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Volume 98, No. 5

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2022-04-15

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By AUBREY ROCHÉ
ON APRIL 20, Monica Lewinsky
’95 will visit Lewis & Clark for
several events hosted by the
Feminist Student Union (FSU). The
main event is titled “An Evening With
Monica Lewinsky: Social Activism,
the Price of Shame, and Resilience.”
This will be the first time Lewinsky
has returned to LC’s campus since
she graduated.
The first event is a 45-minute
private conversation with around 30
LC students, who are either student
leaders or FSU members, followed by
an hour-long reception with trustees
and sponsors. The public talk will
be held in Pamplin Sports Center at
7 p.m. This will include a 30-minute
talk and a 30-minute Q&A, including
both pre-approved and audience
questions. The event in Pamplin will
not be livestreamed or recorded.
In order to avoid crowding, the
talk is ticketed. Tickets are free and
have been released in waves, the
first being available for LC students,
faculty and staff to claim on March
30. Subsequent waves of tickets
were released on April 6 and April
13, and were available to the larger
community. A final wave of tickets
will be released at 8 a.m. on April
19. Additional tickets will not be
available at the door.
FSU’s leadership team was
motivated to host this event primarily
because Lewinsky is a famous alumnus,
but also due to her involvement with
feminist organizations.“We wanted to hear about her
experience, living on campus, what
classes she enjoyed, favorite study
spots,” Isabella Boughalem ’22, an FSU
leader, said via email. “These are just
the classic questions any college would
ask an alumnus in hopes of finding
intriguing similarities and differences
comparing college life thirty years ago
to now. Additionally, throughout her
life, Ms. Lewinksy has dealt with various
feminist organizations that have both shamed and supported her journey. We
wanted to show our solidarity with her
as a feminist icon.”
Bringing Lewinsky to campus had
been an idea of the union’s since before
COVID-19, and when the pandemic
began they were not sure if they
would be able to make it happen. At
a certain point, it did not seem like a
feasible possibility.
However, in July 2021, Boughalem
reached out to Lewinsky’s media team to see if she would be interested in
visiting LC.
“I didn’t tell anyone at the time
because I didn’t think her people
would respond, so it felt pointless to
get the FSU leadership team’s hopes
up,” Boughalem said. “It wasn’t until
a few weeks later, when I received an
enthusiastic reply, that I let myself get
excited. I wasn’t entirely sure what her
experience was like at LC, so I didn’t
know if she had the desire to come back to campus. Those fears were quickly
squashed when her team indicated that
she has always wanted to return because
she thoroughly enjoyed her undergrad.”
Boughalem then brought on the
help of FSU’s faculty advisor, Associate
Professor with Term of Humanities
Kimberly Brodkin, who drew on her
experience contacting speakers for
symposia, and had previously worked
with Lewinsky’s agent when bringing
other guests to campus.
“Her recent work around shame
and anti-bullying has attracted a lot of
interest,” Brodkin said via email. “I think
the #MeToo movement led many people
to think in new ways about Lewinsky’s
experiences and the way she was treated
by the media and general public.”
Brodkin is glad that the LC
community has responded well to
the event, and looks forward to the
opportunities students will have in
engaging in intimate conversation and
hearing Lewinsky’s perspective on social
activism and resilience.
Boughalem echoed a similar sentiment
about the community’s response.
“It was great news that Ms.
Lewinksy has enjoyed her time here,
but another point of tension that I
wasn’t entirely sure about was how
LC felt about her,” Boughalem said.
“(Brodkin) shared that in the past few
years, there had been talking about
inviting her to campus, but nothing
came of it. That made me feel worlds
better because this is an event the
school had been actively wanting as
well.”
Continued on page 3Monica Lewinsky ’95 will visit Lewis & Clark for the first time since graduating, speak on shame, resilience and social activism.Vol. 98 No. 5 FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022 www.piolog.com
FEATURES
Gay Skate
Oaks Park hosts 31st year of queer
skate event, complete with dance
music and a disco ball.
PAGE 7ARTS
“Don’t Blink”
The senior art exhibition opened on
April 8 at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman
Gallery of Contemporary Art.
PAGE 9SPORTS
Track and field
The men’s and women’s track and
field teams have had one of their most
productive seasons yet.
PAGE 10Mitchell S. Jackson to speak at
2022 commencement ceremonyReed students protest
faculty racism, inaction LC community anticipates alumnus’ return to campus for student-planned event, tickets released in waves
COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARKFSU to host Evening With Monica Lewinsky ’95
By ASMAA ZAIDAN
STUDENTS AT REED College
staged a two-day sit-in on March
30th and 31st in protest of racist
and xenophobic comments made by
Professor of Psychology Paul Currie.
In a 30-second TikTok video posted
on March 17th, Currie is seen making
comments regarding the immigration
status of employees at a Portland
McDonald’s drive-thru. With his
window rolled down, he says “... hiring
illegal immigrants” and questions the
employee’s documentation status.
Outraged students took to Reed’s
central Eliot Hall to protest. They
left graffiti on the walls, calling
for the faculty member to be fired.
They then took their demands to the
President’s Office, where they entered
and began speaking to Reed President
Audrey Bilger. There, they demanded
answers regarding both the incident
and Reed’s treatment of students of
color, in particular their concerns
surrounding faculty bias training and
the process surrounding the protocol
for student complaints. They also
criticized Bilger’s email responding to
the incident, in which she described
Currie as a “valued member of the
community.” After some time, Bilger
left as students continued to protest.According to the Reed Quest, the
students had four main demands.
First, that Currie takes accountability
for the harms by taking part in a
restorative justice conversation with
the people in the video, and others
impacted, once they agree to it. Second,
that he be removed from his position
at Reed if the demands are not met.
Third, that Reed issue a statement
condemning both Currie’s words
and past anti-immigrant sentiment.
Finally, for there to be a meeting with
administrators to ensure demands are
met and changes implemented.
Reed opened an investigation
into the matter, but declined to
give details regarding its timeline.
According to an email sent by Dean
of the Faculty Kathy Oleson on March
28th, the matter would be handled
in accordance with the procedures of
Section G or H of the Faculty Rules
of Procedures. She explained that
section G deals with consequences
not involving suspension or firing,
whereas section H addresses “fixed-
term suspension or termination of
academic tenure.”
In addition, On April 6th,
students were invited to attend a
meeting to “reflect on and share
Continued on page 3By IHSAAN MOHAMED
PULITZER PRIZE winning author
Mitchell S. Jackson has accepted
an invitation to speak at the Spring
2022 commencement. Jackson is native
to Portland and currently resides in New
York City.
Jackson was suggested as a potential
candidate by Morgan S. Odell Professor
of Humanities and Associate Professor of
English Mary Szybist. According to Dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences Bruce
Suttmeier, it is important for Lewis &
Clark to select a speaker who reflects the
values of the community.
“We bestow on all commencement
speakers an honorary doctorate, which is a
big deal, so we want to invite someone who
embodies the spirit of the liberal arts and
our mission,” Suttmeier said via email.
Prior to this year, former Associate
Dean of Student Academic Affairs John
Krussel led the search for the speaker.
Krussel previously worked with a small
group of students and conducted research
in order to find a few candidates. He
would then make recommendations to
Suttmeier. Krussel retired last summer,
and the college has modified the process
a bit.
“Early in the year, I discussed ideas
for possible speakers with Vice President
Holmes-Sullivan’s office and with the ASB president. They helped us think
about criteria (a) a speaker who students
and their families could get excited about
at this particular historical moment; (b)
a speaker whose values and ideas we
thought would match such an important
occasion,” Suttmeier said.
When Suttmeier circulated Jackson’s
name among a group of students,
faculty and staff, he received an
“overwhelmingly positive” response.
Jackson soon accepted Suttmeier’s
formal invitation to speak on May 7.
According to Suttmeier, LC does
not provide speakers with a topic or
theme to center their speech around.
It is up to the speaker to determine the
direction of their speech. Suttmeier will
hear Jackson’s speech for the first time
on May 7, just like the rest of the LC
community.
Jackson will be joined on stage
by senior class representative Shalini
Hanstad ’22, who is thrilled to share the
stage with such an influential author.
She believes it is particularly important
for Jackson, who is Black, to speak given
the school’s demographics.
“I’m very excited to share the stage
with someone who is from Portland, and
someone whose work I have read before
at Lewis & Clark in my classes,” Hanstad
said.
Continued on page 3COURTESY OF PDX MONTHLY
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OPINION
Club sports need PE credits
Club sports spend more time than
most PE classes, yet receive no PE
credits.
PAGE 4
By PHILIP STEFFEN
ON THE morning of April
8, Festival of Scholars and
Artists (FOSA) began at
Lewis & Clark, marking the annual
celebration and exhibition of work
by students.
This year, FOSA returned to an in-
person format with hybrid options,
after having an online format during
the COVID-19 pandemic. According
to Associate Professor of French and
Chair of the organizing committee
Isabelle DeMarte, this return was
highly successful.
“Attendance was great,” DeMarte
said. “Even in the morning sessions
at 9 a.m. rooms were filled.”
This year’s festival also saw the
introduction of several new aspects
and activities. These included the
close integration and cooperation
of the Student Academic Affairs
Board (SAAB), which is celebrating
its 40th anniversary. During the
festival, SAAB operated an arts and
crafts room, a raffle contest for panel
attendees, a “FOSA Feud” contest
inspired by “Family Feud” in the
afternoon and supplied volunteers to
moderate Zooms throughout the day,
who worked side by side with staff
and faculty volunteers.
“SAAB provided the ‘fest’ in
the festival by being there and
encouraging attendance from a
different perspective,” DeMarte said.
The real basis of the festival,
however, remained the student-
presented panels. This year’s panels
sought to draw connections between different areas of student research,
ranging from art preservation to
theoretical mathematics to zoology,
in an effort to demonstrate the
diverse, well rounded and liberal
arts-centered nature of LC.
“Each panel had different
divisions and different disciplines
represented,” DeMarte said. “What
this does is reflect the variety of
endeavors that students undertake
at LC.”
A similar experience of
interdisciplinary sharing was borne
out among students who attended
the panels, including Lucien Petit
’25.
“I think it’s very easy to get
stuck in your own department and
only hear ideas and research from
people doing similar things to you,”
Petit said. “But something like this,
where they put a bunch of disciplines
together in the same room is really
important for sharing knowledge.”
In between panels and student
poster sessions, students were also
able to visit a Staff Appreciation
Table, a new feature in this year’s
celebration devised by the FOSA
organizing committee to increase
inclusivity and celebrate April
as Staff Appreciation Month.
Additionally, during lunch students
could attend round tables to discuss
topics while eating.
Another new element of the
festival this year was the partnership
between FOSA and Arts @ LC, which
sought to improve the festival’s
presentation of the creative and
performing arts. This was exemplified by the introduction of an “Arts
Corner” in the alumni circle, where
poetry, live music and other creative
works were performed and read. This
replaced FOSA’s traditional practice
of presenting the arts within Evans
Hall. Many of the performances were
also snippets from the upcoming
Theatre Thesis Festival.
The Art Corner’s location,
adjacent to the “Don’t Blink” Senior
Art Exhibit in the Hoffman Gallery,
provided a central location for art
exhibitions.
“The senior art exhibit, which
typically interfaces with FOSA, is
an obvious place for the arts to be
showcased,” DeMarte said.
Besides the Art Corner, art
exhibitions also included an hour-
long two-act student video festival
on the first floor of the Miller Center
for the Humanities, which DeMarte
referred to as “The Festival’s third
wing.” The Moving Image Festival
was sponsored by the department of
rhetoric and media studies and the
Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society.
In general, this revamped
presentation of the arts was highly
successful and drew large crowds
throughout the day, with additional
help from the presence of several
food trucks, courtesy of SAAB.
Another distinct event which
comprised part of the Festival was
the Kwibuka 28 commemoration.
The event commemorated the
28th anniversary of the Rwandan
Genocide, which began on April
7, 1994. This commemoration has
a particular relevance to LC, as a number of activist LC students, most
notably Michael Graham ’05, took
particular effort to raise awareness
of the genocide, ultimately resulting
in the foundation of the Dallaire/
Graham Scholarship, which funds a
year of academic English studies for
a Rwandan student each year.
DeMarte spoke on the success of
this year’s commemoration.
“It was successful in that students
were able to attend,” DeMarte said.
“That community members were
able to Zoom in, and that members
of the Rwandan diaspora were able
to come and be part of it.”
The festival, whose events began
to wrap up around evening time, was
rounded off by a performance of LC’s Fire Arts Club, a perennial feature of
this year’s student events.
According to DeMarte, the
general success of the event was due
in no small part to the diligent work
of the organizing committee, who
began this year’s efforts unusually
early in the Fall 2021 semester, and
who plan to initiate organizing even
earlier next fall.
“We started organizing the festival
early in the fall semester, which
allowed for greater participation,”
DeMarte said. “Next year we’ll be
ready to run even as the fall semester
starts.”
Additional reporting by Amelia
Doyle.FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
NEWS 2
FOSA events were well-attended, with many turning out to be standing-room only.Festival of Scholars and Artists returns in-person
COURTESY OF NINA JOHNSON
By AUBREY ROCHÉ
Dr. KAYLEIGH McCauley-Sayer,
associa te dean of students and
executive director of The Center
for Social Change and Community
Involvement, departed Lewis & Clark
on April 6. LC hosted a farewell party
for McCauley-Sayer the same day in the
Albany Quadrangle.
Dr. McCauley-Sayer arrived at
LC in 2014 to work as the director of
student-athlete development. In 2017,
she became associate dean of students,
director of student support and Title IX
case manager for what was then Student
Support Services (now the Office of
Student Accessibility). She most recently
took on the role of inaugural executive
director of The Center for Social Change
and Community Involvement in June
2021.
McCauley-Sayer will become
Director of Member Services at Move
United, a non-profit organization based
in Rockville, Md., which is an affiliate
of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic
Committee, according to The Bark.
“L&C allowed me to develop my
skills outside of athletics but now
it’s time to get back to what I love,”
McCauley-Sayer said via email. “The
great part about my new position is that
it combines the entirety of my skill set; sport administration, accessibility and
community engagement.”
She is also looking forward to moving
back to the East Coast, after having lived
away from her family since leaving for
college when she was 17. Because she is
from Massachusetts and her wife is from
New Jersey, the move will allow them to
be closer to family and friends.
As for her work leading The Center
this year, McCauley-Sayer feels that she
has laid the path for what is to come
in the future, and is certain that The
Center’s four signature programs, L&C
Volunteers, L&C LEADS, Alternative
Break Programs and Immersion
Programs, will continue to grow.
“I’m leaving behind a talented
student staff team who will thrive in the
coming years,” McCauley-Sayer said.
“I am most excited for the L&C LEADS
program to officially launch next fall, and
to see the extension of the Alternative
Break Program as the college begins to
offer multiple throughout the year.”
A highlight for McCauley-Sayer this
year was painting the rainbow crosswalk
in October 2021.
“I will miss serving as a resource
for our LGBTQ+ students,” McCauley-
Sayer said. “I know that my visibility as a
queer person on campus was important
to many students, I didn’t take that
responsibility to serve as a role model in that way lightly. I hope that the college
continues to prioritize hiring diverse
candidates, and supporting them once
they are on campus.”
She also hopes that the crosswalk
will receive a touch-up in years to come.
Anyone interested in helping with this
effort can contact L&C Volunteers.
Katie McGuire MA ’23 is one of
this year’s graduate assistants for The
Center and is mainly involved with the
L&C Volunteers program. She praised
McCauley-Sayer’s devotion to both the
LC community and the Portland area,
saying that this made her feel more
connected to these communities as well.
McGuire explained how McCauley-Sayer
has always been personally dedicated to
student growth and has put a lot of faith
in the student leaders in The Center.
“She values leadership and autonomy
and so really, she’s allowed me to take my
position in the way that I have wanted,”
McGuire said. “I really care a lot about
mental health, and so she let me lead a
mental health month this semester on
(the) undergrad campus … Her kind of
mentality in The Center was ‘we’ll make
dreams come true. What do you want to
do? What do you feel passionate about?
Let’s get you involved in it and see how
The Center could do that for you.’”
She also admires McCauley-Sayer’s
interest in the future development in The
Center, and her willingness to step away
even as the office is growing and thriving.
