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Volume 74, Number 16

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2010-02-19

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Inequality or hiring practices?
Lewis & Clark College's historic hiring of mostly men leads to salary discrepancy.
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by Lindsey Bosse
The average salaries for female
professors at Lewis & Clark are sig­
nificantly lower than average sala­
ries of male professors, according
co the website citytowninfo.com.
According to Dean of Students Ju­
lio de Paula, however, this is "ab­
solutely not" a case of gender dis­
crimination.
LC is in che top 10 percent of
all colleges for full-time professor
pay. Starting with full professors,
men make $113, 948 while wom­
en make $96,032; associate pro­
fessors make $74,656 as men and
$69,685 as women; and assistant
male professors make $62,184 to
female assistant professors' salary of
$55,968.
According to de Paula and As­
sociate Dean Jane Hunter, these
numbers are cumulative of all pro­
fessors at all three branches of the
school. That means chat the web­
site took all of the salaries from all /
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the male and female professors at
che College of Arcs and Sciences,
the Law School and the Graduate
School, and then found an aver­
age. Undet che assumption that
law professors make more than un­
dergraduate professors, the higher
number of male professors at the
law school would skew the data.
The Law School was unavailable
for comment on the salaries of its
professors. There are also higher
numbers of male professors at CAS
chat fall in the associate and full
professor category. These discrep-
There are also high­
er numbers of male
professors at CAS
that fall in the asso­
ciate and full profes­
sor category. IL_LUSTRATION BY ALINA LARSON
ancies are not indicative of gender
discrimination, but instead resulc
from the way history has played
out.
When first hired, professors
start out as assistant professors and
generally spend six co seven years
in chat position before becoming
eligible for promotion to associate
professors and gaining tenure. A
professor will then spend another
six to seven years as an associate
professor before promotion to full
professor is allowed. Pay starts with
evaluation of prior experience be­
fore coming to LC, and then pro­
fessors are reevaluated every two
years for salary increase.
Historically, the CAS has had
a predominantly male professo­
rial staff. Full-time professors split
between 22 male and nine female,
with a majority of the men in that
category having taught here for
longer than the women. This cre­
ates pay gaps due to the amount of
Continued on pg. 2, SALARY
Cell phone drive connects volunteers, central medical clinics
by Laura Nash
The Internacional Students of
Lewis & Clark and the Pamplin
Society of Fellows are currently
working together to collect cell
phones for an organization called
Frontline SMS: Medic.
Frontline SMS: Medic takes
"retired cell phones," said Dieterich
Lawson ('12) who is taking time off
from school co work as a software
developer for the organization. "Ir
doesn't m?-tter if they are broken, if they have been dunked in water, or
if they have been stepped on," said
Lawson.
Afrer the cell phones have been
collected chey are sent to che Wire­
less Source, which is a cell phone
refurbishing company. Wireless
Source fixes the phones and sells
them again. They give Medic ei­
ther a check or new cell phones in
return. Each cell phone is worth
approximately $18. Then, Medic
sends the phones to medical clinics
in Africa.
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countries overall, there is a huge
deficit of doctors. There are two
doctors at a central clinic that
serves ?50,000 people," said Law­
son.
To make up for this deficit, the
clinics train volunteers, known as
Community Health Workers, to
perform basic medical procedures
and treat common ailments and af­
flictions. Lawson said, "The outly­
ing villages can be fifry, sixty, one
hundred miles away and the only way to get there is to walk or bike
or motorbike."
Thus, the cell phones are used
for communication between the
clinics and the Community Health
Workers. With the donated cell
phones and the software developed
by Frontline SMS: Medic, the
Community Health Workers can
text medical forms to the central
clinic, request more supplies, and
generally stay connected.
The cell phone drive was sup­
posed to end on Wednesday, but ISLC and the Pamplin Society
have decided co continue the drive
for at least another week. The drive
was combined with an event in the
hopes that chis would increase do­
nations, but only eleven phones
were collected on the night that
a raffie was held in Fields Dining
Room for those donating.
Shelley Zhao ('10), co-president
of ISLC and a Pamplin Fellow,
said, "So far this event has not been
successful to me. This is largely due
Continued on pg. ,?, PHONES 2 the Pioneer Log, February 19, 2010
Panel prepares students for careers in education
by Tom Meath
In an attempt to prepare future graduates
for careers in education, on Tuesday night
a panel of educators shared their experienc­
es entering the field. The panel, hosted by
the Center for Career and Community En­
gagement, included Peter ffitch, an elemen­
tary teacher at rhe Arbor School of Arts &
Sciences; Cari Harris (MAT '05), a social
studies teacher from David Douglas High
School; Owen Losse (BA '03), from Uncom­
mon Schools, who is entering into school
administration; and Carrie Strecker (BA'08,
MAT '1 O) who is currently enrolled in rhe
Lewis & Clark Masters of Teaching program
and working at Lincoln High School.
The discussion focused on rhe variety of
ways to enter into the field of education.
While in her master's program, Strecker has
had the opportunity to learn techniques and rhen try them while teaching her classroom.
Losse got into the field of education
through rhe Teach for America program
and stressed that, though the program was
rigorous, "the first couple years are going to
be the wildest rime of your life." According
to Losse, being thrown into the career with
people going through the same experience
allowed him to learn by doing while having
peers for support and to bounce ideas off of.
Both ffitch and Harris, who had legal ca­
reers prior to becoming teachers, stressed the
value of coming into the field wirh different
life experiences.
"A richness of experience is a good thing,"
said ffitch. "If you have a passion for history
or a passion for math, keeping your passions
alive while developing yourself as a teacher is
important."
The members all offered advice to stu­
dents interested in going into teaching. "Never forget what it is like to be a stu­
dent," said Losse.
"Try your hand working with kids," said
Harris. "Volunteer, tutor or mentor."
"Make sure you have a passion," said
Strecker, "not just for kids, bur for the sub­
ject."
They took care to also mention the chal­
lenges they faced as teachers.
"I think chat the biggest challenge that
I faced was class management," said Losse.
"Your job is to be close to every kid in your
class. You need to make chose relationships
work."
For each of the panel members, teaching
and education were deeply and personally re­
warding.
"It's not for the money; it is rewarding,"
said Harris. "I haven't woken up one morn­
ing char I wasn't happy to go co work, and
that is a reward in itself."
Charity cell phone drive to be extended
continued from pg. ],PHONES
to rhe organizers' own fault. This is the first
time we did it and the people responsible
were not experienced with it."
The drive was meant to be run around
Thanksgiving last year, but was moved to
February to coincide wirh an African cul­
ture-rhemed celebration ISLC was planning
to hold. Organizers believe that it is impor­
tant to raise on-campus awareness of the
need for such resources.
Zhao recalled rhe battery recycling drive
that was held by ISLC a couple of years ago.
