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2010-02-26

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Budget cuts preserve academics, affect most other areas
by Angela We~ber
The Lewis & Clark budget for 2010-
11 was approved by the Board of Trustees
during their meeting last week. This bud­
get increased CAS tuition by four percent,
eliminated one position, froze salaries, and
reduced the College's contribution to most
employee's retirement plans from 10 to nine
percent. The budget was all passed except for·
a new short-term investment policy which
was tabled to be reexamined at the Board's
May qi.eeting.
Dean of the College Julio De Paula said
that those creating the new budget wanted
to assure that the academic core of the Col­
lege was maintained, and looked elsewhere
to make necessary cuts.
The biggest change in structuring came
from the change to a College-run bookstore.
The bookstore will also be absorbing the
retail computer sales function of the Com­
puter Purchasing Program (CPP) in IT. The
IT department had to reduce its budget by
$127,000 according to Chief Technology
Officer Dan Terrio. Terrio saw this budget
reduction as a "puzzle" to make cuts with­
out reducing services to students and staff,
and realized that some personnel cuts would
need to be made. Terrio eliminated the Ad­
ministrative Coordinator position in IT,
meaning that 10-year employee and alumna
Nancy Magn~s ('71) lost her job ...... ---
The rwo staff positions .in the CPP will
remain, and these rwo employees will take
some of the Administrative Coordinator
functions once the bookstore takes over
computer retail sales this summer. Terrio ex­
pects this transition to take several months.
IT will continue to handle the purchasing
departmental computers.
The layoff of Magnus caused concern,
especially in the IT department. These con­
cerns were exacerbated by the announce­
ment on 7he Source about the budget that
said that positions were maintained and em-phasized the net gain of 3.5 positions. lhe
Source revised the story on Wednesday in re­
sponse to these concerns.
''Anytime that you are in a situation where
there are cuts it's concerning," said Associate
Director of Human Resources Kris Codron.
"Whether it's budget cuts, or personnel cuts,
or program cuts, or even classes -whatever
it is, it's concerning to the people involved.
And the best thing you can do is be as hon­
est and caring ai you c;n, ~cl try to p~ovide
whatever resources you can." Codron also
confirmed that Magnus was the only layoff
that occurred on Friday.
The rest of the College's budget focused
on maintaining the College's academic mis­
sion, according to Dean de Paula. "The
main concern is, whatever happens finan­
cially, the core academic mission of the Col­
lege needs to be preserved, and if possible,
strengthened," said De Paula, who added
that the maintaining of the core is intended
to give LC a "better competitive edge against
schools that did not maintain their academic \l
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core," once the financial crisis has passed.
The short-term investment policy was re­
vised in response to LC's cash reserves being
at a high but not growing due to low interest
rates on money market investments. Vance
~evised the policy, which currently allows
investment of $1 million at a time, in order
to allow the College to invest more of the
money. The new policy would expect a gain
of $400,000 in investment income. This
policy was not passed by -~he Board. lnteri~
President Jane Atkinson said that the Board
"wanted to make certain LC doesn't take
risks." The Board will be seeking "greater un­
derstanding and confidence" with the invest­
ment policy before passing it. The policy will
be discussed at the Board meeting in May.
The Board of Trustees made other deci­
sions at their summit, including the approv­
al of honorary degrees for commencement
speakers at the schools as well as a decision to
offer an honorary degree to Supreme Court
Justice Sonia Sotomayor if she visits LC
within the next year.
Dr. Eire speaks about the relationship between levitation and religion
by Emily Guasco
PHOTO BY KARL BERGER
Eire spoke about levitation and
religious ecstatic experience at the
annual Throckmorton Memorial
Lecture. Students, faculty, and alumni gathered on
Monday to hear Dr. Carlos M.N. Eire from
Yale University speak on levitation and reli­
gious ecstatic experience in 16th and 17th
century Europe.
The lecture, entitled "Flying Friars, Hov­
ering Witches: On the History of the Impos­
sible in Early Modern Europe," was the 47th
Annual Arthur L. Throckmorton Memorial
Lecture.
Throckmorton was a professor of history
at Lewis & Clark in the 50s and 60s. Af­
ter his death, the Throckmorton Memorial
Fund was created, and Throckmorton's lega­
cy lives on; there was even a former student
ofThrockmort~n's in the audience.
Dr. Eire said that his area of expertise, the
"history of the impossible," might be better
described as the "history of the ridiculous." While modern culture tends to think of
Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries as en­
tering an age of newfound reason and wis­
dom, there were still widespread beliefs that
today seem insane. During this time pe­
riod, hundreds of people claimed that they
witnessed holy people levitating. Religious
figures such as St. Teresa and St. Joseph of
Cupertino were rumored to be frequent
levitators. This phenomena was never vol­
untary; according to popular belief, the levi­
tator had to be possessed by such strong reli­
gious ecstasy that he was whisked away closer
to God.
Although our logical senses tell us that
levitation is impossible, people cannot help
but be fascinated by the concept of people
being able to defy the laws of gravity. Ac­
cording to Dr. Eire, there is a perception that the study of levitation is "unscholarly," and
is therefore "difficult to get off the ground,"
as it were. Despite these difficulties, Dr.
Eire proves that examining the impossible
is a rewarding scholarly endeavor, and if the
large crowd that showed up for the lecture
on Monday proves anything, interest in this
subject is still widespread.
In one of his anecdotes, Dr. Eire described
how a young person looked at a painting of
a holy person levitating, laughed, and asked,
"This is religious?!?" Often at a scholarly in­
stitution, students forget that religious his­
tory is not just about endless facts about dry
Puritans and dogmatic Anglicans. The his­
tory of religion is often full of bizarre occur­
rences and strange events. It is frequently a
history of what can only be described as im­
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Sophomore forum discusses senate resolutions
by Tom Meath
Sophomore ASLC senators Temesghen
Habte, Simon Hudes and Jared Schy held
a forum Tuesday with fellow sophomores to
discuss the role of the senate, student con­
cerns and. current and recently passed reso­
lutions.
The senators stressed chat the senate has
begun working more closely with the admin­
istration to shape policies on campus. Ac­
cording to the senators, tl1is increased influ­
ence makes the senate a powerful way for
students to express their opinions to the ad­
ministration.
Smoking locations on campus, college
investment transparency and raising the op­
tional green fee were all major points of dis­
cussion. PHOTO BY SAM MARGEVICIUS
Tara Brown ('12), a member of SEED, argued for the resolution to increase
According to Schy, ASLC found me
smoking locations suggested by the College
"unacceptable." Students also expressed can­
cer~ over how the new policy will affect the
"cigarette on the way to class." the opt-in green fee from its current 20 dollars to 85 dollars.
'Tm pretty sure if you are in an area mat
is not a designated smoking area, then it is
against the policy," said Hudes. "If you are
walking around you are bound to walk into a
non-smoking area."
Students Engaged in Eco-Defense
(SEED) has been advocating an increase in
me green fee, an ope-in fee mac supports che
use of renewable green energy on campus.
The resolution would suggest increasing the
green fee from 20 dollars to 85 dollars in or-der to meet higher green energy standards.
If me resolution is passed in senate, then
SEED will go in front of the Board ofTrust­
ees to propose the fee change.
The student senate and Students Against
Genocide (STAND) have requested in­
creased transparency in College investments
from the administration, but have met with
some resistance.
"We were shot down," said Nicola War­
muth ('10), a member of STAND. "[We]
were basically told that there is no way we
would get transparency, but we are not giv­
ing up."
Network seeks to improve
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continued from pg. 1, NETWORK
Jeff Feld-Gore, Associate Dean of Students,
Director of Wellness Services and Chief Psy­
chologist John Hancock and Director of
Campus Safety Tim O'Dwyer.
They will all be collaborating together as
well as with other consulting members such
as me Associate Director for Healili Promo­
tion and Wellness, the Director of Student
Support Services, and the Director of Hu­
man Resources, in the hopes of preventing
incidents like the 2007 shooting at Virginia
Tech, in addition to helping people in "im­
minent crisis."
