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Volume 103, No. 3

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2024-10-04

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Lewis & Clark College: Pioneer Log / Mossy Log

Vol. 103 No. 3 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024 www.piolog.com
Autumnal Advice
Lookng for a boo to carve pumpkins
with? Gourd luck, babe!OPINION
Examining global conflicts
Overlooked wars question the biased
news coverage and ignorance by the
western populace.
PAGE 5
FEATURES
Bookshop roundup
Portland’s best bookshops, explored and
compiled, according to a local bookworm.
PAGE 6
ARTS
Visiting Writer Series
The annual Visiting Writer series hosted
LC alum Marlena Williams to present her
book on the film “The Exorcist.”
PAGE 9
SPORTS
New quarterback
Freshman O’a Kamakawiwoole has earned
a starting position on LC’s football team
this season.
Oct. 7 anniversary elicits contrasting responses
Installation in Glade, flyers around campus demonstrate polarization, raise concerns about admin approval
By OLIVIA FENDRICH
ON MONDAY Oct. 7, students
who walked past the Glade on
their way to and from Lewis &
Clark’s academic campus encountered
an installation featuring 95 signs
hammered into the ground. The display
memorialized the hostages taken from
Israel who are still held in captivity by
the militant group Hamas.
In a separate development, on
the morning of Oct. 7, flyers were
distributed throughout LC’s academic
campus, which advocated for action
to be taken against Israel for the
humanitarian crisis in Gaza and
supported the right of Palestinians to
self-determination. Different flyers
expressed different sentiments, ranging
from anti-Zionist beliefs to anti-war
views to pro-Palestinian advocacy.
By 10 a.m., several flyers had
been taken down and thrown out.
Throughout that Monday, flyers were
repeatedly distributed across campus
and subsequently removed by students,
staff and faculty. Several flyers were
placed on the grass in front of the
signs on the Glade, though these were
promptly removed, too. It is unclear
whether the flyers or the installation
came first, though both were in
response to the first anniversary of the
Oct. 7 attack.
On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacked
Israel using ground incursions and
rocket-fire. The attack resulted in
Israeli deaths and the capture of hostages by Hamas. In retaliation,
Israel launched extensive air and
ground operations in Gaza, stating
that their military actions are aimed
at dismantling Hamas’ infrastructure
and leadership. The escalation of
the conflict over the last year has
resulted in substantial casualties
and has further compounded Gaza’s
already dire humanitarian crisis. As
fighting intensifies, both sides face
mounting losses. Although tracking casualties has become increasingly
difficult due to damaged infrastructure
and the collapse of Gaza’s medical
system, several international entities
have acknowledged that there have
been significantly more Palestinian
casualties than Israeli casualties,
including the International Court
of Justice and the World Health
Organization. Global attention is
increasingly fixed on the region amid
growing concerns over the conflict’s broader implications, which recently
expanded to involve Lebanon and Iran.
In the United States, ideological
tensions surrounding the conflict have
escalated, including on college campuses
like LC. Students have engaged in different
types of conversations, demonstrations
and activism in response to the conflict.
The anniversary of Oct. 7 elicited a variety
of responses, including the installation
in the Glade and the placement of flyers
around campus.The installation featured 95 pieces of
paper attached to stakes in the ground, as
well as a yellow balloon and yellow ribbon
on each stake. Yellow ribbons have become
a symbol of solidarity for the movement
to free Israeli hostages in Gaza. The 95
elements stood for the Israeli hostages
who remain unaccounted for. Each piece
of paper featured a photo of each hostage,
along with their name and large text
reading “BRING HIM/HER HOME.”
Each paper also had a QR code leading to
the website of the Hostages and Missing
Families Forum — the organization from
which the flyers were sourced.
The flyers taped to the doors of J.R.
Howard and to the bridge contained
red illustrations of blood dripping.
They featured photos and descriptions
of children and adolescents killed
by Israeli military activity before the
events of Oct. 7.
“Since its creation in 1948, Israel
has committed the most atrocious
crimes on the Palestinian population.
Murders and brutalities that extend far
beyond October 7th,” one of the flyers
read. “As the world silently watches a
systematic genocide, we will continue
to raise our voices and our stories — of
murder, mutilation, targeted attacks
of civilians, and the grim reality of a
ruthless and bloody apartheid. Spread
the truth. Change the narrative. Take a
photo. Palestinians have every right to
their land. Palestinians have every right
to resist.”
“ORGANIZERS” continued on page 3.
Recent election determines ASB
Senators, committee assignments
By GRACE BISCHOFF
ON OCT. 1, Associated Student
Body (ASB) released the
results of the most recent
senate election. Three senators were
elected — George Steene ’25, Julian
Orozco ’27 and Tanvi Shukla ’27.
Senate elections took place from
September 23-30. There were various
polling booths around campus to encourage
students to vote. Prospective senators were
required to get 25 signatures from students
to enter the election. Candidates then
typically campaigned through social media,
flyers and word-of-mouth.
Steene believed his biggest strategy
in the election was gaining support
from friends.
“If your friends can share with their
friends that you’re running or post on
social media ... that can go a long way,”
said Steene.
Orozco was involved in the Student
Advisory Committee last year and wanted
to take on a bigger leadership role this
year. His biggest campaign strategies also
included raising campus awareness.
“I went to all of the polling booths
I could go to, (distributed) flyers and I
told all my friends on social media.”
Elected ASB senators are assigned
to committees, which then meet
independently and organize events. These
committees include – Finance Committee, Campus Activities Board and Student
Academic Affairs Board, among others.
Each senator is also required to organize a
community outreach event.
Orozco was motivated to run for
senate to help students learn about
issues on campus.
“There’s a lot of stuff that goes on in
this school that many people turn a blind
eye to,” said Orozco. “I just want to, not
only make everybody feel heard, but also
bring these issues to light so that more
people can put their input on it.” One of Steene’s main interests
in running for senator was to better
understand the school’s financial system
and push for financial transparency.
“I served as the finance chair for
the Spanish club for two years. And
so I’m very well acquainted with the
allocations process, and I think I was
kind of disillusioned by that process,”
he said. “I’m very passionate about
making our campus feel informed.”
“NEW” continued on page 3.Real ID Act to take effect
after many false starts
By LILLIAN SMALL
BEGINNING May 7, 2025,
anyone 18 years and older that
plans to fly domestically or visit
certain federal facilities will need a
REAL ID or another acceptable form
of identification, as previously issued
driver’s licenses will no longer be
accepted. The REAL ID act was passed
by Congress in 2005 in response to the
wave of securitization after 9/11, with
the goal of creating a more reliable
standard of identification.
Originally, after the act was passed
in 2005, Congress set 2011 as the year
of state implementation. However, it has
been postponed five times since then,
primarily due to state unreadiness, as well
as events like the COVID-19 pandemic.
In years closer to the initial
introduction of the act, there was pushback
and concern from citizens and politicians,
including Oregon legislature. In 2009,
Oregon passed a state bill that prevented
the implementation of the REAL ID act,
becoming the 14th state to reject the DHS
initiative. Despite the act’s intention of
creating a more secure identification
system, some politicians feared that the
creation of a national database would
create a greater risk of identity theft. Cost,
privacy, and empowering the federal
government were also among critiques
of the REAL ID act. Oregon continued to resist the implementation of REAL ID up
until 2017, in which legislators agreed to
begin the rollout process.
The main effect of this act is that
most state-issued driver’s licenses will no
longer be considered valid identification
at the airport. Because the majority of
U.S. citizens carry their driver’s license
regularly, rather than a passport, some
may consider getting a REAL ID,
especially if they travel frequently.
The states of Washington, Michigan,
Minnesota, New York and Vermont
offer Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDL),
which will be a valid identification
alternative to a REAL ID. EDL’s allow
U.S. citizens to use their driver’s
license to cross into Canada rather than
needing a passport or other form of
identification, making them popular in
Canadian border states.
The REAL ID act will not change the
other acceptable forms of identification
that have been in place for decades at the
airport, such as passports, military IDs,
DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
trusted traveler cards and more.
The process of obtaining a REAL
ID requires going to your local DMV in
person and paying a $30 fee. The DMV
posts a checklist online of all necessary
documents to bring in order to obtain
your REAL ID.
“ID” continued on page 3.THE MOSSY LOG ARCHIVES
The display featured pictures of 95 of the hostages taken from Israel by Hamas since 2014, who are still held in captivity.OLIVIA FENDRICH/THE MOSSY LOG
EMMA FORD/THE MOSSY LOG
OLIVIA FENDRICH/THE MOSSY LOGFRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024
NEWS 2
German Club hosts annual Oktoberfest celebration By OLIVIA FENDRICH
ON MONDAY, Oct. 14, the
Lewis & Clark Native Student
Union (NSU), Native Alumni
Association, Inclusion & Multicultural
Engagement and the Office of Equity
& Inclusion (OEI) hosted a panel
discussion and dinner to celebrate
Indigenous Peoples Day.
The event began with a brief
introduction by Dean of Equity and
Inclusion Danielle Torres.
“Much of this history is often
untold and unrecognized due to
colonization and other factors, which
makes it critical to intentionally
learn from our past and to do better
for our collective future. Thus, it is
important for us to all take moments
of reflection, dedicate time to learn
and to be in community with each
other,” she said.
Torres then recited LC’s official
land acknowledgment.
“We call attention to the importance
of recognizing and reflecting on the
relationship we have with the land
on which we learn, work and live, by
acknowledging the original caretakers
who have stewarded it for generations,”
she said. “In that spirit, I recognize that
our campus occupies the traditional
and ancestral homelands of the
Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas,
Tumwater and Watalala bands of the
Chinook; the Tualatin Kalapuya; and
many other Indigenous nations of
the Columbia River. We honor these
communities and their legacy, their
lives and their descendants.”
Torres then introduced the NSU
Co-Presidents Isa Simon ’26 and
Deenie Bulyalert ’27.
The co-presidents introduced each
of the panelists, beginning with Terry Supahan ’81. Supahan graduated
from LC with a degree in American
Studies, a major he designed. He is
the executive director of True North
Organizing network, which supports
people from a variety of religious,
ethnic, cultural and economic
backgrounds to challenge injustice in
the North Coast region.
Then, the NSU leaders introduced
Jaime Cale, an Ojibwe and Cree
program manager for the OEI. Cale
also spoke at the Indigenous Peoples’
Day panel hosted by the NSU last year.
The final panelist was Azucena
Morales Santos ’24. Morales Santos is
the daughter of Indigenous Oaxaceños
and currently works for Familias
en Acción, a nonprofit organization
focused on supporting health equity
for Latino families in Oregon.
The panel specifically focused on
the panelists’ experiences with activism
in their communities. The panelists’
responses drew from both their personal
and professional lives, discussing the
various roles and ramifications of
engaging with social justice.
Morales Santos touched on her
experience growing up in Oregon as
someone whose parents immigrated
from southern Mexico. Though she
grew up speaking Mixteco, she was
pushed to learn English in school.
Mixteco is the language spoken
by the Mixtecs, an Indigenous group
from the region of La Mixteca, located
in the modern states of Oaxaca, Puebla
and Guerrero in Mexico.
“I kind of g rew up with this notion
that having indigenous heritage or
just being Mexican was something
inferior, not something to be proud
of,” she said. “I used to call myself
Susie instead of calling myself
Azucena, because I felt like a lot of my teachers, a lot of my peers, would
mispronounce my name and I just
didn’t want to have them struggle, so
I would assimilate.”
Morales Santos noted that
in college, she grew a greater
appreciation for her Indigenous
heritage and began to engage in
activism by telling her story and
showing others one way Indigeneity
can be expressed.
Cale recounted a story from her
youth where she petitioned her
elementary school to not distinguish
between students who received free
lunch and students who did not. Her
appeals were successful and she was
able to achieve that change — even
though she was only in second grade.
Supahan said that he views much of
social activism as rooted in relationships
with other people and entities.
“Activism, and the work that I do, is
part of relationship-based organizing.
When you’re in a relationship with
someone, even if they don’t look
like you, think like you, (or) vote
like you, you can push them in ways
that you can’t when you’re not in a
relationship,” he said.
Supahan shared his involvement
in an effort to allow an annual village
dance ceremony to occur on U.S. Forest
Service land. He was successful, which
he attributed to how his team worked
to establish a personal relationship
with the Forest Service.
Morales Santos said that she
also draws from her personal life in
her work with Familias en Acción
to account for equitable practices
that embrace cultural traditions and
support individuals from diverse
backgrounds. She said she has used
her Indigenous identity to ensure that
her organization’s work addresses the needs of Latino families with Indigenous
heritage. She discussed some of the
questions she wanted addressed within
the conversation around Latino equity.
“Yes, our community that we’re
looking at are Latinas or Latinos,
but are we focusing on the Latinos
or Latinas who have Indigenous
heritage, who have Spanish as their
second language? How can we engage
with community members who don’t
necessarily know how to use Zoom or
know how to read or write, because
growing up, they lived in a village
where that wasn’t really an option?”
Morales Santos said.Cale emphasized the importance of
taking care of oneself before and while
getting involved in activism.
“Make sure your oxygen is on before
you put it on somebody else. And
then once you’re active, actively out in
the world, doing that hard work, just
remember self-care is just as important
as the hard work you’re doing,” she said.
Supahan agreed with Cale’s
sentiment of self-care.