She said, "People need to utilize resourc­
es [like cell phones or batteries] to give to
someone who needs them. People need to
have more awareness of how important rhat
is.,,
Lawson said, "This is super easy. Ir is no
cost to you and it goes to a super good cause."
There are boxes in Fields Dining Room,
Maggie's, and Watzek Library. Pamplin Fel­
low Warren Kluber ('12) is also willing to
take phones.
After the drive, students can print pre­
paid mailing labels online from hopephones.
org and ship the phones to the company.
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The International Students of Lewis & Clark and the Pamplin Society hope
that the cell phone drive will be more successful in the coming weeks.
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CRIMEBEAT LC salary
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by Tom Meath
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( This week's Crime Beat is written in the
style of haiku.)
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(Please enjoy.)
♦ An employee reported graffiti on a
campus roadway.
Lower Griswald scam:
who's heard of a "Brad Elkins
only"parking spot?
♦ An employee reported graffiti in
JR Howard Hall.
Almost every week
more graffiti in Howard.
Who could be surprised?
♦ An employee reported theft from
Gantenbein.
Where is Gantenbein?
A magic dwarf kingdom or
a Law School building?
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*The Crime Beat author would like to
apologize for the poorly crafted haikus this
week.
We know that our loyal and highly in­
telectual audience is used to humor and
craft of a slightly higher brow.
In addition, the author of this esteemed
crime column would like to apologize to
the entire nation of Japan, its honorable
citizens and anyone who understands at
least a smidgen of Japanese and had to
trudge through my poor attempt at what
is generally a beautiful language.
Please except a small illustration of what
the author imagines a "Brad Elkins only"
parking spot sign might look like.
Once again, I am deeply sorry you had to
endure this drivel.
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continued from pg. 1, SALARY
time the professors have been employed ac
LC. Again, in the associate category there are
33 males and 12 females. These numbers dis­
tort the averages, making it seem like men
make more, when the reality is that there are
more men than women in the higher-paid
positions.
De Paula and Hunter calculated that in
the full-time professor position females are
2.7 percent behind the cohort's salary me­
dian, while men are 2.8 percent ahead. For
associate_ professors, women are .4 percent
above the median, while men are at the me­
dian. This suggests that at CAS there is no
pay difference between men and women in
that cohort. In the assistant category, where
there are 22 females and 21 males, women
are 1 percent above rhe median and men are
behind by .8 percent. Overall, the numbers
only show a majority of a 5 percent differ­
ence between full-time professor pay, which,
given the difference in gender numbers in
that cohort, makes sense.
The fairly even numbers of female and
male professors in the assistant cohort show
that the school is integrating more women.
This also means that in 6-14 years this co­
hort will move up together and the wage gap
should begin to dissipate. the Pioneer Log.February 19,2010 -•fflffi[,]/-- 3
Pleasuring your discussion class Letters to
the Editor by Marley Badolati
If my initial letter to the editor provided you with
a sufficient amount of sex-language mingled with ad­
vice on academic success, then you might wa11t to
stop reading this bit of commentary right now. But!
If you're into whatever it is that I'm doing here, then
feel free to read on and prepare to learn about how
to properly behave in a discussion-based class. Due
to the recent influx of Libertine literature into my
academic diet, I feel at ease to discuss proper class­
room etiquette through the use of a sexually explicit
analogy.
Let's admit it, discussion-based classes are diffi­
cult -you have to talk in front of people and really
put yourself out there. Even if you like talking, dis­
cussion classes are still intimidating at first. If you
disagree with me, it's probably because you're doing
something wrong and just don't know it yet.
Think of participating in discussion-based classes
as an activity similar to having sex with a woman.
There is a rot more going on than you might think.
In order to explain this efficiently, I've broken up the
analogy into an advice list format. Pay careful atten­
tion here. This is serious business:
1) Don't try to monopolize the conversation so
that it becomes a verbal debate solely between you
and the professor. This kind of behavior is down­
right annoying to everyone around you. Think of the
professor as the vagina -you don't want to simply
pound away by shooting your hand up at every ques­
tion asked. Sometimes you have to take it slowly and
pay attention to other parts of the body. If you don't,
the discussion will become dry and irritated, which
is not fun for anyone. Believe it or not, women get
pleasure out of more areas than just the V-zone. But
it's good to keep in mind that ...
2) Breasts are not the only other part of the body
besides the vagina. Young lovers who are misin­
formed about lovemaking tend to think that boobs.
and vaginas are the only things that need attention
during sex. They rapidly alternate between the two
areas without regard for anything else. This is just
bad technique. As far as the classroom analogy is
.:::. concerned, textbooks are like breasts -when inexpe­
rienced students realize that the professor is getting
a little bored, they squeeze and squeeze and squeeze
their books for information that they think will make
them look really smart. Even though this behavior is
a step in the right direction, the sex and classroom
environinent is still far from spectacular. What re­
ally turns "pretty good" sex into "oh my God, let's
do this until we can't even talk" sex is the inclusion
of the whole body. This brings me to the heart of
discussion-based classroom success ...
3) YOUR CLASSMATES ARE IMPORTANT!
They are the nape of her neck, her collarbone, her
calves and the tips of her fingers. They are everything
that gets lefr out when you focus solely on boobs and
the place between her legs. Your classmates are there
to learn with you, so engage them, listen to them
and don't badger them when they don't want to talk
about the same things as you. You might even want
to try a little foreplay once in a while. If something
that you read really interests or upsets you, talk about
it with your classmates before the professor gets
there! This helps put everyone in the mood to dis­
cuss passionately and absorbedly. Also keep in mind
that ...
4) Butt-slaps can be funny or stimulating, but
most of the time they're just distracting and kind of
awkward. Especially if you do it too frequently. You
might wonder, "Where does this fit in?" Well, slaps
on the rear are like the outside information you bring
into a discussion class. Yeah, referencing "Twilight,"
Pokemon, or hipster culture was funny the first time,
but don't keep doing it. It's not sexy.
I hope this helped clarify some misconceptions
about both sex and discussion-based classes. So be
safe out there and remember: no two classes are the
same, just like no two women are the same. You're
going to have to learn the specifics of what works
and what doesn't for every new class or lady. Hope­
fully you'll even find a discussion-based class to stick
with and by your senior year, you'll know just how to
behave with your classmates and favorite professor in
your seminar. Until then, keep at it! You'll only im­
prove with practice.
.-ILLUSTRATl9N BY ALINA_LARSON C~ual offensive speech is far too common at LC
During the whole poster debacle the debate (if you could really call it
that) over how to handle things got pretty heated. People condemned rac­
ism on all levels and anyone advocating anything short of hunting down
the person responsible for the posters and causing them harm was labeled
as a supporter of racism. It was a frustrating time and lefi: a bitter caste in
my mouth at least. Afi:er it was all over everyone was talking about how
awful racism was and how they couldn't believe how this had happened.
The racism ac our school doesn't really stop with the posters though.
