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2023-04-28

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Lewis & Clark College: Pioneer Log / Mossy Log

Vol. 100 No. 6 FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023 www.piolog.com
OPINION
Editor-in-chief’s goodbye
2022-2023 Mossy Log Editor-in-Chief
Venus Edlin waves goodbye to the
readers of the paper, after serving four
years. PAGE 4FEATURES
Interview with the president
President Robin Holmes Sullivan
reflects on her first year in office with
the Mossy Log.
PAGE 6ARTS
New Hoffman Gallery exhibit
The new art installation, “Two Layers
Away,” features art work from eight art
majors’ senior work.
PAGE 9SPORTS
Baseball wins conference
Team reflects on most successful season
in a long time, hopes for the future,
favorite memories from this season and
seasons past. PAGE 10THE MOSSY POD
New episode release
Co-hosts DJ Smith and Negasi Brown talk
to Isaac Babus ’26 about being a Jewish
person on campus, cultural appropriation
and historical antisemitism.
The Mossy Log formally
retracts the article “Cross
Country team scrutinizes
coach’s behavior,”
initially published in
print and online on April
28, 2023. The article was
not consistent with The
Mossy Log’s journalistic
standards, and has been
removed from our website. College selects speakers
for yearly commencement
By VENUS EDLIN
KATRINA Kuzmina ‘23 and Eden
Baron-Williams MA ’23 were
selected as the undergraduate
and graduate commencement speakers,
respectively.
Though Kuzmina said she
felt honored to be selected as the
undergraduate student speaker, the
journey to get there was bumpy.
Kuzmina, who is a Davis United
World College scholar from Moscow,
nominated herself to be the senior
speaker. She felt her country of origin
would make her an unlikely pick.
“I honestly didn’t think I was gonna
be picked at all because of a political
conflict, and I feel like the relationship
between my country and the US is just
so kind of complicated,” Kuzmina said.
“I made sure in my speech to address
the ongoing political conflict because
obviously, that’s just the elephant in the
room.”
Additionally, right before submitting
her speech, she got a concussion from
intramural basketball.
“They tell me in the medical
center, once they diagnosed me with a
concussion, they say make sure not to do
any physical activity to avoid an injury,”
Kuzmina said. “I think to myself, I
haven’t hit my head in probably the past
at least 15 years, there’s no chance I’m
going to hit it again. So I go into dance
rehearsal.”
At the rehearsal, Kuzmina hit her
head once more, but still stayed up all
night in order to finish the speech since
she already had an extension. Kuzmina
had a little time to rest before auditions,
where the 16 nominees sat for three
hours while listening to each other’s
speeches.
“It was awesome listening to
everyone’s speech, though,” Kuzmina
said. “Right after that, I had just such
full and colorful dreams because there
was just so much reflection and thinking
back, and every single speaker really
talked about it in a very different way.”
In her speech, Kuzmina, who is a
rhetoric and media studies major, will
focus on the theme of liminality, which
refers to the ambiguity experienced
during transitional phases.
“I want to encourage my fellow
graduating seniors to take time in this transitional space of liminality to reflect
on our journey and on what we want to
take further with us beyond the point of
graduation—what we want to amplify,
and what we are ready to leave behind,”
Kuzmina said to the Source.
However, what she believes made her
speech stand out was her use of humor.
“I was writing, and I’m like, ‘Okay,
we’re not trying to make it a stand-up,’
but I definitely wanted to include some
sort of humor because I feel like it’s such
a sentimental moment, and we’re all
just so sad,” Kuzmina said. “I’m gonna
cry probably the whole day, so I wanted
to bring some lightheartedness to it.”
At first, Baron-Williams was unsure
if she was the right fit for the graduate
student speaker. She was nominated
by a faculty member and feels it to be a
privilege to speak on behalf of her peers.
However, she was ultimately persuaded
to audition.
“Based off of my participation
throughout the program, the work that
they have seen me do, the way I engage
with the community, and the way that
I represent the values that the school
holds – they just felt that I would be a
great candidate,” Baron-Williams said.
Baron-Williams will be graduating
with a master of arts in marriage,
couple, and family therapy with a
specialization in sexualities. In June,
she will also receive a certificate in
Somatic Attachment Therapy from The
Embody Lab before opening her own
private practice, Creative Belonging
Psychotherapy, in the fall.
Through her speech, she hopes to
express to her peers the importance
of entering a field with “so much
potential for both healing and also
harm.” Baron-Williams will focus on
her connection to therapeutics and her
own story.
“In my speech, I’m really hoping
people will feel something, that it’s not
just about congratulating our class, but
is about continuing to make people
think,” Baron-Williams said. “Because
in our world today, there’s just so much
to think about, and you’re putting out
therapists and educators into the world
who can affect change and be more
than just a person in a room or resume
square, and to really galvanize people
toward advocacy.”
“Baron -WI llIams” cont Inued on page 3
COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARK COURTESY OF EDEN BARON-WILLIAMS
Kuzmina and Baron-Williams will both serve as student speakers for their graduations.Wellness office hosts events for
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
By PAIGE A. ANDERSON
APRIL IS Sexual Assault Awareness
Month (SAAM), an international,
annual campaign to raise
awareness about interpersonal, gender-
based sexual violence and education on
how to prevent it. Colleges and universities
around the world, including Lewis & Clark,
use SAAM to open up dialogues about
consent, supporting survivors and making
their communities safer for everyone.
Michelle Callahan, director of
the Health Promotion and Wellness
(HPW) department, has many crucial
responsibilities for student wellbeing,
including the programming for SAAM at
LC.
“I provide education and resources
for students, faculty, and staff, on any
sort of health-related topic,” Callahan
said. “So that can be from body image
and eating disorders to substance use and
alcohol. Harm reduction strategies, sexual
violence prevention, sexual health, stress
management, suicide prevention, and all
the things that go into what it means to
live a little bit healthier, whatever that may
mean to you.”Additionally, Callahan oversees the
Confidential Advocate Program. The
program offers assistance, support and
information in response to sexual or
interpersonal violence. Advocates provide
non-judgemental support and advise
students on their options when it comes to
uncomfortable or unsafe situations.
“It would not trigger a Title IX report, so
if someone feels like they need help figuring
out what systems to go through – whether
that is a no-contact order or academic
accommodations, do they need to change
their room because they’re feeling unsafe?”
Callahan said. “An advocate can be there
to help, not only to listen to the survivor
but the intention is to also empower the
survivor as well.”
This year, for SAAM, the HPW
department has created events to raise
awareness and fuel conversations about
consent, sexual violence and support for
survivors.
“We have Denim Day coming up,
which is an international awareness event,”
Callahan said. “At its core, it’s meant to raise
awareness around the problem of gender-
based violence and sexual assault on college
campuses, in our communities, anywhere and everywhere. This year our office has
really focused on two main activities,”
Denim Day was created because of
an overruled rape case in Italy where the
victim was wearing tight jeans and the court
decided she must have assisted in removing
the jeans, therefore implying her consent.
Wearing denim on the last Wednesday of
April is to stand in solidarity with victims of
sexual violence and to enforce the fact that
clothing does not equal consent.
The second event for SAAM, the Paper
Chain Project, is on display on the second
floor atrium in Aubrey R. Watzek Library.
“We’ve taken a bunch of different
prompts for folks to fill out on what they
would love to see in a world without sexual
violence,” Callahan said. “What does
violence prevention look like to you? How
can you support survivors? This is all to
show folks that there are different ways
they can get involved in sexual violence
prevention.”
The Associate Director of Watzek
Library and Title IX Deputy Coordinator
Elaine Hirsch has worked alongside
Callahan to develop the project In addition
to the tabling events for this year’s SAAM
“campus ” contInued on page 3
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2023
NEWS /gid00484
College seniors anxious about careers, future due to lack of internship opportunities amid high inflationLooming recession raises fear among recent grads
By SUMMER DAE BINDER
IN THE UNITED STATES, there has
been growing fear among politicians,
economists and academics about an
incoming recession in 2023. Factors that
indicate a slowing economy are already
affecting Lewis & Clark students and
recent graduates in the job market.
A recession is generally recognized as a
period of decline in economic activity that
usually occurs in 2 consecutive economic
quarters, specifically using the metric of
a country’s real gross domestic product
(GDP). To be declared a recession, it must
also broadly influence the economy, not
exclusive to one sector.
The National Bureau of Economic
Research (NBER) is the renowned
institution responsible for calling
recessions. The NBER uses statistical
measures, including personal income,
industrial production and unemployment
rates, to determine if a recession is
happening. The NBER has not yet
reported we are in a recession.
Although NBER has not yet declared
a recession, indicators do point to a
recession. Currently, the U.S. labor
market is showing signs of slowing which
may indicate an oncoming recession. this
means for consumers that prices are
rising more slowly which is indicated by
rising interest rates, slowing sales and
slower price rises. This is particularly
evident in the housing market.
Lewis & Clark Professor of Economics
Clifford Bekar claims that the likelihood
of very unlikely.
“There is no way to be sure one (a
recession) is going to happen. In fact, I
would put the balance of probability that we enter into a recession at less than 50%.
I think I would put it less than 30% to
be honest,” Bekar said. “... employment
remains really strong. Aggregate demand
remains really strong. Traditionally, we
look to weakness in the labor market.”
April 2023 has seen a moderate
increase in people filing new claims
for unemployment benefits, indicating
a gradual slowing down in the labor
market, with the Federal Reserve’s
year-long interest rate hiking campaign
decreasing demand.
This leaves many college students and
recent graduates in a difficult position in
the job market. Many are left stressed
and discouraged, as internships are
either unpaid or do not offer enough
to live and income has not risen with
the cost of living.
For instance, an Economic Policy
Institute analysis of Current Population
Survey revealed that recent college
graduates have had a difficult time
finding jobs that provide health
insurance. The percentage of college
graduates who have employer-sponsored
health insurance coverage fell from 61
percent in 1989 to 31 percent in 2012.
Economic declines, like recessions, beg
to ask many questions: How do college
students survive a recession? Will my
recession-era job last?
Sofia Seirmarco ’23 started looking
for an internship in September 2022
for the Spring or Fall 2023 semesters.
After applying for over ten positions
at nonprofits and think tanks, she
remained unsuccessful. Seirmarco, who
hails from the San Francisco Bay Area,
wanted to pursue an internship in tech.
However, the tech world has been sent into a spiral following the Silicon Valley
Bank (SVB) collapse and cryptocrash.
“A lot of companies, in
general, not just in the tech
sector, have completely
chopped their internship
programs entirely, or the
only internships they are
offering are very technical
internships like software
developing,” Seirmarco said. “It
is difficult to break into the
tech sector with having no
real technical
experience and it
used to not be that
difficult, honestly. I
applied to all these think
tanks and nonprofits, and
never heard back from any of them. They
are super competitive.”
Many college students are also relying
on their parents for financial support,
where a recession could definitely halter
this exchange. This would leave many
students to seek out higher paying jobs
and working more hours which would not
be sustainable for students qualified for
Federal Work-Study. A recession would
also restrict students’ capacity to go out with
friends or participate in extracurriculars
due to financial constraints.
Another hardship for college
students is not hearing back from
employers, given that there is much
competition for internships. “I never heard back. That is what I have
been hearing from a lot of
seniors is that there
is kind of this trend
of companies and
orgs ghosting you. Not
rejecting you, not furthering
the
process,
offering an
interview,”
Seirmarco
said. “Most
of the people
that I know do not
actually have anything lined up for when
they graduate and that’s scary.”
Will Toppin ‘23 wants to go into
nonprofit social justice work after
graduation. However, he will not be staying
Portland after the summer which has made
the job search a challenge.
“There are not a lot of nonprofit
internships that are paid for just the
summer. Usually, they want you for a
year or more,” Toppin said. “I was looking
around on Indeed and Linkedin and there
were just a lot of things that I meet in, and
then I went to the career center and they
confirmed that unless I was going to stay in
Portland for longer, I would not be able to
find that exact thing.”The startup community’s fear of a
recession has been growing due to the
SVB bank failure in March 2023. SVB was
once one of the most prominent banks
involved with companies in venture capital,
life science, fine wine and cleantech, and
its recent crash now increases fear of how
fragile the
economy is
in 2023 and
worries Wall
Street of the
same thing it
saw with the
2008 financial crisis.
The U.S. Treasury, Federal
Reserve and Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation ensured
depositors would be fully protected
from financial losses by exceeding FDIC
limits of up to $250,000 to prevent a
further financial crisis. The bank failure
has also led to a confused Federal Reserve
that is trying to fight inflation and slow
down the economy by increasing interest
rates.
Following the SVB fallout, regional
bank stocks continued to plunge. President
Joe Biden responded to the crash on live
television, saying that SVB and Signature
Bank investors will not be able to rely on
aid from the U.S. government.
“(Investors) knowingly took a risk and
when the risk did not pay off, investors
lose their money,” Biden said.
The future is uncertain if the U.S. will
face a recession in the upcoming economic
quarters. However, it is certain that
college grads are scrambling for work in
a flawed economy. Inevitability, this has
highlighted growing economic inequality
at home and abroad.
SEED will soon report
on LC divestment policyCollege prepares for natural disasters
with emergency management team
By NOAH REESE-CLAUSON
IN S EPTEMBER 2021, Lewis &
Clark hired Bill Curtis as director of
emergency management, a position
that is rare in colleges of this size.
LC hired its first ever emergency
manager in 2018. During his time, Curtis
has been busy between the cyberattack
and the rise in winter storms. His job
involves preparing infrastructure for
situations like forest fires, earthquakes,
other natural disasters, active shooters,
potential protests and civil unrest.
Curtis said he is pleased with the
way LC is preparing for these crises,
which makes the college stand out
from similarly sized institutions.
“(The college has) been very
consistent about making sure that we
have the right plans in place, that we
are training an emergency management
team to meet the institution’s needs and
increasing the personal preparedness
as a student, faculty staff,” Curtis said.
“… It’s a very consistent approach,
and an incredible commitment
that the college has made to safety
by having me in this office now.”
Curtis uses the national protocol that
the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) provides to prepare LC for
emergencies as a part of the larger response
system. FEMA deals with emergencies on
a national scale and sets guidelines for
smaller municipalities and communities.
“Here at Lewis & Clark, we try to
use something similar, taking those
emergency management principles and
applying them to the college,” Curtis said.
“So my job primarily is to make sure that
the institution, the business practices,
the operational capacity of the institution
can handle the shock of an emergency.”
In the case of inclement weather, such as the March snow storms, LC’s
protocol involves communication
between the emergency management
board about the severity of the weather,
how to best proceed and happenings
on campus that may be affected.
“I’ll then send out a message to a
core team of administrators saying,
‘Looks like we have some potential for
winter weather,’” Curtis said. “ … Then,
when we get to a warning — that means
that the incident is going to happen —
then we’ll jump on a phone call usually
and talk about what the forecast looks
like, what events are happening on
campus, do we have exams scheduled,
is there a concert scheduled, do we
have a few teams traveling: what
is happening at the institution?”
Director of Campus Safety Jay
Weitman is on the emergency
management board. Sometimes
the Emergency Operations Center
(EOC) needs to be activated as part
of the response process. In most
situations, Curtis would activate the
center, but others have the ability.
“(Curtis) initiates the activation,
although I also have the ability to activate
an EOC and there are only a couple other
people that have the authority to do
that, like Dave Reese, our chief of staff,”
Weitman said. “Executive Council can
activate the EOC, my boss Yvette, vice
president of student life, can activate
the EOC — she’s on the board as well.”
In the event of an emergency,
campus safety largely plays the
role of notification and facilitation.
“Campus safety will alert the
community of a hazard, and I have
the ability to send out a rave alert —
which are those messages that get
blasted to not just your email, but your
texts to your phone,” Weitman said.
Elizabeth Safran, associate
professor of geological science,
director of environmental studies
program, and director of earth system
science minor, teaches a class called
“(Un)natural Disasters” that goes
through the degrees of influence
humans can have on disasters.
Fires are an example of a natural
disaster that can oftentimes be
unnatural. People individually have
the capability to start a forest fire.
“Various types of management practices have the potential to alter
the frequency and intensity of fires,”
Safran said. “For example, there’s a lot
of discussion about fire suppression
and other land management
techniques that may have altered fuel
loading, for example. So, if there’s
more fuel in a landscape it tends to
promote more intense wildfires.”
Conversely, earthquakes are a
type of disaster that humans have
very little control over, therefore, the
response is largely based on setting up
resources in case it does happen. LC
is located in the cascadia subduction
zone and is thus at risk for earthquakes.