“It’s really cool to see a leader on
campus that knows when it’s time for her
to go do her next thing,” McGuire said.
“(It) is something that matters a lot.”
McGuire mentioned the importance
of having a queer mentor on campus. She
hopes that as LC looks to fill McCauley-
Sayer’s vacant position, they will look for
someone with a deep commitment to
diversity on campus who can get the LC
community to “think differently and act
differently.”
McCauley-Sayer also expressed her
hopes for the new director of The Center.
“The new Director may have some
new ideas of their own too, and as the
inaugural Executive Director it will be
fun to watch from afar as they make
it their own, while honoring the L&C
traditions that we have preserved and
created in the last year,” McCauley-
Sayer said.Director Kayleigh McCauley-Sayer
leaves Center for Social Change
By AMELIA DOYLE
LEWIS & CLARK’S first
Transformative Justice
Symposium (TJS) took place on
campus from April 4-7. The inaugural
symposium focused on the theme of
“Planting the Seeds of Transformative
Justice.” Through the symposium,
the coordinators forced on practices
and current dialogues through two
keynote speakers, a panel of different
Lewis & Clark community members, a
gardening event and an art event.
The co-coordinators of the
symposium and co-leaders of the Prison
Abolition Club, Coral Barrett ’22, and
Emi Olson ’22 felt that the first event on
April 4 was a perfect way to kick off the
Transformative Justice Symposium.
It served as an introduction into what
transformative justice is and what it
means.
“Transformative justice and justice
in general can’t really happen if you
don’t have a set of community and
community guidelines.” Barrett said.
Cory Lira, interim director of
Women’s Resource Center at Portland
State University, and an international
lecturer on prison industrial abolition,
was the keynote speaker. They spoke
on how it takes time to understand
just how infiltrated people are in the
carceral system and carceral mindset.
At the event, Lira gave
recommendations of books that Olson
and Barrett hope to donate to a set of
Transformative Justice books which
they hope the Aubrey R. Watzek Library
will host in the future.
The Prison Abolition Club also
partnered with the Native Student Union and the Garden Club on
campus. The event took place on April
5th in the community garden space
outside Forest Hall. During the event,
participants made seed bombs to
donate to the Equitable Giving Circle
and talked about the Indigenous roots
of transformative justice and food
sovereignty.
On April 6, TJS hosted a
Conversation with Lisa Larson from
Dignity Village and keynote speaker
Melissa Buis Michaux, Professor of
Politics, Law, Policy and Ethics, and
Director of the Transformative Justice
Initiative at Willamette University.
Michaux runs a program that has
both incarcerated students and non-
incarcerated students at Willamette
University.
“They have a transformative justice
mission (at) Willamette that we would
love to know more about and maybe
like to model after,” Olson said.
To begin wrapping up the
symposium, students brought art
materials and created what they think
the ideas of community and justice
look like and discussed the role of art in
transformative justice.
Finally, on April 7, the first TJS
finished with a Transformative Justice
Panel, featuring Associate Professor of
History Reiko Hillyer, Mateo Telles ’22,
Caroline Arnis ’23 from the Feminist
Student Union and graduate student
Eden Baron.
“A big piece of transformative
justice is like not just related to the
harm, but supporting the community
so that it prevents harm and so that we
can address it together when harm does
occur,” Olson said.
Campus activities included film screenings, art preservation, theoretical mathematics, staff appreciation
Dr. Kayleigh McCauley-Sayer left the college on April 6 after an eight-year career.COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARK
Students craft in an activity related to the plant theme of the justice symposium.LEO BERNSTEIN NEWMAN/THE LOGNew symposium focuses
on transformative justice
By VENUS EDLIN
ON FEB. 25, former U.S.
Ambassador to North Korea
Joseph Yun visited Lewis &
Clark as part of the second annual
Ambassador Edward J. Perkins
Distinguished Speaker Series. The
program was established by LC’s
current Diplomat in Residence, Niels
Marquardt ’75, in July of 2020.
Madeline Gallagher ’22 and
Madison Thomas ’22 co-chaired
this year’s International Affairs
Symposium (IAS), “The Blame
Game: Reimagining Fault and
Responsibility on the Global Stage.”
The student-run symposium, which
was celebrating its 60th anniversary,
ran from April 4 to 6.
This is the first in-person IA
symposium since 2019 due to the
coronavirus. According to the co-
chairs and faculty organizer Bob
Mandel, Marc Messina chair and
professor of IA, the pandemic was
still a challenge, but they were excited
to return in person. Because of the
format of the event, which features
a series of five debates between two
speakers each, organizers did not
offer a virtual option for attendance.
“It’s been very sad because two
years ago, the students had hoped
… that it would be an in-person
symposium and then a week before,
the whole thing was canceled,”
Mandel said. “They had worked
for a whole academic year and
gotten nothing. Last year we put
on a zoom version, but unlike with
other symposia, Zoom is absolutely
terrible for our event. We focus on
head-to-head confrontation in each
session between two people with
diametrically opposed views and
we have a moderator who tries to
expand that even further.”
The absence of an in-person IA
symposium for the past few years has had multiple ramifications for the
group. According to Thomas, of the 13
students on the steering committee,
only five had attended any in-person
symposium before. Though both
co-chairs have been involved in IA
symposiums before, they too felt an
absence of experience.
“We both had been part of
steering committees, but we’ve never
seen a full (in-person) symposium
through,” Thomas said. “So I know
for me, that was a big motivating
factor. I knew that this year there
was a good chance that that would
be possible and so I wanted to be a
part of that again.”
Additionally, the co-chairs
said the lack of awareness of the
symposium was even more prevalent
among the student body at large.
“Then I think our biggest
challenge, at least in my opinion,
was just how do you conduct a PR
campaign for your event when over
half of the students on campus have
never seen your event?” Thomas
said. “I think awareness was really
low, so we just had to work extra
hard to combat that.”
Because of this, they felt that
the theme and branding for this
year’s IA symposium was especially
important. The co-chairs criticized
some of the previous themes for
being too broad, or not framing the
event, which was something they
wanted to avoid.
“The blame game, it’s fun and
pizzazz-y, but it also definitely
means something in international
affairs,” Gallagher said. “… We want
to bring in controversy, and that’s
not just through the opposing sides,
but in our topics as well.”
Mandel agreed that many of the
previous themes were lackluster
because they had attempted to
bridge too many concepts together.
“The Blame Game,” however, was much more compelling for Mandel.
“I loved the emotional component
to it,” Mandel said. “I love the fact
that it relates so much to what’s
going on in the world today, that
people are pointing their fingers
at someone else to blame for their
problems. I think the proof that it
worked out really well is that most
of the speakers on their own, with no
prompting from us, mentioned the
blame issue in their talks.”
The first debate focused on the
question, “Is the destruction of
property and infrastructure in the
name of environmental protection
effective?” Environmental activists
Rod Coronado and Paul Watson
debated this question. According
to Thomas, the first idea that
came to mind with blame and the
environment was climate change.
However, organizers felt the topic
was often discussed, and they
wanted to focus on an issue with less
attention.
Afterwards, the second debate
“The Sins of the Ancestors” asked
about reckoning with colonialism, as
well as if reparations are a necessary
step in moving forward. University
of San Diego Professor Roy Brooks,
who was in favor of reparations, and
political commentator Armstrong
Williams, who was against, debated
this topic.
Given Lewis & Clark’s name and
its status as a predominantly white
institution, co-organizers felt it was
significant to bring this debate to
campus.
“I think that it was really
important for us to have that on
this campus,” Gallagher said. “We
certainly were not going to have this
debate happen between people who
weren’t two Black people. That’s
what made it important, was actually
seeing people who would be affected
by these reparations and what they actually have to say about it, because
it was personal.”
The third debate “Neutrality:
Needless or Necessary?”
questioned, “Is a commitment to
neutrality necessary in order for
humanitarian aid organizations to
be effective?” This debate featured
two international experts Hichem
Khadhraoui and Corinne Momal-
Vanian. Later that evening, the fourth
debate “No Pain No Gain?” with
international economics expert Gary
Hufbauer and research fellow and
commentator Assal Rad took place.
This debate, which was Gallagher’s
favorite, asked “Should sanctioning
countries be blamed for the suffering
inflicted upon civilians by economic
sanctions?” According to Gallagher,
this debate felt especially relevant
given the recent sanctions imposed
against Russia.
Lastly, the fifth debate “Globalized
(In)tolerance” asked attendees
to consider “Does globalization
increase tolerance or exacerbate
xenophobia?” This debate, which
pitted navy veteran Tina Covey
and Professor at the Goldsmiths,
University of London Cris Shore
against each other, has resonated the
most with Mandel in the following
days.
For Mandel, he is thankful for
the return to an in-person IAS and
believes it is emblematic of what is
important about LC.
“I just feel blessed to be at a
place that’s so supportive of not only
symposia that focus on controversy
and disagreement, but symposia
that focus on global issues and
take a global perspective,” Mandel
said. “Our current president is
so internationally oriented, and
the catchphrase at Lewis & Clark,
the mission statement involves
promoting the global good and it’s
just wonderful to see that.”NEWS 3FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
International Affairs Symposium held in person,
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Jackson has won multiple
literary awards and currently
works at New York University as
an English Professor. He has been
described as an “enthralling” by The
Guardian, among other publications.
Jackson was ultimately selected
as the speaker due to “his incredible
work as a writer, his inspiring
story and his potential to give a
great commencement address,”
according to Suttmeier. The Dean
also recommends that students try
and find time to read his books,
particularly “The Residue Years” and
“Survival Math,” which Suttmeier
describes as “jaw-droppingly
great - gripping page-turners that
practically invent a new language to
relay these experiences.” Jackson
to speak
at collegeLewinsky visit to focus
on activism, resilience
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FSU spent the fall semester
planning the event and reaching
out to other organizations on
campus in order to get help with
funding, organizing and publicizing
the event. They were met with lots
of support, most notably by the
Associated Student Body, Office of
the President and Office of the Dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences,
as well as Conferences and Events,
Campus Safety and the Office of
Communications.
Boughalem described that one of
the most difficult tasks that Brodkin
helped with was figuring out what
Lewinsky’s day would look like,
including how much time she would
spend on campus and what she
would be comfortable with doing.
Throughout the academic year,
information about Lewinsky’s visit
was kept confidential. Boughalem
described the weeks since the event
was announced as “incredibly hectic
but in a good way.”
During the first three waves
of tickets being released, tickets
sold out extremely quickly. Many
students hoping to claim one have
been unable to do so. Gillian Watts
’24 expressed feeling frustrated
about not being able to get a ticket
even after all three waves were
released.
“I really wanted to go, because
I want to go into … pre-law,”
Watts said. “(I’m interested in)
her perspective of being a woman
working in that type of environment
where there’s a lot of powerful
men. It’s just a cool, interesting
experience.”
Boughalem also mentioned the
importance of hosting a significant
event on campus, after being unable
to do so for so long during the
pandemic. She is looking forward to bringing LC together to understand
the power of community.
“As someone who has dedicated a
lot of my time to this union, it is really
wonderful to end my time at LC with
such a popular event,” Boughalem
said. “This event has taken up a lot
of my senior year, but it feels like an
extraordinary conclusion for all of us
senior FSU leaders and members.”
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the impact of recent events — and to
discuss systemic issues impeding our
campus efforts.”
Currie, who is currently on
sabbatical, sent an email to the student
body apologizing for the incident.
“First and foremost, I would like
to sincerely apologize to all of you,”
he said in the email. “I know I have
deeply offended you and for that I am
truly sorry. There is no excuse to ever
engage in offensive and discriminatory
behavior and I accept full responsibility
for my actions.”
Some faculty took collective action
by submitting a letter to Reed asking
that the Committee on Advancement
and Tenure take action on the matter,
according to an anonymous professor
to the Reed Quest. 50 out of the 162
full-time faculty members signed the
letter.
Other Reed organizations, such as
the Reed chapter of Young Democratic
Socialists of America released
statements on the incident.
“We wholeheartedly condemn
his actions and call for his firing
from Reed immediately. Paul’s
actions uphold white supremacy and
American chauvinism by insinuating
that someone’s immigration status
determines their value as a worker
and as a human being,” said the
organizations statement. “This goes
against everything we stand for as a
socialist organization seeking to liberate
the international working class.”
Although the two-day sit in ended,
students continue to demand action
from administration on social media.
They avoided posting photos of the sit-
in to protect the identities of students
after the situation reached a wider
audience because right-wing journalist
Andy Ngo reposted a photo that the
Quest had posted on Twitter, criticizing
the students actions. New minor focuses on
Earth Systems Science
By MOLLY MAHONEY
LEWIS & CLARK College of Arts &
Sciences will be adding an Earth
system science (ESS) minor for the
upcoming Fall 2022 semester.
This interdisciplinary minor will
focus on the different spheres of Earth,
which include the lithosphere (rock), the
hydrosphere (water), the atmosphere
(air), the biosphere (life) and the
cryosphere (ice). This approach will allow
students to develop an understanding of
various subjects such as climate science,
oceanography and geology within one
minor. The coursework focuses on
teaching students how to apply practical
knowledge to pressing current issues
regarding the Earth’s climate, while
focusing on both organic and inorganic
impacts.
Associate Professor of Geological
Science Elizabeth Safran and Associate
Professor of Environmental Studies
Jessica Kleiss spearheaded the campaign
to add the minor.
“I’m excited that having the new
minor will make these offerings more
visible to people,” Safran said.
This new minor may attract more
students who overlook classes related
to climate science, oceanography and
geology . Unlike environmental studies
(ENVS), which is currently offered as
both a major and minor option at LC, ESS
will focus solely on the applied science
aspects of the planet’s environment.
Thus, the courses focus less on the social
science side of environmental issues,
and more on the practical and technical
aspects.
“We might be able to weave together
the concepts across courses in even more
rich ways than we do now,” Kleiss said.
“Students will take hydrology, and then
oceanography, and then climate science,
and then our spatial problems course. So
I think we may be able to have even more
interconnections in our courses about interconnections and enjoy that.”
The minor requires a total of 23
credits, or five to six classes, including
12 credits unique to the minor. These
credits must be acquired by taking
two ESS courses and two foundational
natural science classes from two different
departments. Remaining credits must be
fulfilled by ESS electives or pre-approved
classes in other departments, a full list
of which is on the ESS minor’s webpage.
Preexisting geology classes will be
renamed to fall into the ESS minor.
The new minor addition also
coincides with changes to the ENVS
program, which are set to go into effect
at the start of the Fall 2022 semester.
These changes were made to avoid course
bottlenecks anticipated in the future as
numbers of ENVS students expect to
increase, especially with the addition of
the ESS minor.
Some students have already shown
interest in declaring the minor. This is,
in part, because the courses it will require
have already existed at LC. This is the
case for Karl Peterson ’23.
“When I initially was talking to Dr.
Kleiss, she thought maybe I wouldn’t be
able to adopt this minor since I would
have to adopt the new college catalog,”
Peterson said. “I actually found out that
I’ve already completed the requirements
without even being declared yet.”
Similarly, many students who may
not have considered a science-related
minor may also find the electives they
have already taken may aid in or fully
complete the requirements for the
ESS minor. Peterson minor can offer,
regardless of how much coursework a
student may have left.
“I really think that that will be
something that a lot of environmental
studies students benefit from, and even
from other minors and people in other
majors.” Peterson said.
Additional reporting by Amelia Doyle Reed sit-ins
end, online
conflict lasts
Isabella Boughalem ’22 holds a poster.COURTESY OF FSU
COURTESY OF WILLAMETTE WEEKLY
Students painted graffiti in Eliot Hall.FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
OPINION 4
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in the Opinion section are those of The Pioneer Log and are not held by the authors.AS I SIT HERE writing this letter,
it is five in the morning. My
final layout as editor-in-chief
is almost over. I am attempting to
eat suhoor, edit pages and prepare
for the Ramadan fast. But I know I
would never change this for the world.
There is something sweet about
the late nights working on content
that one cares so deeply about. As I
reflect on my time at Lewis & Clark,
I am realizing how difficult it will be
to say goodbye to The Log. I have
met so many wonderful people and
learned so many valuable skills. But
most importantly, I have been lucky
enough to work on this beautiful
labor of love. I wish I could thank
so many people from the bottom of
my heart for their guidance during
my time at the newspaper. My
lovely parents. Our advisor Molly Robinson. All of the hard-working
editors who work tirelessly to inform,
entertain and challenge the Palatine
Hill community. Thank you all for a
stupendously great year. You all make
it so hard to say goodbye. But I am
confident that The Log, under your
care, will only continue on its positive
trajectory. I wish you all nothing but
success and happiness. Go forth and
make this the best, most diverse, most
professional college newspaper in
the Pacific Northwest. Thank you for
being a team I could count on, and a
team I have enjoyed working with.