While attending Chinese culture night at the Bon it struck me how of­
ten our student body is guilty of casual racism. I saw people heckling the
stage and maliciously laughing at some of the performances. Also heard
was the edgy comment that, "They should have just called everything
Asian food. It's all just rice anyways." I understand we all have a right to
freedom of speech but it was really frustrating to hear people putting per­
formances down for being foreign and therefore an object of ridicule. It
always takes more effort to create than it does to destroy, and part of me
still wishes I'd opened my mouth to say something. On the one hand I
see students speaking out against racism at our school, bur on the other I
s·ee some perpetuating it. Is racism against one ethnic group okay and che
other not? Is it because your racism is ironic? Because it's said casually does
it not cut as deep?
Aaron Upsal
College of Arts and Sciences
Class of 2010
Quote in evacuation article may be misleading
IO: the February 12 edition of the-Piolog I was quoted as saying, "I have
no idea where I am supposed to be right now. If this were a real earth­
quake I would be dead right now." I will not dispute this quote but I think
that it can be easily misinterpreted. In all reality I knew that I was sup­
posed to go to the parking Joe behind Fir Acres Theater. Due to weeks of
prior notice and a discussion in class earlier in the week, that information
was provided to me. I think the preparation and planning for this event
was done very well. I actually received two phone calls, two text messages
and a bunch of emails to let me know exactly what was happening.
That comment was more made in the spirit that had this occurred in
real life and I were not in Howard Hall I would not know where to go
in the event of an emergency. Maybe it is my responsibility to read the
emergency handbook in each classroom and figure out where the evacua­
tion area is for each building, but I haven't and I find it unlikely that most
students have. The comment was also made because I was expecting to
see more orange vests waving people to where they were supposed ro go
and I didn't see any until I actually arrived in the Fir Acres parking lot.
Overall I thin:k that the drill and drill preparation were well put together,
but I just don't know how well this theoretical approach would transfer
to a real emergency situation. Also reading the quote in the Piolog I was
concerned that it made light of the fact that actual injury and death can
occur in real earthquake situations, especially due to the close proximity
of the tragedy in Haiti. So if that offended anyone that statement in no
way meant to make light of the situation
Eli Fabens
College of Arts and Sciences
Class of 2011
Opinions from the hallway What would you change about Lewis & Clark?
PHOTOS BY ALEXA JOHNSON AND CATHERINE GRELLA
Andrew Schnell(' 12)
"Larger variety of
classes, and more
-classes within my
b'io major." Michael Cathcart (' 10)
"I would change
the name of the
" mascoL- --Claire Askew (' 13)
"The fact that the
Raz doesn't run
during the day on
weekdays." Sara Poliskin (' 11)
"I wish there were more
of a cohesive living com­
munity off-campus -an
opportunity to live near ,
each other." 4 -•mmt•h-- thePioneerLog,February 19,2010
HAMSfAt\
Dear Hams/,a,m,
Again and again, I have come back
from a party with the girl of my dreams,
only to have the night end with a sweet
little kiss and an "I had a good night,
call me tomorrow?" And I walk home
alone chat night. So, as I look around campus co see the droves of
beautiful women, some of whom must also have similarly raging hor­
mones, I have a nagging question in the back of my mind -Why isn't
everyone DTF? Hope chis counts as a priority on your co-do list.
Dear Reader,
This is not only a wonderful question, but also something I have
been puzzling over for the past couple of weeks. Let me begin by say­
ing chat this is a complicated and multifaceted issue. The first reason
chat women at Lewis & Clark are not DTF, chat is, "down co fuck," is
chat they are woman and are, as a rule, more cautious, about chat sort
of thing than men are. Also, because of our societal standards, women
who are promiscuous are often viewed as slues. This image does not gee
anybody very far in life if they are not equipped at the player's game.
Most women are not. Additionally, because LC is such a small com­
munity, reputations such as· being a slut spread rapidly, so chat sud­
denly all 2,000 undergraduates are aware.
There is also the issue of the double standard. While men are
praised for being promiscuous, women are not. Some women try to
play the powerful, self-directed, independent, feminist type, but chis
still equates to being a slut, which I chink is unfortunate. Also, due co
LC's size, chose who do hold out usually end up with boyfriends or
marriage proposals. Plus, gentlemen, let's admit, the chase is 80 per­
cent of the fun. Once you get the goods it's on to the next challenge.
So for women, a good strategy is to pop a lock on the ol' YKK* until
they feel that they are valued as individuals.
Another idea, though, is that the women of LC are just coo con­
cerned with what ocher people think. So much so, chat they will not
indulge their true desires and instead suppress chem. This in the end
might be why so many are stressed all the time. It really boils down co
a fear. Fear of what ochers say and a lack of self-respect and confidence
to direct their own lives. One last thing to keep in mind is chat a large
percentage of LC ladies have boyfriends that are off campus, and some
have given up on men completely and moved on co the fairer sex.
Now to the next question. This girl of your dreams, dear reader,
must have thought of all these things and for that reason she is not
DTF ... at first. But let me assure you chat the hormones are there and
they are probably boiling over with desire for you. It's funny though,
becaus; in my freshman year there were a whole slew of women who
were absolutely DTF, and now it seems chat has changed. My recom­
mendation for the genes is to keep up the good work: Keep your doors
unlocked at night and let the ladies read my words of wisdom. Once
they have internalized it they will for sure be in your arms. And if chat
does not work, be sure to go see David Coleman, the real "date doc­
tor," Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. in Council Chambers. Then you will really get
laid.
*YKK is the company that makes -all the zippers in the world.
Check now. Do it. MACRO: Politics are broken
by Joshua Kaplan
The American political process is broken because
of one fundamental requirement lacking in many
systems: objectivity. For a democracy to be effective,
citizens must cake into account the considerations of
others-even chose lowest on the scale.
One can see a need for objectivity foremost in so­
cioeconomic differences. While the majority is, by
definition, above the lower class, members of the ma­
jority must still consider the needs of the lower class
ahead of minor self-gain.
Food stamp and unemployment programs
abound, but the lower class needs more. With the
recession, chose with the lowest incomes have expe­
rienced the highest unemployment races, a report
from Northeastern University in Boston's Center for
Labor Market Studies suggests.
Most politicians, including President Obama,
seem to address the aid of the middle class, but peo­
ple with lower incomes experience the highest unem­
ployment, according to the aforementioned report.
Accordingly, they need the most help.
How do Americans respond? They focus on a per­
sonal issue: caxes. The media, at least, abounds with
stories of the Tea Party movement, whose sole focus
lies in taxes. The problem with focusing only on tax­
es is chat chose who benefit from aid funded by (in­
creased) taxes lose out.
In contrast to other countries, such as Canada,
enough people support public health care to have
passed public health care programs years ago. Can­
ada's 1966 Medical Care Act, for example, brought
cost-sharing to all Canadian provinces. Meanwhile, Americans argue over the cost of
health care, asking for lower taxes and ignoring the
needs of the uninsured. Moreover, 58.5 percent of
all Americans had job-based health coverage in 2008,
according to the US Census Bureau, meaning that a
majority of Americans risk lack of health insurance
upon unemployment.
