducing LC’s carbon
footprint.
According to Lind-MacMillan, the
committee hopes that this access to the
TriMet system increases transportation
literacy at LC.
“I hope it helps students feel more
connected to the city,” Lind-MacMillan
said. “Some people grew up utilizing
public transit or had really strong public
transit in their homes, and a lot of other
people either didn’t have exposure to it or
their cities didn’t have the infrastructure
that some do. So for some, accessing
things like TriMet could be really new or
different.”
ASLC and the student committee
have organized a campaign to boost the
connectivity between students and the
city, such as by sharing information about
things to do in Sellwood and how to use
the TriMet system. This week, students will be
tabling in front of Howard, to provide
information about the new Pio schedule
and route, hoping to help students
with transportation literacy. They
hope to make people aware of their
transportation options, and emphasize
that LC students receive a discount on
TriMet, according to Guerrero.
Transportation & Parking Service
Manager Gabe Montez, along with
other staff and students involved in the
project, will be paying close attention to
maximize the Pio’s efficiency. Montez
voiced past concerns about underuse of
the Pio and the carbon emissions that
stem from that.
“We were emitting a lot of
greenhouse gases when it was just
running with nobody on it, and so that
is a big concern of ours, as well as paying
for a shuttle that doesn’t get much use,”
Montez said.
The committee will be monitoring
ridership hours and travel times, as well
as student feedback, to best determine
any alterations to the route to maximize
sustainability and efficiency.
“There will be some growing pains,”
Montez said. “But again, I’m really
excited about it. I’ve been using the
Pio Express a bit, and it’s a great, great
service.”
Some students, such as Michael Di
Cesare ’24, are more apprehensive about
the route, but are still open to the change.
“I don’t know a lot about Sellwood,
but I think it could be a more popular
destination,” Di Cesare said. “I like going
to the (PSU) Farmers Market and the
food trucks, but I’ll be trying it out.”
Additional reporting by Amelia Doyle.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NINA JOHNSON
Dr. Mansoori , Jim Proctor and Kundai Chirindo discuss environmental concepts. MIRO ENRIQUEZ/THE PIONEER LOG
The Pioneer Express stops in front of Templeton to pick up students on a rainy day.By JACQUES PARKER
AS THE FORMER chief justice
for Lewis & Clark’s student
government, the Associated
Students of Lewis & Clark (ASLC),
and current LibTech student
representative, I believe in increased
compensation for its members. Doing
this should be a high priority for the
2021-22 ASLC Senate. They should
raise the student body fee, a fee which
is charged to every student’s account
to fund this compensation increase.
Since 2012, students have paid
$180 per semester to the student
body fee, which funds ASLC and pays
for member compensation. This fee
has not been increased in the last nine
years. ASLC Senate members and
union representatives only receive
$50 per semester now.
If ASLC wished to increase
compensation for ASLC Senate
members to, for example, $400 per
semester and for other ASLC members
to about $250, then it would only take
an increase of $20 per semester in the
student body fee to pay for it. I picked
these numbers arbitrarily, but the
point is not the numbers themselves,
but the relatively low per-semester
increase in the student body fee.
These payments, though not perfect, would be a lot better than what some
of the members get now.
Additionally, that increase would
leave money to spare that could
fund additional, better resources
for students. Using the excess
revenue from this increased fee,
ASLC can allocate more money to
the discretionary fund, which in
2020 replaced a textbook subsidy
to allow for greater flexibility in
helping students fund their college
education, or the new COVID-19 test
reimbursement fund.
I proposed this solution in
December 2020 in an eight-page
memo to the vice president of ASLC
and chair of the Strategic Direction
Task Force, an ad hoc committee
meant to reform ASLC and determine
a direction for its future. Some raised
valid and important concerns about
increasing the student body fee
because of the increased burden on
lower-income students. My response
to these concerns in the memo was
to use the spare money to fund more
student resources for lower-income
students, depending on what they
need year to year.
Others have suggested that the
increase in the student body fee
be optional, so if a student cannot
afford to pay it, they can opt out. Implementing both of these solutions
is definitely possible.
Increasing compensation for
members of ASLC will make it a more
equitable place. It shocks me that
this fact has been, and is still, up for
debate. Last semester, some noted
that ASLC members fill “volunteer” positions. This legally allows ASLC
and the college at large to pay its
members far below the federal
minimum wage in an honorarium
payment. Although legal, when did
equity and justice end where the law
starts? Legality does not determine
what is equitable. As such, I find that point entirely moot to what we should
consider to be equitable and just.
ASLC must increase compensation
for its members as soon as possible.
ASLC cannot function without its
members, and it is a huge disservice,
one I know too well, to pay them so
little for so much important work.By ERYN NICHOLS
YOU MAY HAVE noticed the
newly painted rainbow crosswalk
right outside of Maggie’s Café.
Lewis & Clark students, in collaboration
with the Center for Social Change and
Community Involvement, volunteered
their time to paint the road in their
attempt to support LGBTQ+ students
on campus. But what does this actually
do? I think that the crosswalk helps
LGBTQ+ students because it reminds
them that this campus is a safe space.
The symbolism of flags and how
they are used is important not only
to show our pride in the countries
or communities we are part of, but
how they could be used as a conduit
for politics. The pride flag in front of
Maggie’s is not a representation of
our college’s politics, but more like
a welcome mat for members of the
LGBTQ+ community.
I would be writing a different piece
if instead a Trump flag or even an
American flag was painted in its place,
as those are used almost exclusively
in the context of conservative political agendas and hate these days. The pride
flag creates community and lets others
know, whether it is flying in the air,
stuck on the back of someone’s laptop
or painted on the ground, that members
of that community are welcome and
represented. So personally, I do not
see this as a performative attempt to
support LGBTQ+ students, but as a way
to remind students who are part of the
community that despite hate from the
outside world, they have a safe place on
campus.
However, there are other students
at this school who hold a different
view. They see this crosswalk as a weak
attempt for LC to show that they really
care about the LGBTQ+ community.
I can acknowledge that the timing is a
little suspicious. Is it a coincidence that
this was painted right before Pioneer
Preview Day and tours on campus
increased? Nonetheless, we should still
give props to the students of The Center
and the Queer Student Union for their
efforts, and not let LC take credit for this
in the name of “performative activism.”
President Wim Wiewel was not the
one out there on his hands and knees painting the crosswalk and wiping the
sweat off his brow, leaving streaks of
rainbow on his face.
It was students who organized and
devoted themselves to this project
as a way to show their pride. It is
hard to appreciate little wins such as
this, especially in such an inclusive
environment. Since a great number
of our school’s population would
consider themselves part of the
LGBTQ+ community, I understand the
frustration of our school not showing
continual pride. But we should not let
our reservations about the school’s
political agenda ruin or change our
perspective on this beautiful piece of
representation.
As a queer woman it feels nice to be
able to walk across the street on my way
to get my oat milk latte and be reminded
that there is a community here that
deals with a lot of the same struggles
with their identities. I hope that at the
sight of the rainbow crosswalk you smile
rather than sneer because in the end,
whether you think it is performative or
not, the crosswalk is a positive addition
to this place we all call home. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
OPINION 4
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in the Opinion section are those of the authors and are not held by The Pioneer Log.Chappelle controversy
warranted after specialRainbow crosswalk shows
LGBTQ+ students support
Increasing stipends through the student body fee would benefit members, generate revenue for ASLCASLC members should receive better financial compensation
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ALSC Vice President Olivia Weiss ’23 addresses the 2021-22 senate candidates during Senate Forum Night in Council Chambers.
By NOAH REESE-CLAUSON
ON OCT. 5, comedian
Dave Chappelle
released his final
Netflix special, titled
“The Closer,” to mixed
reviews. I had been
a fan of Chappelle
for a long time, and
felt that he was an
intelligent, caring
soul. Chappelle once
turned down $50
million from Comedy
Central in order to
make another season
of “Chappelle’s Show,”
increasing my respect for
him. He hosted Saturday
Night Live after Trump’s
and Biden’s elections; both
times exhibiting how much he
cares about those he disagrees with,
while navigating the difficulties of
bipartisan respect. After watching
those monologues, I was more
fascinated by the heart of his political
closing than by his humor. However, I
personally found myself disappointed
after watching his final Netflix special.
“The Closer” changed my mind
about Chappelle. Rather than
focusing the direction of his jokes
on the oppressors, he focused on the
oppressed, mocking the transgender
community in particular. The more I
think about it though, the less I care
about what Chappelle thinks. He is just
one man. The real problem is that he
made these jokes on an internationally
broadcasted special, potentially
convincing millions to sympathize with
transphobia.
Joe Rogan, a friend of Chappelle’s,
defended the comedian in his podcast,
“The Joe Rogan Experience.”
“There’s fun in making fun of each
other and we have to accept that and
then I need to know your real feelings
about gay people, your real feelings
about trans people,” Rogan said. “But
we got to be able to joke around about
each other and if you get down to Dave
Chappelle’s real feelings ... he loves
everybody.”
Rogan is right about that duality in
comedy; it is okay to joke about difficult
topics as long as people do not confuse
that with your real feelings. Chappelle
attempts to have those two levels,
bringing up cancel culture and the
impacts of harmful comments online.Unfortunately this is undercut
by Chappelle berating the trans
community. Chappelle literally calls
himself a Trans-Exclusionary Radical
Feminist and does not condemn
transphobia. He firmly denounces
cancel culture, but leaves his stance on
transphobia obnoxiously ambiguous.
He is not following Rogan’s advice
because he does not make his true
position clear.
Chappelle has made a career out of
offensive and shocking comedy, which
is why I believe he is surprised by the
backlash. He does not seem to realize
that there is harm in those jokes. Just
because they get a laugh from folks ,
that does not make them ethical. They
perpetuate negative narratives and
can ingrain reprehensible ideologies
in viewers through their widespread
distribution.
If someone is less familiar with the
trans community and watches “The
Closer,” they might assume that trans
people consistently attack people for
telling jokes, that it is okay to make
light of their struggle and maybe even
that it is okay to hate trans people.
The reason Chappelle’s special is so
problematic is because he takes a
tense issue, and instead of explaining
it thoroughly and working to heal
the partisan laceration, he mocks
the trans community and makes
transphobia sympathetic to viewers.
Chappelle’s spreading of this a hateful
ideology, whether accidentally or not,
is disappointing.
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Linden WarlingFRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
OPINION 5
Campus housing does not meet students’ needs
Global vaccination more important than booster shots
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One student’s experience with LC’s housing requirement sheds light on the shortcomings of dorm living
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By CASPER JAMES PIERCE
WHEN IT COMES to
something as personal as
the space in which one lives,
we all have different needs. While
the typical college dorm lifestyle is
detrimental to me and many others,
it can also be enriching, especially for
new students who need to familiarize
themselves with their surroundings
and community. The very nature of
having students with different sets of
needs at Lewis & Clark means that the
students should be trusted to choose
the option that works best for them.
This past summer, the Office of
Campus Living provided students with
the ability to apply to be released from
the school’s two-year on-campus living
requirement. I took this option. Finally,
I thought, LC proves that it can make
decisions for the benefit of students, or
at least give us some agency.
It was only after the semester
started that I understood the real
reasons behind this offer: Dorms
were full, and squishing the gigantic
freshman class into dorms required
a creative reallocation of space.
