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2011-02-11

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Friday, February 11, 2011 www.piolog.com
THE VAGINAS
ARE COMING!
STUDENTS TO PERFORM EVE
ENSLER'S VAGINA MONOLOGUES
TONIGHT IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
FOR TENTH YEAR I ARTS n
PHOTO BY SAM MARGEVICIUS Vol. 76, Iss. 3
MONDAYS IN
THE MANOR
ASLC RESOLUTION MAKll'JG FRANK
MANOR HOUSE AVAILABLE AS
STUDENT STUDY SPACE BEGINS
TEST PHASE ON MONDAY I NEWS 3
Weekly Students harassed
ASLC on school shuttle
Update
NEWS3
Sustainability
IS SEXY
OPINIONS5
PHOTO OF THE WEEK I lrlS 11
HARDBALLQ&AIS11ns15 CAMPUS SAFETY SUPERVISOR MARK NISBETT ADVISES PIONEER EXPRESS
PASSENGERS TO REPORT "VIOLENT OR THREATENING" BEHAVIOR TO POLICE
IMMEDIATELY IN THE FUTURE
BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer
An inebriated stranger threat­
ened students and grabbed one un­
dergraduate by the hair last Satur­
day on the evening Pioneer Express.
The man, along with an ap­
parently unrelated individual, had
pushed his way through a crowd
of students waiting to board the bus and seated himself. Although
quiet at first, the man soon began to
play a drum he had brought on the
shuttle. He talked to himself for a
few minutes and then proceeded to
shout obscenities at no one specific.
Cameron Chase ('14) was sit­
ting next to the man when he
"started to talk louder, started co
get into racist remarks and started
to yell," said Chase. "He was gee-ting really profane."
After a few minutes the man
turned to the back of the bus where
a group of female undergraduates
were sitting and declared° he was
going to impregnate chem. "I felt
so uncomfortable," said Emily
Tuchman ('l 4). who had been sit­
ting in the back.
Chase claims at that moment he
Story continued I IIWI 3
Old yearbooks revisited FORMER ISRAELI
NAVAL OFFICER
TO SPEAK
BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer
If you had walked to the man­
or property pool one sunny day
in 1952, you would have found a
jeep at the bottom, not water. And
if you had seen ch'e Lewis & Clark
spirit parade earlier chat year, a gi­
gantic holy bible would have been
featured on on~ of the floats -a
Aoac put together by a fraternity.
No war-ending treaties or world­
renowned presidential addresses
have taken place at LC (though an
alum, Monica Lewinsky, did her
• part over in the capital), but Pala­
tine Hill does not lack in history.
In 1858, LC's educational story
began with the Albany Academy,
founded in Albany, a town south of
Portland.The Pre bycerian Church. PHOTOS COURTESY WATZEK PHOTO RESERVES
was the main agent in its found­
ing, a striking conuasc to today's
campus, which decidedly lacks re­
ligious presence.
In 1934, the college sec up a
branch in Portland; by 1939, the
whole school had made the move.
Three years later Lloyd Frank's
manor property-the "fir acres"
estate-was purchased, with the
school name finally settling on
Lewis & Clark. The Pioneers, how­
ever, would not show up until they
replaced the Pirates in 1946.
According to the LC website,
the new name was selected as a
"symbol of the pioneering spirit
that had made and maintained the
College," and over the years they
held to chat.
Story Continued I FealHres 9 BY DARYA WATNICK
Features Editor
"Personal Experiences from
Growing up in Israel" is the tide of
Assaf Nisenboym's speech, sched­
uled for chis .Wednesday at 6 p.m.
in Council Chamber. A former of­
ficer in Israel's Navy, Nisenboym is
a fellow for Stand With Us, an orga-
nization working towards increased PHOTO sv MAGGIE ouvER
understanding about Israel through
education and advocacy. A TRIBUTE TO ZEPHYR "I hope that students who at- I News 2
tend the event will be able to put a
face with an Israeli ... co personalize THE TERN: A WEEKLY SOCIAL JUSTICE COLUMNl0PIRIDns4
the Israeli people," said Amy Penner
('11), the event's organizer. "While Just say no to the Smith Bill I0111111ns&
Life in Israel is so different from
our lives here, it is also so similar."