Ihsaan Mohammed
Editor-in-ChiefExpiration
dating can
be amiable
Student learning more
effective without grades
By MADISON REARDON
GRADES STAND in the way of
student learning. Recently, a
friend of mine completed an
assignment in a way they felt was
far below their personal quality
standards, but they said, “I think it’s
good enough to get 100%, that’s what
I care about.” I doubt any instructor
wants students to think in this way, but
many of us experience it. Students, as
far as I have seen, tend to lean toward
doing the minimum for their desired
grade. While this is great for maximizing
productivity, it is not ideal for genuine
learning.
Until around halfway through
high school, I did not understand this
phenomenon. I was the stereotypical
teacher’s pet, obsessive rule-follower
and straight-A student. I cared
deeply about doing my best on every
assignment due to my Generalized
Anxiety, ADHD and rejection sensitive
dysphoria, which combined to form an
intense fear of being seen as a failure
in any way. I think many students may
relate to these thoughts, even if it is to a
lesser degree.
Fear of failure both drove me to
complete schoolwork and factored
into why I frequently submitted
assignments late, as I was never
satisfied with their quality. Eventually,
the inevitable happened. I collapsed
under the perpetually increasing
pressure to achieve the impossible goals
of scholarly perfection I set for myself. I
have always been someone who enjoys
learning, but by middle school, trying
to complete schoolwork caused me to
experience debilitating breakdowns.
As much as one may wish a grade
could objectively measure students’
learning, that simply is not the case.
Grading styles vary among teachers,
grades themselves can be wildly
inaccurate and grading criteria are
frequently ambiguous. Perhaps more
importantly, the social construction of
grades as intellectual currency gives them an emotional power far beyond
their intended meaning. High grades
never increased my motivation. One
low grade however, and my confidence
plummeted.
This phenomenon can partly be
explained by the rejection sensitive
dysphoria I experience, which is an
overwhelming response to any actual
or perceived rejection or criticism.
However, there are many studies that
show similar results. According to
Dr. Brookhart, PhD in Educational
Research and Evaluation, a poor
grade is likely to cause abandonment
of course work rather than attempts
at improvement. Even when positive
feedback is provided with the grade, it
often does little to reduce the negative
effect on student motivation. This is
unsurprising, since comments are less
likely to be read if presented alongside
a grade value, regardless of what that
value is.
Additionally, the way motivation
works is counterintuitive. If there is
something you already enjoy doing,
being offered a reward can make you
skeptical. Compensation implies that
the activity is not worth doing for its own
sake. Good grades are a type of reward,
and thus function similarly. Grades
make schoolwork, and learning itself,
less meaningful and reduce intrinsic
motivation and creativity. This is not
to say that grades are inherently bad.
They can be useful tools for indicating
subject mastery, but they should be used
carefully and sparingly.
Clear, constructive feedback is the
most effective way to increase student
learning. According to a study conducted
by psychologist Ellis Page in 1958, even
simple, standardized comments such
as “good work, keep at it,” correlate
with significant improvement on future
assessments. Studies in more recent
years have also produced the same
results. The 2009 study by Chase &
Houmanfar determined that specific
feedback is far more beneficial, but I
would happily take generic comments
over nothing at all.
For my fellow students, examine
your relationship with grades. It is
possible to take your power back and
find motivation in your own interests.
Remind each other that grades do not
define you. Professors, I encourage
you to further explore the scientific
literature on the impact of grading. All
students deserve to learn, and there
are simple changes that can help. Start
by providing feedback that emphasizes
high expectations and support for
students. Grades will not disappear
any time soon, but we can reduce their
negative impacts.
If you would like any of the sources
that I found useful in researching this
topic, or are interested in discussing
grades, feel free to contact me via email
at lc21-1040@lclark.edu.By COPELAND BURCHENAL
DATING IN COLLEGE can be pretty
great. You feel more confident
about yourself, you may have
begun wearing deodorant and perhaps you
even have a better understanding of your
needs. When we find that special someone,
dating and relationships are often a
natural progression. I know some couples
at Lewis & Clark who have been together
for all four years of college. However,
graduation also means change. For a class
that is no longer attached to Portland,
there will be a lot of people departing
from this city. Saying goodbye to the
people we love, as long as we provide it
with the attention it deserves, can be just
as meaningful as the relationship itself.
If you and your lover are going to
make it happen after graduation, then I
salute you, but this article is not for you:
It is for the folks who are going their
separate ways after May 6, who are afraid
of what the days, weeks and months after
the break up will look like. It is for the
folks who are expiration dating, when a
romantic relationship has to be ended at
a certain date because one or both people
are moving away.
All things come to an end and
relationships are no exception, but that is
what makes them beautiful. If everything
lasted forever, it would be terrible:
Nothing would feel special. When we
know that something is finite, we place
more emphasis on the precious moments
we have.
So, how do we approach this ending?
Well, first we need to remember that
just because it is the end of romance,
it does not have to be the end of love.
Relationships change and evolve just like
the people that create them. Just because
physical intimacy might not be in the
mix anymore, that does not mean we
cannot carry on meaningful relationships
with those we care about. A reframing is
necessary: It is not just the end, but also
the beginning.
When we are approaching that
great unknown, it can get pretty scary.
Sometimes a couple pretends that
everything is fine until they have broken
up, and then they find themselves lonely,
confused and trying to understand
what happened without the help of
their significant other. This approach
adds an unnecessary burden to an
already difficult process. It can even
lead to bitterness if people feel they
were not able to say everything they
needed to when they had the chance.
The other approach I see often is people
disassociating from their partner and
cutting emotional ties in the weeks and
months leading up to the end. I am not a
huge fan of this approach either, because
this is a harmful and punishing way to
end a relationship.
So what am I proposing instead?
Speak freely with your partner. Tell
them about how you are feeling. If
you are feeling scared, say that. If
you are going to miss them, say that.
When you discuss these things with
your significant other, you are able to
ease some of those uncertain feelings
and work through them together. By
talking about how we feel, we can help
ease some of the post-break-up pain.
By no means is this the complete cure
for heartache, but it is a start. It is okay
to be scared or afraid of a break-up,
but do not bottle it up. These answers
may seem obvious, but our thoughts
can become very muddled when we
are unsure of what to do. Nobody likes
saying goodbye, but when it is said right,
with all the love, friendship and respect
it deserves, it can be beautiful.LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Log’s
Editor-in-Chief bids paper farewell
GILLIAN WATTS/THE LOGAMELIA MADARANG/THE LOGClub sports participants
deserve to earn PE credits
By ALEXANDRA FLORY
I AM A STUDENT athlete. Whenever
I say this, I laugh to myself because
I do not really believe that it is true,
even though I have played on the Artemis
Ultimate Frisbee team for four semesters.
Club sports teams are not recognized by
Lewis & Clark as official sports teams
which means they do not count to fulfill
Physical Education (PE) credits. This
creates a divide between club and official
sports teams that ultimately forms a
hierarchy, affecting students’ views of
themselves as athletes. Club sports teams
can also be just as physically demanding
as varsity sports and other PE classes.
Therefore, playing for a club sports
team should count as a form of physical
activity that is recognized by the school
for students to gain PE credits.
LC requires students to take a
minimum of two PE classes in order to
graduate. Most of these classes meet for
two hours a week and give students one
credit towards graduation if they pass.
It makes sense for varsity athletes to be
able to bypass this requirement as they
are exercising for far more than two
hours a week. Most LC sports practice
for about three hours a week and have
additional team weightlifting sessions.
While members of club sports teams do
not have to train in the weightroom and
meet less often than official teams, they
also practice for more than two hours
a week. Yet, they are not awarded the
same benefits. Artemis Ultimate Frisbee
holds two practices during the week that
last two hours and one on weekends that
lasts three hours. If a player decides to
go to all three of these practices, they
would have exercised for nine hours that
week, which is well above the two-hour
requirement sanctioned by the school.
Additionally, the physical activity of
club sports teams is comparable to that of
official sports teams. Both run offensive
and defensive drills, practice scrimmages, go to games where they play against other
schools and are trained by professionals
that are paid by LC. All of these activities
are a great form of physical exercise.
However, the level of commitment
required by LC’s club and varsity teams
varies. Club sports teams are open to
everyone and do not have a required
amount of practices that a player must
attend. Commitment depends on the
individual, which means that someone
may go to three practices one week
and none the next without any official
consequences. For this reason, it makes
sense that club sports teams would not
count for a PE credit because it would
not be fair for people to get a credit for a
practice that they did not attend.
However, there is a simple solution
to this problem. LC could incorporate
a system that holds people accountable
to attend practices by documenting who
shows up and who does not, similar to
pass/fail PE classes. Given that the school
requires two hour-long classes a week for
the credit to be gained, students would
need to show up to practice for a total of
two hours per week per semester in order
to receive a PE credit. This would not be a
hard system to enforce and would benefit
everyone involved. Club sports would
have more people showing up to practice
with the added incentive of gaining PE
credits, and students who are a part of
these clubs could gain credit for physical
activity that they enjoy doing.
Playing for a club sports team should
count as a way to gain PE credits. While
there is a difference in the frequency
and intensity of practices and required
commitment level among the two groups
of teams, there is an easy way to solve
this problem. Even if the level of physical
activity is less on club sports teams than
on varsity teams, club sports meet the
two hour a week requirement for physical
education classes. I would like to be able
to say I am a student athlete and believe
myself when I say it.
Bacchus, an Ultimate Frisbee club sports team at LC, practices at Griswold Stadium.
MADISON REARDON/THE LOGFRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
OPINION 5
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Madison ReardonStaff WritersStealing fractures
dorm communitySenior shares advice on how to
correctly file your tax returns
By EMMA FORD
I KNOW THAT a college student
complaining about dorm living
is nothing new. Frankly, I am
often of the opinion that many of
the perceived drawbacks of living in
communal spaces with your peers
are necessary evils. Complaints
about noise, tidiness and particular
smells are all very real grievances —
ones which hopefully encourage the
aggrieved to be more considerate of
themselves. However, there is one
act that I find so offensive to my
sensibilities I simply cannot bear it.
One complaint I will always have a
sympathetic ear toward. One violation
of the social contract of dorm living
that cannot, at all, be excused.
Please stop stealing my stuff. Or
anyone else’s.
Now, if you have not had your
personal effects disappear from
bathrooms or communal kitchens, you
may not be able to comprehend the
cocktail of rage and sadness created
when items disappear. I know I sound
hyperbolic, but my only kitchen knife
disappeared a few weeks ago, and I
found it unexpectedly upsetting. I felt
like it was my fault, and it had been
a gift so I felt especially guilty. I take
pride in my possessions, and I was sad
that it had been taken. Luckily, there
is a happy ending to this story: I found
the knife in the kitchen with someone
else’s dirty dishes and stole it back.
I am sure it was my knife because it
is bright green and has a matching
sheath. I promise I would not make
you read this whole diatribe if I were
a hypocrite.
Before my joyous reunification,
I spent plenty of time complaining
to my friends about my loss. I found
that I was far from alone. I personally
know people who have had food,
kitchen utensils and even toiletries
go mysteriously missing, so I feel safe in saying it is not just me who
experiences this.
I do understand that we are
all broke college students. I also
understand that many of us have
not lived in a community setting like
this before. I know that ice cream in
communal freezers is tempting. It may
seem like there are no consequences
as long as you do not get caught, but
I truly believe it is an active harm to
the hall community to know that your
things are in danger of disappearing.
Personally, it does not make me
want to get to know my neighbor
if I think I can not trust them to
not steal the colander I got at Fred
Meyer’s for $4.99. And that means
the consequences of theft are not just
on the thief — they are on everyone.
All of this is to say, I am not trying to
make anyone feel bad, or even say that
I have been a perfect hallmate. After
all, even I forget to clean my dishes
sometimes. However, I have never
stolen anything from others. Just
putting that out there.
Besides asking you all to take it
upon yourselves to do better, I think
making clear labels as to whether or
not something is for communal use
is a great strategy. That way, if things
go missing, there is less room to claim
ignorance. Just because we should all
have room to make mistakes does not
mean that we should not try to avoid
them. Also, and this is where I too can
change my habits, not leaving dishes
in communal kitchens will make them
far less likely to disappear. Dorms
may be small, but an extra utensil or
two is not too much to ask.
We are all learning how to live
with other people our own age who
are also supporting themselves and
trying their best. I am not asking for
perfection. I really do understand that
we make mistakes, but we have to do
better.
We have to stop stealing stuff. By AIDAN D’ANNA
THIS MONDAY, April 18, is
Tax Day in the United States.
For some of you, this may be
nothing more than a “holiday” that
shows up on your Google Calendar,
which you ignore and move on with
your day. This is because the American
public school system in general does a
terrible job of educating K-12 students
on issues that can have an immediate
and practical impact on their lives,
like taxes.
During my senior year of high
school, my AP Economics teacher ran
a volunteer-based tax filing center out
of his classroom after school hours on
his own time. He spent the month of
February teaching our class everything
we needed to know about filing taxes
in the U.S. I took this knowledge and
volunteered throughout the months
of March and April, filing the taxes of
people from the community.
These three months taught me
more practical life skills than the
rest of my four years of high school
combined, and I firmly believe
every student should have the same
experience I did. However, since this
is not the case, here are answers to
some of the questions you may have
about filing your taxes in 2022.
What is Tax Day?
This is the last day a mailed tax
return can be postmarked and sent
to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
before it is considered late, which can
result in a “failure to file penalty.” If
you owe taxes, these penalties can
increase your bill by 25% or more, and
if you were owed a refund by the IRS,
a failure to file can nullify that credit.
How do I know if I need to file?
In 2022, the standard deduction
for a federal tax return is $12,550 for
people filing as single (not married),
and $25,100 for people who are
married and filing jointly. The
standard deduction is the amount of
money you can make in a year without
owing taxes to the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS).
If you made more than this amount
in the last year, you are legally required
to file a tax return. If you fail to do so,
you will be subject to a 5% penalty on
top of whatever you owe, compounded
monthly until you submit your return.
If you made less than the standard
deduction, you are not legally required
to file taxes. However, you might still
want to. If your employer has been
withholding federal income tax from
your paycheck and you end up with
less earned income at the end of the
year than the standard deduction, you are entitled to those withholdings as a
lump-sum refund.
What do I need to have in order to
file my return?
You may have heard of the W-2
form, the W-9, the 1099-MISC or any
number of IRS tax forms. Any and all of
these that you have will be necessary for
completing your tax return.
If you worked a regular job with a
regular paycheck, most likely you will
have received a W-2 in the mail (probably
sometime in January) to whatever address
your employer had on file. Some jobs
also allow you to request your tax forms
digitally, so look into it if that appeals to
you. If you worked a volunteer job with a
stipend, you will receive this income on a
1099-MISC form. If you earned interest
on your savings or another account such
as a Certificate of Deposit, this income is
reported on a 1099-INT. The 1098-T form
is particularly useful for college students to
know about, since it allows you to calculate
applicable fee deductions for qualifying
tuition-related expenses paid throughout
the year. This is just a sample of the forms
you may have; the complete list can be
found at irs.gov.
What income do I report on my
2022 tax return?
The 2022 tax return covers any
income you earned in the 2021
calendar year. This includes income
from “official” jobs in which employers
withheld taxes, “unofficial” jobs in
which you were paid cash under the
table, interest you earned on your
savings, dividends on your stock
portfolio, selling your cryptocurrency
or a winning bet at the racetrack. It all
counts.
How do I know if my employer
has been withholding taxes?
Take a look at your paystub. If
your employer gives you a full income
distribution along with a check you
should be able to see something along
the lines of “income tax withheld” or
“federal taxes.” It will also usually tell
you how much was withheld in the
current pay period, and how much has
been withheld all year (YTD).
If you receive your checks through
direct deposit, this information should
be in your employer’s virtual payment
hub. For example, for Lewis & Clark
student employees who receive their
payments through Workday, there is
an option under the “Pay” header to
choose payslips, and you should be
able to see all of this information.