The incoming class posed a unique
circumstance.
It angered me that this seemed
like the only reason the school was
altering this requirement, and I started
imagining what it would be like if LC
regularly gave students the authority
to do something as important as decide
their living space. During my freshman year, I lived in
upper Odell Hall before leaving in the
spring of 2020 due to COVID-19. My
pre-COVID frustrations were mostly
based on food; most meal options
on campus tore apart my sensitive
stomach, and as a neurodivergent
person with sensory issues regarding
food, I had to fight to get my daily
calories in.
By the end of the year my living
requirement was only halfway fulfilled.
I was sure that I would be back, though;
I was set to be a Resident Advisor (RA)
for the 2020-21 school year.
That fall, I was on campus for
less than a week and was already
overwhelmed. Zoom RA training was
exhausting and impersonal and the
dining hall’s takeout system left me
hungrier and more sick than the past
year. What made me quit was the fact
that during training, everyone seemed
upset and angry (including me), and it
sounded like Campus Living staff were
expected to be the front-line enforcers
of pandemic precautions. I drove back
to California before the semester even
started.
To distract myself from how lonely
my Zoom-class-filled world was, I got
a job and then a cat, whom I named
Applesauce. Taking care of a sweet
creature that loves me greatly helped
my mental condition and gave me
motivation to seek treatment for my
chronic pain. I took a leave of absence
in Spring 2021 and dreaded the idea
of moving Applesauce into a dorm where I could not cater to our needs
as freely. He was not yet certified as
an Emotional Support Animal, and
this process proved to be a series of
hurdles I did not have the energy for
due to the very disabilities that led me
to rely on him.
I started wondering if any other
students were in my situation. Pets are
fairly simple — what if someone needed
to care for a child or family member?
Above all, we are still in a pandemic.
Why has the school not lifted this
requirement to allow students to seek
their own, safer housing?
The cheapest on-campus housing
option is a standard double, triple or
quad dorm, with a semester rate of
$3,935. Rounding a semester to four
months, this equates to around $984
each month to live in a small room with
one to three other people, with a shared
bathroom and kitchen. This price does
not include a meal plan.
Living in an off-campus apartment
is a better option for me, even though it
means I also have to buy and make my
own food and pay for gas and utilities.
For me, this is worth it. The base rent
costs far less than it does on campus,
I live in a less isolated area, my cat
has a whole living room to run around
in and I am in complete control of my
diet. However, not everyone has a car
or even a driver’s license, and some find
the convenience of on-campus food to
be just what they need. Dorm living also
provides a sense of community that is a
unique aspect of college life. The point is that LC students are
not a cohesive group. It is reprehensible
that LC kept its on-campus living
requirement in the 2020-21 school year,
leaving immunocompromised students
to beg for alternative situations and
on-campus students to isolate in
what should be a communal living
environment.
Why has LC only given the choice
to opt out of the housing requirement
now? Is it due to the large influx of freshmen this year, meaning this is
just another money grab that is so
typical of LC? Or is LC’s administration
seriously considering giving legal
adults the basic right to choose their
own living situation? I sincerely hope it
is the latter. All I know is what works
for me and what keeps me alive. From
my darling cat Applesauce and I: You
deserve the freedom to decide where
you rest your head, and I hope the space
you live in is one that keeps you sane.Students can fulfill their housing requirement in campus residences like Copeland Hall.
By PHILIP STEFFEN
IMMUNITY TO COVID-19, both on a
practical and ethical level, is one that
concerns the entirety of humanity.
Any consideration of booster shots,
therefore, must take into consideration
the global situation, not just the local
one. According to several online vaccine
trackers, the total number of COVID-19
vaccines administered globally sits
somewhere around 6.7 to 6.8 billion.
While such a figure is impressive, the
best picture it can provide is one where
around two billion people globally have
been vaccinated, with more having
received partial immunity from one dose
of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
This is a Herculean effort on the part
of humanity, and the achievement of
such a figure should not be minimized.
However, on a planet with a population
approaching eight billion, this effort
is simply not enough to justify booster
shots, whether for students at Lewis &
Clark or for all U.S. citizens as a whole.
Any discussion of booster shots in
the U.S. must first take into account
that almost everyone who intends to
be vaccinated in the U.S. has been,
a conclusion supported by daily
vaccination rates that trail off from this
spring’s peak every day. At this point,
the government lacks both the will and
capability to coerce further vaccination.
And as a result, it can be assumed that, if
a policy of booster shots is implemented,
the majority of new American shots will
fall under this category.
If we return from this premise
to our previous argument, in which
unvaccinated humanity still matches
or exceeds the vaccinated population in
size, it becomes clear that any notion of
American focus on booster shots should,
for the time being, be put to rest.
The first implication that must be
drawn from this figure is a purely moral
and humanitarian one. What right does
a human at LC, an institution with a
vaccination rate approaching 100%,
have to a third injection when several
countries have had vaccination rates
under 5%.
Even when the question of at-risk
or immunocompromised individuals is
considered, the moral calculus remains
the same. It goes without saying that there are, of course, numerous
individuals that are considered at-risk
across the imperial periphery. This
feature is largely the result of brutal
pollution, exploitation and extraction
by imperial nations. This shifts our
moral consideration as Americans even
further against booster shots.
It should be stated that vaccine
accessibility is almost entirely an issue
of core versus periphery and global
north versus global south. Nations
with low vaccination rates are almost
exclusively ones in the periphery who
have a history of foreign domination
and exploitation by imperial countries.
This exploitation has an unfortunate
and telling statistical emphasis on
the global south. Any notion that the
humans who live on one side of this
oppressive divide are somehow more
worthy of immune defense is rooted
deeply in imperialism and colonialism.
It is a blatant devaluation of human life.
Even if you reject such moral
calculations, however, there are plenty
of economic reasons to ship the vaccines
south instead of sticking them into
more immunized arms. As the Biden
administration is quickly discovering,
American capitalism is built largely
on a tenuous network of supply chains
spanning across the world. When the
ports do not open, and the ships do
not run, the whole economy can spiral
out of control in a matter of weeks. As a
result of this situation, the vaccination
of workers in the periphery is just
as critical, if not more so, than the
vaccination of shoppers in the imperial
core.
In terms of LC, the issue of booster
shots is largely a moot point. The
school should not require or encourage
them for the time being, for the reasons
that have been described. However,
when it comes down to the line, it is
not the school’s choice. If the Biden
administration chooses to provide
COVID-19 booster shots to Americans,
vaccines that will be useless if not
administered, then the only ethical
choice would be to take them. We
should however, protest and organize
so that the consideration of booster
shots does not become a full fledged
reality, because its implementation
would be a moral tragedy. InDesign Specialist
Greta BurtonFRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
FEATURES 6
By ASMAA ZAIDAN
IN MAY OF 2021, Associate
Professor of History and
Department Chair Maureen Healy
and two history students, Ben Warner
’22 and Jonny Laduke ’22, began the
process of creating the LC COVID
Archive to collect and document the
history of COVID-19 at Lewis & Clark.
They hope to compile a
diverse range of items by
collecting submissions
from students, faculty,
alumni and other
community members.
Submitting to the
archive is a very
simple process,
with a short
Google form
that asks
for your
name, email,
affiliation
with LC and a
title with a brief
description of the
object submitted.
So far, they have received a range
of submissions including photos,
poetry, art, senior exhibitions and
oral histories from Healy’s historical
materials classes. The website even
suggests submitting “masked selfies”
and “playlists that got you through
hard times.” Because the archive
is completely digital, only digital
submission formats such as JPG or
PDF are accepted.
According to Laduke, the team
is willing to accept a wide variety
of submissions in order to make
the archive as inclusive as possible.
Besides personal health information,
which they will not be accepting due
to confidentiality concerns, Laduke
explained that they will take anything.
“As long as it’s accepted in file
format, I’d say it’s probably fair game.
I would recommend not sending in
anything you don’t want publicly
posted on the internet,” Laduke said.
Because of this openness, the
archive is shaped by what students
submit.
“What I love about this archive is
that almost everything in it is things
people have chosen to give us that we didn’t go looking for,” Warner said.
“So a lot of it has come organically
to us; it’s a record of what a lot of
different people have found valuable
or meaningful.”
The traditional perception of
what an archive looks like is a box of
dusty, old documents. Although this
is the case with many archives,
the reality is that they are becoming
increasingly digitized to improve
their accessibility. Healy explains that
the digital status of the COVID-19
archive in particular holds a special
significance.
“That is kind of reflective of the
moment we were in at the height of
COVID, when everything was digital,”
Healy said. “So I think this was a
really appropriate topic to capture in
a digital archive.”
Healy was inspired to create
an archive by talking to students
about their experiences during the
pandemic. She also noted that many
other institutions were creating
similar archives. Thanks to the
funding from the Faculty Library
Ed Tech Committee, she was able
to fund the student labor that
brought Warner and Laduke into the
project.
The importance of archives is
a popular topic among historians.
Archives are an essential tool to
understanding history, as they
provide a glimpse into life and events in the past. As a historian, archives are
integral to Healy’s work, because they
provide vital historical information
and documents.
“I live for archives; I love archives,”
said Healy. “Archives are the bread
and butter of history writing in the
future. If you want to tell the history a
hundred years from now,
you need materials
left behind from
the people at
the time.”
Laduke
echoed Healy’s
statement, and
added that he
hopes future
history students
like himself
may benefit
from using the
archive.
“Hopefully
future history
majors can
draw from it
and use it for
their thesis, editing project or whatever
they end up wanting to do with it,” said
Laduke.
Warner believes that the archive
can give people in the future an
insight into the more personal aspects
of the pandemic experience.
“A lot of the items we’ve gotten
have been fairly personal: images of
the haircuts people gave themselves
during lockdown, or images of how
they arranged their masks in their
room (for example),” Warner said.
Although a portion of the project
is currently available online, Healy,
Laduke and Warner hope to be able to
publish a more complete product by
winter break. However, they plan to
continue collecting submissions even
after the archive is published.
“Please submit anything you have
that you think would be interesting
in documenting the history of COVID
at LC,” Laduke said. “You’re living
in history, or through history ... It’s
important to contribute what you can
to the memory of this event.”
You can enter archive submissions
at bit.ly/lccovidarchive. The archive
will be accessible online through
Watzek special collections.
By EMMA FORD
THE ALL-NEW LC ReUse Room
and Thrift Shop has capitalized
on the popularity of thrifting and
clothing swaps among Lewis & Clark
students. LC’s Office of Sustainability,
announced the opening of the new
on-campus thrift shop on Oct. 8.
“The person who deserves credit for
spearheading this is Amy Dvorak,” Ara
Vickers ’22, a member of the ReUse
Room said. “She brought me in last
summer, but she’s been working on this
for a year.”
Unnecessary campus waste inspired
the Office of Sustainability to start the
ReUse Room.
“We see so many quality items just
thrown out, especially around move-out
time,” Vickers said. “For such a green
campus, we think it’s so important for the
community not to create so much waste.”
The ReUse Room is now operating
out of the Corbett House on Fridays from
3-5 p.m. On their webpage, the ReUse
Room invites students to come “shop”
for free clothes, dorm furnishings, school
supplies and more.
“The opening went well,” Vickers said.