“We, like most of our other peer
institutions, have emergency supplies
stored, just like ready to eat meals of
medical equipment and supplies, fresh
water filtration systems, things that
you would need post-earthquake,”
Curtis said. “We’ve gone towards the
model of moving those out of buildings
into standalone shipping containers.”
Safran worked with Associate
Professor of Psychology Erik Nilsen,
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Peter Drake and Associate Professor
of Rhetoric and Media Studies, Bryan
Sebok, alongside a large team of students
to produce a video game called Cascadia
9.0 to raise consciousness about the
earthquake as well as preparedness.
Additionally, LC participates in the
Great Oregon Shakeout, which teaches the
“Duck, Cover, and Hold On” technique.
Safran, Curtis and a few students are
interested in starting a physical education
course that would teach students about
emergency situations and get them
protective certifications. The class does
not currently exist, but its curriculum
would include a community emergency
response team (CERT), cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR), automated external
defibrillator (AED) and neighborhood
emergency team (NET) certifications.
Anyone interested in increasing
their emergency preparedness can
take classes outside of LC to get those
certifications. CERT certification
classes are available on the FEMA
website, while CPR/AED courses
are offered by organizations like
The Red Cross and American Heart
Association. NET certifications are
offered free by the city of Portland.
By TOR PARSONS
DESPITE deciding to divest from
fossil fuels in 2018, the Lewis &
Clark Board of Trustees (BoT)
voted to roll back on this decision in
October 2022, shifting to a different model.
The change in plans was not publicized.
Students Engaged in Eco-Defense (SEED)
plan to release a document on LC’s history
of fossil fuel investment policies, and where
the administration can go from here.
The 2018 decision followed weeks
of student protests, a petition by SEED
with over 900 signatures and a wave of
college divestments. According to the New
York Times, over 1,500 institutions have
divested from fossil fuels in the past five
years, including hundreds of the world’s
top universities, the British crown, major
banks, and the Norwegian Sovereign
Wealth Fund, which is the world’s largest
investment portfolio. Following LC’s
decision, SEED and the BoT discussed what
a divestment policy would look like.
Divesting means that LC’s endowment
would no longer be invested in the fossil fuel
industry. An endowment is a permanent
fund held by a private college, made out of
donated money and invested in the stock
market. It serves as a “rainy-day fund” and
a barometer of the school’s overall financial
health. As of May 31, 2022, LC’s endowment
was valued at $319.4 million, according to the
college’s business office, or about $150,000
per undergraduate student. This is the third-
largest endowment for an Oregon college,
behind Willamette University in second
place and Reed in first, and is an average size
for a prestigious liberal arts school.
In October 2022, the BoT quietly
voted to shift from a divestment model
to a net-zero model, in which they could
continue investing the endowment in
fossil fuels so long as the investments
are balanced out with investments in
environmentally friendly businesses.
According to SEED’s incoming Vice
President Clover Sinning ’26, the policy
change felt like a betrayal.
“It was October when the Board
of Trustees voted to switch from the
divestment policy,” Sinning said “And I
don’t think we were emailed until a couple
months later. Even at this point, I think
awareness is quite low. And we haven’t
actually been able to find all the information
from that decision that was made.” SEED was never directly contacted by
the trustees about the decision. Professor
of Biology Greta Binford and Associate
Professor of International Affairs and
Program Director of Political Economy
Elizabeth Bennett were the first to inform
them about the change to the policy.
SEED’s leadership, including Treasurer
Bella Root ’25, were frustrated by the lack of
transparency from the administration.
“We found out in a really roundabout
way,” said Root.
SEED is preparing a document
informing students of the change, which
will likely be released shortly after the
publishing of this article.
While Root and Sinning welcomed
the potential of the net-zero model, which
examines the ecological consequences of
every company and portfolio LC invests
in rather than just fossil fuel companies,
they also suggested the Trustees may
have had ulterior motives for the switch.
“In the policy that SEED helped them
add to the endowment guidelines, it said
they had to sell all their investments in
fossil fuels by December 2022,” Root said.
“And they made that change in October.”
According to SEED, by Dec. 31, 1.7%
of LC’s endowment was still in private
investment pools that invest in fossil
fuels, meaning a total of $5.2 million
are exposed to fossil fuel stocks.
There are no plans to phase out
these investments. Nevertheless, the
school’s Environmental Sustainability
Office said that the net-zero clause is an
improvement over the divestment clause
in terms of climate impact, as it takes a
broader approach to emissions mitigation
than simply dropping fossil fuel stocks.
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President
of Operations Andrea Dooley wrote that
“Today, net-zero is regarded as a more active
solution, whereas divesting is regarded as a
passive approach to climate change.”
Whatever the outcome of the
administration’s decision, SEED
wants students to be aware of what the
administration is doing with their money.
“We’re trying to direct the school
towards what the students want in terms
of sustainability,” Root said. “It’s really
the student body’s job to hold Lewis &
Clark accountable for being sustainable
and actually following through on a lot of
their promises as a sustainable college, as
that is how they market themselves to us.”LEO BERNSTEIN NEWMAN/MOSSY LOGMOSSY LOG ARCHIVES
Students can train for natural disasters. NEWS 3FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
Campus promotes awareness with
Denim Day, Paper Chain Project
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events, Hirsch highlighted another event
back in February which focused on
boundaries.
“Earlier this year on Valentine’s Day,
they hosted a similar table downstairs
in support of healthy relationships,”
Hirsch said. “They had a number of
popular giveaways there, including little
studded ‘boundary bears’ with reminders
of things you could say if you felt your
boundaries were being compromised.”
Hirsch has been working at the library
since 1998. Her role as Title IX deputy
coordinator means she helps file reports
and interacts directly with students to
ensure their safety.
“I think there is some
misunderstanding about the Title IX
process on campus so I want to emphasize
that if something is reported to Title IX, it
doesn’t mean that the individual is going
to be forced to talk to anyone or make any
decisions,” Hirsch said.
In years past, LC has hosted events
such as bystander intervention workshops
in order to educate the community on
consent and how to recognize potentially
unsafe situations. There are fewer events
this year than in years past, but each
event has been thought out to best offer
students adequate and relevant support.
“Last year, we had a full-time
program coordinator on that grant which allowed for there to be more targeted
specific efforts,” Callahan said.
In 2018, LC received a grant from
The Department of Justice’s Office of
Violence Against Women (OVW), which
allowed them to hire Emily Mattson as
the violence prevention coordinator for
the duration of the grant.
“She was able to use the funds to
do things like ‘Consent Conversations’
which were peer-led workshops by
consent conversation facilitators,”
Callahan said. “All of this is to say that
the reason this has all shifted this year
is because I have such a large scope
of things I can and need to cover with
students outside the world of sexual
violence prevention.”
Alongside the OVW grant, LC
brought in Recognize Violence Change
Culture (RVCC), a violence prevention
organization working to provide
“evidence-based and culturally relevant
resources to help programs implement
effective strategies for preventing
sexual violence in their communities,”
according to their website.
RVCC created the posters around
campus that promote ideas such as
“love with independence” and “consent
is more than a yes.” The organization
sorted through materials that LC was
promoting and worked to make them
more inclusive and visually appealing. Jessica Carron is the Director of Student
Rights and responsibilities at LC and
oversees the Welfare intervention network
on campus, as well as the on-call system for
students to access 24/7.
“On a daily basis, I interact with
students in three different ways,” Carron
said. “One might be through the conduct
process for students needing support
around a situation where they’ve been
harmed.”
In addition to verbal support, Carron
assists students in figuring out the right
path to deal with their issues, whether
going through the Title IX route or helping
students reorganize their schedules and
housing to minimize their discomfort.
Additionally, Carron oversees the on-call
system, which is available 24/7 for students
living on campus to report any incidents
immediately.
Sexual assault awareness and
prevention are vital on college campuses
and in society at large according to Hirsch.
LC offers many forms of support and
options for students to take advantage of if
an issue arises.
“You are not alone. You are not at fault,”
Hirsch said. “There are resources on campus
if you want to take advantage of them. A
confidential advocate is a great place to start
because that person is not keeping a record
of anything and they’re aware of the Title IX
processes if necessary.”Baron-Williams will
speak at graduation
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Advocacy and social justice are a
primary focus for Baron-Williams,
in part due to her own experiences.
She is vocal about being a survivor
of sexual violence and struggled in
school.
“When I was younger, I was told
that I was going to fail and that I
shouldn’t even apply to college,”
Baron-Williams said. “I came back
hard, and kind of changed that story
in my head, in my actions, and here
I am.”
However, therapy has always
been a natural focus for Baron-
Williams. For her, the struggles
she faced throughout her academic
career were important to overcome
in order to become a part of the field.
“I also was always that person, for
my friends and family growing up, I
was always the resident therapist,”
Baron-Williams said. “… Now I’m
just learning to channel it in a way
that is sustainable, (so I) can hold
more boundaries professionally and
personally. I think it’s the best job in
the world.”
Baron-Williams looks forward to
implementing what she has learned at
Lewis & Clark into her own practice,
part of which is emphasized by the
practice’s name itself.“I named it Creative Belonging
because, in our world, I feel like a lot
of people have to be creative about
the ways that they feel they belong,”
Baron-Williams said. “Issues of not
feeling like you belong in the world
are huge. We have to create our own
landscape sometimes in which we feel
like we really have a sense of belonging
and a sense of community with others.
That’s the people that my practice is
geared toward.”
Undergraduate commencement
ceremony will be held on May 6 at
2 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial
Coliseum. According to an email sent
to graduating seniors, astrobiologist,
actor and professor Aomawa Shields
will also be speaking. Shields, who
currently teaches at the University
of California Irvine, also published a
book titled “Life on Other Planets: A
Memoir of Finding My Place in the
Universe.”
The graduate commencement
ceremony will be held on June 4 at
Lewis & Clark. Mercedes Lynn de
Uriarte, former University of Texas
Austin professor and journalist, will
also give an address. Her teaching,
research and journalistic career have
focused on social justice issues such as
exclusion, Latine erasure and housing
insecurity for more than 30 years. By H OBY REECE
THE YEAR IS 2150; your great
grandchildren wake up from their
hyper-sleep pods on the surface
of a distant asteroid, rich in precious
metals, ready to toil in backbreaking
labor. All of this so that Elon Musk’s
cloud conscious neuralink android can
buy a new space yacht. A scary thought,
even if a little far-fetched.
Now picture this: Technological
innovation did not progress any further
than the 1960s. That is another timeline
I personally would not like to live in. The
widely held stance that we should focus on
issues on Earth before looking out toward
space is, in my opinion, shortsighted, and
it does not give due credit to the Apollo
program, which is responsible for so
much of what we have now.
The effort to put a human on the
moon posed an engineering problem
that required giant leaps in innovation.
Among the inventions that came directly
from Apollo tech are vacuum sealed food,
insulin pumps, fire fighting equipment
and shock absorbers in everything from
bridges to sneakers, not to mention
portable computers. There was also a
traceable boom in students pursuing
STEM majors around the excitement of
the Apollo program, and that indirect
impact on innovation is incalculable.
A mission to Mars poses an even
greater engineering challenge and solving
it will likely result in an even greater boom
in innovation. The trip to Mars is long and
we certainly do not have all the problems
worked out yet, but the technology that
we would develop in order to accomplish
that goal would undoubtedly help us here
on Earth.
Innovations in solar power, energy
storage and agriculture are some of the
most obvious results of the tech required
to sustain a multi-year trip to Mars.
All of those innovations would directly
serve humanity, lessen our reliance on
fossil fuels and create more reliable food
sources. Sending humans to Mars could
save the Earth.Some worry that space cannot be
explored without the exploitation of
laborers who would go out to build the
billionaire’s paradise on Mars, or extract
natural resources from the asteroid belt.
I believe that is a valuable discussion
to have, as I certainly do not want my
grandchildren to have to sell their
lives to AstroCorp. However, we are
simply nowhere near the technological
capabilities necessary to pillage and
plunder from other celestial bodies.
Perhaps going to Mars will get
us closer to those capabilities, but
unfortunately science will always be
a double edged sword. No nitrogen
fertilizer without chemical weapons, no
nuclear power without nuclear bombs.
Something we can be more confident in
is that billionaires will not ever be able to
use the planet as an escape plan. Humans
cannot survive there long term, let alone
intergenerationally.
Even without considering the
absolute dearth of essential resources,
Mars is inhabitable for atmospheric,
electromagnetic and gravitational reasons, and to begin to talk about
the potentialities of terraforming is
absurd. Those that go to Mars will not
be celebrity friends of Jeff Bezos on a
vacation or Elon Musk and his 36 children
and their mothers (if he would even take
them) escaping the rising sea levels. They
will be astronauts, well trained scientists,
willing to sacrifice everything in devotion
to a common goal for humanity.
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldrin stepped foot on the surface of
the moon, they knew there was a chance
that they would not make it back up
to Michael Collins in the command
module. President Nixon had a speech
prepared by Bill Safire if that would
have been the case. There are many
today willing to take that same risk for,
as The Safire Memo put it, “mankind’s
most noble goal: the search for truth
and understanding.” The universe is not
outside the Earth; the Earth is within
the universe. Learning about what’s up
there will always help us down here.
People should see the significance in
attempting to explore the stars.FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
OPINION /gid00486
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in the Opinion section are NOT those of The Mossy Log and are held by the authors.By MATEO KAISER
& JACK FIOCCO
ACKNOWLEDGING t h a t p h y s i c a l
wellness can take many forms,
the PE department should move
to include a PE/101 Invasive Plant
Management class in the Spring 2024
catalog. This proposed course would
focus on removing invasive English Ivy
on campus as an outlet for students to
be active outdoors in a way that also
contributes to our campus community.
Left unchecked, English Ivy chokes
out surrounding biodiversity and
threatens the livelihood of our trees.
Students in biology courses have
studied the spread of ivy, documenting
its takeover of forested areas around
campus. However, past management
efforts at Lewis & Clark have shown the
immense potential for increasing forest
biodiversity following the ivy’s removal.
Establishing a PE course would
contribute to mitigating the ecological
threat posed by ivy, while also providing
an alternative way for students to fulfill
graduation requirement. Stripping ivy
from trees and pulling up ground ivy is
physically demanding work that builds
upper body strength. On top of that,
studies including one from the National
Center for Biotechnology Information
have shown that exercising outdoors
creates additional physical and mental
health benefits like improved mood and
a reduced physical effort.
An ivy-pulling class would include
stretching, physical labor and taking
care of your body while working outside.
The instructor would teach about the
impact of ivy, how it spreads, as well
as the wellness benefits of being active
outdoors.
From our own experiences as LC’s
student representatives on the Tryon
Creek Watershed Council (TCWC),
we have seen how satisfying removing
ivy can be. Clearing an area of ivy is
arduous, yet oddly therapeutic, as
each action contributes to a tangible
impact on the landscape. Pulling ivy with a group, even for just an hour a
week, quickly creates camaraderie
and a sense of pride in the work
accomplished. TCWC, which works
closely with the LC community, has
already helped to engage interested
students in invasive plant removal
work, providing a framework for future
efforts.
While we typically imagine physical
fitness as taking place in a gym or on
the track, these sorts of activities do
not appeal to everyone and represent
only one approach to fitness. We call
for a more holistic approach that
addresses the specific desire for a PE
course that focuses on community and
sustainability-centered outdoor work.
Polls of students by SEED (Students
Engaged in Eco Defense) have shown
strong interest in our proposed ivy
removal course as an alternative to
more traditional options.
SEED and future TCWC student
representatives will continue to push
for an Invasive Plant Management PE
course to create an alternative way for
students to engage with physical and
mental fitness during their time at LC.Venus Edlin, the editor-in-chief, looks back on the past four years at LC with fondness.
Heartfelt goodbye from current editor-in-chief
As graduation looms closer, Venus Edlin reflects on time at Lewis & Clark, The Mossy Log newspaper
By VENUS EDLIN
FOUR LONG years at Lewis &
Clark are coming to a close.
Through it all, The Mossy Log
has been one of my main constants.
In my college search, it was
imperative that everywhere I applied had
a newspaper, if not their own journalism
department. Since working on my high
school newspaper, The Bear Witness, and
becoming the editor-in-chief my senior
year, I had dreamed of a professional
career in journalism. This is still my
dream and I anticipate going into the field
post-graduation.
Suffice to say, I knew from the
beginning that The Mossy Log would play
a part of my collegiate journey, though
when I started here, it was called The
Pioneer Log. In fact, I have been through
many changes of this paper, which is now
in its 80th year and 100th volume.