“It’s a long life. Lead it, but take
care of yourself. Get involved when
you can, but you have to maintain your
mental health because it’s a long fight,”
Supahan said.Indigenous Peoples Day panelists talk activism
Three Native speakers discuss community, belonging, personal life experiences while advocating for justice
Morales Santos, Terry Supahan and Jaime Caile reflect on their separate experiences. OLIVIA FENDRICH/THE MOSSY LOG
By LILAH BANDOUVERIS
ON OCT. 5, Lewis & Clark’s
German Club held an
Oktoberfest celebration.
Oktoberfest is a 16-day festival of
German traditions that began as a
commemoration of the royal wedding
between the Crown Prince of Bavaria
and Princess Therese von Sachsen-
Hildburghausen. It began on Oct. 12,
1810, and is still celebrated all over
the world today.
Oktoberfest starts in September
to take advantage of the warmer
weather and continues into October,
from which the festival gets its name.
The city of Munich, originally a small
village, now holds the world’s largest Oktoberfest celebration, where five to
seven million people come together to
celebrate each year.
Maggie Martin ’25 studied abroad
in Munich and actively participated in
the local Oktoberfest.
“It’s like a carnival or a big state fair
basically… music is such a large part of
it and how it is configured in a bunch of
different tents. Tents are also used as
a status symbol, with music being the
epicenter,” Martin said.
The German Club’s Oktoberfest
lasted one day and was full of food,
music, crafts and games. Unfortunately,
due to a lack of funding and German
culture at LC, the college’s approach
was more consolidated to compensate
for resources. “We don’t have nearly as much
people, we do not have nearly as
much funding, obviously, so it’s like
we really had to condense it all, with
also the resources we have, and the
little money that we also are working
with to make it something that is sort
of similar,” Martin said.
To bring a taste of bustling
environment to LC, German Club
hosted their Oktoberfest in Miller
211. Traditional German music filled
the room, where attendees could play
games and craft, making cardboard
gingerbread hearts, a tradition of love
during Oktoberfest. The club also
provided traditional German snacks
such as brezel (pretzels), and their
adaptation of bier (beer). Beer is a large part of German
culture and Oktoberfest; however,
to compensate for the cultural
differences in drinking age, the
alcoholic beverage was replaced by
Spezi, which is a German soda that is
a mix of cola and orange soda, as well
as Apfelschorle, which is a sparkling
apple juice similar to cider. Members
of the German Club wore traditional
tracht, dirndl and lederhosen in
celebration of Oktoberfest.
Piero Zanes ’27 shared his
experiences participating in LC’s
Oktoberfest. Although he was not
involved last year, the club’s events
urged him to participate this year.
“It’s a lot of fun, there’s a lot to do,
the games are fun, we played Kahoot
which was fun. They’re doing arts and
crafts, and there’s lots of good food.
It’s fun,” said Zanes.
At the event, the room was full of
people enjoying the food and games
set up by the club. There were a total of three game stations placed around
the room. One game was played by
throwing a tennis ball at a stack of
cups. Another, “Masskrugstemmen,”
required the player to throw a ping
pong ball into a pint glass while
someone held the glass. The last
game, called “bierdeckelfangen,”
is very popular in Germany.
Bierdeckelfangen is a competition
where the goal is to flip coasters from
the table and catch them in one hand,
adding coasters each round to make
flipping the stack more difficult.
Whoever can flip and catch the most
coasters wins.
While the turnout for this year’s
Oktoberfest in Miller was not as
impressive as that of Munich’s, the
club got around 20 RSVPs. Oktoberfest
is a fun way to come together and
celebrate German tradition at LC. It
is an annual event, so if you missed it
this year, a similar event will be held
next October. Until then, bis dann . Students come together for European festival with non-alcoholic drinks, traditional food and games
Members enjoy brezel, Spezi, Apfelschorle alongside other musical and crafty activities.GERMAN CLUB/INSTAGRAM
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NEWS 3
Continued from page 1.
For college students, obtaining a
REAL ID could be practical for several
reasons. With a REAL ID you will not
have to carry a passport or alternative
identification at the airport when
traveling domestically. Additionally,
getting an Oregon-issued REAL ID
would solidify Oregon-state residency
for those who are out of state. For more
information on necessary documents
and how exactly to get a REAL ID,
you can visit the DMV website of
whichever state your permanent
address is in. Unlike a passport,
which often takes several months to
arrive after applying and going into
the DMV, the REAL ID should be
delivered within a few weeks.
Coverage and discourse about the
REAL ID act have been minimal in the
past several years, perhaps because
every time the deadline approaches it
keeps getting postponed, like a driver’s
license who called wolf.
Despite forms of identification
appearing seemingly inconsequential,
the implementation of REAL ID
will create barriers to travel and
impacti low-income, immigrant
and undocumented communities.
Air travel is already a huge cost,
especially for those whose families
or home is out-of-state – the $30
fee is additional weight to the
disproportionate economic burden
felt by low-income students.
The heightened scrutiny of
identification that is implied with the REAL ID act causes concern for
those with non-citizen status, or have
family members without citizenship.
In an article originally published
by online news site palabra, later
featured in The Oregonian, journalist
Yesica Balderrama writes on the
effect of the REAL ID act within
immigrant communities.
“They (advocates) say immigrants
are concerned about whether REAL
ID will restrict a person’s ability to
fly domestically, or expose them to
profiling and discrimination by the
Transportation Security Administration
(TSA), and other gatekeepers at
federal facilities. In immigrant
communities, stories abound of
detentions, deportations and the
dismantling of mixed-status families
that began because of a lack of proper
identification — particularly during
police encounters.”
The article covers perspectives from
people of different citizen statuses,
including an interview with a DACA
recipient. The interviewee noted that she
would not be applying for a REAL ID due
to the potential of revealing information
about undocumented family-members.
Will the DHS’s latest deadline be
pushed back again? Is it worth it to take
the dreaded trip to the DMV to update
your driver’s license? Ultimately,
your personal circumstances should
be the determining factor of whether
you get a REAL ID. While the REAL
ID act does create new limitations
within identification, the pre-existing
alternatives remain a viable option.Continued from page 1.
These flyers were sourced from
Murdered by Israel, a project made by
a group of citizens in Sydney, Australia.
According to their website, the group
aims to humanize the lives of children
killed by Israeli military activity.
Many flyers distributed across
campus on the Oct. 7 anniversary
contained green, red, white and black
elements – which alluded to the
Palestinian flag and expressed support
for Palestinians. Some flyers called for a
ceasefire, some promoted local Portland
pro-Palestine rallies, some advertised a
student-run event discussing the conflict
from an anti-Zionist perspective and
others featured infographics discussing
the 17-year blockade of the Gaza Strip
and the role of armed resistance in
Palestinian self-determination. Another
flyer called for an end to Israeli military
involvement in Lebanon.
The Mossy Log has independently
verified that the Glade installation was
approved by administration and the
flyers throughout campus were not.
On the night of Sunday, Oct. 6, LC
students Isaac Babus ’26, Sammi Weiss
’27 and a third unidentified student
constructed the Glade installation.
Babus, quoted in this article, is a
staff writer for The Mossy Log.
In an interview on the afternoon of
Oct. 7, Babus discussed his and Weiss’
intentions in creating the installation in
the Glade.
“Today is one year since Oct. 7,” said
Babus. “This marks one year since that
point, and these are almost all 101 of
those Israeli and non-Israeli hostages
that are still being held there today.”
The 101 total hostage count includes
people taken hostage in 2014 and 2015,
according to BBC.
Babus clarified that, although both
he and Weiss are members of Hillel, the
installation is not affiliated with Hillel.
Executive Director of PDX Hillel
Hannah Sherman confirmed this in a
statement to The Mossy Log, emailed
on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
“This installment was not an initiative
of PDX Hillel, instead an independent
project by a few of our Hillel student leaders
who wanted to raise awareness about the
nearly 100 hostages still held in Gaza and
we support these students in wanting to
share this message to the broader campus
community,” the statement read.
Weiss and Babus emphasized that
their memorial was designed to honor
the hostages — not to take any political
stance on the conflict.
“It’s about bringing innocent people
home. And this is what started the war.
And to me, bringing them home would
end it,” Weiss said.
Weiss then responded to the
flyers put up in support of Palestinian
resistance and explained why, along
with faculty, staff and other students,
her and Babus took the flyers down.
“We took them down because they’re
not authorized to be up,” Weiss said. “I
see the intent of it. But these flyers are
not okay, and they hurt a lot of people.”
In a statement to The Mossy
Log on Oct. 16, Vice President for
Communications Lori Friedman,
speaking on behalf of the LC
administration, stated via email that
there are no policies that expressly
prohibit students from removing
unauthorized materials posted in
public spaces.
“There is no specific policy that
addresses this exact situation. The
administration supports both free
speech, as well as community members’
right to feel safe and welcome,” the
statement read.
A third-year student who has engaged
in anti-Zionist activism off campus
agreed to talk to The Mossy Log, under
the condition of anonymity. Although
not affiliated with Students for Jusice
in Palestine Palatine Hill (SJPPH), he
expressed the wish that he could engage
more in anti-Zionist advocacy on campus
without fearing for his safety.
The source expressed frustration
with the removal of pro-Palestine flyers.
“I had seen all of the flyers that were
posted about the victims, the Palestinian
victims that were killed by Israel. And
as I was in class … I saw someone that I recognized from LC Hillel, and the Zionist,
active members of the campus, who were
walking around J.R. Howard and ripping
down these flyers,” he said. “I didn’t want
to make a scene out of it, and I wasn’t
aware of the Glade installation at that
point, and so I sat back and just watched
it happen. And then when I came out of
class, I saw the Glade installation. They
took down our flyers while theirs were on
display at the Glade.”
The source clarified that he was not
responsible for putting up any of the
flyers but rather used “our” to refer to
students and members of the community
who express anti-Zionist sentiments.
He inquired at several offices about
taking down the hostage memorial the
same way the pro-Palestine flyers were
removed and was informed that doing
so would result in disciplinary action.
“And so my reaction to that was ... one
side can do something and get away with
it with impunity, while if we were to do
anything, we would be the first to suffer
consequences,” he said.
The student said he felt this
treatment was unfair, even though the
Glade installation was approved by
administration and the flyers posted in
J.R. Howard were not.
He continued by addressing the
content of the flyers posted on Oct. 7.
“I have pictures of the flyers that
were posted up, and the flyers clearly
stated ‘Murdered by the State of Israel’
in big red font. I think that’s factual.
I think that is something that has
been internationally recognized and
investigated,” he said. “The same way,
the hostages were a fact. Those people
were murdered, and that’s a fact.”
The source identified the encampment
as a major catalyst for the changes to the
protest policy implemented this year. He
elaborated on his position, saying that the
school should play a role in mediating
and managing student protests.
“I think the school should be in
charge of protecting the people speaking
up. I think the school should be in
charge of facilitating communication, whatever that means,” he said.
Director of Public Relations Lois
Leveen, on behalf of LC, addressed the
role of the school in responding to student
activism and student demonstrations.
“We do not expect all members
of the L&C community to be in
agreement about what are undeniably
complex and troubling world events,”
stated Leveen via email. “But we do
expect members of our community to
be respectful in expressing themselves
and in allowing those who hold
different views to express themselves,
also in a respectful manner.
Unfortunately, it is not always easy
to ensure that is the case, but that is
always the goal for us. Learning to
understand and engage with people
we disagree with is challenging, but
it’s also one of the most essential
lessons for all of us. And we see
internationally, nationally, and locally
what happens when people can’t or
won’t put that lesson into practice.”
The anonymous student source
expressed his position that the
installation in the Glade contributed to
tensions on campus.
“I think a display such as the one
that was at the Glade … causes more
harm than good. I don’t think it was
put there for any audience that could
benefit from learning about it. It was
put there to instigate greater tension on
campus and to taunt people,” he said.
Babus reflected on the experience
of creating the installation, noting that
the intent behind the display was not
antagonistic, but rather educational and
meant to promote conversation.
“We put up the hostage display to
show that Jews, Israelis and all others
being held hostage are real humans,”
Babus said via email on Oct. 15. “We will
continue being outspoken in our Jewish
identities, calling out and educating
others on antisemitism and asking
people to question their internal biases
with pride.”
The installation was removed by the
end of the week of Oct. 7. Organizers, students, school
respond to demonstrationsID laws could affect
student travel plans
New members of senate
elaborate on platforms
Continued from page 1.
Steene expressed a desire to make
sure students understand all changes
on campus, beyond finance.
“I think another big, kind of
important thing is demystifying what (the
protest policy) says and helping students
understand fundamentally, what their
rights are and how they can continue to
exercise their free speech,” Steene said.
Orozco also wanted to stress the
importance of students voicing their
concerns and ideas for Lewis & Clark to
ASB representatives. “If students have any issues, don’t
hesitate on coming to senators or the
president of the student body … We’re
here to work for a better campus for
everybody, and to make all voices
heard,” Orozco said.
An ASB student comment form can
be found online under the ASB Senate
page on the LC website. The ASB
president holds office hours for students
to express their voices in the ASB office,
located in Fowler 258, on Tuesdays
from 3 - 4 p.m. ASB Cabinet officers will
also hold office hours in the future with
specific times to be announced.ROSE BIALK/THE MOSSY LOG
THE MOSSY LOG ARCHIVES
Anti-Zionist flyers were placed in front of the photos of hostages taken by Hamas.OLIVIA FENDRICH/THE MOSSY LOG
Flyers distributed throughout the academic side of campus were taken down promptly.OLIVIA FENDRICH/THE MOSSY LOG
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024
OPINION 4
By EMMA CLAIRE
AMBROZIAK
THERE IS NO reason for sexually
active students at LC not to get
tested for STIs, besides, perhaps,
having already been tested recently.