A large number of Americans focus on lowering
taxes. Consider chat Fox News, known for conserva­
tive commentators such as Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly,
and now Sarah Palin, is the most trusted news net­
work in America according to a January Public Pol­
icy Polling survey. The aforementioned commenta­
tors advocate lower taxes, ignoring a comprehensive
method of addressing the lower class's problems.
The biggest issue with a focus on lowering caxes is
chat taxes apply most closely co the individual's self­
interest. Those for whom the government lowers tax­
es gain personally, but ochers who receive aid funded
by such taxes get left out.
Citizens of nations with public health care -Ca­
nadians, French and ochers -seem to be willing to
pay more so chat ochers can receive needed support.
In America, though, people seem co focus more on
self-gain, to the detriment of ochers.
With an objective society, people would weigh the
needs of ochers against self-interests. But in America,
subjectivity seems co be the view of enough people to
get major media attention, and at least 41 senators
who oppose the interests of the lower class, with the
opposition of expanded health care.
So, Lewis & Clark students, when people com­
plain of tax hikes, remind chem of who they could
support: chose in need.
Squirrels pick up our trash
by Lindsey Bosse wrapper on the ground.
Keep in mind that in chis case, understand and
The other day, while walking co the Bon, my approve are two different words. While I understand
friends and I noticed a sqatml¼I>lll}ning across the chat you might have been coo caught up in your own
path with som~g"'big, gl,,1~ and ~n;~. My _fi_rst world' to chi·n•·_--k a __ ·. b __ o. uc the f~cc chat you were licteri~g,
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insp~ction, {figured o~t chat the squirrel was \~t hand co hot rru115\so use either your_ left or right co
weanng a_ n~b-On, but mstead mnnmg tow~rds b1,s hold Onto 1ourf,,aiJ~1a bar sleeve unul you ~nd o~e
tree-home with ~la bar wrapper. In unison ·all of chose lrandy-uan"ct)l"'trashcans. Of course 1f you re
three of ~y buddies ~~ed chat chis squir_c{l too g~1Jco _hold garba~'~our hands, ch~re are
was carrymg garbage. I , ~-· · s0"'Pockecs m your Pffi ba&j<:pack, purse, pcket,
"Drop it!" one of us final\,} said, as all chre • of us sweatshirt and bra c~•ile~'m not suggesting
swarmed in on the nervous ictle creature. . " that Lewis & Clark students star,he latest hjppie-
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wrapper, ~d then scam~-e_J_d up a nee,,lw~s sl'.ght- gesting ch. a. t·. all o~yo~mar.t&tbl!fal arts students find
ly unnervmg chat the sq~mel obeyed • -fnend s re-some np,~co shove you
quest, ~ut even more ~n~tling cha~ , e choughi: he home: th: ·~~can.
was gomg co eat chat fo1~:wra.pperfor IJ'{eakfast. If you re pissed that Jf,O c three to
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people doing community evice and ·<;5)ecially bad dents should ~ more eco-friendly,v stop dropping
for squirrels. I understand tfiacsomecim~e wind your garbage on squirrel feeding ground -maybe
picks up crash that was put iil;JR[oper .re~ep{acles. we'll stop 7,Bng angry opinion columns. Leaving
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Attached to the Bread and Ink Cafett-a· r·--
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The "Banan-o-rama" consisted of a sugary waffle
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My savory choice, a waffie called "The 3 B's," had
pepper bacon, Brie, fresh basil and house-made
peach jam.stacked atop a plain waffle. Both
waffles were served warm and with fresh
ingredients (no canned fruit here).
I recommend ordering two and
sharing with a friend because de­
spite a small price tag ($4 each)
the waffles are thick and there is no
skimping on the toppings.
While the tasty menu is enough
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makes me want to go back is their
quick service and budget friendly
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Going out to breakfast is a Saturday
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PHOTOS BY ANNIE BOURKE
Participants from the evening's performances sit down to enjoy the Bon Appetit's Chinese New Year
feast, which included such well-known dishes as beef (or tofu) and broccoli, kung pao chicken and
shrimp (or tofu), and a selection of soups. Among the presentations were a traditional fan dance
and Chinese language pop performances, such as a Chinese-to-English rendition of "Somewhere
Over the Rainbow." The purpose of all this ceremony was to welcome the Year of the Tiger, which is
the third year of the Chinese Zodiac cycle and is considered a symbol of bravery. The_ Chinese New
Year is traditionally celebrated for 15 days and includes such rituals as a lion dance and the gifting
of money in red envelopes to children by their relatives. the Pioneer Log, February 19, 2010 --#¥\Ii j 2¥-- 7
Holy habitation! Designing a Lewis & Clark dorm room
by Sam Margevicius
For their first two years of Lewis & Clark
life, students are required to set up fort in
one of the many dorms on campus. They're
all seemingly different at first glance but
when it comes down to it, every room is a
plainly furnished, off-white cube that we are
forced to call home.
Homey dorm touches are essential for
making the on-campus years more tolerable.
For some, these homey touches may only in­
clude a Che Guevara, Animal House, and/or
a beer pong rules poster (or all three). How­
ever, others prefer inviting tapestries, cozy
lighting, fun knick-knacks and personal art­
work.
Forest residents Abigail "Bagel" McNa­
mara (' 12) and Nikima Jagudajev (' 12) have
truly made their room a home. So what
is it exactly that makes us feel so
zen'd out when in this Pon­
dorosa double?
Above: This is where Bagel's head rests at
night, and sometimes during the day. Right
there next to John Cusack and his radio
declaration of love from Say Anything.
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drew the seashell drawing in the
upper left corner in an art class at
LC. Bagel and Nikima make their
small space feel larger and more
comfortable by putting their mat­
tresses on the floor instead of bed
frames. The American flag hung in
the window allows light to shine
through while still protecting their
privacy from outside viewers in the
parking lot. Perhaps the flag is a
symbol of liberals' renewed pride
in the red, white and blue. "We're
trying to bring back America," said
Jagudajev.
Left: Nikima's hats, jewelry, plant, lamp, and stereo.
Elsewhere in the room is a tree that Jagudajev's
father gave to her when she was young. She's taken
care of it for practically her entire life. The modest
type, Jagudajev displays plenty of artwork created
by her friends. On her wall are photos by Kathryn
Wlodarczyk ('12), a drawing by Tyler Reese ('11) and
a print by PNCA student Camara Bedell-Stiles.
"We're trying to bring back America,"
said Nikima Jagudajev ('12).
Above right: Nikima's cassette tape collection. With the likes of Neil Young
& Crazy Horse, Elvis Costello, Elton John and the Beatles, you really can't
go wrong. Add L~o Tzu's Tao Te Ching to that mix and you're talking some
serious enlightenment. A book entitled Gnomes, the Rand McNal/y Atlas
of World Wildlife and an array of animal figurines on her shelf openly dis­
plays Jagudajev's love for the natural world.