Penner is an Emerson Fellow for
Stand With Us.
'Tm hoping chat students inter­
ested in International Affairs, world
politics and the pursuit of peace in
general will attend, because I'm sure
everyone can learn something valu­
able," said Penner. "There are so
many misconceptions in the U.S.
about Israel and the situation in the
Middle Ease, and I hope that stu­
dents will listen to Assafs talk with
an open mind."
Penner claims chat the point of
Nisenboym's talk is not to change
anyone's opinions.
In his biography, the Nisenboym
explained that his "goal is to help
people get a better sense of Israel, a
deeper understanding about what is
going on in the Mideast and a sense
of what it is like being an Israeli." TOMO KATSURADAIStJ11S1urce1
PHOTO COURTESY OF TYLER REESE Tattoos
Tattoos
Tattoos
part II
More student body
art, plus the guy
who inks his fellow
classmates
Feawres10 2News THE PIO EER LOG, FEBRUARY 11, 2011
Zephyr Rapinchuk
Memorialized
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EDITORS IN CHIEF:
NATALIE BAKER & LINDSEY BOSSE
BusrNESS MANAGER:
LINDSEY BossE
NEWS EDITORS:
ZAcH HoLZ & LAuRA NASH
OPINION EDITORS:
BEAU BROUGHTON & JuUA STEWART
FEATURES EDITORS:
DARYA WATN!CK & MARI YAMATO
AllTs EDITORS:
HAYLEY TRIVETT & ZIBBY P1LLOTE
SPORTS EDITORS:
MICHAEL D'ANGELO & FIONA CORNER
STYLE SOURCE:
ALICIA KROELL
ILLUSTRATION EDITOR:
KATE OWENS
ILLUSTRATORS:
KYLA COVEY, FRANCES L1 & AMY ROSENHEIM
PHOTO EDITOR:
SAM MARGEVJCIUS
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
ANNIE BOURKE, GRACE GUENTHER,
MAGGIE McDERMUT, MAYA BENDIFALLAH,
MAGGIE OLIVER, HANNAH PRINCE, ALEX
SCHWARTZ, LEO.QIN, AMY WALSH BE ELANA
WEBB
CoPY CHrEFS:
NATALIE EAGAN & SARAH GOTTLIEB
COPY EDITORS:
ROBIN CEDAR, GABBY HANDS, KATHLEEN
DALY, ALrx ROBERTS & KELSI VILLARREAL
STAFF WRITERS:
ROBIN AUBRY, KATE BARHYDT, ]ERRED
BLANCHARD, MARISSA FENLEY, ALrx
FINNEGAN, CATHY GRELLA, STEPHANIE
GONZALEZ, AoRIAN GUERRERO, MAGGIE
HENNESSEY, ALLY HUBBARD, ROBIN KmK,
MICAH LEINBACH, DREW LENIHAN, KEVTN
MUHITCH, MEGAN MORIN, HANNAH PALMER,
Eruc PROTSMAN, ANTHONY Ruiz, JAKE
SIMONDS & RACHEL YOUNG
AoVISORS:
PETER CHRISTENSON & ]ASON FEINER
THE PIONEER loG SERVES TO INFORM THE LEWIS
& CLARK COMMUNITY ON ISSUES OF CONCERN TO
STUDENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS, LETTERS TO THE EDI­
TOR AND EDITOIUALS DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT
THE OPINIONS OF THE PIONEER loG OR LEWIS &
CLARK COLLEGE.
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COLLEGIATE
PRESS A Pioneer Log Staff Writer
reflects on memories of
tel low student
BY JAKE SIMONDS
Staff Writer
Zephyr Rapinchuk was a bro.ther, son,
musician, photographer, srudent and ceach­
er. He was a friend and peer who is and will
be missed dearly by all lucky enough to have
known che man. Raised in Northampton,
Massachuseccs, he had jusc compleced his
6rsc semescer ac Lewis & Clark.
Zephyr went missing Jan. 11 while skiing
in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. A search com­
menced chac nighc and his body was found
the nexc day. His LC friends remember how
stoked he was co be in good company ac
Jackson Hole.