Rates of STI cases are on the rise
globally, in the U.S. and in Portland.
In 2018, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) modeling
suggested that approximately one in
five people in the United States had an
STI on any given day. Half of reported
cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and
syphilis were in adolescents and young
adults aged 15-24.
Syphilis, in particular, is on the
rise. According to the CDC, from
2018 to 2022, syphilis cases in the
U.S. increased by 78.9%. In the CDC’s
annual sexually transmitted infections
surveillance report for 2022, the state of
Oregon was ranked No. 10 for reported
cases of primary and secondary syphilis
in the U.S.
Portland, which makes up
approximately 15% of Oregon’s
population, serves as a liberal hub
and haven for sexually curious and
open individuals. Its wide range of sex
shops and sex clubs, open dialogues
around sex activism and communities
supporting consensual and safer sex
make it a lovely, creative, accepting
place to live — but also necessitates
increased awareness about and more
commitment to safer sex practices.
As Portlanders, we have a
responsibility to mitigate STI
transmission and to model healthy
sex practices.
LC, as a liberal arts college in
Portland with sexually active students
whose ages fall within the most
susceptible age group of 15-24 years
old, has a responsibility to help mitigate
STI transmission.In the same way that creating a culture
of consent relies on the cooperation and
involvement of individuals, mitigating
STI transmission on a larger scale is
incumbent upon the communication,
proactivity, maturity and responsibility
of sexually active individuals.
Using protection, communicating
symptoms and getting tested are all
skills we learned with the COVID-19
pandemic. Getting tested, while
inconvenient, anxiety-inducing and
time-consuming, is not as inaccessible
as it may seem to LC students.
The Student Health Center is
an affordable option, especially for
students with the school’s PacificSource
health insurance. Other insurance plans
will often cover or reimburse testing,
but be sure to check the specifics of your
coverage. The listed cost of each test or
service is easily accessed on the Student
Health Center’s website under the Fees
for Services section.
Planned Parenthood always has
been and continues to be a bastion of sex
education sexual and/or reproductive
healthcare. It works with individuals’
financial needs to ensure that they have
access to healthcare no matter what they
are able to pay for it. Planned Parenthood
has several nearby locations in Beaverton,
Milwaukie and Northeast Portland.
Multnomah County STD clinic has
a surplus of available appointments, is
efficient and centrally located downtown
in the Pearl District. It accepts a wide
range of insurance, or charges $50 for
those without insurance or who choose
not to bill to their insurance. And it never
turns away anyone who cannot pay.
Prism Health provides free and
fast screening for HIV and other STIs
through their pivot clinic on SE Belmont.
Pivot is geared towards the LGBTQIA+
community in Portland, and cultivates
a welcoming space for queer folks to
access healthcare .Most primary care providers
provide STI testing, so if you have
a primary care provider set up in
Portland, you can reach out to them, in
addition to all the places listed above.
Our individual responsibility, though
intrinsically tied to the local, national
and global implications of rising STI cases, can have very real, painful and
long-lasting effects on the people with
whom we have sexual relations.
Avoiding these important
conversations and procrastinating
getting screened for STIs is not
only irresponsible and immature,
it is harmful and disrespectful. As uncomfortable as it may be,
communicating symptoms and
getting tested are essential aspects of
being an adult and having sex. It is
only uncomfortable because it is an
unpracticed skill, which will become
normalized and natural with practice.
Get tested, folks. Portlanders should engage in active conversations, safer sex practices to combat infection transmissionWe are responsible for mitigating rising STI rates
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in the Opinion section are NOT those of The Mossy Log and are held by the authors.ALEX NASH/THE MOSSY LOG ARCHIEVES
LC’s non-toxic academic environment fosters community
Transfer student shares isolating reality of UC Berkeley’s cutthroat competition, lack of collaboration
By SCARLETT ROBINSON
I AM A SOPHOMORE transfer
student, and this is my first year at
Lewis & Clark. I spent my first year
of college at the University of California,
Berkeley, one of the most competitive
schools in the country. There are 33,078
undergraduate students at Berkeley — 15
times more than the 2,205 here at LC. In
such a large pond, you become nothing
but a speck, just another face in the
crowd. My Introduction to Astronomy
class had over 400 students, so many
that the professor discouraged us from
coming to class. Instead, he suggested
we watch the recorded lecture the
next day because there were too many
students to fit in the lecture hall. With
that many people, competitiveness
becomes necessary for survival. In order
to pass classes, get ahead of curves
and have professors who know your
name, you are forced to see every other
student as an opponent. Competition
this extreme was more isolating than
anything I have ever experienced.
The competitive nature of Berkeley
has persisted for decades. I had an older
professor who went to Berkeley as an
undergraduate around the ’60s or ’70s.
He told me that, before the wonderful
invention of the internet, the university
posted everyone’s GPAs publicly in the
dorm halls in a ranked list. This extreme
public humiliation caused a culture
of competitiveness that continues to
this day. No matter what class or what
subject, the people sitting next to you are
not seen as peers, but instead as enemies
you have to rise above. Each aspect of
life is geared towards success in the
professional world. Every class towards
a master’s program, every professor a
path toward an internship and every
club a line on your resume. No part of life
is for social connection or fun.
I have a friend who was a film major
and wanted to join the film club on campus. He tried once and was denied
entry during our freshman year. He tried
again the next year, only to be rejected
once again. I had a similar experience in
my attempt to join clubs; each club on
campus requires interviews, resumes,
paying dues and knowing someone in a
position of power within the club to join.
The extremely competitive nature of the
college fosters an environment suited for
professional success, but simultaneously
breeds isolation and loneliness.
At LC, that competitive nature does
not exist to the same extreme extent.
The people here are all ambitious and
intelligent but are also kind and open.
You can find a collaborative spirit in
every classroom and in every subject.
Many majors are interdisciplinary,
allowing for mixing and collaborating
between subjects. I have only been
here a few weeks, but I was met with
open arms by The Mossy Log and have
been published already. The club fair
was full of excited people ready to let
you into their community. I have made
friends in classes and had meaningful
conversations with my professors. My
experience at LC so far, being the polar
opposite of last year, has been incredibly
uplifting. My goals are clearer, my
mental health has improved and I feel
like I have a real sense of belonging.
I encourage you all to maintain the
collaborative nature that makes LC a
safe haven for many of us who have
experienced toxicity in other academic
settings. I encourage you to talk to
that person in your class, say hi to that
acquaintance at the Bon and make a new
friend in a club. Go to that professor’s
office hours and relish the fact that
you can talk with them one-on-one.
Though competitiveness has its virtues,
collaboration is the best avenue to follow
in order to gain genuine connection and
learning amongst peers. Collaboration
creates an environment that is ideal for
academia and ultimately, success. TANVI SHUKLA /THE MOSSY LOG
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024
OPINION 5
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed in the Opinion section are NOT those of The Mossy Log and are held by the authors.By TANVI SHUKLA
IN A WORLD overflowing with
information, it is alarming how
pressing humanitarian crises often
remain in the shadows. Recent conflicts,
such as the protests in Bangladesh and
the war in Sudan, have barely been
registered on the global radar. Within
our Lewis and Clark community, these
critical issues are rarely discussed,
posing an important question: Why
are these conflicts overlooked, and
what are the consequences of this
widespread indifference?
To understand the crux of this
global ignorance, I interviewed
Professor Kundai Chirindo, from the
Rhetoric & Media Studies department.
The discussion helped me formulate
several of my arguments and I am
extremely grateful for the unique
insights it brought to my understanding
of this issue.
Media coverage plays an important
role in shaping public awareness, yet it
often favors stories that resonate with
the experiences and identities of the
audience. In a landscape cluttered with
narratives, the conflicts that capture
sustained attention are typically
close to the US — geographically or
culturally. This bias creates a troubling
empathy hierarchy: the closer we feel
to a crisis, the more likely we are to
engage with it. For instance, while the
ongoing conflict in the Middle East
garners significant attention, crises
in regions like East Africa and South
Asia are relegated to the margins of
our consciousness.
This skewed perception poses a
critical question: Whose stories are
amplified, and whose are silenced? The
narratives we consume are frequently
filtered through elite perspectives
that diminish the experiences of those
enduring the brunt of suffering. As I
reflect on this dynamic, I am reminded of
the thousands of lives lost in Sudan and
Bangladesh, where families are torn apart
and communities are devastated, yet their struggles barely make it to any
big western tabloid headlines.
This lack of interest and attention
was visible this past summer when
thousands of students in Bangladesh
protesting against the government
were killed by the army-deployed
troops. This atrocious series of
murders caused a state-national
emergency, only made it to the New
York Times and BBC two weeks into
the conflict. Even after articles were
published, the lack of engagement by
the Western populace exemplified
how the loss of life in some regions
garners more attention than in others.
The consequences of this global
indifference are severe; when conflicts
are overlooked, humanitarian crises
can escalate unchecked, exacerbating
the suffering of individuals in these
zones. Our collective failure to engage
with these struggles reflects a broader
inadequacy in defining our shared
humanity. If we cannot respond with
empathy and action to those who
suffer, we must seriously question
our societal values. This grim reality
underscores the urgent need for
our community to reassess our
engagement with global issues.
Within the LC community, this
indifference is visible. While we rally
around causes in Gaza and Ukraine
conflict, many other crises go unnoticed.
Our engagement often remains
superficial, limited by our perspectives
shaped by geography, privilege and
social circles. It is disheartening to
realize that our community, which
prides itself on global awareness,
overlooks significant issues because
they do not fit familiar narratives.
At this point, it is also important
to understand that through this article
I am in no way arguing against the
activism we already see for different
global humanitarian conflicts around
the campus. It is really important to
demonstrate and have discussions
around these issues. However, it is also
important to ensure that this does not happen at the cost of ignorance of the
other equally devastating crimes against
humanity. Crises in the global south
and Africa deserve as much attention as
those in the Middle East or Eurasia.
This leads me to my next question:
how do we dismantle this wall of
indifference? The first step lies in
cultivating a mindset of curiosity and
openness. This digital age has provided
us with access to stories from across
the globe, allowing us to step into the
lives of those we might never meet.
Social media platforms, independent
journalism and grassroots movements
offer windows into conflicts that
mainstream media often neglects.
A simple search for news from
Bangladesh or Sudan can lead to a
wealth of information, portraying the
realities faced by those living in the
shadows of these conflicts. Breaking the
chain of over-dependence on western
news media platforms is another way
to make space for stories that are not
shared from a biased ethnocentric
lens. The inability of Western news organizations to cast these stories
should not be a limitation for students
when it comes to global awareness.
Western media is not the only factor at
play — we must assume responsibility as
citizens of the world.
Moreover, I believe there is an
opportunity for structural change
within our academic environment.
LC is an amalgamation of diverse
experiences and backgrounds, yet
our discussions often revolve around
familiar themes. Students should
feel empowered to bring their unique
perspectives and knowledge of global
issues into classroom discussions.
When we share our lived experiences
and challenge the status quo, we can
foster a more inclusive dialogue that
incorporates underreported issues.
Imagine the richness of our learning
environment if we actively engaged with
voices from often overlooked regions.
Beyond the classroom, it is our
responsibility as global citizens to
question our narratives and the sources
we trust. We must recognize that empathy should not be confined by
cultural or geographical proximity.
Instead, it should extend to those
who suffer in silence, far removed
from our daily lives. This requires a
conscious effort to confront our biases
and broaden our understanding of
humanity. It is important to remember
that every crisis we overlook represents
a missed opportunity for change.
By undertaking these actions we can
together envision an LC community
that actively seeks to amplify the voices
of those marginalized by mainstream
narratives. The next time you scroll
through the news or engage in
conversations about global issues on
social media, take a moment to find
stories from regions and conflicts you
are not that familiar with. Ask your
classmates about their experiences
and perspectives on these topics.
Broaden your sources, challenge your
assumptions and pay attention. This way,
we can become active participants in the
quest for justice and understanding that
transcends borders.Overlooked conflicts deserve global attention
Western media’s culturally, geographically limited scope contributes to widespread ignorance, indifference
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024
FEATURES 6
By EMMA CLAIRE
AMBROZIAK
HOMEWORK IS A tedious
yet inevitable and necessary
part of trudging toward a
degree. That does not mean you
need to become a Watzek gremlin
who spends all of their time on
campus, in the library, marinating in
the dreary routine of academia and
writing assignments. Believe it or
not, you can balance being a student
while exploring the beautiful city of
Portland at the same time.
Especially during the first few
months of the semester, when there
are still sunny days, I do my best to
study outside as much as possible — in
the International Rose Test Garden or
Washington Park downtown, along
the Sellwood riverfront, out in the
Columbia River Gorge or in any
grassy, sunny spot in Portland. With
rainy days now looming over us, we
must find ways to get off campus,
support local businesses, interact with
other humans and get work done.
Unfortunately, not as many coffee
shops, tea nooks and workspaces are
open as late as they used to be before
the COVID-19 pandemic. However, I
have done my best to scout the best
study spots over the last few years
and I am here to gladly share my
hard-earned wisdom.
Rose City Coffee Co.