As a first year, I started regularly
contributing ever since the first issue of
my first fall on campus. I became well
acquainted with the editors, including
former Editor-in-Chief Hanna
Merzbach. When editor applications
opened up for Spring 2020, I was eager
to apply — though I did not initially get
an editor position.
However, I knew I would be a damn
good fit so I continued contributing,
waiting for another opportunity to
open up. Shortly after, it did. On March
9, 2020 I was offered the position of
news Editor, mere days before those
on campus were sent home because
of the COVID-19 pandemic. My first
issue as an editor was the Coronavirus
special edition, which was released on
March 20, 2020.The following year, I served as news
editor for an additional two semesters
under former Editor-in-Chief Nicholas
Nerli. This was a turbulent time, as
COVID restrictions were varied and
disaster after disaster affected the
paper. However, I pushed through and
applied for managing editor for the
following year. It was a tight election,
and I lost to my competitor by a margin
of one vote.
Again, I remained persistent
because I knew that I was good at what
I do, even though I knew many people
underestimated me because of my
neurodivergence and transness. Under
the leadership of Ihsaan Mohamed,
I became a very involved copy chief,
who proved themself by taking on
additional responsibilities. My peers
saw this dedication, as well as my
expertise, professionalism, talent and
persistence.
Finally, in an election that was
not without drama, I was elected
editor-in-chief. I have spent the past
year in this role working hard and,
of course, facing many challenges.
However, I am proud of my work.
During my tenure, The Mossy Log
changed its name, dramatically
increased its social media presence,
continued to uphold its journalistic
standards of excellence and broke some
of the biggest stories in the college’s
history.
After graduating, some of
my most important and fondest
memories will be associated with this
newspaper. I have learned so much
about this institution — for better
and worse — through my journalistic
pursuits. I will also forever cherish the late nights designing the paper
with those who share the same
passion.
Most importantly, The Mossy Log
has been a personal test of persistence
and a pivotal example of the success
that will bring. Given my position
in this society, I know I will need to
continue embodying this trait in order
to have the kind of life I believe I
deserve, as well as bettering the lives
of others.
Thank you to Ihsaan, Nic and Hanna
who served as my editors-in-chief; and
to Lexie Boren, Jacob Muscarella and
Isabel Rekow who were my section co-
editors. To Amelia Doyle and Noah
Reese-Clauson, thank you for supporting
me as my managing editors and
ensuring that The Mossy Log continues.
Not to mention, Molly Robinson who
has served as the number one supporter
of The Mossy Log and the best faculty
advisor we could ask for.
Thank you to my partner of nearly
three years Negasi Brown for your ever
present support and love. Thank you
to your family who has taken me in as
their own.
Thank you to Access Services at
Aubrey R. Watzek Library, especially
Robin Anderson, Tallie Bocci, Jenny
Bornstein and Jen Jacobs. Many
professors have also had a strong
impact during my time here: Heather
Ashley Hayes, Melanie Kohnen, Kundai
Chirindo, Susan Davis, Eric Nordstrom,
Therese Augst, Rebecca Lingafelter and
Štĕpán Šimek.
To anyone else in the community,
whether we were close friends, classmates,
co-workers or readers of my articles — thank
you for playing a role in my time at LC.
Innovations in space exploration
will assist with issues at home
HOBY REECE/THE MOSSY LOGIvy removal PE class
benefits campus, health
LEO BERNSTEIN NEWMAN/THE MOSSY LOGCOURTESY OF DEVON FREEMAN
Invasive Ivy grows all around campus.By TOR PARSONS
AT THE MOMENT I am writing
this, spring break was less
than two weeks ago. By the
time you read this, finals
week will be upon us.
The proximity of
Lewis & Clark’s
spring break
to the end of
the term has
raised strong
opinions at
LC before,
including
on this very
page of The
Mossy Log.
Personally,
I am in favor
of the current
placement of spring
break in the calendar, at
least in normal years. I like
that LC’s spring break lines up with
Oregon public schools’ break, so that
I can go on vacation with my whole
family without worrying about my
younger siblings missing school.
2024, however, will not be a
normal year. I bring a counterintuitive
proposal to the administration: Next
year, and next year only, spring break
should be moved even later in the
year. Specifically, it should take place
the week of April 8. On that Monday,
a total solar eclipse is predicted to
sweep across North America, starting
off the west coast, of Mexico, crossing
into Texas and passing over much
of the Midwest, before then finally
traversing the Maritime provinces of
Canada and out into the Atlantic.
Big deal, I can hear you saying.
A lot of my friends saw the 2017
eclipse from their Bay Area homes,
400 miles south of the path of
totality, and they were unimpressed.
Apparently, it made the sun look like
a crescent moon for a few minutes.
Cool, but nothing worth rescheduling
classes for.
At the risk of sounding like a
gatekeeper of eclipses, seeing a total
eclipse from outside the path of
totality is like getting all the winning
lottery numbers except for one. You
can console yourself by claiming it is
almost a win, but ultimately, there is
no almost: You either win or you lose. After seeing a total eclipse in
1979, America’s last before 2017, the
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie
Dillard similarly wrote that “seeing a
partial eclipse bears the same relation
to seeing a total eclipse as
kissing a man does
to marrying him.” I
saw the 2017 eclipse
from Silverton,
Oregon, in
the path of
totality, and
it remains to
this day the
most awe
inspiring
thing that
I have ever
seen and I
want other LC
students to have
the option to experience
the same
magnitude of
solar eclipse.
College life at LC for the past
few years has not exactly been like
the movies. This is no fault of the
administration, as they certainly were
not responsible for the coronavirus.
Plenty of students have told me
that some of the most important
years of their life feel robbed by
the pandemic. Yes, college is about
studying. But you can study on
Zoom. College is also about making
friends, impulsive decisions and
lifelong memories. Perhaps, it is also
about making a thousand-mile trip to
see a total eclipse.
Generation Z has been taught that
life is not worth living. Because of the
media, we have come to believe that the
world is an irreparable hellscape and
any hope for the future is a neoliberal
lie. We need to be shown that there
is beauty in the world. Imagine how
much it would improve students’
mental wellbeing to have a spring
break where we are all encouraged to
trek across the country, friend group
by friend group, scrimping and saving
every penny, to go witness nature’s
most spectacular phenomenon.
I know where I will be on April 8,
2024: in Texas, looking at the sun.
Whether my friends will be there with
me, and whether I will be missing any
classes, is up to the administration.
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
OPINION /gid00487
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in the Opinion section are NOT those of The Mossy Log and are held by the authors.ASB president reflects on
year’s progress, challenges
By MADELEINE
MACWILLIAMSON
This was originally published on
KPH air waves as the president’s
State of the College. For the full
version, check out our website or
The Mossy Pod.
MY NAME IS Madeleine
MacWilliamson. I am a rising
senior political science major
and data science minor. This past year,
I served as ASB Student Body President
here on the hill.
I did not want to run for student body
president. Despite my pleas, nobody else
was willing to bear the burden. I had
become the most senior member on
the ASB team as a rising junior. I was
the one who had stayed on the road the
longest and now the one who must pave
the path forward. The weight of this title
was worrying. Actually, being student
body president scared me.
I was anxious about succeeding
such powerhouse presidents; I felt their
legacy shadow me. Mikah Bertel-Mann
shepherded this institution through
the COVID-19 pandemic, responding
to issues around the transition onto
Zoom, dealing with wildfires, the
student experience with masks and
social distancing, financial uncertainty
for ASB and the institution and issues of
equity during hardship. Mikah worked
to stabilize numerous shaky situations
in an unprecedented time of instability
and he did a damn good job.
Sarah Lind-MacMillan led ASB
through a significant transformation,
addressing the return to in-person
learning, changing the name “ASLC”
in protest of the colonial history,
challenging the administration on issues
of racial equity, changing the PioExpress
route toward Southeast Portland and
providing student perspectives on the
student center remodel. She built upon
Mikah’s goals and continued to guide
the college into a sense of normalcy
after losing campus cultural traditions
to the pandemic Zoom era. Both of these
stewards now serve as Rangel Fellows,
future foreign service officers and true
diplomats. I saw the big shoes awaiting
me and I looked down at my feet that
I still see as too small, yet somehow I
slipped the presidential shoes on to walk
forward.
I shuffled into this role at first by
serving on the Presidential Transition
Committee for Robin Holmes-Sullivan. I
learned the names, the departments, the
offices and of course — the administrative
coordinators. Over the summer, I began
coordinating the Cabinet and strategic
planning for the academic year. We
learned our names, our initiatives and
our goals for our future. To say we were wide-eyed and optimistic would be an
understatement.
But even optimism could not stave
away problems as a growing waitlist
accumulated for on-campus housing. I
met with Campus Living Director Ben
Meoz to provide feedback on creating a
housing guide similar to Reed College.
Together, Cabinet brainstormed
solutions; we worked as a team for the
first time. Cabinet started an emergency
Housing Relief Reimbursement for
students in financial need who were
on the Campus Living waitlist. This
application was circulated by Campus
Living in their Discord server for
students waitlisted for on-campus
housing. We approved $1,400 for off-
campus security deposits and rental
applications. This all happened before
we returned to our campus for the fall
semester.
When we did return for the fall
semester, the school year started with
tragedy. To respect those grieving and
the impacted loved ones, I do not plan
to delve into this private moment. I have
no words, other than to offer a moment
of silence for our peer, a first-year whom
we lost on our first day.
At this moment, our community
cared for one another; we held space. We
continued this compassion toward each
other, in turn shaping our community
for the better. This academic year, I am
proud of the state of our college.
In the fall semester, I spoke at New
Student Orientation in the Griswold
Stadium, appointed students to various
institutional LC committees and
initiated conversations about a Lyft
Pilot Program. I established regular
biweekly meetings with Evette Castillo
Clark and began bonding with our new
vice president of student life as she
acclimated to campus culture. I taught
her ASB history, alongside the history
of student protest regarding the name
change. As student body president, I
was privileged to be part of Robin’s
inauguration ceremony. Moreover, I
attended the Board of Trustees in an
eventful week in October. I learned
more about the inner workings of the
institution and its finances. My meetings
with many administrators spanned
many more topics ...
The greater body of ASB did
significant work as well, enough that
I cannot recount every committee’s
accomplishments — but I will list a
few for listeners. ASB began a carpool
bulletin board to connect commuter
students with rides. Cabinet met with
the Executive Council and held Town
Halls and Forums on various topics
such as the PioExpress with Parking
& Transportation and Structures with
Facilities. ASB attended the Portland
Student Government Conference
hosted by the University of Portland, which inspired a subsequent legislative
agenda. ASB formalized the Health &
Wellness Committee alongside an ISLC
Cabinet Representative. The Student
Policy Advisory Committee started a
digital conduct policy guide to make
available for students interested in their
rights. We addressed the ASB Recall
initiative process and held conversations
about how to call in, rather than calling
our peers out. CAB hosted Robin’s
inauguration party to celebrate the
momentous occasion. Winter Wishes
entered its third year; students
submitted thoughtful wishes to their
peers. Campus was cheerful.
So spring started with pep in our
step! ASB continued its work within
committees. EIJC offered mutual aid
grants and SAAB processed academic
applicants. CAB began Troom Thursday,
with weekly events taking place in the
Trail Room on Thursday. Even more
dances were hosted, as CAB hosted
Spring Ball. ASB held its first spirit
week leading up to the enchanted forest
themed dance. We were able to provide
45 students with free professional
portraits on Fancy Friday. ASB worked
alongside Parking & Transportation,
and a thesising ENVS senior to survey
the student body about PioExpress
utilization.
Senate agreed to pursue three
community outreach projects: a mural
in Templeton/Fowler, an I <3 the Pio
publicity and resources campaign and
a nature photography competition. ASB
also met with the Teaching Evaluation
Committee to provide feedback on the
administration of course evaluation.
ASB held our elections for next
academic year. This was the first cycle
to include Senate elections in the
spring, which led to a competitive and
contested election. Finally, the Finance
Committee held Allocations Weekend to
disperse the Student Fee among student
organizations earlier than years prior,
to much success and positive feedback
about the process. ASB put together
events such as,the Festival of Scholars
and Artists and Spring Fever held by
CAB...
I introduced a legislative agenda to
restructure the ASB financial system
and to develop standards, precedents
and guidelines for honoraria. Senate
approved legislation to put $44 of the
$360 student fee total toward Campus
Activities Board funding, similar to
other regional student government
systems. Moreover, ASB began
developing honoraria guidelines for
student organizations to implement
funded volunteer opportunities for
their leadership. We hope to make these
available once Student Engagement
reviews and adds an embezzlement
clause, parallel to current college policy...
Throughout my term, I worked
tirelessly to advocate for the needs and
concerns of our student body, striving
to build a stronger and more inclusive
community on our campus. I did not
always agree with the institution’s
choices — and I made sure they knew
when I did disagree — but I found
that we always sought to reach similar
conclusions: to better the student body,
to better the student opportunities, and
to better the student experience.
I am grateful for the trust of my
fellow students to serve you well and
I hope that my contributions have
made a positive impact on the college
community. I want to commend ASB
for taking strong stances in leadership,
as this passion was reflected throughout
the year with the initiatives of committee
chairs, Cabinet Officers and Senators.
It is heartening to have found so much
love and community here on our college
upon the hill.
I am endlessly gracious for the
opportunity to wear such big shoes as
the ASB Student Body President. But! I
am relieved to take these worn loafers
off and let Alex Chapelle take ASB above
and beyond. I know I walked in these
shoes, but I do not doubt that Alex will
run far faster (and far better than I can).
So I look forward to seeing where he will
take ASB next year. I know I will try my
best to follow him as vice president.Next spring break must
allow for eclipse chasingLetter to the editor :
WOC taking up space
I’M SORRY, WHITE people. I’m
sorry that you’re afraid of the
space I take up. I’m sorry that my
confidence and the things I say with
my chest make
you think about
who you are and
what your place
is. I’m sorry that
your decision
to objectify my
person has made
my image so
apparent that you
cannot ignore me
even if you tried. I’m sorry that the
jokes I make to push against the walls
of whatever box you try to put me in
have made you uncomfortable. That
was never the intention.
I do the things I do for no one but
myself. The space I take up is to make
sure I never feel small again. I’m sure
you’ve felt small before. It’s different
for people like me. You will never feel
the same kind of small I’ve felt when
I’ve been threatened with violent
assault, just because the porn they
watch made them think that Asian
girls can be subjected to anything
without picking a fight. You will never
feel the type of small I’ve felt when
people have threatened to kill me
because of what I look like and where my family has come from. You’ve never
had anyone tell you that they wished
that the US dropping their bombs
had killed your grandparents because
fewer people like
me means more
space for people
like them. I hope
you never feel that
small. Don’t you
ever think that any
oppression you’ve
faced is the same
as mine. We are
not equals. But
you don’t want to acknowledge that.
I will continue taking up as
much space as possible. I will keep
screaming and laughing as loud as I
possibly can because that’s all I have.
And I’m sorry if you’re uncomfortable
with that. But I have no obligation to
baby you through your discomfort. Do
you want me to be quieter? To make
you feel better about being white
and being afraid of your superiority
getting challenged? Grow up. If
you want me to shut up, use your
privilege to make this world safer for
me and everyone like me. I’m sorry
that you’re not doing enough. I’m not
mad; I’m disappointed. Is that still
too much for you?
—An anonymous student
HALCYON ORVENDAL/THE MOSSY LOG
Madeleine MacWilliamson ’24 led Senate and Cabinet through many major changes.COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARK“I do the things I do
for no one but myself.
The space I take up is to
make sure I never feel
small again.”By J FRANK
IN A FREE workshop on April
6, Michelle Burger ’26 shared
educational knowledge about
cannabis, commonly referred to as
weed, in an hour-long slideshow,
lecture and discussion, which covered
topics including the racist history of the
production, naming and regulation of
weed, how it functions in the body and
how to maximize or mitigate its effects.
Burger has been interested in drugs
and harm reduction for a long time. She
began volunteering with the Alliance
Lower East Side Harm Reduction
Center in New York, and has been
working with another harm reduction
center, the Portland People’s Outreach
Project, since she moved here. These
organizations provide resources such as
clean needles and pipes to drug users,
as well as Narcan training, which can
save the life of someone overdosing.
The principle behind harm reduction
is that making these tools accessible
without shame or penalization reduces
the likelihood of serious harm from drug
use, and gives users a safe place where
they can get help. They also provide
essentials such as hygiene products, first
aid, food and clothes.