“Each time we’ve opened we’ve had 30 to
40 people coming by, and we’re looking
forward to getting the word out so people
can come by and know where to donate.”
The ReUse Room will be hosting
events around campus regularly
throughout the semester. One event they
held recently was the Halloween Costume
Swap on Oct. 21, which allowed students to donate and look through used
Halloween costume pieces. Upcoming
events around campus will be posted
on their Instagram page and under
“Sustainability” on the LC website.
In their donation guidelines, the
ReUse Room team specifies what kinds
of donations they are hoping to receive.
Referencing a recent Oregon Public
Broadcast article on mindful donating,
the ReUse Room asks that students be
conscious of whether the items they
donate are usable
or if they need to
be thrown away.
Damaged clothes,
used bedding and
unusable or
dirty items will
not be accepted.
The webpage
for the ReUse
Room asks that
potential donors
check their existing
guidelines or the
Instagram page
@sustainablelc for
current requested donations.
“I am extremely passionate about a
no-buy lifestyle,” Vickers said. “I didn’t
grow up with a lot of excess items ... I
think it’s really powerful, this shift we’ve
seen towards thrifting, and I’m excited to
be a part of expanding these opportunities
on campus.”
Moving forward, the Office of
Sustainability hopes to find their own
space on campus, in order to be closer to the student body they serve and
to have opportunities to expand their
services. They also plan to increase
their hours of availability, as well as
to expand the focus of their mission
beyond serving LC’s undergraduate
student body.
“Not only do we want to expand
our hours and find a permanent home,
we’re hoping to implement a system
for donations
in the
dorms,” Vickers said when asked
about the future of the ReUse Room.
“We just have to get that structured.
And we are working with the Tiny
House Club to create a space, like a
trailer or a tiny house, to move from
dorm to dorm.”
Students who are interested in
becoming part of the ReUse Room team
are encouraged to email reuse@lclark.
edu or message them on Instagram.
New COVID-19 archive seeks
to preserve pandemic memories
Office of Sustainability’s new ReUse
Room offers thrifting, clothing swapsLily Hinden ’24 performs at the Oct. 22 show in front of Maggie’s cafe.Fire Arts puts on
white-hot show
By TOR PARSONS
EVERY TUESDAY and
Thursday night at the
basketball court uphill from
Maggie’s, students make magic
with flaming objects. Some swing
around staffs with burning wicks
on both ends, spinning them so
fast that they create an aerial ring
of fire. Some twirl “dragon staffs,”
which have five burning points
on each end. A few perform with
a poi, which is a flaming ball on
the end of a long, lasso-like rope.
Others throw Samoan fire knives,
which are exactly what they sound
like: a stick with a blazing torch on
one end and a knife blade on the
other. One brave student, Katie
McGirt ’23, even juggles torches.
This is Lewis & Clark’s Fire
Arts Club. Originally founded
as part of the school’s Hawaii
Club by students who wanted
to perform with Samoan fire
knives, the Fire Arts Club split
off as its own entity to include
other forms of fire arts. The club
currently has about 20 members.
This is a particularly large group,
according to Associate Professor
of Computer Science Peter Drake,
who serves as the club’s faculty
advisor.
“I don’t know how long this
club has been together, but I’ve
never seen this many members
while I’ve been here,” Drake said.
Camille Hildum ’24 witnessed
a performance her freshman year
that inspired them to join.
“I thought, I have to be part of
that,” Hildum said.
Co-leader Sunny Broadhead ’22
says that students practice with
various non-flaming objects for at
least three weeks before they are
allowed to “burn,” or perform with
lit torches.
“You practice with an unlit fire
prop if you are ready for the full
weight,” Broadhead said. “If not,
we make things like Sockboys,
which are socks with a tennis ball
shoved in. You get creative. I saw
someone make a practice staff
with a broomstick and duct tape
once.”
Although the club has
performative elements, members
are not required to perform in
front of an audience. Many club
members are there just to learn,
not entertain others.
“I’m not much of a performer,
but I’m here and it’s really fun,”
Elizabeth Saltonstall ’24 said. “I focus more on the fire than on
anybody else, but I still get to feel
good about my performance.”
There are stringent legal
restrictions on performing with
fire. Every club member needs
to have a fire performer’s permit
signed by the Multnomah County
Fire Marshal, and they are
prohibited from using fire during
the dry season. The club performs
with LEDs and other electric lights
instead of fire from about May to
September. This year, the Fire
Marshal gave the club the green
light to start burning again only
recently, after significant rains.
Due in part to these
precautions, Broadhead has never
had anyone sustain a serious
fire-related injury under her
leadership. The only significant
injury she has witnessed was
two years ago when the club’s
previous leader fractured her
wrist leaping down from another
performer’s shoulders. Today,
acts where performers stand on
each other’s shoulders are no
longer performed, both because of
the risk of injury and the risk of
COVID-19.
The Fire Arts Club gave their
first official performances of
the year on Oct. 22 and 23 at 8
p.m. outside of Maggie’s Café.
Performances included a dragon
staff routine to the song “Hot
Pink” by Let’s Eat Grandma, as
well as a baton-twirling dance to
“Cult of Dionysus” by The Orion
Experience.
Wearing clown makeup, McGirt
juggled torches to the creepy,
psychedelic song “Heffalumps
and Woozles” from Disney’s
1974 film “Winnie the Pooh
and Tigger Too.” To riotous
applause, Broadhead and Colin
Crompton ’21 did a collaborative
performance in which Crompton
swung a poi around Broadhead’s
body without letting the flame
touch her. Proving that the Fire
Arts Club is not just for students,
Peter Drake closed out the
second night with a Samoan fire
knife act.
Broadhead believes that
anybody who is curious should
consider joining the Fire Arts
Club.
“It’s not as scary as it looks,”
Broadhead said. “It’s actually a
lot of fun, and you probably won’t
get your first burn until you get
cocky, which is a long way down
the road.”SOFIA REEVES/THE PIONEER LOG
NORA BARNARD/THE PIONEER LOG
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOGFRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
FEATURES 7
After being fully virtual last year, multiple in-person events will be available for the LC community to attend Ray Warren Symposium focuses on joy, justice
By GABE KORER &
WILL TOPPIN
THIS YEAR’S Ray Warren
Symposium on Race and Ethnic
Studies will explore the theme
of joy and justice through a variety of
panel discussions, keynote speakers,
performances and workshops.
Kimberly Brodkin, director of the
Ray Warren Symposium and associate
professor with term of humanities,
said the goal of this theme is to think
about racial justice from a different
perspective.
“When people think and talk in the
United States about BIPOC lives, it
tends to overwhelmingly be a narrative
of trauma and struggle and hardship,”
Brodkin said. “The co-chairs wanted to
put joy at the center of the discussion
of racial justice and liberation, so that
trauma and pain ... wouldn’t be the
defining narrative of BIPOC lives.”
Although the schedule will not
be finalized until the end of October,
student co-chair Fabi Araya Rodríguez
’23 says the events will broadly explore
joy through the lens of racial justice and
thriving as a person of color.
“Some of the activities that we’re
doing are related to the traditional idea
of what joy is, like art,” Araya Rodríguez
said. “Others are more related to the
idea that (justice is necessary) in order
to achieve a joyful life ... where people of
color do not only have to be constantly
fighting off the system but can actually
thrive inside of it.”
Brodkin emphasized the variety of
events that the symposium will hold.
“There are many different points of
entry for students to engage with the
symposium based on their academic
and personal interests,” Brodkin said.
“I would encourage people to really
take a long look at the full program
schedule.”
One of the student-led events set to take place is the Race Monologues,
where students will share an original
series of personal narratives concerning
race, ethnicity and identity. Race
Monologues Coordinator Azucena
Morales Santos ’24, who will be working
alongside Amelia Madarang ’22 and
Shalini Hanstad ’22 in coordinating
the event, hopes the presenters will feel
comfortable sharing their experiences.
“I’m not really expecting any specific
content, I’m just expecting people to
write what they want to write and what
they feel is true to themselves,” Morales
Santos said. “Within that, I just hope
that the people who write and decide to
present have a wonderful experience.”
Morales Santos aspires for the Race
Monologues to provide a platform to
the BIPOC community at Lewis & Clark.
“This is just for BIPOC people to let
out their emotions and speak whatever
they want to speak or feel like they need
to speak,” Morales Santos said. “So I
just hope that after the presentations, BIPOC people feel empowered and
heard and seen.”
Another event is the Race Across
Disciplinary Boundaries: Student
Research Showcase, where students
from different areas of study will present
on topics relating to race and ethnicity.
According to Araya Rodríguez, rather than
being specifically tailored to the theme of
the symposium, the event will be shaped
by the research the presenters have done
as students at LC.
“That’s what that event is for, to give
a platform to students of our community
to present the work that they’ve done, and
how they have connected their research
with their understanding of racial justice,”
Araya Rodríguez said.
The keynote speakers for this year’s
symposium will be Ashon Crawley, an
associate professor of religious studies
and African American and African studies
at the University of Virginia, and Matika
Wilbur, the founder and photographer
of a documentary project called Project 562 that aspires to change the way
people think about Native America.
Both speakers will give their keynote
presentations in the Council Chamber at
7 p.m. Wilbur will speak on Nov. 10 and
Crawley will speak on Nov. 11.
Additionally, the symposium will
feature a virtual art exhibit with the
possibility of physical installations
around campus. According to art
exhibit co-chair Natalie Kirunda ’24,
the submissions have done an excellent
job engaging with the theme of joy and
justice.
“We think that it matches with the
theme of joy and justice in the sense that
people are just putting their hearts out
there and being very vulnerable in the
paintings that they drew or the drawings
that they have,” Kirunda said. “So we’re
excited to share it with everyone.”
Kirunda noted how this symposium
could mark the first year that the art
exhibit features student work online
and around campus, although it depends on how many submissions they
receive and what form they take. Moving
forward, they believe that the virtual
gallery could be a great way to preserve
the symposium’s art for years to come.
“Being able to have something that
lives on for a while is really nice for
students to come back to,” Kirunda said.
“To be able to use (the virtual gallery)
as a reference for future curators is also
really nice and a really good option as a
continuity form.”
Fellow art exhibit co-chair
Jeremiah Guerrero ’22 is excited to
have the opportunity to present the
work student artists have created for
the symposium.
“I think we’re really just trying to
exhibit student art,” Guerrero said.
“That’s our first and foremost goal: to
get the community engagement going
and exhibit everyone’s art.”
Students and LC employees are
required to bring an identification card
to attend. Other attendees will have to
show proof of vaccination or a negative
COVID-19 test taken within the
previous 72 hours to be admitted. After
last year’s entirely-online symposium,
this year will largely return to an in-
person format, but some events will be
available for streaming.
“This year we will be able to have
that experience of being in the same
physical shared affective space, to
laugh and feel all of the feelings
together,” Brodkin said. “One of the
things that was sad about last year was
being all fragmented and isolated.”
The Ray Warren Symposium is still
in need of volunteers to help set up the
events. Araya Rodríguez stresses the
importance of having this volunteer
support because it helps them and the
other student co-chairs prepare the
symposium to the best of their ability.
If you are interested in volunteering,
please contact kbrodkin@lclark.edu
to receive more information.
Decorative cars spice
up community at LCFashionable students emphasize
importance of comfort, creativity
By AMELIA MADARANG

IF YOU LIVE on campus, you have
probably seen showers splattered
with color from a hair-dying escapade.