If my employer is not withholding
taxes, do I still need to file a tax
return?
This depends. If you only have the
one job, you made less than $12,550
in the last year and your employer
did not withhold taxes, then you
are not legally required to file and
probably will not receive a refund.
However, if you work more than one
job, and one employer withheld taxes
and the other did not, you may still
be required to file. The IRS needs to know all of the
money you made in the last year, so
if the income from all of the jobs you
work combined is more than $12,550,
you do still need to file. The good news
is whatever was withheld by your
employer still counts against the debit
you would owe.
What about a state return?
This will not apply to everyone, but
for those who worked jobs in 2021 in
places with a state personal income tax,
you may need to file a state tax return as
well as your federal return. For college
students this gets even more tricky,
because you may have worked one job
in your home state over the summer,
and another in Oregon while at LC. If
both of these jobs withheld state income
tax, and you made more than the
standard deduction in those states (this
is different than the federal standard
deduction so make sure to google
what your state’s standard deduction
is) or you made less than the standard
deduction and you want your refund,
you will need to file a state return.
How do I actually get my return to
the IRS once I decide to file one?
Once you have all of your forms
together and you have decided to file a
tax return, you have a couple of options.
If you have a free service like VITA
available to you, use that. You can also
pay companies like TurboTax or H&R
Block to have someone file your return
for you. This is another great option.
However, if you feel like filing the
return yourself, all you have to do is
google “IRS form 1040,” and a fillable
PDF will be your first result. The IRS
form 1040 is the tax return itself, and
it reads sort of like a worksheet. Make
sure to follow each instruction on every
line in order. It will ask you to add and
subtract, and maybe reference other
forms you will have to look up, such
as Schedule 1 if you have additional
income not from a W-2, or Schedule C
if you have been self-employed.
These also read like worksheets, and
they can seem complex at first glance,
but there are instruction manuals for
each form on the IRS website. Once you
have made your way through all of the
lines, make sure to sign and date the
form, and mail it off to the IRS.
Doing taxes is complicated and
required by law, yet most of us have no
idea how to do them by the time we get
to college and actually start working.
However, since we cannot change
the past, we have to teach ourselves,
starting now, and help each other
get back the money that we earned
throughout the past year. If you neglect
to file your taxes, the government will
legally be able to keep money that is
rightfully yours.
For anyone who decides they want
to file their taxes before the deadline on
Monday and has the forms they need in
hand, please email me if you want some
help. For those of you who feel more
exhausted and depleted than you did
when you started reading, I understand,
and I will see you in 2023.
SOFIA REEVES/THE LOG
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in the Opinion section are those of the authors and are not held by The Pioneer Log.Kincaid Debell
Alexandra Flory
Adam Karp
Leo Bernstein NewmanMalcolm Parisi-Marcoux
Madison Reardon
Noah Reese-Clauson
Gillian Watts


By ASMAA ZAIDAN &
ASIYA KAMAWAL
SOMETIMES YOU just want to feel
like a simple medieval villager
headed to the woods to forage for
mushrooms. If you are having that type
of day, you should know that thrifting
can actually replicate that experience,
and we have the perfect thrift stores
for you. Village Merchants, located on
Division St., makes for the ideal day
of thrifting with its curated stacks and
quirky Portland vibe. It is undeniably
Portland’s finest thrift store, and is
fairly affordable as well.
Village Merchants is not your
average corporate thrift store. It feels intentionally designed with Lewis &
Clark students in mind. Opened in
1998, it is known to always have a bit
of everything for everyone. Part of
what makes the finds so good is that it
is curated by young, local Portlanders.
Within the levels, you can find anything
from lawn mowing items to teacup sets.
Upon entering the store, you are
immediately greeted with a selection of
assorted shelving filled with ceramics,
glass art teacups and more. The
clothing is just around the corner, but
these items are well worth your time.
There is a selection of local art, ornate
gold frames, vintage photographs and
postcards, and more on these shelves,
most in the $1-5 range. It is perfect for dorm decor, art supplies and
scrapbooking.
As you continue through the store,
you enter the shoe hallway. Outfitted
with Persian rugs and an array of odd
chandeliers and Victorian-style wedding
dresses hanging above, the atmosphere is
just right for the villager inside all of us.
It calls to something archaic within you,
something that draws you to a pair of
rough-looking cowboy boots.
The crème de la crème is the clothing
section. With around seven racks, things
might look bleak. However, seven racks at
Village Merchants is worth 20 at a chain
thrift store. The dresses section is packed
with $3-12 finds. Flowy summer dresses
and satin slips are among the unique finds within the rack. A new $5 silk pajama set
was my personal favorite find. Authentic
vintage military surplus cargo pants were
a close second.
Like any respectable vintage store,
Village Merchants boasts a creaky stairway
that certainly does not feel up to code,
which leads up to an even creakier second
floor filled with everything from stunning
stained glass lamps to ’90s tote bags.
A hallmark trait of the store is its
affordability. A vast majority of the items
are below $10. You will not leave the store
feeling confused, as though you have been
robbed at gunpoint by a Goodwill cashier.
Affordable and unique, Village
Merchants is for any LC student, or
medieval villager’s, dream come true.FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
FEATURES 6
By IHSAAN MOHAMED
WHEN SHALINI Hanstad ’22
first received a nomination
last February to be a student
speaker at spring commencement,
she was both surprised and hesitant.
“I wasn’t sure it was something
I would want to do, or capable of
doing,” Hanstad said.
The Sociology & Anthropology
(SOAN) major had been nominated
by Professor of Anthropology and
Department Chair Jennifer Hubbert.
The instructor had taught a number
of Hanstad’s classes and had served
as her thesis advisor. Through these
interactions, the two formed a close
bond.
When Hubbert received an email
asking faculty members to nominate
students, Hanstad was the first
person she thought of.
“She represents all that is really
special about this campus and
embodies what the SOAN department
hopes for its students,” Hubbert said
via email.
Hubbert’s support, coupled
with Hanstad’s realization that this
could serve as a vital opportunity to
speak on behalf of her community,
encouraged the senior to accept
the nomination. She entered the
competition with little expectations.
“I went in with the mindset
of whatever happens, happens,”
Hanstad said.
All of the nominated seniors
gathered last month to present their
speeches to a committee of select
students and faculty members. Head
Men’s Basketball Coach Tim McCrory
served as the committee chair.
Hanstad recalls being surprised that
she was the only student of color
within the nominees present.
“There’s a lot more weight on
your shoulders when you’re the only
one there,” Hanstad said.
The turnaround was quick. Within
two days, Hanstad was notified that
she had been selected to represent the
senior class at graduation. Hanstad’s
speech is centered on the importance
of cultivating one’s community
in college. She emphasized the
importance of her community at LC.
“The biggest takeaways I’ve had
have been the lessons I’ve learned
through my community and my
classmates,” Hanstad said. “I would
say I’ve learned more from the
community than I have from the
institution in general.”
Hanstad has spent her time
at Lewis & Clark developing and
supporting community events for
students of color. She has been
involved with the Office of Inclusion
and Multicultural Engagement in
various ways, including as a Great
Expectations mentee. Hanstad
is of South Asian Tamil descent,
and represented South Asia at the
annual International Fair prior to
the pandemic. She also served as the
co-president of Mixed LC for three
years.
Most of Hanstad’s favorite
memories at LC are centered around the Race Monologues. She
recalls joining the organization her
freshman year, a time when she did
not know many other students of
color and felt overwhelmed attending
a Predominantly White Institution.
That year, Hanstad performed
during the Race Monologues at the
encouragement and support of the
upperclassmen coordinators.
“Even though I wasn’t huge
on poetry or creative writing, it
was the first place that I could feel
comfortable with other students of
color,” Hanstad said. “That was a
very surreal experience.”
The Race Monologues made
Hanstad feel as though she was
part of a meaningful community.
Hanstad went on to perform at the
monologues all four years of her time
at the institution. She also worked as
a coordinator for the Fall 2021 Race
Monologues. It was the monologues
that introduced Hanstad to the Ray
Warren symposium, and she ended
up working as a co-chair for its Fall
2021 event.
In addition to these noteworthy
accomplishments, Hanstad has
kept quite busy since her arrival to
Palatine Hill in 2018. She has worked
as a receptionist for the College
Advising Center and the Office of
Student Accessibility. Hanstad also
worked for the Admissions Office
as a tour guide, and currently works
in the Teaching Excellence Program
for Associate Professor of Sociology
Bruce Podobnik.
Throughout her time in the SOAN
department, Hubbert notes that
Hanstad “has a curiosity about the
world that seems to be motivated by
both concern about the structural
violence of the social and political
worlds of the contemporary era,
but also a love for and sincere belief
in the kinds of humanity that are
possible.”
In addition to being a SOAN
major, Hanstad is also an Ethnic Studies minor. She loves the way
her minor has intersected with her
major, allowing her to take a number
of courses in that department. All of
her favorite classes at LC have been in
the minor.
“I always tell people that if Ethnic
Studies was a major here, it would be
my major,” Hanstad said.
Hanstad was also the Student
Academic Affairs Board representative
for the Ethnic Studies Department
during the Spring 2021 semester.
The senior holds a lot of respect for
the department and hopes that LC
increases its funding in the future,
which would allow it to expand.
As Hanstad looks back on her time
on Palatine Hill, she believes that
she has had to teach the institution,
giving them more takeaways than
they have given her. However, she
holds hope for future changes to come
for her community.
“I’ve seen a lot of change happen
at the institution in the four years
that I’ve been here, but I’ve seen
the possibility for so much more to
happen,” Hanstad said. “At times
it was frustrating knowing how
much this school is capable of, but
ultimately when I leave I just have
hope.
Hanstad believes that a number
of students, and alumni, are craving
changes and looking forward to the
ideas they have planted come to
fruition.
“There’s so many ways that
Lewis & Clark can show up more for
marginalized students, students of
color, low-income students, queer
students, disabled students,” Hanstad
said.
One day, Hanstad hopes to be able
to say she is proud of LC for all of the
changes they have made.
“I really hope I can look back at
my alma mater and say ‘I’m proud of
the ways that they’ve changed’ even
though I wasn’t proud of all the time
that I spent there,” Hanstad said. Shalini Hanstad ’22 selected
as commencement speaker
By IHSAAN MOHAMED
AT THE CULMINATION of the
Spring 2022 semester, President
Wim Wiewel will retire from Lewis
& Clark College and academia. Current
Vice-President of Student Life and Dean of
Students Robin Holmes- Sullivan is set to
replace him when he does.
Wiewel began his career as an
administrator at the University of Illinois,
Chicago. At 34 years old, he served as
Acting Director of the Center for Urban
Economic Development. He also acted as
Dean for the College of Urban Planning
and the College of Business. Wiewel
remained at the university for 25 years
before later working as provost of the
University of Baltimore for four years.
In 2008, Wiewel and his wife Alice
moved to Portland. Wiewel became the
president of Portland State University
(PSU), while Alice worked as an architect
for the Oregon University System, and
then as the state architect for Oregon.
In 2017, former President Barry
Glassner resigned from his post. Wiewel
was then selected as the college’s 25th
president. He arrived at LC after serving
as nine years at PSU. Wiewel’s arrival was
vital for LC, as the institution was dealing
with financial troubles.
“My main goal was to give hope,”
Wiewel said. “A president can only do
so much. Colleges become great because
of the creativity and hard work of all the
faculty and staff. The way that you bring
that out, as a president, is by setting a
direction.”
The president began his efforts by
first analyzing where the institution, and
its community, was at. Based on that,
Wiewel set forth a series of strategic plans
that would steer the college into a positive
direction. By ensuring that the resources,
structures and processes were in place
for Palatine Hill, Wiewel hoped that “the
creativity of the faculty and staff could be
unleashed.”
Wiewel is most proud of the strategic
enrollment and financial planning efforts
of the college, under his guidance. For
the first time in 25 years, LC held a comprehensive fundraising campaign,
Exploring for the Global Good. When
Wiewel steps down, the campaign will
have raised $122 million of its $150
million goal with only two years left. He is
confident that the college will successfully
meet its goal.
Wiewel spent most of his career at
large, public universities. When he arrived
at LC, he was pleasantly surprised by what
he was met with. The president had known
about the beautiful campus, LC’s efforts in
sustainability and its global orientation.
However, he did not expect to see such a
strong community.
“I’d always heard small liberal arts
colleges talk … (about) how important the
community was, and I have to admit that I
always thought that was a bit of hype and
advertising,” Wiewel said. “What I didn’t
know was that sense of community and
caring (at LC) is really true.”
During his time at both PSU and LC,
the president credits his wife Alice for
keeping him grounded. While working
a successful career as an architect, Alice
was a regular attendee of campus events,
fundraising trips and meetings. Perhaps
most importantly to Wiewel, Alice
listened to him everyday, providing both
perspective and support.
The couple has purchased a home on
Palatine Hill and plan on remaining in
Portland after Wiewel’s retirement. Alice
has also spent the last few years renovating
their home. However, the couple plans on
traveling the world starting this summer.
Additionally, they bought a camper trailer
in order to satisfy their love of traveling and
hiking.
Over the summer, the two plan to begin
their journey in Amsterdam, where Wiewel
hails from, in order to visit his family. Their
next destination is Spain, where they will
spend several months living this fall.
“I want to focus on things totally
different from higher education,” Wiewel
said. “I want to think about the Islamic
influence on Spain, the history of Spanish
painting, Spanish food, Spanish wines, the
landscape (and) the villages.”
Between the two of them, Alice and
Wiewel have four children and two
grandchildren. They hope to spend time
enjoying their presence in the future.
“They’re, of course, the most amazing
grandchildren in the world,” Wiewel said.
As a final message of farewell, Wiewel
encouraged the Palatine Hill community to
“take care of each other” and to foster an
environment where differences of opinion
are supported.
“Give people the benefit of the doubt,”
Wiewel said. COURTESY OF DEVAN FREEMAN
Hanstad ’22 will speak at commencement.
COURTESY OF VILLAGE MERCHANTS
Village Merchants is in East Portland.Wiewel pictured at the Griswold stadium.THE LOG ARCHIVES
Village Merchants thrift creates medieval villager vibesPresident Wiewel:The
man behind the mask
Hawthorne store features cute first-rate finds that are perfect for students seeking curated styles
COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARK
Alice and Wim Wiewel pictured together.
COURTESY OF SHALINI HANSTAD
Hanstad ’22 poses at Race Monologues. FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
FEATURES 7
By ALEXANDRA FLORY
QUEER PEOPLE on wheels.
What could be better? Oaks
Amusement Park pairs the fun
of roller skating with queer community
to offer an inclusive space for queer
people to come together and express
themselves publicly. Gay Skate occurs
every first and third Monday of the
month and lasts from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Tickets cost $10, which includes skate
rental. People of all ages attend and
share the feelings of empowerment and
enjoyment that the event has provided
since its beginning.
Gay Skate first debuted at Oaks
Park in 1991. It was one of the first
events in Portland for LGBTQ+ people
of all ages, and originally began as
a fundraiser for a private gay men’s
square-dancing group called the
Rosetown Ramblers. Initially, the club
rented out the rink as an extra event for
their members, and it turned out to be
wildly popular. Once the club stopped
hosting the event, Oaks Park decided
to continue, sometimes pairing with
other LGBTQ+ oriented organizations.
Eventually, Gay Skate dropped the
partnerships and became its own
independent event at Oaks Park.
Emily MacKay, the marketing and
event director for Oaks Park, said
the event’s main purpose is to offer a
safe and inclusive space for LGBTQ+
people and their allies. “It is definitely serving as a safe
space for LGBTQ individuals, but
also people who wanna come and just
be supportive and show love to the
community,” MacKay said. “People
from all walks of life come to this event
because it has the coolest vibes and is
so fun.”
Despite being a space that is
welcome to everyone, MacKay also
reflected on how the event is aimed
specifically at offering a safe space
for LGBTQ+ youth. When the event
was founded in 1991, there was a lack
of spaces for queer people, especially
queer teens, to express themselves
publicly. This sense of safety for the
public expression of queerness has
carried on to today in the welcoming
atmosphere Gay Skate has created.
While being open to all, the park
decided to keep the Gay Skate name as
homage to the event’s history.
“We’ve kept the Gay Skate name
because it implies more than just gay
obviously, just as heritance, being that
it was such a longstanding event and
that gives a nod to the brave people who
at the beginning started it,” MacKay
said. “It keeps that continuity and that
nostalgia alive.”