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by Nichole Carnell
Complete with dogs, dancing and enough
hilarious stereotypes to make even the most
egalitarian viewers laugh, Legally Blonde: The
Musical is truly "an Elle of a show." Set in
the stuffy halls of Harvard, the character of
Elle Woods inspires with her enthusiasm and
song and dance in rhis musical, currently
showing at the Keller Auditorium.
The show is littered with catchy tunes
such as "There Right There," (which asks the
burning question: Is he gay or European?)
and daring dance numbers featuring more
sequins than should be legally allowed.
The two dogs featured in the show, a Chi­
huahua named Bruiser and a bulldog named
Rufus, have an inspiring story and almost
steal the show. The two dogs were rescued
from a shelter by celebrity animal trainer
William Berloni, appeared on Broadway and
now are touring with the cast. 'Write brimstone, spit fire'
Guest poet Sierra DeMulder (above) and LC poets new and old slammed at the Trail Room Monday.
by Lindsey Bosse
Monday night, audience and poets alike left the Trail
Room slurring sensual sounds sparked with inspiration from
the Apocalips National Qualifying Slam. Little known fact
about slam poetry: 99.9 percent of audience members who
come to slams leave with the burning desire to become slam
poets.
This slam not only marked the first slam of the semester,
bur it also put poets through two rounds of judging to decide
who would go to the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational
(CUPSI) at Emerson College in Boston this April.
The winners were Anna Spackman ('12) in first place,
Chris Leja ('12) in second, Christabel Escarex ('11) in third,
and Erik Rice ('12) in fourth. Audience members who had
been chosen as judges before the show judged the poets.
They were scored on a scale from 0.0 to 10.0.
Besides the important business of qualifying poets for
competition, Apocalips featured Sierra DeMulder, a Nation­
al Slam champion and published poet.
She instantly captivated the audience with her love-at­
fust-sight view on Portland, from the homeless to the hot­
ties, and continued when she then moved right along to
some witty and heart-string-pluckin' poetry. She opened her
set with a poem about rape, and then transitioned with a
• short poem about being the "other woman."
That's not to say that the student poets didn't keep up.
Topics of the night ranged from the exact temperature of the
sun, to addiction problems, inner-city school struggles, cock-roaches and love puss, and artichokes.
There were a couple new poets who braved the relentless
bright lights of the stage and spit into the mic for the first
time, and there were also returning poets.
Some of the returning poets shared new pieces, like
Spackman's piece about the inequalities of education, which
got the crowd to "whooping" and stomping and thinking.
Then again, some poets shared_pieces that the audience
all recognized, like Leja's poem that starts with his prayer to
Jude, the patron saint of the hopeless.
As soon as Jude had been mentioned, frequent slam-goers
turned their heads to their neighbors and said "Dude, I love
this one."
Even the hosts and leaders of Apocalips, Escarez and Kelly
Aldinger ('10), were a source of humorous entertainment.
Their vivacious personalities eased the poets into their slams
and softened the pressure of being judged as the audience
judges "threw them up."
The hosts also reaffirmed to the audience how bright it
was on stage, as Aldinger said, "I feel like a Chihuahua up
here!"
How stage brightness and little dogs correlate, the world
will never know, bur it surely emphasized the brightness the
poets were dealing with.
The four poets will spend the next couple months preparing for
Nationals in Boston, and will put on one more performance be­
fore they head off April 7-10.
PHITI IF THE WEEK
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In this rare instance, Tigard High School
alumna Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone, the
understudy for Elle on Broadway, strutted
her stuff in fron_t of her hometown crowd
and was _greeted at the end with a standing
ovation. Monteleone proved to be every­
thing a women with a Portland up-bringing
can be: unstoppable.
This show is perfect for anyone who can
stomach bad puns and is sympathetic to fun­
ny-because-they're-cheesy jokes and songs
that are disturbingly captivating. Be pre­
pared to roll your eyes at the shameless use of
epic lines from the film, then laugh out loud
at· the strictly Broadway comedic styling.
Legally Blonde: The Musical will appear
at the Keller Auditorium tonight at 7:30 p. m.
and tomorrow and Sunday at 2 p. m. and 7:30
p. m. Monteleone will appear again on stage
Saturday for the matinee show and both shows
on Sunday. Tickets start at $25. This photo, taken by Paul Rothman (' 12) shows the beauty of
the Oregon coast town of Manzanita.
While taking a walk on the beach, Paul captured this image
of friends Henry Seamans ('12) and Will Oberfest ('12) "in a
moment of deep thought."
If you want to see your photo featured in the Piolog, email
piolog@lclark.edu. thePioneerLog,Pebruary 19,2010 _m,.- 9
Nerdwatch: Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton's songs, which include themes such as evil geniuses, robot overlords
and IKEA, have been described as continuing the tradition of comedic musicians Tom
Lehrer and "Weird Al" Yankovic. The Pioneer Log spoke with Jonathan Coulton about his
upcoming tour, his fan base of nerds, and his next steps to fame.
by Angela Webber
The Pioneer Log: Your songs deal with topics like robots
in space and computer programming. Would you consider
yourself a musician or a ne~d first?
Jonathan Coulton: First? I have to say a nerd first. That's
just a deeper layer. .. For me, being a nerd or a geek is about
the way you look at and perceive the world. Really, it's sort of
out of your control. The fact that I am a visual thinker, and
the way I approach solving life's problems is very nerdy, and
that's just who I am and how my brain words. And the music
is just gravy; I happen to·have a talent for some of that. That
sort of sits on top of the nerddom.
PL: Where did you first start working with music? Did this
start when you were a kid?
JC: Oh yeah, all my life. My parents were musical; they sang
and played instruments. It's just something we did for fun
when I was a kid. When I got a little older and had the focus
and patience to do it, I learned to play guitar, and drums,
and a little bit of piano. It's always been something that I've
messed around with, and I'm very fortunate to have that ac­
tually be my job now.
PL: Something unique about you as an artist that is visible
in the online community and at your shows is the interactive
relationship you have with the audience. What's-it like hav­
ing this relationship with your audience of nerds?
JC: It's really great! I've always enjoyed going to concerts
where the performer is very flexible. There's some live shows
you go to see and it's like they're putting on a show that
they've put on a million times before, and they're bored
with it, and it's kinda boring for the audience too. And then
there's other shows you go ro where the artist actually talks to
the audience, and things happen.
I remember when I was younger I saw a concert by a
woman named Shawn Colvin. It was just her and an acoustic guitar. Somebody shouted out something in between songs
and that got her talking about something. She cold this story,
and then she was like "where was I? how did we gee on this?"
Ir was very cool. That's what I like, when a show becomes a
real moment.
Geeks are always willing to put themselves in the middle
of things, so having them in the audience always iniures chat
the show is going to be interesting and different.