Crime scene-adjacent, it is a staple of
dorm life. Lanna Sayles ’24 knows this all
too well from dying her hair (and a shower
in Akin Hall) hot pink.
“I was on @shittylctoilets, that was
horrifying to see,” Sayles said, referencing
the popular student-run Instagram page.
Pink has recently become a go-to
color for Sayles, who can often be seen
around campus rocking a light pink blazer
that she thrifted from Value Village.
Sayles describes herself as dressing
“more business casual,” with a love of
the Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo. It is
a well thought-out style that gears itself
toward the big-pants, small-shirt look,
which she likes to pair with a comfortable
coat and extravagant earrings.
“I love when people wear quirky
earrings and things that aren’t supposed
to be earrings,” Sayles said.
Sayles’ Halloween costume, which
she has been planning since July, also
promises to be highly extravagant. She
plans to dress as Jacob Black from the
infamous “Bella! Where the hell have
you been, Loca?” scene in “Twilight,” but
she may change this due to her new hair
color. You can see her costume and more
outfits on her Instagram, @lannasayles.
Our next fashionable LC student
uses the classic PNW layering technique.
Newt Arbogast ’23 makes his fashion
decisions based on weather, comfort and
what he is doing that day. Arbogast also
always makes a point to wear clothes that
have been gifted to him, saying, “If I am
meeting a specific person and they have
given me clothes, I wear them.”
This thoughtfulness is a theme
for Arbogast’s fashion choices. They
describe consciously styling their
clothes to send the message “I am
queer” so that they are not perceived
as a cisgender man. For Arbogast, this
style takes the form of cuffed jeans, tucked sweaters and neutral colors.
“Comfort is key; I don’t like to wear
anything that makes me uncomfortable
mentally or physically,” Arbogast said.
This year, he is continuing his
tradition of going all out for Halloween
with a group costume. Last year
Arbogast went as Tombo from the
movie “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” and
in keeping with the movie character
theme, this year their friend group is
planning on being the animals from
Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox.”
If you would like to see Arbogast
take on the role of Kristofferson this
Halloween, you can see that and more
on his Instagram @newton.ar.
Mei Bailey ’22 gives off untouchable
senior vibes. She has an on-campus
presence that is classy, composed,
well-spoken and genuine. Yet just like
the rest of us, Bailey’s fashion has been
evolving throughout her time at LC.
“As I came to college and became
more secure in my identity and my
queerness and all of those things, I think
(my fashion) changed,” Bailey said. “I
think it reflects how I’ve developed.”Bailey enjoys combining comfort
with more elegant, preppy looks. A good
example is her chic and comfortable black
Uniqlo pants matched with her favorite
piece: her Dr. Martens Mary Jane shoes.
These shoes are extremely versatile
and have been featured in many outfits
from concerts to interviews. For Bailey,
the journey to finding what makes you
comfortable is very important.
“The cool thing about fashion is
I don’t think there is ever a stopping
point,” Bailey said. “It’s always going to
change because you’re always changing.
The things you like and the people you
meet: it’s all going to affect how you
want, or how you can, present yourself.”
Halloween is Bailey’s favorite holiday
because she can dress up, and this year
she has multiple costumes. Most notable
is Feathers McGraw, the villainous
penguin from the “Wallace and Gromit”
franchise. McGraw wears a rubber
glove on his head, which Bailey will
replicate with a hat she is crocheting.
This costume had been almost a year in
progress, so make sure to compliment
Bailey if you see her on campus.By JULIA SCOTT
STUDENTS AT Lewis & Clark have
always loved decorating their
belongings, from water bottles to
laptops, with stickers. Many students also
put stickers on their cars. If you stop to
look, stickers of any genre, shape and size
can be found on LC students’ cars. Bumper
stickers and other car decorations have
a wide range of purposes, which include
allowing car owners on campus to display
their interests, beliefs and personalities in
a fun and artistic way.
In the mid-twentieth century,
according to an Atlantic article,
bumper stickers were originally used as
advertisements and to convey political
messages. Gradually, people started to
create funny bumper stickers with no real
agenda, such as the one seen on an LC
Pontiac Vibe saying, “Don’t tailgate me
or I’ll flick a booger on your windshield.”
While messages like these do not serve
a political purpose, they do succeed in
putting a smile on other drivers’ faces.
Some of the stickers displayed on LC
cars can be too small for other drivers
to read. Their purpose is usually not to
spread a message, but to visually spice
up the vehicle. In this way, a collage of
stickers can be used to simultaneously
create an eye-catching work of art and
display one’s personality.
According to Athena Anderson ’24,
who has stickers even on their car top
carrier, bumper stickers are a form of self-expression. Although she picked
out most of them for her car herself,
like the iconic “Beer is for breakfast,”
some of Anderson’s stickers are their
brother’s, such as “Proud parent of a US
army soldier.” They particularly enjoy
this mixture because “not all of them
are my vibe and it confuses people.” By
blending genres of stickers from different
sources, Anderson rejects other peoples’
expectations in a fun and subtle way.
Izzy Huggins ’24, on the other hand,
loves the painted decorations and
stickers on her Toyota Prius because of
the memories attached to them.
“The decorations remind me of the
best times in high school, living with my
aunts, doing art and going to protests
with them,” Huggins said.
Her car was decorated by her
aunts, who got extra help painting
it from all of the little kids in her
family. Having decorations that bring
up good memories is a great way to
take advantage of the blank canvas
most cars start as. Huggins’ favorite
stickers, a goat and a guinea pig,
are actually on the inside of her car.
Decorations are not always a form of
expression for others to see, they can
also be something that simply makes
the driver happy.
Bumper stickers are a meaningful
and fun way for LC students to
decorate their cars, and it is a joy to
see how students’ stickers visually
brighten up the campus.COURTESY OF RAY WARREN SYMPOSIUM
AIDAN D’ANNA/THE PIONEER LOG
A student’s car is decorated with various eclectic symbols and splashes of vibrant color.
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOG
Sayles, Arbogast and Bailey each represent different styles of iconic fashion around LC.
By AIDAN D’ANNA
IN 2017, LEWIS & Clark developed the
Strategic Enrollment Management
(SEM) Plan as a broad strokes
framework for attracting and retaining
students to the college. Phase I
commenced in Fall 2019 and has
since resulted in 12 initiatives across
all departments of the college. These
initiatives include everything from the
new Health Studies and Entrepreneurial
Leadership and Innovation minors to
the newly announced men’s soccer and
women’s lacrosse teams.
In 2020 the SEM steering committee
began to work on planning Phase II,
which includes a fine arts working
group dubbed “Arts @ LC.” Co-chaired
for its first year by Professor of Music
and Director of Choral Activities Kathy
Fitzgibbon and Associate Professor of
Theater Rebecca Lingafelter, Arts @ LC
is a comprehensive four-year initiative
aimed at drawing arts students to LC
and has started work this 2021 school
year.
“The goal is to bring more visibility to
the arts at LC, enhancing opportunities
for students and connecting them more
strongly with the vibrant arts scene in
Portland,” Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences Bruce Suttmeier said
in a Spring 2021 interview with The
Pioneer Log.
Data collected as a part
of the proposal for the
initiative showed that while
24% of first-year LC students
indicate that achievement in the arts is
important to them compared to 15% at
peer institutions, the college is yielding
prospective arts students at a rate of
1.6% lower than the CAS average.
“If you look at the prospective
students who say that the arts
are really important to them,
we’re losing some of them to our
competitors before they even get
here,” Fitzgibbon said. “Once
they get here, they are happy and
engaged and doing great work. But
there’s a gap between what we can
do with them when they get here and
their perception of LC. So what we
realized is there’s this opportunity to
do a better job of telling the story of
how fabulous our arts programs are
across the board.”
The messaging arm of the initiative
is working with the admissions office to
figure out how to balance talking about the arts with STEM or other fields of interest
that might be attractive to prospective
students. Admissions Counselor and
liaison to Arts @ LC Zara Kazi sees this new
initiative as an opportunity to expand the
information given to prospective students
during information sessions.
“On my end of things, for information
sessions, it would be cool to have some
talking points about the arts at LC,” Kazi
said. “I think it’s also just a great thing
so we know, as admissions counselors, what
is going on with the arts? What
events are happening? So we
can then point prospective
students to those events
to attend.”
Prospective
students often
have some
idea of
what
they are looking
for in a college, but
their interests in extracurriculars and
potential majors has the potential to
be influenced. LC wants to brand itself
as a place that is the right fit for every
prospective student.
“I don’t know exactly what every
18-year-old is looking for,” Lingafelter said. “But it seems to me in terms of the
mission of the college as a place to foster
a holistic period of study, is that LC is the
kind of place where you can do data science
and you can do STEM and you can also
perform on the Main Stage and do all three
things at a really high level.”
The new initiative proposes a clear
vision of what art can look like on
campus. As their Instagram page states,
they aim to “create a new era of unity
between all of Lewis & Clark’s amazing
Arts Departments.”
Administrative Assistant for Arts @
LC Lucinda Law spoke more about the
messaging problems the College has had
regarding the art departments, and
where Arts @ LC
fits in.
“Arts @ LC is the missing link in
LC’s arts scene,” Law said via email.
“I think people always have a specific
image of the arts and what it should
be, and Arts @ LC works to break any
barriers people may face.”
Kazi described what a typical
interaction with a prospective student might look like, and how it can be
difficult sometimes to discuss the
arts when there is no structure
provided for how to do it.
“Each admissions counselor does
their own (information session),
there is no script or anything that
we use,” Kazi said. “So it would be
helpful for admissions counselors if
they want to talk more about the arts
to be able to have some talking points
from Arts @ LC. Right now talking
about the arts is more of a one-on-one
conversation, if students are interested
in it and they come
up to me, then I’ll
talk about it.”
Year one of the initiative,
which began this semester, is all
about laying the groundwork for
major plans to come. Along with
developing connections with the
administration and the division of
student life, Arts @ LC is planning
for mini concerts in Watzek on
the first Friday of every month,
an alumni arts advisory board
which will create connections for
graduated students and “pop up”
performances to bring art outside of
the traditional spaces. “I have the sense that if you’re
connected to the theatre department,
then it’s really on your radar when
the shows are happening, and you
go to that building and you see
them,” Fitzgibbon said. “But you’re
not going to just run into a pop up
theater performance on campus.
And we want to change that, so
that maybe one day you’re walking
through the Manor House gardens
and there’s a play happening there or
a music group where it just feels like
the arts are everywhere.”
One thing to already come out
of the initiative is the brand
new Creative PDX New Student
Trip. Designed by Lingafelter,
Creative PDX was intended
to create a community of
creative people among first-
years from their very first
weeks on campus, which will
then hopefully lead to higher
retention rates.
According to Lingafelter,
the goal of the trip was for
the cohort to realize that
they were being given
the creative freedom
to express their artistic
inclinations.
“And from that
we get to experiment,
what does that do
to the energy of
student spaces?”
Lingafelter
said. “What
does that do
to retention?
Is there a
different kind
of stickiness
because they
feel that sense of
community and that sense
of agency? And then also look at the
impact on the art departments in
terms of having a group of students
who have been introduced to the arts
at that really early stage.”