At Lewis & Clark, Burger said she
has noticed a lack of harm reduction
resources and incomplete knowledge
about weed among students. Burger
estimates that 70-80% of students at LC
currently smoke or have in the past and
for many, weed is a large part of their
social life and on-campus community.
Yet, despite this prevalence, she was
surprised how little the population knew
about the drug they were using, even
those who were regular users.
She attributes this to a lack of care
in the education system’s handling of
education about drugs, especially weed.
The drug is still illegal federally, and
has only recently become legalized in
Oregon.
“It’s getting more destigmatized,
but people just don’t really know a lot,
which I think I realized yesterday at the
presentation,” Burger said. “I thought
that people were going to know more. The first question I asked was ‘is weed a
depressant?’ and a lot of people said yes.
Which I was really not expecting.”
While alcohol is a depressant, weed
is a cannabinoid, which attaches to
receptors in the brain normally filled
by a natural chemical, producing
psychoactive properties.
“In my middle and high school,
I think we literally just talked about
alcohol and tobacco and that was it,”
Burger said. “If no one talks about weed,
then all you know is what your friends
say about weed. And the social aspects of
weed are important, but there’s so much
more to learn.”
Seeing this need for better drug
education at LC, Burger approached
Director of Health Promotion and
Wellness (HPW) Michelle Callahan with
the idea of hosting a series of peer-led
workshops to provide students with
information about common drugs.
Burger worked with Callahan for
two or three months to organize and
promote the event, as well as prepare a
presentation and resources. Burger also
designed and printed stickers promoting
safe weed use and harm reduction to
hand out for free.
“You need to learn how it actually
is affecting your body, the history that
comes along with it, and how to use it
safely if you’re going to, and I think that
a lot of people don’t really know those
things,” Burger said.
The presentation began with an
overview of the history of weed. Weed
is the same plant as hemp, and was
originally an essential crop in the colonial
United States, given its usefulness for
manufacturing products such as cloth
and paper. In fact, the first American flag
was made out of hemp. At the same time,
varieties of hemp with psychoactive
properties were being bred. There were
smoking parlors across the United
States, and weed and stronger drugs
were common ingredients, oftentimes
unlabeled, in medicine.
However, the tide changed against
weed, especially prompted by the
influx of Mexican immigrants after the
Mexican Civil War. The US government
villainized weed and renamed it to marijuana, capitalizing on the word’s
Mexican associations to spread
propaganda, claiming that it turned
people evil and manufacturing sinister
associations with Mexican and Black
people. This stigmatization is only
starting to be undone in recent years
with the wave of legalization.
Later, Burger discussed the different
effects which weed can cause. These
depend on factors such as individual
physiology, the way weed is consumed
and the strain. It is a common
misconception that Sativa and Indica
cause different highs. In fact, as more
scientific research is done on weed
following its legalization, it has been
revealed that, though the two plants grow
differently and appear different, there is
no significant difference between the
effects of the two. However, the different
terpenes in different strains do cause
different effects, and can also react with
foods that also contain those terpenes. For this reason, sniffing black pepper can
help to mellow a high.
Burger also spoke about cannabis
use disorder, also known as addiction.
Those who start using young are more
likely to develop an addiction, so if you
are using weed as a college student,
Burger advised to take breaks and to
monitor your dependence. Burger also
debunked several myths surrounding
weed which have been sensationalized
by the media: the ideas that weed is a
gateway drug, and that there have been
instances of weed laced with ketamine.
Both are false.
Many more important topics were
discussed in the hour and a half long
presentation, including the politics
of drug tests, Oregon’s drug safety
protection laws and how the term
“420” was coined. If you are interested
in the slideshow and resources from
the workshop, including a reference
table on the effects of mixing different drugs, you are encouraged to reach out
to Burger, who would be happy to share
them.
Burger plans to continue her series of
talks next year, and hopes to help educate
the community on more common drugs.
She began with weed, given its popularity,
but in the future hopes to cover ketamine
and psilopsybin mushrooms, as well
as possibly nicotine, alcohol and LSD.
Callahan added that if other students have
project ideas relating to on-campus health,
they should approach her, and that she
would love to work with them. Burger spoke
highly of her experience collaborating with
Callahan, saying that “Michelle is amazing.”
HPW also has a Healthy Hits newsletter
which comes out every other week,
answering anonymous student questions
about topics like drugs and sex. Students
can sign up for the newsletter and submit
health questions using the QR code posted
around campus, or by clicking the link in
the online version of this story.
By SUMMER DAE BINDER
AT THE BEGINNING of Fall
2022 academic semester,
Robin Holmes-Sullivan was
inaugurated as the 26th president of
Lewis & Clark. Her inauguration was
historic, making her the first woman,
openly queer person and person of
color to serve as president. In 2019,
Holmes-Sullivan started at LC as the
vice president of student life.
Before, she served as Vice
President of Student Affairs at
University of California and oversaw
the 10-campus, 200,000-student
system. Holmes-Sullivan then headed
to Eugene, OR. and spent 25 years
at the University of Oregon (UO).
She worked her way up from clinical
coordinator in the counseling center
to vice president of student life.
Although Holmes-Sullivan was
experienced in college and university
administration before her promotion,
the presidency role was an adjustment
for her.
“I’m doing things that are a little bit
different than I’ve done for a long time,”
Holmes-Sullivan said. “When I came to
Lewis & Clark as a vice president, and it
was my third vice presidency in student
life, and that doesn’t mean that I just
knew it all in those kind of things, but
I felt pretty confident that I knew what
to do and what to expect and then the
rhythms … So, I haven’t had a new job
where I’m learning and trying to figure
things out in a very long time, probably,
like 17 years.”
Holmes-Sullivan has taken pride in
the liberal arts education that LC has to
offer. In discussions with the Board of
Trustees, she has emphasized how the
college will “double down” on the liberal
arts traditions. This means providing students more choices when it comes
to studies, professional programs and
extracurricular activities, as well as
giving LC the opportunity to distinguish
itself from other small liberal arts
colleges.
“We have a very, very good law
school and an outstanding graduate school and that already makes us
different,” Homes-Sullivan said. “So
somebody will ask, ‘well, maybe you
are a university?’ Nope, we’re not
a university. We are a liberal arts
college, and even our professional
schools are all in the tradition of the
liberal arts, so everything that we’ve added to those classes … data sciences,
health studies, entrepreneurship,
they’re all of those classes that are still
in the tradition of the liberal arts.”
One of the objectives for
Holmes-Sullivan is improving
student facilities. In her prior
experience at UO, she helped with the renovation of the Student
Center and the Student Recreation
Center.
“I know the impact that really
good student facilities can have on
the overall student experience, so I
turned my attention to that pretty
much right away when I started Lewis
and Clark in 2018,” Homes-Sullivan
said. “We did a lot of focus groups
and we actually brought in an outside
consultant to help us work for over six
to eight months with students about
what do you want? What do you need?
What’s missing? What would make the
experience better? And how can we
develop this facility in order to respond
to those needs?”
At this time, students wanted a
place on-campus where they could be
loud late in the evening, things were
open later and they could gather and
study with friends. After hearing and
collecting information from student
feedback about on-campus student
spaces, Holmes-Sullivan worked with
other administrators to find a solution
that emphasizes socialization on
campus. As a result, the once Templeton
Student Center was renovated into
Stephanie Fowler Student Center. The
renovation included remodeled offices
for student clubs and affinity groups,
study spaces and an enhanced Trail
Room dining facility.
Holmes-Sullivan wants students
to know that she listens to the student
body even if her role may focus on the
college at a larger scale.
“I do have to yield some of my day-
to-day interactions with … students
… but I never want to get so far away
that I don’t know what’s really going
on, or that students ever feel that
I’m not accessible to them,” Holmes-
Sullivan said.FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
FEATURES 6
President Holmes-Sullivan reflects on the year
With first year complete, Holmes-Sullivan discusses challenges, triumphs, hopes for years to come
Cannabis workshop aims to promote drug safety
Passionate about harm reduction, LC first year dispels marijuana myths, talks history, education
Stickers provided by Michelle Burger with fun weed slogans prom ote drug safety. These were passed out at her presentation.J FRANK/THE MOSSY LOG
President Robin Holmes Sullivan describes the liberal arts educ ation system as transformative for both students and herself.LEO BERNSTEIN NEWMAN/THE MOSSY LOGBy BURTON SCHEER
AMERICAN n o r m s a r o u n d
efficiency have transformed
many coffee shops, the
most common examples of “third
spaces,” places where people can find
community outside of their homes
and places of work, into tiny offices.
These shops are often minimally
decorated and house more laptops
than conversations, making one coffee
shop indistinguishable from the next.
Fortunately, Portland still has places
like Keeper Coffee that are not only
well decorated, but care about the
community that they make coffee for.
Located at the corner of Southeast
41st B o u l e v a r d a n d H o l g a t e A v e n u e ,
Keeper Coffee resides in a reclaimed
house that was once a restaurant
called “Ye Olde Town Crier.” Open
for four decades, the restaurant was
an integral part of the Woodstock
neighborhood life, according to an
article in Willamette Week. Although
many residents of Woodstock were sad
to see it close its doors, Keeper Coffee
and Wyrd Leatherworks and Meadery,
the establishment that resides in
the right half of the building, are
dedicated to maintaining the historic
and community structure of the space.
Supported by original hardwood floors
in the seating area and black and
white tile in the kitchen, Keeper Co ffee
has a certain kind of antique charm.
The white marble tables and wooden
bistro-style chairs are reminiscent of french cafes while the sage green
painted walls and windows facing
the wooded neighborhood evoke a
distinctly Portland vibe.
When I first visited Keeper
Coffee on April 7, I was struck by the
warmth of the overall layout and fluid
integration of modern and vintage
furniture. Walking up to the register,
I immediately noticed a large vintage
mirror with the drink menu written
out on it. Above it, a large collection
of dried flowers hung reminding me of
the dried flower booths at the Portland
Saturday Market.
Although I was at first overwhelmed
by the extensiveness of the menu, which
includes specialty espresso drinks such
as peppermint mochas and teas such
as lavender matcha lattes, I settled
on an iced rose cardamom latte. I had
never tried this flavor combination in
an espresso drink before and it did not
disappoint. According to the baristas,
this flavor started out as a seasonal
special, but quickly became a crowd
favorite and a permanent drink option.
While waiting in line for my drink,
I also learned that one of the baristas,
Morgan Eckroth, is the 2022 US
Barista Champion and World Barista
Runner Up. The two people ordering in
front of me shared how she has been an
inspiration for them as fellow baristas
and how much they love their Tiktok
account, @morgandrinkscoffee.
Keeper Coffee sources their coffee
beans from Coava Coffee Roasters and
makes their syrup flavors in house.
Their tea selections are from Aesthete Tea, a local woman-owned business.
There is also a large selection of
pastries, including cookies with actual
rose petals in the frosting. Brittany
Huff, the owner, explained the pastry
offerings in greater detail in an article
in The Bee written by Elizabeth Usher
Groff.
“‘Schnecken, or ‘sticky bun’, is my
grandmother’s recipe that I’ve adapted
over the years. She would not have
liked that I added pecans instead of
walnuts,” Huff said. “…Our chocolate
chip cookie is large and crispy on the
outside and chewy in the middle — we
sell out of these almost every day, as
well as our hand pies that we change
the flavors of, seasonally.’”
I ordered the toasted schnecken
before I researched Huff’s familial
connection to it and I already felt like it
tasted like a slice of home.
As a resident of the Lents
neighborhood, Huff is fond of the
people in the Southeast Portland
community.
“I truly hope to be a neighborhood
staple — for the community to rely on
us for a warm welcome and hot coffee
to start their day right,” Huff explained
to Groff. “I plan to be here for the
long haul, and really look forward
to cultivating relationships with our
neighbors.”
On the Keeper Coffee website, their
business statement incorporates this
same passion for inclusion.
“Keeper Coffee is built on friendship,
community and good coffee,” The
Keeper Coffee website says. “We value
our queer, trans, BIPOC and houseless
community. We are always learning
and striving to do better and more.
Please contact us, if you see an area we
can improve in or have an organization
or individual we can support.”
This concern for the community
was apparent during my visit. Close
to closing, a young boy came in and
ordered what appeared to be his regular
drink – a drip coffee. Without a second
thought, the barista on shift offered
him his drink for free, explaining that
they were already close to closing and
that they value him as a neighbor before
they value him as a customer.
Open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, I
strongly recommend Keeper Coffee as
a place to meet an old friend, read a
book, or listen to Bob Dylan, the artist
that ruled the aux during the hour of
my visit. If you go, keep an eye out for a
small hidden red lego man somewhere
in the store.FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
FEATURES 7
By VENUS EDLIN
ANDREW ’79 will be 65 this coming
June. He has a lot to reflect about his
time at Lewis & Clark 40 years ago, a
time he does not remember fondly. Despite
that, Andrew aspires to offer wisdom
to current students who may be facing
struggles similar to the ones he has faced.
Andrew will only be referred to by first
name to provide some degree of anonymity
since he still has surviving family members
who may cause issues due to the details
he disclosed. However, he felt now was
the time to discuss his story with the
community.
“Sixty-five is kind of a traditional
boundary line between the end of work in
the beginning, for lack of a better word, the
last phase of life — retirement,” Andrew
said. “I’ve been reflecting upon that and
that I’m not pleased or happy with where
my life has gone in terms of career.”
He hopes to serve as an example that
“things can get better,” despite facing
many lows in his life. For example, he
largely became disowned by his family
after coming out as gay. According to
Andrew, this set him down a harmful spiral.
However, prison provided him perspective
that he did not gain during his education.
“I got in trouble with the law — property
crime, property crime that was sufficient
to be a felony,” Andrew said. “So, I was
arrested. My come-to-Jesus-moment was
in a jail cell, not in college.”
However, during college, Andrew
was not out and only recalls knowing
around half a dozen openly gay people
on campus.“I wasn’t out to myself at the time,”
Andrew said. “I had some element of
guilt because I was struggling with this
notion that no, I’m not broken, I’m not
substandard, so I can’t be one of those fags.”
Though he faced instability after
college, Andrew also recalled a life
full of hardship prior to LC and
a particular chain of difficulty
that started at the institution.
At the time, LC was on a quarter
system and Andrew earned
less than a 2.0 GPA during two
periods of time. This put him
on academic probation and
resulted in a permanent mark
on his transcript. Andrew never
dropped below that threshold
again; if he did for a third time,
he would have been kicked out
of the college.
Originally, Andrew aspired
to become a composer. Though
he knew piano, he quickly
realized the program was not a fit
for him since he did not practice
as much as the other majors.
Besides that, a music professor at
the time would not take Andrew on for
lessons since she thought he was not
serious. He graduated with a degree
in Religious Studies, which he picked
because the credit hours required for
that major were low.
Part of why college was so
difficult for Andrew was because
he felt he never had people to look
up to. Though he does not view his
experience favorably, he does not
blame the institution. “I came from a high school that
didn’t demand very much,” Andrew
said. “I came from a family background,
where there was essentially an
emotional
non-investment in us
as children. I came with baggage to
college, and Lewis & Clark,
their job is not to fix
your baggage,
it is to
facilitate an education.”
Also, Andrew found trouble with the
environment due to social isolation. He
described himself as a “cash cow” for the college since he paid full cost to attend
by using money he made working on
farms and ranches doing manual labor.
Coming from a disadvantaged and rural
background, LC became a hard place to
exist due to how different he was
from other students.
“I’ve never been further than
200 miles from where I was born
in my lifetime,” Andrew said.
“I grew up in a small town in
Oregon on a farm. I never really
met many other people … I lived
a very, for lack of a better word,
limited experience and a very
naive experience. I never matured
into young adulthood with a sense
of perspective.”
Andrew lived in Copeland
Hall when he first arrived on
campus. He recalled being called
a hick or redneck, which was
worsened by his self-identified
social awkwardness. Unlike many
of his peers, he did not smoke
marijuana and had not drunk
anything stronger than beer.
According to Andrew, this made
him feel out of place, especially
since he knew a student who
was growing their own
marijuana plant in their
room.
“I wasn’t going to
be invited and I’d walk
into a room and people
would shut up,” Andrew said.
“I began to experience college as a
sense of social isolation which I didn’t
know how to overcome.”This sense of isolation followed
post-college when he came out to his
family and later ended up in prison.
After getting out of prison, Andrew’s
record was expunged and he began
working in hospital administration,
a field he feels he thrived in. Despite
his lack of self-confidence, Andrew is
often viewed as commanding because
of his height — he is 6’2”. According to
Andrew, this enabled him to say bolder
things to those around him, including to
a mean coworker.