The event takes place in Oaks
Park’s roller rink, with the lights off
and replaced with the colorful glow
of a disco ball. As skaters circle the
surround the middle of the rink, perfect
music for dancing surrounds them. A DJ dressed in a silver space dress plays
songs ranging from Lady Gaga’s “Bad
Romance” to a mystery bop reminiscent
of the Mario Kart theme song — both
of which contribute to the electrifying
vibe. If you are lucky enough, a pro
skater might zoom past you in their
chaotic, but safe weaving.
On April 4, Campus Activities
Board promoted the event and offered
students a reduced price of $4. Ella
Stiller ’25 attended the event and shared
her impressions of the atmosphere.
“It’s been lovely, I mean it’s very
inclusive,” Stiller said. “It’s very fun
and empowering in general.”
It was Stiller’s first time at the event,
but she shared the same sentiments as
regulars. Alfie Padilla is a regular at Gay
Skate, attending nearly every event.
She described the event as offering a
safe and empowering space for queer
people.
“It’s a different vibe to just feel
completely safe in a way,” Padilla said.
“Portland has been generally chill, I
haven’t had any problems, but I just feel
like skating is such a fun thing that when
you feel more safe and empowered, it
doubles the fun. Everybody is really cute
and you get to see a lot more queer people.
It’s a whole building full of queer people. It
just has a really great vibe.”
In the future, Oaks Park plans to
not only continue Gay Skate, but add
even more queer events into the skating
community. They have plans to open up “Pride Rides” outside the rink by
next year at the latest.
Gay Skate is an event meant for
all ages, aimed specifically at offering
a safe space for queer individuals to come together and feel a sense of
community. Skating is an activity
for people of all skill levels, which is
why it is perfect for an event aimed at
inclusion. Do not hate, just skate!Pride keeps rolling at Oaks Park Gay Skate
The inclusive, bi-monthly community event emphasizes an ongoing tradition of acceptance, expression
Ukrainian law student
shares her experience
By VENUS EDLIN
HANNA TERESHKO LLM ’22
woke up in the early morning
of Feb. 24 in Kyiv, Ukraine to
panic within her country. She had to
leave most of her personal belongings
as she was fleeing Kyiv, amid widescale
transportation collapses.
“It was a really challenging experience,
frankly speaking,” Tereshko said.
“Russians had started to bomb Kyiv early
in the morning, something like 4 or 5 a.m.
When I woke up, I just understood what
was going on. I started to pack all my stuff,
and I left my flat.”
Now, she resides in her native town in
Ukraine and continues to go to work and
attend her online classes.
“The first few days, they were
absolutely awful,” Tereshko said. “We
were all — had been in panic because
we just didn’t know what even to expect,
what level the violence would be and what
would be the size of this war. The first day
was really, really difficult, terrible and I
personally was in great panic. After the
first week, we all started to become more
calm.”
Tereshko, who began her professional
law career in 2013, applied to Lewis &
Clark Law School’s animal law program to
expand her legal expertise in international
animal law, farm animal protections
and her main interest, nonhuman
animals legal personhood. She was
selected to receive an International
Advocates Animal Law LLM Scholarship.
Additionally, Tereshko established the
NGO Open Cages Ukraine, organized the
first Ukrainian farmed animals’ protection
conference in 2018 and is a deputy head
for the Ukrainian Bar Association.
Despite uncertainties, Tereshko
hopes to finish her animal law degree
this semester.
“ In the current situation, my plan can
be changed at any minute and it depends
not on my will, but it depends on the
situation in the country,” Tereshko said.
“But currently, I’m studying remotely and
I continue my studies, so I really hope that
I will be able to continue a degree.”
Every day, she checks the news and
maps of the invasion to adjust her plan
accordingly. Much of what motivates
her is the need to survive in spite of
attempted genocide. However, Tereshko
described growing feelings of survivor’s
guilt every seemingly normal day she has.
“I see that almost all people I know
have this, because it’s simply not possible
not to think about what’s going on,” Tereshko said. “This is simply not possible,
not to feel guilty because someone was
killed and you’re just continuing to live
your life. No, of course it is difficult. I try
to volunteer, I try to help stray animals
and animals in the shelter. I hope I will be
able, also, to volunteer to help people here
in Ukraine.”
The enduring nature of the war around
her has not allowed reprieve, as she views
joy, even in small ways, impossible.
Instead, looking toward the future is what
motivates her.
“No, I cannot say that it’s possible to
find at least something for happiness,”
Tereshko said. “It’s simply not possible
to feel happy during these times. For
hope, I just have hope that our country
will win and that we will survive,
because (the Russians) just want us to
disappear. They want us to be dead and
to destroy our country.”
Tereshko also mentioned her
appreciation for the kind words and
support she has received from her
instructors and peers at LC. While these
remarks cannot change the situation, they
serve as a motivation to persevere and
fulfill her dream of studying animal law.
“I really enjoy the studying,” Tereshko
said. “If not for this situation, I would be
absolutely happy because I really like how
the program is organized. I really love the
friendly attitude of the faculty, so it’s really
great. It’s just destiny (that) I am here
because I never thought that I would be
able to study animal law.”
Now, Tereshko continues her daily
responsibilities as she hopes that the
United Nations will establish a no-fly
zone, as many other Ukrainians are
wishing for at the moment.RJ Thompson advocates for Sex
Worker’s rights, decriminalization
By AMELIA DOYLE
ON APRIL 7, the final event of
the Radical Queer Legal Studies
Speaker Series took place over
Zoom, hosted by the Lewis & Clark
Law School. The event featured RJ
Thompson, the managing director of the
Sex Workers Project. The conversation
was facilitated by LC law student Mer
Mathis ’23.
Matt Constantino was the organizer
of the first ever Radical Queer Legal
Studies Speaker Series. Their aim
was to create a space for marginalized
identities in a law. The first Radical
Queer Legal Studies Speaker Series
consisted of three online events, the
first event featured Professor Katie
L. Acosta, the second event featured
Hailey Ockinga, and finally the third
event featured Thompson.
The Radical Queer Legal Studies
Speaker Series embraces Angela
Davis’ maxim that “radical” means
grasping things at the root through
platforming activists, scholars and
legal practitioners who focus on the
intersections of queerness, race,
disability, homelessness and poverty to
aim towards liberation from the carceral
state. The series defines queerness
beyond any LGBTQ+ classification in
favor of a fundamentally intersectional
practice.
Thompson opened the final event
with a discussion and introduction. He
has worked in seven different social
justice movements throughout his
career. Currently, he works with the Sex
Worker Project, which has had a base
in New York City, but throughout the
last four years has worked to support
grassroots lead sex workers in the Sex
Worker Project. He explained that
everyday types of decriminalization
efforts should be part of every type of
movement.
“We are one of the largest national
sex worker rights organizations in the
U.S.,” Thompson said.
The Sex Worker Project offers
legal advocacy to survivors of human
trafficking and people who engage in
sex work, regardless of whether they do
so by choice, circumstance or coercion.
The national organization defends
the human rights of sex workers by
destigmatizing and decriminalizing
people in the sex trades through free
legal services at local, state and federal
level, education, research and policy
advocacy. The Sex Worker Project aims to create a sexually liberated world
where all workers have autonomy and
full human rights.
With a background in law,
Thompson has worked to pass sex
work decriminalization bills in the
past two years. One of his aims is to
advance work around sex worker
rights, by providing direct legal
services to sex workers in the United
States, as well as providing support to
migrants who have worked in the sex
industry.
“We as activists should know that
it is only us that creates the reality,”
Thompson said.
Thompson views his work as a
way of embracing one’s authentic self
in various ways. As a lawyer, a sex
worker and queer person, Thompson
encouraged everyone to challenge
binary notions of what a person can
be. He remembers that he was one of
the first out sex workers to lead this
type of organization. Rather than
being stigmatized, Thompson believes
that sex work should be lifted up and
treated as beneficial thing.
He said that most of his clients at
the Sex Workers Project are migrants,
many of which are also trans. As an
institution, they care deeply about
migrants and believe decriminalization
helps people in every circumstance.
According to Thompson, all workers
deserve protections regarding labor, wage theft and sexual harassment,
as well as knowledge of their rights.
Additionally, he mentioned not all of
these sex workers are coerced into this
work.
Thompson said that all of us have
fundamental and inalienable rights
and it is our duty as citizens to hold
the government responsible for our
human rights. For more information
about the Sex Worker Project visit swp.
urbanjustice.org or contact Thompson
at rthompson@urbanjustice.org.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HANNA TERESHKO
Law Student Hanna Tereshko fled Kyiv.
THE LOG ARCHIVE
The Queer Legal Studies Speaker Series seeks to platform radical activists, academics.
COURTESY OF SEX WORKERS PROJECT
RJ Thompson speaks to LC Law audience.ALEXANDRA FLORY/ THE LOG
Patrons of Oaks Amusement Park attend the inclusive bi-monthly Gay Skate event.FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
ARTS 8
By GABE KORER
The KPH RADIO show “Did You
Hear That?” starring Kit Graf
’24 and Kate Milne ’24 airs on
Sundays from 7 to 8 p.m. Formerly
“Wholesome Radio Hour,” the show
has taken on more of a relaxed turn
since the duo started working together
their freshman year.
During their one-hour slot, Graf and
Milne can often be heard discussing
their own lives while freely jamming
out to eclectic tunes.
For anyone that has ever witnessed
the two in action, their chemistry is
undeniable. Although they maintain
a “professional working relationship”
according to Milne, listening to their
chatter is like listening to a pair of
siblings, or an old married couple that
actually gets along. There is a palpable
energy and sense of excitement that
comes just from hearing their normal
conversation.
Graf and Milne first met over
Z0oom as first-years in a Spanish class.
The pair immediately hit it off after
Milne joked about Graf’s decision to
wear a beanie and turtleneck. Later, as
Graf described wanting to do a radio
show, Milne quickly invited herself on
to the program. Graf was delighted.
“I didn’t even ask,” Graf said. “It
was kind of wonderful.”
Since then, the show has had a
quality run as a dual podcast and
radio experience. Graf and Milne have
brought a high level of comfortability
as hosts, which has only grown as they
have increased their familiarity with
the format. “I think the biggest change for us is
that last year we were pretty stressed
about making sure everything ran
smoothly because neither of us had
ever done something like that,”
Milne said. “As we went and got more
comfortable in figuring out the layout
of our show … it’s become much more
relaxed.”
Last year, the two often shared a
wholesome event from their week
with their listeners or had people
post their own on the Mixlr website,
where KPH shows are streamed for
online listening. These days, they
share a humbling moment from their
weekends in order to “stay grounded”
and connect to their audience.
Despite not seeing each other
much in their personal lives, which
many would not expect, their on-air
dynamic suggests otherwise.
“We don’t really hang out during
the week,” Milne said. “That means
that during our one hour a week we
have so much to talk about, so our
show at this point is probably half
music, half just talking. It (has) more
of a podcast kind of feel.”
The music they play occasionally
follows a pattern (Graf said they
exclusively played instrumental and
funk the last time they were on the
air), but is oftentimes fairly diverse.
They have a giant playlist that
spans a variety of genres, as well as
a spreadsheet for songs they have
already played, so they never repeat.
Although the selection tends to
happen on the fly, the duo only adds
music to the playlist that they have a
personal connection to. “I remember I played ‘cookie chips’
by Reggie Snow, and I said, ‘This is
my toothbrushing song!’” Graf said.
Their favorite moment in the
show’s history was, to say the least,
unexpected. On one occasion, Milne
was talking about a boy she knew from
high school, who would always leave
thoughtful, humorous comments on
her social media posts. Intrigued by
the attention, he eventually ended up
calling in as a surprise guest caller.
“I think I sent him the link to the
show, and then we were talking about
him on air, like ‘Oh I hope Alonso
listens, I wonder how he’s doing,’”
Milne said. “Some of my friends from
high school were listening and they were typing in the chat and they were
like, ‘Oh, what if Alonso joins?’ And
then he joined!”
Alonso ended up coming multiple
times to liven up the program.
According to Graf and Milne, he holds
a special place in the show’s heart.
Beyond broadening their music
tastes and allowing them to connect
with students, both Graf and Milne
agree that the best part of “Did
You Hear That?” has been the
strengthening of their friendship.
“Honestly, I just think of our
radio hour as literally fun hangout
time,” Graf said. “It doesn’t feel like
work at all. It’s such a nice end to the
weekend.”By AIDAN D'ANNA
THE 2022 SENIOR Art Exhibition,
"Don't Blink," opened on April 8
in the Ronna and Eric Hoffman
Gallery of Contemporary Art. The show
features the work of 13 graduating senior
studio art majors and is the culmination
of a full year’s worth of time and effort.
Assistant Professor of Art and Studio
Head of Digital Media Brian House is teaching ART 492, the class associated
with the exhibition, as well as curating
the show. House emphasized that while
the class does culminate in this big proj -
ect, its main goal is to set graduates up
to be successful artists in the real world.
“The art major is kind of shifting
away from teaching individual courses
and having the seniors continually
working to an assignment,” House said.
“It is more about transitioning to working on their own practice just as professional
artists do.”
Part of this goal involves the intensive
focus on this individualized body of work.
To develop their thesis projects, seniors
must complete a two-part capstone
series unique to the art major. This is in
addition to a junior seminar course the
cohort also takes together the year before
they graduate.
Kess Moulton ’22 is part of this
cohort of art majors, and believes that
the structure of the major creates a strong
community among the artists.
“Being in the same class with the same
people for so long really creates a strong
community,” Moulton said. “You work
through all of the hard things together,
you celebrate successes and you celebrate
breakthroughs. And I have become so
close with these people, because I know
them so well, because they have shown so
much vulnerability.”
Fiona Denihan ’22, another graduating
art major, feels as though the nature
of the work requires this close-knit
environment.
“I think we've bared our hearts and
our souls to each other as we try to express
our identity,” Denihan said. “You need
support from people, I think, so we sort
of just banded together out of necessity.”
The title of the exhibition, generated
by the students, also speaks to this
vulnerability. House’s curatorial statement
describes the theme as an opportunity to
wield agency over one of the five senses,
but in talking to the artists it is clear each
one has a different interpretation.
Moulton sees it as an opportunity to
discuss difficult topics. Helen Wilbur ’22
used it to go back in time and speak with
her younger self. Denihan channeled the
fact that you close your eyes when you
are scared. Finally, Lindsey Fischer ’22
asks the viewer to literally refrain from
blinking as they watch her video display.
The seniors deeply value their
commitment to the work and took
passionate ownership of the show.
“Another thing about the art thesis
specifically, is that it is not completely
controlled by the faculty,” Wilbur
said. “They still expect us to plan and
participate in a lot of things. For this
show, we came up with the name, we
designed the brochure, all of that kind of stuff. So it really feels like our show, not
just ‘oh, I have my artwork in the show.’ It
is really a group accomplishment.”
The exhibition’s opening coincided
with Festival of Scholars and Artists,
which was both nerve-wracking and
exciting for the artists.
“I was really thinking about what I
was going to say,” Wilbur said. “Which
is ridiculous because nobody knows my
work better than I do. It's not like I can
say the wrong thing, but I was really
worried about that."
Moulton was excited because they
had designed their project specifically
for the show.
“I made this work so it could
be seen,” Moulton said. “I think
that is what drove my concepts so
hard, because I felt (my work) is
really important for other people
to understand. And I think that art
is also a really accessible way of
communication, I think that part of the
reason why it is such a public format is
because it is accessible.”
This accessibility is what leads to
different interpretations, which House
feels is what art is all about.
“As artists, we are producing
cultural objects that are meant to be
in dialogue with what is going on in
the world,” House said. “And in some
sense, artwork is completed by the
viewer … so I think the purpose of the
gallery is to let that kind of exchange
happen.”
“Don’t Blink” is available for
students to visit during regular gallery
hours (11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Sunday) until May 8. The
seniors encourage anyone who has not
yet stopped by to spend a few minutes
of their day in conversation with the
work.
“If you do end up going to see our
work, you will not leave without having
a reaction to something,” Denihan
said. “Whether it is just a flinch, or you
end up mesmerized staring at the work
on the walls. You will not come away
feeling un-opinionated. Something will
touch you, even if you do not get or like
it, you will carry something with you.