This is the purpose of WIN: To effective­
ly collaborate and consolidate information
from a variety of sources in the efforts of cre­
ating a mechanism to fight for the safety and
well being of the individual and the commu­
nity.
Previously, LC has had no formal way of
dealing with students, faculty and staff when
they faced some sort of safety concerns.
These matters were always dealt with wim­
ouc pooling of information to address me
needs of each situation.
LC does have ways of dealing with aca­
demic challenges, but in troubling situ­
ations relating to suicide, psychotic
episodes and anger that could lead
to harm of oiliers, there has helping. Although the new program plays
on existing resources, it organizes these re­
sources in an effective manner as relay points
of information in order to help members in
our community who are in danger of causing
harm to themselves or others.
According to Feld-Gore, the goals of this
program are to figure out "how to reach out
to students" and what "ilie students need in
order to be successful."
O'Dwyer stated that the program will
create a "shared responsibility" within our
community, which he says is crucial if mere
is to be an effective means by which we can
keep our community safe.
In order to protect student-counselor
confidentiality, Hancock and Feld-Gore
both stressed the importance of building an
"invisible shield" around anything said be­
tween the student and the counselor, unless
me informacio·n shared involves potential
physical harm to ilie community.
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TRATION BY ALINA LARSON Other students mentioned reasons why
tracking and reporting investments may be
difficult.
"Our money is put into one pot with a
bunch of oilier schools," said Schy.
"[Vice President for Business and Fi­
nance] Carl Vance is the sole person in
charge of finance," said ASLC Vice-President
Henry Loeb ('11). "One man can not know
everything."
The forum also discussed transferable
print balances and students possibly be­
ing involved in choosing the books for next
year's Exploration and Discovery course.
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by Tom Meath
Welcome back to another edition
of Crime Beat, a world recognized
and highly awarded column (at
least in my bizarre, crouton-centric
dreams).
• A student reported criminal
mischief to his vehicle while
parked in me Law Staff parking
lot on Feb. 14.
1he following Valentine's Day
poem had been written on the hood
of the student's car in red spray paint:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You are in my parking spot,
you little prick.
Love, your Law professor.
• A student reported a chefr from
Fir Acres Theater on Feb. 16.
1he student reported that an el­
derly man wearing a tinfoil hat
crawled on stage in the middle of
rehearsal and stole the prop bottle of
wine.
• An employee reported graffiti
on the 2nd floor of Templeton
Student Center on Feb. 18.
'/Is much Jun as hopscotch in
Templeton sounds, we feel that there
are probably less permanent ways to
draw the course than in spray paint, "
said one administrator.
• A student was found to be in
possession of a controlled sub­
stance on Feb. 20.
"She should have known better, "said
an anonymous RA. '/I controlled
substance like that should be kept on
a leash at all times!"
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Olympic heartbreak
by Garik Lawson Asplund
Every two years the world gath­
ers around their TV sets to watch
the Olympics. It's supposed to be a
celebration of how far we have come
as a world-a world that celebrates
peace and accomplishment. Behind
the glitz and glamor of the multi­
billion dollar affair, however, is a sad
story of debt-ridden spending, brib­
ery, mal-investments, and awkward
nee-nationalism.
It'd be undersrandable if this sort
of spend-thriftiness were a rare oc­
currence, but it is not. Almost every
games has had budget troubles and
underwhelming "benefits."
Recent surveys showed that two
thirds of B.C. residents said too
much money was being spent on
the Games, and only half approve
of the games in general. Part of this
lack of support comes from budget­
ary issues. Original cost estimates
were around $660 million in public
funds. The total cost ended up being
over $6 billion.
Oops. Not only that, the eco­
nomic benefits were routed to be
~n the order of $10 billion dol­
lars, which was later revised down
to a mere $1 billion. The Ciry of
Vancouver had to bail out the
Olympic Village when it came in
over $100 million above its bud­
get. The spending has done damage
ours~de of the Games, as more than
800 teachers have been laid off re­
cently.
Greece, which hosted the games
in 2004, is now all but bankrupt.
This is due in part to their $14 bil­
lion Olympic extravaganza, funded
mostly by the government. Of the
22 sites built for the games, only
one is currently being used, yet the public has to fund the upkeep of ev­
ery site. As for the expected benefits,
tourism actually fell by 10 percent
after they hosted the Olympics and
has been slow to recover.
Even financially sound China
had their fair share of issues. All
told, they spent $43 billion to woo
the world. Bur there is now talk of
converting the Nest into a shopping
center because there is no other prof­
itable use for it.
Cheap credit and international
pressures make the Olympic Games
look socially and economically ben­
eficial, but they mask the distorting
mechanisms that can lacer wreak
havoc on the host ciry or nation's
economy.
Moreover, the Olympics tend to
sweep real cultural problems under
the rug. China capriciously displaced
two million people from their homes
in Beijing. Seoul, in 1988, forcibly
mov.ed 720,000 people to host their
games. Vancouver, which had prom­
ised that it would not stoop to the
same level, has enraged its citizens by
moving 3,000 homeless people off of
the streets to save face.
The inequaliry of the real world
creeps into the Olympics, too. Our
of the 241 countries in the Olym­
pic family, fewer than half have won
a medal of any kind at either the
winter or summer games. All Afri­
can nations combined accounted for
less than 2 percent of the total med­
als at the Sydney Olympic Games.
Females are represented more in
wealthier nations than poorer ones,
and the wealthier nations rend to
win more medals as well.
Despite the controversy, the
Olympic Games are entertaining­
but they'd be even better if they were
sensible. Loving the maj?r you choose
by Marley Badolati
It's true -spring is upon us, encroaching on the
established gloomy sky of our fair ciry. Leggings re­
main on bedroom floors as the temperature rises
along with the blood-alcohol levels of graduating se­
niors. Even though my mind is similarly focused on
barreling down the last stretch of this acaden;ic jaunt
at Lewis & Clark, I can't help but glance back at the
challenging and horribly frustrating moments of my
first few years of college.
The amount of activiry surrounding the two
nights of "Meet Your Major" chis week forced me to
remember just how intimidating the thought of de­
claring once was. I was also nauseatingly reminded of
my vain attempt to select a significant other. At chis
point you might be wondering: Does everything in
this world boil down to love, sex, or relationships in
general? The answer is yes. Yes it does.
The first year of college is generally terrifying. Ev­
erything that you spent the-:Iast four years of high
school creating has dissipated -your relationships
with your teachers, everyone else's opinion of you,
even your room is gone. No one knows who you are
anymore. You might not even know who you are
anymore. If you want to wear red lipstick, a black
feather boa, and start smoking cloves because you
adorably still think cigarettes taste gross, no one can
say anything about it. This is wonderfully freeing,
but it poses difficulties as well; namely, -you don't
know anything about anyone else either. The lack
of close, familiar friendship is frightening for most
people, and by the end ofNSO you might even start
speculating about who is going to be your future
spouse and best friend forever. Is that pretry blonde
girl from Alaska with the slight slur and wrist tattoo
going to hold yqur hand as you squeeze a newborn
into chis horribly depressing world? Is that chick you
had a threesome with going to be your wife? Will
you ever bring up the threesome incident again? For
the most part, the answer to these kinds of questions
is No. You're probably not going to meet all of the
most important people in your life during your first
year of college. Even by'the second year, when pretry
stable social groups emerge, you might still be sur­
prised by what happens in the next two years.
People in their late teens and early twenties
change quicker and in more inexplicable ways than
Pitchfork's general opinion on.music, but this doesn't
mean that lasting friendships don't exist; it just takes
a few years to become firmly situated with those who
you care most about. These are the people who still
visit you when you move off campus -the ones who
don't hate you forever when you get so drunk that
you puke in the backseat of their mom's car and cpe~
proceed ro curse them out for no real reason.
Alright, alright. These are great life lessons and
whatever, but what does any of this have to do with
declaring a major? Well, it's more or less the same
process as trying to find a significant other during
your first year of college -it's nor going to happen.