“I went in once and had a one to
one chat with him and I told him point
blank, you’re not going to treat me like
this anymore,” Andrew said. “It floored
him because no one has ever essentially
done that before. I was talking to a
secretary … she said, ‘You really scared
him because he thought you were going
to fuck him.’”
This dynamic of sexual intimidation
is rooted in homophobia as Andrew was
simply taking a stand against abuse, but
his coworker believed the stereotype
that gay men are sexually interested in
all men.
Though much of his life remains
difficult to discuss and he still has
complex feelings, Andrew has made
significant progress. Fundamentally, he
asserts that young people are still facing
many of the same problems. He hopes
he can help.
“If I were to counsel a young person
today, who was experiencing similar
things, I would guide them and say, you
have to deal with the hard truth and then
find a pathway forward,” Andrew said.Andrew ’79 talks fitting in at college, family tensions, homophobia, life-long journey to optimism truth
Keeper Coffee, near Reed College, strives to serve as an inclsuive space for all patrons.GABRIEL MANTIONE-HOLMES/THE MOSSY LOGAlumnus shares hard-earned wisdom, advice
Keeper Coffee’s customers come
for cozy, caffeinated concoctions
Portland’s diners dish
out late-night delights
By TOR PARSONS
Two more additional diner reviews are
available at piolog.com.
IS THERE ANYTHING b e t t e r t h a n
a good diner? A late-night meal of
crispy fries and cold milkshakes
with your friends in as a jukebox plays:
glorious. Defining what makes a diner is
iffy, but most share some commonalities:
long hours, an all-American menu with
an emphasis on breakfast, seating in
booths, a rose-tinted nostalgia for the
1950s and ’60s and a long history as a
neighborhood staple.
I personally believe that, to be
worthy of the title, a diner has to
be a mom-and-pop business; chain
restaurants cannot be diners. Some may
disagree – if you can point to a restaurant
that fits all the above criteria but
definitely would never be called a diner, I
shall dub you Dinerogenes. Within those
parameters, there is still a lot of room
to innovate. These four Portland diners
are each unique in their own right, but
they all have that indescribable diner
atmosphere — even if it happens to be
your first time going there, it feels like
home.
Best b ang for your buck: Original
Hotcake House
If y o u e a t a t t h e O r i g i n a l H o t c a k e
House, be sure to bring a lot of friends,
or barring that, starve yourself for a few
days in advance. Nearly every menu item
comes with several eggs and hubcap-
sized pancakes — as a side, mind you.
Constant free refills of coffee, tea, or hot
chocolate help you wash it down. The
food is all so good, it will make you wish
you had the metabolism of a snake and
could eat a single gigantic meal per week.
Favorite item ordered: A good mug of
hot cocoa with whipped cream, though
the pancakes were awfully good, too.
Know before you go: The Original
Hotcake House is not to be confused
with the Original Pancake House, a chain
with several locations across the Pacific
Northwest (again, chains cannot be
diners). The Original Hotcake House is
on Powell Blvd. near the Aladdin Theater
and the Ross Island Bridge, a 2-minute
walk from the Clinton St. MAX station
or the SE Powell & Milwaukie weekend
Pio Shuttle stop. Also, keep in mind that
despite the colorful “Open 24 Hours” sign
outside, the Original Hotcake House’s late-night hours are erratic. If you are
considering going there after 9 p.m., call
ahead to be sure.
Best late-night eats: Nite Hawk Café
and Lounge
Anchoring north Portland’s
historically Black neighborhood, Albina
since 1931, Nite Hawk is a trip back in
time. Once upon a time, the huge neon
hawk head over the front door was as
iconic a Portland landmark as Pioneer
Square or the Fremont Bridge. As the
name suggests, Nite Hawk is open late,
closing at midnight or 1 a.m. most nights.
Favorite item ordered: Chicken-fried
steak, though if you have an adventurous
palate, you might want to try the liver
and onions, a reminder that the menu
has stayed the same since the days of
the Depression. Only the prices have
changed.
Know before you go: Nite Hawk is
pretty far from LC, but it is easy to get to,
as it is right next to the Rosa Parks MAX
Light Rail stop. Riding the Orange Line
from Sellwood takes about half an hour,
and does not require any changes of train.
These are just a selection of
Portland’s many diners. While there
are as many potential takes on the
diner concept as there are diners, all of
them offer comfort food in comforting
surroundings. Whichever of these you
choose, enjoy dining your way through
this majestic city.
Diners welcome customers day and night.TOR PARSONS/THE MOSSY LOGEMMA FORD/THE MOSSY LOGFRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
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"Am Stram Gram"
By Chilla
J’adore beaucoup de chansons de
Chilla mais celle-ci est l’une de mes
préférées. Elle chante de l’industrie
du rap, en particulier du fait que
l’industrie de la musique est plus
difficile pour les femmes. Je crois
que c’est quelque chose de très réel
et important et que trop de gens ne
veulent pas reconnaître. Écoutez cette
chanson pour soutenir les femmes ou
simplement pour écouter de la bonne
musique!
— Eliana Bly '26
"La Ciruela"
By Nico Play
Está canción me hace sentir un poco
triste. Algo sobre la guitarra y la voz
de Nico Play es muy melancolico. Me
gusta escuchar a estas canción cuando
estoy en la ducha.
— Veronica Quintero '25
"HORÓSCOPO"
By David Rees
Me encantan muchas de las canciones
de David Rees, pero disfruto mucho
de esta canción en particular. Tiene
un ritmo muy alegre y optimista
como casi todos sus canciones. Sus
canciones tienen temas que varían
entre humorístico y más serio, pero
todos son divertidos.
— Claire Bakke '24
Portland art scene offers theater, live
music, mixed media for this summer
As the summer approaches, Portland locals and tourists alike take to the streets and enjoy all that the nightlife has to offer, from art to food to j ust enjoying the weather.COURTESY OF TRAVEL PORTLAND
By SUMMER DAE BINDER
PORTLAND offers outstanding
events for every art aficionado, no
matter the weather. Nonetheless,
the city’s art community especially
thrives in the summertime. One can
find almost any event related to any
medium, whether it be music, the fine
arts or theater.
Start your summer in Portland
by taking a lunch break at Pioneer
Courthouse Square listening to Noon
Tunes. Noon Tunes is a Summer
Concert Series Presented by 101.9 KINK
radio station in collaboration with The
Oregonian. The concert series hosts
local bands every Tuesday in July and
August from noon to 1 p.m.
If you are looking for larger concerts,
McMenamin’s Edgefield Amphitheater
hosts a wide variety of bigger acts
every summer. This summer’s schedule
includes Maggie Rogers, Cigarettes
After Sex, Portugal. The Man and Modest Mouse. For those spending
break outside of Portland, Edgefield will
also be hosting a few shows early next
academic year as well.
In late June through early
September, thespians can enjoy an
evening at a local park for the "Original
Practice Shakespeare Festival." The
festival is free and takes place at various
parks throughout the city, including
Laurelhurst and Lents Park. Actors
use the original practice techniques
of Elizabethan England with limited
rehearsal, scrolls in hand, onstage
prompters and audience interaction.
The company hosts around 30
performances each summer, so they are
hard to miss.
Those who want to get hands-
on and learn something new may
want to consider taking a class at the
Multnomah Arts Center (MAC). Located
in Multnomah Village, MAC provides
both visual and performing arts
classes in various subjects, including but not limited to ceramics, textiles,
printmaking, photography, drawing
and painting. Prices of classes vary
depending on the subject and length.
The MAC also provides scholarships for
non-residents and offers a pay what you
can option for Portland residents.
A more casual way of getting
involved in the city’s art scene is to
attend events at The Haven in Southeast
Portland. This collective of painters,
musicians, tech artists, healers and tea
artists is known as Portland’s “Creative
Sanctuary.” Every Monday, The Haven
hosts an open-mic called Psanctum
that calls for musicians, poets and
storytellers to show off their talents for
seven minutes.
Both celebrating the arts and
exploring neighborhoods in Portland
are essential to the summer experience
in the city. These are easy to
accomplish by attending a monthly
art walk. The first Thursday of every
month, art galleries and businesses in the Pearl District and downtown
open new exhibitions. This is a great
opportunity for enjoying some fine
art and people-watching. At the end
of each month, you can catch Alberta
Arts District’s "Last Thursday" with
art openings at galleries, including the
Guardino Gallery and Alberta Street
Gallery. In the summertime, "Last
Thursdays" are lively with parades,
acrobats and live music on the street,
weather permitting.
Finally, the Central Eastside
galleries, studios and other art spaces
also host First Fridays every month.
Galleries featured include East
Creative Collective, Sidestreet Arts
and One Grand Gallery.
If you are staying in Portland over
the summer, all of these are worth
checking out. You never know what
you are going to find or who you will
meet while out and about. The city
has so much to offer for artists and art
enthusiasts alike.
By NOAH REESE CLAUSON
ON TUESDAY , the Lewis & Clark
jazz combos performed their
final show under direction
by Instructor of Jazz Guitar and
Instructor of Jazz Combos Dan Balmer
’81. Balmer initiated the transition
from a big band style to jazz combos as
a student in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
“I’ve been a jazz musician all my
life, I’m a professional musician, I
taught workshops in Argentina, I
taught workshops in Barcelona, I’ve
lectured at USC (University of Southern
California),” Balmer said. “This is what
I do … It means everything … It’s like
I said in the intro, playing music and
teaching music are the only things I
understand.
Fabián Guerrero ’23, saxophonist
for combo Jazzus Christ, had an
experience that paralleled LC’s
transition from larger group
performances to the more intimate
combos.
“I used to play in a lot of large
ensembles,” Guerrero said. “Because
there are a lot less people, the
individual takes a larger role and you
have to trust yourself.”
The event commenced with Balmer
introducing himself. After that, the
first band, The Swingerz came out.
The combo featured a clarinet, electric
bass, piano, drums, trombone, alto
saxophone and electric guitar. The
band had two first years and mostly
sophomores, who delivered a variety
of engaging songs, representing the
future of the program.
The Swingerz opened the show
with a fun uptempo rendition of Joe
Zawinul’s “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” that
retained the swelling choral reprise,
while tucking saxophone, trombone
and piano solos in between.
After them came the quintuplet,
Concerned Dans of Fan Dalmer
which featured saxophone, electric
guitar, bass, drums and vocals. Three
members were seniors delivering their
final combo performance at LC. The group showed off their experience, with
communicative numbers including an
energetic acoustic bass solo that kept
the audience hooked despite dropping
to a whisper and a closing solo from
drummer Charlie Oakes ’23 — who
Balmer called “the best drummer
we’ve ever had” — that relied heavily
on cowbell.
One of the combo’s stand out works
was “Just You Just Me / Evidence” by
Jesse Greer (arranged by Ella Fitzgerald)
and Thelonious Monk respectively. It
was introduced by the vocalist Kyra
Jorgensen ’26, who ambiguously called
the piece a sandwich. After the piece, she
explained the metaphor.
“The reason that song was a
sandwich, I will now elaborate, is
because ‘Just You Just Me’ written by
Jesse Greer had a certain harmonic
progression that Thelonious Monk also
used in his song ‘Evidence,’ and so he
decided to make an Evidence sandwich
with ‘Just You Just Me’ as the Bread
and ‘Evidence’ as the meat,” Jorgensen
said.
Before the final combo came out,
vocalist Charlotte Ostrov ’24 and the
final group’s guitarist came out to
perform one song, Wardell Gray’s
“Twisted,” with Concerned Dans of Fan
Dalmer’s bassist and drummer. Ostrov,
who was not officially a part of any
combo, appreciated the opportunity to
perform.
“It’s an amazing opportunity
to get to work with such incredible
musicians,” Ostrov said. “It’s a career
motivating opportunity for us, it means
a lot. We really appreciate Dan’s work.”
T h e l a s t c o m b o , J a z z u s C h r i s t ,
received a complementary but
clarifying introduction from Balmer.
“They just came up with this name
yesterday and I want you to know they
came up with it themselves,” Balmer
said.
The band featured a saxophone,
trumpet, piano, drums, standup bass,
guitar and vocals and provided an
energetic close to the concert. One
song that stood out in particular was their rendition of Oscar Pettiford’s
“Tricotism.” The piece began with
conversation between the saxophone
and piano interrupted by chirps from
the drums before transitioning into
monologues from the other instruments
interspersed with returns to the opening
discourse, before closing with a more
expansive socratic dialogue between all
of the introduced characters. At the end of the show, Balmer
returned to the stage for closing
remarks.
“It was a great show and the
bands played beautifully. I think it
was well worth everyone’s effort to
be here,” Balmer said. “ … Best jazz
night ever as we like to say. That’s
my eighteenth year of ‘best jazz
night ever’.”Student jazz combos feature three bands,
bring lively music to campus before finals
The Swingerz ended their set with the classic "My Favorite Things" by Richard Rodgers. NOAH REESE CLAUSON/ THE MOSSY LOGConcerned Dans of Fan Dalmer featured three seniors playing their last combos concert.NOAH REESE CLAUSON/ THE MOSSY LOGFRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
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By J FRANK
ON FRIDAY April 14, as part of
the Festival of Scholars and
Artists, the on-campus Hoffman
Gallery debuted “Two Layers Away,”
an exhibition of seniors’ art. Lewis
& Clark’s graduating visual artists
have joined forces to present this final
project, making creative use of various
styles and mediums to fill the space.
“Two Layers Away” was named for
the way the different artworks explore
the subversive messages and overlapping
meanings and associations that lie below
the surface of a work, whether visible or
implicit. The exhibit will be open to the
community through May 7, from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. every day except Mondays.
At the entrance, visitors can pick up
a large pamphlet printed on thick black paper containing a statement from each
of the eight artists represented. In their
statements, artists wrote about their
inspiration or purpose, the emotions and
associations the art is meant to evoke and
personal connections or significance.
Upon entering the gallery, Umi
Caldwell ’23’s wall-sized mural
“Dilutions” looms before the visitor with
its dynamic, ambiguously female figure
struggling in the grip of a traditional
Korean dragon. The subject’s expression
of anguish and rage as she grasps
writhing strands of black hair lends a
remarkable sense of power and energy
to the piece.
The scale of “Dilutions” works to
create a sense of epic mythos, a struggle
which thrusts itself upon the viewer,
making its proportions and ferocity
impossible to ignore. The decision, too, to render the piece on apparent slabs of
unpolished, unbleached wood lends a
grittiness and vivacity to the piece which
at once ignites a desire to lean into the
unsettled, churning danger and an
intense rawness which makes the viewer
almost turn away from the sight. This is
not a piece to take your eyes off.
In the pamphlet of exhibition
information, Caldwell reveals that
“Dilutions” grapples with their
Korean American heritage and
sense of alienation yet fascination
with traditional Korean culture and
mythos. The mural depicts the figure of
Cheuksin, a household toilet deity, used
to symbolize the distinction of filth,
relegated to the outhouse, as well as the
cleanliness of civilization and family.
With their piece, Caldwell seeks to turn
this characterization on its head and
provide Cheuksin with a fresh voice and
narrative autonomy.
“I have reinterpreted her as a
resilient female figure unafraid to
express frustration and rage at having
been exiled to the outhouse,” Caldwell
wrote in their artist’s statement. “She
functions as a representation of Asian
women expected to repress their
‘monstrous’ appearances, tempers, and
cultural practices in order to assimilate
into a Eurocentric American sphere.”
To the right of “Dilutions,” Colin
Sakamoto ’23’s “Certain Places,” a series
of seemingly incongruous photographs,
spreads out with various heights and
spacing along two walls. The subject
of each photo is a mundane snapshot
of daily life — the kind of scenes that
the eye would normally slide past out
of disinterested familiarity, but which
when placed within the framing of an
exhibition which prompts deliberate
scrutiny, reveal organic forms and
compositions engaging in their very
uncalibrated unintentionality.
These objects and settings inspire an
alluring unease of place and character — a
drooping candle forgotten on a cluttered
side table, a tree cramped by a fence and
its strangely sensual, intimate shadow,
an anonymous corner of a dirt yard
whose featurelessness and lack of subject
taunt the viewer into submersion in the
desolate yet comforting landscape of
suburbia.
“The pictures are an act of
composing the elements of everyday
scenes into something worth revisiting,
using the camera to pull interest from
seemingly hollow subjects,” Sakamoto
wrote in the artist statement. “While
engaging with the world, I feel
simultaneously dissociated from it.
The subjects are in-between spaces
like parking lots, empty storefronts,
pictures of pictures, and street corners.