And I think that is what is so powerful
about this cohort of students and the
work that we were all able to do.”By KAMRYN FORD
THE NETFLIX Original series
“Bridgerton” released its second
season on March 25, focusing
once again on the fictional Bridgerton
children and their journey to find love.
This season’s protagonist was Anthony
Bridgerton, the eldest child and the head
of the family. After being spurned by his
secret lover in the first season, he begins
the season with nare a hint at hoping
to fall in love and seeks a wife only to
fulfill his duty to his family. Instead, he
discovers how a simple look can say a
thousand words.
Kate Sharma, Anthony's love interest,
comes from a complex and heart
wrenching background. Like Anthony,
she is an eldest child who lives for her
family, and rarely takes anything, or
anyone, for herself. Both her journey
throughout this season and her self
reflection on her feelings for Anthony,
allow viewers to dive into the complexities
of the torn mind. It opens the door to the
battle between the head and heart, the
duty and self.
Executive Producer Shonda Rhimes
was very excited to include actress
Simone Ashley in the cast, not only for her
incredible acting skills, but to continue to
maintain as diverse a cast as they did in
season one.
“Finding South Asian women with
darker skin and making sure that they
were represented on screen authentically
and truthfully feels like something that we
haven't seen nearly enough of,” Rhimes
said in an interview with Netflix. “I felt
like it was time for us to make sure that we
were seeing as much as possible.”
This season, unlike the last, focuses on
the more subtle intimacies of love, rather
than the more explicit scenes the series
was known for during the first season. For
many viewers, this was a refreshing change
that allowed them to experience a new
version of love and intimacy on the screen.
Jonathan Bailey, the actor who plays
Anthony, was asked about the lack of sex
scenes in his season, compared to the
many scenes acted out by costars, Phoebe
Dynevor and Regé Jean-Page, in the first
season.
“What you lose in sex scenes you gain
in a deeper human understanding, which
hopefully enriches the world so that the
future intimacy scenes won’t be the heavy
feature, and won’t have to lean on them
as much,” Bailey said in an interview with
Tom Murray.
For many years, on-screen depictions
of love, and the intimacies that go alongside
it, have focused primarily on sex. Women
have been fetishized for their bodies rather
than appreciated for their intellect, and
countless movies and shows have profited
from this. While the “Bridgerton” series is
no stranger to this portrayal, season two
takes a remarkable new approach. The
emphasis on eye contact, challenging the
status quo, witty conversation, and the
true, realistic, ugly fear of losing someone
all come into play this season. The viewers
see Anthony at his lowest and finally get
to witness the barriers of toxic masculinity
broken down by both heartbreak and hope
for the future.
Without introducing any spoilers
to those who have yet to watch
the new season, I would note that
foreshadowing and minor details
will play an extremely important
role in this season’s progression.
Rhimes greatly looks forward to how
the public will react to Anthony and
Kate’s relationship as it progresses
throughout the season.
“There’s something wonderful about
taking the concept of the untamable
woman and turning her into a real, three
dimensional woman — versus the way
you’ve seen her be portrayed by men in
the past,” Rhimes said in an interview with
TMC. “Kate feels very much like a woman of
her own mind, … Anthony feels like he is a
man struggling to stay within the bounds of
what society has laid for him — but he can’t
do that with Kate around. It’s exciting.”
If you wish to be thrown into the
woes and complications of high society
and analyze the tantalizing season for
yourself, check out the second season
of Netflix’s “Bridgerton.” Senior art exhibition features works
by 13 graduating studio art majors
KPH Radio show "Did You Hear That?" fosters
strong friendship, conversations, special guestsBridgerton
lives up to
initial hype
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The show also featured Jesse Maack's '22 installation entitled "Equivalent Exchange."Community members peruse sculptures by Kess Moulton '22 at the Hoffman Gallery.
COURTESY OF KIT GRAF
By AIDAN D'ANNA
THE LINE TO enter McMenamins
Crystal Ballroom stretched for
blocks on April 3 as hundreds
of fans awaited a performance from
alt-rock trio Wallows. The sold-out
show was the first of two back-to-back
nights at the ballroom. It was also
the third show of the group’s “Tell Me That It’s Over Tour,” following the
March 25 release of the band’s ten-song
sophomore album of the same name.
After giving fans a week to digest
the new songs, the United States leg
of the tour kicked off on April 1 in
Seattle and will last until July 2. The
band will begin the European portion
of the tour on Aug. 26. and it will last
until Feb. 5, 2023. Wallows was formed in 2011 by
members Dylan Minnette (guitar/vocals),
Braeden Lemasters (guitar/vocals) and Cole
Preston (guitar/drums), when the three
were 14-year-old students at the Keyboard
Galleria Music Center in Santa Clarita, Calif.
The band began releasing music
independently under the name Wallows
in 2017, beginning with the single
“Pleaser,” and headlined their first tour in
early 2018. It was during the tour that the
band announced that they had signed to
Atlantic Records, and released their debut
album “Nothing Happens” in March 2019.
Minette is also an accomplished actor,
starring as Clay Jensen in the Netflix
adaptation of “Thirteen Reasons Why.”
Minette was cast in the show in June 2016,
just as his music career was beginning to
take shape, and remained the series lead
for its four seasons of production.
Wallows were supported at the April 3
show by singer-songwriter Claire Chicha,
who performs under the name spill tab.
Chicha is French and Korean American, and
writes songs in both French and English.
“French is a much more difficult
language for me, so I’m really vulnerable
in English,” Chicha said in an interview
with the music publication Dork. “My
French songs are a bit of an alter ego. I feel
more empowered to be badass.”
Though spill tab has only twelve songs
out on streaming platforms, Chicha
performed a ten-song setlist on April 3,
breaking up some of her fan favorites
like “Cotton Candy” and “PISTOLWHIP”
with a high energy rendition of Kelly
Clarkson’s “Since You’ve Been Gone”
that had audience members screaming at
the top of their lungs.
Chicha was also joined on stage by
fellow musician Caleb Buchanan, who
played bass for the duration of the set.
Following a brief interlude, Wallows
took the stage, which had been adorned
during intermission with several floor
lamps that changed colors throughout the
show. The band played a 21-song setlist
over the course of 90 minutes, eight of
which came from “Tell Me.”
I would not have called myself a
Wallows superfan by any stretch of
the imagination before attending the
show. I had heard of the band mostly
through friends and Minnette’s “Thirteen
Reasons” credit and had listened to the
certified platinum single “Are You Bored
Yet?,” but that was about the extent of
my fandom. However, I did listen to the
new album multiple times leading up to
the concert, and found myself humming
along to the catchy tunes and even
learning the words to several songs. My
favorite is “Marvelous,” and on the night
of the show I was jumping up and down
singing along with the rest of the fans.
Wallows also utilized more instruments
than the traditional rock band’s guitar,
bass and drums; Minette brought out a
harmonica for the opener “I Don’t Want to
Talk,” a tambourine for “Marvelous” and
one of the supporting band members played
trumpet on a few songs as well. I enjoyed these changes to the conventional scheme,
and I could tell how much fun the band was
having during these interludes as well.
Despite the show coming just over a
week after the new album’s release, fans
sang along to most of the songs, getting
especially energized at the first chords of
“Especially You” and “Hurts Me.”
As an encore (in spite of Minette’s
promise that there would be no encore), the
band asked for a request from the audience,
and ended up playing “Drunk on Halloween”
along with the previously planned “Hard to
Believe” and “Remember When.” Released in late 2018, Minette
remarked after it was over that the band
does not play “Drunk on Halloween”
enough on tour.
“We haven’t done that one in a while,”
Minette said on stage. “I’m glad we still
remember how to play it.”
Wallows played a second sold out
show at the ballroom on April 4, before
traveling down to California, Arizona
and New Mexico for a run of six shows as
they prepared for their highly anticipated
performance at Coachella Valley Music
and Arts Festival on April 16.FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
ARTS 9
By VENUS EDLIN
THE PORTLAND Art Museum (PAM)
acquired Associate Professor of Art
and Studio Head of Sculpture Jess
Perlitz’s sculpture “Burned Beast” earlier
this year.
The sculpture, composed of burnt
wood and dowels with a matching
charcoal shadow, was first created in 2017
as part of an exhibition in the Hoffman
Gallery with Associate Professor of Art
and Department Chair Joel Fischer.
“The entire show was thinking about art
as a tool for meaning making and thinking
about how we negotiate the world,” Perlitz
said. “Both our desires, and our fears and
our hopes, and how that manifests in the
way that we organize the world around us.”
This context inspired “Burned Beast,”
which, according to Perlitz, pulled visual
reference from animals in medieval
tapestries. Depictions of animals from
this period are notably nondescript and
odd-looking to the modern eye. However,
at the time, they were used to instill a fear
of hell. This intimidating intention yet
hobbled, inviting appearance is reflected in Perlitz’s sculpture which looks friendly,
but is intended to implicate the viewer.
Grace Kook-Anderson, Arlene and
Harold Schnitzer curator of Northwest art,
commented on this relationship in a daily
art feature on the PAM website.
“Given the title and burned nature
of the sculpture, ‘Burned Beast’
seems as if it should be a menacing or
ominous presence, however, because of
its hobbled legs and tilting head with
a seemingly smiling expression, the
sculpture is surprisingly charming,”
Kook-Anderson said. “The ambiguous
creature seems dog-like and its
imperfect form becomes endearing. At
this moment, as we enter a new year,
Perlitz’s ‘Burned Beast’ feels extremely
timely, as if it has embodied our recent
climate disasters and the pandemic, yet
it remains inquisitive and standing.”
The sculpture was purchased by the
American Academy of Arts and Letters
in 2019, who donated it to PAM this
year. When the academy first purchased
“Burned Beast,” they exhibited the work
in New York. Perlitz joked about what
the process was like for her.“They flew me out to make the
shadow, this smudge on the wall,” Perlitz
said. “There was something funny about
going across the country with some
charcoal and taking 10 minutes to make
this shadow on the walls.”
This is the second of Perlitz’s pieces to be
acquired, the first of which currently resides
in the Boise Art Museum. According to her,
it is notable to have a sculpture in particular
acquired due to storage demands, though
acquisitions in general are significant.
“It’s a really nice form of support
because it’s a purchase of work and
then it’s in a situation where it has some
permanency, as opposed to a gallery
exhibition,” Perlitz said. “Once it’s in
a collection, then it is shown — it’s not
permanently on display.”
Perlitz elaborated that this can lead
to a strange feeling, since an artist may
not know exactly where their piece is
at a given moment. Pieces may be put
in storage, brought out by curators or
loaned out to other museums.
Though “Burned Beast” was originally
created for a specific exhibition, Perlitz said
it fits into broader themes found in her work.“In my work I am making things that
are containers for our fears and desires – the
sculptures become ways for us to examine
how it is that we make meaning,” Perlitz
said. “… They're really for me, tools to have
a conversation and there are multiple
conversations we can have with all works, but
as a common thread throughout my work, I think there is the conversation (about) how
is it that we come to make meaning.”
Currently, Perlitz is on sabbatical and
recently taught a workshop and guest lecture
at her alma mater, Tyler School of Art in
Philadelphia. She looks forward to her solo
exhibition in HOLDING Contemporary art
gallery in downtown Portland later this year. Portland Art Museum acquires art professor's sculpture
"Burned Beast" was purchased by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019, who donated it to PAMAlt-rock trio Wallows sells out Crystal Ballroom
The band played two sold-out nights in Portland, kicking off their "Tell Me That It's Over" tour
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Singer-songwriter spill tab opened for Wallows on April 3 at the Crystal Ballroom.
Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston play guitar and drums (respectively) for Wallows.AIDAN D'ANNA/THE LOG
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Dylan Minnette belts out set opener "I Don't Want to Talk" to a sold-out crowd.
COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARK
"Burned Beast" is the second of Perlitz's sculptures to be aquisitioned by a museum.By MALCOLM
PARISI-MARCOUX
FINDING A USED bookstore
in Portland is like finding
a needle in a needle stack:
There is no shortage of places to
buy obscure sci-fi short stories from
the 1940s, feminist handbooks
from the ’60s or even textbooks for
99.99% off. “Crooked House Books
and Paper,” in particular offers a
unique experience in that the owner,
Rachelle Markley, has committed to
only selling books and objects she
herself would be interested in. The
store is located at 1602 NE 40th Ave
in Hollywood.
When you enter the bookshop,
the smell of varnished wood and
old paper is the first thing that
greets you. It is the kind of smell
that makes you feel eight years old
again, searching through boxes at
your neighbor’s stoop sale for an old
book, toy or baseball card. The store
is home to two cats, one Siamese
named Bruno and another whom
I did not see during my visit. They
might greet you when you enter or,
as I experienced, just be napping on
the couch. The store operates out of
Markley’s home, which provides a
very personal, friendly feel. Some
rooms are open to the public, while
others are curtained off, meaning
you might hear someone fixing lunch
as you look through the shelves.
During my visit, there were two
or three older men there to visit with
the owner or drop off books. My
friend had a very nice conversation
with one of them on topics ranging
from Sappho’s recently uncovered
poetry to good starting points for the
classics — they settled on Catullus. It
did not feel like “Crooked House” was
just a store. Instead, it felt more like
a meeting place for people interested
in old literature where one might just
happen to buy books.
Markley opened the store in
2013 after she realized that she would rather work with old texts
as opposed to modern ones. Books
were always a cherished item in her
house growing up and she wanted to
help others discover a love for them
as well. Most of the time the store
is self-run, though recently she has
been looking to expand. According to
Markley, their most common genre
of book is of the domestic type which
include cookbooks, handbooks and
home economics. She also mentioned
that they sell a lot of feminist and
pre-feminist books that highlight
female autonomy and discuss the
image of women in media. There are
also robust children’s, sci-fi, horror,
classics and poetry sections.
“Crooked House” is open Thursday
through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
but busy students, or those who rely
on public transportation, have the
option of ordering online. I would
advise that if you have the time to
make the 20-minute trip by car, that
you should. I went in hoping to buy a
copy of “The Phantom Tollbooth” by
Norton Juster, which I have not read
since I was a very small child. True
to the nature of many small indie
bookstores, there was a copy hidden
away, but I was unable to get to it.
After browsing for a while I ended
up buying “The Turn of the Screw”
by Henry James, which I previously
knew nothing about but seemed
interesting. The experience of looking
through the stacks and walking away
with something you never knew you
wanted is very rewarding.In-house bookstore
exudes personal feel
MALCOLM PARISI-MARCOUX/THE LOG
"Crooked House" is also Markley's home.By GRETA BURTON
IT IS APRIL, AND that means one
thing: Baseball is back, baby. All thirty
Major League Baseball (MLB) teams
played their opening games in a two-day
baseball palooza, defying the earlier delay
to the season caused by the MLB lockout.
Fourteen teams played their opening
game on April 7, while the other sixteen
played a day later on April 8. With four
walk-off wins across the two days, this
year’s opening day had a number of
thrilling finishes.
Kris Wuelfing ’23, who pitches for
the Lewis & Clark Varsity Baseball team,
is excited that the MLB season is now
underway. As a lifelong Los Angeles
Dodgers fan, he is hoping they can make
it to the World Series after coming up just
short in last year’s playoffs.
“It is amazing to watch how skilled
these guys are at the sport and to see the
pure talent they have,” Wuelfing said. “I
really hope they play a full season and the
Dodgers come out on top.”
The first game of the season was
between the New York Yankees and the
Boston Red Sox. The Yankees secured a
win after Josh Donaldson hit a walk-off
single in the 11th inning. The game was
sent into extra innings after Anthony
Rizzo, Giancarlo Stanton and DJ
LeMahieu landed some clutch home runs.
The Toronto Blue Jays came back
from a 7-0 deficit to beat the Texas
Rangers, which was sparked by an RBI
single from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the
fourth. The score was tied heading into
the sixth, but the Jays were able to sneak out the victory, finishing 10-8.
The Arizona Diamondbacks were
nearly the subject of a no-hitter facing
off against San Diego Padres ace Sean
Manaea, but D-Backs outfielder David
Peralta broke it up with a single in the
eighth inning. Manaea was acquired
the weekend before the opener in a four
player trade with the Oakland Athletics,
and was spoiled of a win in the opener
after the D-Backs walked it off in the ninth
inning.
Not all fans believe in the power of an
opening day win to change a team’s fate.