Even if it does, it's probably not going to work out.
Why? Because you haven't explored all the possibili-ties yet and raking the rime to find out what you re­
ally love is a necessary process that often doesn't hap­
pen until well into your sophomore year.
Another problem that arises when you start
thinking about declaring or committing to someone
occurs when you cake a fatalistic approach to the de­
cision. When you first start to think about majors or
lovers, it can be really tempting to look at the deci­
sion as a be-all, end-all sort of thing -if you major in
bio-chemistry, then you're going to be a doctor.
If you major in English, you're going to be an
English teacher and like Jane Austen. If you major in
philosophy, you're going to work in the food-service
industry and write treatises about the fundamental
inabiliry of human beings to ever correctly perceive
realiry chat will be discovered and made famous for
their world-shattering significance by some graduate
student fifty years after you die. This thinking ends
up paralyzing you into inaction -the future looms
so heavily on the horizon that you fear even the most
marginal commitment. That 8½" x 11" yellow sheet
of paper from the Registrar's Office seems like some
horribly important contract with future you. Signed
in blood. Blood means forever. In realiry, signing
that little declaration form isn't any more epic of a
process than changing your Facebook status to, "In a
Relationship with __ ."
If you just step back and breathe for a minute,
you will see that experimenting with romances and
different majors really isn't that big of a deal during
the first year or two of college. If you cake a political
science intro course (or even a sexy 300-level class)
during your first year, it doesn't bind you in any
way to the completion of the major. If you cuddle
or have se~ with someone during NSO, chat doesn't
mean you have to dace them. With that in mind, you
should cake your first few years of college as an op­
porcuniry to meet and even allow yourself to become
intimate with a wide variery of majors and people.
Why? Because chat way, when the time comes to set­
tle down with someone or a discipline you will be
fully aware of the reasons why you chose it over all
the ocher possibilities.
If you don't take the time, you might always se­
cretly· resent your major for making you feel so
trapped. So experiment, be free, and most impor­
tantly -pick a major chat has a department that you
feel comfortable in. The personaliry of a major or po­
tential significant other means so much more at chis
stage in our lives than which person or discipline will
most benefit you in the distant future. Because real­
ly, your undergraduate degree as well as your college
sweetheart doesn't determine your future these days.
The Master's Degree is the new Bachelors' Degree,
and 30 is the new 20 after all.
PS: I know -people who wane to major in things
like bio-chemistry basically have to commit during
their first year in order to complete the requirements,
but there is a loophole! Commit to the major and ev­
erything, but keep experimenting with other majors
as well. It's kind of rude, but you've got to do what
you've got to do in order to be happy with your deci­
sion.
Opinions from the hallway How should the school foGus its budget differently?
PHOTOS BY ALEXA JOHNSON AND CATHERINE GRELLA
Tom Moore(' 11)
"I think they should
put more money to­
ward the shuttle -an
all day one." Hander Blair (' 13)
"Th ' h ere s too m uc go-
ing to athletics. It's
not central to what
the college is about." Maraya Massin-Leuey ('10) . Andrew Merriam ('10)
"Student organiza­
tions shou_ld get more
money, like the co-op
and KLC." "They should let us
know about events
get students to
. . '' participate. 4 -. m ID l·ll-- the Pioneer Log, February 26, 20 I 0
Student senate _needs to shape up
by Danny Garcia nication with their constituents, which is the fault of both
the senators and the student body.
The senate is failing. After a semester and a few months
of its existence, only a handful of resolutions have been
brought to the floor, over half of them written wholly or in
part by Senator Jared Schy ('12). After nearly six months,
there is still no sign of rules of procedure Beyond the disconnect and lack of activity, there is a
graver issue at hand: a lack of clear and present ROPs. Feb­
ruary is almost over and as of press time there have been no
agreed upon or presented ROPs.
The result of not having ROPs is a chaotic farce of a sen­
(ROPs). With only a few months left be­
fore the year ends, the senate needs to
get itself operational or student gov­
ernment will need another make-
over.
Associate Students of
Lewis & Clark (ASLC)
President Brad Elkins
{'10) drafted a new
constitution last
year, and the stu­
dent body voted to
approve the new
senate format. The
essential change
was adding three
senators to repre­
sent each class, who,
along with the preex­
isting Executive Coun­
cil, would make up the
senate that would encompass
student government. The idea
was sound and necessary. Sena­
tors theoretically give the student body ate meeting. Rules should not be nec­
essary for the senate to get things
done, but it would make things
much more efficient. As it
stands, the format is a joke:
the senator who drafted
the resolution stands
in front of the senate,
reads his/her work
and fields questions.
There is no time
limit set to the dis-
cussion, no appro­
priate moderation
of comments, and
the presenting senator
is allowed to speak after
every co~ment. This es­
sentially allows the sponsor
to have the last word every
time. It seems that some res­
olutions are passed without ap­
propriate debate or consideration.
more of a say in what student government does. If the sponsor is allowed to respond to every
ILLUSTRATION BY ALINA LARSON comment, opposition is discouraged because
objections will instantly be responded to.
Ideally, students would address their senators, who would
in turn present students' grievances to the.senate.
The ideal senate has not been realized, though. If stu­
dents are bringing up issues to their senators, it is not ob­
vious during the senate meetings. There have been several
resolutions brought before the senate this year, but most of
them are endorsed by Schy. Schy should be commended for
making the effort that most senators have not. Some of his
resolutions pass, some fail and some are redrafted. But the
importance is in the fact that he tries. Much less can be said
about the others. In a senate proceeding, senators should feel free to state
their opinions and represent their constituents to the best
of their abilities. This is undermined by the current prec­
edent of procedure. ROPs create a civilized and efficient
form of debate, which is obviously lacking in the senate.
It is not entirely the senators' fault, though. It is likely
that they do not know what topics and issues need to be ad­
dressed. That disconnect could come from lack of commu-The senate meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. in Howard
102. The student body is welcome to attend, and should
feel encouraged to do so. It is up to the students to encour­
age their representatives to do the job they were elected or
appointed to do._ On ~he other hand, if students see noth­
ing wrong and choose not to demand better, we get what
we deserve.
Danny Garcia is the Student Media Board's delegate to the
ALSC student senate.
HAMSIAt\
Dear Hams/am,
Why don't women trust men?
Why will a woman blow off a nice
guy because she assumes he just
wants to get into her pants? By the
way, I thought last week's Hamslam
was amazing. Please keep writing!
-Collin Hamilton
Dear Reader,
The reason women don't trust
men is because of men like me­
and on this campus, probably be­
cause of me. In last week's article I
mentioned that women want to be
valued. If I were to write a play­
book on how to get laid, the first
play would be to make her feel spe­
cial. For a lot of guys, walking up
to a woman includes doing a quick
scan from top to bottom. If you are
caught doing this, it's over, because
if you get caught only looking at
one part of her that is beautiful and
not the whole, as a comJ>lete think­
ing person she will always wonder if you walked up to her to talk to her,
or to her boobs. Besides, have you
ever been looked at that way? It feels
weird and really uncomfortable.
So be smart enough to walk up to
a woman and look her right in the
eyes, that's a good first step toward
gaining her trust.
Another reason women don't
trust guys is because they have
been hurt before, and are not will­
ing to be hurt again. Well, .how,
you might ask, do nice guys avoid
being lumped in with chauvinists
like me? The best way is to remem­
ber to communicate. If people who
are interested in each other actually
communicated their feelings and
thoughts to each other accurately, so
many relationships could be saved.
This is easier said than done, so I
recommend that you begin with
daily updates and work up to the
bigger conversations for later. Also,
at times it can be hard to think of
exactly what to say; therefore, it can be easier to wait until you do
know. That never works because the
point of communicating in this day
and age is constant S0
tatus reports.
So gentlemen-keep your eyes up,
focus on who she is and what she
thinks, and let her show you more
when she wants. Ladies-be pa­
tient.