PL: The songs you did for "Thing a Week" are more pro­
duced and have a more electric sound than when you per­
form live with just you and your guitar. How do you think
about these two different sounds?
JC: I'm a fan of chem both. Ir's a struggle sometimes to trans­
late what I did in the recording process to a live performance,
particularly in some of the faster numbers. A slow song you
can always play on the acoustic guitar, chat's fine. But if it's a
toe-capping rock 'n' roll number, it's a little harder to fake, or
to translate. Ir's been a process figuring char out, but I think
it works out pretty well. I think there's something magical
about one person and one instrument on a stage.
I haven't done all the "Thing a Week" songs live, because
there's some of them I haven't figured out how ro do, and I
may never figure out how to do.
And there are some that are just more fun for audiences.
If it were up to me, I'd just be singing sad songs about giant
squids all the time. But not everybody wants to hear 10 sad
songs in a row. In fact, I don't think anybody wants to hear
10 sad songs in a row, except me.
PL: Who have you been listening co recently?
JC: I just bought the new OK GO album and I think it's
really great. Not new, but something that became a big part
of my collection a while ago is chis band called "Tally Hall."
They only have one record our right now, and it's called Tally
Hall. Ir's really fantastic. It's like my favorite kind of pop.
They have a new album coming out very soon.
The 33rd Portland International Film Festival is going strong, through February 27. Here's
another taste for all the cinephiles out there. See nwfilm.org for more information.
Ir's okay to feel at lease a little jealous of the giant waffie
vending machines and modified horse piano to which the
plastic figurines have access in the Belgian film A Town
Called Panic. Previously, the Cowboy, Indian and Horse
trio were featured in a television series that aired in five
minute episodes worldwide. After 260 days of work, using
1,500 tiny plastic coy figures, it became the first feature­
length stop motion animation in the Official Selection at
Cannes in 2009.
From the ocean floor to the arctic tundra, the three char­
acters cover an impressive amount ,of terrain in just 75 min­
utes. Each accomplice and adversary is more entertaining
than the last, from the ever-angry farmer next door to the
mad scientists aboard the giant robot penguin. The details
in characters' expressions and rnulcifaceced setting are beau­
tifully handcrafted, making the recent big budget comput­
er-generated 3D movies seem corny and disrant.
The plot begins when Cowboy and Indian get the wrong
birthday present for Horse, setting off all their problems.
We've all been there, but probably not with any similar out­
comes. le might be a stretch to say the plot was structured
(or even developed, for that matter), but watching these
toys take on one heavy blow after another for an hour and
a half is an aesolute delight and would be even if there was
no plot whatsoever.
-Margaret Adams
Feb. 20 at 3:45 p.m. and Feb. 21 at 7:45 p.m. Regal Broad­
way Cinemas (1000 SW Broadway). I'm afraid of sounding trite by describing my love for
Wild Grass. Not because everyone loves this movie, but
because the plot soun.ds all too familiar. A middle-aged
woman gets her purse snatched, which aces as a catalyst to
introduce us to the man who finds her wallet in a parking
lot. Drama ensues. But this 0film is not like many other films
I have watched, and might well be the best I have ever seen.
I was almost as excited as Pee Wee Herman on chat fateful
night of his infamous movie theater arrest.
The movie is an absurd and escapist tale about the deep­
est desires of the human heart to pursue the way things may
have been. Georges, the middle-aged man who finds the
wallet, looks inside and finds two pictures. The first photo
is unimpressive, but the second shows Marguerite in her pi­
lot's attire, and Georges' childhood dreams of aviation come
flying back to him. But Georges is happily married to a
beautiful French dame, with two kids and a colorful home.
He writes Marguerite some letters, he leaves her long mes­
sages on her machine, but they have never even met. Finally
he slits her tires In hopes of catching her at home. Why
won't she meet him? Why does he care so much?
I asked these questions, until I began to feel that the di­
rector was asking these questions of me and my own fate.
Once intrigued by this random string of events that cre­
ate our lives, we are hooked. We wonder if trivial· events
could possibly carry with them larger, more complex stories
of intelligence and reason. Resnais' film Wild Grass is greater
than other movies. Ir was true to the creative process which
plagues us all: the obsessive pursuit of meaning where there
is none, creating stories out of thin air. So the film ends as it
opened,. with the simplest shot of wild grass growing from
a crack in pavement. Maybe it's nothing, but the obsessive
mind can't help but imagine.
-Sam Margevicius
Feb. 20 at 8:30 p. m. and Feb. 21 5 p. m. Whitsell Auditorium
Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park). PL: You recently posted on your Twitter a picture of you in
a history textbook called United States Government: Democ­
racy in Action [in a section about Copyright law.] How does
it feel to be in a book that is packaged with the Great Gatsby
on Amazon.corn?
JC: (laughs) I didn't know that. It feels very Strange. Like all
of the rest of this it feels pretty weird. A fan sent that picture
to me, and I was like, what?
PL: Well, congratulations, and I hope you gee co be in many
more history books in the future.
JC: Me too, that was always my goal.
Jonathan Coulton plays the Aladdin Theatre on Feb. 27 at 8
p. m. $22 in advance. All ages. See aladdin-theatre. com. .
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Solid swimming performance at NWC Championship
by Lindsey Bosse
The women's swim team showed an out­
standing performance last weekend in Feder­
al Way, taking third overall in the Northwest
Conference. In addition to the podium place
for the women, coach Chris Fantz also received
the NWC Women's Coach of the Year award,
chosen by votes from the league's coaches. Cat
Menkel-Lawrence ('11) was the highlight of
the meet, not only swimming a national-qual­
ifying time in the 200-meter backstroke, but
also caking the gold in the 200-meter back­
stroke for the conference. It was that last first
place that pushed the Pioneers ahead of Whit­
man, bringing the women into third place.
"Our women dominated the backstroke
races," with Rachael Cazden winning a tide in
the 100 backstroke and Cat Menkel-Lawrence
running away with the 200 by a huge margin.
And three other women made second swims
in the backstrokes, as well," said Fantz.
Rachael Cazden ('13) swam in the 100-me­
ter backstroke on Saturday, and took first
place. Then again on Sunday she took third in
the 100-meter freestyle. In the 200-meter but­
terfly, Gail Wilcoxen ('13) finished seventh.
For the final race of the evening, the 400-me­
ter freestyle relay team took third with Susie
Trexler (' 11), Hannah Frank (' 13), Claire Jor­
dan (' 1 I) and Cazden.
"The women's race for third place overall was the most exhilarating of the week­
end," Fantz said. "Coming into the last
relay we had just a three-point lead over
Whitman and our women did exactly
what they had to do to edge them out
by a point in the final scoring."