Kevin Skiver reported via The Sporting
News on the overall trends he is observing
for teams that have struggled in the MLB.
“Don’t be fooled by the Diamondbacks
stealing an Opening Day win from the
Padres: Arizona’s lineup is horrendous,”
Skiver wrote. “It was no-hit for the first
six innings of Game 1 and the first seven
innings of Game 2. On the other coast, the
Orioles were swept by the Rays and scored
four runs total in the three games. It’s
going to be a long season for both teams,
with the NL West and AL East being two
of baseball’s top three divisions along with
the NL East.”
The New York Mets faced the
Washington Nationals and made
headlines when a pitch from Steve
Cishek hit the helmet of Mets shortstop
Francisco Lindor in the fifth inning.
Cishek was ejected by the umpires as
Lindor left the game. This was the fourth
incident during the series in which a
Mets player was hit by a pitch.
American League Cy Young Award
recipient Robbie Ray debuted with
the Mariners after signing a five-year
contract worth $115 million in the
offseason. Ray threw for seven innings,
and became the fourth Seattle pitcher
in franchise history to allow one run or
fewer on opening day.
The MLB season will include its usual
slate of 162 games, which will conclude
on Oct. 2. The postseason will begin on
Oct. 4, where a number of teams will try
to punch their ticket to the World Series. By GABE KORER
THROUGHOUT the Spring 2022
season, the Lewis & Clark track
and field teams have had a
multitude of strong individual and team
performances. Only a year after the men’s
team had their highest finish since 1995,
the program has experienced major
growth both in accomplishments and
the amount of athletes competing. With
over 40 individual athletes having already
qualified for the Northwest Conference
(NWC) Championships, the teams now
have more conference qualifiers than they
did team members five years ago.
Having joined the coaching staff
in 2016, Head Coach Aaron Campbell
has been a major part of the program’s
accelerated growth. Campbell was
promoted to interim head coach in
2019, and has since worked hard on
recruitment.
“My first year here we had just over
30 athletes in the program,” Campbell
said. “And this year we’re just shy of 70, so
it’s a much bigger crew that we’re rolling
with … Knowing we had those numbers,
knowing that we had a great balance of
really great upperclassmen with a really
strong first year class, has really motivated
us this season.”
One of the areas Campbell has seen
the most improvement in is indoor track
& field, which concluded on February 26
in the SPU Final Qualifier. Prior to the
season’s end, there were several strong
group performances, including nine top
ten finishes between the indoor meets at
George Fox University and Portland. Two
athletes, George Karamitsos ’24 and Ellie
Hull ’25, also provisionally qualified for
the Division III Indoor Championships
in the Women’s Mile and Men’s 3000M
run. However, both came up just short in
the National Qualifying Meet on March 5.
According to Campbell, this year
has featured the most indoor track competitions in program history.
“We felt that if we were going to be a
great outdoor team, which was definitely
our focus, then a great indoor season was
essential to that end goal,” Campbell said.
Last year, the women’s team was one
point shy of their highest finish since
2013. Through standout performances
from Jessica Cerne ’22, Riley Buese ’25,
Olivia Farrar ’25 and Macy O’Hara ’24,
they will likely improve upon that mark
by season’s end.
On April 11 and 12, Cerne competed
in the heptathlon and finished in fourth
place during the NWC Combined
Events Championships, which was
hosted by George Fox University and
Pacific University. In her third NWC
heptathlon, Cerne excelled in the long
jump, 800M run and javelin throw,
posting top two finishes in all three
events. Cerne previously took home top five marks in the 200M dash and 100M
hurdles during the Pacific Preview on
March 26.
Farrar cracked the top 15 in program
history in the triple jump with a distance
of 10.43m and remains one of the top
triple and long jumpers in the conference.
Buese has nationally ranked marks in both
the 5k and 10k and has passed Assistant
Coach Emily Thomas ’12, considered one
of the greatest runners in NWC history, as
having the fastest freshman 10k time in
LC’s record book.
Described as an “absolute beast”
by Campbell, O’Hara has also had
tremendous success thus far. Despite
never running track prior to this season,
O’Hara has qualified for the conference
championships in every event she has
competed in, including the 100m, the
200m and the 400m. As a dual sport
athlete who competes for the LC Varsity Women’s Soccer team, she has been able
to overcome much of the learning curve in
being a newly-converted sprinter.
“You have to understand how you’re
going to run around the track,” O’Hara
said. “In soccer, it’s mostly motivated by
the ball and your team movement. I think
mentally understanding where to put your
energy or when or why you need to be fast
in a certain part of the track … was kind of
a mental barrier that I had to figure out.”
Although originally joining track to
improve her soccer abilities, where she
is known for her speed as an outside
forward, O’Hara has grown to love the
competition and thrill of the sport. Having
never participated in a multiple day
track event, she has her eyes set on the
upcoming conference tournament.
“Personally, I’m really excited,”
O’Hara said. “This whole season I haven’t
really known exactly what to expect, but
I’ve kind of used that to my advantage
because I’m just there to race. I’m excited
to run against faster people who push me
to go faster.”
On the men’s side, Karamitsos has had
an impressive first season of competition,
becoming only the second LC athlete
to receive All-Region honors for indoor
track and field in both the 3k and 5k. He
also achieved the fourth fastest time in
program history in the 1500m with a time
of 3:54.50 during the outdoor season.
Most recently, he broke a 45-year-old
school record in the 5k, running a 14:28
in the Hayward Premiere Meet on March
31. In securing that mark, Karamitsos
garnered one of the top times in all of
Division III.
Karamitsos said that a key factor in his
success was the time he spent preparing
before the season. Having faced injuries in
the past, he worked hard over the summer
to be available for both track and cross
country.
“A big goal for me is consistency and
staying healthy,” Karamitsos said. “I think those two things are a lot easier to focus
in on than just saying, ‘Oh I want to go to
nationals.’ I think that’s what made me a
better athlete. It’s just staying consistent
and staying healthy and being a little
focused.”
Karamitsos often sets high
expectations for the goals he wants to
meet. Next year, he has ambitions of
improving his time in the 5k and 10k
and running in the low four minute mile
range, with hopes of eventually breaking
the conference 5k record of 14:09 later in
his career.
“Again, just numbers, but to me they
carry a lot of weight because I think about
them a lot,” Karamitsos said. “Running
really is just a number until you kind of
compete at that level and then you realize
how difficult it is to do.”
Also performing well for the men’s
team are first-years Max Aldrich ’25 and
Liam Rickey ’25, who have qualified in
a wide range of events, including the
800m, the 1500m and the 10k. There are
a number of other student athletes who
have qualified in individual events as well,
which according to Campbell is a major
step in the right direction, as it gives them
more opportunities to score points during
the intra-conference competition.
Moving forward, LC’s Men’s and
Women’s Track and Field teams will
compete in the L&C Invite on April 16
before traveling to Tacoma, Washington
for the NWC Championships on April 22
and 23. With more student athletes set to
compete in the festivities than ever before,
and a number of historic performances
already in the books, the men’s and
women’s teams will look to improve upon
their respective 5th and 7th place rankings
from last season and increase the standing
of the program.
“The big goal is that we want to be the
best that we can be,” Campbell said. “If
we do that, I think we can be one of the
better teams in the conference.” FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
SPORTS 10
Both teams set their sights on 2022 NWC Championships during impressive indoor, outdoor seasons Track & Field excels in record breaking year
Card collector Noah Ferruggia ’23
finds gems in baseball, F1 markets
By NOAH REESE-CLAUSON
FOR MANY, baseball has been
America’s favorite pastime since
Major League Baseball (MLB) was
founded in 1871. When the first baseball
cards were introduced, they originated
quite simply as team photos, eventually
becoming the more personalized cards
with statistics and individual pictures
we know today. After the success of
baseball cards, other sports leagues
started making them, and it grew into
a market that fans around the world
could be a part of.
Noah Ferruggia ’23, a pitcher for the
Lewis & Clark Varsity Baseball team, has
been collecting sports cards since he was
only ten years old, a
hobby he inherited
from his father.
The elder Ferruggia
accumulated around
500,000 cards in
his time, and passed
them on to his son.
Only about 200 were
considered valuable enough — $5 or
more — to keep.
As a longtime collector, Ferruggia
focuses on baseball and Formula 1(F1)
racing cards, his two favorite sports.
He has a YouTube channel, Pioneer
Sport Cards, where he discusses
his predictions, pursuits and prized
possessions.
Ferruggia enjoys collecting sports
cards for a myriad of reasons.
“It’s a nice constant, it builds
community and keeps me engaged
with sports,” Ferruggia said.
There is an economic component
to collecting sports cards as well.
Ferruggia frequently flips (a
combination of trading and selling) his
cards, often for a profit. A year before
racer Max Verstappen won the 2021 F1
World Championship, his 2020 Topps
Now Max Verstappen #23 PSA 10
cards were selling for $4 each. Noticing
that Verstappen had been successful with average vehicles, Ferruggia
banked on Team Red Bull giving him
an upgrade and invested $320 to buy
eighty cards. A year later, they were
worth $150 each, and are worth about
$80 today. Whenever he needs a little
cash, he sells one.
“It’s like a stock market for
sports,” Ferruggia said. “You never
really see any of the money though, it
keeps getting snowballed in.”
Ferruggia also emphasized that he
does not plan to invest in any more
cards, but is flipping them for other
cards to try and increase his net
worth. According to him, you have to
be willing to move on or you could lose
an opportunity to upgrade in value.
Ferruggia said
he has only
one card he
would never
part with: his
2020 Topps
chrome F1
sapphire Lewis
Hamilton 70th
anniversary PSA8, the most expensive
card he owns. He purchased it for
$3,000 in cash and $3,000 in cards,
and it is currently valued at around
$8,000, or a year’s worth of food at
Field’s Dining Hall.
“It was a real relief having it in
hand,” Ferruggia said. “It’s terrifying
having that much money in the mail.”
Unfortunately, Ferruggia keeps
his prized Lewis Hamilton at home,
where it is safer, but he was able to
show a few of his other favorites.
On the left in the photo is the
oldest of the three, which is his
1986 Alain Prost. Prost was a four
time world champion in F1, who
previously held the record for most
world championships, including the
first ever back-to-back win in 1985
and 1986. The card is not the typical
Topps brand. Instead, it is a sticker
card (one meant to be glued into an
album) from Italy. In the middle is Dylan Carlson, an
outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals who
holds a special place in Ferruggia’s heart.
Carlson’s brother was on Ferruggia’s
high school baseball team, and his dad
was Ferruggia’s coach. Additionally,
Carlson himself attended Ferruggia’s
high school, and the two have met a
number of times. The card is a red
Topps chrome sapphire, meaning that
there are only five of them in existence.
The card is valued at an estimate of
$1,000.
Finally, located on the right is his
newer George Russell card graded
at a PSA 10 — meaning it is in the
best condition — that is worth $250.
Russell is an up-and-coming driver for
Mercedes Benz who got an opportunity
when a Benz driver caught COVID-19
and someone was needed to fill in.
Russell stepped up to the task, and a
few years later Mercedes Benz officially
signed him to their team.
Card collecting is not for everyone,
and the value of sports cards can seem
fairly high to an outsider. However,
for its participants it is often highly
enjoyable. Ferruggia gets to engage
with his passion for sports in a novel
way, and potentially make a profit
while doing so.MLB begins year with
opening day festivities With a historic amount of conference qualifiers, track & field has taken a big step forward.
GRETA BURTON/THE LOGPHOTO COURTESY OF AARON CAMPBELL
NOAH REESE-CLAUSON/THE LOG
Ferruggia has collected cards since age 10.Ferruggia frequently
flips (a combination of
trading and selling) his
cards, often for a profit.FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
SPORTS 11
By GRETA BURTON
AT AGE 25, Scottie Scheffler
becomes the latest golfer to win
the honor of the Green Jacket at
the Masters tournament held in Augusta,
Ga. He is currently ranked first in the
Official World Golf Ranking. Scheffler
won by three strokes.
Eli Jamieson ’23, a member of
Lewis & Clark’s Varsity Men’s golf team, provided his perspective on the
win and professional golf in general.
“Scottie was dominant! In the past
two months he has clearly been the
best player in the world and it showed
at this year’s Masters,” Jamieson said
via email. “It is rare that not only the
best player in the world is 25 years
old but that he also backs it up at the
biggest tournament of the year. He
too clearly realized the gravity of the
final round - he said he was crying
to his wife the morning of the final
round because he didn’t believe he
could handle the pressure. It didn’t
show!”
Scheffler led the leaderboard over
the three day event, which took place
from April 8 to 10. He maintained a
steady lead over his main challenger,
Australian golfer Cameron Smith. In
the final round, Smith landed a shot
into the water, which gave Scheffler a
bit of breathing room. Rory McIlroy
shot up the leaderboard on the final
day of the tournament, shooting a 64.
He was eight strokes under par.
“Part of me wishes Rory McIlroy
had won this year. He is chasing the
career grand slam (winning all four
majors) and he has been incredibly
candid about the pressure that has
put on him - something that is rare in modern professional sports,”
Jamieson said.
One of the most interesting aspects
of this year’s Masters, according to
Jamieson, was the return of Tiger
“The Cat” Woods after a severe car
accident on Feb. 23, 2021.
“It was shocking to see him limp
down the fairway only a year and half
after almost having his leg amputated.
He somehow beat more than half the
players in the field!” Jamieson said.
“This year I found myself conflicted
in rooting for Cat. On [the] one hand
it is unbelievable to see him compete
at age 46 while barely being able to
walk. On the other hand, however,
he did crash his car driving nearly 90
miles per hour on a residential road
while endangering innocent people.
Can you separate what he does on the
course to who he is off (of) it?”
While the Masters win made
history in and of itself, Scheffler was
also the fifth player to win the Masters
as the number one ranked golfer in
the world. Additionally, he is the first
golfer since Arnold Palmer in 1960
to attain four victories, including the
Masters, in the span of a season.
Prior to his professional career,
Scheffler lived in New Jersey and
Texas. In 2013, he won the United States Junior Amateur tournament
and was part of the U.S. team that
won the 2017 Walker Cup. He went on
to play at the University of Texas from
2014 to 2018, which he led to three
Big 12 championships. He was also
named “Phil Mickelson Freshman of
the Year” in 2015 by the Golf Coaches
Association of America (GCAA).
In 2016, Scheffler qualified for
his first U.S. Open. He opened with
a strong first round, shooting a 69.
However, he would miss the cut by one
stroke in the second round, shooting
a 78 overall. In 2017, the young golfer
qualified again and was one of two
amateurs to make the cut. He finished
one stroke ahead of Cameron Champ,
the second amateur participant.
Scheffler gained steam in 2019,
winning a handful of tournaments and
earning the title of Korn Ferry Tour
Player of the Year. In 2020, he finished
fourth at the PGA Championship,
winning $528,000. Later that month,
he shot 12-under at The Northern
Trust. This round made history as the
joint second-lowest ever in PGA Tour
history at 59 strokes.
Prior to the 2022 Masters, Scheffler
won the WM Phoenix Open on Feb.
13 in a sudden-death playoff against
Patrick Cantlay. At the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando three weeks
later, Scheffler won his second career
PGA Tour title. One final win at the
WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
in Texas secured Scheffler the official
number one rank in the world.
Despite having a deep passion
for the sport, Jamieson himself
admits that he does not watch a lot of
professional golf.
“Other than the majors, I do not
watch professional golf so I always try
to watch as much of The Masters as I
can,” Jamieson said. “That being said,
I do love watching the majors. It’s great
to watch people deal with an immense
amount of pressure in such a vivid
way.”
Jamieson believes that making the
sport more accessible and popular
is key to increasing the sport’s
viewership.
“The more people who play golf,
the more people will watch golf. Golf is
so niche that it is hard to enjoy what
you are watching unless you really
understand what is going on and the
skill it takes. Most of the time even I find
it boring,” Jamieson said. “By trying
to play golf, however, you can gain a
little understanding of how hard it is.
Hopefully (it) makes you appreciate the
skill professional golfers have.”Scottie Scheffler dominates Masters tournament, excites fans Frisbee players talk
fashion rules to follow
Varsity Men’s golfer Eli Jamieson ’23, discusses Scheffler’s impressive play, other global professionalsBy AMELIA MADARANG
UNLIKE OTHER sports, Ultimate
Frisbee only has a few rules for
how the players dress on the field.