Here I offer a final point: In ad­
dition to being patient, ladies, also
remember your place in the rela­
tionship. Even if it is just a talking
relationship, don't judge that a guy
is larrie because you are hard to ap­
proach, please, and understand. It's
not lik~ I get any ladies coming up
to me and saying "Hi" and smiling
or asking how I am doing just cause
they saw me from across the road
and thought I was hot. If I did, that
would be amazing. Instead it is up
to us guys to make the move and,
often, to crash and burn. So to all
you women out there whom I have
infuriated, please, for the sake of all
the nice guys out there -the next
time you see one, you ask him out.
For me, though, it is the long, lone­
some road... but to all you other
guys out there, stay posted because
one day my writing will change the
world and women will feel comfort­
able coming up to men and asking
them out for a change. And maybe
she will give you a chance and have
a little trust or hope that you are not
like me. Or maybe she is just DTF
and wants to use you for the night.
You never know. Letters to
the Editor
Budget news on lhe Source misleading
Dear The Source and the Board of Trustees,
You all need to work on your definition of "maintain." It
is misused rwice in your announcement regarding the Bud­
get 2010-2011.
You are spinning a layoff due to a budget cut as an IT
reorganization. The edit note to the article misses the whole
point. Yes, there may be a net gain of positions on campus,
but there were positions lost due to these budget cuts in or­
der to make the 2010-11 Budget work. Just because there is a
net gain in positions does not mean the positions were II1ain­
tained. There were still people's lives affected by these bud­
getary decisions. This announcement paints a much prettier
picture than is the reality around campus.
Not to mention, you_ contradict yourself in the first sen­
tence. You can't "maintain" salaries and wages while cutting
contributions to retirement funds, as they are part of the em­
ployee's compensation. Nice play on semantics, though.
I am insulted and infuriated that the announcement is
not only incorrect, but deceptive. You should consider your
audiences before making an announcement like this.
Thank you for your time,
Matthew West
Information Technology
Network Administrator
"Date Doctor" gives misguided advice
I was very disappointed with Sunday's event by David
Coleman, the "Date Doctor." Lewis & Clark should reject
heteronormativity and the objectification of women. This
recreation of sexism at our school is very destructive, encour­
ages sexual violence, and completely sets back all of the prog­
ress we make with events such as "The Vagina Monologues."
This is unacceptable. I am sure that the planners of this
event meant well and are good people, and I am not attack­
ing them. I'm just offended by the ideology that essentializes
men, women, and gender. It's an ideology that we're all guilty
of perpetrating, and therefore one we can all address.
Women are not objects. Women are not all the same.
Women are more than sex! And the same goes for men.
Society trains men to view women first as potential sex
objects and secondly as people; not all men are guilty, but far
too many are. Likewise, society trains us all to believe that
men are completely sex-driven and are too animalistic to
think clearly, while women are supposedly more level-headed
and less sexual.
I for one try to reject these simple equations of gender. I
am sure that many feel the same way.
Let's work with the administration to make sure that this
doesn't happen again, and maybe let David Coleman know
how we feel. Hopefully, it will change how he runs his per­
formance in the future.
The brain needs love as well Adrian Guerrero
College of Arts and Sciences
Class of2012
I happened to be on campus studying for a grad course
when I read with great interest Marley Badolati's opinion ar­
ticle in the 2/19/2010 edition of the PioLog. What newspa­
pers will do to increase readership! I must admit the truth of
the old adage that "sex sells." Ms. Badolati serves up a well­
crafted combination of sexual and educational advice which
I found humorous and relevant to the young undergrad. A
man of my years (41) might be ridiculed for writing in to a
sophisticated publication like the PioLog, however, I would
be remiss if I didn't. at least point out a glaring omission in
Ms. Badolati's diatribe. She has forgotten to address that
most potent and sensitive of all sexual organs -the brain.
While the stimulation of this organ seems largely irrelevant
to the vast majority of males in our species, I have to say
based on experience and practice that this is absolutely not
the case when it comes to women. Let us not forget, Ms.
Badolati, that attention must be paid to the stimulation of a
woman's intellect as well as the nape of her neck and collar­
bone. The purpose of our attending any classes at Lewis &
Clark is to stimulate our brains. Let's remember that at our
next discussion-based class and next social gathering. Forget
David Coleman, the "Date Doctor." Listen to Marley Bad­
olati ... and me of course.
Robert D. Cantwell, M.Ed.
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The frightening and addictive world of Chatroulette
by Deanna Horton
Chatroulette is a three-month-old social website that ran­
domly pairs strangers on webcams with others from around
the world to engage in text and/or audio chat. Created by
a 17-year-old from Moscow, Chatroulette is reminiscent of
Omegle.com, a text-only stranger char website created last
March by a Vermont teen. •
As soon as you press play, you experience a moment of
anticipation while you wait for your partner's video to load.
You never know what you're going to see on the other end.
Warning: it could very well be pornographic, but after click­
ing the Next button a few times, you're bound to find some­
one worth talking to.
The Pioneer Logs first conversation happened to be with
former MTV "Made" coach Laura Shmalo. She told us we
were the most normal people she had encountered so far and
then linked us to Season 9 Episode 22 of Made in which we
saw her teaching a high school girl how to figure skate.
On our whirlwind Chatroulette adventure we also en­
countered a person wearing a cat mask, a group of college
students from San Francisco State, an attractive Italian man
who claimed to be a Roberto Cavalli model, a Chilean man
on vacation and a group of drunk men that continued to
tell terrible Oregon Trail Jokes afrer we said we were from
Portland ("I got bit by a rattlesnake and got dysentery! My
wheel keeps breaking!"). We also got flipped off by a bald
man wearing rhinestone earrings.
The first few moments of a partnership are sometimes jar­
ring. You see strangers judging you right before your eyes and
oftentimes you're instantly nexted. Then again, you're judg­
ing them too. When we encountered a 60-year-old man with
long, grey, unkempt hair holding up a peace sign, we judged
him and quickly clicked Next.
Despite the abundance of creepers, Chatroulette is addic­
tive, fun and keeps you coming back for more.
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website that randomly pairs strangers from around the world together via webcam. Left: Not every­
one is looking for good conversation. Right: Figure skater and MTV "Made" coach Lauren Shmalo.
Bringing back snail mail: the value of writing letters
by Charles Tuggle
What is it about our generation that transparently sep­
arates us from our predecessors? I believe that the over­
abundance of instantaneous information, no thanks to a
widespread range of technological improvements and the de­
velopment of transnational wired and wireless networks is,
dare I say, the defining characteristic of our overly-connected
epoch. The cause of my existential meandering is the surpris­
ing and newly found emphasis of the written letter in my life.
Within the last year, my life has been gladly inundated
with letters and the inherent sentimental value attached
therein. My loving Southern belle of a grandmother passed
away last spring at the ripe age of 90 years. The influence of
the missive in my current life can surely be attributed to her
infatuation with writing letters. My grandmother had truly
mastered the art of written correspondence. She kept regular
contact with countless family and friends from the roaring
twenties until her last days. With regards to the passion with
which my grandmother wrote letters, it is easy to fathom the
level to which the epistle in its purest form would come to
permeate the rest of my life.
My brother is currently hard at work completing the U.S.
Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. As one might imag­
ine, there is not too much interaction with the outside world of digital media and communication. Thus, letters have pro­
vided him with constant motivation through grueling tests
of physical and mental aptitude. Receiving and sending let­
ters are the proverbial carrot in front of the donkey, enticing
him to work hard and persevere.
Letter writing is a passion that was undoubtedly passed
on to my father, who, afrer the death of my grandmother,
acquired a newfound love for the lost art. At the beginning
oflast fall, my father began to write letters to my brother and
Imeon a weekly basis. The irony of it is that the letters are
filled with the most trivial of information, such as the latest
book he has read or the details of a recent trip; yet when I re­
ceive the physical and tangible letter transcribed on personal­
ized stationary, the effect is so much more dramatic than yet
another message in my overstuffed e-mail inbox. Undoubt­
edly, receiving an e-mail in your inbox fails to achieve the
same passionate predilection as checking your mailbox to no­
tice that you have received an actual letter that you can tear
open and hold in your hands. The feel of paper and ink is
assuredly a cause for greater connection than html and the
wireless traffic jam of information that is the Internet.