Students on campus or in Sellwood
should acquaint themselves with
this spacious coffee shop just across
the Willamette River. With indoor
and outdoor seating, the coffee shop
serves coffee and sandwiches until 11 p.m., unlike most coffee shops
which close around dinner time. A
lot of folks use Rose City Coffee Co.
as a workspace, so it can be a bit
hard to find a table along the wall
with an outlet, but if your computer
is charged up or you are reading a
book or doing handwritten work, it
is a great spot to get some work done
alone or with a few friends.
Hostel Cafe
Hostel Cafe in Northwest Portland
is great for travelers and locals alike.
Its downtown location makes it an
accessible spot for students relying
on public transportation. The coffee
and food are on the pricier side but
are very yummy, and the cost is worth
it if you camp out at a table for a few
hours and make the most of your time
there. There are only a few outlets, so
again, I recommend you charge your
computer beforehand. On Monday
nights, they have an open mic night
in the next room, which can make for
nice background noise. If you decide
to give up on getting work done and
want to enjoy the rest of your night,
you can get a nice glass of wine or
beer on tap and join the social music
night in the room next door.
Coffee Time
Coffee Time is also in Northwest
and is great during the day for getting
work done. The cafe is spacious, with
lots of lamps and dim, warm lighting
throughout the rooms in the back.
Food options are limited, but they
make a delicious espresso tonic, and
there are outlets galore. There are
a few spots outside, which is nice
because the tables inside do not get much natural lighting. They close at
6 p.m., but you can always hop over
to Hostel Cafe, which is only a few
blocks away.
Bula Kava House
Students who are interested in or
acquainted with plant medicine, or
who are curious about non-alcoholic
social scenes might consider
exploring some of Portland’s local
kava bars. Bula Kava House, in the
Southeast division, offers a variety
of smoothies, smoothie bowls, juices
and wellness shots in addition to a
rotating selection of kava drinks.
There are plenty of tables inside,
where I often see people reading
books or working on their computers.
Nalu Kava Lounge Tea House
Nalu Kava Lounge Tea House is
a bit of a trek, located in Northeast
Portland, but is worth the drive for
the kava shells, mushroom elixirs,
cacao drinks and tea blends. I would
not recommend going to Nalu Kava
with a group because space is limited.
There is a spacious patio/roof area
with plants and string lights, which
is delightful in dryer weather. I
suggest bringing a book you need to
read or some non-computer work to
do, because bright computer screens
detract from the cozy, speakeasy,
earthy atmosphere inside. Be sure
to check their schedule to see if they
are hosting any special events, such
as community circles or open mics. It
tends to attract an older crowd, but it
is a lovely little spot in Portland for a
cozy drink and some background noise
while you read a book or study. Their
winter hours are 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.Portal Tea Company (formerly
Tea Chai Te)
Most LC students are acquainted
with the Sellwood Caboose location,
which is absolutely oh-so-charming.
Portal Tea Company has a second
location along NW 23rd. It is in
a beautiful old Victorian house,
equipped with outdoor seating on a
balcony overlooking the street below,
which makes for fun people-watching
opportunities. The intoxicating scent
of herbs and spices permeating the
shop, the comfy little nooks and the
cushioned seating options make this
tea house one of the coziest places in
Portland to study on a rainy day. Altogether, I believe it is
important to put time and energy
into being a human, and not just
a student, despite endless piles of
work and demanding schedules. Take
advantage of your four years in this
unique, creative, food-oriented city
by getting off campus and finding
your favorite nooks and crannies. LC
has a beautiful campus and plenty of
different study spots, but a change
of scenery can do wonders for a
burnt-out student’s mind. I highly
encourage you all to switch things up
a bit, explore Stumptown, support
Portland’s business owners and build
community beyond campus.Cozy corners, niche authors, eclectic literature, used novels, creative gifts cater to a myriad of interestsPortland bookshops offer endless discoveries
By ELLA DUNN
PORTLAND IS THE perfect city
for book lovers and avid readers.
From holes-in-the-wall to city
block-sized shops, even the most
voracious reader will be satiated here.
I bravely took it upon myself to visit
bookshops around Portland, and have
curated a list of my favorites. It was
such a daunting task that, in fact, I lost
hundreds of dollars in the process. You
have been warned.
Powell’s City of Books
Easily one of Portland’s most famous
bookshops is Powell’s City of Books,
located on Burnside Street downtown.
The store boasts ten expansive rooms,
each catering to different genres and
interests. In each room there are books,
of course, but also gifts from various
businesses available for purchase. If you
lack the enthusiasm of the book-loving
friend who dragged you in, rest assured,
there will definitely be something that
piques your interest, from gorgeous
mugs to cool socks to quirky tote bags.
If you are the book-loving friend,
you are in luck! Powell’s is both a used
and new bookstore, so pricing can vary.
I am a proud cheap-skate, so I tend to check around for a used version of a title
if I can only find a new one. They also
have sale sections and used-specific
sections, though most of their used
books are in very good condition, so
Powell’s being on the higher end of the
pricing scale for used books is usually
justified. Despite its size, “I got lost”
is unfortunately not a valid excuse for
why you disappeared into the shelves
for four hours, because Powell’s has
a great navigation system within the
store, hanging signs pointing every
which way. In addition, there are very
helpful bookseller counters in each
room, and associates are more than
happy to assist in finding any title.
Belmont Books
Belmont Books is my top choice for
used books in Portland. It is a fairly
small shop, but manages to fit almost
every book I could ever want within its
walls. The pricing is very reasonable,
and if you do not mind more beat-up
copies you may find great titles for as
low as a few dollars. Most used books
here range from $4-8. The shop has
merchandise available with their logo,
as well as zines and eclectic postcards
for just a dollar. Their sections are well
labeled, and it is easy to find a favorite author on the shelf. Keep in mind that
this is a used bookstore (for the most
part), so they may not have every title
you need. That said, if you are looking
to discover niche, unknown authors, it
is no challenge here. Belmont is also a
wonderful area to walk around, and you
can find coffee or food before you empty
your wallet at the bookshop.
Belmont Books is active on
Instagram @belmontbookspdx and
posts updates regarding sales and
events at the shop. Be sure to check
frequently, and I am sure I will see you
at their next sidewalk sale!
Mother Foucault’s Bookshop
According to their website, “Mother
Foucault’s specializes in used, rare,
and vintage books.” Mother Foucault’s
is a small shop with a dark and cozy
atmosphere. The shop is located on SE
Morrison Street in Portland’s industrial
district. Stacks of books lie haphazardly
on the floor or tables, adding to the
charm of the store. There are labeled
fiction and philosophy sections, and
many titles can be found in multiple
languages. They have a wide variety of
used and rare books, from American
history to poetry to mythology. Their
collectible section at the front of the
store is sprawling, including versions
of Shakespeare anthologies as well as
other older authors. If you stumble
and find yourself in the Northwest
Industrial Area, Mother Foucault’s is
definitely worth checking out.
Wallace Books
Another one of my personal
favorites, Wallace Books in Sellwood,
is a hidden gem. The shop is a
converted house stuffed to its very
brim with books, and is characterized
by a yellow exterior with blue trim,
with an even prettier interior. The
front room features mainly fiction,
before twisting into a hallway filled
with cookbooks and graphic novels.
Well-known authors of each section
are clearly labeled, with all of their
books stored in plastic crates stacked
atop one another. Wallace Books is
another bookstore that features both
new and used books, all of which are lovingly kept in great condition. They
have a section for everything: plays
(including niche paper-bound scripts),
science fiction and even a smut shelf for
the spicy folks. Wallace Books is just a
17-minute walk from the Sellwood Pio
stop. I strongly recommend taking a
peek inside Wallace Books if you find
yourself in Sellwood with the urge to
take a stroll.
Suits Me Fine
The interesting thing about this
“bookshop” is that it will not come up
on Maps if you search for bookstores
near you. Located about a one to
two-minute walk from the Pio stop in
Sellwood, Suits Me Fine is that odd
house-looking building with the sci-fi
posters and giant stuffed sasquatch in
the windows, easy to find if you walk
towards Columbia and Henry Higgins
Boiled Bagels and just keep going. It
is understandable if you have not
seen it – it has taken me a whole
school year to take notice and finally
venture inside.
The two people who I believe
were the owners were very sweet and
helpful, and the books were absurdly
cheap. I grabbed “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang — which I have been dying
to read — albeit with a little bit of
water damage, for $2. The atmosphere
of the store is so unique — it is
situated underneath a house, in sort
of a basement situation, so the ceilings
are disproportionately low, however,
low space does not stop the store from
carrying plenty of seemingly random
but very interesting titles. The books
are separated into sections, and the
store carries jewelry, records, CDs,
posters and interesting knick-knacks
as well. Suits Me Fine has a little bit
of everything for everybody, so do not
be afraid to descend the steps into the
basement bookshop.
Which shop you choose depends
mostly on what you are looking for. If
you are used to a larger, more Barnes
& Noble feel, I would suggest Powell’s,
which carries plenty of new books and
is very organized. They probably have
any title or author you might look for.
If you are feeling more adventurous,
however, try checking out Wallace
Books or Mother Foucault’s, which have
a more random, mysterious selection.
Whichever bookshop you choose, it’s
hard to go wrong in a book-loving city
like Portland.Portlanders spend hours in Powell’s City of Books, meandering through the many aisles.FABIOLA RIO/THE MOSSY LOG
Shoppers run the risk of grabbing more than they can afford with these baskets. FABIOLA RIO/THE MOSSY LOG
Off-campus studying connects students to local businesses
Quirky cafes, earthy lounges, comfy nooks create peaceful, productive atmosphere for getting work done
Portal Tea Company on NW 23rd is a great sport for people-watching and studying.EMMA CLAIRE AMBROZIAK/THE MOSSY LOG
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024
FEATURES 7
Bon Appétit student employee shares experience
By TANVI SHUKLA
AT THE HEART of every college
experience lies a communal
dining hall, where students bustle
between classes and social gatherings.
Behind the food counters, there is a
lesser-known story of student employees
who juggle academic responsibilities with
their mealtime shifts.
Nargis Mayel ’28, one such student,
pulls back the curtain on her experience
working at Fields Dining Room,
colloquially called the Bon, offering
a candid glimpse into the balance
between the exhausting yet fulfilling
realities of dining hall work.
For Mayel, the path to the Bon began
out of necessity. For many student
workers, their first avenue when looking
for jobs on campus is the Bon. Mayel,
being no different, saw this opportunity
as the best combination of her interests
and financial needs. Working at the
Bon offers not just financial support but
is also a great way to meet work-study
obligations. Mayel’s decision was also
driven by her familiarity with food
service work back in high school.
“The major reason why I’m working
in the Bon is because I have a work-study
as a part of my scholarships. I have to
meet the requirement for that and so I
applied to most of the jobs, including
the Bon. (Another) reason why I chose
to work there is because, first of all, it’s
an active service and I have done similar
experiences in my high school in terms
of like (a) caterer for cultural nights. So,
I wanted to experience the same thing
in college,” Mayel said.
While work-study programs can
be associated with stress and time
constraints, Mayel paints a positive picture of her experience. The
onboarding process was smooth, with
both HR and supervisors offering
support at every step. This culture
of understanding, especially for
international students, is a supportive
environment that creates balance for
student workers at Bon.
“The supervisors are patient — they
know it’s my first time working in such
an environment, and they’ve made sure
not to overwhelm me,” Mayel said.
When asked what a typical shift
in Bon looks like, Mayel emphasized
the huge variety of tasks one can do
to run a meal service. While many of
us only see student workers refilling
trays in the front, several backstage
tasks also involve students working
with precision. This hustle extends to
coordinating with chefs regarding food
proportions, composting leftover food
and managing a thorough clean-up
after each meal.
“You arrive 30 minutes before the
meal starts to set everything up —
laying out salads, preparing the bread,
ensuring the dishes are clean and
ready,” said Mayel. “Once students
start flooding in, our role shifts to
maintaining the stations and refilling
food as it runs out. Once a meal
service (is) over, we then document
the food we compost, turn off ovens,
wipe down surfaces and make sure
everything is ready for the next batch
of students,” she said.
While the tasks may seem
straightforward, the physical nature of
the work is a bit challenging for Mayel.
Even if this work tends to be a break
from all the academic and mental stress
for her, the heavy pots and pan-lifting
task can be challenging.“After days of using your brain
intensely in class, it feels oddly
refreshing to switch gears and focus
on physical tasks. (However,) refilling
trays and moving heavy food containers
can get tiring. It’s a different kind
of exhaustion — less mental, more
physical,” said Mayel.
The delicate balance between work
and academics is something every
student worker must navigate. For Mayel,
the trick lies in scheduling her shifts
strategically. A mindful routine allows her
to work without feeling overwhelmed by
either academics or exhaustion.
“Most of my shifts are during
weekends and nights, on days when I
don’t have many classes. That way, I can
study during the day and still have time
to unwind,” said Mayel.
Though a structured dining hall
environment can be procedural and
precise, Mayel described the ways by
which chefs and workers at Bon can
harness some creativity to try their best
to cater to the needs of the LC students.
This flexibility extends to listening and
attending to students’ preferences. This
thoughtful approach reflects how even
institutional dining can foster small but
meaningful connections between staff
and students.
“Though we follow a set meal plan,
the chefs often tweak things based on
feedback and get creative with flavors.
They don’t just boil tofu; they season it
with spices to give it a kick. If students
rave about a specific dish, the chefs
sometimes bring it back earlier than
planned,” Mayel said.