They refuse location or direction. …
Despite the subjects’ stillness, there is
an air of precariousness, as if they could
all fall apart.”
“Dilutions” and “Certain Places”
are only two out of eight artists’ work
on show in the Hoffman Gallery right
now. The exhibit is a visually enjoyable,
thought provoking and creatively
stimulating way to see what visual arts
students here on campus are producing.
Wander deeper into the gallery and let
each piece prompt questions as you
sink below the surface of its whimsical,
multidimensional world.
Local musicians play at Sunburn
Kylie Hill’s work “wrists” explores the shape and movement of hands doing work.J FRANK/THE MOSSY LOGBy J FRANK
DID YOU KNOW that Lewis &
Clark is home to a world-famous
pipe organ? The instrument
attached to the Agnes Flanagan chapel
is the world’s only circular pipe organ.
It has been covered by national news
and brings in celebrity organ players
for recitals every
year.
At the beginning
of the 2022-23
academic year, the
school discovered
that the motor inside
of the suspended
portion of the organ,
which receives
signals from the
keyboard and opens
and closes the pipes
to create sound,
was broken. While
unconfirmed, Grace
Wenzel ’23, one of
two organ students,
speculates that this
damage may have been a result of the
roof construction during the summer
prior.
The organ’s repair, originally
scheduled for winter break, was
postponed until January, and then
again until spring break because of
the heavy snowstorm. Now, with only
a few weeks left in the year, it is back
in full working order, just in time to
play in the Orchestra and Choirs’
combined end-of-year concert on
April 21, lending its dulcet tones to
create drama and ambiance in Faure’s
Requiem, an epic seven-movement
religious piece full of tension and
evocative layered polyphony.
Organ student Wenzel said he is
thrilled to finally be able to utilize
the instrument’s full capacities after
nearly two semesters of lessons
playing on a truncated portion of the
instrument. Wenzel explained that
he had been practicing with only the
choral division, a small section of
pipes situated behind the keyboards
meant to imitate the sound of choir
vocals, which is the only part not
suspended and so left unaffected by
the motor failure.
“I am extremely excited that it’s
now back in commission and that
people can hear it at the orchestra
concert, and will continue to hear it in
the future,” Wenzel said.
Wenzel, who grew up listening to
organ music and feels a connection to
the instrument, decided to take lessons
his senior year to fill some of the free
space in his schedule after completing
most of the required courses for
his music major. He is one of only
two organ students at LC, alongside
Helen Traczyk ’23. While Wenzel has
over a decade of piano experience
and knowledge of music theory and
harmony which have helped, he
said that there were also many new
and complicated aspects to organ
playing which made the instrument
intimidating at first.
“It’s very involved,” Wenzel said.
“Whenever you’re choosing sounds,
you have all of these controls. It’s all
of these moving parts to keep track of, so it’s very difficult when you start,
but as you start to learn and be able to
find your way around the instrument,
it becomes less of a giant puzzle and
more of a palette and you can do all
sorts of things with all of these tools
that are at your disposal.”
Wenzel has come to love the
complex nature of the organ with its
many abilities and
parts. The organ is
composed of three
keyboards, a row
of pedals and two
panels filled with
different stops that
imitate sounds of
other instruments
and produce various
effects. Each
keyboard controls
a different part of
the organ, meaning
pipes of different
sizes and materials
produce different
levels, qualities and
pitches of sounds.
The keyboards can be coupled,
achieving the effect of playing multiple
parts of the organ simultaneously,
and many different stops can be
combined to create variable nuanced
sounds.
“It’s part of the building, and
when you’re there at the console it
feels really powerful,” Wenzel said.
“You’re controlling all of this wind and
all of this noise and it’s an awesome
instrument in the true sense of the
word and it can be fearsome.”
This particular organ exists
because it was an answer to a singular
problem. After construction of the
Agnes Flanagan Chapel in 1968, the
school wanted to complete the project
with the installation of an organ. The
chapel’s unique architecture, however,
with its 16 walls creating the effect
of a circular interior, meant that a
regular pipe organ wouldn’t fit well in
the space. LC recruited organ builder
Larry Phelps to design an organ
tailored to the shape and acoustics of
the chapel.
Phelps rose to the challenge,
suspending a wooden cylinder from
the center of the chapel’s high, peaked
ceiling. Rows of pipes, which would
traditionally sit in a row and project
sound outwards into the audience,
instead wrap around the cylinder and
create sound waves which bounce off
of the chapel’s ceiling, walls and floor,
creating a warm cloud of sound which
surrounds listeners and seems to weave
itself into the very air between the
stone floor and rows of pews. Wenzel
said that playing this instrument feels
particularly significant due to its scale
and power.
“I’m also a vocalist and that kind
of music-making is very intimate, very
internal, very connected, but with
the organ it feels very external and
powerful,” Wenzel said.
In September, LC will host Daryl
Robinson, director of organ studies at
the University of Houston to perform
a free recital for students. If you are
interested, make sure to come hear
this one-of-a-kind instrument’s full
range of sound fill the chapel next fall.By SUMMER DAE BINDER
ON APRIL 22, Lewis & Clark’s
student-run radio station KPH
hosted its annual music festival
Sunburn in the Albany Quadrangle and
Smith Hall. Students gathered, laid picnic
blankets and danced with each other.
This year’s lineup featured local bands
Mr. Beautiful (formed by LC students),
Simpleton, Pileup and Heaven Skate.
The highlight of the evening, however,
was indie folk singer Haley Heynderickx,
a breakout Portland star who has been
featured on NPR and whose song “Bug
Collector” went viral on TikTok. Smith
Hall quickly filled to capacity with fans,
and many more stood outside to listen.
“Dilutions”’ reconceptualized rendition of Korean deity Cheuksin screams in rage.J FRANK /THE MOSSY LOG
Students scream in excitement as Haley Heynderickx and her band take the stage.COURTESY OF KPH
Grace Wenzel plays the organ’s multiple keyboards, controlling circularly set pipes.LEO BERNSTEIN NEWMAN/THE MOSSY LOG
Three photographs from the “Certain Places” collection display snapshots of suburbia.J FRANK/THE MOSSY LOGChapel organ repaired,
ready for performance“Two Layers Away” gallery
exhibit features senior art
“I’m also a vocalist
and that kind of
music-making
is very intimate,
very internal, very
connected, but with
the organ it feels
very external and
powerful”
— Grace Wenzel ’23FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
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By COLE WHITAKER
THE LEWIS & Clark Baseball team
not only finished six games above
.500 in conference, they swept the
Pacific Boxers, cementing themselves as
the fourth Northwest Conference title
winners in the college’s history for the
first time since 1987. This is the first title
LC has held since becoming Division III.
This year’s roster ranked between
fourth and fifth in every major
statistical category in their conference.
However, simply looking at the overall
outcomes of the numbers does not tell
the full story. Upon closer examination,
you will find that the team finished
first in catches, putouts, assists and
double plays, while finishing second in
stolen base attempt percentage. These
numbers tell the story of a team that
sprung at every chance they could to
make big defensive plays, winning the
moment to moment battles that the
overall stats do not always convey.
On top of fielding excellence, this
year’s baseball team boasts some of
the best talent the school has had the
pleasure of witnessing. The one-two
punch of Jack Thomson ’23 and Brennen
Davis ’25 have been terrorizing the
conference. Both players finished top
15 in the conference for batting average,
slugging percentage, on base percentage
and on-base-plus-slugging percentage.
Thomson in particular left his mark,
placing first in three out of the four
categories and fifth in batting average.
Thomson has ended his tenure at
LC placing top 30-20 nationwide for
Division III in nearly every category his
game was suited to. Davis’ only finish
outside of the top ten was his 11th place position in batting average. Additionally,
Will Heron finished first in the conference
in putouts.
Utility player Jack Savant ’23 said he
enjoyed the team’s camaraderie this year,
and feels that it contributed to the team’s
successful season.
“There’s a tangible difference in
how our team has operated not only on
a confidence level, but in a sort of, like
accountability level, in comparison to
other years,” Savant said. “I know there
were seniors when they were freshmen
that were great in sort of creating a
really, really cohesive environment and
that has only grown into something
closer and closer over the years. And
I think that just the family that we
have, and that Coach Kosderka and
the coaching staff sort of creates, it has
been something that has been really,
really special.”
Being a senior, Savant has had the
opportunity to grow closer to many of
his teammates over the years.
“I think that we have just an
incredible group of teammates,”
Savant said. “We have some really,
really special players up and down the
board, pitchers and hitters everywhere
… I think that my success comes from
having the love that I have and the trust
that I have in my teammates.”
Catcher Joaquin Sandoval ’26
has also been grateful to join such a
cohesive team this year.
“From day one, I felt very, very
involved right away, encouraged to be
one of the guys and just a part of the
team,” Sandoval said. “Our leaders on
the team and our coaches established
our core pillars of the program pretty
early. So that’s been embedded in me all year. And I feel like I kind of just
walked right in and got started. It was
really a welcoming experience for sure.”
This team relationship not only has
benefits in terms of cohesion, but also
dedication to the game.
“I’d be spending time with the team in
the locker room before and after practice,
just getting ready and winding down,
assessing the day, breaking down the teams
we’re going to play this week, and how
everyone’s days go,” Sandoval said. “And
it’s super nice to just have those connections
and be able to converse with my teammates
like that in a casual setting.”For Sandoval, particular moments
this season have highlighted the utility of
interpersonal chemistry.
“We had a walk off, come back against
Whitman earlier this season,” Sandoval
said. “That was really awesome. That was
a fun experience. And everyone was on the
field dogpiling. And that actually ended up
in the long run, helping us out and placed
us higher in the bracket. So the little things
like that made a big difference.”
As for the future of the team, both
Savant and Sandoval expressed hope for
continued success in following seasons. “I
definitely don’t think this is like a one and done thing,” Savant said. “I think that it’s
like something that we can totally build
on. Even landing right now at 26 and 11,
I believe 15 games above 500, I still think
that there were some opportunities that
we missed.”
Savant left his closing thoughts on the
team’s future.
“I’m really looking forward to taking
up a leadership role,” Sandoval said. “… I
have complete confidence in the program.
I don’t think we’ll have an issue carrying
on the culture.”
Additional reporting by Venus Edlin.Baseball wins first conference title since 1987
The Lewis & Clark baseball team poses with their trophy after fighting their way to fictory over Pacific University, winning 10-7.COURTESY OF JULY WARD JONES
By ASHLYN LITTLE
THE FÉDÉRATION internationale
de football association (FIFA)
Women’s World Cup will kick
off on July 20. This international
tournament occurs every four years
with qualifying competitive women’s
soccer teams from all over the world.
Each time, FIFA meets to decide on
candidates for the competition’s location
and vote. This year, the tournament will
be held in Australia and New Zealand.
New Zealand will face Norway to
kick off the tournament and Australia
will play the Republic of Ireland shortly
after, as it is customary for the host
country to play the first match. Two
other games will be played on the first day with Nigeria facing Canada and The
Philippines playing Switzerland. The
World Cup is composed of eight groups
containing four teams each that will all
play each other once in the initial round,
called the group stage. The top two
teams, based on points, will advance to
the round of 16 then the quarterfinals,
semi finals and finals.
The point system works based
on wins, losses and draws. A win
is worth three points, a draw is
worth one point and a loss grants
the team no points. If there is a
tie among points within a bracket,
there are many deciding factors
beginning with goal differential,
meaning its better to have more
goals for your team. Only eight Women’s World Cups
have been held in total compared
to the 22 Men’s World Cups. While
the Women’s tournament has not
been around as long as the men’s
tournament, it is continuing to gain
popularity. Part of the reason for
this is the United States Women’s
National Team (USWNT). The
USWNT has pioneered women’s soccer
and advocated for equality such as
better pay. They have also dominated
the competition, winning half of the
championships. They are favored to
win the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
and are looking to break the record by
winning three titles in a row which has
never been done by any team across
both men’s and women’s soccer.
The USWNT has dominated the
competition due to their talent as well
as the priority that the U.S. has put
into their women’s program. However,
with fierce opponents such as England,
Sweden, Germany, France and Spain.
England is currently in what has been
dubbed their “golden era” and will be a
tough opponent for the USWNT.
Along with strong teams, there are
also a lot of skilled individual players
across many countries. Alex Morgan
is the star USWNT player who has
broken records and been with the team
for two world cup wins. She has several
Olympic medals and is a pioneer for
women’s soccer.
Alongside her are many veteran
stars such as Megan Rapinoe and
Julie Ertz, as well as new faces such
as Sophia Smith and Alyssa Thomson.
Many other teams have key players
to watch in this tournament such as
Alexia Putellas for Spain, Lauren
Hemp for England, Sam Kerr for
Australia and Wendie Renard for
France.
Overall, the 2023 Women’s World
cup will be filled with exciting match
ups between the world’s best teams
and some of the most competitive
athletes from every country. This
tournament is not just an important
sporting event, but also a culturally
significant occasion that helps to bring
the world together to enjoy the love of
the game. The Women’s World Cup will
be streaming on Fox and Fox Sports
channels beginning July, 20.FIFA Women’s World Cup to kick
off in July, US hopes to repeat win
Bacchus celebrates the win that clinched their opportunity to compete at nationals. COURTESY OF NICO HACKENJOSBy JAMES
FISHMAN-MORREN
THIS PAST weekend, I had the
privilege of competing with
Lewis & Clark’s Bacchus Ultimate
Frisbee team in the DIII Northwest
Conference tournament in Lacey, Wash.
This tournament, the culmination of
the team’s hard work so far, was our
chance to earn a spot at nationals. After
winning our pool in a relatively easy
first day, and defeating the University
of Puget Sound 15-2, Bacchus advanced
to the finals against Whitman.
After a hard fought game, Bacchus
lost on “universe point” — when the
first team to score a point wins the
game. We then had one more chance
to secure a spot at nationals, against
Pacific Lutheran University. After
fighting our way back from a four-point
deficit at halftime, Bacchus took the
game to universe point again, but this
time won the game with a daring, yet
perfectly executed blade throw from
Anson Parker ’25 which soared over the
defense and landed in the hands of Max
Zwerin ’25.
However, it was the efforts and heart
of the entire team, throughout the game
and the entire season that earned us
our spot at Nationals in Ohio, on May
20. This is the first time in seven years
the team has made Nationals, and for
some seniors who have been part of this
community for four, or even five years, such as Owen Heh ’23, it was truly an
emotional moment.
We were proud to have pushed
through the adversity the team faced
throughout the weekend.
“We had our ups and downs over the
weekend but I really believe the mental
fortitude and belief in each other that
we exhibited is special to this team,”
Heh said.
Another longtime member of the
Bacchus community, Topher Olson ’23
reflected on what the moment meant to
them.
“Making it to Nationals means
so much to me because we did it as
a Bacchus community,” Olson said.
“Players, coaches, alumni, parents and
friends all helped us get there together.”
The tournament in Lacey was the
end of the regular season, a highlight of
which was traveling to North Carolina
in early March. There we competed
against some of the best teams in
the country, and were consequently
ranked seventh nationally in men’s DIII
ultimate.
“The Baux,” as the players call
ourselves, have a hard road ahead of
us in Ohio, and we will be staying in
Portland for an intensive training camp
after school ends. I look forward to the
journey ahead, and believe that if we
continue to build on that community
and mental fortitude.
As Heh puts it, “there’s a lot in store
for Bacchus this year and the following.” Bacchus frisbee will
compete in nationals
EMMA FORD/THE MOSSY LOGTeam celebrates while reflecting on successful season, team camraderieBy CORRINA CHAN
BEFORE AN athlete comes to
Lewis & Clark, students usually
go through the recruitment
process while in high school.
Michael Machado expressed his
thoughts from a coaches perspective,
“I start first by making contact with
the student-athlete via phone or
social media,” Machado said. “I, then,
will make a trip to see the student-
athlete in person either at his high
school or at a summer football camp
with colleges in attendance.”
Twitter, Machado said, is an
athlete’s LinkedIn, where students
can put their athletic information
and connect with recruiters from
all over the country. Oftentimes,
athletes will also have a Hudl link,
a web platform that allows coaches
to review game footage, allowing
potential recruiters to watch highlights of their games to get a
feel for how they play on the field.
“Through those processes,”
Machado said, “I am getting to know
the SA (student athlete) and figuring
out if he would be a great fit for Lewis
and Clark.”
Machado spends a few months
starting in the beginning of May
touring around the Bay Area, from
Monterey to the North Bay. During
this time, he will visit around eight
high school campuses a day, totaling
over 100 every two weeks.