When was the last time you wrote a letter, and I mean a
real, compassionate message of correspondence to a friend
or family member? With the advent of ubiquitous cell
phones with text messaging and e-mailing capabilities, the
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ay thanks on Tuition Freedom Day age of written correspondence seems to have reached its un­
timely expiration. However, this need not be. So, next time
you want to connect with an old friend or a family member,
think about logging off of that Macbook which you spend an
inordinate amount of
time on and spend
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Tue Dating Doctor inspires romance and controversy
by Megan Quint
We're all well aware of Lewis & Clark's
reputation as a dater's nightmare. LC was
used as an example in a Feb. 5 article in the
New York Times entitled "The New Math on
Campus," discussing gender imbalance on
college campuses. College Prowler describes
the pickings at LC as "slim," saying "both
men and women have a hard time finding
someone attractive, and end up settling." I
myself, upon telling someone from another
school that I'm a student at LC, have gotten
the response, "Is it true that no one there gets
any action?" Whether or not this has been
your own personal experience, the stigma of
the LC student body as a group of dateless
losers follows us outside of the LC bubble.
This is a fact that worried Sean Johnson
('10), and it is with this in mind that he
worked to bring in David Coleman, a.k.a.
the Dating Doctor and the inspiration be­
hind the 2005 film Hitch, starring Will
Smith in the role of Coleman. Like the char­
acter Hitch, Coleman works with individual
clients who need serious help in addition to
his regular speaking gigs.
"I saw him at Western Oregon University,
and they had a ridiculous number of people
there, more people than I've ever seen in one
place," said Johnson. "Everyone was having
so much fun, and I thought it would be awe­
some if Lewis & Clark students could have a
fun time like that."
Students of all kinds packed into Council
Chamber on Sunday afternoon despite the
beautiful weather, a testament to the student
body's keen interest in the subject.
As people entered, Johnson, along with
other students involved in the event, passed
out golf pencils, encouraging attendees to
write down their gleanings from the bom­
ba~dment of information, and severely mini­
mizing my own anxiety over being the only
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ly challenged LC students, prospies, alumni
and parents, I bring you a selection of ex­
tracted tidbits, useful or otherwise, from the
Dating Doctor:
1. No one will be attracted to you until
you think that you're attractive. Too many
people don't even find themselves remotely
attractive. In Coleman's words, "This shit's
got to stop and it's got to stop today!" It's
not about the appearance; it's about the at­
titude. College i's hard enough without a lack
of confidence.
2. How to avoid the "friend zone" on
small campuses: According to Coleman, the
so-called "friend zone" is notorious at small
schools such as LC because the person you're
interested in can see you all day for free (that
is, without investing the commitment of
a relationship). The Doctor's prescription?
Change your schedule by a few minutes, giv­
ing the person a chance to miss you. Sure,
chis might seem like playing games, but all is
fair in love and war, or so they say.
3. Despite what you may have heard
from When Harry Met Sally, boys and
girls can just be friends, and you can even
be friends with an _ex. As long as you are no
longer physically attracted to them, romanti­
cally interested in chem, or jealous of their
new girl/boyfriend. And it has to go both
ways.
4. Please avoid pickup lines, but espe­
cially these two: "If beauty were measured
in milk, you'd be a cow," and "It might look
like a needle, bur it works like a sewing ma­
chine."
5. Miscellaneous: Ask questions that are
emotionally- rather than factually-based;
make eye contact; "moosh brain," a break­
ing of the "couch barrier" are ways people
show interest; in a relationship, the person
who cares the least has the most control; and
most of all, be romantic-Coleman defines romance as "performing an ordinary act of
love or kindness at an unexpected time."
The Doc's message received mixed reac­
tions from attendees.
"The performance failed to provide the
solutions it advertised, violating its own
promises and leaving students with a det­
rimental message about how to create and
maintain healthy relationships," said Mai­
sha Fosrer-O'Neal ('11). "The Doc's humor
frequently descended into name-calling and
derision," which was contrary to his original
sentiment "chat to be dateable, you have to like yoursel(" Foster-O'Neal added that "his
treatment of the LGBTQ community was
demeaning" due to the face that "his lan­
guage was so explicitly gendered that it was
almost impossible for queer listeners to tease
out any advice we could apply to ourselves."
Johnson was very pleased with Coleman's
performance.
, "So many people have come up to me
since the event and cold me they had such
a great time, which was obviously the goal. I
would say it was pretty successful," Johnson
said.
ILLUSTRATION BY RYAN MEER
The Vagina Monologues celebrate V-Day
by Megan Quint
Lewis & Clark celebrated V-Day in the
Chapel last Friday with its annual perfor­
mance of Eve Ensler's lhe vagina Mono­
logues, put on by the Womyn's Center.
At the performance the Womyn's Center
sold t-shirts and vagina-shaped cookies to
benefit the Women's Help Hotline, an otga­
nization that helps abused women and
women in need, and that is currently
in severe financial trouble.
Following in the tradition of
years past, the hard-working ac­
tresses and organizers of lhe vagina
Monologues enjoyed a successful
performance and a large and re­
ceptive audience.
"It was really fun. I was very
proud," said co-coordinator
Paige Glowacky ('12). Ir was
Glowacky's first year putting
the show together, along
with fellow coordinator
Maggie Hennessey ('11).
"This is a very positive
space. Ir's funny, light, and the
audience is right there laughing
with the actresses."
In addition to just being fun, the
show often can affect viewers in a se-
rious way. talk about gender issues and female empow­
erment and vaginas. It can be very emotional
and moving."
The experience can also be ruined when
audience members are disrespectful to both
uie performers and the content, as two-time
alumna Diana Weiner-Rosengard says she
experienced Friday evening.
According to Weiner-Rosengard, a group
of people sitting nearby continually
made "gross-out noises" during the
piece entitled "Hair," which states that
"In order to love vaginas you must
love hair." They catcalled during the
final piece, in which two girls dem-
onstrated many kinds of moans,
and they were simply "inappro­
priate and distracting through­
out the entire show," said Wein­
er-Rosengard
"It made me really sad,"
said Weiner-Rosengard,
who's seen the show at LC
six years in a row. "I've seen
people leave because they were
uncomfortable. It's nor for ev-
eryone and that's fine, bur to
stay and talk and make noises and
comments char were counter to the
content ... they closed themselves off
from getting anything of value from
it. It just wasn't clear to me why they
came in the first place." "When a lot of people first
come to college it can be really
different from the environments
they've been used to," said Unisex
head and Unisex-Womyn's Center This sadness was echoed
ILLUSTRATION BY ALINA LARSON by both Fosrer-O'Neal and
liaison Maisha Fosrer-O'Neal ('11). "The
Vagina Monologues might be the first time
they've been to an event where it's okay to Glowacky, who said th_ar
these actions can be "rob­
bing the experience from the people around
them" and char the show is "not meant to be
tantalizing for the men in the audience." Weiner-Rosengard found this to be im­
portant to address because, as a presenter at
the Gender Studies Symposium, she "sees
that there are a lot of panels related to sex,
and even a sex toy workshop, and [she's] con­
cerned that if it's not addressed now it will
continue to happen at ocher events."