Lase Friday, Feb. 4, on whac would have
been Zephyr's 19th birthday, the LC com­
munity gathered to celebrate his life. There
Though I've heard it a mil­
lion times, that day "How
are you doing?" made me
choke that day.
was food, there was music, there was a mo­
ment of silence and a more firring moment
of loudness. Those who couldn't attend
should know he had very, very long hair as
a child, his professors gushed about his en­
viable intellecc and spiric of inquiry, and he
was a great friend to boot.
I heard about Zephyr's death while in my
underwear, checking Facebook before bed.
I had to do something. After clothing my­
self, I shoveled snow -all eight inches of it
from my driveway and two porches before
I crashed asleep, dog tired. The next day I
cashiered for eight hours in a grocery store
on six hours of sleep. My hands trembled
as I checked in the Boston Globe papers.
Though I've 1-ieard it a million times, "How
are you doing?" made me choke that day.
Even in the cruelest con­
trast, life is stµl here. What
Zephyr was all about is still
all around, it's just the mar­
gins are a whole lot thinner.
I did not know Zephyr especially well.
My reaction is only relevant because my feel­
ings weren't unique. One can talk of how
hard death is, but that's generic. The larger,
and more pertinent discussion I've heard
lately is on how special Zephyr was. He lived
up to his namesake of a soft wind, touched
many and left a positive impact everywhere
he went in his rime on the Hill. .
Now, like every breeze we've ever known,
he has passed. At the Celebration of Life,
Professor Joel Martinez said Zephyr is why
we teach. Personally, shooting the breeze
with Zephyr was the highlight of my lonely
Thanksgiving break.
I am thankful that in leaving us, Zeph­
yr didn't take anything with him entirely.
People still appreciate other people, still find
joy in what's around them, still break out in
laughter. Even in the cruelest contrast, life is
still here. What Zephyr was all about is still
all around, it's just thac the margins are a
whole lot thinner.
In memory of Zephyr Sequoia Rapin­
chuk (1992-2011). PHOTO BY ALEX SCHWARTZ
Zephyr is remembered by friends for his smile and his peacefulness. He passed away
on Jan. 11 in a skiing accident in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
HAPPINESS
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NAPPIHUS ANO YOUI MIJTY TO POSmtELY ltFFECf THE UtES
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A blog post written by Zephyr last year, which was printed and then handed out at his memorial. THE PIO EER LOG, FEBRUARY II, 2011
Intoxicated man attacks student on the Raz,
other passenger asks to buy the school
Story continued from page 1
turned co the man and gave him "the most
peaceful look I could muster. .. a look imply­
ing 'look man, we're all chill, you should be
chill coo' ... Just a look." That look seemed
co cause the stranger to focus on Chase. "He
started cussing at me and beating me down
for random things ... I just looked straight
ahead and didn't say anything more."
At chat point, Chase's neighbor Kevin
Cassidy (' 14) turned co Chase co inquire into
what had been said. Noticing the conversa-
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS tion, the man stood up, grabbed Chase by
the hair, stood over him, and raised his fist as
rows of astounded students looked on.
Cameron stayed in chat position for sev­
eral seconds before slapping the man's hand
our of his hair, and responding by saying
"Don't mess with me, man." Chase reported
chat at chat point the man's eyes started co
Bit back and forth, as though he were angry.
As Chase saw it, the man "could have had a
knife, he could have had a gun. So I went
totally passive ... anything co get this guy co
back down." After the event, Cassidy said
"Cameron definitely handled it well."
That appeared true. The man sat. In the
meantime, Cassidy had gone to inform the
bus driver, who pulled the bus over and de­
manded co see both the inebriated man and
the ocher non-student's ID. Neither could
provide one. After several
minutes of argument be-
tween the driver and
the man who had
arracked Chase, the
man got off the bus.
He reentered as the
driver was leaving,
but finally was con­
vinced to leave after
threats of a call
to the police.
The ocher
individual
who had been
sitting with
the man nei-
ther spoke, nor
got off rhe bus. He
made several moves
towards the door, but
each time chose to
sit back down. After
a while, Sarah Park­
er ('13), who was
seated several rows
back, requested chat they drop him off further along the ride. "He
seemed scared of the ocher guy," she later
said. "They didn't seem to be together."