Behind every meal served is a
team of workers who make it all
happen. Yet, Mayel points out that
the efforts of student workers are often overlooked. Small gestures of
appreciation, like cleaning up minor
spills, also go a long way in creating
a more respectful environment. In
her opinion, kindness in the dining
hall is not just about politeness; it is
about recognizing the humanity of the
people working there.
“Just a simple ‘thank you’ when
someone refills the salad bar or brings
out fresh bread can mean a lot. A lot
of students don’t realize that we’re
humans too. It can be frustrating when
people act entitled or dismissive,”
Mayel said.
Mayel’s story captures the often-
overlooked labor of a student worker,
a job that is physically demanding but emotionally enriching, marked
by moments of both exhaustion
and satisfaction. The dining hall
is more than a place to eat — it is a
place where labor, creativity and
connection intertwine.
Student workers like Mayel are
the unsung heroes of this ecosystem,
balancing academic responsibilities
with the demands of their shifts. Their
experience is not just about meeting
work-study responsibilities, but also
about contributing meaningfully to the
campus community. And while the job is
undoubtedly tedious, it offers its unique
reward of proving that behind every tray
of food lies the dedication and effort of
people who make it all possible. Small, behind-the-scene details of the Bon dining experience are often overlooked.ELLA R DUNN/THE MOSSY LOG
Sellwood neighborhood boasts
By EMMA FORD
SELLWOOD IS the neighborhood
that most Lewis & Clark students
first stumble upon as they begin
to make their way off campus. This
is with good reason. It is cute, easy
to navigate and full of gems that will
surely become favorites over one’s time
at LC. To kick start that process for
our readers, here are some affordable
and delicious spots to check out in
Sellwood. Just follow your nose off the
Pio and enjoy!
Shinjo Sushi and Teriyaki
This is the best bang for your
buck for Japanese fusion in Sellwood.
They have a respectable selection of
traditional rolls and nigiri if you are
in the mood for classics, and excellent
bowls if you need something more
filling. I prefer poke, but their teriyaki
is also popular. Their fish quality is
very good for the price; I have yet to
take a bad bite from their cuts. And
if you are in the mood for something
a little more unique, if not especially
traditional, try their sushi burritos.
They are well-made, a great way to
eat your way through the rainbow and
packed with fresh ingredients that taste
excellent and photograph well, too.
Taqueria Luna
This is easily my favorite traditional
burrito in Sellwood. Also excellent for
enchiladas and plates. Anything with
their carnitas is a must. While not
the flashiest food in Portland, their
takes on familiar favorites are great
for anyone stopping off in Sellwood
for comfort food. Their friendly staff
is the cherry on top of the whole
experience. They are centrally located
in one of the Sellwood food truck
parks, alongside Shinjo Sushi, so
it is easy to branch out from their
delicious food to carts around them
to explore.
Uncle Tsang’s Kitchen
In another Sellwood food truck pod,
the Piknik Park, Uncle Tsang’s Kitchen
has all-veggie Chinese food staples.
Most of their best dishes are very shareable, and getting a variety along
with a few drinks is a favorite dinner
of mine to have with friends. If you ask
for one of their most popular dishes,
you will be steered toward the curry
pastries, unique and tasty must-tries.
Sellwood Fish and Chips
While admittedly not my favorite
fish and chips in Portland (Portland
Fish Market, you are my one true love)
Sellwood Fish and Chips is accessible,
and relatively inexpensive for its product
and serving size, not to mention super
tasty. Their fish pieces are small but you
get plenty of them, and their tartar sauce is
excellent — a must-have for any fish
and chips experience. Located right
next to Uncle Tsang’s Kitchen, this
cart does not boast a great variety of
foods, but they are great at what they
do offer.
Sebastiano’s
Anyone looking for a big, comforting
sandwich needs look no further
than Sebastino’s. Their Italian-style
sandwiches are hearty and filling,
with excellent quality ingredients and fabulous focaccia. Only a short walk
from the Sellwood main drag, the
hike for their Muffaleta is absolutely
worth it. And their baked goods hit
every time, with both the year-round
and seasonal offerings making perfect
fancy picnics or just-because treats.
The Big Three: Portal Tea
Company, Henry Higgins Boiled
Bagels and Grand Central Bakery
Most LC students quickly discover
the joys of the three major Portland
chains one can find in Sellwood, so
I will sum them up quickly. Henry
Higgins: meals get pricey with
additions, but a basic bagel with
schmear is filling, comforting and
affordable. At Portal Tea Company,
you pay for the ambiance as much as
the drink, but their boba is tasty, and
if you are very lucky you will end up
with a comfy couch to enjoy it on.
And for Grand Central, the wait for
their sandwiches can take a while, but
their take-and-bake section is totally
underrated. All in all, you can not go
wrong with any of these classics, but
be aware of Sellwood’s other gems.variety of food options, cuisinesTravelling oddity show
displays taxidermy, art
By ELLA R. DUNN
MOST PORTLANDERS embrace
weirdness, at least in some
sense, from funky decor to
artsy markets and unique eateries.
Portland is a hub for people who have
odd interests, and it is fairly easy to find
curated experiences in the city for most
unique niches.
The Oddities and Curiosities Expo
lives up to its name: the convention hosts
a curated collection of vendors selling
creepy, cute and plain weird wares,
ranging from taxidermied ducklings to
antlers and elk skulls. According to their
website, all taxidermy pieces are ethically
sourced, which certainly put my mind at
ease, being surrounded by dead animals
and all. Among these findings, many
traditional artists bring stickers and
prints of their creative, odd designs.
The expo tours around the country
and visited Portland on Oct. 5-6.
The event took place at the Oregon
Convention Center, occupying two of
its huge halls. Vendors were set up with
displays from simple tables to elaborate
tents with hanging plants and decor.
The Expo does a great job of curating its
artists while still allowing enough variety
to provide options for every creepy niche.
“We are a heavily curated show and
only book within our dark, strange and
odd theme,” their website reads. The convention center was packed
on Saturday, and for the most part, due
to gothic-leaning fashion choices, it
was easy to tell that most of the crowd
was there for the Expo. Inside the halls,
booths were surrounded by interested
buyers. I refuse to divulge the amount of
money I spent on stickers and art — and
one lucky rabbit’s foot — but all I will say
is that my bank account took quite a heavy
hit that day.
One artist I grabbed a sticker from
was Fogbarrow, a female collective
focused on creating art revolving around
folklore and cryptids. They are based
primarily in Austin, Texas and Knoxville,
Tennessee. This certainly shows the wide
breadth of locations where people who
sell at the expo are from. TK Krussow,
an illustrator, displayed their work,
including stickers, bookmarks and prints.
Their merch is sold at both Hot Topic and
Spencer’s. They had a great collection of
pop culture-related stickers, including
packs for “Coraline” and “Over The
Garden Wall” (both of which I bought),
two great examples of film and TV that fit
into the Expo’s dark aesthetic.
If you are in the market for a
hollowed alligator head, a unique
handmade jewelry piece featuring a
crow skull, or a car bumper magnet
depicting a well-known serial killer,
keep an eye out for next year’s Oddities
and Curiosities Expo.
The expo was filled with vendors selling bones and hides, as well as full enbalmed bodies.ELLA DUNN/THE MOSSY LOGWork-study provides opportunities for on-campus jobs in between homework, takes pressure off academics
Formerly Tea Chai Te, this caboose-turned-teashop is a Portland student favorite.COURTESY OF PORTAL TEA COMPANY
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024
ARTS 8
By OLIVIA MILLER
DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA , or
what is more commonly referred
to as Dance X, is an annual dance
production held here at Lewis & Clark in
which alumni, student choreographers
and dancers are given the opportunity to
showcase a semester’s worth of hard work
for a large audience.
This year’s production will be led by
the Director of Dance, Professor Tiffany
Mills, and this will be her first Dance X
since joining the LC community last spring
semester. Mills is also a choreographer
herself and is the artistic director and
owner of her dance company, Tiffany Mills
Company, based in New York City.
One of the classes that Mills
teaches is Theater 352, which is a
course that students must take prior to
choreographing the fall production.
“We have guidance along the way
in terms of all the production needs, in
terms of lighting, in terms of costuming,
in terms of props or any design
element. Then there’s also guidance
from me in terms of what people are
choreographing, asking questions and
helping each choreographer explore
their journey and experience and help
them shape the best possible work they
can imagine,” Mills said.
Though Mills has extensive experience
with choreographing, this is her first
experience in an academic setting guiding
dancers and choreographers throughout
their entire creative process.
“I haven’t ever gone on the whole
journey from the beginning to end with
this whole process and really gotten to
work with younger artists from the seed of
an idea all the way to the fruition of that
idea,” Mills said.
Mills’ ample knowledge and experience
in choreography have evidently proved
extremely useful to the choreographers
working on this production already. Ally
Rose ’22 has found Mills’ mastery very
helpful as they have gone through the
process of this production.
“She has so much knowledge of the
field and so much experience. It’s really
great to have her be so present and
coming to rehearsals and really talking us
through things. She just has a really great
perspective and I’m very, very happy to be
working with her again,” Rose said.
While Mills’ expertise serves as a
guiding force throughout the production,
it is the choreographers themselves who
bring a diverse range of artistic visions to life on stage. Each choreographer
embarks on their own creative journey,
shaping their pieces with Mills’
mentorship and support.
Another choreographer is Cassidy
Floyd-Driscoll ’23, who has been a Dance
X choreographer for three years.
“Our program is very focused on
the artistry behind dance and asking
questions and pushing boundaries and
just playing a little bit more I think, (the
shows are) a lot more about the creative
discovery. And also our program is so
open to anyone who wants to join,”
Floyd-Driscoll said.
Every choreographer is required
to come up with a central concept for
their piece and is encouraged to create
a vision board with images, quotes and
whatever else represents that concept to
the choreographer.
“My concept, I think, when I whittle
it down, is creating something that is
greater than the sum of its parts. I have
a lot of imagery in my brain of losing
track of whose arm is whose and whose
leg is whose and just kind of moving as a
group,” Floyd-Driscoll said.
Lila Ward ’25 has been involved with
Dance X since her freshman year and
this is her second time choreographing.
“I’m focusing on the lifespan of
someone’s sexuality, and coming into it
with this new, exciting discovery of that
part of yourself. And then experiencing
disempowerment and confusion and then
after that, re-empowering yourself and
finding confidence within yourself. That’s
something that I thought would be an
interesting topic, since sexuality is such a
big part of most people’s lives,” Ward said.
Choreographers are also responsible
for choosing the music that will go along
with their piece, which they have complete
creative freedom over.
“I made a mash-up this summer.
There are six songs in it and they’re all
from female artists that I love … It starts
off with a Fiona Apple song. And then it
goes on to Juliana Hatfield, who’s really
awesome. I just discovered her, like, last
year and then some Courtney Love, Amy
Mann and Lauryn Hill,” Ward said.
Alvin Kilenga ’27 was a dancer for the
Dance X production last year and will be
choreographing this year. Kilenga has also
already selected the music for his piece.
“With my piece, the music has a direct
correlation with the intentions that I want
to put with the choreography. So I would
say that the music does have an inflection
towards the dance, but also, at some points, the dance has an inflection on the
music,” Kilenga said.
Kilenga focuses mainly on the genre
of Afrobeats, with a specific center on a
South African genre of dance and music
called amapiano.
“My central concept for Dance X is
a phrase, it’s something that we usually
say back at home, it’s a phrase called
Umoja. So I’m trying to explore this
theme of togetherness within my piece,
so togetherness in terms of movement,
in terms of intentionality, in terms of
expression, in terms of the environment.
I’m trying to explore that theme through
the lens of amapiano,” Kilenga said.
There is one dance this year with two
alumni choreographers, Rose ’22 and
Hoby Reece ’23.
“We actually met our freshman year.
We were in the same Dance X piece and
it was a trio. We became really close in
that and we basically have been really
close friends ever since and every dance
thing we’ve basically done together,”
Rose said.
This shared friendship between the
two of them provided ample inspiration
for the central concept of their piece.
“The inspiration for the piece
is, for us, exploring the process of
choreographing, because we both love
the process of creating a piece so much.
And we’ve been in, I think, six pieces
together now and we just enjoy being
with each other for that so much that
a lot of the piece is going to be focused
on the joy of creation and the process, rather than being focused on like the
end, where the actual piece itself is more
about the relationships,” Rose said.
Reece expanded on how their piece
seeks to capture the essence of creativity
and the relationships that emerge during
the production journey.
“It’s like the moment of creative
inspiration, or like that ‘aha’ moment
that you have during a creative process.
That’s something that we’re attempting
to capture and put on stage, but
ultimately we’re kind of just aiming
to share a relationship between the
dancers with the audience and kind of
create a piece that is oriented on process
and made by and for our dancers,”
Reece said.
As the choreographers continue
refining their works, anticipation builds
for how these creative journeys will
come together on stage. Despite being
in the early stages, there is already a
sense of cohesion emerging within this
year’s production.
“We’re still in the very early stages
of things, but I do feel like this year
that there’s going to be some common
themes between them all, and I think
that they’re gonna flow very nicely. I just
think that we have a lot of experienced
choreographers, but experienced in
different areas, and I think it’s gonna be
a good one,” Floyd-Driscoll said.