PHOTO BY CHRIS FANTZ Overall, the men finished fifth in
the conference, jumping two spots
from seventh place last year. The men
swam with confidence, with many
landing in the top 20 times for the
NWC. Zac Hixson ('IO) finished sixth
in the 100-meter backstroke. Men who
led the competition on Sunday were
Josh Spegman ('1-:3), with an 8th place
in the 1650-meter freestyle, and Issac
Ekbald ('11) with a strong seventh in
the 100-meter freestyle. The men's re­
lay teams placed in all of their events.
For the 200-meter freestyle relay Noah
Boring ('12), Hixson, Steven Carreno
('12) and Ekblad took sixth. In the
400-meter freestyle relay, replacing
Carreno with Spegman, the men took
sixth again. The 800-meter freestyle
team, with Carreno, Sam Smith ('13),
Eklbad and Spegman took fifth. For The swim team finished above expectations at the 2010 NWC Championship after
solid performances. Coach Fantz was awarded Women's Coach of the Year.
the 200-meter medley, Hixson, Steven Klutho
('13), Eklbad and Boring took sixth and only
.2 secords short of the school record. Hixson,
Lee Taylor ('12), Carreno and Boring took seventh in the 400-meter medley.
"The men's team showcased both veteran
and rookie talent to move up two places in the
standings since last season," said Fantz. "This
is the most unified I've seen them in my three seasons with the Pioneers and it's obvious that
motivation is high going into next year."
Menkel-Lawrence will compete in . the
NCAA Division III championships March
17-20 at the University of Minnesota.
TrailMix: Camby cometh,
good trade for Blazers Women's basketball team
dominates last home game
• by Michael G. Richman
The Portland Trail Blazers made a splash
right before the trade dead.line when they
sent Steve Blake, Travis Outlaw and some
courtesy cash ro the Los Angeles Clippers
in exchange for veteran center Marcus
Camby.
This is a polarizing trade on a variJJty
of levels, so let me break it down from my
own perspective on the Blazer nation.
First, Steve Blake has played pretty
p~orly this season, especially in com­
p.arison to the career year he put
up last season, so I am not
too sad to see him go.
His loss means three
things to this
team.
First, it will
allow Jerryd
Bayless, who
is only sort of
a point guard,
to get more
minutes at the
one. Second, it
will mean Bran­
don Roy, should he
ever gee his ham-
string back in or-iius~ r~ . der, will play more l"toN8,:
point. Finally, Nate McMil- Joli'o,iN~,i .,
Ian won't be able to punish Andre G,iN ••
Miller as much by putting in Blake when
Dre pisses him off.
All and all, his loss is not that big of a
deal. I'm not fretting, and neither should
you.
Losing Outlaw brings out the two op­
posing camps to debate his value. I am not
a huge Troudaw fan; I think he lacks any
semblance of a basketball IQ and settles for
a jumper on literally every possession in­
stead of even pretending that at 6'9" with
a huge· vertical that he would consider at­
tacking the rim.
Jhe. other camp would . teU. yo4 th;it
Troudaw is a deadly jumpshooter with a
killer instinct. They would tell you his abil­
ity to stretch the floor and present a mis-match to other team's power forwards re­
ally can't be undervalued.
I would tell those people that putting
him and LaMarcus on the floor makes us
the softest front line this side of baby's bot­
tom and that I would rather B. Roy take
shots late in games ten times out of ten
over Troutlaw.
Most importantly thi.s trade makes clear
what I have been thinking all along, Trout­
law and Blake were not in the team's long­
term plans.
So for all you Outlaw diehards
out there, I'm sorry you
didn't get the final
20 games ofTravis
that you so des­
perately pined for.
was gone anyway,
and this way we at
least got something
for him.
Camby adds ro
this team exactly
what we've needed
since we lost Greg
Oden and Joel Pry-
zbilla within ten days
of each other: a true
center.
Camby is a shot block­
er, a rebounding monster, a
solid high-post passer, ·and most
importantly someone who can
make his presence felt without
demanding a lot of touches.
Also, since his contract is expiring this is
25 plus game trial to see if he fies. Regard­
less they won't resign him, but he gives us a
force in the middle chat isn't Juwon How­
ard and Jeff Pendergraph, and a iegitimace
chance tq make the playoffs. .
I am really looking forward to ·when
Howard and Camby are playing together
and our combined age on the frontline is
an astounding 72 year-old. •
I'm on board with this trade.
_We. gave 4p semi-useful assets in ex~
change for something we sorely needed.
It's the type of short-term solution chat
makes sense for this team right now. by Michael G. Richman
The Lewis & Clark women's bas­
ketball team has a tough final sched­
ule ahead ofit as it heads into the fi­
nal two games of the regular season,
on the road against George Fox and
Puget Sound, the two best teams in
the Northwest Conference.
After a tough weekend against
two nationally-ranked teams, the
Pioneers get a second crack at one
if not both schools in the conference
playoffs this week.
Despite the challenging sched­
ule, head coach Juli Fulks says her
team won't change its approach.
"W~ do things the way we've done
them all year," Fulks said, "We are
preparing for [George Fox on] Fri­
day ... we're also prepping for next
week."
PHOTO BY MAGGIE OLIVER LC is currently tied for third
place in the conference and is guar­
anteed a spot in the conference play­
offs, but the final seeding won't be
decided until after this weekend. A
third place finish will pit the Pios
against Puget Sound in the first
round, while a fourth place finish
would see chem play at George Fox. Talerra Rich ('10) takes a dribble before go­
ing up strong for the bucket against Pacific.
Fulks said she doesn't care who
the team plays in the playoffs; the mentality
of her team is simply that they must win to
advance. "We have to beat [Puget Sou~d] and
[George] Fox, it doesn't matter which order
we play them in, we have to beat chem both,"
Fulks said.
Fulks also insisted that she isn't trouble by
the fact her team will have to face rwo talented
teams in a very short turnaround. "le works
• out great in our favor to play them rwice in ten
days," Fulks said.
LC won't need any extra motivation head­
ing into the final stretch of the season. The
team is looking to avenge two tough league
losses with wins this weekend.
In the first meeting with George Fox, LC
-played as ·weli def~nsively a;a;yr~ ch~-;;o.
5 ranked Bruins had faced all year. LC held
chem to just 40 points, almost 30 points below their season average.
UPS also toppled the Pios the first time the
two teams met, in a game that Fulks described
as "an emotional letdown."
Heading into chose games LC had won
four straight, including a Senior Night trounc­
ing of Pacific.
Christina Herring ('11) filled up the stat
sheet in the victory with 21 points, seven re­
bounds, nine assists and two steals.
Three other Pios scored in double figures,
with Talerra Rich (' 1 O) notching 11 points
and ten rebounds in the final home game of
her career. Kristina Williams ('13) had ten
points and Megan Spence ('13) added 11.