The driver called campus security, ask­
ing them to meet the bus at campus. Sev­
eral students, including Chase and Cassidy,
introduced themselves to the ocher man in
an effort to get him to speak. "For a while,
it seemed like he was mute," reported Cas­
sidy. That was disproved when, according
to Chase, he "stood up and said he needed
a safe place where he could pull over but he
didn't have any money." The man said noth­
ing afterwards for a time, except shouting at
one ocher point chat he was not drunk.
Campus Security was at Templeton when
the bus pulled in. Cassidy and Chase helped
explain to security chat the man in question
had not, in fact, been the one who had at­
tacked students. When asked by Campus
Safety why he had come to the school the
man responded chat he intended to buy it.
Security officers informed him chat the
school was not for sale, at which point he be­
gan to walk towards the Forest dorm area.
Security followed in a pick-up truck, until
the man began to run. Abandoning the still­
running truck in the road, they chased him.
up towards Hartzfeld. Another driving a sep­
arate truck, appeared to pause for a moment
before "he quickly peeled our" said Cassidy.
"His tires could be heard screeching up the
street. "
Campus Safety Supervisor Mark Nisbett
reported via e-mail that he "caught up with
him at gate six and offered him assistance."
The man was raken to the corner of T erwil­
liger and Boone's Ferry co catch a bus back
downtown.
Nisbett informed the Piolog chat in the
future, "Any rider should first call 9 I I if oth­
er passengers on the bus begin to act out in a
violent or threatening way. lt may be too late
if the riders and bus driver are waiting for the
bus co arrive on Campus in hopes that Cam­
pus Safety Officers can take actions."
Manor House opens for quiet study time
BY ALIX FINNEGAN
Staff Writer
ASLC passed the first resolution of the
new semester oo Jan. 27, which opened the
Armstrong Lounge of Frank Manor to stu­
dents as a quiet study hour once a week. The
lounge will be open Monday evenings from
6-8 p.m.
The Armstrong Lounge was once avail­
able for student use, bur concerns about in­
terrupting Admissions functions made the
privilege of student use of places like Frank
Manor questionable. As stated by the reso­
lution, "The priority use of the Armstrong
Lounge of Frank Manor House belongs co
the Admissions Office, [but Lewis & Clark
studenti) should be able co fully utilize our
campus in pursuit of quiet study."
"[ chink it's important char every part of
campus be open co student use," said Xander
Blair (' I 3), Vice President of ASLC and one
of the students behind the new resolution.
"There are so many beautiful spots on cam­
pus. Why waste them?"
This resolution nor only sets a prece­
dent for student use of common spaces on
campus, bur it is also another step towards
strengthening the ever-elusive LC communi­
ty. By making an administrative building like
Frank Manor accessil:t!e to students, ASLC
hopes co establish a connection between stu­
dents and administration and make students
more comfortable in administration-cen­
tered spaces.
Curre0ndy, the Monday night study hours
are on a trial basis. ln one month, ASLC will
evaluate the success of the study hours and make a decision as co whether or nor they
should continue. According co Blair, the big­
gest factor in continuing usage of Armstrong
Lounge as a study space is
whether or nor students
attend rhe study hour.
Furthermore, because the
Manor House is on the
National Registry of His­
toric Places, Blair warns
that disrespectful use of
the space would lead co
discontinuation of study
hour.
According co Holi­
day Eng ('11), another
student who has been
working diligently to
open the Manor House
co students, if the Mon­
day night study hour is
successful, more nights
per week may be added.
Plans for adding SAAB
tutors ro study hour has
also been discussed, and
its implementation hinges
upon the success of the
study hour. Ar this point, the study hour is limited ro
reading and ocher quiet work, as the Manor
House is not yet set up for wireless internet.
PHOTO BY SAM MARGEVICIUS Ar the first study hour
on Monday, Feb. 7, be­
rween I 5 and 25 students
stopped by co enjoy the
roaring fire, comfort­
able chairs, and peaceful
atmosphere of the Arm­
strong Lounge. Frank Manor House's Armstrong Lounge will be open on a trial basis on
Monday evenings from six to eight for quiet study hour. News3
ASLC
UPDATE
• New-VP
advocates for
community
PHOTO BY LEO QIN
Xander Blair ('13) was elected last week to fill the
vacancy for ASLC Vice President.