PHOTO COURTESY OF MAISHA FOSTER-O'NEAL
Jahnavi Caldwell-Green and Caitlin
Fisher-Draeger (both '12) perform
"The Woman Who Loved to Make
Vaginas Happy," one of the several
episodes that make up Eve Ensler's
play, The Vagina Monologues. ..:. t
8 _m,.... thePioneerLog,February26,2010
Blurring fantasy and reality, Oregon Ballet Theatre's
A Midsummer Night's Dream opens tomorrow night
Artistic Director Christopher Stowell keys the Pioneer Log in to the complexities and effort needed for his telling of the classic tale
by Julia Stewart
''My love for dance derives from my
love for theater and for music. I get
the same sensation from a lift as I do
from a held note on a violin that pulls
at your heartstrings. Dance is not
concrete like, 'I love you or I hate.you. '
It is a window into all things humans
cannot explain; it taps into things we
don't have definitions for. "
-Christopher Stowell
I am sirring in the practice room of the
Oregon Baller Theatre watching about thirty
professional dancers between the ages of 19
and 34 rehearse for their upcoming baller
performance, William Shakespeare's A Mid­
summer Night's Dream. I become entranced
as I watch chem gracefully perform fears of
srrengrh and flexibility. Never before have
I been close enough to hear the dancers'
breath or to see their swear dripping down
their foreheads. Usually, I am sitting far back
in the audience where the movement looks
effortless, as if raising my leg to my ear was
totally doable. For the past six weeks, prac­
ticing eight hours a day, five rimes a week, PHOTO COURTESY OBT / BLAINE TRUITT COVERT
Wooded wonderland: Alison Roper and Ronnie Underwood in the 2007
world premiere of Christopher Stowell's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
these dedicated and ralen red few have been
preparing for your viewing enjoyment.
While A Midsummer Night's Dream has
been performed more than 20 rimes in the
last 150 years, this version is an original,
choreographed by Oregon Ballet Theatre's
Artistic Director Christopher Stowell. "This
is a classic that is strong enough for me to
reimagine," says Stowell. "While I believe in respecting rhe traditions of classical baller,
and while I love to reach them, I try to add
elements of spontaneity, daring and bravery
that helps give them 21st century sensibil­
ity."
World-renowned theatrical designer San­
dra Woodall can rake the praise for her stun­
ning sets and costumes char will transcend
you into Shakespeare's world where magic is life and where sparkling fairies whimsically
dance beneath the moonlight. Her inspira­
tion came from walking through the old
growth forest of Oregon's very own Opal
Creek Wilderness. For us Lewis & Clarkers,
pull your best woodland creature costume
our of the closet (I know you all have them),
go crazy with the glitter and then frolic in
Tryon, and this is the blurring of fantasy
and reality that Stowell and Woodall have so
beautifully created.
Serving as a unique compliment to Stow­
ell's A Midsummer Night's Dream, George
Balanchine's ballet, The Four Temperaments
will also be performed. Two 45-minure bal­
lets in one night is a great bang for your
buck. Giving added vitality to both perfor­
mances will be live accompaniment from the
Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestra, making its
"much-anticipated 2009-10 debut with the
company."
Although you may be having your own
woodland creatures-themed parry this week­
end I urge you to check our Christopher
Stowell's version (beer not included).
A Midsummer Night's Dream and The
Four Temperaments play at the Keller Audi­
torium (SW 3rd and Clay), Feb. 27 to March
6 7:30 p. m; matinee at 2 p. m. on Feb. 28 and
March 6 Tickets start at $17. See www.obt.org
or call 503-2-BALLET
Meet Dave Douglas,
the LeBron James of jazz
by Jerred Blanchard, guest writer
Imagine what it would sound like if Louie
Armstrong got a whole lot funkier, bur kept
his soulful thump. Or, think of a basketball
game where one guy has the ball, but every­
body else is still moving around· trying to do
what they can to win the game. When the
ball is passed, a new guy is trying to do some-
' thing spectacular with it. Sure, some stars
shine bright on the court, but they would
be nothing without their teammates. A brass
quartet is just like that: a conversation be­
tween musical athletes.
If Louie was the Wilt Chamberlain of
jazz and Miles Davis the Michael Jordan,
then Dave Douglas has got to be the LeBron
James. He has impacted the genre in a bril­
liant way, drawing from European classical,
American folk, and even Klezmer music. His
sounds are liquid and surreal.
When I put on Dave, I think I'm
floating on a cloud. But don't get me
wrong, he has his up-tempo nirry­
gritty repertoi~e as well. Just when you
think you're in a Debussian cloud of
chord textures and tone colors, the
funk is laid into you and this peaceful
pillow of the sky lights up into Parry
Cloud 2010.
His tru~pet resonates with the re­
solve of a studied musician but wavers
with the angst of a soulful New Yorker
caught up in the daily grind. His proj­
ects have included your classic jazz
quintet, resonating the unmistakable
inRuence of Miles Davis, to an accor­
dion and violin accompanied band of
soft textures and ambivalent tonality,
all the way to an electronic funk band
with everything bur the kitchen sink,
including collaboration with a DJ. Yes,
the man is a musical chameleon and a
creative one to boor.
His band Brass Ecstasy is a five-man
band, featuring Vincent Chancey on the French horn, Luis Bonilla on the trom­
bone, Marcus Rojas on the tuba and Nasheet
Waits holding down the drum kit. With chis
band he has only released one album, Spirit
Moves, which is his 29th album as a leader.
The album is a tribute album to the great
avant-garde trumpeter Lester Bowie and his
group Brass Fantasy.
Like Bowie before him, Dave pays hom­
age to a myriad of different musical ap­
proaches on his Spirit Moves album. Never
have I been listening to a brass quintet and
mistook a tuba for an electric bass guitar be­
fore I heard Spirit Moves. So, get in touch
with your funky and soulful side and go see
Dave Douglas and Brass Ecstasy.
At the Crystal Ballroom (1332 W Burn­
side) on Sunday. Doors at 6-30 p.m., show at
7:30. $12.50-40. See mcmenamins.com for
more info.
PHOTO FROM DAVE DOUGLAS/ BY PAUL NATKIN r La.st week, student group JPC filled Maggie's with
funky motown tunes and upbeat grooves as part of the
Maggie's Wednesday Night Concert Series. The idea is
simple: Each Wednesday Maggie's comes alive with mu­
sic (and sometimes dance).
Featured above are Miles Toland ('12) on bass and
Maya Dagmi ('12). Bottom left is Nathan Tucker ('12) on
the saxophone and bottom right is Sam Wene ('12) on the
guitar.
Any interested performers should contact athompson@
lclark.edu for more information. There are several thousand ways to inject mag­
ic into waking life. Cy Twombly, American paint­
er, does it with his mark in his current exhibition
at the Portland Art Museum.
His recent work is currently on view in the very
top of the Jubitz Center for Modern and Contem­
porary Art. It requires a pilgrim;ge through the
entire modern art wing in order to view, but it's
worth it.
The show consists of two large-scale paintings,
Untitled, from the series Blossoming, and Leaving
Paphos Ringed With Waves III. One rather devi­
ant sculpture, also untitled, is also on view.
The sculpture sits on a wonkily-crafred pedes­
tal, begging the Portland Art Museum to be swat­
ted for straight sloth and careless craftsmanship.
Better to take a seat on the bench and dwell on
the paintings.
In Untitled, dwell on the auspicious yellows,
the sensuous luminosity in a ground of acrylic
paint, and gouging sincerity in every mark.
In Leaving Paphos Ringed With Waves III,
Twombly incorporates weightless text, words that
drip with child-like familiarity and intense virility.
The narrative and action in this painting could
keep any person looking a little longer, and maybe
living a little deeper. That is the magic.
There is an otherworldly quality to Twombly's
work. Twombly allows the material quality of
his work to speak for itself. He allows each mark
enough space to be fully appreciated and he al­
lows each surface to take on its own texture. But
unlike other expressionists, he does not merely
suggest an idea, he recreates it.
There is a palpable muchness to Twombly's
work that is as alluringly accessible as it is eternal­
ly challenging. Viewers leave the room satisfied,
convinced that it was indeed Cy Twombly who
invented paint.
The exhibition runs through May 16. Portland Art
Museum (1219 SW Park Ave.). See portlandartmu­
seum. orgfor-more information.