The trouble of fully implementing
this initiative has been balancing the
optics of promoting the arts while
acknowledging the fact that art
classes were slashed this semester
due to lack of faculty. There are no
studio art classes being offered above
the 100-level this fall due to a number
of vacant tenure track positions,
which has caused ripple effects
throughout LC’s art departments.
“I think (the administration)
might not be aware of the
repercussions of not filling these
positions in terms of the long-term
effect,” Associate Professor of Art
History Dawn Odell said in a Spring
2021 interview with The Pioneer
Log. “If we can’t bring students into
100-level classes in their freshman
and sophomore year, then they can’t
matriculate to be majors in our
department.”
Fitzgibbon believes that the new
initiative should help resolve some
of these issues with course offerings.
“We feel very strongly that
the college cannot be cutting arts
courses below the level that we’ve
had historically,” Fitzgibbon said.
“The administration made those
choices before they had access to
all of this data that we were able to
deliver, and so I think the college can
now make more informed decisions
about staffing.”
Another staffing issue has been
the lack of a full time curator at
the Hoffman gallery since Linda
Tesner was laid off in 2019. The
responsibilities of the curator have
fallen on Department Chair Joel
Fisher for the last year and a half, but
Arts @ LC is seeking to change that.
According to a presentation shared
by Fitzgibbon, one of the goals for Year
two of the initiative is to “prepare for
a re-imagined Hoffman Gallery, to be
rolled out in Year three.”
In the meantime, Arts @ LC is
focusing on revamping the Platteau
and providing accessible, student-run
art spaces, programming and events
to show both prospective and current
students that LC’s art programs are as
vibrant and valued as ever. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
ARTS 8
SEM targets potential students with Arts @ LC
Elbow Room brings “accessible, uplifting”
artist collective to LC’s Hoffman Gallery
By EMMA KRALL
LEWIS & CLARK’S Hoffman
Gallery bustles with energy
as clothes are strewn about
the floor and artists work diligently
at their craft. Local artist Chanel
Conklin is preparing for her upcoming
show, a horror exhibition featuring a
haunted house installation covered
in shredded thrift finds. Other artists
paint, sculpt and muse, eager to put
their thoughts into media.
On Mondays and Tuesdays this
fall, the Hoffman Gallery is housing
Elbow Room, a Portland-based art
collective formed during the COVID-19
pandemic. The organization works
to give local artists with intellectual
and developmental disabilities an
uplifting, judgment-free space to
create.
“Our direct mission is keeping
this community of artists connected
and together and engaged with their
art practice at home,” Co-founder
and LC alumnus Malcolm Hecht
’15 said. “We had the particular
concern of how powerfully impacted
people with disabilities were during
COVID lockdown.”
Hecht felt that the inaccessibility
of public spaces for people with
disabilities during the COVID-19
pandemic meant that the need
for art was greater than ever. So, after the closure of Project
Grow, a contemporary art and
farming initiative centered around
accessibility, Hecht and five other
members of the project formed Elbow
Room in December 2020. Through a
series of virtual art classes, the group
sought to bring an artistic outlet into
the homes of people with disabilities.
Though they still offer virtual
classes, Elbow Room has expanded,
traveling to community spaces around
the Portland area for 30 hours a week.
Their team of 8-10 artists and a
rotating group of staff members host
open studios across the city, including
LC’s Hoffman Gallery on Mondays
and Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The group’s other rotating
locations include the Oregon Society
of Artists, the Independent Publishing
Resource Center and the Headwaters
Theater, all local organizations
working to spread art to the public.
During these studios, artists engage
in a range of art forms, including
ceramics, textiles, painting, drawing,
sculpture and digital media.
Another significant focus of the
group is amplifying the voices of its
artists through community exposure.
Hoffman Gallery will be hosting Chanel
Conklin’s fall show, entitled “Chanel:
The Last Vampire.” The exhibit,
inspired by Conklin’s favorite Japanese
horror films “Blood: The Last Vampire” and “The Grudge,” will showcase a
mixed media experience. It is set to
open at 6 p.m. on Oct. 29.
Though Conklin specializes in
digital media, the exhibit will house a
full range of her work in installations
and other imagery, giving LC a taste
of the talent flowing through Elbow
Room’s art spaces. Conklin, like many
Elbow Room artists, got her start with
the group through Project Grow, and
has worked for months to curate her
first ever show. Follow Conklin on
Instagram @chanel_grudge to see
more of her signature work.
While in Hoffman Gallery, Elbow
Room also strives to collaborate with
LC’s Art Department and student body
to carry out shared visions for the
organization.
Ultimately, Elbow Room and the
LC Art Department hope to engage
students in their mission, amplifying
the voices of both young people and
people with disabilities to make a
welcoming environment for creative
expression. Additionally, they hope to
inspire their artists in creating an Elbow
Room Archive, where original work
will be documented, photographed and
organized to be appreciated for years to
come.
A fresh and growing organization,
Elbow Room brings together talented
people across Portland to share a
love for art and community. Hecht encourages students to engage with
artists during open studio times
in order to broaden the already
strong connection between LC and
Elbow Room.
“Come with questions and
curiosity and a sense of wonder,
because there are a lot of artists
who all have a lot to share,” Hecht
said.
LC students who want to help
promote Elbow Room’s mission can
attend a virtual class (links and times
found at www.elbowroom.party),
donate via their Venmo @elbow-room-
pdx to help contribute to the accessible
sharing of art in the Portland area, or
visit their Instagram page, @elbow.
room.pdx. Interested students can
also visit Hoffman Gallery for an
open studio or art opening.
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOG
ALINA CRUZ/THE PIONEER LOG
An Elbow Room artist refines his painting.The new initiative seeks to make campus arts spaces more visible, public and available to anyone FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
ARTS 9
LC Orchestra returns with
harmonic fall performance“Squid Game” probes
Korean class inequity
By PHILIP STEFFEN
DR. ROBERT Whalen, interim
director and conductor of the
Lewis & Clark Orchestra, turns
to address the audience in Agnes
Flanagan Chapel. It is the first time a
director has done so since the outbreak
of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I had to start with the music, but
I had to follow with welcome back,”
Whalen said.
It is Oct. 24th at 7:45pm. The Lewis
& Clark Orchestra has just completed
their first piece of the night, “Finlandia,”
from the 20th century composer Jean
Sibelius. More than just the introduction
to the fall concert, this rendition of
“Finlandia” was the orchestra’s first
“post-COVID” performance.
Ten minutes earlier, the Chapel had
been bustling with noise and energy
from the practicing orchestra along
with the voices of students, faculty
and parents who filled the venue.
The orchestra and audience were
both called to order with the arrival
of Concertmaster Hannah Korn ’25.
When she raised her violin to lead the
orchestra in tuning, it was another first
for the night.
“I’ve never played Concertmaster
before,” Korn said. “We’ve been working
so hard, I just want it to go well.”
After the driving performance of
“Finlandia,” the orchestra moved on
to their second piece of the night, a
movement from Franz Schubert’s
Symphony Number 8 “Unfinished.” The
piece was led in by the woodwinds, then
carried through its high moments by a
powerful and resonant brass section,
all the while being supported by the
constant presence of the strings.The level of coordination presented by
the orchestra was all the more impressive
considering the practice conditions
imposed on them by the pandemic. At
Thursday’s rehearsal, only four days prior,
practice with the wind section had been
limited to 50 minutes at a time, with the
various instruments sequestered off into
their own corners of Flanagan Chapel.
Such restrictions presented a significant
difficulty.
“It makes it very difficult, more for
the winds than me.” Korn said. “You
can’t rely on the audio cues you normally
could if it was one big orchestra, you
really have to tune into the conductor.”
For some students like first chair
cellist Julia Scott ’25, however, the very
opportunity to perform as a group was
worth the restrictions.
“Last year we had to split our orchestra
into very small groups.” Scott said. “It’s
very nice to be able to meet with everyone.”
The crowning achievement of the
night did not arrive until the third and
final piece, which began with Whalen
inviting Jack Waite ’23 to the stage. Waite
performed on piano, with the orchestra’s
backing, all three movements of Mozart’s
“Concerto No. 23 in A Major.” It was
the first time an LC orchestra had ever
performed a concerto in its entirety, as
Whalen was keen to remind the audience.
It was also a first for Jack Waite.
“This is my first time playing with an
orchestra,” Waite said. “I’ve never played
with more than one other person.”
Neither Waite nor the orchestra were
without practice, however.
“I’ve been practicing this piece for over
a year, the orchestra has been practicing it
for about a month,” Waite said.
The practice did, of course, pay
off. Waite’s dynamic piano carried the concerto through its three movements
with stylistic ease. At times the
accompanying orchestra seemed to
raise the piano up on waves of sound,
at others it faded away entirely, leaving
Waite’s piano to stand on its own. When
the final movement of the concerto came
to its close, the orchestra was met with a
rapturous standing ovation.
Beyond the music and applause,
orchestra also means community and
camaraderie for its members.
“Playing with other musicians is what
some people might argue music is all
about,” Korn said.
Scott shared a similar sentiment.
“You get to interact with a lot of people
in a completely different way than you
normally would,” Scott said. “It’s a lot of
non-verbal communication and working
together to create something beautiful;
there’s really not anything else I do that’s
quite like it.”
When discussing the dynamic within
her cello section, Scott elaborated further
about the sense of collectivity she feels.
“When you have your successes
it’s either the entire section’s success
or the entire section’s failure, it’s less
individualistic,” Scott said.
In the case of this year’s fall concert,
the success was clearly one for the
whole orchestra to share. Not only did
the orchestra demonstrate its resilient
ability to withstand and return from
the challenges of COVID-19, it also put
a brave foot forward by embracing new
challenges.
The LC Orchestra will continue
into this year’s season with their next
concert scheduled for Dec. 3. Times and
information on other individual recitals
and performances can be found on the
Department of Music’s event calendar.
By CASPER JAMES PIERCE
THE DRIVE on Highway 26 from
Portland to the Oregon coast
is fairly short and mindless to
those familiar with the area. Woodrow
Hunt’s ten-minute short film, “Faces,
Displays, and Other Imaginary Things”
offers a new perspective on this route
and highways like it, reaching into the
complicated past of Indigenous labor
and remembering it for what it is. Hunt,
who is of Klamath, Modoc and Cherokee
descent, connects this film to his family’s
labor experience.
Hunt’s film was screened virtually
from Oct. 22-24 at ImagineNATIVE,
the world’s largest Indigenous film and
media arts festival. ImagineNATIVE
is based in Toronto and includes both
digital and in-person events showcasing
a variety of Indigenous creators.The experimental-style film features
both red-tinted and unfiltered footage
from a car’s passenger seat as it drives
west on Highway 26. Text crawls onto
the screen describing the 1933-42
Civilian Conservation Corps founded
by President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
a work relief program that improved
the economic conditions of many
Indigenous laborers, but also developed
on and forever changed their land.
The film shows archival footage
of Indigenous workers in the Civilian
Conservation Corps and cuts between
said footage and shots from the car.
The screen then layers both, with the
low-resolution black-and-white archival
footage clipping in and out.
Hunt found his passion in filming
Indigenous stories after working with
LC alumnus David Shapiro ’17 on a short
video promoting Senate Bill 13, regarding the inclusion of Native curriculum in
Oregon’s public schools.