BY ALLY HUBBARD
Staff Writer
Excited and driven, ASLC's new Vice
President Xander Blair ('13) is dedicated ro
building a strong community.
Blair joined the ASLC ranks as a senator
last semester, his first experience in any sore
of student government. He was elected Vice
President after a senate vote two weeks into
the new semester.
"Through ASLC I've been enabled co do a
lot of things, and I suppose that for me, [be­
coming Vice President] is just an extension
of char," said Blair.
Blair described the more technical duties
of rhe Vice Presidency as main raining rhe by­
laws and running the senate meetings. He
added chat there is "an expectation of doing a
!or more than what is written," and plans co
fulfill this expectation by pushing for change
where it is needed and building the LC com­
munity.
One of the issues chat he is planning co
tackle right away is putting an end to the
DSA confusion.
There was uncertainty at the close of last
semester about where ASLC stood in regards
co the DSAs. As Blair put it, ASLC has "al­
ways supported the DSA system; the admin­
istration wasn't supporting their end of the
bargain."
Community is another big issue on
Blair's docket. He wrote a letter to the editor
last semester about the problem of apathy on
campus.
As for ASLC's role in community, he
stressed chat, ''ASLC isn't the answer per se,
it's a way co help. Community doesn't mean
everyone showing up co senate meetings. Ir's
20 students from different backgrounds sit­
ting around at the manor house on Monday
evenings. Ir's just things for people to do to
bridge the weird gaps that we create on cam­
pus."
•Blair encourages students co contact him
with any concerns or problems they may
have with campus and/or our community.
He said chat this will help him "to know
what people want next and co know where
I should go next." As a representative of the
-students, Blair is looking forward co doing
all he can for the LC community.
Please contact Xander Blair at asLcvp@
Le/ark. edu. 4 Opinions THE PIONEER LOG, FEBRUARY II, 2011
Do the Oscars live up to their hype?
BY JERRED BLANCHARD
Staff Writer
Come Feb. 27, another Oscars ceremony will be
upon us and movie lovers around the world should
be thrilled to see a nice list of quality blockbusters,
most of which came out towards the end of 2010.
While Jesse Eisenberg's stagnant countenance
has found its way into the fray along with Leo De­
Caprio's nonsensical adventures through dreams
within dreams within dreams, Natalie Portman's
ll.ing with insanity danced its way in with a rugged
Jeff Bridges in another Coen Brothers film. Yes, the
big-time, well-produC;ed movies are all over the place
in this year's Oscars. The awards ceremony should be
properly adorned with red velvet and, once again, we
get to witness actors read cue cards in front of people
wigi hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway.
One cool thing about this year's Oscars: James
Franco could win best actor for his acting in 127
Hours, a movie about a guy who gets trapped between
a rock and a hard place while camping, forcing him
to cut his arm off in an attempt to escape his predica­
ment. Not to spoil it, but he lives in the end. This
would make James Franco the only Oscars host to
win an Oscar! Co- lin Firth
will win it, ----::...._ though,
because he act­
ed exception­
ally well in lhe
King's Speech,
and I don't
foresee
The Acad­
emy giving be up for best picture.
Moving on, Bl.ack Swan was a fantastic movie. I
hope chat it will at lease receive Best Actress for Port­
man, because she went nuts and that's what it's all
about. I also love to see a thriller chat is up for five
Oscars, because that doesn't happen very often. Yee,
truth be told, I don't think the movie has the staying
power like lhe King's Speech to make it to the exclu­
sive club of"bes_t picture of the year."
I hate the whole Oscars thing, though. I hate the
red velvet and the smiling celebrities appeasing the
masses. I hate it when people call it a "party," or refer
to the "festivities." I hare the fallacy behind it all and
I hate the teleprompter and the orchestra for stop­
ping people's speeches. I hate what it puts the ac­
tors through and'I hate it that we take the word of
the Oscars as truth because they're not the word of
God. Take, for instance, how Star ~rs didn't even
get nominated for best picture, and neither did lhe
Seven Samurai. The Oscars never tell us anything
of cultural or artistic significance. Why even watch
them? The notion of the Oscars is a culturally signifi­
cant entity in and of itself
I'm not saying that the tide doesn't hold impor­
tance, because the people who decide the winners
are very knowledgeable in their field. I'm only say­
ing chat it is very easy for people to gee caught up in
trends and sway their vote to something
un- deserving. An im-
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human. For
, r now, though,
\ ~ we have to go "'-,;; • • • ·. along with the
charade that is
the ceremony
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car.