This year’s Dance X production
will be held Dec. 5-7, with nightly
performances starting at 7:30 p.m. and
the matinee on Dec. 7 starting at 2 p.m. Dance Extravaganza 2024 showcases
both student, alumni choreographersMossy
Music
spooky
recommendations
“Esther”
by Phish
Known for their usual meandering rock
music, Phish occasionally delves into
the strange and mysterious. “Esther”
tells the haunting story of a young girl
who has been given a cursed doll by a
man at a fairground. The song follows
her frightful journey, ending in her
drowning as she is pulled into a lake by
the small doll.
— Paige A. Anderson ’25, Arts Editor
“Tear You Apart”
by She Wants Revenge
If you crave something dark and
irresistible, this song oozes tension
and desire, making it impossible not
to picture Lady Gaga’s hot bod in
“American Horror Story”. (Yeah, she
is not just the creative director of
Polaroid). Turn it up and be a little
moody, Gothic and gay.
— Fabiola Rio ’25, Visuals Editor
“Nearly Departed”
by Creature Feature
When I was 12 years old a goth girl I was
mutuals with on Polyvore showed me this
song. It has been on my Halloween playlist
ever since, and for good reason, it has got
a bouncy beat and the band name is fun
to say!
— Leila Diaz ’25, Social Media Manager
Oregon City artist facilitates plant ID walk,
illustrates pre-colonial wilderness through art
By KAI GODSEY
ON THE SUNNY afternoon of
Sunday, Sept. 29, Oregon City
artist Quire hosted a foraging
walk at Water Board Park, high above
the Willamette. Her most recent series
of works features historical buildings of
Oregon City overlayed on paintings that
depict the ecosystem in a pre-colonial state.
As Quire introduced herself as an
amateur forager and verified that all
participants would not hold her liable
for eating the wrong thing out of the underbrush, she was orbited by her
child and the child’s friend, who giggled
and dragged a large stick around the
parking lot. The audience of the walk
consisted of myself, a local artist, both
children, Quire’s dog led by her brother
and the mother of the second child.
We were introduced to a number of
local plants, their properties, seasons
and methods of identification. Quire
noted a cyclical relationship between
painting these plants and learning to
identify their details. Queen Anne’s Lace,
for example, has tiny hairs on its stems
and a black spot in its flowers which can
be used to distinguish it from a similar
but much less edible counterpart,
poison hemlock. Quire talked about
a difficult, precise method to pick a
stinging nettle leaf without being hurt
and distinguished between Himalayan
and trailing blackberries by their leaf
patterns. We learned that a plantain
poultice — leaves chewed into a paste
and spread on skin — can help with an
insect bite, but a nettle sting should be
treated with a dock poultice. Every now
and then, Quire’s own child would join
in with an identification tip, eager to
announce the name of a new plant before
running away again to play.
After the walk, Quire led a small
caravan of cars to her studio, which is
a bright second-story room of the First
Baptist Church of Oregon City, just off the building’s gymnasium. Quire’s
current series features paintings in
gouache and watercolor on Aquaboard.
“I am traditionally a mixed-media
artist … but when I had a child, I needed
something more accessible and easy to
clean up, so I just started watercoloring,”
Quire said.
After getting the idea for this series,
which is partially inspired by a map she
saw of Portland’s metropolitan area as its
hypothetical natural ecosystems, Quire
began a series of landscape paintings.
“Those are all taken from
photographs I’ve taken while just
adventuring places,” Quire said.
Quire layers her digital drawings of
historical buildings, which are etched
into plexiglass, on top of landscape
paintings that depict a pre-colonial
Oregon. The final piece gives the
impression that the translucent ghost of
a building is obscuring a rich, full-color
natural scene.
Quire’s work does not juxtapose
untouched wilderness with human
impact, but rather focuses on land as
it may have been originally used and
inhabited before colonization.
“There’s a path through here
indicating human presence, and this
would be their field that they would tend
to every year,” Quire said, gesturing to
the landscape sitting behind an etching
of a multi-story house. With each piece she presented,
Quire would note the work’s plants
and how they might have been used by
Indigenous people prior to colonization.
“I expected to encounter a lot of ‘Sorry
I’m a white person, sorry we did this to
you,’” said Quire. “But, Indigenous people
and climate activists and historians
mostly have a view that we are now all
victims of colonization, we are in the
same boat together. If this earth dies, we
all die, so it is not ‘us and them.’”
She noted how Oregonians’ pride in
pioneer heritage can lead to polarizing
views, citing an imagined exemplary
pioneer relative.
“Great-grandpa Jed built a beautiful
building and civilization and whatever,
and also this is what was here, too. And
this is just as valid and just and good.
And one doesn’t cancel out the other,”
she said.
Quire’s work explores what was
here, what is here now and what has
been removed.
“Those types of questions are
what helps us stop perpetuating those
mistakes: thinking we’re doing good
because of what we believe in at the time,
but really we’re hurting other people,”
she concluded.
Quire’s full series of nine similarly
juxtaposed landscape and architectural
pieces will be showing starting Dec. 7 at
the Imperfecta Gallery in Oregon City.
OLIVIA MILLER/THE MOSSY LOG
Reece and Rose’s dancers gather on Tuesdays and Sundays to rehearse in the chapel.
COURTESY OF QUIRE
Quire’s watercolors display native plants.“Chocolate Jesus”
By Tom Waits
Tom Waits is one of the weirder guys
to make music. However I was first
introduced to this song on a lovely
back-porch and it has stuck with me
ever since. The banjo, dull-thudding
washtub-bass, Waits’ raspy voice and
the backdrop of chicken clucking make
you feel like you are on an abandoned
ghost farm. While it might not be the
right choice for a house party playlist,
it might be nice accompaniment for a
midnight ‘stroll’ in the ravine.
— Lillian Small ’27, Arts Editor
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024
ARTS 9
Pigs on the Wing, renowned worldwide for Pink Floyd covers, dazzles dedicated fans at Revolution HallMarlena Williams
discusses memoirOregon Ballet Theatre enlivens
classic tale in ‘Hansel and Gretel’
Portland-based tribute band revives classic rock favorites
BY EMMA CLAIRE
AMBROZIAK
ON OCT. 5, I VENTURED over to
Revolution Hall in SE Portland
with a fellow Pink Floyd fan
and good friend of mine to see Pigs
on the Wing, a Portland-based tribute
band, ranked No. 5 in the Top 10
Best Pink Floyd Tribute Bands by
ProTributeBands.com.
My dad first introduced me to “The
Dark Side of the Moon” when I was
in high school, unaware that it would
culminate in a lifelong (up to this point)
obsession with the band’s music, a slightly
excessive collection of Pink Floyd t-shirts
and ultimately, to my mom’s dismay, a
triangular “Dark Side of the Moon” tattoo
on my forearm.
I had been looking forward to this
show for quite some time, and was
curious to see how it would compare
to other Pink Floyd-esque shows I had
seen over the years.
I have had the pleasure of seeing
Roger Waters (co-founder of Pink
Floyd, bassist, composer, vocalist and
the only remaining band member to
still tour) twice — once in Portland
and once in Madrid. His shows are
more reminiscent of what I imagine
seeing Pink Floyd was before they
stopped performing in 2005. His
performances are powerful, political
and unforgettable. To this day, he
floats either a giant inflatable pig or
a giant inflatable sheep around the
stadium during the album “Animals,”
dresses in uniform for songs from
“The Wall” and dedicates a good portion of the performance to sharing
his political stances.
The first Pink Floyd tribute band
I ever saw was at the world-famous
Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre in
Colorado. The scenery etherealized an
already-impressive and energy-filled
performance by Brit Floyd, an Australian
band ranked No. 4 in the aforementioned
Top 10 Best Pink Floyd Tribute Bands.
As they played through a wide array of
songs and albums, the air cooled and we
watched the sun set behind the stage over
the front range as the moon rose perfectly
above the towering rusty-red sandstone
cliffs. The highlights for me were Eve
Avila’s vocals in “The Great Gig In The
Sky” and saxophonist Ryan Saranich’s
solos throughout Brit Floyd’s set.
One interesting twist on the
psychedelic rock band’s legacy was the
show “Candlelight: A Tribute to Pink
Floyd,” where the Listeso String Quartet
played a selection of Pink Floyd’s most
popular songs in an intimate, candlelit
venue at Portland’s World Forestry
Center. The audience surrounded the
quartet, who serenaded us from the
center of the room with mesmerizing
instrumental renditions of songs selected
from various albums. The warm light,
small audience and proximity to the
musicians created an experience that
was somber, intimate and moving, but
nowhere near representative of all that
Pink Floyd’s music encompasses.
Last spring, The Oregon Symphony
played The Music of Pink Floyd at the
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, a venue
which catered to the symphonic nature
of the performance but not so much to the jeans-wearing, t-shirt-adorned
middle-aged dads who filled up the
majority of the seats in the audience.
The variety of instruments led to a
more comprehensive sound, and the
inclusion of vocalists added energy
and depth to the performance in a way
that the quartet did not. The Oregon
Symphony has 76 full-time musicians,
though the number of musicians varies
with each concert. The saxophonist,
Eddie Williams, was fantastic — probably
my favorite part of that show. The guest
vocalist’s rendition of “The Great Gig of
the Sky” was hauntingly beautiful, and
made the show a memorable one.
I have also seen a smattering of
cover bands at dive bars and live music
nights play their renditions of Pink
Floyd songs, which is always fun, but
not always as impressive.
Needless to say, I am a bit of a Pink
Floyd fan, and was excited to see what
set Portland’s Pink Floyd tribute band
apart from these other performances.
An hour before the show, Revolution
Hall was filled with middle-aged dads
clad in Pink Floyd t-shirts and jeans. The
venue is decently sized — think Aladdin
Theater, Crystal Ballroom, Wonder
Ballroom — and was fairly packed.
The bars were busy pouring craft beer
and mixed drinks, the halls were filled
with people chatting and the venue was
abuzz with Pink Floyd talk and tie-dye
shirts, floral print button-downs, leather
jackets and denim.
As we walked down the aisle to scout
front-row-ish seats, my friend and I agreed
that we were probably the youngest people
there. By the way, the seats were comfy and cushioned, which was awesome. A
few folks were up dancing at the front of
the room, but we were mostly able to sit
back and enjoy the show.
Pigs on the Wing started off strong
with “In the Flesh” from “The Wall.” Their
enthusiasm was contagious, and even
though the venue was smaller, the crowd
was energetic and ready to rock and roll.
From the get-go, vocals were varied,
and different band members took the lead
on different songs. They all had distinctly
unique voices that were well-suited for
different songs. Matt Jones, the pianist,
was able to replicate Roger Waters’ gritty
singing style, while Eric Welder, the
bassist, took on some of David Gilmour’s
smoother vocal solos.
The set list consisted mostly of hit
songs from “The Wall” and “The Dark
Side of the Moon,” but I appreciated the
inclusion of some lesser-known songs,
such as “Set The Controls For The
Heart Of The Sun” from the album “A
Saucerful of Secrets” and “Echoes” from
the album “Meddle.”
At times, the saxophone solos and the
vocals were strangely echoey, and I am
not sure I enjoyed that effect. Overall,
I was impressed by the performance’s
resemblance to the original songs, and
enjoyed the variety of vocals. As with
just about every rendition of “The Great
Gig in the Sky,” Holly Brooks’ vocal
performance brought tears to my eyes.
Despite the concert taking place
in a smaller venue, the show was
made engaging by a fun variety of
visuals. Pop art-esque livestreams
of the artists from different angles
were interspersed with clips of iconic animated imagery from the movie “The
Wall” along with abstract, otherworldly,
fantastical landscapes.
While the tribute band worked
through the first part of their set list,
the artists and their instruments were
backdropped against a screen showcasing
psychedelic imagery of landscapes
expanding upon and retreating into
themselves — mountain ranges, forests,
deserts, planets and rock formations all
swirled together in sync with the music.
During the latter half of the show,
the visuals were grounded in Oregon’s
scenery. Birds-eye shots of the city of
bridges, of the Columbia River Gorge, of
Haystack Rock on the Oregon coast and
of plains, dunes and forests out east paid
homage to the Portland-based band’s
home state.
“Feels really good to be home,” Welder
said near the end of the show.
Pigs on the Wing formed in 2006, is
celebrating 18 years of playing music and
is earning international recognition as a
tribute band. The Echoes of Pink Floyd
tour exemplified Portland’s diverse,
talented music scene.By EMMA FORD
A COMMON NOTION about
ballet is that it is the art of
strong leading men lifting
small girls in white into the air. But
beyond “The Nutcracker” and “Swan
Lake,” ballet as an art form has the
potential to modernize its unique visual
language into a storytelling medium
like no other. Instead of simply retelling
classic stories in familiar steps, ballet
can also express these timeless tales in
new and exciting ways.
Oregon Ballet Theatre’s “Hansel
and Gretel” retells the familiar
fairytale from the Brothers Grimm
about two children who run away
from home only to meet a witch in a
candy-covered gingerbread house in
the woods. As the witch reveals her
monstrous nature, the quick thinking
of Gretel saves her and her brother
Hansel from a terrible fate.
The comfort of a fairy tale is similar
to the comfort of a ballet — as children,
we are exposed to these art forms with
their simple plots and characters, bright
and beautiful worlds and triumphs
of good over evil. Other Grimm tales
like Sleeping Beauty and Snow White
(adapted as the ballet “The Magic
Mirror”) have received stereotypical
ballet treatment of Romantic-era tutus,
filling stages with dancers who look like
a Degas painting come alive.