“That was a completely different
experience than I had previously on
different types of projects, and it
was because of the subject matter,
community and who I was working
with.” Hunt said.
After this, Hunt founded Tule Films,
an Indigenous production company
that focuses on telling Indigenous
stories exclusively. Hunt works with
non-Natives so long as the project has
significant involvement from Indigenous
people excluding himself.
Still, Hunt wanted to explore more
creative endeavors. The film and story
techniques he had learned in school
did not accurately reflect the ideas
Hunt was trying to express, and he
felt disconnected from other creators.
Then, Hunt’s brother introduced him to
experimental Native filmmakers.
Hunt named “INAATE/SE/,” Adam
and Zack Khalil’s 2016 experimental
documentary re-imagining an Ojibway
story, as a specific inspiration.
“Seeing (“INAATE/SE/”) was kind of
this breakthrough, open-the-floodgates
type film for me,” Hunt said. “I finally was
seeing someone making a documentary
that was not standard in any way,
breaking the form to communicate
underlying ideas.”
Hunt also listed Sky Hopinka,
Alexandra Lazarowich and Thirza Cuthand as Indigenous filmmakers that
influenced him.
With a more experimental approach
in mind, Hunt and his girlfriend and
creative partner Olivia Camfield made
the short film “We Only Answer Our
Land Line” in 2019. Some techniques
from this film are repeated in “Faces,
Displays, and Other Imaginary Things”
to create a “common language” between
works.
Both films utilize digital zooming as
a stylistic device; in “We Only Answer
Our Land Line” the camera zooms in
on repeating archival footage of Hunt’s
grandmother walking until the viewer
can only see pixels. “Faces, Displays,
and Other Imaginary Things” echoes
this with a clip of a dam with water
rushing out of it, once again zooming
in until the subject is unrecognizable.
Hunt and Camfield also use
layering, placing both photographs and
videos over base footage.
“There is this aspect of visible
layering, but in the editing I am
layering clips to get these effects, so
often there is this internal layering not
seen at all.” Hunt said. “I don’t do a
clean edit and clean up my timeline; I
will leave clips underneath the footage
even when I am not showing you they
are underneath.”
When the idea for “Faces, Displays,
and Other Imaginary Things” came,
Hunt was expecting a simple project. The route on Highway 26 was a familiar
one: Hunt and his brother often took
this drive to visit their grandparents
who live at the beach.
“What was coming up was the
question of ‘who made these roads?
Who put these roads together?’” Hunt
said. “It led to looking at labor projects,
which was when I was introduced
to information about the Civilian
Conservation Corps. It then became
a kind of remembering and looking
beyond these routes to focus on the
history of Indigenous labor in this area.”
In the twentieth century, Hunt’s
great-grandparents moved to Vanport
from southern Oregon to work in the
shipyards. The same grandmother Hunt
and his brother were visiting was born in
Vanport before its historic flood, therefore
displacing his family to Portland.
This story influenced Hunt’s focus on
Indigenous labor, particularly in the
Pacific Northwest.
In examining the effects of labor
projects on the land and the lives of the
Indigenous people living there, Hunt
aimed to take no stance on their morals
with his film.
“I was not looking at (labor projects)
as a purely malicious act; there
was autonomy in those people and
those workers to make decisions for
themselves and their needs at the time,”
Hunt said. “It is trying to remember
this complicated experience.”By AMELIA DOYLE
SINCE NETFLIX released the show
“Squid Game” on Sept. 17, 2021,
the nine-episode series has been
viewed by nearly 142 million people
worldwide.
In the show, 456 people compete in
the “Squid Game,” in which the players
have to participate in six individual
games. The contestants must pass each
game in order to continue competing.
The prize for winning is $45.6 billion.
The main characters in the show each
have a reason for competing in the
game, but they mostly join to avoid
financial ruin. If someone is unable
to finish a game, they are killed by
masked soldiers.
Hwang Dong-hyuk created “Squid
Game,” inspired by economic inequality
in the real world and fictional fight-to-
the-death dramas. Dong-hyuk tried to
target a global audience by creating
characters that everyone resonated with.
“I wanted to write a story that was
an allegory or fable about modern
capitalist society, something that depicts
an extreme competition, somewhat
like the extreme competition of life,”
Dong-Hyuk said in an interview with
Variety. “But I wanted it to use the kind
of characters we’ve all met in real life.”
“Squid Game” contains stunning
performances from actors like HoYeon
Jung, Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo and
many more. One of the most interesting
things about the show, however, is how
widely popular it has become.
Throughout the pandemic, many
people have found themselves under
greater financial stress, and “Squid
Game” taps into people’s deep-seated
fears about becoming
destitute and unable
to climb up the
socio-economic
ladder. Unlike many American TV shows about
poverty, “Squid Game” offers no solution
to the problem. The show creates an
atmosphere that is pessimistic about
the benefits of capitalism and focuses
on the economic destitution that the
characters find themselves in as a
result of a flawed system.
This is not the first time recent
South Korean media has mentioned
this theme. Movies such as “Burning”
and “Parasite” also have a similar tone
to “Squid Game.” This is because South
Korea experienced unprecedented
amounts of economic growth after
the Korean War, but now there is
limited social mobility in South Korea
and a growing economic gap. “Squid
Game” gives its viewers a chance to
see themselves in the characters on the
show. The viewers feel the frustration
of the impoverished contestants who
are failing to accomplish anything in a
system stacked against them.
The setting of the show is also
significant because it removes the
contestants from the system that has
failed them. Instead, it takes place on a
remote island bunker controlled by an
army of soldiers in pink jumpsuits and
masks. Each room is decorated like a big
playground. The bright, candy-colored
environment of the “Squid Game” feels
light and childlike, a direct contrast to
the dark undertones of the show.
“Squid Game” has it all: great
performances, good writing and a
strong take on economic inequality. The
show connects with viewers through
fear of financial ruin and brings them
back to their childhood through the
environment of the show. In this way,
“Squid Game” offers viewers a unique
chance to both escape their
world of hardship and
confront it head-on
by watching the
game play out.
Indigenous creator’s experimental film screened at festival
PHOTO COURTESY OF WOODROW HUNTSOFIA REEVES/THE PIONEER LOG
In his short film, Woodrow Hunt uses layers of footage to create a unique effect.MIRO ENRIQUEZ/THE PIONEER LOG
The members of the Lewis & Clark orchestra tune their instruments together in preparation for their Fall 2021 debut concert.
Woodrow Hunt, founder of Tule Films, explores Indigenous labor history in film shown at ImagineNATIVE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
SPORTS 10
By VENUS EDLIN
LEWIS & CLARK will be adding
two new varsity sports: men’s
soccer for the 2022-23 season
and women’s lacrosse for the 2023-24
season.
The two additions will bring LC’s
total number of varsity sports up to 21.
In the Northwest Conference, all other
institutions offer men’s soccer, and all
but one offer women’s lacrosse. With
these additions, the college hopes to
become more competitive within the
conference. Both programs were added
as part of a strategic enrollment initiative
to increase interest in LC.
Director of Physical Education and
Athletics Mark Pietrok has been at
LC for 33 years. In 1991, he saw the
women’s and men’s varsity soccer
teams dissolve. LC has never had a
varsity lacrosse team, though there
have been several club iterations of
women’s lacrosse in the past.
Pietrok has been involved in the
three- to four-year process of adding
the new teams.
“Obviously, I’m pretty excited,”
Pietrok said. “I think these are
programs that will work very well
here. We do have many alums from
the soccer days that very much want
to see the program return. And then,
women’s lacrosse is one of the fastest
growing sports in the United States
right now.”
President Wim Wiewel’s approval
was the last step in the process.
Director of Soccer James Tursi said
he was thankful for the president’s
support.
“I think the President, before he
leaves, he was really for this,” Tursi
said. “I think he basically pushed it
over the finish line.”
Adding new varsity sports is an
intensive process, and a rare one.
In Pietrok’s tenure, he has seen this
process only two other times: the
reinstatement of the women’s soccer
team in 2004 and the crew team
changing from club to varsity due
to donor stipulations. Since varsity
lacrosse will be a completely new
addition, the financial investment will
be higher.
“I think there has to be pretty
significant reasoning why to add a
varsity sport, because it’s a financial
investment, obviously, and you hope there’s a financial payoff that comes
with students that are interested in
those programs,” Pietrok said. “It’s no
different than why don’t we offer an
engineering major here or something
like that.”
One of the main costs is hiring
coaching staff. Tursi, who has served
as the women’s soccer coach for 12
years, will also coach the men’s soccer
team. At the end of May 2022, the
athletics department will officially
begin their nationwide search for
a women’s lacrosse coach, though
they have already begun identifying
potential candidates. According to Pietrok, the selection for a coach
is especially crucial for teams that
are starting from scratch, such as
women’s lacrosse.
“We’re also looking for candidates
that are going to embrace Lewis &
Clark and what we stand for,” Pietrok
said. “We’re still academics first,
competition would be after that, and
(we want) somebody who’s going to
embrace a Division III philosophy,
where students’ priority is their
academics.”
Despite soccer being well-established
on campus, Tursi is still concerned about
the quick turnaround for the 2022-23 season. However, there already is a pool
of men’s soccer players on the club team.
“I’m hoping that we have enough
of those guys that want to give it a
shot as a varsity sport to give us the
foundation to start this program,”
Tursi said. “Basically, most recruiting
is done for next year’s class already,
so we’re behind a little bit. That’s why
we’re kind of doing a slow roll out for
this program.”
Because of the men’s team
addition, the entire varsity soccer
program will also be able to hire
another female assistant coach, as
well as a goalkeeper coach. Both men’s and women’s teams will share
coaching staff and will travel together
for games, playing back to back in the
conference. The teams will spectate
each other as well.
Nick Biesterfeld ’23, one of the
co-leaders of the men’s club soccer
team, is excited about the addition
of the varsity team. He has still not
decided if he will try out for the
varsity team. Because there was a
surplus of players for the club team
this year, he is not worried about it
dissolving.
“Honestly, there’s not much that
we’re going to change about our
approach to it as the club,” Biesterfeld
said. “We’re probably going to lose
some of our better players to the
program, which is fine because we want
the best players to play where they’re
challenged.”
According to Sophia Young ’24, the
varsity women’s soccer team does not
have an established relationship with the
men’s club team. However, she hopes the
new varsity team will encourage stronger
relationships between the larger soccer
community at LC.
“Some of us know some of the players
just like through classes and stuff,”
Young said. “I think it’s gaining a little
more traction just because of the fact
that we are getting an actual (varsity)
men’s soccer team, so I think it’s like
really hyping everyone up and I know a
lot of people are attending their games.”
While Biesterfeld is excited for the
new team and potential for bonding
within the soccer team, he also had
concerns about equal distribution of
varsity resources.
“I just hope that the men’s team
doesn’t take away attention or resources
from the women’s team, especially since
they’re being run by the same coach,”
Biesterfeld said.
According to Young, this was a
concern many on the women’s soccer
team held. However, Tursi soothed
many of their worries.