Students can ride the Roo;er Bus to George
Fo/C to. cheer on µie women's team tonigh~­
The bus boards at 4:30 and will take students
to and from the game; there will be pizza and
Pio Pack T-shirrs on the bus. thePioneerLog,February 19,2010 -tj•r•)•f--- 11
Men's hoops crushes Pacific, heads toward postseason
by Michael G. Richman
Lewis & Clark men's basketball heads
into the weekend looking to secure a spot
in the Northwest Conference playoffs. The
team is currently tied for third place in the
conference, but could finish anywhere from
second to fifth depending on what happens
in the league this weekend.
The Pioneers travel to George Fox today
in a battle of 8-6 teams, with the winner
most likely claiming third place in the con­
ference outright.
James Hollins (' 12) said his coaches have
emphasized the importance of winning at
George Fox. The team is chiefly focusing on
winning the first game of the weekend before
worrying about Saturday night's match up.
LC plays Puget Sound in its final game of the
season on the road following night.
If the team could pull out two wins over
the weekend, it would almost certainly finish
third in the conference and meet Linfield in
the first round of the playoffs. A fourth place
finish would mean a first round game at first
place Whitworth. drops its final two games of the season. Two
losses for the Pios would mean a fifth place
finish and missing the playoffs altogether.
The Pios head into the final weekend of
the season playing their best basketball of
the year. They destroyed Pacific 78-35 last
weekend.
Seniors Tyler Tsukazaki and Josh Kol­
lasch treated themselves to a blow out in
their final home game as Pios.
Kollasch led all scorers with 17 points
and Tsukazaki, whose pressure defense both­
ered Pacific all night, added nine.
Kyle Meeuwsen ('11) was a force in the
paint all night. He had 12 points, eight
boards and two blocks. He out-muscled Pa­
cific star Ross Bartlett on both ends of the
floor.
The Pios shot 45 percent from the field
and 40 percent from behind the threepoint
line, but it was on the defensive end that
they truly dominated.
"We turned it up a notch on defense,"
Hollins said. "Our defense was everywhere.
We took their whole offense out of synch."
Hollins also credited the crowd for their nanas," Hollins said. "It was
crazy."
After a difficult stretch in
the middle of the season, LC is
hoping its late season surge car­
ries on into the weekend and
then into the conference tour­
nament.
"We've had a couple blips,
but the trick in chis profession
is to be getting better at the end
of the year, and we're on that
track," head coach Bob Gaillard
said.
Despite having just four
players with playoff experience,
chis team has what Gaillard de­
scribed as "subtle experience,"
and hopes char will translate to
wins at the end of the year and
in the postseason.
Hollins said he remembers
the feeling of being the first
team eliminated from the play­
offs last season. He doesn't want
to repeat that feeling. The team also has an outside chance of
finishing second in the conference if it wins
both games over the weekend and Linfield effort during the game. PHOTO BY MAGGIE OLIVER
"Th h 1 . b Meeuwsen ('11) owned the lane against Pacific. "We just want to be the last
ream playing," Hollins said. e atmosp ere ast game was JUSt a-
Rock Talk: Climbing
in and around P-to\Vn
PHOTO BY EVAN TENENBAUM
Kayla Hartman ('10) makes her way up the wall at The Circuit boul­
dering gym, one of the many places to go climbing in Portland.
by Evan Tenenbaum
"What is this hippie bullshit doing in
the sports section?"
I'm sure this a question on many of
your minds and if not I bet it is now.
Well, I'm here to cell you that not only is
climbing a real sport, but it's fun, healthy
and relatively easy to pick up!
While images of mountaineers scaling
cliffs in the Himalayas with lots of ropes
and equipment may come to mind, that's
only a small part of this awesome sport.
Bouldering is another type of climbing:
one chat involves no more equipment
than two hands, two feet, some shoes and
something soft to land on.
Bouldering consists of climbing
smaller rocks (yes ... boulders) that typi­
cally get no higher than 25 feet from the
ground. Climbing can be a laid-back,
beer-drinking experience with friends, or
an intensive workout of both body and
mind. It just depends on what type of ex­
perience you're looking for.
Luckily for us, Portland is full of op­
portunities for anyone, from linebacker
to librarian, to hop on rocks and get to
the top. . While climbing is primarily an out­
door activity, we in the soggy North­
west have a number of drier options
available to us.
The Circuit, a bouldering gym just
down the hill on Macadam Blvd in
John's Landing, is the largest all-boul­
dering gym in the country. Not only
does Lewis & Clark offer a P.E. climb­
ing class there, but the gym also rents
climbing shoes and offers discounts to
students.
For those of you ready to take on
your fear of heights, the Portland Rock
Gym located on Ease Burnside offers
world-class indoor rope climbing op­
portunities.
During the drier months, Portland
is home to a number of close, easy spots
to try out both bouldering and rope
climbing.
Information on these spots can be
found at websites such as mountain­
project.com or the Portland section of
rockclimbing.com. So let's go, people.
Let's see some calluses on chose hands
and some climbing chalk on those
pants. Get to the top, and then 'enjoy
the view! Track races into second
Seattle meet this season
by Lindsey Bosse
While students at Lewis & Clark de­
voured "make your own" donuts at the
Bon on Valentine's Day, track athletes
were in Seattle at the University of Wash­
ington Open indoor track meet.
Both the men and women's crack and
field teams showed concrete performanc­
es at their second meet of the season.
A meet highlight was first-year Kelly
Yelverton bearing her prior LC record for
the pole vault.
At the UW open on Jan. 16 Yelverton
vaulted 9'7", raking the LC record in her
first collegiate meet.
This past weekend she vaulted 10'8",
raking fifth place, and ousting the past
record, showing a foot of improvement
for a month of training.
Not all crack athletes participated in
this meet in Seattle because athletes have
to qualify for Open ~eets. Thus only a
select few Pios competed, but the ones
that did showed solid distances and
times.
On the women's side, Cheyenne Fe­
liz ('11) ran 27.38 in the 200-meter dash,
while Liska Havel ('12) clocked a 27.01.
Havel's time was good enough for 56th
overall in the meet, a considerable feat for a
division three athelete competing in such a
major meet. Feliz finished 60th overall, both
do-it-all athletes Feliz and Havel were far
from finished for the day.
In the 400-meter dash Feliz ran just
over a minute with a 1:02, which was good
enough for no. 21 overall and less than a
tenth of a second from cracking the top 20
in the event.
Havel competed again in the long jump with a distance of 16'3", barely making it
into the finals.
The men only had sprinters competing. In
the 60-meter dash, Logan Korzian (' 13) fin­
ished with a 7.35 and Joevante Mayes ('12)
with a 7.43 both times were good enough to
put the sprinters in the top-40 overall.
Korzian and Mayes both went on to run
the 200-merer dash with fellow sprinter Kev­
in Carpenter ('12), who ran a 23.16. Mayes
finished with a time of 23.94 and Korzian
with a 23.02. Carpenter and Koczian both
squeezed into the top 30 overall with their
times.
Carpenter also ran the 400-meter dash,
leaving with a time of 52.20.
The track team will continue with train­
ing for the next two weeks, hav­
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from a burning house once.
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The bill: Jefferson's portrait
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