Generally, he looks for 30 to 40
football athletes who show strong
academic (around a 3.5 GPA or above)
and athletic promise, as the school
takes pride in being selective with
its students. Other sports such as
volleyball only recruit a few students,
as teams vary in size.
“I express to the SA what we offer
and how we provide hopefully what he is looking for in athletics and
academics,” Machado said. “Once I
determine that, I encourage him to
go through the process of applying to
our school and getting on campus for
a visit.”
Near the beginning of June,
LC offers summer day camps on
campus for younger students around
the Pacific Northwest so they can
get a look at local students as well.
The camps are designed to teach
fundamental skills and get a feel for
different sports.
“Once he has applied and visited,
it is now a game of checking in
weekly and keeping the connection
strong until admissions decisions and
financial aid packages are released,”
Machado said. “Once he receives his
admittance and financial aid package,
this is where hopefully he has made
the decision to come to LC to further
his academic and athletic career.” Lewis and Clark is a member of
the Annapolis Group, competing in
the National Collegiate Athletics
Association’s (NCAA) Division III
Northwest Conference. Division III
is different from Division I and II,
where students are offered full rides
to larger institutions where they are
expected to place a stronger emphasis
on sports.
According to the athletic department
website, LC mainly competes against
the other eight institutions in the
Division III Northwest conference. This
includes institutions such as George
Fox University, University of Puget
Sound and Whittier College.
The process is different for each
institution, sport and area of the
country. This is just a small glance
at how things work for football at
LC for one coach, but it is a good
example of how future Champions
are recruited to LC.FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
SPORTS /gid00483/gid00483
Michael Machado works as a football recruiter for LC in the California Bay Area.COURTESY OF LEWIS & CLARKSCORES
Baseball
LC v George Fox: W 5-4,
W 8-5, W 5-2
LC v Willamette: W 10-4
LC v Pacific: L 3-9
LC v Whitman: W 6-5
LC v Pacific (NWC
Championship Final): W
10-7,1st place
Men’s Golf
LC at NWC Champion -
ship Final: 9th
Rowing
Men’s & Women’s
NWC Championship
Final: 1st
Tennis
Men’s
LC v Linfield: W 7-2
LC v Pacific: L 0-9
LC at George Fox (NWC
Conference Tourna -
ment): L 0-5
Women’s
LC v Linfield: L 1-8
LC v Pacific: W 5-4
LC v Whitman (NWC
Conference Tourna -
ment): L 0-5
Track & Field
Men’s & Women’s
Competed at:
Larry Byerly L&C In -
vite
NWC Championship
Meet:
Women: T-5th
Men: 6th
Athletes of the Week
Apr. 13 - Apr. 19
Jonathan Fritz ’26
Brett Pierson ’24
Apr. 20 - Apr. 26
Mari Alvarez ’24
Kris Wuelfing ’23Football recruiter discusses how program
recruits potential athletes in high schoolsBy CLAIRE BACO
THE CITY OF Portland tries to
be environmentally conscious,
and one of the ways it does
so is by legislatively creating space
for safe biking. One such policy
is the constant upkeep of bike
infrastructure, including trails,
bike lanes and places to lock bikes.
Here are three bike trails that are
accessible from campus and useful to
get around town.
Palatine Hill to Lake Oswego
This trail runs along the edge of
Tryon Creek State Park from the
Lewis & Clark Law School to Lake
Oswego. It follows S Terwilliger Blvd.
to Highway 43. Bordering Tryon, it
has beautiful scenery of the plants
and trees in the state park. Though
it borders a busy road, it is a peaceful
ride and gives bikes access to the
Lake Oswego neighborhood.
This trail is great for anyone
looking for a workout. It is fully
paved and about four miles long, or
eight miles for a there-and-back trip.
Down to Lake Oswego is all downhill,
but coming back is a brutal uphill
stretch for most of the way.
Sellwood to Hosford-Abernethy
Following the Willamette
River on the Eastern side from
Sellwood Riverfront Park to Hosford
Abernethy, this trail offers scenic
views of the Willamette and access
to downtown Portland and the
surrounding neighborhoods. It passes through quiet parks and nature
reserves, so you are most likely to see
people out biking for exercise, people
running and a surprising number of
kids on scooters.
This trail is very flat, fully paved
and approximately six miles. It
disappears in Hosford-Abernethy at
SE Fourth Ave., but bikes can use the
roads to access more places, or the
Tilikum Crossing to access downtown.
The Tilikum Crossing is a white
bridge open only to buses, bikes and
pedestrians, designed to encourage
Portland commuters to choose
greener modes of transportation.
Additionally, LC students can use
this route to connect to the weekend
Pio route at SE Powell & Milwaukee,
or on the other side of the Crossing
at SW 1st and Harrison. The Pio
Express has bike racks with enough
space for two bikes, as do many of the
buses serviced by Trimet.
The quickest way to access this
trail is through the River View
Cemetery, north of campus. River
View sees frequent bikers and has
a bike route marked on its roads
with white painted arrows. It is all
downhill on the way out, but beware
of quite the climb to get back. From
the base of the hill, bikers cross
the Sellwood Bridge and head left
towards the park to find the trail.
Sellwood Bridge to South
Waterfront
Following the Willamette
River from the Western side of
the Sellwood Bridge to the South Waterfront, this trail is a straight
shot downtown and on a nice day
offers beautiful views of downtown
Portland as you get closer. It passes
through parks and residential areas,
so is a popular walking trail, making
for a slower ride. Be prepared to see
many happy dogs out for a stroll or
splashing around in the shallows of
the Willamette.
This trail is very flat six or so fully
paved miles to the South Waterfront.
From there, the trail disappears but
can be accessed again in the Tom
McCall Waterfront Park, where the Saturday Market is held. Downtown
Portland is very bike friendly, with
bike lanes on every street and places
to lock up bikes in abundance. This
trail can also be used to connect to
the weekend Pio route at the South
Waterfront (S Moody and Lowell) or
SW 1st and Harrison, or weekdays
at Portland State University’s
Shattuck Hall.
The quickest access to this trail
is through the River View Cemetery.
Instead of crossing the Sellwood
Bridge, bikes can follow the trail
immediately to the left.Portland infrastructure offers bikers
access to distant corners of the city
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If you believe the Backdoor, that is on you
By EMMA FORD
OUR STUDENT e m a i l a d d r e s s e s
(@lclark.edu domain for the
win) provide us with access to
so many varied internet services. From
official Google applications to academic
databases to any sketchy site that allows
you to sign in via Google, being able to
properly use your student email account
is imperative. For all you technologically
challenged social science, arts and
humanities students, we hope you get
good use out of this guide.
Username Not Recognized
Remember that many @lclark.edu
email addresses have two versions! One
uses your randomly generated lc2_-____
user ID, and the other uses your name. If
you have only tried one version, now it is
time to try the other.
Domain Not Recognized
Make sure you have not left an “l” or
maybe the “r” out of “lclark” – and that you
did not switch out the “.edu” for “.com”.
Your Username Does Not Exist
There is no record of you here. Are
you sure you have been here before? Was
it just a dream? Or are you dreaming
now? Pinch yourself and make sure that
you are real.
Password Incorrect
Aw honey, you probably made a
mistake or typo. We all do that sometimes,
it is alright! Delete and type again slowly.
Incorrect Password
You idiot. You failure. You disgrace.
I cannot believe you were so stupid as to
make a typo in your password. This is the
WORST crime you could have possibly
committed against good typing and our
software. I hope you die. Type it again, and
try not to disappoint me again.
Password Not Recognized
Your typos were so egregious that we
are not sure what you meant to type.
No, Try Again
It has been a few tries. Seems like you
are having some real trouble, but that is
fine and we will work through this.
Yeah, Not That Either
OK, so, still not working. Sure, you
might be getting closer, but it should not be this hard. You log into things every day!
Keep trying.
typeException: Expected type
‘float’ but got ‘Null’ at line 196 in
verifyCredentials()
Someone seriously messed up while
coding your sign-in function. I do not
know what you can do about it from the
login window itself. You could cry? That is
probably something the programmer did.
Error – Please Wait A Few Minutes
and Try Again
It is still a little too short a time since
the last time you tried, and the login
window has a longer refractory period
than you do. Please be patient, and see
if you can entertain yourself until it is
ready for another round. And no, it is not
something you are doing wrong.
Alignment Error!
Please check the alignment of your
computer. If not facing East, please rotate
your computer and try again.
Invalid passkey for RSA handshake.
Your passkey went into the wrong
handshake. Re-insert and TRY AGAIN.
Invalid Identity
Look, your login window is not
homophobic. Can you just pick something
simple, or at least not shove it in everyone’s
face? This woke password business has
gone too far!
Valid Identity
Your login window is disgusted by its
fellow login windows, and wants to take
this chance to remind you that you are
valid and loved. Your password was fine,
just like you, so go ahead and re-submit
the form, queen.
Your Outfit Clashes
Fill out the CAPTCHA, selecting
complementary patterns and colors.
Otherwise, you are not getting in.
Mercury Is In Retrograde
The planets are not aligned for you
to check your email today. Our sincere
apologies for the inconvenience, please
take it up with the firmament.
Password Incorrect – Reset Here
Alright, that is enough. Just reset
to one of the three passwords you keep
on rotation, and try to remember it this
time, okay toots? By FRANKIE SPURBECK
AT THE BEGINNING of the
Spring 2023 semester, Lewis &
Clark College’s executive council
approved a new leash policy for men at the
college. The policy, in pertinent part, reads
“Male students must be registered with
the college and under the direct physical
or voice control of a female companion at
all times.” The policy further specifies the
appropriate behavior for men in residence
halls and classrooms.
The executive council justified their
decision in a statement released to the
greater community, writing that
“After considering a number of policy
interventions, we have decided that
implementing this leash policy is the most
enforceable and cost-effective way of
dealing with the recent surge of raucous,
uncouth and unacceptable behavior of male
students on campus,” the statement read.
“Also, we just want to clarify, it’s not a sex
thing.”
Needless to say, the policy has faced
a mixed reception. To investigate the
effects on campus, I strapped on my teal
collar (reflective, for the active dog), my
leash (green, a hand me down from the
family pet,) and grabbed my one “female”
friend, and we were off!
Carl Barx ’23 loves the new policy.
When I met with Barx in the Dovecote,
he was rocking a handsome red leather
collar with matching leash, popular
among classic, traditional dogs.
“This was basically what me and my
girlfriend were doing already,” Barx said.
“But now, I’m just allowed to do it in the
Bon. I really like it, actually.”
His girlfriend, Missy Morales ’23, felt
similarly, but did voice some reservations.
“I think it’s fantastic that Carl and I
can really be ourselves,” Morales said.
“My only issue is when I have to hand
him off for class. We have one class period
where we have different classes, so I have
to give him over to a friend. I trust her to
watch him, and he’s really well behaved,
but it does feel kind of weird letting
someone else hold his leash.”
I thanked Barx and Morales for their
honesty, and wished them the best.
Next, I talked to Jeremy Snoutz ’25,
chairman of the Meninist Student Union.
Snoutz expressed some concerns.
“I mean, first they’re making men
wear collars… what next?” Snoutz said.
“Are they gonna mandate neutering, too?
Circumcision is bad enough!”
This descended into a diatribe on the
evils of circumcision, to which I listened
patiently. After all, he made some points.
When asked if Snoutz intended to adhere
to the policy, and if not, how he intended to
voice his displeasure, he informed me that he likely would be wearing the collar, for
totally non-sexual reasons. He also gave
me his Twitter handle, telling me he’d be
“teasing something big” in the next few
days. The curious reader can find him on
Twitter (@lc_mensu). For an extra treat,
be sure to check his liked posts.
Even professors are required to follow
the leash policy. To get their perspective on
the issues, I spoke to Dr. Robert B. Pamplin
Jr. Associate Professor of Government
Jack Russell, as the leash requirement has
deeply impacted his teaching.
“I do understand why this policy was
put in place,” Russell said. “But the changes
that are happening on this campus
increasingly leave out considerations of
professors. My female colleagues have
enough work to do without having to sit
through extra class hours to supervise me,
especially at the very end of the day or on
the law campus.”
To avoid having a female coworker
supervise his entire class, Russell is often
tied to the speaker podium or a table at
the front of the class — his harness of
choice being a spiffy tweed, classically
professorial in a ’90s sort of way.
However, Russell, who is a pacer,
tends to walk out to the end of his leash
without realizing, resulting in a painful
tug on the neck and the occasional
tumble to the ground. This sounded
difficult and a little humiliating, so I
offered my sympathies. Had he ever tried
a retractable leash, I asked?
“Not yet,” Russell said. “But that’s a
good idea. Maybe I’ll pick one up on the
way home from work.”
Last, I went and talked to a critical
segment of our student body: resident
advisors. As the leash policy explicitly
includes communal kitchens, lounges
and bathrooms, RAs have a unique
enforcement challenge.
Mitten Mutts ’25 and Olive Oso ’25,
two Copeland RAs, reported that one
of the most difficult components of
enforcement was trying to determine if
an individual should be leashed. “ I d o n ’ t w a n t t o a s s u m e t h a t a n y o n e
should be leashed because of how they
look, or act, you know?” Oso said. “This
policy is a new way to explore how gender
is presented on campus. I don’t want to
get anyone in trouble for trying something
new.”
This was a good point, and something
that I, a transgender individual,
appreciated. Mutts agreed, and then
posed a potentially even wider problem.
“There really aren’t many women in
my friend group,” Mutts said. “So, even
though I’m nonbinary, I sometimes hold
my boyfriend’s leash, just because of how
inconvenient it is to always have to call an
actual woman I know to walk my boyfriend
home from the Bon or something.”
This, too, I sympathized with. My
only female friend is currently studying
abroad, so me and my friends had all
been getting walked around by our one
femme nonbinary friend. Anecdotes
from around campus shared similar
stories of nonbinary individuals bending
themselves back into the gender binary
so their masc or even male friends can get
out for some exercise.
Overall, I heard a variety of viewpoints
from people on campus. Since the policy
was implemented, reports of rowdy and
raucous boy behavior are way down, as
well as reports of squirrel maulings (both
by and of male students.). However, the
extreme nature of the policy, as well as
the wide brush with which it paints all
male students, has provoked criticism.
After all, some are good boys (such good
boys!). Student affinity groups on campus
are working with the student government
to allow any male student on voice
command being allowed off-leash on
campus green spaces.
As it seems unlikely that the policy
will change anytime soon, grab that collar,
clip on that leash (currently on sale at the
Bookstore and Co-Op) and get ready to go
throw a frisbee around on the lawn. Give
man’s best friend (himself) some love, and
extend your hand to hold (his leash.)By TY ERDMAN
AS STUDENTS m i g h t k n o w , L e w i s
& Clark revised their COVID-19
housing policy this year. When
my roommate contracted COVID during
the post-winter break surge, after testing
negative, I turned to my school for
answers like the naive freshman I am.
According to LC’s updated policy,
students with COVID are still required
to isolate, and therefore miss classes for
five days and continue masking for 10.
Roommates of those students, meanwhile,
are conveniently instructed on their options
by the school’s COVID-19 response webpage:
“If you are not at risk of severe disease
from COVID, you may have several options
for your housing situation while your
roommate completes their five-day isolation
period: If you have off-campus friends or
family nearby you are welcome to live with
them,” the school helpfully suggests.
I truly feel welcome.
“If you have friends on campus who are
willing for you to temporarily move in with
them, you are welcome to make that move.”
However, if you happen to find yourself
with a dearth of familial connections in the most expensive city on the West Coast
after Anchorage, Alaska – do not fret! In
what some might describe as a passive
aggressive tone, the school provides you
with more options.
“If you prefer to obtain a hotel off
campus, you may do that. All costs
associated with this choice are your
responsibility,” the page states. “You
may stay in the room with your infected
roommate while they complete their
isolation period,” it continues. “If you
choose this option refer to CDC guidance
on how to care for yourself.”
Linked following this statement is the
CDC webpage on what to do if you are
COVID positive. It is reassuring to know
that LC provides students with such a
variety of great, practical, options during
this stressful time.
So, I was left with the decision: Where
to sleep for the 10-day period when my
roommate would likely be infectious?
Now, after experiencing various less-than-
official on-campus accommodations, I
decided to share my first-hand reviews to
guide for students in a similar situation.