However, this fairytale folly is
made, at least on the surface, of
different stuff. “Hansel and Gretel”
is a modern ballet, composed by Claire
Cowan and choreographed by Loughlan
Prior in 2019 for the Royal New
Zealand Ballet. Both the visual and
musical style of the show shrug off
the bonds of expected ballet forms in
favor of turn-of-the-century stylings of
flappers and early cinema— including
the work of the film director Georges
Méliès’ famous “Man in the Moon”.
The ballet spends much of act
one in black-and-white, with bare
sets and an emphasis on lighting and
projections behind the dancers to sell
the setting. The original costumes
and sets from the Royal New Zealand
Ballet continue to look fresh and
exciting five years later, with particular
praise stemming from the fairies and their
“Metropolis”-referencing headdresses.In the second act, as the world
of the witch explodes before us in a
Candyland-swirl of pink, the visual
language departs from the familiar
trappings of the last century and
catapults the viewer into a truly
fantastical realm of magic and danger.
When the witch is revealed and the
sugar-coated colors corrupt into rotten
metallics before their eyes, the audience
is already primed to accept that she is
not of this earth.
The quality of music is also
maintained across acts, with just enough
jazz and old Hollywood influence to
playfully support the vocabulary of
images established by the production,
nevertheless it remains faithful to
the musical conventions expected by
audiences accustomed to classical,
Romantic ballets.
It is in dance, as one would hope of
a ballet, that the true beauty of “Hansel
and Gretel” is found. The distinctive
movement styles of each set of characters,
from townspeople to the witch’s minions
to the good fairies, aid the uninitiated
in following the story unfolding before
their eyes without the crutch of dialogue
or even the necessity of the synopsis in
the program. The corps de ballet (the
chorus of dancers) is fantastic, although
not fully uniform, at creating groups for
the audience to identify with.
The lead dancers playing Hansel
and Gretel showcased an excellent
sibling chemistry, although of course
the audience may be forgiven for the
occasional cognitive dissonance at
seeing two fully grown adults acting as
children onstage. But their charisma
and talent at playing off each other
are undeniable regardless of casting.
The dancers playing their parents also
steal the spotlight with multiple pas
de deux, a tender pairing with more
complexity than much of the rest of the
show combined.
If there is one character meant to steal
the show, it is clearly the witch. Played
by two dancers in drag who switch
off mid-way through act two, the
exaggerated flair of the choreography
is assuredly reminiscent of a drag
show, with the witch’s minions evoking
an almost-kinky troupe of submissive
followers. However, other dancers are
more than a technical and charismatic
match for the witch, and she is, at times, less of a standout than was
perhaps intended.
Where the production does not
subvert classic tropes is in the simplicity
of its story. As with any art form, ballet
has its limits. While “Hansel and Gretel”
neither falls short in the delight factor
nor the strength of its style, any pretense
of making ballet a mode of more complex
storytelling is surface-level at best. The
simple nature of the source material is
also likely to blame, and this is not nearly
enough to make this show a failure — it
simply does not push its chosen method
of storytelling the way that its visual
language and talented dancers might have
led one to expect.
With such a concrete nature, ballet as
an art form can be difficult to break from
classical habits. Even modern scoring
and costuming, talented dancers and a
subversion of famous source material
can all still result in the familiar feeling
of watching ballet that takes us back
to our childhoods. Some things are
meant to stand the test of time, and
as this modern take on an old tale
continues to be performed, it will
hopefully blend its influences with
its aspirations to become something
truly special.
“Hansel and Gretel” is by no means
revolutionary in the form of a ballet, yet
at the same time it was nothing short
of beautiful. After all, as Oregon Ballet
Theatre should be well aware of by now
as they celebrate their 35th anniversary,
everyone is beautiful at the ballet.By ELLA R. DUNN
ON OCT. 7, THE Lewis & Clark
English department welcomed
its first guest as part of its
annual Visiting Writers Series, Marlena
Williams ’14. Williams is an LC alum
and recently published her first book,
“Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural
History of The Exorcist.” This book is a
collection of essays about the film “The
Exorcist,” connecting themes from
and research on the film to her own
life, specifically to her relationship
with her mother.
Williams detailed her educational
and career history, starting with LC.
“I graduated from (LC) in 2014,
majored in English and History, then
I got my MFA at the Vermont College
of Fine Arts, and now I’m actually at
law school at Tulane,” Williams said.
“My career has been a little random and
winding. I worked at Powell’s Books for
three years after I graduated, then I was
a copywriter for a few years — which I
hated. After that, I worked at a foundation
for a few years that does work in the
criminal justice reform space.”
“Night Mother: A Personal and
Cultural History of The Exorcist” is a very
personal work that draws from research
Williams has done on the film, the cast
and the crew and uses those stories and
pieces of information to explore her
relationship with her mother growing up.
“It’s an essay collection about ‘The
Exorcist,’ and about my relationship
with my mom,” Williams said. “It’s also
exploring my grief after her death and
my relationship to Catholicism- I grew up
very Catholic. Also about illness, because
my mom died of cancer. Reckoning with
all of those things through the lens of
‘The Exorcist.’”
Williams did not originally intend for
the work to become a full book. She started
this project with the idea of writing an
essay connecting the film to her mother,
but the more research she did, the more
connections she found between the film’s
themes and her own life. From there, she
started to write a memoir. However, she
changed course again and reverted the
book back to a collection of shorter essays
on various topics surrounding the film.
“I’ve probably seen (the film) twelve
times. It seems like maybe I should have
watched it more, but I would watch it very intensely, taking notes. Only
twelve, but it feels like I’ve seen it
more,” Williams said.
Outside of “The Exorcist,” Williams
has experienced a growing love for the
horror genre through her research to put
her focus on this film into perspective.
“I didn’t really like (horror movies)
when I started out writing the book.
I think they scared me, I had a lot of
negative experiences with them,” said
Williams. “When I was in high school,
the trending horror was torture porn,
like the ‘Saw’ movies. I really hated
that. Once I started writing this book,
I had to situate ‘The Exorcist’ in the
history of horror films and do research
about horror to better understand
the movie. Now I am a big fan — I’ve
intellectualized horror movies enough
that they don’t really scare me.”
Nowadays, Williams is finishing up
her final year at Tulane University.
“I still do some freelance writing,
but (my time) is mostly law school.
Going to class, working in the clinic,”
said Williams. “I’m not even sure if I’d
like to be a practicing attorney — part
of me would just like to write about the
law, from a journalistic position.”
Williams is now starting work on
her second book.
“I am in the early stages of writing
another nonfiction book, kind of about
the animal rights movement,” said
Williams. “It’s a big jump away from
literary essays, but I’m very interested
in that history.”
“Night Mother: A Personal and
Cultural History of The Exorcist”
is available on Amazon, at Powells,
and can even be found on used book
websites like Thriftbooks. Get your copy
and support an LC alum!
Psychedelic visuals sparkle behind band.EMMA CLAIRE AMBROZIAK /THE MOSSY LOG
EMMA FORD /THE MOSSY LOG
Williams graduated from LC in 2014.COURTESY OF MARLENA WILLIAMS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024
SPORTS 10
By SCARLETT ROBINSON
LEWIS & CLARK’S football
team welcomed new player, O’a
Kamakawiwoole ’28, to the team
this year, who has quickly risen to
the team’s leader board and earned a
starting position. Kamakawiwoole was
recruited from the highly respected
Saint Louis School in Honolulu,
where he gained a reputation as a
very talented quarterback. After
attending a football camp at LC the
summer before entering his junior
year of high school, Coach Dan
Fields offered him a position with
the Pioneers. Kamakawiwoole joins
two other quarterbacks this season,
Trey Morris ’25 and JT Willis ’25. For
Kamakawiwoole, Morris and Willis
have become a support system.
“They’ve been really supportive,
just taking me under them and
teaching me some things that they’ve
learned and taking me in as a younger
brother,” said Kamakawiwoole.
Over the last few games,
Kamakawiwoole has stood out
in helping the team succeed.
The team’s performance against
Montana Western, a National
Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics (NAIA) school, specifically
put Kamakawiwoole’s performance
in the spotlight. NAIA schools
are comparable to Division II and
Division III athletic teams. He gained
his first collegiate start, throwing
425 yards, and becoming the passing
leader of the game. LC was able
to keep the game tied throughout
the first quarter against the higher
ranked team, with Kamakawiwoole
making 5 touchdown-winning passes. “He is incredibly talented. Physically,
he has a super strong arm and he’s very
accurate, mobile and smart. But what I
have been particularly impressed with
is his mental side of the game, how fast
he has picked up our offense, and also
how mature and composed he is under
pressure,” said Head Coach Joe Bushman. “I’m just doing my job,” said
Kamakawiwoole.
In spite of his considerable humility,
Kamakawiwoole expressed his desire to
continue playing for the team his full time
here at LC.
“It’s been my dream to play college
ball,” he said. Bushman explained that he believes
Kamakawiwoole has the potential to lead
LC to a championship with the support of
the rest of the team. It is no question that
the team has garnered a close, supportive
community, and has been a big support
system for Kamakawiwoole as he starts his
collegiate career. “The team definitely brings leadership
to me, because I’m young still, and all the
older guys lead me to be a better leader,”
Kamakawiwoole said.
Catch more of Kamakawiwoole and the
Pioneers at the next home game against
Pacific University on Oct. 19 at 1:00 p.m.
for Homecoming Weekend!
ROSE BIALK/THE MOSSY LOG
Football team improving with new freshman
First-year Quarterback O’a Kamakawiwoole brings Pioneers new offensive opportunities for 2024 season
By MEGAN ZIEGELE
AS THE PUCK hit the ice on Oct.
4, the Portland Winterhawks
2024-2025 hockey season
began. Nine minutes into the first
period, the Winterhawks drew first
blood against the Victoria Royals.
The Royals quickly returned the heat,
scoring three back-to-back goals,
temporarily placing them above the
Winterhawks. The arena was buzzing
with excitement, stands filled with
enthusiastically cheering fans.
After the second and third periods,
the Winterhawks boosted ahead,
securing a 5-3 win.
The Portland Winterhawks were
founded in 1950 as the Edmonton
Oil Kings, and relocated to Portland from Canada in 1976. They play in
the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the
same venue where Lewis & Clark holds
its graduation ceremony each spring.
Following the team’s relocation in 1976,
the Winterhawks accepted a donation of
jerseys belonging to the NHL’s Chicago
Blackhawks, quickly donning the same
logo featuring an Indigenous man in a
headdress. In 2021, the team made the
decision to abandon the controversial
image, and instead opting for a new
design that depicts a hawk rising from
the outline of Mt. Hood.
The Winterhawks are a part of the U.S.
Division of the Western Hockey League,
one of the three constituent leagues
that comprise the Canadian Hockey
League. Last season, the Winterhawks
brought home the title of 2024 Western Conference Champions. Notable
Winterhawks alumni include Carolina
Hurricanes center Seth Jarvis, Pittsburgh
Penguins forward Cody Glass and Buffalo
Sabres defenceman Henri Jokiharju.
But you do not need to go all the way
to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum to
find hockey fans! Piero Zanes ’27, co-
president of LC’s newly-founded Hockey
Club, weighs in on the Winterhawks’
season debut.
“It was an interesting game.” Zanes
said. “I noticed some nerves out there,
but they still played hard. The end
result was definitely a positive start to
the season.”
Zanes relects on the team’s
potential, “I’m looking forward to
seeing how the Winterhawks progress
throughout this season. If you have time, I highly recommend going out to
see the Winterhawks play. Depending
on the game, the tickets are reasonably
priced. They’re super exciting, and leave
you wanting to become more invested in
hockey and attend more games.”
For those looking to continue the
excitement of hockey on-campus,
Hockey Club offers a community
between players, enthusiasts and
newcomers alike. In line with the
Office of Student Engagement’s goal
of supporting students with a variety
of interests, Hockey Club provides yet
another avenue of involvement.
“This club is open to absolutely
anyone and everyone, and our goal
is to get students interested in the
game”. Zanes said. “We’d like more people to get interested, whether it’s
playing or even just watching. We
teach people how to play and ice skate,
and for the more experienced players,
I’m hoping to start scrimmages.”
For those who are interested in the
sport but not in playing, the Hockey
Club streams NHL games almost
every weekend and has movie nights
featuring famous hockey movies, like
“The Mighty Ducks,” “Slap Shot” and
“Miracle on Ice.”
“Hockey is an exciting sport to
both watch and play, and we want
to give others the opportunity to be
acquainted with the sport,” Zanes said.
For more information about
hockey club, follow @lc_hockeyclub
on Instagram. New club engages students with Portland’s hockey scene
Winterhawks begin their season, co-president encourages beginners, fans to explore interest in game
EMMA CLAIRE AMBROZIAK/THE MOSSY LOG
COURTESY OF COLIN BLUME/LC ATHLETICS
Kamakawiwoole starts for the first time in his collegiate career against NAIA team.
The Portland Winterhawks won their first game of the seasons at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland’s Rose Quarter District.
FABIOLA RIO/THE MOSSY LOGUpcoming games:
Friday, Oct. 18
Swimming
vs. University of La Verne
Portland, OR
5:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 19
Football
vs. Pacific University
Griswold Stadium
1:00 p.m.
Swimming/Diving
Alumni Meet
Portland, OR
10:00 a.m.