I'm not a fan of the praise for In­
ception and lhe Social Network. Incep­
tion was just dumb. All that shit about lim-
bo was dumb, being so deep into dreams you were in
dreamier dream places was dumb, and dream levels?
Dumb.
As far as lhe Social Network goes, I enjoyed che
power of the movie's truth about the Facebook phe­
nomenon, but Jesse Eisenberg isn't a very good actor.
No movie with such a lame kid actor like that should ILLUSTRATION BY FRANCES LI
cept the cinematic ge-
nius that is The American Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, because
winning an Oscar is the greatest accomplishment a
member of the film industry can experience. I'm just
thrilled that I'm not an actor and I'll never have to
idolize a little golden naked dude.
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Why hippies,
homesteaders and
Haitians hate GMOs
A weekly column dedicated to spreading awareness about
social justice issues
BY ADRIAN GUERERRO
Staff Writer
The US Department of Agriculture has struck organic farmers a
deathblow by deregulating genetically modified (GMO) crops, fur­
ther showing its commitment to corporate interests. Two weeks ago,
the USDA removed restrictions on Monsanto's GMO alfalfa, and last
Friday, they struck down regulations limiting the expansion of GMO
sugar beets.
By removing regulations, the USDA has allowed industrial farmers
to plant as close to organic farms as they want, thereby greatly increas­
ing the potential that neighboring organic crops will be contaminated.
This decision affects the entire natural food market, since organic cows
are mostly fed alfalfa.
Obama's administration has been a driving force behind this destruc­
tion since he began his presidency with promises to "feed the world"
by providing administrative support to roundup-ready Monsanto seed
around the world.
However, the world apparently doesn't wane to be fed
with GMO crops. Before World Environment Day
2010, 10,000 Haitian farmers marched seven kilo-
meters to collect Monsanto's donation of 60,000
sacks of corn. They showed their gratitude for
this gift by setting it ablaze, chanting "Long
the native maize! Monsanto's GMO &
brids violate' peasant agriculture!"
powerful symbol shows
'_l-faitians living in a live
hy­
T his
that even
desperately
starved coun­
y resist GMOs.
e debate
around GMO
crops is often
falsely framed
as a battle be-
tween
and science
moralis-
tic ignorance.
II Let's set the re-
~ cord straight: the sci-
entific research and technology behind
genetic modification is not inherently evil;
rather, as with all technology, it is the ways in which they are used that
can be dangerous. The promise of eliminating world hunger sounds
great, but like most international political rhetoric, it is a veil for much
more selfish interests.
GMO crops play a fundamental part in a global system of exploi­
tation and coercion. Wikileaks recently exposed just how much pow­
er the biocech industry has when it released a cable from the former
United States ambassador to France, Craig Stapleton. Stapleton urged
retaliation against EU countries that were resisting the importation of
GMO crops: "[We recommend] that we calibrate a target retaliation
list that causes some pain across the EU ... Moving to retaliation will
make clear that the current path has ~ea! costs to EU interests and could
help strengthen European pro-biotech voices." In another Wikileaks
example, diplomats to the EU were shown to be directly following
orders from Monsanto: "In response to recent urgent requests by ...
Monsanto, post requests renewed US government support of Spain's
science-based agricultural biotechnology position through hish-level
US government intervention." Such behavior violates the concept of
human freedom-individuals should be able to know and choose what
they are eating-and yet, our sovereignty is often lost so that the owners
of GMO companies can make exorbitant amounts of money.
Industrial agriculrural practices- are unsustainable systems chat lead
to greater starvation and environmental collapse. The Dust Bowl of
the I 930's, which culminated in The Great Depression, exemplifies
how the use of incense mono-crop cultures can wreck the soil and the
economy.
GMO crops could serve the human good if they were locally devel­
oped with human interest in mind, and if their use were transparent
and controlled enough to prevent the violation of food sovereignty and
destruction of native culrures.