“When we first heard the news, we
were a little worried,” Young said. “But
our coach reassured us that we’re each
going to have our own training windows,
and each team will be prioritized as its
own. Nothing’s gonna change except
for more positive impacts, such as we’re
gonna get a bigger coaching staff, which
was one of the ideas behind including a
men’s soccer team.”LC athletics announces two new varsity sports
Women’s lacrosse and men’s soccer will become the college’s twentieth and twenty-first NCAA teams
The Griswald Stadium field will serve as a practice space for the newly added men’s soccer and women’s lacrosse teams. NORA BARNARD/THE PIONEER LOG
By AMELIA MADARANG
WHILE SOME Lewis & Clark
students cease to be college
athletes when they graduate,
others make the choice to leave their
sports. This transition to becoming a
former athlete can be emotionally intense.
Alumnus Sam Helms ’21 knows
this all too well. With a final pair of
wins against Whitworth University last
semester, Helms hung up his baseball
cleats for good.
“That ended and I hadn’t even
fully processed my career (in baseball)
ending,” Helms said. “Then the next day
I went and graduated. It took a few weeks
to set in.”
Helms has played baseball since he
was three years old — this will be the first
season in almost two decades that he has
not. Baseball had been a positive and
crucial part of Helms’ LC experience. For
Helms, the transition to being a former
athlete was odd and left him feeling a little
numb.
“I don’t know if I ever considered
leaving, at least I never considered leaving
Lewis & Clark,” Helms said. “Some days,
definitely. I don’t know if I could have
done it, like actually left baseball. But
there were some days that were very
mentally draining.”
Sam Taylor, head coach of the
LC crew team, understands that not
all athletes stick with their sport
throughout their college careers, and
that some choose to leave. “College is a natural time of
change for most students,” Taylor
said via email. “While we see some
move away from our sport, we also see
plenty find Rowing for the first time,
many who walk on and stay involved
all four years. Most important for us
is that our student-athletes find their
best path to success, with the team or
away from it.”
Quinn Tonelli ’23 was a rower on
the crew team for three semesters
before quitting the team a few
weeks ago. Their favorite memories
came from the camaraderie and
relationships they had with their
teammates. Tonelli described the
social bond between rowers as strong,
and the culture as inviting.
“I stuck with the sport at first out
of a genuine commitment to the sport
and the enjoyment I got (from) rowing
on the river, but eventually felt like I
was only staying on the team for my
teammates,” Tonelli said. “I wasn’t
enjoying going to practices very much,
but was worried that if I quit I would
be abandoning my teammates and
damaging the bonds that I had built.”
Tonelli finally left the team when
they felt like their time could be better
spent elsewhere. Their decision to
leave was also reportedly influenced
by the sport’s organization and low
morale.
For Tonelli, the transition from
athletics has been smooth, and they
feel much less stressed. The bonds between them and their teammates
have not been damaged and their
relationship with the team has managed
to remain mostly the same.
Daniel Pang ’24 joined football their
first year as a walk-on. Having only
played rugby before, they experienced
football culture for the first time at LC.
Pang said that his decision to
leave the football team was in part
due to the time commitment and the
culture of complacency regarding the
microaggressions he faced. According
to Pang, the atmosphere was at times
combative and it was hard to build a
community. Pang reports having heard
slurs against Asian and gay people
from his teammates that made him
uncomfortable.
“A lot of the stereotypes of football
I found to be true even on the team,”
Pang said. “Even at a liberal arts college
like this, there is some toxic masculinity
going on. There’s not exactly welcoming
behavior from people. People would
get my name wrong. It’s spelled P-A-
N-G, but it’s pronounced ‘pong’. There
was one coach in particular who just
couldn’t get my name right.”
Other former athletes declined
to comment on their choice to leave,
citing fear of alienation from their
former teammates. Pang feels that
his perspective and experiences are
important, but also values personal
connections with teammates, stating,
“I don’t want the football team to
think that I dislike them.”
MAYA WILLIAMSON/THE PIONEER LOGStudents report leaving the sports teams they have been involved in due to complacent behavior and burnoutFormer athletes reflect on struggles faced within teamsBy NOAH REESE-CLAUSON
THE NATIONAL Basketball
Association’s seventy-fifth season
is bound to be an exciting one.
Past-prime legends such as Chris Paul,
Carmelo Anthony and Lebron James
are continuing to perform at a high
level, while up-and-coming superstars
like Luka Dončić, Zion Williamson and
Jayson Tatum are gradually stealing
the spotlight. A whole slew of players,
ranging from Giannis Antetokounmpo
to Stephen Curry, are also in various
stages of their prime. In 2019, the
Warriors’ dynasty ended with an off-
season dispersal of talent across the
league, reinjecting the excitement of
possibility into fans. With the two
potential superteams, the Los Angeles
Lakers and Brooklyn Nets, both
plagued with possible chemistry issues,
the 2022 championship is up for grabs.
Although they finished sixth in the
NBA Western Conference last year, the
Portland Trailblazers will have a tough
road ahead of them to make it to the
NBA playoffs again this year.
Damian Lillard, for all his talent,
has not proven he can carry a team
to the promised land. The Blazers’
underwhelming 2020 roster has only
lost talent over the 2021 offseason. With
Lillard and CJ McCollum not getting
any younger, the absence of Carmelo
Anthony, Enes Kanter, Zach Collins
and Rodney Hood will hurt them. The
Blazers have been in a difficult place
for years. Lillard has consistently
been exceptional, getting them to the
playoffs and making some noise. They still have not been a real championship
contender in the Lillard era since the
front office has failed to pair him with
an all star since LaMarcus Aldridge
left. This year will unfortunately be no
different.
Many expect the Lakers to prevent
the Blazers from any real playoff
success. Their roster includes seven
former all-stars and two former MVP’s:
Carmelo Anthony, Lebron James,
Russell Westbrook, DeAndre Jordan,
Anthony Davis, Dwight Howard and Rajon Rondo. On paper, especially five
years ago, this team would have been
unbeatable. However, almost all of
these players are now past their prime.
This is not the first time aging stars
have joined a dynamic duo to ring hunt
in Hollywood. In 2003 Gary Payton
and Karl Malone joined Shaquille
O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, and in 2012,
Steve Nash and Dwight Howard joined
Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. Neither
team netted a championship, and both
had players depart in the season after. In all likelihood, the 2021-22 Lakers
will face a similar fate. Last season they
signed Montrezl Harrell and Dennis
Schröder, the 2020 sixth man of the year
and sixth man of the year runner-up,
respectively. In addition, Marc Gasol
joined the team after a successful season
in Toronto. Markieff Morris and Wesley
Matthews signed up for significantly less
money than they could find elsewhere.
Many thought Rob Pelinka had somehow
convinced every free agent to join the
Lakers for a pay cut. The Lakers were defeated in the first round by the Phoenix
Suns, who had not made it to the playoffs
in a decade. Additionally, they were fresh
off of playing in the most recent NBA
finals. While it may look like they have a
great shot at winning a title, but with big
name players come with bigger egos and a
surplus of those players makes those egos
clash. Rondo, Howard and Anthony all
have a history of criticism for their locker
room presence, and when multiple of
these falling stars overlap positionally, it
will be interesting to see if they are able to
piece together a successful season.
A sleeper team to watch out for this
season is the Boston Celtics: Jayson
Tatum is only 23 years old and Jaylen
Brown is only 24. Both were all-stars
last season and are only on pace to
improve. They are lethal both offensively
and defensively. Last year the Celtics
suffered from a lack of depth, but with
the addition of Dennis Schröder and
Josh Richardson, and re-signing of Enes
Kanter and Al Horford, depth should not
be an issue. Plus, Robert Williams III,
Romeo Langford, Payton Pritchard and
Aaron Nesmith are getting older and
more acclimated to the league. In order
for a roster with Marcus Smart to work,
he needs to be the worst offensive player
on the court. And with the added depth
and development of young talent, that
could be the case. The Celtics now have
star power, depth and defensive power
in an unpredictable Eastern Conference.
There is so much talent and many
exciting young players circulating the
league that almost every team has
playoff potential. The seventy-fifth NBA
championship could go to anyone. NICOLE NAGAMATSU/THE PIONEER LOGFRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
SPORTS 11
Football reigns victorious in homecoming game
Influx of team restructuring leaves NBA title in the air
With many superstars past their prime, eyes fix on incoming rookies to make a difference in the 2021 season The Pioneers defeated the Puget Sound Loggers in a breakout performance for a second consecutive win
By GABE KORER
THE LEWIS & CLARK Pioneers
beat the University of Puget
Sound Loggers 46-29 in this year’s
homecoming football game, bringing
them to an even three-and-three record
on the season as they topped the Loggers
for the second year in a row.
LC gained an advantage early, after
a lengthy punt return and a penalty
allowed them to start their first drive
at the opponent’s four yard line. A play
later, Wide Receiver and Running Back
Elijah McGee ’23, who finished with 159
all-purpose yards and two touchdowns,
rushed into the end zone to give LC a
7-0 lead.
From then on, the game was a
back and forth affair. With both teams
relying on their running game in the
first half, the Pios ran up the score in the
second half on the back of their strong
passing game.
Quarterback Cruz Montana ’24 found
Wide Receiver Aidan Verba-Hamilton ’22
for a key touchdown pass late in the
fourth quarter, said that he and his
teammates were confident that they
could pull off the victory.
“We didn’t really have a lot of doubt
going into it,” Montana said. “What we
always say is that the only people that
are going to stop us is ourself. We just
know if we go out there and try our best,
doing everything we have to do and do
our jobs right, we’ll be happy with the
result at the end.”
According to Head Coach Jay Locey,
the Pios did a great job of dealing with
adversity during the game.
“We talk a lot about how there’s an
event, and then there’s a response, and
the response determines the outcome,”
Locey said. “Our kids have done a
great job of embracing that and I think
they’ve responded extremely well over
the season. That’s a great lesson for all
of us to learn, as coaches and players, to
understand what we have control over.”
At halftime, the class of 2021 Hall
of Fame inductees and award winners
were honored during a special field
ceremony. Nate Jones ’64, Pablo
Arizmendi ’84 and Senior Associate
Director of Physical Education &
Athletics Judy McMullen were each
recognized for receiving awards related
to their work in the athletics department. Bob Harris ’90, Jeff Miller ’93 and
Lindsay (Nixon) Harvey ’09 were also
recognized for being inducted into the
Hall of Fame due to their achievements
as former LC athletes.
In the second half, the Pios began with
a 25-22 lead over the Loggers, and settled
into somewhat of a defensive battle after
making a concerted effort to limit the run
during halftime. The game would remain
close until late in the fourth quarter.
Defensive Lineman DJ Smith ’23
praised his teammates for their strong
defensive effort, which was key to
extending the lead in the second half.
“I thought the defense played well,
we had some great moments and
showed resiliency,” Smith said. “I think
we need to emphasize on coming out
with momentum early and keeping it
throughout the game.”
With about eight minutes left in the
game, Montana threw an interception
to a Logger cornerback but incredibly
got the ball back when Verba Hamilton
caused the cornerback to fumble on the
pick return. Montana described how the
entire LC offense stayed invested in the
play rather than giving up.
“It was definitely a scary moment,
especially late in the game like that and
with that tight of a score, but it was just,
again, trusting in the team and knowing
everybody was going to come through,”
Montana said. “It would have been easy
to give up on that play … Nobody did, we
kept on running and chased him down.”
Following the fumble recovery, the
Pios methodically marched down the field
to cap off another touchdown drive. They
ultimately put the game out of reach with
an interception late in the fourth quarter
from defensive back Makana LaBoy ’22,
making the final score 46-29 after he
returned it for a touchdown.