Cross Country
vs. LC Invite
Milo McIver State Park-Estacada, OR
10:00 a.m. (M) 11:00 a.m. (W)
Friday, Oct. 25
Volleyball
at Pacific Lutheran
Tacoma, WA
7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 26
Football
vs. Pacific Lutheran University
Griswold Stadium
1:00 p.m.
Rowing
vs. Charlie Brown Regatta
Portland, OR
7:00 p.m.
Women’s basketball
at Portland Community College
Portland, OR
11:00 a.m.
Men’s soccer
at the University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA
12:00 p.m.
Football
vs. Pacific Lutheran University
Griswold Stadium
1:00 p.m.
Women’s soccer
at the University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA
2:45 p.m.
Women’s volleyball
at the University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA
6:00 p.m.
Come and show your support for the
Pios!By OLIVIA MILLER
THE PUGILISM club is an
organization that allows students
the opportunity to explore and
learn the disciplines of martial arts
through the instruction of their fellow
students and peers.
Cameron Leong ’26 joined the club
his freshman year. Since the beginning
of his sophomore year, he has been a
student instructor of karate as a part of
the club’s leadership.
The club also has several other
forms of martial arts taught by student
instructors during club sessions.
“Right now, we have four martial
arts, so boxing, kickboxing, karate and
taekwondo,” Leong said.
Outside of his time in the Pugilism
Club, Leong has 12 years of karate
experience under his belt.
“Martial arts has kind of been
something I’ve been doing my whole
life. I like to joke around and say that it’s my only personality trait, and I didn’t
really want to lose it when I came here,”
Leong said.
LC’s Pugilism Club has allowed
Leong to continue practicing martial
arts in a collaborative and supportive
environment, which is one of his favorite
aspects of his long-standing membership
within the club.
“I think it’s just having a space to
do what I like to do. I don’t really have
the opportunity to do that outside of the
club, and I guess also, just sharing that
with other people,” Leong said.
While Leong’s extensive experience
with martial arts has kept him committed
to the club, it is equally welcoming to
beginners. The supportive environment
helps to ensure that new members,
regardless of their prior skill level, can
learn and grow at their own pace.
“I’d say a lot of the classes are definitely
more geared towards beginners because a
lot of the people who come don’t have any
prior experience,” Leong said.
Leong emphasized that the club and
student instructors’ primary approach
is to accommodate newcomers,
guaranteeing they have a solid foundation
of the skills needed in order to progress
to more advanced techniques.
“Every semester, the first few classes
are always just gonna be beginner stuff,
and then we always build up from there,
starting from the base,” Leong said.
The Pugilism Club’s extremely
beginner-friendly approach and informal
membership process makes joining more
accessible to students.
“Just show up. I know it can sound
super scary, and people are like ‘Yeah,
I’ve never really hit anything in my
life.’ But I think we do it in a pretty cool
and lowkey way to the comfort level of
whoever shows up,” Leong said.
Pugilism Club’s ability to foster,
inclusive and flexible learning
environment speaks to its primary
aspirational purpose.
“The goal has been creating a space
for people to practice and kind of combat
the notion that it’s something that’s, well
I guess it is inherently violent, but not in
that way. It doesn’t have to be like that.
It can also just be a community thing,”
Leong said.
The Pugilism Club meets every
Monday at 8 p.m. in the mat room on
the lower floor of Pamplin Sports Center.
Everyone is welcome to participate. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024
SPORTS 11
By PAIGE A. ANDERSON
AS A STAUNCH San Francisco
Giants fan, nights at the baseball
stadium were an integral part of
my childhood. The permeating smell
of garlic fries, snippets of iconic walk-
up songs, tipsy twentysomethings and
most importantly, a reverence of the
game and team mentality stretched to
the furthest nosebleed seats.
Portland boasts many ways to pass
time, from unique museums and funky-
themed bars to beautifully wild nature
and live performances. In terms of
professional sports, we have the Trail
Blazers basketball team, and our two
soccer teams: the Portland Thorns FC
and the Timbers. This is all set to change
though, as the Portland Diamond Project
(PDP) has plans for our very own Portland
Major League Baseball (MLB) team and
stadium. The PDP is an organization
aiming to purchase and build the franchise
from the ground up, partnering with both
private investors and state-issued bonds.
The PDP has recently signed a Letter
of Intent to purchase Zidell Yards and
use the 33 acres of waterfront property
to build an MLB stadium for our very
own home team. The lot is on the
South Waterfront, tucked northwest of
the Fremont bridge. According to The
Oregonian, it will cost an estimated $1
billion to construct the building and
another $1 billion to create the franchise.
The PDP has larger ideas than
just bringing MLB to our corner of the Pacific North West; its mission
statement outlines their commitment
to ensuring that the park will also
support the goals and values of the
community it is joining. “Baseball in Portland presents a
rare opportunity to shape the future
of our city on a grand scale: creating
employment opportunities, expanding
transportation options, adding great public spaces, and building civic pride,”
the PDP’s web page reads.
Craig Cheek, the president of the
PDP, has revealed that one of the
park’s goals is to be environmentally conscious and a pillar of sustainability
in the sports world.
“The group is considering pursuing
a LEED Platinum certification, a
recognition of sustainable building
practices, energy efficiency and water
use that no other ballpark has achieved,”
Cheek said.
The PDP’s website has many digital
mockups of what the park is proposed
to look like, all suggesting a dynamic
community space that encourages
the celebration of the quintessentially
American sport. The physical setup
of the stadium will be adapted to
Portland weather — with a retractable,
translucent roof that can slide over
the park but still protect the field from
the elements. Another quirky addition
shown in the mockups is a gondola
within the park, which would traverse
from to the outfield and back, offering a
unique perspective on the game.
There is still more that has not been
made public about the plans for the
team and stadium, including who has
agreed to foot the multi-billion dollar
costs and the agreements between the
city and the PDP. Even though there is
still so much to be determined, the iconic
Portland food truck culture could bring
a PNW-specific experience to the world
of baseball, departing from the usual
over-priced stadium food. Overall, I
personally am very excited to experience
a Portland baseball game, and though
I will be a Giants fan for life, there is
always room to cheer on a new team. $2 billion proposal would encourage community involvement, PNW-specific baseball experience
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024
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KAI GODSEY/THE MOSSY LOGStudent investigation into YikYak
unearths entirely expected outcomesAmerican
dreams on
billboards
Helpful Hallie offers insight when gay bar
incident complicates mental health journeyGive your mom a kiss from The Backdoor!
Homoerotic flowchart exposes intricate web of
sapphic romance, demystifies lesbian continuumBy MAYA MAZOR-HOOFIEN
THIS PART OF the semester always
makes me long for summer.
Fleetingly sunny days are giving
way to gray skies and midterms, with
which I can cope by imagining myself
in another time and place. A simpler,
better time and place. Lately, I have
found myself mentally returning to a
time before I watched “The Bear.”
I had not seen “The Bear” before
a trip to Los Angeles this June. LA is
one of those places that makes you
feel that you have the pulse of pop
culture at your fi ngertips. Decades of
traffi c-based isolation have caused a
petri dish-like eff ect wherein studio
execs have transcended the need for
language, communicating solely in
sleek-but-sexy logos.
So, upon my arrival in the city, I
was bombarded by advertisements for
show’s third season. Well, sort of. Save
for the combined FX/Hulu logo, the
blue billboards bore no text, instead
depicting an actual bear with a streak
of electric sparks cutting through it. I
assumed this was to promote the show,
but how could I be sure? Could this be
a numetal nature documentary? An
ecoanxiety rave? Why not use The Bear
himself, Jeremy Allen White? Right? I
mean, is Jeremy Allen White even hot?
You could certainly be forgiven for
thinking the answer is an obvious yes.
You need look no further than his Calvin
Klein photoshoot — nothing suggests
more American dreaminess than a set
of abs that look like they might come
from chopping wood or welding rather
than a CrossFit membership.
But Calvin Klein can make anyone
look hot. They could make Jared Leto
look like Heath Ledger. Broody black
and white photos on an NYC rooftop in
are a surefi re way to make the middlingly
attractive man seem desirable, nay,
irresistible. There must be more.
What about his eyes? The electric
blue pierces directly into your soul, and
before you know it you fi nd yourself lost
in a fantasy of dying in his arms in the
1886 Haymarket Square Riot. Chicago,
all of a sudden, has the sexual capital of
a 1921 Weimar Berlin.
“But wait!” you say. “Isn’t he not
even from Chicago?”
To which I ask you, “How is being
from Brooklyn any diff erent?”
After all, is this not the natural
conclusion to the Founders’ legacy?
To bring the GQ eff ect westward,
expanding its impact on white working
class smokers until the entire nation is
free to replace a beloved neighborhood
institution with a high-end restaurant
hemorrhaging money to the tune of
early aughts alt-rock? Where does
that leave us? What do we make of a
Brooklyn-born divorcé making a career
out of seeming like he might actually be
from Chicago?
Jeremy Allen White was raised in
a culture where James Dean, Elvis
and Marlon Brando taught him that
dangerous men are made all the more
attractive for their damage. He is in
the next room down the hall in the
Heartbreak Hotel, taking pouty mirror
selfi es with his SAG awards. He is their
heir apparent, their natural successor
and America’s favorite son.
So why not put him on the
billboard? Even if the “hot” question
remains subjective, he represents so
much more. In these trying times, he
is everything our nation ought to be.
Because he is not the kind of man you
dream of meeting in a nightclub, he is
all the more attractive. He looks like he
would off er you the last empty seat on
the Amtrak next to him, briefl y putting
down his beat-up paperback copy of
“On the Road” to move his coat.
“Okay, but is Jeremy Allen White
hot?” you ask, unsatisfi ed.
For this I can only commend you,
reader, for merely to ask the question is
to strive for more. Where an LA studio
executive does not get to decide what
beauty means. Only one man should get
to decide whether Jeremey Allen White
is hot — Calvin Klein.By JULES REPLOGLE
DOES YIKYAK feel like that
one ex you keep crawling
back to, and you never know
why? Karma Sabbich ’25 recently
conducted a survey on this topic for
her RHMS research project, and she
has graciously shared the results
with us for publication. Her central
research question asked why people
return to this app, even when it
seems to consist only of angry rants
of various degrees of ferocity and
yearnings for romantic interests who
are simply not worth the anonymous
posters’ time. Using the app to anonymously
fight with other students was a
common theme, with many Political
Science students citing that they
like to use the app to practice their
argumentative skills in preparation
for any course where a spirited
presentation of online political
rhetoric is deemed an acceptable
substitute for actually doing the
reading. #thinksmarternotharder.
One of the major categories of
posts chronicled the highs and lows of
college relationships. A major theme
among freshmen was anonymously
posting their classroom crushes. Tess
Tickles ’28, a SOAN major, admitted that she only likes to go on YikYak so
that she can feel better about her own
evil boyfriend.
“I just like to know that there are
people out there doing worse than I
am,” explained Tickles.
Many students also said that they
liked to use the app as an anonymous
dating site or as a means of finding
out if there will be any parties on
Friday (seriously, is there going to be
a party Friday? Does anyone have K?
Lean? Please let us know).
Lastly, on-campus residents
(Holmes specifically) overwhelmingly
agreed that they like to use the app
to complain about the subpar water heaters and loud trucks in the hopes
that maybe they can manifest better
living conditions. This feat has yet to
be accomplished.
So why do people return to the app?
We may never fully know, but there
is just something that keeps students
returning to its servers, whether that
is to complain about the quality of
Bon food (which, really, get a hobby)
or to argue with fellow students
about whether or not furries should
be allowed on campus (you would
not believe the discourse). We would
never tell you how to live your life and
instead, all we can do is ask … are there
any parties this weekend?
By ELLA DUNN
Dear Helpful Hallie:
I write this letter in a bit of a pickle, as
you might assume. On Tuesday morning,
I had therapy. I have been going to the
same therapist for six years now — the
same one I have had since high school,
and he has always kept his work life and
his personal life very separate. I have
never known the name of his partner,
or what area of the city he lives in, or
even his preferred toothpaste brand.
The most I ever knew about him was his
dog’s name and the address of his offi ce,
as well as his tasteful decor choices. Until
Tuesday evening.
I was at a bar downtown, a new one
called “Just the Tips.” Whether that is
a euphemism or a recommendation for
how to treat your server, I have no idea.
What I do know is that it is clearly a gay
bar. I have never been a judgmental
person (I mean, after all, I was not
exactly walking into that gender-neutral
bathroom alone) but to have a stall door
swing open and to see your balding
therapist wearing nothing but a golden,
sparkly jockstrap, like some kind of Rocky horror, hunched over and snorting
coke off of a toilet seat, is nothing short
of an eye-opening experience.
I mean, do whatever you want when
you are not at work, but I cannot look at
him the same. What should I do?
Sincerely,
A Perturbed Patient
My Perturbed Patient,
First of all, I applaud your commitment
to not yucking anyone’s yum. Clearly
whatever work you are doing to
practice better empathy in your
personal life is succeeding. Hats off to
your fl amboyant therapist!
Unfortunately, I fear your only
viable solution is to fi nd a new mental
health counselor. Not that a professional
relationship cannot survive this, but
because it is clear he is meant for a
diff erent role in your life. Now you know
this guy likes to have fun, so call him up
in the future if you, too, feel like wearing
sparkly skivvies and snorting coke off
a toilet seat. I hope your mental health
journey takes you only to the best places!
All my best,
Helpful Hallie
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