Furthermore, scientific research should be done on the effects of
GMO food, because currently, companies like Monsanto work very
hard to prevent and quiet these studies. GMO could indeed feed the
world, but the power of the biocech industry has ensured that any us­
age of GMO agricultural technology will be hatefully forced onto the
masses with state support. THE PIO EER LOG, FEBRUARY II, 2011 Opinions 5
Sustainability is sexy:
A weekly column dedicated to environmental dialogue
Calling more ENVS profs
BY RACHEL YOUNG
Staff Writer
Over the past week and a half the En­
vironmental St~dies Program (ENVS) has
been interviewing three final candidates
co fill a gap in the program as an Earth
Systems Science professor.
I am an ENVS major and the student
representative on the search commit­
tee and overall I chink we have brought
in three compelling, qualified candidates
with different research expertise and
reaching styles. I feel that that any of rhe
three candidates would add breadth and
depth to the program.
This new person will be filling an im­
perative role as professor in Earth Systems
Science, a field char integrates the inter­
actions between the different scientific
spheres: biosphere, atmosphere, hydro­
sphere, lithosphere, and other systems.
This position will be a grounding­
niche for ENVS students in natural sci­
ences, providing a base in understanding
the science of environmental issues.
The ENVS program has been in des­
perate need of a new faculty member for
years. Jim Proctor, the current head and
sole ENVS faculty person, has been carry­
ing far too much of the ENVS load.
In the past two years Liz Safran, LC's
only Geology professor, has been teach­
ing ENVS courses, including ENVS 160
and a new elective called Natural Disas­
ters. This year, the number of graduat­
ing seniors quadrupled. Between grading
18 theses, running the program, teaching
the core ENVS courses and all the geolo-gy courses, and conducting research; the
workload is too much for two professors.
As a senior, I was part of the 'guinea
pig' class. We went through the major
while many of the imperfections were
still being worked our.
In the past four years there have been
several changes co the program: ENVS
220 went from a four credit class co a
five credit class and ENVS 320 Envi­
ronmental Problems and ENVS 340 En­
vironmental• Solutions were combined
into one class: ENVS 330 Environmen­
tal Problems and Solutions. This new
professor will be another stage in com­
pleting the ENVS metamorphosis.
The program i preponderant in the
social sciences and humanities so the
integration of the earth system sciences
will give ENVS students a more compre­
hensive and interdisciplinary education.
The new faculty person will also of­
fer ENVS students greater opportuni­
ties co participate in scientific research.
Some of the potential offerings include
studying ancient rocks co determine the
history of the earth, investigating per­
mafrost, analysing ocean-atmosphere in­
teractions and trips to Antarctica.
There is a great need for classes on cli­
mate change and land use cover change,
and the new faculty will be adding to the
increasing number of ENVS elective up­
per division courses.
Overall, this new hire will be ex­
tremely valuable. He or she will contrib­
ute to the multiplicity of_ thinking co a
currently understaffed but burgeoning
major. Dear Fiona & Michael ...
A special Valentine's Day column featuring love advice from two experts
Dear Fiona and Michael,
I have only been going out with my signif­
icant other for a few weeks. Should I still
make a big deal out ofValentines Day?
Sincerely,
Stressed Lover
Fiona: Dear Stressed Lover,
As·a young woman Valentines Day is always
a big deal! (Actually, all holidays where gifts
are exchanged are big deals.) I love chocolate
and red roses (hint, hint)! Even though you
have only been going out for a short time
your significant other will see this day as a
great way co connect with you and express
their undying infatuation.
If you don't plan a fabulous V-day, they
will be heartbroken. Keep in mind that your
production of gifts need not be an elaborate
ordeal, bur flowers, chocolates and an ador­
able teddy bear from the dollar score are es­
sential. Downtown dinners can be expensive
so I recommend ordering a heart shaped
pizza from your local Papa-Johns.
You can cozy up next to each ocher on
the couch, stifling giggles as cheese hangs
from your chin and awkwardly staring at each other when the movie gets boring.
Also, it is important to note chat Valentines
Day is a day about love and reflecting on
why you are with the person in the first
place. Not celebrating chis day will force
your significant ocher to believe that you
don't care about them. Do you wane that?