PHITI IF THE WEEK
I don't have class on Friday-three
days is much more than a weekend: it's
vacation. This last vacation, with the
sun shining like summertime, I hit the
streets with my skateboard, my camera,
and my comrades Jake Mendelson ('10)
and Charles Tuggle ('10).
We three weekend warriors found
random patches of cement which suit­
ed our moods, and tried to document
the quick shredding that we could.pull
off on our plywood before the man
came ro stick it. •
I usually shoot skating digital be­
cause most good tricks take tens of tries
ro land proper-one frame of film is
expensive as opposed to the scot-free
digital image.
We knew the security would be on
us quick at this Financial Building on
SW 4th and Jefferson, so Jake chilled
across the street while I metered the
light and Charles set up the tripod and
video camera (which he borrowed from
the Instructional Media Services.)
Lights, Camera, Action-Jake tried
it once for size, then nailed this screech­
ing baEkside tailslide on the second try.
As Jake picked up his board, a large
security guard came in our direction,
but the damage was done. Winners 1,
losers 0.
-Sam Margevicius ('I 1)
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Softball team improves at
Concordia Tournament
by Lindsey Bosse
This past weekend the softball team played
in the-Concordia Tournament against three
different teams: Oregon Institute of Technol­
ogy, Northwest Christian and Con-
cordia.
Saturday started with games
against OIT. The Pioneers held
their own for most of the game,
keeping OIT at 2-1. ';et'aime
Mullins (' 13) ran for Danielle
Blechert ('12) and managed
to run home in the fifth in­
ning.
However, a homerun by
OIT helped gain points,
bringing the total to 5-1 by
the seventh inning. The Pios
failed to catch up to their oppo-
nents before the end.
"Although it didn't show up as wins,
the team showed tremendous improve­
ment, and it's •beginning to be quite
noticeable," said head coach Shawna
Feldt. "We played some very strong
programs from the area and yve're
putting great pressure on them.".
Beginning in the game
against NW Christian, the Pios
took an immediate lead with_ a
point by Jamie Moon ('11). After malting a
few errors in the first inning, NW Christian
picked up its game. After two homeruns, the
team managed to end the game 4-1.
The Concordia Tournament provided some
of the first wins for NW Christian, which also
defeated George Fox and Pacific. Willamette,
on the other hand, overcame NW Christian. Sunday, the Pios finally competed against
the hosting team. The beginning of the game
showed issues with batting.
At the top of the sixth inning, che team fi­
nally got its third hit. The team had a runner in
positio·n to run home, after a bunt by Moon;
however, the team left the inning with­
out a run. The sixth inning showed a
third run by the Cavaliers.
In the seventh inning the team
showed great base-play, with Mul­
lins running for Blechert again and
stealing second base. However, af-
ter the steal, two batters struck
out and the team was unable to
score. That ended the game 3-0
for Concordia, ending the tour­
nament with a 3-0 loss for the
Pios.
Although the team failed
to bring home a win, they did
manage to keep CU's points
significantly lower than other
teams in the NWC conference
had managed. Concordia is cur­
rently undefeated.
"I think right now they are
starting to believe in them­
selves and in each other, and
• if we can keep building off
of that, they will start seeing
the losses turn into wins," Coach
Feldt said of the Pios.
This weekend will mark one of the last
non-conference games for che softball team as
they host Eastern Oregon at a double header
on Saturday. The first game begins at 11 a.m.
and pitching for the second game starts at 1
p.m.
Pio Sports Schedule
Baseball
Feb. 27 ......... double-header Pacific (Ore.)
Feb. 28 ................................... Pacific (Ore.)
• March 6 ...... double-header at Willamette
March 7 ................................ at Willamette
Softball
Feb. 28 ......... double-header Eastern Oregon
March 6 ............ double-header Pacific (Ore.)
Track & Field
Feb. 14 ...................... at Univ. of Washington Open
Feb. 27 ...... vs. George Fox/Linfield at George Fox
Feb. 20 ......................................................... Linfield
Men's Tennis
Feb. 27 .................... Puget Sound
Feb. 28 ............ u. ••••••• Willamette
March 6 ................. at Whitworth
March 7 .................... at Whitman
Women's Tennis
Feb. 27 .............. at Puget Sound
Feb.28 ...................... Willamette
March 5 ............... ; ........ Whitman
March 6 ..................... Whitworth
March 6 ................ Portland State Women's tennis smashes
. • Wildcats' winning streak
PHOTO BY MAGGIE OLIVER
Amalia Nilsson ('12) and Whitney DeBree ('12) hold their own during a
doubles match against Linfield Wildcats at the Lewis & Clark tennis dome.
by Lindsey Bosse
The 2010 season for che women's tennis
team has started off on the right foot. After
opening the season with an 8-1 victory against
Pacific Feb. 13, they came back again this
weekend and smashed Pacific Lutheran on
Feb. 19, again 8-1.
For the singles tournaments, every Pio­
neer managed to dominate the Lutes. Macrina
Sharpe (' 13) proved herself against Lute Heidi
Weston. Sharpe took the first set with 6-4,
and Wesron made a comeback in the second
set. The third sec took the women into an ex­
tended battle where Sharpe came out 12-10,
beating Weston.
During ·doubles, Sharpe and teammate Jill
Coleman ('12) managed ro pull themselves
out of a close loss. Then, veteran pair, Amalia
Nilsson ('12) and Whitney DeBree ('12) also
took a win for the Pios, the first win of the sea­
son for the twosome.
Overall, in singles and doubles, the Pios
were able ·to pull themselves out of point defi­
cits, and conquer tiebreak situations..
On Saturday Feb. 20, the team played Lin­
field in their first home game of the season,
and won with 5-4.
Linfield came into the match with a team of predominantly experienced players, not to
memion the singles and doubles champions
from the lmercollegiate Tennis Association
Tournament in the fall.
"Ir's the first time we've beat Linfield in 13
years," said Sharpe. "Coach Gundars Tilma­
nis said it's been the fuse time since he's been
coaching. We have a strong team this year, and
I'm excited to see what we can keep doing."
The doubles match started with a strong
fight between double's champions, Abby 01-
brich and Sallie Kaner from Linfield, who
won in a tiebreak. Next, Coleman and Mag­
gie Peach (' 10) turned the tables with a strong
8-1 win. Lisa Harunaga ('l 0) and Isabell Bor­
ris ('13) pulled off a second win to conquer the
doubles for the Pios, 8-5.
The singles matches started out with the
Wildcats on top. Nilsson soon turned that
around after beating Olbrich 6-4 and 6-1. Af­
ter that, the Wildcats turned the game back in
their favor until Borris dominated her march
before going to tiebreak.
Finally, thanks to Coleman and another
6-4 and 6-1 win che Pios took che match from
the Wildcats. Not only did che Pios end the
wii;ining streak of Linfield, they also contin­
ued their own winning streak for the first three
matches of their season.
Curse of the Blazer center
by Michael G. Richman
I am a pretty superstitious guy when it
comes ro sports·. I change outfits depending
on my team's winning and losing streaks. I eat
lucky meals; I walk to stadiums the same way;
I park in the same spot. So when a curse has
potentially struck my beloved Trail Blazers I
am willing to try anything to shake the bad
juju off.
I have been to roughly 40 Blazer games
since I moved to Portland in 2006. For around
30 of chem I have worn the same LaMarcus
Aldridge jersey, some combination of one of
my two Blazer T-shirts or an old red shirt from
high school and my ratty old Blazer hoodie.
I even wear this outfit to watch many of the
games on TV
I wouldn't change chis for the world, but
when Marcus Camby limped into the locker
room with a sprained ankle on Tuesday night,
I considered burning all of these items and
starting over. I considered shaving my head,
fasting for a week, becoming a Sciemologist
and/or going into hiding.
The jinx of the Blazer cemer has moved be­
yond parody. Three centers in a single season
is not funny on any level. lc's hard to believe.
In a season where che team has been totally ravaged by injuries, no position has been hit
harder than cemer.
To be fair, Greg Oden, Joel Pryzbilla and
Camby have been injury prone for much of
their careers. It shouldr/t be a huge shock, but
logic doesn't make it easier to swallow.