Locey expressed that he is proud of his
players for their performance, and also
noted the instrumental role Special Teams
Coordinator Bruce Read, Defensive
Coordinator Randy Heath and Pass
Defense Coordinator Forrest Sherman
played in the victory.
With games against Pacific University
and George Fox University taking place
in the coming weeks, the Pios will look
to extend their winning streak to three
games. In particular, Locey wants them to
build off this performance and continue to
work hard as the season progresses.FAITH GALLEGOS/THE PIONEER LOG
FAITH GALLEGOS/THE PIONEER LOG
LC community members cheer boisterously in Griswold Stadium as they watch the Pioneers prevail over the Puget Sound Loggers.
Cruz Montana ’24 launches the ball down field for Aidan Verba-Hamilton ’22 to obtain a 58 yard completion and touchdown.
After being closed for over a year, the Moda Center, home of the Portland Trailblazers, will soon hold many upcoming events. 12FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
The Backdoor is a work of humor and fiction
LC implements new plan to double
number of parking spots on campusAnyone can cook: The Bon's new "head chef"
In this exclusive, hair-raising interview, the rat who controls the executive chef in Fields Dining Hall tells all
By CLEO LOCKHART
IF THERE IS ONE thing that drives
Lewis & Clark students up the wall,
it is parking.
Ask anyone about their troubles
concerning transportation to and from
campus, and you will likely hear a
variety of answers. First year students
lament the fact that they are unable to
have their own car on campus. Others
have trouble with the lofty parking fees,
or with the task of finding a spot at all,
even after purchasing a parking permit.
With ever-increasing freshman
classes, the problem will
likely only worsen as the
school’s population grows.
So now we ask the question
on everyone’s minds: How
is LC going to accommodate
so many vehicles in such a
limited space?
Luckily enough, the
school has answered: a
new measure proposes
painting a line clean down
the middle of each existing
parking space, yielding two
new and improved parking
spaces in place of what was
previously just one spot.
“I see no possible problems
that could arise from this,”
Ashley Marcus ’24 said, a
student volunteer hired to
assist the painting project in the
school’s “trial zone,” known in wider
circles as the Copeland parking lot.
“It seems like simple math to me.
Twice as many spaces, twice as much
parking. I don’t know why
we didn’t get around
to this sooner.”
Of course,
challenges
always arise
in response to
cutting-edge
innovation.
Many students
residing in the
trial zone have
voiced concerns
about the ability of their
personal vehicles to fit in the extremely cramped spaces.
“The parking spaces are half the
size of my car,” Anna Frederick ’22
said, going on to argue that “it literally
is not possible to park a car in them.”
How, then, can the operation proceed
while still ensuring maximum student
satisfaction?
The answer is simple: smaller cars.
A followup measure, which will
be finding its way to vehicle owners’
inboxes soon, requires that all students
and staff who wish to park on campus
acquire vehicles that fit within the new
allotted perimeter.
Merrin Wilson ’22, a seasoned
car-parker at LC, proposed his
take on the new regulation.
“Here she is,” he said
proudly, gesturing to his
somewhat battered and furiously
purple go-kart, its side emblazoned
with the number four. “She’s never
let me down before and she’s not
gonna start now.”Wilson says he “found” the vehicle on a
late-night excursion to Oaks Amusement
Park, and has been waiting to find an
appropriately miniature spot to park it
ever since. He is thrilled to finally have
the opportunity to drive it around town
and to arrive to campus in style.
When questioned about the limited
legality of driving such vehicles on
Portland highways, Wilson chuckled.
“It’s only illegal if you get caught,”
Wilson said, tapping his nose knowingly.
“And these bad boys go fast.”
Other students have taken to
motorcycles, golf carts, bumper cars,
and those extremely cool Razor scooters
that shoot sparks when you step on the
brakes.
“It’s definitely a change,” one
anonymous student said while gently
stroking the mane of the handsome
mule she recently purchased to carry
her between campus and her downtown
barista job. “But I feel that we as a student
body are remarkably adaptable. It’s
one of the many virtues of a liberal arts
education.”
Students pursuing Studio Art as
a major or minor can swing by the
Parking and Transportation office to
volunteer to help with the paint job and
receive extra credit.
“We’re going to need all the help we
can get,” Marcus said. “And
we’re going to
need clean lines.”
By EMMA FORD
ONE EVENING, I decided to
look for the Field Dining Hall’s
newest head chef on his
smoke break which he took, in the
grand tradition of off-duty
cooks, outside, next
to the dumpsters.
As per friends
and coworkers,
he would be
more likely
to talk to me
here. While oo
preparing
for my
feature,
I had
been informed of his particular fondness for both
cheese and nicotine, and had taken
a journey into Downtown Portland’s
smoke shops to find what I considered a suitable opening gift.
My gift of a selection of cheese-flavored
vape pods was well received by the Bon’s
newest Head Chef Ronny Ratt.
“Well to clarify, the term
head chef doesn’t
mean what it
used to,” Ratt
said, while puffs of
gorgonzola vapor
swirled around us.
“Bolognese is still
the big cheese, as
it were.”
“This is the main chef
of the Bon, Mr. Bolognese
Farfalle, correct?” I asked.
“Yeah,” Ratt said, with a
paw wave. “But because of my
particular way of doing things,
I get to be called Head Chef.”
“Because of the hair-pulling
thing?” I asked, crouching
down beside him and the
large green dumpster.
“Yeah,” he said with
a smirk. “Because of the
hair-pulling thing.”
Ratt may not seem
to many an imposing
figure, but he assures me
he stands a quarter inch
above the average american
rat. His gray fur sticks up
at odd angles from long days
under the chef’s hat of Farfalle,
and his tail and paws bear the
burns and scars of a long career on
the line. “I’ve been in the food service
industry for a long damn time,”
Ratt said with a grin. “Almost two
years! And this is the first chance
I have to really control a kitchen,
cook my food. I am the master and
commander here — these people put
up or shut up. It’s what I learned on
the mean streets of the Pearl.”
After getting his start at a pop-up
restaurant which explored innovative
uses of fungi and a successful tenure
as sous-chef for the Portland State
University dining hall, Ratt was
scouted by Bon Appétit to shake up
their dining hall’s culinary efforts.
“I think they needed a fire lit under
their butts,” Ratt said. “They needed
a new direction. When I’m up there
in the hat, and I feel those sweaty
strands between my paws, I know I
can make that chucklehead do the
grunt work. He’s not the sharpest
knife on the block.”
Ratt’s partnership with Farfalle is
the core of the kitchen, according to
staff.
“We really work so well together,”
Farfalle, a nervous-looking young
man with red hair, told me. “I feel
like I would be falling all over myself
without him.”
Between menu-planning, running
the kitchen day-to-day and having
his own prep station, Farfalle has
plenty on his plate. After hiring Ratt,
he has been able to share some of the
responsibility, and Ratt has taken
over menu planning almost entirely.“Every day I wake up, rummage
through the trash, and just breathe
in the scent,” Ratt said. “It’s my
playground, my inspiration..
Ratt inhaled deeply after and I
followed suit, the rich bouquet of
garbage making my eyes water. Ratt
seemingly took this as emotion.
“I know,” Ratt said sagely, “Food
is just beautiful. There is so much
feeling there — it's gotten me through
some tough times. The death of my
mother, the flooding of my home,
even my recent breakup.”
He proudly showed me a tattooed
soy curl he got to cover up an old
flame’s name.
“Camilla,” Ratt said, tugging
down his stained miniature chef’s
coat. “She was a crazy old bird. It
could never have worked out, a
chicken and a rat, but it’s still a sorry
thing.”
I asked him why he was cooking so
much chicken then, standing from my
crouched position and stretching as
he started back towards his personal
entrance, a repurposed mousehole.
“It's like free therapy,” Ratt told
me. “Chopping up all those birds? Well,
sometimes we all need that catharsis.”
For tonight, Ratt recommended
the chicken tenders in particular. As
I sit down amid the din of students,
pushing aside my salad and crazy
cake to dig into my plate of tenders,
I am more excited than ever about
the direction of the Bon. It is now in
capable paws.
Board approves vote to
euthanize LC presidentALEX NASH/THE PIONEER LOG
UMI CALDWELL/THE PIONEER LOGBy LINDEN WARLING &
ROSALIND MARGULIES
LAST SPRING, an email that
was sent out to the entire
Lewis & Clark community that
sent shockwaves as far as Sellwood.
It announced that President Vim
Veasel is to be euthanized at the
conclusion of the Spring 2022 term.
“It’s very sad, but presidents just
don’t live as long as people do,” said
Vice-Dean Reese Pieces. “And Vim
is getting old. It’s no surprise; he’s
over seventy in people years. But
we’re making him as comfortable
as we can. We’re taking him on lots
of walks, and giving him all of his
favorite treats. He’s even allowed to
come up on the couch now.”
Vim Veasel arrived in 2017 as a
spry young pup, full of motivation,
passion for his work and a love for
playing fetch. However, over the past
four years, Veasel has begun to show
his age. “He can’t run as fast as he
used to,” an anonymous source close
to the president told us, “and he
whimpers all the time. Most nights,
he barely touches his dinner.”
And so, in a landmark decision
endorsed by the entirety of the
administration, a sad student body
and a faction of long-suffering campus
squirrels, Vim Veasel will be put down.
Pieces then went on to talk about
how the bridge reconstruction and
the remodeling of Templeton and
Fir Acres Theatre this year are only
causing more damage to the local
environment instead of helping
preserve it.
“Vim doesn’t really care about
any of the things that matter to
LC students,” said Pieces. “All he’s
ever cared about is chasing the
neighborhood cats around. But I
guess it makes sense — you can’t
teach an old dog new tricks.”
Veasel’s achievements include
adding wet food to the Bon menu and
banning all mailmen from campus.
“We just need a new face,”
Joanna Sunderland ’25 said. “Maybe
someone younger and sleeker. Like
a German Shepherd or maybe a Border Collie.”
Students are looking forward to the
next president, who will ideally make
the campus more environmentally
friendly, tackle systemic issues of
inequality, completely obliterate
Reed College and add obedience
training classes to the roster.
“Anyone’s an upgrade from Vim,”
Gwen Poole ’23 said. “He spent all the
funding meant for functional mental
health services on chew toys.”
It was also decided that the next
president will not be living in the house
in which Veasel currently resides. The
sophomore class voted on the future of
the land. Some students advocated for
“a cat hotel,” “a super bougie new smoke
spot” and even “a lake. Yes, in the middle
of the hill. I want a lake there. Or maybe
a skate park.” In the end, the student
body settled on a wildlife preserve, to be
named in Veasel’s honor.
“It seemed fitting,” said Poole. “He
always loved chasing squirrels.”
Juniors, seniors and faculty of
the college had the responsibility of
deciding where to put Veasel after his
euthanization. Some believe that he
should be buried by the old tree out
back, next to grandpa. One student,
Sen Ditt ’22, suggested that Veasel be
taxidermied, displayed in a trophy case
in Pamplin and paraded out during
sporting events, “like a mascot.”
Veasel gave the following statement
on his upcoming euthanization: “Bark
bark bark. Growl. Grrr.”
Touching words from a cherished
president. He will be missed.
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOG