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Volume 97, No. 6

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2021-12-03

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Vol. 97 No. 6 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021 www.piolog.com
By PHILIP STEFFEN
ON ANY GIVEN day around
2:15 p.m. the Bon Appétit
workers gather for a post-shift
safety meeting in the center of Fields
Dining Hall. On Nov. 19, a large group
of students entered the dining hall
and interrupted the safety meeting.
They carried cardboard signs with
various slogans and designs. Their
purpose was to explicitly support the
Bon Appétit worker’s union in their
demand for higher wages. Once the students had gathered,
Aneliese Baker ’23 began reading a
statement that introduced the students
as a delegation representing a wide
cross section of interest groups from
the student body. This cross section
included Prison Abolition Club, the
Grounds student workers, the Feminist
Student Union (FSU), the Committee for
Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (EIJC),
the Neurodivergent Student Union and
the Associated Student Body (ASB).
The beginning of their statement
reads as follows: “We are here to express solidarity with the unionized
Bon Appétit employees, who have
demanded better pay and better
staffing.”
During the first moments of the
meeting, management staff attempted
to bring an end to the safety meeting by
ordering employees to return to work,
but the workers, and a large number of
the students still eating, had already
gathered around the delegation and
the meeting continued.
The role of speaker was passed
off to the delegates from the various student organizations present. Each
delegate carried a single copy of their
collaboratively written statement,
and read a portion pertaining to
their organization. Every statement
expressed support for the Bon
Workers union in their ongoing
calls for higher wages to match the
rising cost of living and to alleviate
significant understaffing.
Alaryx Tenzer ’23 was present as
a delegate from the Neurodivergent
Student Union (NDSU) and as a
member of Prison Abolition Club. When asked why the NDSU had sent
him as a delegate, Tenzer cited equity
concerns.
“It is so vital that employees of
Bon Appétit are compensated for the
immense labor they put into student
life,” Tenzer said. “We prioritize
equity in work, and the current Bon
staffing wages are inequitable.”
Tenzer, who serves as the director
of allocations in the ASB cabinet,
was also present to represent their
constituents in the student body,
although their opinions do not
represent those of the ASB as a whole.
According to Vice President of ASB
Olivia Weiss, Sarah Lind-MacMillan,
who serves as president of ASB, will
be meeting with General Manager of
Fields Dining Hall Ryan Jensen in
the coming weeks. This is a regularly
scheduled meeting, however Lind-
MacMillan plans to bring up student
concerns surrounding the Bon union
and LC’s role in facilitating labor
relations
Eeshani Thomas ’24, vice chair of
EIJC, was present as a delegate for
that committee.
“We’re not making any demands
other than to listen to Bon workers,”
Thomas said. “We wanted to disrupt
their meeting to show that if they’re
not going to listen to the workers,
they’re going to receive pushback
from the school, and we’re not going
to take no for an answer.”
For Baker however, the delegation
was about more than just the
immediate details of the current labor
dispute.
“I’m really hopeful for wherever
this leads us, especially if we’re able to
have a stronger community dedicated
to labor activism on campus,” Baker
said.
“Bon” continued on page 3Students voice support for Bon Appétit union
PHILIP STEFFEN/THE PIONEER LOG
On Nov.19, students interrupt a Bon Appétit meeting of staff and management.
Community mourns loss of student Finnegan Woodruff
LC student clubs, organizations back workers ’ demands by interrupting staff meeting, read statement
Today’s Weather
Foggy morning, partly sunny
through midday and afternoon. High
of 49 degrees and a low of 38 degrees.
Light northeast wind. Sunset at 4:30
p.m. and a waning crescent moon
with 1% illumination.OPINION
Letter to the Editor
Race Monologues presenters address
white audience members who use their
experiences for academic gains.
PAGE 4FEATURES
Hometown Hero of the Year
LC’s Jenn Burleton recognized by
LGBTQ Nation for work as founder
and director of the TransActive Gender
Project. PAGE 7ARTS
Gagged!
The on-campus drag group is hoping to
become an autonomous club, but funding
issues require continued contact with
college administration. PAGE 8SPORTS
Crawford begins NLB career
Zeke Crawford ’20 started playing for the
Goldcoast Wallabies in the Switzerland
National League Basketball.
PAGE 10
Finnegan was known as a dedicated and bright person by peers and professors.COURTESY OF BOWDOIN ORIENT
The student delegation read statements in support of Bon Appétit worker’s demands.PHILIP STEFFEN/THE PIONEER LOG
LC holds celebration of life for visiting Bowdoin undergraduate who brought joy, spirit to Palatine Hill
By AMELIA DOYLE
Lewis & Clark mourns the loss
of Finnegan “Finn” Woodruff ’21, a
student who was taking classes at LC
to finish his degree at Bowdoin. Finn
passed away in a white water kayaking
accident on Nov. 16.
“Our campus community was
heartbroken to hear of the death of
Finnegan “Finn” Woodruff,” the Vice
President of Student Life and Dean of
Students Robin Holmes-Sullivan said
via email. “Although at LC for a brief
period of time, Finn really made an
impression on his fellow classmates
and faculty. We mourn his loss.”
Finn passed just shy of his 23rd
birthday. He was known by his friends
and peers as an artistic and dedicated
person. He was a fiddle player, a
tailor, an artist and an experienced
white water kayaker. He lived along
the banks of the White Salmon River
in Washington with his partner Siena
Wiedmann.
During his time at LC, Finn worked
closely with Susan Davis, senior
lecturer in Theatre/program head of
dance. Davis recalls that Finn would
always arrive early to classes to chat. “We would just talk shop, and he
was such an interesting person,” Davis
said. “(And) after class he would always
linger on and want more information
and want to stretch more.”
Davis said that her first impression
of Finn was when he had emailed her
during the summer telling her that
he was going to be taking the classes
social dance forms, history practice and
fundamentals of movement
“He didn’t take anything for
granted,” Davis said. “That was also
something that was really special about
him. He really got the value of just
being alive everyday and he just went
for it.”
Davis explained that Finn was
athletic but at his core, he was an
artistic spirit. She described him as
multitalented, even having taught
himself how to sew and make clothes.
Finn’s classmates threw a
celebration of life party for him, giving
students a place to remember Finn and
his spirit.
“We cried, hugged each other,”
Davis said. “We listened to the music
and a live musician was playing for
us. It was a really little ceremony. It
wasn’t closure, but it was a way to process. People were in small groups
just talking and some people were just
meditating.”
Chaplain and Director of
Spiritual Life Hilary Martin Himan is
coordinating ways to memorialize Finn
on campus.
“Just the impact that Finn had
in this very short time that he was a
student, I think, speaks to his character
and what a beautiful human being he
was. So that’s really a tragic loss,”
Himan said.
The Office of Spiritual Life hosted
a celebration of life for Finn on Dec.
2. It was an intimate luncheon for the
students in Finn’s classes.
“I’m glad we have the opportunity
to gather and to grieve together and
to highlight how Finn impacted us in
a very short time, but it’s very sad,”
Himan said.
According to Himan, Bowdoin is
planning on holding a memorial for
Finn during the upcoming spring
semester. The celebration of life will
be broadcast live and available for LC
students to watch. Details regarding
the gathering will be available
soon.
“Finnegan” continued on page 3By AMELIA DOYLE &
ASMAA ZAIDAN
THE NATIONAL Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH)
recently awarded a $331,000
grant to Aubrey R. Watzek Library
Special Collections and Archives.
The grant is a part of the $1.4
trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP),
also called the COVID-19 Stimulus
Package, which is designed to
support the recovery of humanities
jobs after the pandemic. The NEH
is administering a portion of the
funds, approximately $87.8 million,
to various cultural and educational
institutions around the country.
Watzek applied for the competitive
grant last year. It is the largest grant
the library has received to date.
The grant will fund various
initiatives, including three new
exhibitions, the continuation of old
projects and external community
engagement through archives.
Head of Watzek Library Special
Collections and College Archivist
Hannah Crummé is the project
director. She explained that the
grant will create new opportunities
for students as well, including hiring
more student workers.
“It’ll allow us to do more
exhibitions, which are important
because they give students who
are interested in going to museum
school experience working on
curation.” Crummé said. “It lets
us open our collections to more
classes. So, although a lot of these
are a part of the typical work of
special collections, it’s great to do
them on a larger scale to support the
efforts of the college (and) to create
opportunities for students.”
The grant will fund both new
exhibits as well as pre-existing
projects, such as the Kim Stafford
archive. According to Crummé,
processing archives is extensive
work and the grant will make that
process possible.
“It will allow us to do projects
beyond our normal scope, but a lot
of what it supports is just projects
that were already underway and that
we might have pursued anyway,”
Crummé said.
One new exhibit that the project
will fund is the Vietnamese Portland
collection. The multi-year project
is documenting the history of
Vietnamese Portlanders. It includes
photos, oral history and interviews.
“The Vietnamese Portland
collection is really important to start
thinking more critically about how
the city was actually developed,”
Crummé said. “Having this money will help us continue to create more
resources so people who want to
study the history of the city can get
a more accurate and representative
picture. It’s about creating an
inclusive history that includes all
the histories that we’ve had, and it’s
about letting people see themselves
represented in library collections.”
Prior to receiving the funds, the
Vietnamese Portland project was
slated for completion. However, the
grant will allow for more extensive
research. Dustin Kelley, archive
librarian, was manager for the
project last year, and he is excited
to see what the Vietnamese Portland
project can accomplish with the
grant.
“We have about 120 oral history
interviews, and we would really
love to get closer to 200, which
would be a rather robust collection,”
Kelley said. “I feel like it is an
important project that brings a lot
of community pride. I think it is
really a source of pride to Portland’s
Vietnamese community.”
Beyond LC, the grant will
support external initiatives, such as
curriculum development on a K-12
level.
“We’re going to work with public
schools to incorporate elements of
that collection into K-12 curricula,”
Crummé said. “So, we’ll be able to
not only keep growing the collection,
but to create new opportunities for
youths that reach out from the
college into Portland.”
The process of applying for the
grant was not easy. In fact, Crummé
was not planning on applying for
it after having applied for two
grants during COVID-19 and not
receiving either. However, she was
encouraged by Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences Bruce Suttmeier
to pursue it. Mark Dahl, Watzek’s
head librarian, also supported the
grant writing process.
“We apply for a lot of grants in
the library,” Crummé said. “I wanted
to give up, but we didn’t give up and
so we got it.”
The grant is increasing the
amount of opportunities for the
archives department at LC. Liam
Conley ’23, a student worker with
archives, spoke on the importance of
keeping archives and documenting
history.
“I think it ... empowers ordinary
students, as well as professional
researchers, to be able to access
documents that otherwise would be
stored in boxes away in some room.”
Conley said.
Additional Reporting by Sage BrazielALINA CRUZ/THE PIONEER LOG FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021
NEWS 2
This Bible is preserved in the Lewis & Clark Archives and Special Collections, which has just received one of their largest grants.
LC’s former Office of Public Affairs and Communications debuts new name, objectives, ideasThe National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $331,000 to Special Collections & Archives
Stacey Kim will lead the rebranded office.COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARK Office of Communications announces new leadershipLC’s Watzek Library receives largest grant to date
This room located on the second floor Aubrey R. Watzek Library is part of the Lewis & Clark Archives and Special Collections.ALINA CRUZ/THE PIONEER LOG ALINA CRUZ/THE PIONEER LOG
By AUBREY ROCHÉ
LEWIS & CLARK’S Office of Public
Affairs and Communications has
been renamed as the Office of
Communications. Stacey Kim ’94 was
recently promoted to associate vice
president (AVP) for communications,
and will lead the office following the
departures of previous AVP Joe Becker
in May 2021 and Director of Public
Relations Roy Kaufmann in Sept. 2021.
According to The Source, Kim
previously served as director of marketing
and communications. Lois Davis, initially
hired as interim AVP of public relations in
September, now serves as senior advisor
to the president for communications.
According to Kim, there were a
number of decisions behind the office’s
name change. The strongest reason was
that the term public affairs did not fully
represent the office’s work. Davis also
said that the change was inspired by
how the word “communications” alone
encompasses the work the office does,
which still includes both public relations
and marketing.
“Communications more generally
reflects the work our office does, which, at the end of the day, is to explain to people
what Lewis & Clark stands for and what
makes it a great institution,” Kim said via
email.
Davis serves directly under the
president’s office. Presidential and
executive communication support is now
more directly linked to the president’s
office, rather than solely handled through
the Office of Communications. Davis has
also been designated as LC’s first point of
contact for any crisis communication.
“If God forbid there were an
earthquake, or some other disaster on
campus, some crisis of that sort, fire or
any other, I would be on first,” Davis said.
Even though Davis deals more with
the executive side of communications,
including working with the president and
news sources, she and Kim work closely
together, sharing many responsibilities
and supporting each other’s work.
“We’re communicators — we like to be
in touch.” Kim said.
Kim’s main goal as AVP is simply to
improve communications.
“Perhaps that seems basic, but there
are always more and better ways to reach
prospective students, alumni, the general
public and our current community members,” Kim said. “I am constantly
asking myself, ‘Are we getting people
the information we need? Are we telling
stories that represent our community?
Are we meeting people where they are?
Who needs this information and how can
I make sure they get it?’”
Kim also hopes to increase
student involvement in the Office of
Communications. Currently, there are
student positions within the office that
support LC’s social media accounts by
producing videos and taking photos, but
Kim hopes “to get students involved in
focus groups, experience testing on our
website, discussions on representation,
or whatever else might be of interest.”
For Davis personally, her goals
as senior advisor to the president for
communications include doing the best
possible job of representing LC.
“(My goal is) making sure that
the students have access to talk to the
administration about what’s going on,”
Davis said. “Making sure that we are open,
transparent (and) timely in providing you
information, and in making sure that the
other parts of the community, that will be
the staff, feel informed about what’s going
on. I want people not to be shy. I mean, if you’ve got questions, ask the questions,
and we’ll get you the answers.”
Kim plans to address recent discussion
around a potential name change for
the college by asking the community
questions and listening to their answers.
She has been a member of the Committee
on Equity and Inclusion for as long as
she has been working at LC, and notes
that the conversation around the name
change has come up numerous times.
“I make it a point to ask students,
faculty, staff and alumni what they
think about the men Lewis and Clark,
and about the institution bearing their
names, and I’ve been surprised about
the range of answers I’ve received,” Kim
said. “The most important thing I can do
is gather information and engage with
our community. I know there are some
discussions planned for February on this
topic, and I’m eager to see what comes
from those events.”
Following Kim’s promotion, there
is now a vacancy for her previous
position, director of marketing and
communications. A plan for hiring has
not yet been determined.
Additional reporting by Ihsaan Mohamed Continued from page 1
Finn was also a part of the larger
Oregon community as he worked at
a restaurant and was a member of
various hiking and kayaking groups in
the Pacific Northwest.
“He was a bartender at a restaurant,”
David said. “He was such a charismatic,
cute guy. I can imagine that he just
made them so endeared to him just by
serving them a beer and chatting.”
Davis also explained that Finn
liked to further his understanding of
his classes, by staying late to perfect a
movement. Finn had an energy that
drew people to him.
Community members who feel
impacted by the loss of Finn should
reach out to Director of Clinical Services
Robin Keillor for support. Continued from page 1
Baker also spoke to more general
aspirations, criticizing the presence of
Bon Appétit’s parent company, Compass
Group, at LC. She also criticized the ethics
of Compass Group, which has at times
provided services both to United States
prisons and the U.S. military overseas.
“Why do we have a corporation at
this school in the first place?” Baker
said. “Corporations don’t really seem to
represent sustainability or social justice
to me.”
After the conclusion of the statement,
the delegation’s members lingered briefly
to speak with the Bon workers present,
some of whom had been moved to tears
during the reading. Several minutes later,
following hugs with Bon employees and
the delivery of a copy of the delegation’s
statement to Bon management, the group
moved to an impromptu meeting and
discussion in the FSU office.
In regards to the impact of the
delegation, the conflict between Bon
workers and management remains
ongoing.
“I wish that students had more
power, that our voices were heard more,”
Thomas said, adding that members of
the delegation are not at liberty to share
details of the continuing contract process
between the union and management.
Despite the lack of an immediate
response on the part of management, the
student delegates remain confident in the
efficacy of further organizing, and have
no intention of ending their campaign.
When asked about potential further actions, Thomas mentioned symbolic acts
of solidarity, such as pins.
“EIJC is working on pins to give
out to students to show solidarity [with
workers],” Thomas said.
Baker, who was previously involved
in the Young Democratic Socialists of
America’s 2019-20 campaign in support
of the Bon union, stressed the openness
of the delegation’s campaign and the importance of participation from the
student body as a whole.
“I want to make it clear that
our delegation is not an exclusive
thing,” Baker said. “We’re organizing
horizontally, there are no leaders in our
organization, so everyone is welcome to
be represented.”
Baker also encouraged students to
remain attentive to further calls to action. “There will be social media posts
asking for mass solidarity or signing
petitions in the future if the demands
are not met,” Baker said. “Of course,
we don’t know where we are situated
right now, but in the future I would
love for students to be prepared for
something like that to go out over
social media.”
Additional reporting by Asmaa ZaidanNEWS 3FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021
ASLC name changed to ASB after 12-3 vote
Delegation disrupt meeting, speak in support
of Bon worker union demands for higher wagesLC mourns
Finnegan By IHSAAN MOHAMED &
AUBREY ROCHÉ
LEWIS & CLARK’S student
government, the Associated
Students of Lewis & Clark
(ASLC), changed the name of their
organization to Associated Student
Body (ASB). The bill passed in a 12-3
vote.
In an Instagram post from ASB,
now @asb97219_, posted on Nov. 23,
ASB wrote, “In changing our name, we
use this opportunity to demonstrate
directly to admin that we as students
do not want to be affiliated with the
history of Lewis & Clark.”
The announcement came after a
campus-wide email sent out by ASB
President Sarah Lind-MacMillan on
Nov. 10. In the email, Lind-MacMillan
shared a survey that urged students
to share their thoughts surrounding
a possible change that would
remove “Lewis & Clark” from the
organization’s name.
“The idea for the change came in
response to student calls for the school
to drop its association with Lewis &
Clark,” Lind-MacMillan said via email.
“While the student government does
not control the name of the college, we
do have the ability to change the name
of our own organization.”
Anna Lee Hinkle ’25 is a new ASB
senator this year. Despite mainly
being involved in just voting to help
pass the name change bill, they
described the ASB name change as a
big passion of theirs.
“I am really proud of the (ASB)
name change,” Hinkle said. “I feel
like it’s been a long time coming and
it’s something that definitely needs to
happen with the school and not just
ASB, but I feel like that subtle change
is really nice to show (the Board of
Trustees) that we actually care about
this so much that we will change what
we call ourselves, even if they won’t
change the school.”
Additionally, Hinkle was in
support of the student survey, as they
felt it was helpful to see how students
actually felt about the potential name
change.
According to ASB Vice-President
Olivia Weiss, the current name change is not permanent and
students are welcome to submit
any recommendations they have.
However, ASB currently plans on
moving the conversation surrounding
names to an institutional level.
Vice President of Student Life
and Dean of Students Robin Holmes-
Sullivan is currently leading the
committee “What’s in a name,”
composed of members from all three
campuses. The group is working
together to address concerns raised
by the LC community regarding the
complex history of Meriwether Lewis
and William Clark’s names being
attached to the institution.
Each campus elected members
from their student governments and Native Student Unions (NSU),
as well as various administrators,
to the committee. Weiss and Lind-
Macmillan, along with members of
LC CAS’s NSU leaders Annabelle
Rousseau ’23 and Alberto Partida ’22,
currently sit on the committee.
The committee will be planning an
event, set to take place in February,
that will allow community members
to engage with the topic.
While Weiss believes that most
members of the committee feel
that the college’s name should be
changed, they will not be inserting
their opinions into the discussion.
Instead, the purpose of the event will
be to educate the community on the
history and significance of naming. “An important distinction that
we’ve also been working out in the
committee is that we are not going
to be making a recommendation on
if we should change the name, we’re
just going to plan an event around
allowing our community to engage
with the name and (allow them) to
come up with those opinions on their
own,” Weiss said.
According to ASB’s Instagram, the
organization hopes that their work
will urge the Board of Trustees to
change the name of the school, while
acknowledging that their role in the
decision is ultimately very small.
“The reality is that a decision
like changing the name of “Lewis
& Clark” comes from above and is entirely in the hands of the Board
of Trustees,” The Nov. 23 Instagram
post reads. “The Board of Trustees
and the Executive Council are two
separate bodies that work to decide
the direction of the college.”
The Board of Trustees meets
three times a year, but student
involvement at these meetings
is usually limited to sitting in to
observe.
The February event “seeks
to bring together a variety of
stakeholders to understand what is
the best way forward for the school,”
according to ASB’s instagram. The
committee is planning on releasing
more details.
HANNAH KORN/ THE PIONEER LOG
Bon Appétit workers are often understaffed in Fields Dining Hall, prompting the student call for better staffing and wages.
Student government surveys students on name change, forms inter-campus “What’s in a name” Committee
*Correction (Nov. 12 2021) :
The Pioneer Log is revising a past
article to note this information:
In “Students confront racial issues
in classrooms,” a student comment
prompted Associate Professor
of English William Pritchard to
show a short clip of the Laurence
Olivier version of “Othello” in
class. However, clips from the
BBC version of “Othello” were not
shown in class. The BBC version
was linked on Moodle for students
to watch independently. A previous
version of the article incorrectly
stated that both movies were
shown in class.AMELIA MADARANG//THE PIONEER LOGFRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 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.THE OPENING remarks of Race
Monologues inform the audience
that the monologues spoken
are not performances. They are real
and vulnerable lived experiences that
deserve full attention and respect from
the audience. No phones, no electronic
devices.
And yet, you white students continue
to disregard the wishes of the Black,
Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)
community.
We have seen you with your laptops
out, writing your moodle posts about
us during our spoken monologues. We
have seen you on social media while we
ask of you to listen. We have written this
to tell you how incredibly disrespectful
you have been. You have insulted us.
You have insulted our experiences.
You have insulted our space and every
BIPOC who seeks comfort in that space. Your audacity truly knows no limits.
You entered a vulnerable space and
decided to exploit the stories of pain and
anger and joy for your own selfish gain.
You colonizers will never change, will
you? How dare you be so mannerless,
so careless, so ignorant as to occupy that
space and ignore the students on the only
platform we are allowed on campus. You
have acted disgracefully.
To the white students who attended
Race Monologues, and any other event of
the Ray Warren Symposium on Race and
Ethnicity, solely for the purpose of getting
extra credit from a professor: We don’t
want you here. You are taking up space.
Please, never return to these events. If
you are not willing to engage with the
presenters, no, if you are not even willing
to RESPECT the presenters by giving
them your full attention, then you are
not welcome in these spaces anymore. The students are not there to make
you feel like you have done your daily dose
of social justice work. In fact, listening to
marginalized voices is the bare minimum
you can do, but you can not even manage
that. The presenters are not there for your
extra credit points, to fill in the gaps of the
work you should have done in the first
place. The presenters are not there for
you white students. We stand on the stage
for our communities, for our families and
for ourselves.
White students, you are being awarded
the privilege of sitting in the audience and
listening to the vulnerability of BIPOC
students. You should feel honored to be in
the presence of such valiant and eloquent
students. If you are not, let someone who
will feel that way take your seat instead.
We do not need you.
- The Race Monologue PresentersRace Monologues speakers
confront audience disrespect
Changing break schedules could
mitigate Thanksgiving difficulties
By ROSALIE ZUCKERMANN
RECENTLY, I HAVE heard
a lot of negative talk from
classmates and friends
regarding the Thanksgiving break and
its adverse effects on students who
choose to remain on
campus. I recognize
that the short length
of the break does not
incentivize students
to leave campus, and
when they stay, they
are left without on-
campus food options
for all three days.
However, I believe
that the Lewis &
Clark administration
is making the best
decisions they can
with the existing schedule. The only
way to improve the situation would be
shifting the break schedule itself.
Fields Dining Hall, as well as
the Trail Room, Maggie’s Cafe, the
Dovecote and the bookstore closed
service for November 25-27. Coupled
with the fact that the Pioneer Express
is not running, students are left
without food and with no free way to
get off campus to buy groceries.
Many students have also lamented
about the short length of the vacation.
School was still in session up through
the day prior to Thanksgiving, so some
students, especially those who live far
away and would need to fly home, felt
that it was not beneficial to make the
trip for only a few days.
Let us imagine that the dining
hall remained open through the
break. This would mean that all of the staff who work there would have
to sacrifice their own holiday so that
a limited number of students on
campus would have the option to eat
there. Some students have argued
that the dining hall could have just
been closed Thanksgiving day and
reopened on Friday,
but that does not allow
staff, many of whom
are students, the
opportunity to travel
or visit family farther
away.
Since the Pioneer
Express ran through
Wednesday, and many
professors canceled
class on that day,
students would have
had the time and
means to make a trip
to Fred Meyer and stock up for the next
few days. Additionally, the Trimet was
still running over the break, and with
route 39 stopping at
LC, it makes it quite
convenient to hop on
the city bus for cheap
transportation.
With this under
consideration, I think
that closing campus
dining facilities and
pausing the Pioneer
Express route is a
justified call to make in order to allow
the dining staff and bus drivers the
same opportunity as the students to
go home for the break. Additionally,
some colleges shut down dorms
altogether during their winter break,
so we are lucky that we can still keep
living in our dorms here at LC.However, it is still not an ideal
situation for students who do not have
the time or money to make a trek to
far-away homes. If the school were
to reorganize the academic calendar,
many of these issues could be avoided
altogether. Winter break could be
shifted to start before Thanksgiving
and end right after New Year’s Day.
Students could take one long trip
home and avoid the pesky decision
of whether to travel for an awkward
length of only a few days when many
of us go home again so soon after
Thanksgiving.
Starting winter break earlier
would mean that the fall semester,
which ends before the break, would
be shorter than the spring semester.
To balance out the semesters equally,
the school year could start and end a
couple weeks earlier than it does now.
Alternatively, fall semester could
end after winter break. Regardless,
I think eliminating the break just
for Thanksgiving
would make this
situation easier for
both students and
faculty.
However, such
a radical change
in the schedule is
unlikely. It seems
like it would only
be a realistic option
to make this shift for students in future
years. As for where we are right now,
I believe that this Thanksgiving break
has been handled in a fairly reasonable
manner. LC administration should not
be receiving so much blame for closing
services like the dining hall and the
Pioneer Express during the break. Registration should be
easy, more user-friendly
SOFIA REEVES/THE PIONEER LOGAMELIA MADARANG/ THE PIONEER LOG
By ERYN NICHOLS
THE COVID-19 pandemic posed a
great shift in our education. We
were forced into the technical
world, where computers were now
going to be used to watch lectures and
attend classes. I had faith that Lewis
& Clark would have adapted to this
new high-tech learning environment,
but it seems they decided the first
website to ever be created was the
best option for us to choose and plan
our classes and futures.
WebAdvisor looks like a satirical
recreation of what a website from
the stone age of computers would
look like. Not only does it look like
a fifth grade computer science class
project, it works like one as well. We
desperately strain our eyes to read the
small text descriptions of our future
classes. Then, the website will kick us
out or freeze, and demand we restart
and clean up all of our tabs before we
get the pleasure of using it again. It is
very stressful for the website we use
to register for all of our classes (the
whole reason we are even in college)
to not be reliable and user-friendly.
I did not find out about class
registration until the day before, as I
refused to open my emails. Panicking,
I ran back to my dorm and hopped on
the dreaded WebAdvisor to peruse
through the classes I would inevitably
be waitlisted for. I went to check my
registration time, saw it said 7 a.m.,
screamed, cried a little, popped a
melatonin and went to sleep, as it was
already past a responsible student’s
bedtime.
My eyes shot open at 6:56, I
peeled my laptop open and cringed at
the bright whiteness of WebAdvisor
staring at me. I logged in, my
password was autofilled and I went
to hover over my dream classes, my
eyes vacillating on the time and the register button. 7 A.M. hit and before
I could even breathe, I was waitlisted
for every class I had previously
selected. It is a weird phenomenon
that happens to seemingly everyone
at LC. I wonder, who are the students
getting these class spots? If I had 7
a.m. registration time, you would
think I could at least get my first or
second choice classes.
I have some opinions on possible
ways that the process of registering
for classes would be improved in
my following years as a student.
First, the school should stop using
WebAdvisor. We deserve a website
made in this decade to register for
classes. It is stressful enough that so
many students want to take many of
the same classes. We cannot have the
program we use crash and freeze our
computers.
Next, the time slots for
registration should be changed. Can I
at least have some coffee and a bagel
before I fight for my future academic
career? Personally, I did not enjoy the
lethargy I felt the rest of the day from
stress and lack of sleep. We are college
students. We do not want to wake up
at 7 a.m. for registration. A later time
would be much more accommodating
towards our sleep habits.
Finally, the school body has grown
significantly in the past few years. We
need more slots for popular classes
such as ceramics and yoga. If a class
has a waitlist bigger than the initial
section can hold, maybe another
section needs to be added.
Class registration is the most
important five minutes of our college
experience. If this could be an easy
and enjoyable affair, I would have a
much easier time sleeping at night.
We need to do away with the ancient
WebAdvisor, change registration to a
later time and make sure students can
get into the classes they want.
Eliminating the break
just for Thanksgiving
would make it much
easier for both students
and faculty. The short length of
the break does not
incentivize students
to leave campus, and
when they stay, they
are left without on
campus food options
for three days.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR:By ISABELLE ATHA
LIVING IN A dorm is a rite of
passage at most colleges. Here
at Lewis & Clark, there is a two-
year on-campus living requirement,
of which I am one quarter of the
way through. And while dorm living
certainly has its challenges, there are
benefits that make it worthwhile. Living away from home comes with
a newfound sense of responsibility
and independence. Even though I
no longer live with my family, I do
not feel as though I was thrown into
the deep end of living alone with no
support. It is like a rehearsal for living
in an apartment or house. I do not
have to worry about calling someone
about broken appliances like I would have to do in an apartment or house. I
also do not have to worry about paying
for electricity, water and other bills on
time, as the cost is already included.
I also enjoy being close to all of my
classes. I do not need to worry about
getting up really early to navigate
traffic on the way to campus, instead
I simply have to get up and walk.
Eventually, I will live off campus, but having this ease of navigation has
been very beneficial for my first year
here.
Before I came to college, I had
gotten accustomed to having my own
room, so living with a stranger has
also been something to get used to.
It has taught me more about how to
communicate boundaries and about
what I want out of my living space.
Luckily, my
roommate and I
have been able
to agree on a lot.
The two of us
were randomly
assigned to each
other when
we applied for
housing during
the summer,
and we met for
the first time in
August. We have
not known each other for a very long
time, but I think we both get along
pretty well. I am also very fortunate to
live in Platt-Howard Hall, as I think
the rooms there are quite spacious.
As a result, even though I have a
roommate, I never feel cramped.
Another thing that has been
a lot to get used to is communal
bathrooms. I tend to be a very private
person, so sharing a bathroom with
twenty people was a bit of a culture
shock. After about four months, I
have become increasingly acclimated.
However, I have definitely gained a new appreciation for people who
clean up after themselves.
Almost every time I go to take
a shower, I am greeted with the
uncomfortable sight of multiple stray
hairs clumped in the drain. People
also seem to be missing the very
obvious trash can when throwing
away their paper towels and tissues,
and those are the most tame examples.
My resident
advisor (RA)
has sent
emails about
people peeing
on the floor
and leaving
used sanitary
products out.
I love and
appreciate the
janitorial staff
for putting up
with our mess,
but to everyone out there living in
the dorms: Please clean up after
yourselves.
Even with all of the gross bathroom
shenanigans, I feel a great sense of
community here. I love all of the
movie and game nights that the RAs
have hosted, and I have made some
wonderful friends with the people in
my building. I also have a lot of love
and appreciation for all that the RAs do
for us. It has made my dorm experience
so much better. Regardless of the flaws
that come with living in the dorms,
they could always be worse.
By JILLIAN JACKSON
ON NOV. 22, Taylor Swift’s
10-minute ballad about
embittered female rage vaulted
to the top of the Billboard Hot 100
chart. An ambitious reworking of her
2012 breakup track, “All Too Well (10
Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)
(From the Vault)” is the latest single
in Swift’s effort to re-record her entire
back catalogue and own her master
recordings.
It is also so much more than that.
In picking up what her 21-year-old
self left on the cutting room floor,
Swift, now 31, has proven that her
discography had undeniably feminist
themes all along. Too many of us were just not listening.
In 2012, I was 11 years old and had
already internalized that liking Swift
was a serious blow to my budding
feminist credentials. Two years
earlier, left-leaning publications
Jezebel and Autostraddle had run
articles with this blunt declaration:
“Taylor Swift is a feminist nightmare.”
Marie Lyn Bernard, Autostraddle’s
CEO, was one of many voices
sounding off on Swift mining her
love life for lyrical inspiration,
which struck many as “boy crazy” or
immature.
“Swift’s lyrical message to teenage
girls is clear: BOYS. That’s it. Just
boys,” Bernard wrote. “Crying over
boys and feeling broken and/or completed by boys.”
To be fair, Bernard has since
changed her tune, calling Swift’s 2015
“Bad Blood” video with Kendrick
Lamar “(expletive) awesome.”
If you ask the internet, “All Too
Well” and its 2021 reincarnation are
indeed about a boy: Oscar-nominated
actor Jake Gyllenhaal. However, if
you ask Swift, you get a much more
nuanced story about uncomfortable
age gaps in romantic relationships.
“(Who my songs are about is) not
(a) paternity test,” she said at the Nov.
12 premiere of the “All Too Well” short
film, which accompanies the song’s
rerelease. “(This) is a coming-of-age film
about a very specific time in someone’s
life when you are between 19 and 20.” Swift’s new lyrics in “All Too Well
(10 Minute Version)” have much more
to say about how older men get away
with courting barely-legal women.
“I was never good at telling jokes,
but the punchline goes: ‘I’ll get older,
but your lovers stay my age,’” Swift
sings.
The video, which features actors
Sadie Sink, 19, and Dylan O’Brien,
30, as its romantic leads, will make
your skin crawl. Doing the dishes
after a dinner party with his friends,
the two characters exchange dialogue
that captures an unhealthy power
dynamic.
“I don’t know any of these people,
they’re all strangers, they’re all older
than me!” Sink’s character screams.
“You’re making me feel (expletive)
stupid.”
“I don’t think I’m making you feel
that way,” O’Brien’s character says. “I
think you’re making yourself feel that
way.”
At the risk of relying on the
internet’s most overused buzzword,
Swift’s video is about gaslighting,
plain and simple.
New York Times contributor
Lindsay Zoladz wonders if Swift might
be giving her vulnerable younger self
some grace. “‘All Too Well’ parallels the
emotional work that many women have
been privately undertaking in the wake
of the #MeToo movement … wondering
what exactly constitutes exploitation or
emotional abuse,” Zoladz wrote.
On Nov. 13, Swift performed
“All Too Well (10 Minute Version),”
bringing the house down on “Saturday
Night Live.” Abruptly stopping her
guitar playing, Swift snarled more than
she sang: “The idea you had of me: who
was she? A never-needy, ever-lovely
jewel, whose shine reflects on you.”
After nine years, Swift is allowing
herself to get angry. We should
too. Quite frankly, if a first-year or
sophomore woman at LC told me
she was dating a 29 year-old, I would
express fear and concern for her well-
being. Was what happened to Swift
any different? Could “All Too Well (10
Minute Version) teach young women at
LC to recognize and refuse to tolerate
these power imbalances?
“All Too Well (10 Minute Version)”
is not a mere breakup song; it is a
feminist statement about imbalances of
power and a cautionary tale for Swift’s
predominantly female fanbase. So, the
next time we listen to Taylor Swift’s new
single, we should make sure we really
hear what she is saying.
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OPINION 5
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“Red (Taylor’s Version)” is a triumph of female rage
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It has taught me more
about how to communicate
boundaries about what
I want out of my living
space, and my roommate
and I have been able to
agree on a lot.
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOGBy TOR PARSONS
IN SPRING 2020, shortly before
Lewis & Clark was shut down
by the COVID-19 pandemic,
Students Engaged in Eco-Defense
(SEED) embarked on a project to
start a bee garden on campus. During
the previous semester, club leader
Mateo Kaiser ’23 had successfully
campaigned for money from the
Associated Student Body (ASB)
Finance Committee to fund the
creation of a bee garden. With two
grants from ASB, in addition to annual
club funds, SEED was ready to bring
bees to LC.
The organization purchased a
Flow Hive, which allows beekeepers
to easily collect honey through a
spigot without disturbing the bees.
They staked out a plot of land on
the Graduate Campus and planted
local wildflowers for the bees to
pollinate. Lastly, they brought in
the bees themselves, bought from
a local beekeeper, in a box called a
“nuc” with mesh frames for the bees
to build honeycombs on. The queen
was later delivered in a mesh box and
introduced to the worker bees.
Then the pandemic struck. Seniors
who remained on campus over the
summer were tasked with the bee
garden’s regular upkeep, and by
August, the hive was thriving.
“We’re really lucky to have the
funding to keep this up because it’s
super fun,” Cassidy Floyd-Driscoll ’24
said.
The club members often need to
check for mites, which can spread
disease among the bees. Jack Waite
’23 scoops up bees in a measuring cup, shakes them in a jar full of powdered
sugar and then checks the sugar for black
specks after returning the bees to the
hive. According to Waite, this method is
humane.
“(The bees do) get all covered with the
powdered sugar, but when you put them
back, their sister bees just lick them off,
and they’re fine,” Waite said.
If Waite finds enough mites, the club
does a formic acid treatment, laying pads
throughout the hive that bear a noxious
substance. Club members wear full-body
beekeeper suits when they work on the
hive. According to Floyd-Driscoll, nobody
has ever gotten stung while working with
the bees.
In spring 2021, after the garden had
been going strong for about a year, SEED
had a bigger problem than mites. While
getting ready to welcome a second hive to
the bee garden, having already purchased
a new Flow Hive, Floyd-Driscoll noticed
concerning signs in the first hive.
“There were signs of swarming in
there,” Floyd-Driscoll said. “We saw some
new queen cells.”
This indicated that the bees were
raising a new queen, which meant that
some bees were likely days away from
leaving and starting a new hive. Worried
that this would leave their hive without
enough bees to keep the colony self-
sustaining, SEED members quickly
bought a third hive and transferred the
new queen there to prevent most of the
bees from leaving. The transfer was a
success, but to Floyd-Driscoll’s surprise,
the original hive split again just days later,
with half of its remaining bees swarming
off for good.
Nonetheless, there were still enough
bees in both hives to form self-sustaining
colonies, and the new Flow Hive was stocked with newly acquired bees
shortly after. In the span of weeks,
SEED had gone from having one
beehive to three.
SEED has begun weatherproofing
their hives for the winter. Over
Halloween weekend, Floyd-Driscoll
removed the honey super, a box that
collects honey, from the hives.
“We had to take that off because
(the bees) didn’t fill it with enough
honey, so that just helps them insulate
a bit more,” Floyd-Driscoll said.
So far, none of the hives have
started producing honey at a regular
rate. When they do, SEED plans to sell
the honey for affordable and highly
negotiable prices at the Co-op on
campus. There is also talk of selling it
in the campus bookstore.SEED bee garden thrives through
COVID, winter, hive separatismFRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021
FEATURES 6
Five LC pets that
stole our hearts
By BELLA ROOT
IN THE LAST ISSUE of The Pioneer
Log, we met a batch of adorable pets
on campus. However, that barely
scratched the surface of all the charming
friends that share our home on Palatine
Hill. There are plenty more pets left to
meet. Get to know a few more on this list
of five exciting campus pets.
Sandwiches
Owner: Area Director for Forest
Halls Juliane Corpus
Sandwiches is a 2-year-old Pembroke
Welsh corgi. In her free time, Sandwiches
loves to watch “Bob’s Burgers,” nap at
the feet of Corpus’ partner and watch
hockey.
“We’re trying to reteach her how
to high five us with her snoot when our
team makes a goal!” Corpus said via
email.
Sandwiches’ favorite foods are any
crumbs on the floor, salmon jerky and
blueberries. Her favorite toys are a
rubber artichoke that gets stuffed with
treats and a stuffed shrimp that she
sometimes sleeps with.
While Sandwiches loves attention,
she tends to experience stage fright when
going to the bathroom on walks.
“If you all see her on a walk, please do
not call her name — she gets distracted
from her already difficult potty time,”
Corpus said.
Corpus expressed that Sandwiches
occasionally needs a dog-sitter. If
you are interested in dog-sitting, feel
free to send Corpus a direct message
through Sandwiches’ Instagram
account @sando.thecorgo.
Twyla
Owner: Macy Carroll ’24
Twyla is a 1-and-a-half-year-old
mischievous domestic longhair tabby.
Carroll adopted Twyla three months ago
and has grown very fond of her since.
Twyla’s hobbies include sprinting across
the room, sitting on whatever work
Carroll is trying to do and going on walks
in her strawberry harness.
Her favorite toys are a laser pointer
and the classic mouse on a string.
Twyla’s favorite things to eat are tuna,
strawberries, mangoes and cat-safe
yogurt. She is curious, social and really
likes to be complimented.
“Twyla’s shelter name was ‘Beautiful
Girl’ because of how much she liked
compliments,” Carroll said.
Twyla does not conform to other
people’s expectations. According to
Carroll, one of the personality traits
listed on her flier at the shelter was “plays
by her own rules.”
“That turned out to be very true; she
really likes to have her own little special
Twyla way,” Carroll said.
Twyla is featured on the Instagram
account @hha_cats.Oliver Scott
Owner: Henry Goodier ’23
Oliver Scott is a 2-year-old bearded
dragon. His hobbies include running
around Goodier’s room, watching his own
reflection and riding around on people’s
shoulders. Oliver Scott is lovable and
mellow. He is picky with food but loves
raspberries, carrots and dubia roaches.
Oliver Scott also enjoys being dressed up.
“He plays dress-up a lot, like for
instance he was a cowboy for Halloween,”
Goodier said.
Mochi
Owner: Keiko Shieber ’22
Mochi is an 8-month-old Shiba Inu.
Shieber got Mochi when she was only 9
weeks old. Her hobbies include stealing
and eating people’s socks, whining and
zooming around. Mochi’s favorite food is
fancy salmon. Mochi is very attached to
Shieber and tends to scratch at the door
when she leaves. Mochi loves to get her
picture taken and is very photogenic.
Shieber commented that Mochi
has never been in a relationship and
expanded on Mochi’s views towards any
potential partners.
“Mochi isn’t looking for anything
serious right now, just casual,” Shieber
said.
According to Shieber, Mochi is a petty
drama queen but warms up to people
easily.
Bubbles
Owner: Tobias Bumbard ’25
Bubbles is a two-year-old gray
tabby cat. Bumbard has only had her
since August of this year. Bubbles acts
as Bumbard’s emotional support cat.
Bubbles likes to sleep all day and yell
all night. Her hobbies include laying on
people at inconvenient times, trying to
trip people and urinating on things.
“She is just a girlboss on her grind,”
Bumbard said.
Pets are unique individuals that have
their own rich inner lives. Some animals
actively work to help their owners while
others just provide companionship.
Always check with their owner for
permission to pet and engage with them.Sandwiches poses in her hot dog costume.COURTESY OF JULIANE CORPUSMore than a toy shop, She Bop
offers sex education, inclusivity
Twyla stretches out on a soft blanket.BELLA ROOT/THE PIONEER LOG
Oliver Scott tries on a holiday sweater.HENRY GOODIER/THE PIONEER LOG
Bubbles lies on Bumbard’s dorm floor.BELLA ROOT/THE PIONEER LOG
By AMELIA DOYLE
SHE BOP IS A women-owned sex
toy boutique in the Portland area
with two locations. The Division
shop, located in Southeast Portland, is
now open to the public after being closed
due to COVID-19. The Mississippi shop
is located in North Portland and offers
online ordering and curbside pick-up.
Two Lewis & Clark alumni, A.J.
Zimpfer ’10 and Gretchen Leigh ’13, are
currently working at She Bop. Zimpfer is
the general manager of She Bop and has
been working there for about ten years.
Leigh serves as the events coordinator and
has been working at She Bop for seven
years. Both of them have also taught sex
education classes at LC, mainly through
the Forest Residential Advisors (RAs)
and the Feminist Student Union (FSU).
According to Zimpfer, She Bop sells an
array of body-safe products that people
can use.
“One thing that sets She Bop apart
from some of the other sex toy boutiques
is that all of our toys are non-toxic, so
they’re gonna be body-safe,” Zimpfer said.
“It’s a curated collection of products that
we stand by that are made of high-quality
ingredients and materials.”
She Bop prides itself not only on being
a sex-positive, body-inclusive sex shop, but
also on having a strong events program
that seeks to educate people on all different
types of experiences. Both Leigh and
Zimpfer have taught sex education classes
at LC. Classes touch on topics such as sex,
relationships, toys and much more.
“I would say our most popular classes
are things that are skills based, like
different kinds of sex acts, and they have
tangible skills and live demos and things
that people can take home with them,”
Leigh said.
During the start of the COVID-19
pandemic, many She Bop classes were
moved online. Now, all of the classes
are still accessible through the She Bop
website.
“Most of the (events) are geared
toward anybody who is an adult who
wants to learn more about themselves, sexual empowerment, relationships
(and) communication in and out of the
bedroom,” Leigh said. “We usually offer at
least four classes per month, on weekdays
in the evenings ... People from all over the
world attend our classes now.”
Zimpfer wants to expand the education
program beyond just these online classes.
“I (would) also love to see our
education program expand into being able
to do in-person classes again eventually,
but also keep the online components,”
Zimpfer said. “The online thing has been
really wonderful.”
She Bop is very inclusive when it
comes to gender and sexuality, and the
classes are taught with all sorts of different
bodies in mind. Going forward, Zimpfer
wants to emphasize a commitment to
diversity and inclusion.
“The area that we, as a white-owned,
white-run business, have really been
missing out on in the last two years was
diversity, equity and inclusion and our
commitment to anti-racism,” Zimpfer
said. “So after I became the general
manager, I helped to get a sign-up for
DI (Diversity and Inclusion) consulting,
which we did for a year and have really
been throwing ourselves into that work,
which I’m really proud of us doing.” Zimpfer hopes to continue this
commitment to diversity in the future to
ensure that it becomes a value of She Bop.
“In addition to sex toys and books
about sexuality (and) relationships, we
also carry gender expression items and
consider ourselves a resource center for
people all along the gender spectrum,”
Zimpfer said. “So we have products like
breast forms, gaffes, packers, packing
underwear, harnesses — all sorts of
different things that other shops don’t
carry.”
According to Leigh, over recent years
both the Forest RAs and the FSU have
reached out to She Bop to set up sex
education classes. Recently, Leigh taught
a toy class with the FSU. They really enjoy
teaching college students because of the
changing cultural conversations around
sex, and because younger people are
learning more about consent and tend to
ask complex questions.
Another thing that Leigh recalls is that
every time they have taught in person,
one person in the class has asked how
to be a sex educator. Leigh’s advice to
these students is to get involved wherever
they can, find different sex-positive,
body-positive places, attend different sex
education classes and start volunteering.
AMELIA DOYLE/THE PIONEER LOG
The She Bop store on Southeast Division St. is open for in-store shopping Wed-Mon.Mochi waits patiently for a piece of salmon.COURTESY OF KEIKO SHIEBER
The bees build honeycombs on a nuc.COURTESY OF SEEDBy VENUS EDLIN
THE ANNUAL Roméo Dallaire and
Michael Graham Scholarships
each award one recipient full
tuition to Lewis & Clark’s Academic
English Studies (AES) program.
Souzane Murekatete is the 2020-21
Dallaire Scholar, while Violeta Molina
Santos is this year’s Graham Scholar.
The AES program is a one-year
course of study that is focused on
developing advanced English skills for
a higher education setting. Founded in
1972, the program is coming up on its
50th anniversary.
The Dallaire Scholarship was
established in 2005 by Michael Graham
’05, who traveled to Kigali, Rwanda
while studying at LC to create a film
about the Rwandan genocide. While
working on this project, Graham met
aspiring filmmaker Romeo Umulisa,
and petitioned LC to waive his tuition
and lodging. Umulisa became LC’s first
Dallaire Scholar after retired Canadian
Army Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire heard
about Graham’s efforts and decided
to cover Umulisa’s travel fees. Since
then, one person from Rwanda has
been selected every year to continue the
scholarship’s legacy.
According to Academic English
Studies Administrative Specialist
Susan Wynne, who serves as the
scholarships’ committee chair, the
Graham Scholarship was established in
2020 after the success of the Dallaire
Scholarship. The Graham Scholarship
is reserved for immigrants or refugees
living in the Portland area.
“We saw how people, the Dallaire
scholars, were going back and making a
difference in their community,” Wynne
said. “We felt we had gotten to the point where the Dallaire Scholarship had been
endowed and were pretty successful
with our fundraising. We thought, well,
we can do more.”
For Santos, a refugee from Guatemala
who came to the United States in 2018,
the opportunity has already paid off.
English is her third language.
“I am thankful to receive this
opportunity (of) the scholarship because
it’s something helpful for me to grow
now, with myself speaking more and
also to have more communication,”
Santos said.
Santos graduated from McDaniel
High School in Portland in 2021 and was
accepted at George Fox University, but
after receiving the Graham Scholarship,
she deferred for one year in part due to
the high expectations of academics in
college.“It’s not like when I was in high
school, I received a lot of help from my
teachers ... but I know when you are in
university, it’s different,” Santos said.
“You need to do all of those things on
your own.”
Instructor and Director of Academic
English Studies Laura Shier recognized
the unique nature of these scholarships.
According to Shier, most similar
scholarships are tied to undergraduate
programs.
“It is special to be able to have a
scholarship dedicated specifically to
a student who wants to improve their
academic English work so that they can
be more prepared and more successful in
an academic pursuit,” Shier said. “That is
a difference that’s unique, that’s special.”
Shier said that these scholarship
recipients, as well as AES students as a whole, add great value to the LC campus
in part by diversifying the student body.
However, Shier also noted that the
scholars have aspirations of helping others
and that developing their English skills is
one step in this process.
For Murekatete, the opportunity
afforded by the Dallaire Scholarship is
one way for her to grow her nonprofit,
which she founded in 2016 after
graduating from the Akilah Institute
for Women in Kigali, Rwanda with
a degree in entrepreneurship. The
nonprofit, Iriza-Ntako Heritage Ltd., is
a cooperative that provides traditional
basket weaving skills to disadvantaged
Rwandan women, many of whom are
young mothers and victims of domestic
abuse. Her nonprofit then sells the
goods to an international market so
the women can earn an income, an
opportunity which they otherwise
might not receive.
“I need to invest my knowledge in
these women,” Murekatete said. “I don’t
have much money, which can change the
lives of people, but as long as I share with
them the knowledge that I have, I can
change the lives of many people.”
By improving her English through
the AES program, Murekatete said she
is better able to communicate with an
international market, especially as English
becomes increasingly globalized. She
is grateful for the skills the program is
developing so she can better aid others.
“Thank you for the Dallaire
Scholarship because they are literally
doing an amazing job and they are
helping people,” Murekatete said.
“Honestly, giving me this opportunity
of acquiring English skills, they are
not changing my life alone. They are
changing many lives of women back in
Rwanda.”Santos also plans to help others
once completing the AES program. She
plans to study nursing at George Fox
University, inspired by the fact that her
father struggled with medical issues in
Guatemala and she was unable to help due
to being in the United States. While Santos
could not help her father, she hopes to
help others in the future.
“My father, many years ago, he had a
problem with him, some disease,” Santos
said. “It was so hard to take care of him.
But when I left my country and I came
here, I was not doing anything to help my
dad, and this year he passed away.”
Murekatete does not have specific
plans after completing the AES program
other than to return to Rwanda to continue
working on her nonprofit.
“Honestly, I don’t have a big plan for
myself,” Murekatete said. “Because I have
a deep inner desire to help my community,
I need to serve my community mainly. I’m
planning to go immediately back to my
home and serve my country.”
According to Wynne, both Murekatete
and Santos perfectly embody who the
Dallaire and Graham Scholars should be.
“Both of them are so inspiring,”
Wynne said. “Every time I talk to them, I
just think these are the perfect people for
a scholarship.”
The Dallaire and Graham Scholarship
applications for the 2021-22 year recently
closed and the committee will soon begin
deliberations. They plan to make offers in
February or March. According to Wynne,
narrowing the selections down to one
candidate for each scholarship is a tough
process, but a fulfilling one in the end.
“To be honest with you, it’s very
difficult,” Wynne said. “I’ve been part of
the selection committee for many, many
years and you want to give this scholarship
to every one of these people.”
By PHILIP STEFFEN
ON NOV. 18 AND 19 two
unique events occurred: First,
the Leonid meteor showers
reached their peak, giving ample
opportunity to view shooting stars.
Second, a partial lunar eclipse turned
the moon dark red for multiple hours.
Unfortunately for students of Lewis &
Clark, and for residents of Portland,
there was not a significant break in
the overcast skies during these two
nights. This is a common struggle
for the LC stargazer: nothing could
be observed. What follows is a brief
guide for the next nighttime break in
the clouds.
The first thing to consider when
stargazing is finding a location, and in
that regard, LC students have it pretty
good. Although the skies of South
Portland are not as dark as the ones
prehistoric humans would have gazed
at, they are much darker than most cities
on the West Coast. The simple act of
looking up at the night sky to view stars,
constellations, planets, meteors and
comets has been practiced for eons, and
a scenic location is absolutely crucial. There are two additional factors to
consider when finding spots to gaze
on campus: tree coverage and light
pollution. The former is fairly obvious,
given that you want to stargaze in
a spot with unobstructed views.
As for light pollution, you should
avoid views that face north toward
downtown or east toward Southeast
Portland. You will
also want to avoid
areas with bright
lights on campus,
such as the Manor
House gardens.
Considering all
of these factors, two
nearby locations
stand out. The first
is the lawn below
Corbett House on the
Graduate Campus.
This useful location provides clear
south-facing views of the sky. The
second is the rose garden, which
provides a secluded and dark sky,
though it is somewhat more hidden
by trees than the Corbett lawn. If you
are feeling adventurous, Tryon Creek
State Natural Area also provides good stargazing opportunities if you can
find gaps in the trees, but any potential
gazer should be familiar with the park
in advance and be aware of the risks of
entering the park at night.
Once you have decided on a location,
it is important to come prepared, since
you will need to stick around a while
to get the most out of your experience.
First, you should
bring a blanket to lie
on. Portland grass
is usually wet, and
having a blanket
between yourself
and the ground
will keep you dry
and comfortable.
Second, you should
wear warm clothes,
specifically a jacket
to counter the wind,
since stargazing entails sitting in
clearings with little tree coverage.
Finally, you will want to bring
something to help pass the time while
waiting on shooting stars or eclipses.
Snacks, musical instruments and
friends are all good options, preferably
all at once. If you would like to, you can
also bring star apps and identification
charts, although it is generally better
to experience the night sky unassisted
and undistracted, with screens kept to
a minimum.
With regard to upcoming
astronomical attractions, the Leonid
meteor showers will continue through
next week and the Geminid meteor
showers will grow in strength until their
peak around Dec. 14. The cold winter
air will provide crisp and clear viewing
conditions, and the early sunsets should
increase the number of hours that are
dark enough for stargazing.
If you are feeling down on a long
winter evening, need to de-stress
during finals or simply feel the ancient
human urge to look up, you should
take advantage of the opportunity
presented by clear weather conditions
and a beautiful night sky by stargazing
in Portland. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021
FEATURES 7
A guide to stargazing in Portland
for LC students’ celestial pleasure Dallaire, Graham scholars utilize AES program
Scholarship award winners emphasize contributing to their communities in Portland, overseas
PHOTO COURTESY OF JENN BURLETONBy BELLA ROOT
JENN BURLETON was named an
LGBTQ Nation Hometown Hero
of the Year for her work as the
founder and director of the Oregon-based
TransActive Gender Project, which is part
of the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of
Education and Counseling. Her award was
announced in an article by LGBTQ Nation
on Oct. 8.
The TransActive Gender Project was
founded in 2007 in order to provide
a range of services and expertise to
transgender and gender-expansive
youth and their families in the Portland
area. The project provides professional
development training, offers support
groups for kids and parents, and is
committed to personal and public
advocacy.
TransActive has assisted in the
establishment of two gender identity
clinics in Portland. These clinics provide
services centered on the needs of pediatric
patients, and have served more than
2,500 families in the areas of Portland
and Vancouver, Wash. Additionally,
TransActive has provided professional
development training to over 25,000
individuals for a variety of professions,
including those in healthcare, social
services and education.
Burleton was nominated twice for the
Hometown Hero award. Although the
nominations were anonymous, Burleton
was informed that one came from a
12-year-old transgender girl.
“Personally, knowing that I was
nominated by a 12-year-old that we’ve
helped in some way is actually a greater
honor than the award itself,” Burleton said
via email.
With that said, Burleton still feels
incredibly honored by the award.
“The award itself, since it was from a
national organization, means a great deal
to me as recognition of the work the whole
team at TransActive Gender Project does
and has been doing for several years now,”
Burleton said.
According to Burleton, receiving
this award provides an opportunity for TransActive to gain recognition and
visibility. Burleton hopes that the platform
this award has given her will help the
organization grow and expand its outreach
to families and communities in need.
Looking forward, Burleton hopes
that TransActive can continue to
provide evidence-based professional
development to counter anti-trans hate
and disinformation that is spread on
certain news networks, social media and
even school board meetings in Oregon and
nationwide.
TransActive is currently working on
publishing a toolkit for educators titled
“PK-12 From Policy to Practice” on how
to create inclusive and affirming schools.
They are also developing the first national
graduate-level certificate program for
working with gender-expansive youth and
their families.
Burleton works to benefit all children,
teens and adults through supporting
transgender and gender-expansive
individuals in a society that does not
always view their gender identity and
expression in a positive light. She
encourages others to become advocates in
their own communities.
“We can all be a ‘Hometown Hero’
every day simply by standing strong with
our friends, family and other members
of our community that are being
marginalized and persecuted simply for
living in their truth,” Burleton said.
If you are interested in the work
being done by the TransActive Gender
Project, contact the organization by email
at transactive@lclark.edu or visit their
website at go.lclark.edu/transactive.Burleton founded TransActive in 2007.TransActive director
recognized with award PHOTO COURTESY OF SOUZANE MUREKATETE
LEO BERNSTEIN NEWMAN/THE PIONEER LOGThe first thing to
consider when
stargazing is finding
a location, and in that
regard, LC students
have it pretty good.
Chloe Greenstein ’22 operates a telescope in the Olin Center’s James Karle Observatory.The Dallaire Scholarship allows Murekatete (center) to improve her English skills.FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021
ARTS 8
Dance X prepares
eclectic fall show
Wallace Books in Sellwood offers
“treasure hunt” shopping experienceBy GABRIEL
MANTIONE-HOLMES
OUT OF 30 applicants, a jury,
composed of Portland State
University School of Art +
Design faculty and professional
artists, selected Gigi Woolery, Nolan
Hanson and Maria Wehdeking
for first, second and third place
respectively for the Arlene Schnitzer
Visual Arts prize. The three PSU
students have had an exhibition
displaying their work in the Jordan
Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) at
Portland State University (PSU), less
than a block away from the Shattuck
Hall Pioneer express stop, from Nov.
2 through Dec. 4.
The Arlene Schnitzer Visual
Arts Prize exhibition first opened
in 2013 and has continued as an
annual exhibition since. Its aim has
been to celebrate aspiring artists
and designers with recognition and
finances as a jumping off point for
their career. As the ninth installment
of this exhibition Woolery received
$5,500, Hanson $4,000 and
Wehdeking $3,000 as prizes for their
hard work.
Along with the prize winners,
PSU students Safiyah Maurice,
Macy Eiesland, Lisa Banta, Gail
Booth, Emma Duehr Mitchell,
Darby Jones and Jordan Rosenblum
received honorable mentions, an
unprecedented number that resulted
from a strong pool of applicants.
Tucked away in the back right
corner of the bottom floor of the JSMA
were seven pieces of art to showcase
the prize winners’ achievements.
While the exhibition was small, the
walls were packed with content.
Woolery’s two pieces on display
“In Good Graces” and “The Terrible
Child” are composed of stretched quilt backing, rust solution, quilt scraps and
embroidery. Their past works have
focused on land stewardship, traditional
home economics and the Colombian
diaspora. The two pieces mirror each
other with their background of an
abstract, five-petaled flower.
The textile paintings featured
at JSMA were inspired by Chilean
author Margarita Aguirre’s short
story “La Oveja Negra.” “In Good
Graces” and “The Terrible Child”
are crafted from worn out bedding
textiles and highlight the importance
of storing time and witnessing bodies.
Hanson’s piece was a part of Trans
Boxing, an ongoing co-authored
project that features work from Ky-
Mani Davis, Jia Li, Yiwei Chen and
Brionne Davis. Trans Boxing is a
shifting project that aims to respond
to current issues in the form of a
boxing club.
Hanson’s piece shows a six minute
video projected on the wall featuring
Hanson demonstrating boxing basics including stance, hand position and
jabs and head slipping. Hanson’s
project focuses on community through
building, education and mentorship.
The remaining four pieces were a
part of Wehdeking’s series “The Art
of Fairies.” These four digital prints
highlight the different interpretations
of fairies across folklores that
explores their role in the fantasy
genre. Wehdeking uses soft colors
and organic lines to express feelings
of giddiness, loneliness and nostalgia
that represent her experiences as an
immigrant. Her style juxtaposes her
western culture with her favorite
eastern expressions that promote
intercultural perspectives.
Make sure to check out the Arlene
Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize Exhibition
before it ends this Saturday, Dec. 4.
When you come back in for the Spring
semester, stop back again to check
out the Black Lives Matter Artist
Grant Exhibition, lasting from Jan. 19
to April 30.
By AMELIA MADARANG
DANCE Extravaganza, also known
as Dance X, allows students
to have their choreography
completely staged and performed in
front of the Lewis & Clark community.
This year, five students and one guest
will be showcasing their choreography.
The performances will be shown for
a live audience, but also filmed and
subsequently webcast, in order to
increase viewership and accessibility.
The inaugural Dance Extravaganza
was conceived 20 years ago as an
experimental, non-credit theatrical
dance performance in the Black Box
by theater major Emily Stone. The
producers, choreographers, performers,
costume designers and lighting designers
were all composed of a group of twelve
students. With an overflow of audience
members lounging on the catwalks
and the tech staff doing vaudeville-
style routines in between the pieces,
the atmosphere was described as
truly circus-like. The show eventually
began involving faculty and staff and
was relocated to the Main Stage after
several years of sold-out performances
in the Black Box theatre.
On the LC website, dance program
head Susan E. Davis said that “The Lewis
& Clark College Dance Program believes
in empowering students to create and
produce dance at the highest possible
level. Since its beginning in 1996, over a
thousand students have participated in
making Dance X what it is today.”
This year presented the unique
challenges of creating a performance
without knowing what the COVID-19
restrictions would be like. With the
uncertainty that the pandemic has
brought, choreographers had to decide
what was safe to do in terms of contact.
In line with the school’s guidance,
choreographers and dancers’ comfort
levels impact whether they will be
wearing masks.
Emma Bryan ’22 chose to have her
four dancers wearing masks in her piece
“Converge.” Her love of horror movies
and thrillers inspired her choreography,
which is set to a jazz fusion with classic
and hip-hop elements. It is meant to
be a conversation about how images
of stereotypes and ideals corrupt and
pollute us as adolescents.
Lauren Satterwhite ’23 chose to have
her nine dancers go maskless in her piece.
It is an intimate piece about heroes,
veterans, coming home, togetherness
and separation. Satterwhite’s piece
mixes elements of ballet, modern dance
and multiple bodies coming together to
create a whole image.
Evelyn Wohlbier ’23 is a dancer in
both Bryan and Satterwhite’s pieces.
Despite not getting casted after
auditioning during her freshman year,
Wohlbier was enamored with Dance X and tried out again this year. This
semester has been a relief in terms
of how much they have been able to
do with the dancing. The process of
helping to bring the choreography into
actualization has been both challenging
and rewarding for Wohlbier.
“I love that all the choreographers
don’t just pick one genre of dance
and stick to it,” Wohlbier said. “They
all do the movement that feels most
comfortable in their bodies and putting
different genres together to create their
own piece.”
Ally Rose ’22 has performed in Dance
X for each year she has been at LC. This
is her second year as a choreographer,
but it is the first year her work will have
an in-person audience.
“Choreographing for video and
choreographing in person are two
almost completely different art forms,”
Rose said. “So it was an exciting but
foreign experience last year and this
year we are back to what feels more
natural.”
Rose’s piece, “Fondly,” is a group
dance that is a nostalgic figurative
representation of making friends
in college. Each of the five dancers
was based on someone from Rose’s
life, although she emphasizes that
the characters in the dance are more
abstract and fitted to the dancer’s
specific personalities. In Rose’s piece,
performers take on each other’s weight;
this is a physical representation of
support and the give and take of
emotional weight. Within the music
Rose has incorporated the ambient
sounds of Portland and audio from the
videos of her first year at LC.
This year, Dance Extravaganza
also features the work of guest
choreographer Tiffany Mills, an artistic
director and choreographer at the
NYC-based Tiffany Mills Company.
Mills’ website describes her work
as “collaborative, ensemble-based,
and multidisciplinary. She believes
collaboration helps blur the lines
between mediums and discover layered
methods of constructing dances (drawn
from partnering, improvisation, and
somatic modalities).”
All the hours spent choreographing,
workshopping and practicing have all
gone into making Dance X what it is.
Dance is an interpretive art form and
all of the pieces can be seen in a variety
of ways.
“I am so excited to hear what people
have to say after watching it,” Wohlbier
said. “I want to hear what they think
that the story is or what they thought it
meant.”
Dance Extravangza will be performed
tonight, Dec. 3 and tomorrow, Dec.
4 with showings at 7:30 p.m. and
10 p.m. The links for the scheduled
performances will be available after
their completion.By JILLIAN JACKSON
JUST A 13-minute walk from the
Pioneer Express’ new weekend
stop at Southeast 13th Avenue
and Southeast Tacoma Street, Wallace
Books has been serving the Sellwood-
Moreland neighborhood for 24 years.
Operating out of a yellow house with
bright blue trim, the independent
bookstore is practically bursting with
books, both new and used.
Wallace’s front room is in vivid
technicolor, rows of new arrivals on top
of bins dedicated to canonical writers
such as Virginia Woolf and Barbara
Kingsolver. A portrait of Jack London,
acclaimed author of “White Fang” and
“The Call of the Wild,” peeks out from
the top shelf behind the cash register.
Julie Wallace owns the bookstore,
which is chock-full of her personal
touches.
“(The London portrait) was a gift
from my mom,” Wallace said. “She
gave it to me when I opened.”
Wallace originally bought the house
with the intention of converting it into
a bookstore.
“I was 30 and had been working in
the hospitality industry for quite a few
years after college,” Wallace said. “I
was like: Okay, what could I do long
term, big picture, that I would love?”
Over two decades later, Wallace’s
background in customer service is still
relevant in her day-to-day work.
“I love finding the right book for
the right person,” Wallace said.
As she answers phone calls and
greets time-honored customers from
the cash register, it is clear that
Wallace is quite the people-person.
Wallace is especially proud that
her store was not only able to keep all
its employees, but also take on a new
team member during the height of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
“Every day, my people were coming
to work hearing the horror stories of their friends spending eight to ten
hours on hold with the unemployment
department, so I feel good about doing
that,” Wallace said.
Loyal customers helped keep the
store afloat in 2020.
“Both new people who discovered
us through Instagram (and) people
who’ve been shopping here for 24
years, since literally the first day we
opened, all came together, placing
orders over the phone, picking them
up on the porch,” Wallace said. “That
being said, we’re thrilled people can
come back in, just wearing their mask,
of course.”
Wallace Books has an impressive
Instagram account (@wallacebooks),
but browsing the labyrinthine aisles
in-person is a huge part of the
bookstore’s appeal. Look left, and
you might spot a display for Native
American Heritage Month. Look
right, and you could see a series of
ornate, gilded editions of “Candide”
and Agatha Christie’s mystery novels. Just be sure you look where you are
stepping, or you might topple over a
three-foot-tall stack of science fiction
novels.
Wallace believes that sometimes
customers don’t know what they want
until they see it in-store.
“(The building’s quirkiness) makes
that treasure hunt feeling a little more
pronounced.” Wallace said.
Wallace Books also includes
sizable collections of Pacific Northwest
authors, nonfiction award winners and
children’s literature. The back room
is entirely for kids, featuring a “Black
Lives Matter for All” section and a
Beverly Cleary crate.
Despite the tumultuous past
year and a half, Wallace remains
optimistic about the fate of Portland’s
independent bookstores.
“One of the silver linings of the
pandemic — and it’s unfortunate that
it took a pandemic — is that people
have rediscovered the joy of reading for
pleasure,” Wallace said. PSU student work displayed
in Jordan Schnitzer Museum
EMILY WAGNER/THE PIONEER LOGCOURTESY OF DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA
Wallace Books’ shelves are filled to the brim; some authors even have their own bins.MIRO ENRIQUEZ/THE PIONEER LOGDance Extravangza performers rehearse “Fondly,” choreographed by Ally Rose ’22.
This piece was showcased at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in November.By LEO BERNSTEIN NEWMAN
GAGGED , A student-run drag
group, staged a Halloween show
this October that took campus
by storm. Nearly 400 undergraduates
packed Stamm Dining Room to capacity
and then some, spilling out into the
upper level Templeton lobby to witness
the extravagant “Dragged to Hell” show.
“The Halloween (show) was crazy,”
Anya Upson ’23, who organizes Gagged
shows with Venus Edlin ’23, said.
Shows in past years, typically held
in the Platteau — the on-campus art
and multimedia space — paled in
comparison to the Halloween show in
grandeur, budget and attendance.
The group’s performance during
New Student Orientation (NSO)
this past August marked their first
collaboration with an administrative
office. The performance garnered the
attention of the historic class of first-
year students who then returned to
attend the Halloween show.
Gagged’s interaction with the NSO
committee proved difficult.
“It’s hard to deal with them and hard
to book things,” Upson said. “Especially
for a drag show because they don’t
really prioritize that as much.”
In light of the group’s surging
popularity and separation from both
the Queer Student Union (QSU) and
the Platteau, Gagged is embracing its
new role as an autonomous entity on
campus. To Upson, Gagged showcases
Lewis & Clark’s queer community
independently from what the school’s
administration, academic curricula or
established LGBTQ+ clubs on campus
deem permissible.
According to Upson, Gagged also
provides a platform for queer students
to exist and express themselves through
means independent of explicit social
activism.
This newfound independence
poses questions for the club, especially
when it comes to receiving funds. As a
recognized club, Gagged could receive funding from the school. Though the
club plans to file the paperwork over
winter break, Upson is wary of the
censorship Gagged could be subject
to as a recognized and funded student
organization.
“I worry that close affiliation with
the school could limit what we are able
to do and what we are able to perform,”
Upson said. “When drag becomes
explicitly political, they get defensive
and say it’s inappropriate and I don’t
want that to happen and I don’t want to
have that fear of censorship.”
Upson made their Gagged debut as
a first-year at the Halloween show in
2019. They had begun performing drag
in the Bay Area at 14 and did not plan
on leaving it behind in college.
“Gagged was actually one of the
main reasons I came to this school,”
Upson said. “It was really important to
me that I could continue (doing drag)
wherever I went because I was feeling
like I was leaving a really important
community and I wanted to stay
connected with it.”
Upson and Edlin partnered with
the Center for Social Change and
Community Involvement to organize
and stage the Halloween show. The
planning began in mid-September.
Led by Associate Dean of Students
Dr. Kayleigh McCauley-Sayer, the
Center is an approach to service-
learning that runs four student
leadership and volunteer programs.
It replaced Student Leadership
and Service, the previous student
leadership office run by Harold
McNaron, in summer 2021. One of the
Center’s better known initiatives is the
pride flag painted on South Residence
Hall Dr. below the staircase that leads
to Maggie’s.
According to Center staff member
Erin Khong ’21, the Halloween
show was first conceived as a way to
implement the office’s “party with a
purpose” initiative, the aim of which
was to showcase and raise money for
a student organization. The Center funded the event and
paid a stipend to all performers. With the
assistance of the offices of Conferences
& Events and Student Engagement, the
Center took care of staging, lighting,
sound and social media promotion.
The next Gagged show is currently
planned for Dec. 10. However, time
concerns with preparation of the event
may cause its cancellation.
“It’s a lot of work that I do not
necessarily enjoy, but I know it’s
important to do and important for the
people at this school,” Upson said. “We
do the work of six people.”
The upcoming show will most likely
be held in either Evans Auditorium
or the Agnes Flanagan Chapel. Upson
and Edlin will run the show with the
assistance of a small team of stage
managers. Lovers of drag can expect
performances from eight to ten LC
undergraduates.FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021
ARTS 9
By ZACHARY REINKER
HALLOWEEN ENDED nearly
a month ago, but for the
Hoffman Gallery’s current
exhibitor, the haunting season is still
very much alive.
Every Tuesday through Sunday
from 12 - 4 p.m. until Dec 3, visitors
are free to explore Chanel Conklin’s
exhibition featuring some of her
most recent and chilling works.
Conklin is a prolific Portland -based
artist who has been making surreal-and
horror-themed art for the last four years.
She has recently become a member of
Elbow Room, an art studio program
that meets regularly in the Hoffman
Gallery, and serves as an opportunity
for creators who experience intellectual
and developmental disabilities. It is
at these meetings that Conklin works
with her personal art advisor, Jole
Stotesbery. Over the course of three
years, Stotesbery has helped Conklin
hone her skills in Photoshop, while also
supporting her other artistic endeavors.
“I started working with Chanel
at a program called Portland Art
and Learning Studio,” Stotesbery
said. “This lasted for about two years
until the program closed down due
to C OVID. Now that she is part of
the Elbow Room, we’re able to work
together much more frequently.”
While Conklin’s current showcase
consists mainly of digital collage,
sculpture and video, these are not
the only mediums she works with.
She also paints, draws and has even
done some acting with Project Grow
in the past, a non-profit art studio
in Northern Portland that hosts the
work of artists with developmental
disabilities. “I made a movie about ‘The
Grudge’ at Project Grow,” Conklin
said. “It was a long time ago. I
made a haunted house at Project
Grow. I crawled around in a bloody
bathtub.”
Her creative process for digital
collage, like many artists, resembles
more of an investigation than a
linear path.
“Her process always starts with
an idea,” Stotesbery said. “She’ll
search the internet to find imagery
based on whatever she’s currently
thinking about. For instance, it
could be about a celebrity, a political
event, a natural disaster, etc.”
Once Conklin finds the images
she wants, she begins layering and
manipulating them on Photoshop.
“Her process always ends with
her adding brightness or contrast,
color and saturation filters to her
collages as a final touch,” Stotesbery
said.
In this showcase, viewers will
encounter themes from films such
as “The Grudge” (2004, 2020) and
“Blood: The Last Vampire” (2009),
as well as Halloween and some
creepy internet myths. Conklin also
enjoys juxtaposing her work with
pictures from her personal life,
which often results in both silly and
jarring imagery.
“I want to make people scared and
happy,” Conklin said.
Although horror is her
predominant theme, there are
elements of humor in her work,
perhaps to balance out the more
grisly content.
Current real-world events play a
role in Conklin’s work too, ranging
from the COVID-19 pandemic to smaller stories she hears on the news.
One such example is a tragedy in Ohio
involving what was (supposedly)
an accidental stabbing at a haunted
house, known as the 7-Floors of Hell.
This event occurred on Sept. 18, 2021,
and is featured in several of Conklin’s
works. There is also a miniature
haunted house featured at the center
of the exhibition.
So, if you are ever feeling the itch
to see something freaky — or to laugh
a little — feel free to swing by your
campus gallery and support a local
artist. Entry is free. This exhibition
may feature something unlike
anything you have ever seen before,
and as all creators know, inspiration
can be hard to come by. If you have
artist’s block, or you want to see
something fresh and new, give this
exhibition a look.Hoffman Gallery showcases
“Chanel: The Last Vampire”Ghibli Fest 2021 sparks
joy, nostalgia, wonderGagged seeks autonomy, bound by bureaucracy
The on-campus drag shows draw crowds, but conflicts with administration hinder scheduling process
By CLEO LOCKHART
THROUGH A partnership with
American film distributor GKIDS,
Studio Ghibli launched the first ever
annual Ghibli Fest in 2017. The festival
gives audiences the opportunity to see
some of the studio’s most beloved films
in participating theaters on select dates
in October through December, including
favorites such as “Howl’s Moving Castle”
and “My Neighbor Totoro.”
If you grew up with Studio Ghibli
movies, or have grown to love them as
an adult, then you know that they have a
unique way of capturing emotion, nostalgia
and magic — and this year is a particularly
significant one for the studio.
“Since their founding, Studio Ghibli has
always wanted fans to see their works on the
big screen,” said GKIDS’ President David
Jesteadt on the company’s website. “We are
delighted to partner with Fathom Events to
welcome Ghibli fans back to cinemas with
four of the studio’s most enduring works
including a 20th anniversary celebration
of “Spirited Away,” one the most influential
and celebrated films of all time.”
This year also celebrates the 35th
anniversary for the film “Castle in the
Sky,”meaning that 2021 celebrates a
milestone for both films. At participating
locations, both the subtitled and the
English-dubbed versions of the films will
be shown, so viewers will be able to pick
their preference.
“So many of the scenes are just like
paintings, so you just wanna take it all in,”
Genevive Baldwin ’25 said. “I personally
love the soundtracks, so being able to sit in a
theater and hear it all around you is so cool.”
Baldwin first discovered films from
the studio at a young age.“When I was a kid, my mom would
take me to the library to rent movies,
and one day she. was like ‘I think we
should try watching one of these’ — she
had never seen one — and we both just
became kind of obsessed with them,”
Baldwin said. “I watched so many of them
when I was younger, and in quarantine I
watched every single one in order.”
Baldwin has attended the event
several times in the past, and notes that
the audience seemed to span across ages.
“I think a great kids movie is one that
works for both kids and adults,” Baldwin
said. “Because a big part of it is talking about
important issues, like environmental justice
… if you’re watching it as an adult you can
see those messages, and there’s a different
kind of impact to that. I think it works for
both, which is what makes them so good.”
Sentimental ties to the movies are a
common theme among Ghibli fans. Abri
Boyd ’23 first saw “My Neighbor Totoro”
while staying with a host family in Japan in
2018, and said that the experience brought
her even closer to her host siblings.
“When they learned I’d never seen it,
they freaked out,” Boyd said. “So we all
sat down and watched it, and the entire
time they were holding hands, it was so
cute. The next day, my host mom bought
a Totoro plushie and gave it to me right
before I got on my flight home. She even
sprayed it with her perfume so it would
smell like her. They were the most lovely
family, and that secured my Ghibli love.”
Show dates for “Spirited Away,” “Howl’s
Moving Castle” and “Castle in the Sky” have
already passed, but do not worry — you can
still catch “My Neighbor Totoro” in theaters
on Dec. 5, 6 or 9 by checking out the official
Ghibli Fest website or Regal Entertainment
locations in the Portland area.
AIDAN D’ANNA/THE PIONEER LOG
Chanel’s merch hangs in front of her work.PHOTO COURTESY OF NADAV BEN-DAVID
At the end of the Halloween show, Gagged performers return for a curtain call with signs stating their drag names and payment info.
ZACH REINKER/THE PIONEER LOG
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021
SPORTS 10
By HENRY GOODIER
AFTER HIS TIME playing
basketball for Lewis & Clark came
to an end, Zeke Crawford ’20 is
continuing his career overseas. This fall,
Crawford began playing professionally
in the Switzerland National League
Basketball for the Goldcoast Wallabies.
Crawford is from San Francisco
where basketball was a major aspect
of his life growing up. Following in
the footsteps of his father and sisters,
Crawford has been playing basketball
for as long as he can remember. He
played for his school teams and jumped
at the opportunity to play in the Amateur
Athletic Union (AAU) where basketball
was offered year-round.
During his career at LC, Crawford
played in a total of 92 games averaging
10.9 points per game, 1.4 blocks per
game and 7.0 rebounds per game for
the Pioneers. Crawford was also one of
few Pios to break the 1,000 career points
threshold. He also broke LC’s record for
most blocks at 131, and his senior year he
was 15th in the nation for blocks with 59
total, shattering the previous LC record.
Crawford decided to attend LC due
to the atmosphere the city had to offer.
According to Crawford, there was a
similarity between Portland and San
Francisco that made him feel at home.
However, there was a nature aspect to
Portland that he had yet to experience,
but hoped to explore during his time at
the college.
Despite graduating LC, Crawford has
stayed in touch with many of the players
on the team, as well as Head Men’s
Basketball Coach Tim McCrory.
“During my time between beginning
to play overseas and (graduating from)
Lewis & Clark, I was working closely
with Coach Tim,” Crawford said. “He
was still putting me through workouts,
still giving me tidbits of advice on what
to expect, what to do and how to prepare.
(I am) definitely still staying in contact
with the guys as well, (and) giving them
any advice they ask for, and words of
encouragement. Whenever the guys are
playing, I always tune into the games.”
With the COVID-19 pandemic
abruptly cutting his senior year short
in 2020, Crawford was unsure of the
next steps after college. Many of the
opportunities to play overseas were
unavailable due to travel restrictions.
However, Crawford continuously
trained and sent out highlight films to
different coaches. He then received a
reply from an agency in Switzerland, the
Goldcoast Wallabies.
“A lot of the opportunities that
would have been available coming out
of graduation were just completely gone,
so within that time I had to continue
to train, continue to stay ready in case any opportunity did come,” Crawford
said. “A couple of my friends helped
me send out a bunch of highlight film,
an agency (then) came back to me with
an opportunity in Switzerland, and said
‘how fast can you get to Switzerland?’”
Crawford’s perspective on playing
basketball after college shifted during
his time at LC, when he realized that
there were several ways to nourish his
passion for basketball, and that there
were a number of opportunities outside
of the United States that would allow
him to do so.
“I realized that there was a different
world of basketball, that the NBA isn’t
the end-all be-all,” Crawford said. “As
I got to college, the dream shifted for
me (when I) realized playing basketball
overseas was a real opportunity where
I could kill two birds with one stone:
play the sport that I love and travel the
world.”
Since moving in the middle of
October, Crawford has had a smooth
transition to life in Switzerland.
His roommates, all of which are his
teammates, have helped him adjust
to the new transportation style, get a
sense of the area and confront language
barriers. Crawford viewed these culture
shocks as new challenges and ways to
grow.
While many differences exist in the
day-to-day life in Switzerland compared
to Oregon, there are also differences
within the style of basketball.
“The biggest difference is just the
physicality,” Crawford said. “It’s not
the same type of fouls, not the same
type of boxing out, the physicality is
just on a higher level. Adjusting to that
was something that was a little bit of a
shocker to my initial game. Now that I
am kind of settled a little bit, I am getting
used to it.”
Crawford seems to be quickly
adjusting to the style of play overseas.
Starting at center, he is averaging 19.5
points per game, which is fourth in the
league, and 12.8 rebounds per game
which is second in the league. Crawford
is also averaging 2.8 blocks per game.
Looking back at his time at
LC, Crawford was grateful for the
contributions the college has given him.
“I owe everything to LC, especially
when it comes to basketball,” Crawford
said. “I text Coach Tim now to tell him
that the drills that we did are seamlessly
translating over to what I do and what
I see in the games. (I have taken) the
leadership, the work ethic and the
communication aspect from LC and
applied them here.”
Crawford is officially a Pio in the
“pros” and has a bright future in his
career overseas. His regular season with
the Wallabies will continue until March
26, 2022. By GABRIEL
MANTIONE-HOLMES
THERE IS one free treatment for
stress that everyone should be
using this finals season: nature.
It may seem counterintuitive to take a
break with so much on your plate, but
studies show that excursions in nature
are effective in lowering stress levels.
This stress relief may ultimately make
you more productive in the long run
and enhance your sense of well-being.
According to a study published
in Frontiers in Psychology, a nature
experience lasting between 20 to 30
minutes is the most effective way to
lower salivary cortisol and alpha-
amylase, two biomarkers of stress.
Cortisol response was not affected
by the activity type. You can receive
the benefits of the nature-centered
experiences whether you are walking,
running or sitting.
According to the National Parks
Service, activity in nature, whether
leisurely or intense, can improve
long and short-term memory and
cognitive control. They also say that
a five-minute walk in green space
can improve mood and promote
relaxation. When it comes to getting
the most out of your time, whether
you are about to embark on a study
marathon or crank out multiple pages
of an essay, try to immerse yourself
in some of the green spaces that
surround campus first.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Erik Nilsen teaches an advanced
cognition class that has a section
which focuses on the cognitive
benefits of walking in nature.
“There is all sorts of research and
evidence about the benefits of being
in nature well beyond psychology,
but my areas of expertise focus
on the cognitive and emotional
benefits of being in nature,” Nilsen
said. “There is a theory in cognitive
psychology called ‘ART’ which stands
for Attention Restoration Theory that
suggests walking in a natural setting
can increase and recharge your attentional abilities by having this
relaxed sense of awareness.”
Along with teaching students
about the benefits of nature, Nilsen
also is a practitioner of ART. He
goes on a three mile walk to campus
every day that takes him through
Marshall Park or Tryon Creek State
Natural Area. To demonstrate the
long ranging benefits of nature,
Nilsen mentioned a study that found
hospital patients with rooms that
overlook green areas recover quicker
and require less pain medication than
those with rooms who overlook urban
environments.
When it is cold and raining as it
often is in Portland, getting outdoors
can feel like a drag. For some
students, accessibility poses an issue
when immersing yourself in nature. “On your computer if you just
have your background be natural or
your screensaver be natural scenes,
that has benefits,” Nilsen said. “I
personally recommend going to
Tryon and walking, but if you can’t,
have your screensaver as a natural
setting—it has statistically significant
benefits to your well-being.”
Apart from screensavers, a study
published by the International
Journal of Environmental Research
and Public Health found that videos
of nature can improve the mental
and social well-being of the general
population. Whether you decide to
take a stroll through one of the many
natural areas around campus or
watch a video of nature, take some
time this finals season to keep your
stress down and your mood up.During finals season, students
can benefit from time outdoorsLC athlete becomes
Swiss phenomenon
Men of Color Collective provides
a sense of community for athletes
By KAMRYN FORD
THE MEN OF Color Collective
has officially kicked off their
series of events for the year
with “The Locker Room,” a panel
that was hosted on Nov. 21. Billie
Sheikh ’24, a member of this year’s
leadership team, hosted over 20
students and provided them with the
opportunity to speak to two alumni
and coaches from the Lewis & Clark
community, Assistant Football Coach
Forest Sherman and Assistant Men’s
Basketball Coach Randall Jackson
from the men’s basketball team.
“The whole concept is to bring men
of color (who are) student-athletes
together to have a community ... and
cope with the environment, (while) at
the same time building a collective of
men,” Sheikh said. “We can provide
mentorships and still have fun.”
The Men of Color Collective began
last year under Daelon Floyd ’21, who
formed the group with the hopes of
bringing men of color on campus
together to not only bond over shared
experiences, but to build a unified
voice in a largely white community.
Sheikh hopes to continue in this
vein while also widening the group’s
exposure to more activities around
campus.
“We don’t see a lot of men of color
(who are) student-athletes involved
in the school community outside of
sports, so I want to push the agenda
of let’s get involved more,” Sheikh
said.
Sheikh has great hopes for
the Collective going forward. He currently plans on organizing more
activities catered to mental health,
due to his strong belief that the
mental health of male athletes, in
general, is often ignored. According
to Sheikh, male athletes need outlets
to become more in-tune with their
mental health in order to perform
at a higher level both on and off the
field.
“I held one meditation and yoga
session for The Locker Room and
I plan on continuing that and just
focusing on our minds being able to
(process) the things that go through
our heads every day,” Sheikh said.
Sheikh also hopes to expand the
Collective through collaborations
with various other organizations
on campus. He believes that it is
important for the Collective to not only grow their own presence, but to
also become an integral and active
participant in the LC community. His
work with the Office of Inclusion and
Multicultural Engagement (IME)
thus far has given him a positive
outlook on the Collective’s future on
campus.
“I was a lot more surprised with
the support I was getting,” Sheikh
said. “I have been working under
IME, and (they) have been a lot of
help, especially Joanne (Zhang), who
has been working through the whole
process with me.”
To learn more about future
events and The Men of Color
Collective, email questions to
Sheikh at billiesheikh@lclark.edu
and follow them on Instagram @
menofcolorcollective.
FAITH GALLEGOS/THE PIONEER LOG
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOGPHOTO COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARKE
In the final 12 seconds of his collegiate career Crawford surpasses 1,000 career points.By FIONA SCHRADER
INCORPORATING exercise into
one’s day can be difficult — the
variables of time, energy and
motivation often line up to prevent
that yoga class, run or weightlifting
regimen from happening. For people
with disabilities, the usual obstacles are
compounded by challenges such as lack
of physical accommodations or sensory
processing issues. Despite this, the
powerful benefits of exercise remain.
So how do you increase accessibility for
those with disabilities?
Ryan Lockard ’07 has set out
to “provide access to fitness for an
underserved population,” including
but not limited to those with autism,
cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and
Parkinson’s. In 2012, he founded
Specialty Athletic Training, a personal
training business specifically for those
with both physical and cognitive
disabilities. Lockard is a former Lewis &
Clark football player and football coach.
During his final year at the college, he
took a job working with Ben, a 13-year-
old boy diagnosed with autism, a job
that would eventually become the topic
of an independent study project.
Lockard recalls seeing Ben run in
his physical education class. While
the majority of the class ran four laps,
Ben was told to run two, despite being
at a comparable fitness level to the
others. The teacher explained that
Ben would grow frustrated after those
two laps, and it was easier to set lower
expectations for him. After speaking with Ben, Lockard learned that it was
not due to the fact Ben was physically
incapable of completing the task.
“He didn’t like to run because
he didn’t like to sweat … that’s
understandable, not everyone likes to
sweat … So we talked to him about it
and explained why your body sweats,”
Lockard said.
Ben became increasingly more
comfortable while running. It was
experiences like these that led Lockard
to becoming interested in working with
children and adults with disabilities.
During an interview after graduation,
Lockard was asked where he saw
himself in five years.
“I had told them about my
experience working with Ben, and said,
‘I have this idea for fitness,’” Lockard
said. “‘I don’t see anyone else doing it,
and no one else has scaled it the way I
think it should be scaled to.’ And they
said, ‘That’s awesome, let us know how
we can help.’”
In June of 2012, Lockard founded
Specialty Athletic Training. Today,
clients train in Vancouver, Wash. and
Bend, Ore., as well as in Portland.
Lockard spoke on how their training
has helped people gain independence
and enjoy new activities, everything
from competitive sports to family walks
to getting on school buses without
assistance.
“They come see us, and they work
out — our clients are no different from
anyone else, right? You put in the work;
you see results,” Lockard said. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021
SPORTS 11
By ROSALIND MARGULIES
THE VALUE OF cardio is a hotly
debated topic in exercise-related
circles. Some bodybuilders assert that it is unnecessary to build lean
physique, while others, particularly
competitive bodybuilders, swear by
it. However, tacking on 300 pounds
of muscle is not the ultimate goal for most people, and the question stands:
What value does cardio hold for the
average person attempting to build
muscle? How does this compare to
other strength based activities? Cardio has many benefits. Regularly
engaging in cardiovascular activity can
improve heart, sleep, bone and brain
health, as well as boost metabolism and
improve endurance. Cardio also burns
more calories than weight training.
Though cardio workouts typically
burn more calories than weight
training workouts, weight training
workouts will increase your resting
metabolism, allowing you to burn
more calories during daily activity.
A study measuring effect on resting
metabolism before and after weight
training found that resting metabolism
was increased for men by about 9%
and for women about 4%. The calorie
burning benefits of weight training
also extend beyond this.
Research has shown that you burn
more calories in the hours following
a weight training session compared
to a cardio workout. There are
reports of resting metabolism staying
elevated for up to 38 hours after
weight training. No similar increase
following cardio workouts has been
reported. Though studies have shown
that weight training on its own does
not usually lead to weight loss, it does
lead to body recomposition. While
your weight may often stay the same, you will gain a higher proportion of
muscle to fat. You may also notice
that you look leaner, feel better and
have more expendable energy.
Catabolic workouts, such as long
durations of running, biking or
swimming, are those that make you
lose mass, be it fat or muscle. Anabolic
workouts, such as strength training,
are those that make you gain muscle
mass. If you are trying to build muscle
mass, you should steer away from
catabolic activity; however, this does
not mean you should swear off cardio
altogether. HIIT, or High Intensity
Interval Training, is a catabolic form
of cardio. By combining short periods
of hard activity with short periods of
rest, you can preserve your muscle
mass while still reaping the benefits
of cardio.
For most people, a combination of
cardio and weight training will be the
most effective at helping you look and
feel your best. However, at the end
of the day, you should center in your
routine whatever exercises you like
to do the most. You will have more
success sticking to a workout routine
and progressing in your fitness if you
practice movement in a way you can
consistently enjoy.Lift hard, run fast: Which exercise is better
Alum strives to make
fitness more accessibleCardio and strength training are put to the test in a caloric cost-benefit analysis to boost metabolism
The LC weight room, located on the ground floor of Pamplin, is well stocked.
Karli Mukai ’24 dribbles the ball as the Pioneers face off in a game against the Walla Walla Wolves at Pamplin Sports Center. COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARKStrong leadership key to team’s
cohesion in women’s basketball
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOG
THE PIONEER LOG ARCHIVESBy AIDAN D’ANNA
AFTER 623 DAYS of atypical
practices and conditioning due
to the COVID-19 pandemic,
Lewis & Clark’s women’s basketball
began their 2021-22 season on Nov.
6. The Pios are seven games into their
season and have a record of 3-4.
Along with adjusting to being
back on the court, the team is also
undergoing some staffing changes.
Former Head Coach Kristina Williams
stepped down from the position she
held for three seasons in March 2021
in order to pursue other professional
interests, and Ann Dorris was hired as
the new head coach in June.
Dorris played basketball in college
at Hardin-Simmons University
in Texas, before transferring to
University of Lynchburg in Virginia.
She then stayed on at Lynchburg as
an assistant coach, before moving to
upstate New York to coach at Hobart
and William Smith Colleges where she
was the primary assistant coach for
four years.
Though she is a new face on
campus, Dorris feels that the team has
welcomed her with open arms.
“I think embraced is a great
word for it,” Dorris said. “It’s been
everything I could ask for as a head
coach, especially for my first year with
the team, they’ve just been so open
to change, so open to my coaching,
open to having a relationship, open to
working together and working hard.” While most teams have captains,
Dorris prefers the term “leadership
group” because it is less hierarchical.
Shooting guard Peyton Romo ’22
and center Coco Shafer ’22 are two
members of this five-person group
that also includes Delsie Johnson
’22, Laurel Marchant ’22, and Gabby
Beltran ’23. It is important to the
leadership group that all members of
the team consider themselves leaders.
“While we are in the leadership
group, everyone else on the team
really are leaders as well,” Shafer said.
“That’s been a huge emphasis, making
the younger girls feel as if they still
have a voice, especially because a lot of
us are leaving next year.”
One of the first things the team
has been doing since Doris’ arrival is
deciding what their team values would
be.
“Together we’re kind of asking who
are we and who we want to be,” Dorris
said. “So far we’ve chosen family, trust,
legacy (as our main values), and I’m
pretty sure they chose sportsmanship
for their fourth one. So I think that
is very indicative of this culture, who
they are and what they value.”
The leadership group also values
passing on their culture to the
underclassmen who are new to the
team and college itself.
“I think we’re right where we
need to be,” Romo said. “Figuring out
our offensive flow, figuring out our
defensive flow, what works best for
our team, and just our culture of being really united and very family-oriented.
That has been our key and I feel like the
sophomores and the underclassmen
really understand the emphasis of that
before basketball.”
Developing the team’s culture has
been the toughest but most rewarding
part of their journey, according to
Dorris. Because the team had taken so
much time off, when the season started
this particular group of players had
never played a game together before.
For the seniors, they had not played a
game since their sophomore year. The
juniors had only played a college game
as freshmen.
“I think the biggest thing we’re
working on right now is finding our
identity as a team,” Dorris said.
“Learning how to work together
offensively, learning how to work
together defensively, I think that’s a big
piece, especially in these first couple
months where they haven’t played a
game in two years. This team has never
played together, and so right now it’s
just a lot of learning each other.”
As their senior season continues,
Shafer and Romo are excited to be
back on the court playing with their
best friends.
“I’m just really trying to remember
why I play,” Romo said. “Really soak
up all the moments that I have with the
seniors and living in Portland one last
year and just getting some wins.”
On Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. the Pios face
Pacific Lutheran at home for the first
time since Feb. 22, 2020.By CLEO LOCKHART
IN RECEN T WEEKS, there has been
a lot of discussion on Lewis & Clark’s
campus regarding future plans for
Templeton Campus Center. The building
serves as a significant hub of student
life, housing two dining locations as
well as many student-run organizations.
As a result, the student body has many
questions — for instance, what will the
remodeled building look like? How will it
affect daily routines? And, of course, there
is the big question on everyone’s mind:
Will it be able to house the Minotaur?
For those unfamiliar, it has been
an eventful week on Palatine Hill. Last
Tuesday, an inspiring collaboration
between the classics and biology
departments yielded a resurrected
incarnation of none other than the
fearsome beast of legend, part man, part
bull, who promptly began to ravage the
undergraduate campus.
“We created him in a tube,” Lucas
Kramer ’22 said. “He was grown from a
tuft preserved in the Watzek Archives,
and we already fear what we have created.
Hopefully, the new building will be able to
imprison him in his gruesome power.”
Kramer speaks in reference to the
Templeton remodel, which has been hastened as a result of these troubling
events. After being captured by Campus
Safety and an entourage of student
athletes, the Minotaur was placed in
the heart of Templeton, where it now
resides until further notice, restrained
with bungee cords and fed via a system of
chutes from Fields Dining Hall.
“We don’t have the resources to bring
him seven men and seven maidens every
nine years like they did in the old days,”
Mavis Roberts, an employee working in
food service, said. “So we’ve been giving
the guy leftover Bon chicken. We dread
the day he breaks free of his bonds and
clambers up the chute to destroy us, but
hey, every job has its pros and cons.”
In terms of the changes the building
itself will undergo, plans include a
complex system of secret passageways,
dead ends and long, unyielding hallways
with naught but a single flickering bulb
to light them. The building is also set to
be renamed to the Templeton Campus
Centaur in accordance with its refreshed
mythological theme. Despite these
modifications, students can rest assured
that the building will still feel like home.
“I was worried it wouldn’t feel like
the good old campus center I know
anymore,” Theo Seaus ’23 said. “But
last Tuesday, when I was looking for the College Outdoors office, I somehow
ended up facing a hideous creature with
the body of a lion, the head and breast
of a woman, and eagle's wings upon
her back. She asked me something
about a guy who walks on four feet in
the morning, two at noon, and three
in the evening. I said, what? Then she
asked me for my mailbox code, which I
obviously don’t know.”
Seaus said that he was only able to
escape thanks to the convenient ball
of thread he keeps on him at all times,
which was tied to the entrance. “Just
regular Templeton stuff. If anything,
the furious bellowing of the bull
creature in the distance just added to
the ambiance.”
In light of the Minotaur’s presence,
students have begun petitioning to make
the creature the school’s new mascot,
even putting forward a proposition
to change the slogan to ‘Roll Minos!’
However, the idea was vetoed due to the
Minotaur’s outrage at the unintentional
reference to the very Cretian king who
originally imprisoned him.
“You know, we’re all learning,”
Seaus said. “It just goes to show that
change isn’t always something to be
afraid of. In the end, I think we’ll all be
the better for it.”12FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021
The Backdoor is a work of humor and fiction
Templeton remodel to add labyrinth, minotaur
The improved student center will provide living accommodations for LC’s newest half-man, half-bull resident
In battle of century, students
confront cruel onslaught of time
By ROSALIE ZUCKERMANN
WITH WINTER break right
around the corner, students
look forward to the journey of
heading home and reuniting with their
families. However, what seems to be an
uplifting time heralds darker notes. Let
us take a sneak peek into the future:
Honorary Portlanders blink their eyes as
they step off of planes into the familiar
but forgotten California sun, while the
other 2% who are not from the Bay Area
are greeted by a blizzard back in the
Midwest.
Back at home, sitting around the
dinner table, well-meaning relatives will
peer at you and exclaim eagerly, “Why
by golly! You’ve gotten so tall. Now, what
grade are you in? Seventh? Eighth?”
You will reply, aghast, “Grandpa,
I’m in college now.” They will laugh
it off, but your heart will be sinking at
the reminder that you are far older than
they assume, and the innocent, albeit
awkward, days of middle school are
forever in the rearview.
Snap back to the present where the
age panic is already setting in. College
is synonymous with youth, yet it is
also a transition to adulthood. We are
acquiring crucial skills, like how to
microwave popcorn without setting off the fire alarm — well, some Copeland
residents are still getting the hang of
that. However, as we mature, classic
doubts creep in: what if I turn into my
parents? Or worse yet, every Lewis &
Clark student’s greatest fear, what if I
conform to capitalist society?
In a school that was ranked number
one for highest percentage of students
with dyed hair (barely nudging Reed out
of first place), students sporting colorful
styles are shocked when their roots
grow in. And as natural hair color starts
peeking through, they might find every
zillennial’s greatest fear: a gray hair.
I recently was speaking with a
member of the class of 2023 who had
become alarmed after spotting a few of
these dreaded strands.
“I’ve only just hit drinking age and
I’m already becoming an old man,” the
junior said. “It might be vodka for now,
but it won’t be long before I’m taking
shots of prune juice.”
However, it is critical to understand
that this is not only a panic about
growing older, but also one about having
wasted what precious time we have. It is
common knowledge that if you have not
started your own nonprofit, published a
novel or two, backpacked across Europe
and invented a cure for at least one life
threatening illness by the time you reach your sophomore year, you might as well
drop out.
While we might not seem old to
boomers, when sixteen year olds are
winning the Olympics and all we have
done is, at best, hit 100k likes on TikTok,
the envy can set in.
Due to COVID-19, there are more
students than ever who have taken gap
years. Being a year older than their
peers, they feel this struggle even more.
I am only eighteen and already I feel
the undeniable urge bubbling up to call
nowadays tweens “whippersnappers.”
Luckily for us, the Career Center is
expanding its repertoire of resources.
In addition to assistance with jobs,
internships and grad schools, they now
provide retirement planning. Fields
Dining Hall student workers are now
beginning to put their earnings into
401K’s, and some members of the
current graduating class are looking
into concurrent enrollment in Yale
University and Sunny Acres Assisted
Living.
So, when you go home for the break
and feel panicked by your relatives’
assumptions of age, fear not. There are
not only plenty of resources to guide you
through these changes, but also plenty
of fluorescent dye to cover up those gray
hairs.Inspiring: white guy
still wearing shorts
By ISABELLE ATHA
AS NOVEMBER draws to a close,
the weather is getting colder
-and colder. Many students
bustle around campus bundled up in
heavy jackets, hats, gloves and long
pants. However, one man strives to set
himself apart from the rest. Eddie
Bauer ’24 in particular has been
spotted on campus wearing knee-length
khaki shorts and a polo shirt.
“Yeah, I don’t get why everyone else
is so cold,” Bauer said. “It’s not even that
bad. I can hardly feel it.”
LC students have come out of dorm
room hibernation in droves to show
their support for Bauer, displaying
signs bearing messages such as “You
can do this!,” “You’re cooler than a Bon
sausage!” and “Have my babies Eddie!”
While most of us normal people
get really cold at this point in the year,
Bauer, seems to be much less affected
by the frigid weather than anyone
else. When asked about this curious
phenomenon, Bauer only responded
with “I guess I’m just built different.”
Indeed he is. Not many of us could
do what he does on a daily basis. His
most harrowing feat yet is set to happen
on Dec. 7. Temperatures are supposed
to dip below freezing, and Bauer has
prepared a new and exciting outfit to
brave the cold: a dashing, navy collared shirt with the season’s latest off-white
cargo shorts.
It has been a long time since we
have all had someone to unite behind.
People are calling Bauer “the second
coming” and "a modern Jesus."
“I don’t know how he does it,”
Alexis Williams ’25 said. “God, I
can only hope to be that strong and
handsome one day.”
Bauer truly embodies the values
of this renowned institution. A
scholarship in his name is in the
works, and it will be awarded to the
future Chads who follow the trail that
Bauer has blazed for all of us.
During these bleak fall and
winter months when the sun shows
its face for only a few minutes,
we may find ourselves becoming
depressed and hopeless. To brighten
our day, we can all look to Bauer
for inspiration. Some may say that
he is just a white man giving the
bare minimum and that there are
so many other important things to
focus on. However, I say that this is
the most important and influential
story of our young lives. Bauer's
tale of unrelenting perseverance in
the face of the cruel and oppressive
forces of nature is a stark reminder
for how we must carry on against all
that life throws at us, and come out
triumphant in the end.
ZACH REINKER/THE PIONEER LOG
SOFIA REEVES/THE PIONEER LOG
AMELIA MADARANG/THE PIONEER LOG