Somehow, we continue to survive the con­
tinual injuries to guys playing the five spot. It's
almost safer to have stormed the beaches at
Normandy than to try to get a rebound in the
lane at the Rose Garden.
Despite all this, we keep winning, I keep
wearing my no. 12 jersey to games and I'll
keep my faith. I just won't count on anyone
who resembles a center staying healthy.
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4G4,i, the Pioneer Log, February 26, 2010 ~ §rr,1jf- 11
BaSeball loses season opening series on road at Menlo
by Michael G. Richman
The baseball team opened its season this
past weekend losing three out of four in a se­
ries at Menlo College. A single run de-
cided three of the four games, includ­
ing Sunday's 6-5 loss that gave Menlo
the decisive victory in the series.
~ r;::,'<' ,"It was our first series of the
season," said David La Dou­
ceur (' 11). "Menlo had a ef ,,_~
~
~ '<7 ,,_~ little bit more experi-
ence." """ ~~
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~
Menlo was
playing its fifth
game of the season
by the time it faced
the Pioneers, and La
Douceur believes
that may have had
at least some affect
on the out come of
the game, particularly in a game that was not
decided until the late innings.
Lewis & Clark jumped out to a 3-0 lead
after two innings thanks in large part to the
play of back up shortstop Zach Perez ('13).
Perez drew a walk and scored in the first, then had a two-run double in the second to
stretch the Pioneer lead. Perez finished the
game 2-3 with two walks, two RBI and he
also scored twice.
Guiseppe Baffaro ('11) put an excla­
mation on his three hit day when he
homered on the first pitch he saw in
the fourth inning, to give LC a 4-1 lead.
The second three-run lead for the Pioneers
wouldn't hold up as Menlo scored five times
in the next three innings.
Will King ('13), who was fantastic
through the first four innings, struggled in
the fifth, King gave up a two-run homer
with one out chat cut the Pio lead to 4-3, but
managed to get out of the inning preserving
his chance to get the victory.
Eliot Smith (' 13) started the sixth in­
ning and immediately got into trouble. He
gave up a double to the first batter, walked
the next and then threw a wild pitch that al­
lowed both runners to advance. Smith faced
five batters, walked two, surrendered two
hits and allowed two runs to be scored while
recording one out before he was yanked
from the game.
Roland Greene ('11) finished the final 2
2/3 innings and gave up an unearned run in
the seventh that pushed the Menlo lead to
6-4.
Men's tennis continues to
struggle, falls to Linfield
by Lindsey Bosse
The men's tennis team this year is pre­
dominantly young. This weekend it felt a
further handicap, as a majority of the team
members were ill. In addition, team captain
and no. 1 player George Allen (' 11), ended
up in the ER for a foot injury before the
game, and the incident took him out for the
weekend. Nonetheless, matches continued
as the men started the weekend with a dou­
ble header against Pacific Lutheran at home
on Feb. 19.
The first game of the day showed an 8-1
loss to the Pioneers. During doubles, first­
years Wataru Nakamura ('13) and
Junya Furukawa ('13), both
from Japan, picked up their
game to 5-2.
A quick turn of events
and a few errors on the
Pios' side turned the
match in favor of the
Lutes, Brent Smoots and
Taylor Dickey, winning
with 9-7, Although the final
result for the pair was a loss,
the duo was looking cohesive,
and should prove to be an effective
team throughout the season.
In singles, the strong point was
Amory Parker (' 12) with his first
match of the season. He managed
the one point for LC against the
Lutes, wi;ning 10-8, after rally­
ing at the net with strategic shots.
Nakamura continued to show
great work on the court in singles a s
well. He won the first set, with a close 7-5,
but then was unable to keep his momentum,
and lost in the tiebreaker 6-0. The second game repeated a loss of 8-1,
although the men did show improvement.
Lute ITA champions Justin Peterson and Joel
Trudel slammed Peter Ray ('10) and Parker
with an 8-0-match loss.
Nakamura and Furukawa almost man­
aged a win in their second doubles match,
but lost 7-4 in tiebreak. Once again, the
duo showed improvement, foreshadowing a
promising season.
Succeeding in singles, Quinn Roth-Cart­
er ('12) beat his opponent Ben Fox in an easy
two games with 6-4 and 6-3. Ray was almost
able to take Michael Manser in his singles
match.
The game showed intensity on both
sides, but the tiebreak showed Manser
pulling through for the second time
that day.
Saturday proved to be another
day of illness for male tennis athletes,
not to mention fatigue from the pre­
vious day with a doubleheader.
The men traveled to Linfield to
get beat by the Wildcats 9-0. Sun­
day continued the men's competition
with a 9-0 loss to Porcland State, with
a continued handicap with injuries
and illness ..
"A lot of people were sick and ev­
erybody got bumped up a place in
the line-up," said Andrew Davy (' 1 O)
who was also out this weekend with ill­
ness.
On a positive note, Davy added,
"All • our young players have a lot of
promise and are going to contribute a
lot to this season."
This weekend, the men will host Puget
Sound on Saturday at 2 p. m. and Willamette
at 3 p. m. on Sunday.
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~ll•"DII ■. 06/30/2010 LC had one last chance at a comeback in
the ninth, and had two on and nobody out,
but managed just one run. It was the second·
straight one-run game that Pios had lost over
the weekend and undoubtedly a frustrating
way to open the season.
La Douceur said the team obviously
would have like to win either of the last two
games against Menlo, but added that with
a few more games LC would have a better
chance to win games that come down to the
late innings.
LC did win the season opener against
Melo 8-7 in 12 innings, so it's not as if win­
ning close games is totally foreign
to this year's squad. Mi­
chael Ball ('12) hom­
ered in the top of
the 12th
to se­
cure the
game
for the
Pios.
The team
has its first
home series of the
year when it meets
Pacific for a three-game
series to open Northwest Conference play this weekend.
"If we want a chance at finishing in the
top three (in the conference]," La Douceur
said, "we need to win the series if not sweep
[it]."
LC is adjusting to playing under first-year
head coach Eric Deovlec after Justin Baugh­
man resigned rather abruptly in January af­
ter four seasons with the team. La Douceur
insisted not much changes with Deovlet at
the helm,
"The way we're going out and doing
things is similar." La Douceur said. "It's not
as much of shock."
LC plays a double-head­
er against Pacific on Satur­
day with the first game at
11 a.m. and the sec­
ond scheduled for 2
p.m.
Staff ace Alex St.
Pierre (' 11) will get
the ball in the first
game and La Dou­
ceur will start game
two.
The Pios finish the three
game series on Sunday at noon
with King likely to get the
start.
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In light of tomorrow night's big event, the PioLog has consulted its fashion expert for this season's top looks.
The Dirty LC Hippie Look
Essentials:
Not showering
Basically keep doing everything you're already doing
The Velociraptor Look
Essentials:
Small arms
Tail
Dinosaur head _ _
Ability to make the most annoying sound in the world The Aboriginal/Russian Ice Dancer Look
Essentials:
Brown cloth
Artificial shrubbery
Bronzer
Lack of cultural sensitivity
TheTea Partier Lbok
Essentials:
Tea bags
A clever sign
Sarah Palin
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Essentials:
Extra hold hair gel
Ed Hardy t-shirt
Spray tan
No shame
Step 1: Gym, Tan, Laundry
(in this order).
Step 2: Gel hair & "blow it up"
(for best results use the entire bottle).
Step 3: Apply spray ran to entire body, paying
careful attention to your face (see above).
Step 4: Perfect the fist pump.
a)With a clenched fist, retract the forearm towards
the shoulder in a hammer fist fashion.
b) Extend the fist outward to the side of
one's body until desired length is reached.
Step 5: Hook-up with someone at the bar in front of
your crew.
Step 6: Beat up the beat.
Step 7: Get your drink on.
Step 8: Take off your shirt and get in a fight.
Step 9: Have sex on the dance floor and not give a f"'*k.
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