Without further ado, here they are: The
best (and worst) places to sleep on campus. Aubrey R. Watzek Librar y
A classic. The armchairs between
stacks are surprisingly comfortable. If
you push two of them together, take your
shoes off and prop those feet up, you can
almost pretend you are in bed, or back
in the comfort of the womb. The stacks
slightly block the blindingly bright white
lights which stay on 24 hours a day, and
impressively penetrate right though eyelids.
Your best friend’s floor
This is ideal. Start working on those
codependent friendships now, because you
will be glad to have them. If you are lucky
enough to have a friend who will lay their
mattress topper on the floor and lend you
a blanket while their roommate is gone for
the weekend. This conveniently resolves
this issue of the library closing overnight on
Fridays and Saturdays. I highly recommend
this setup – barely distinguishable from a
real Twin XL dorm bed.
Downsides include sleeping in two
sweaters and your Carhartt jacket and
still waking up freezing in the middle of
the night because your friend sleeps with
the window open in January. Just gaze
at his roommate’s wall-sized “NOBODY
CARES, WORK HARDER” poster in a daze until you are lulled back into an
uneasy slumber. Alternatively, take this
opportunity to suggest that a true friend
would spoon you to sleep.
Your overenthusiastic acquaintance’s
empty dorm room
Both of her roommates left for reasons
she cannot figure out, so now she has two
empty bunk beds and a triple room to
herself. Sounds ideal, right? Brace yourself
for being psychoanalyzed at 11 p.m. while
you wait for your mutual friend to get
back with a pillow, and then finding out
that friend and your host (who have only
known each other a week) are dating, by
watching them make out in front of you.
You will go back to the library after one
night. Be grateful it was only making out.
Agnes Flanagan Chapel
Ah, blissful darkness. Do not tell
anyone, but the doors stay unlocked all
night, and the light switches are to the left
of the entrance. Pick a pew and spread
out - the wooden backs even lend an
illusion of privacy.
Unfortunately, this proves to be the
most disappointing accommodation yet.
You never realize how narrow pews are
until you are trying to cram your entire body onto one at 1 a.m. on a Tuesday
night. Something always ends up hanging
off. Take your pick of which body part
you want to bring to the chiropractor
when you are in your forties.
The Tunnels
If you want the full experience, this
is an essential. You are already sleep
deprived, so who even cares. Note that Olin
closes at 8 p.m., so you will have to make
an early night of it, which works out since
you are incapable of holding an intelligible
conversation anymore. Lay down on the
wet concrete floor, down an entire bottle of
melatonin and hope for the best.
Well, there you have it. Our school’s
mission to encourage creativity and
perseverance shines through the new
COVID-19 housing policy. Thanks, LC!
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12HEY SENIORS, DON’T LET THE
BACKDOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT!
By MAYA MAZOR-HOOFIEN
ON APRIL 20, the city of Portland
exploded in holiday celebration.
Lewis & Clark students gathered
in observance, in a commemoration
that was a welcome break from finals
plagiarism and publicly crying in the
silent section on the third floor of
Aubrey R. Watzek library.
What, you may be asking, were these
students celebrating? Well, dear reader,
with my honed journalistic senses and
Jewish aptitude for gossip, I wondered
the same. I grabbed my spiral-bound
reporter notebook, donned my Mossy
Log baseball cap (available for purchase
last semester! Sorry, you snooze, you
lose), and ventured out to get to the
bottom of this story.
Feeling optimistic and admittedly a
little self-important, I initially assumed
students had gathered to celebrate a
very special birthday: mine! Ninteen is
a big milestone for any young journalist;
the typical age when a plucky writer can
expect her first big libel lawsuit, and I
was hoping for some congratulations
and well-wishes from the community I
humbly serve.
I began multiple interviews with
a subtle “Guess whose birthday it is
today?” and got a truly upsetting range
of answers: Queer Eye’s Tan France,
George Takei from Star Trek, Shemar
Moore from Criminal Minds (and my
hometown!) and a litany of hesitant “umm, Adolf Hitler?”s. How can I have
been outshined by all these passingly
significant, B-rate celebrities, at my
OWN college?
Still, I held out hope. Maybe it was
an elaborate scheme! I walked into
multiple dark rooms in J.R. Howard,
expecting a group of my friends, fans
and mentors to say “Surprise!” and
shower me with gifts, affection and
monetary tokens of their admiration,
but was disappointed to find only
discarded Nalgenes and inconspicuous
plastic black bags with childproof zips.
Resigned to insignificance, I
gathered my dignity and soldiered
on, professionalism the priority. As I
always do in times of crisis, I turned
to the Feminist Student Union (FSU)
to ask what the day held for them. FSU
representative Mary J. Ayn ’25 shared
that April 20 marked an important
anniversary for them: a year exactly
since Monica Lewinsky ’95 returned to
LC to speak on her activism and story.
Finally, a lead! The sun had already
begun to set, but I was determined to
get to crack the case before the day was
out.
I headed to the MSA, assuming,
naturally, that it stood for Monica
Student Appreciators, formed to honor
the iconic alum. I arrived to find tables
and tables of food set out and a group
gathering to celebrate.
“That’s sweet,” I thought. “They’re
honoring her, even in her absence.” It seemed, however, Monica was
nowhere to be found! As I took in the
room, I saw no mention of her at all.
Instead, people kept talking about
“breaking fast” and “Eid celebrations.”
I realized I had found myself in the
Muslim Student Association. President
Yzma Daizan explained that the evening
marked the end of Ramadan, which is
when Muslims around the world make
me feel extremely weak for struggling
to get through a single day of fasting on
Yom Kippur.
Though the FSU and MSA have
impressive participation rates,
they do not have enough members
to account for the festivities I had
seen. Large groups of students were
gathered all around campus, far
from the student organization offices
hidden behind a secret bookcase
door accessed by pulling on Howard
Zinn’s “A People’s History of the
United States.”
I began to connect the dots. The
smell in the common room. The
“happy holidays!” Instagram stories.
The giggles. The hacky sack. The
towels under the doors. Nothing
obviously out of the ordinary for LC,
but at scale, the pattern finally became
clear. I was so focused on the story
that I ignored the obvious: 420! Like
for drugs! Those pot-smoking hippies
get a whole day for carefree cannabis
consumption and I had forgotten
about it completely.How could I have missed the
obvious? Weed and Portlandia are the
two things people ask about when I tell
them where I go to college. Still, I was
struck by a strong sense of belonging.
The whole community, in a way, really
had come together to celebrate my
birthday, each in their own way. From
the Criminal Minds fans and closet
neo-Nazis to the girl-power Psych
majors and snacky Muslims/stoners/
Muslim stoners, the community spent
the day in observance of what they
find important. And me? I spent the day doing what
I love most — soliciting attention by
telling people I work for The Mossy Log.
All in all, not a bad birthday at all.
But next year, I expect a banquet.
Seriously, I have been cranking out 5-star
Backdoor articles all year, and I know you
people never read the other sections. You flip
right to the sillies because you are perverts
and we keep writing about men on leashes
and you eat that shit up. We love all our
readers, but thin ice. HAGS, from all of us at
The Mossy Log. But especially Features.
By LEILA DIAZ
BEING THE editor-in-chief of a
prestigious newspaper such as
The Mossy Log comes with many
benefits: Access to school records and
archives, responding to every single email
ever sent out since the invention of emails,
an office which is too hot and too cold at
the same time, $13 to 15 worth of take out
every other Wednesday and staying awake
until 6 a.m. fixing every tiny mistake made
by supposedly qualified staff. However,
these sweet perks do not include eternal
collegiate life.
“When I realized I was graduating
from Lewis & Clark, I also realized I had
to relinquish my role to someone else,”
President Editor-in-Chief of The Mossy
Log Mars said.
Despite plans to reclaim their title,
LC fumbled these plans even though the
college loves student journalism.
“I had immediately planned on
re-enrolling to the school of course in
order to continue my reign,” they said. “I
mean how could I give up my baby is what
I said, however LC wouldn’t let me and
said I had to continue on to grad school.”
This decision has also been contentious
among the editorial board members.
“We have all been totally in favor of
their Royal Highness staying on,” said
our Backdoor Editor, who has been in
witness protection since an article a few
issues back got a single angry comment.
“None of us want to do the amount of
work they do – at least, I have no desire
to do it.”
Grand Master Mars commissioned me,
an anonymous member of The Mossy Log
editorial board, to create a documentary
(in the style of “The Office” or “Spinal Tap”)
to capture their greatness during their last
remaining weeks of their reign, dominion,
supremacy, rule.
When sitting in J.R. Howard room 135
at 5 p.m., when and where we have our
contributor meetings — please come — I
had recorded two editors from the features
and arts sections jokingly riffing on how
they would beat Lord Mars in a fight,
referencing our last viral Mossy Log TikTok
about what section would win in a fight. I later showed this footage to our
Supreme Commander Mars, whose face
grew dark with a stormy rage. Before
storming away in their platform Crocs
they gave me Tuesday off, and departed
muttering about calls they had to make.
Something about members of Gagged,
doing makeup for tribute interviews.
When I entered The Mossy Log room to
film our legendary layout for posterity, as I
could not miss a second of the hours-long
ordeal, The Overlord Mars said they had an
announcement to make.
“It has come to my attention that some
of you plan on staging a coup to overthrow
me,” General of the Mossy Log Mars said.
“So I have decided to host a Hunger Games.
I have sent a WhenIsGood in the Slack .
Please answer by 10 p.m. tonight so I can
get it set up. I have also taken out a full page
ad in Features, so we are going to have to
put three articles online only.”
Looks of horror and disbelief were
abundant throughout the room.
“Listen when I was talking about it with
Features Editor Maria Martinez-Hernandez
we were just kidding, I didn’t think King
Mars would take it seriously!!!” Arts Editor
F Jrank said. As a freshman, he still had to
learn that actions had consequences.
“I mean listen, do I think it would be
funny? Yes. Do I think I could kill everyone
with my good looks, charm and amazing
visual editing skills? Also yes,” Larry David
said. As a senior, he had decided that
consequences were no longer real for him.
After reviewing the WhenIsGood, it
was decided that the event will be held
for exactly 23 minutes on Friday during
reading days because that is the only time
anyone had available before finals.
“I think the scheduling issues had a lot
to do with me,” Posie Sugarwomann said. “I
also do speech, theater, improv, work and
in my free time I volunteer to feed kittens. I
really feel bad!”
I, finally, breaking my documentarian
integrity of not showing bias asked Supreme
Ruler of the Universe Mars “why” to which I
got the response:
“If my staff cannot handle the uber
instincts of my uber mental illness, they
do not deserve the awesome power of The
Mossy Log,” they said.Editor disappointed 420 festivities not for her
Log EIC holds Hunger
Games for successorActual news headlines summarized
for students’ reduced attention spans
By EMMA FORD
IN A MASSIVE m o v e f o r w a r d f o r
The Backdoor, we are unveiling
our morning news round up just
in time for the year to be over so we
do not have to put in this work again
until next year. Find your morning
news summarized with just enough
detail that you did not just read the
headline below!
Donald Trump flees re-arrest in
solid gold Ford Bronco driven by
Ted Cruz
Former U.S. President Donald
Trump has led state police and
highway patrol in New Jersey in an
extremely low-speed pursuit after
failing to surrender for arrest in
New York last Friday. The former
president said he did not surrender
since t “police stations should not be
open on Friday” according to a note
left to his children in crayon, signed
with a smiley face. He reportedly
thought that fleeing across county
lines was the same as fleeing the
country to avoid extradition, as he
did not wish to go to Mexico.
Senator Ted Cruz, who has broken
with his past methods of contacting
police through cryptic ciphers and
instead butt-dialed 911, has revealed
that Trump is in the car with a head of
broccoli, threatening to consume it in
an attempt to end his own life. Trump
has reportedly demanded to be taken
to one of his hotels, or failing that, to
McDonalds. He has made clear the
broccoli is only meant to harm him,
and no one else.
All regular television broadcasts
have been interrupted to broadcast
the chase, except for Fox News, which
appears to be broadcasting baby
ASMR videos on repeat.
Tucker Carlson ousted at Fox
News over $787.5 million
payout, Don Lemon fired at CNN
for sexism
Two networks have released star
news anchors from their contracts in
rapid succession this week.
Tucker Carlson was let go from
Fox News unexpectedly on Monday
morning following the network
settling the defamation lawsuit
from Dominion Voting Systems
for over three-quarters of a billion
dollars to avoid trial, sparked by
Carlson’s statements about the
2020 Presidential election being
rigged. The severance of ties, which
has been widely covered by CNN,
appears to have come as a surprise
to Carlson. Don Lemon was released from his
contract with CNN after inflammatory
comments about women “aging past
their prime” in February caused a
prolonged ratings dip for his show
and guests began to refuse to appear
on his show. The severance, which
has been widely covered by Fox News,
has resulted in the anchor retaining a
high-powered entertainment lawyer,
and a lawsuit is expected.
Florida Governor Ron
DeSantis to release re-write
of favorite classics for current
political climate
Ron DeSantis, the Republican
governor of Florida, has decided
to reintroduce banned works to
classrooms by personally rewriting
banned works with what he deems
“more culturally appropriate and
relevant messages.” While works by
Toni Morrison (“The Bluest Eye”) and
Maragret Atwood (“The Handmaid’s
Tale”) are reportedly in progress, the
first work being rewritten is Jonathan
Swift’s essay “A Modest Proposal,”
the famous satirical work suggesting
Irish families sell their children as
food during the Great Famine in
Ireland.
DeSantis’s treatment will include
instructions to families seeking to
offset the costs of rising grocery
prices by supporting legislation
actively harmful to their children
until said children pass away. Inside
sources say the governor fails to
match the satirical rhetorical style of
the original, and appear potentially
genuine. Also furthering DeSantis’s
war on Disney, several yet unnamed
Disney characters are set to appear
in the reworked essay, an ill-advised
baiting of Disney’s lawyers.
This morning briefing has been
sponsored by an oil company that last
made headlines for bottle-feeding baby
seals crude oil, a certain Silicon Valley
social media giant who made a recent
name change and Casper Mattresses.
Additional headlines
World: C h i n e s e d i p l o m a t
fails diplomacy spectacularly with
inflammatory comments, surprising
no one with political understanding
except that someone said quiet part
out loud, again
World: S u d a n C r i s i s s p e c i fi c s
overlooked in rush to paint another
African country as naturally crisis-prone.
Foreigners evacuated, locals left to fend
for themselves
World: W a r i n U k r a i n e s t i l l
happening, world leaders attempt to
make troops go viral on TikTok againU.S.: President Biden, Dick Van
Dyke stun in Mary Poppins-esque
tap-dance routine in response to
questions over age
U.S.: H o r r i b l e g u n c r i m e l e a v e s
cartoonishly innocent victims dead,
NRA Sends gun bouquet to weeping
families at funeral
U.S.: S u p r e m e C o u r t b l o c k s
abortion pill Ban, proving
contrarianism beats consistency
every time
Business: Wall Street plans to
unveil wave pool to fluctuate with
NASDAQ to improve community
relations, prevent trader suicides by
raising morale
Technology: AI panic recognized
as legitimate legal defense for
vandalizing computers
Entertainment: P o l i c e o f f i c e r s
hire local personal injury attorney to
sue Afroman More for stubbed toes,
upset stomach from pilfered lemon
pound cake
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Deep Dive: R e a d t h i s o p i n i o n
piece from this almost-recognizable
academic on how America is
(shockingly) not the most developed
amazing country in the world. By
exploring the socio-economic and
religio-political lives of Middle
America and Appalachia, expressing
surprise that non-coastal American
citizens are incredibly different from
coastal ones and reading tea leaves,
this academic seeks to disprove
myths of American greatness no
one who reads the news site they
are writing on believe anymore
anyways. Walking the line between
paternalism and outright racism, the
op-ed names five African countries
with positive developments that the
U.S. is comparatively behind on.
Pick up their new book, an incredibly
stretched-out and meandering
version of this article, for $36.99 plus
tax and shipping to sound cultured
for two minutes at your next dinner
party.
Happy Birthday: Random member
of the U.S. Congress, two White
House staffers, a handful of hill
staffers, three lobbyists who paid
for this shoutout, a deputy press
secretary to the minority whip, a
waitress at a favorite DC eatery who
got this shoutout in exchange for not
publicizing how rude I was to her
over an order of Spaghetti Carbonara,
and Maria Vorontsova, eldest child of
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
HALYCYON ORVENDAL/THE MOSSY LOG
LEO BERNSTEIN NEWMAN/THE MOSSY LOGLocal freshman born in late April does not understand why campus festivites do not revolve around them
Mazor-Hoofien’s celebratory fantasy ft. birthday twins, important historical dates