According to USA Ultimate, “Players
may wear any soft clothing that does not
endanger the safety of other players or
provide an unfair advantage,” and “each
player must wear a uniform or other
clothing distinguishing that player from
players on the other team.”
Ultimately, this means that players
enjoy lots of freedom regarding the
clothes they are allowed to wear while
they compete. Both on and off the field,
Julia Scott ’25 and Jens Martin ’22 are
considered by their captains to be very
fashionable players.
Growing up in Minnesota, Scott played
soccer and alpine skied competitively.
Since the beginning of the school year,
she has been playing for the Lewis & Clark
Artemis and Bacchus Ultimate Frisbee
teams. On the field, Scott prefers to wear
athletic clothing.
“I’m just there to play the game
and put myself out there to do well and
support my teammates,” Scott said.“I’m
not really thinking as much about how I’m
presenting myself.”
When she is not playing sports, Scott
describes her fashion as following three
big rules: earth tones, big earrings and
baggy pants.
“I definitely have some clothes that I’m
very excited about and really love wearing
and they make me feel confident … in my
ability to be myself,” Scott said.
She is a fan of the jeans and a sweater
with some chunky earrings combination,
or the baggy, fun pants with either layered
shirts or a tank top look. Her favorite
piece right now is a pair of loose-fitting
pants that have mushrooms on them.
For Scott, fashion is related less to her
identity and more to how she wants to feel.
“It’s kind of just what I’m comfortable
in, what I like, what makes me feel
confident and comfortable in being
myself,” Scott said.
Martin is known as both a fashionable
Bacchus player, one of the KPH
organizers, as the creator of the screen
printed clothing brand “Delivery Boys” or
as just a fashionable person on campus.
However, his journey to becoming a
fashionable frisbee player started long
before his frisbee career at LC did.
“When I was in high school, I started
working at a streetwear and vintage store
in Denver,” Martin said. “And so from
there, I started getting really into clothes.
Because when I was working on selling them … it was a lot more accessible to me.”
Martin’s style places a lot of emphasis
on uniqueness and practicality. Since
arriving at LC, his personal style has
evolved from bright colors to earth tones,
navies and darker colors. Right now, a
typical outfit for him consists of a nice pair
of jeans paired with either a shirt from a
small brand, a vintage shirt topped with
military liners or a work-weary kind of
jacket.
He describes the Bacchus team as a
“super loving group of people” with rowdy
fashion.
“(It) tends to be kind of laid back and
kind of normal off the field,” said Martin
“But on the field, I feel like you get a lot
of crazy stuff … a lot of frisbee teams are
super colorful and super crazy because
you’re allowed to do a lot more with it.”
At the last tournament in Beaverton,
one player reportedly wore climbing
pants while another was spotted wearing
corduroy during the games. Other fashion
trends include super vibrant tights,
wearing a lot of fun hoodies or all things
jerseys.
You can find Martin’s screenprints
@dlvry.boys on Instagram. On April 16
and 17, LC will compete in the Northwest
Ultimate Frisbee Conference at Hillsboro
High School in Hillsboro, Ore. Martin
encourages the LC community to turn out
and see all the funky fashion. If they win
this tournament, the team will move on
to nationals in Wisconsin. The last time
either team went to nationals was in 2019.
Scott also invites students to watch the
Artemis vs. Artemis Alumni game on April
23, 6 p.m. at Griswold Stadium. Guests
are encouraged to come an hour earlier to
warm up, secure seats and get hyped. The
Bacchus Alumni Game has officially been
rescheduled to April 23 at 7:30pm.Spring has sprung: Explore
Portland’s accessible hikes
By PHILIP STEFFEN
PORTLAND IS a city renowned
for its easily accessible hiking
trails. That being said, it can
be difficult for students without cars
to access many of these outdoor
opportunities without resorting to
long public transit rides. This can
often transform short casual hikes
into day trips. Additionally, while
Tryon State Natural Area is a fantastic
forest getaway, it can also grow dull or
repetitive with time. With this in mind,
here is a list of recommendations
for casual hikes and explorations
surrounding Lewis & Clark.
1. Sellwood Bridge Loop
Coming in at around five miles
with 500 vertical feet, this route is
ideal for its varied scenery and relative
protection from cars. To get here from campus, walk to the southern
entrance of River View Cemetery on
SW Palatine Hill Rd. Then, keep right
on the cemetery roads and go down
through the cemetery. Eventually, you
will hit a winding road to the Sellwood
Bridge.
From this point, a more
adventurous hiker can embark across
the Willamette River to Sellwood, or,
if they desire to head back home, take
the pedestrian path to the south down
to Powers Marine Park. From Powers
Marine, an out-of-use railway turned
footpath can be accessed. If taken
south, it will lead one through various
neighborhoods and by several access
points to the Willamette River shore.
Following this track until reaching
a pedestrian intersection on the left
will bring a hiker to S Riverdale Rd.,
which if followed up to its conclusion
on a private driveway, will lead to Southwest Trail 5 up the ravine and
back to campus.
2. Summerville Scenic
This route makes use of several of the
previous hike’s same paths. This reroute
is ideal because of its pleasant residential
neighborhoods and idyllic vistas of
East Portland, Mt. St. Helens and Mt.
Rainier, the latter two being visible on
clear days. Coming in at roughly 2.5
miles and 500 vertical feet through
cherry-blossom filled neighborhoods,
this route requires caution with regard
to cars, as well as respect for the
residential neighborhoods being passed
through.
The Summerville Scenic can be
accessed by taking the same path
mentioned previously from the ravine
to S Riverdale Road. From here the
route proceeds down the road, before
taking a right turn on Summerville
Road. Taking Summerville Road to its
conclusion at a private driveway will
lead hikers to a steep path up through
a short stretch of woods. At the end of
this path, Summerville Road resumes
and intersects with S Comus Street,
which if followed to its end leads to a
stunning vista with downtown Portland
and Mt. St. Helens in view. Returning
to Summerville Road and following
it to S Palatine Hill Road, a hiker can
either take S Palatine all the way back
to campus, or detour north up S Collins
Avenue, which has similar clear-day
vistas of Mt. Rainier and East Portland.
3. Collins View
Besides these other more defined
routes, several neighborhoods at
large are all also good destinations for
suburban hiking. Collins View, directly
northwest of campus, has a number
of beautiful houses, large trees and
historic cemeteries. One example is
the Greenwood Hills Cemetery, which
includes graves belonging to Civil War
veterans and early Portlanders buried in
the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
4. Riverview Natural Area (RVNA)
RVNA can be accessed directly from
campus through entrances in the Fir
Acres parking lot, by the outdoor tennis
court or from the northern edge of the
Rose Garden. RVNA boasts many miles
of mixed elevation forest hiking trails.
While underappreciated, and relatively
unknown compared to Tryon, this natural
area provides a welcome alternative for
brief nature hikes in between classes,
after meals or whenever desire calls.
VENUS EDLIN/THE LOGThe city of Portland rests peacefully as temperatures rise and the sun stays out.
GRETA BURTON/THE LOGADAM KARP/THE LOG
Martin ’22 poses in fashionable clothing.By MALCOLM
PARISI-MARCOUX
WITH THE end of the
spring semester quickly
approaching, a thick barrier
stands between students and the
downtime they so rightly deserve:
finals. Thanks to the combined efforts
of nearly the entire student body, the
impenetrable wall has had a few more
holes poked through it.
What is the weapon with which
the student body aims to conquer
finals? Post-Nut Clarity. Students
have harnessed physiology and their
bodies to improve test scores.
Directly following ejaculation,
there is a short period of time,
normally around five to ten minutes
(although the record is 45 minutes)
where a person’s mental faculties are
heightened. Problem solving, critical
thinking and the ability to theorize
and philosophize all increase by a
significant factor within this window.
Following sexual intercourse or
masturbation, those who experience
post-nut clarity have reported having
thoughts such as: “Why did I do that?”
“I know I’m better than this,” or “I
can’t believe I got turned on by silly
string, party hats and a five gallon tub
of pumpkin pie filling...” However,
when used as a tool or supplement
taken directly before exams, it has
been shown to boost test scores by up
to 25%.
The news of success swept through
the student body with vast numbers of students trying the new technique
out before midterms this semester,
including Iván Goodhead ’22.
“Before I used the technique I
would stay up all night racked with
stress and by the time I’d actually pick
up my pen to write my nerves would
be just about shot,” Goodhead said.
“Now I’ve never been so relaxed while
taking a test in my life.”
Mike Litóris ’23, another student
in support of post-nut-clarity, denied
claims that the phenomenon is a
recent development.
“I’ve actually been doing this
since my times table quizzes,” Litóris
said. “I’m glad it’s finally caught on.
It’s probably the only reason I did
decently on the SAT to be honest,
those mandatory ten minute breaks,
man.”
The buzz surrounding post nut
clarity as a test-taking tool has
not been contained to the student
body alone. Many professors and
administrators have caught wind, to
varying reactions. Some professors
have embraced it as just another
studying technique, akin to downing
multiple energy pills and pulling all
nighters in a caffeinated study rage.
Professor of English Marilyn Park
is one such professor committed to
allowing this new study method in her
classes going forward.
“I, personally, see no issue with its
integration into students' workflows,”
Park said. “Though I think the term
‘post-nut clarity’ is a tad too crude for the
classroom. In my classes I’ve proposed
the alternative term: ‘post-ejaculatory
mental stimulation,’ which my students
seem to resonate with.”
Several other professors and
administrators were not happy with
this new fad. Dean Jack Inghoff
recently gave a several-hour-long
press conference during which every
time he seemed to reach a crescendo,
he allowed himself a moment's break
to calm back down before resuming,
only to repeat the process six or seven
more times before finally allowing
himself to finish.
“The use of ‘post-ejaculatory
mental stimulation’ as a performance
enhancement in the classroom gives
an unfair advantage to the students
who decide to use it,” Inghoff said.
Members of the community against
the use of ‘post-ejaculatory mental
stimulation’ have been quick to cite
religious opposition and asexuality. “There are many students on
campus who are unwilling to do it so
flippantly based on religious beliefs
or who simply are not interested
in sex, effectively excluding a large
population of students from a tool
that might help them. There’s no
feasible way to make ‘post-ejaculatory
mental stimulation’ an all-inclusive
part of our students' workflows, so
we have no choice but to ban its use
entirely," Inghoff said.
Inghoff also hit on the issue of
accessibility and equality at LC.
“The administration here at LC
places accessibility high on the list
of priorities, and we pride ourselves
on our ability to provide equal tools
and opportunities to all our students.
The banning of this practice is an
extension of that desire,” Inghoff said.
The outcry from students has been
frantic and desperate, as if all their
moms had collectively typed the letter
“p” onto their Google search tab after
leaving them alone on date night.
“This isn’t over,” a student who
wished to be anonymous said. “Post
nut clarity was and is my lifeline.
Without it, I’d still be dumpster
diving in southern Utah. I have no
intention of stopping.”
In an effort to stop pre-test
masturbation, residential students
will each be given a wrist-attached
monitoring device which will detect
and alert the administration should a
student's heart rate exceed a certain
number of beats per minute. Inghoff
ensured its efficacy and low chance of
yielding a false positive by claiming
“nothing else exciting happens on
campus, so we’re quite confident that
any raised heart rate will be a student
cheating.”
Students caught masturbating
will face censure by both the boards
of academic integrity and student
conduct.
The restrictions and subsequent
practices were heavily criticized,
citing both a “gross invasion of
privacy," and an "infringement on
personal rights.”
“It’s my job to make sure no one
has unfair advantages over other
students so this is what we’re doing,
no ifs, ands, or butts,” Inghoff said.
The ban went into effect April 1
and will continue ad infinitum. Now
students are left wondering just
how they will scrape by come this
semester's finals week.12FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
The Backdoor is a work of humor and fiction
By GRETA BURTON
FOR OVER EIGHT decades Lewis
& Clark's student-run newspaper
has been hailed as a beacon for
journalistic excellence and ethical
integrity. This month, however, the publication has been called into
question after news surfaced of six
senior staff members being released
from their editorial duties, allegedly
due to their "outdated" preferences.
The Office of Student Engagement
released a statement on the departure. “It is not ageism. They are just
graduating. Stop being so dramatic.
They have done a good job, but they
just can’t keep working here. It is out
of our hands,” the memo said.
Outrage has stemmed from
several student affinity groups, such as the Students Who Actually Read
The News (SWARN) and Comics
Or Bust (COB), a group known for
their rigorous campaigns for the
publication to have a comic section.
Only time will tell what fate has in
store for these editors, but next year’s staff will be sure to keep you updated
in six months from now as the story
unfolds.
In memoriam, we have chosen
select photos of the editors and listed
their major and a memorable quote
that they, and only they, have said. Pent up students reveal new
hot, steamy studying strategy
GRETA BURTON/THE LOG
The Log under fire after accusations of ageism
New leaders strip six staff members of existing titles, privileges, access to publication resources
Ihsaan Mohamed-Ali
The Art of Boxing
"I float like a butterfly and
sting like a bee."
[on journalism] Bowynci Qowman
Diamond & Pearl Studies
"The world is your oyster,
make sure to slurp it up."Aidan Banana
Game Show Host Studies
"I am THE Rotten Tomato."
[on watching movies] Greta "Big Guns" Burton
Theoretical Theory
"Insert Quote Here."
[on topic] Kamryn Ford F150
World Domination
"I'd rather be golfing."
[on absolutely anything]By EMMA FORD
LAST THURSDAY, the Frank
Manor House lawn was
carpeted in sunbathing,
frisbee-throwing, indie-listening,
procrastinating Lewis & Clark
students, which can only signal
one thing — the year is almost
over, folks!
Just as Portland explodes into
cherry blossoms and blue skies,
students are preparing to cram
for finals and then, at least for a
lot of us freshmen, head straight
home. I know that as my first
year here comes to an end, the
prospect of spending summer in
my childhood bedroom (which was
unceremoniously changed into a
home office the second I left) is a
little daunting. I, for one, spent far
too much time there in high school
to want to be back so soon. But as
I sat on my picnic blanket, I could
not help but ask myself. Why?
Looking around at my peers
that day, laid out on the lawn
in Birkenstocks and crop tops,
piercings glinting in the sun,
amateur tattoos being fried by UV
rays, it dawned on me. Basically
everyone on this lawn looks how I
wanted to look in tenth grade. And
we are all going to have to explain
these new and integral facets of
our identities to our parents.
That is right people! What
may be praised on our liberal arts
college campus in Portland is going
to cause some serious stirs back
home. The beauty standards of
Zoomers with less than straight-
laced sensibilities are definitely not
the norm across our hometowns.
As cute as thrifted bodysuits and
vegan leather harnesses are, is that
enough to spare us the judgment
of our families? I can almost hear
the sugar-sweet condescension and
feel the side-eye of grandparents,
aunts and neighbors.
In the face of such askance looks
and backhanded compliments, what is going to happen to the quirky
college droves?
The issue was not isolated to my
experience. Several students on the
lawn shared these sentiments.
“I mean, yeah, the blue hair is
going to get some comments,” one
student, who wished to remain
anonymous, said. “But that’s really
not the most significant change,
you know? Like, I’m more myself
than I could have ever been in high
school. I have no idea what that’s
going to be like, going back home.”
As I continued asking around the
fair-weather crowds, more students
gave their perspectives.
“I think I can safely say that the
most pressing concern about going
home isn’t my tattoo,” another
anonymous student said.
Clearly, the masses are very
concerned about the effect their
new looks are going to have
on their family back home.
According to another anonymous
source, student affinity groups
on campus have been discussing
“resources for students returning
home to unsafe or unsupportive
environments.” If this writer may
speculate, providing some full
coverage concealer, brown hair dye
and septum piercings that can be
flipped up into the nostrils would
be a great start.
“Yeah, I don’t think that’s what
they’re focusing on,” my anonymous
source said in response to the
speculation. “I think counseling and
peer support networks are what’s
needed here. You get that people
are not focused on cosmetic stuff,
right?”
College is a transformative
experience, and a lot of us wear
our individuality on our sleeve.
Going home is either going to mean
putting some things back in the
closet, or dealing with the scary
prospect of keeping them out in the
open. Either way, we have changed.
And no matter what we are going
home to, we can be proud of that.Identities after first
year prompt anxiety
Amelia Mantaray
Law Conning
" ."
[redacted for legal
purposes]
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