Of course nor. No one does. Therefore
even ifit is just a homemade cupcake, or
an elaborate balloon, cookie, or flower ar­
rangement hand delivered by a barbershop
quarter, celebrating Valentines Day is always
important.
Michael: Dear Stressed Lover,
V-Day is simply a day to let someone
know chat they mean something to you: Let
what they mean co you be reflected in the
gift. Making a "big deal" our of V-Day isn't
necessary. Say, for example, they are the light
of your life char guides you through the tu­
mults of an imperfect world. You could grab
a blanket and head to south campus where
you could gaze into the galaxy and tell her
she's your North star. Granted, chat's ex­
tremely cheesy, but you get the idea.
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS ., ,
Making comniunication more than a buzzword
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS
BY MICHAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer
If there is a buzzword at Lewis & Clark
right now it is communication. Clear com-munication was one of the Common Hour's
first topics: Ir drove the giant Howard wall
calendar; it eternally frustrates hordes of stu­
dent groups trying to reach the LC masses;
and it is intimately connected to the reams
of paper chat are sticky tacked, taped, and
pinned to the walls from Copeland to Miller.
Still, any student who wants people to
actually show up to events they care about
should have a vested interest in a better sys­
tem. The calendar is one such system, but in­
novation can surely bring us others.
The communication controversy extends
beyond events: it's everything from students
talking to professors to the various mysteri­
ous forces of administration, from Facilities
to Finances, who do things tbat few of us are
aware o( If the common hour is any judge,
many members of LC are yearning for a little
more communication between all members of the commLLnity.
There is good reason for chis: students in­
terested in energy conservation, for example,
would love co hear from Facilities about all
the internal changes they've pushed, forces
chat in 2003 made LC the first college in the
United Stares to meet Kyoto standards. And
Celestino has plans that would make any
transport-frustrated LC student drool.
Community is a function of communi­
cation and agency. We can set up all the sys­
tems we want to encourage community, but
it should be obvious chat chose systems are
useless until they are taken advantage o(
This is not a critique of many of the ef­
forts to make information distribution on
campus more effective. Rather, it is a gentle
reminder chat community is not a product to
be delivered. A real community, even if sup­
ported by dynamic figures, requires regular engagement. .
Here I applaud Jerry Harp, whose Fireside
Chats and regular dinner appearances are a
great way co bridge the student-faculty divide.
Or even President Barry Glassner, who rook
time out of his day to sit down to lunch with
students, LLnannounced, in the Bon. Com­
munity building takes place when dorms have
dinners (and invite faculty or staff to them)
and students are willing co invite professors to
lunch just because they can.
All of chose actions take agency. They also
take an openness to commLLnity chat not all
members of LC share. But the only way to really
turn lofty and vague concerns about communi­
cation and community into practical realities is
to go out and forge chat community ourselves.
That is worth remembering as pro-communi­
cation/ community initiatives are carried out
this coming year.
Word on the Hill: Which professor would you want to take on a hot Valentines date?
BY JULIA STEWART AND BEAU BROUGHTON
Ro Haan ('11)
"Jerry Harp so he can
read his sweet poetry
tome. ,, Boubacar Traore (AES)
"Julie Vorholt because
I love the way she is
teaching and I love
the way she is
speaking and I can
understand her." Sophia Allcastro ('14)
"I would take Freddy
Vilches, even though
he has a daughter
with my name." Dan Kaplen ('12)
"The old French lady.
Voulez-vous coucher . ,, avec mo1. Kelsey Morris ('12)
"I would go on a
wilderness date with
Chana Cox." HIiary Devaney ('14)
"Elliott Young because
he looks like he would
know how to dance." 6 Opinions THE PIO EER LOG, FEBRU RY ll, 2011
What shall the class
of 2015 bring?
BY STEPHANIE GONZALEZ
Staff Writer
Ac around chis time a year ago,
fir c-year were finishing rheir ap­
plications to Lewis & Clark. The
application deadline for this year
was Feb. l and an estimated 500
new students will be joining us in
rhe fall. For me, chis school was
one of my top choices, while oth­
ers may have been aimed for rhe
Ivy Leagues. Having chosen LC, ir
is our responsibility co decide what
we want to achieve from this lib­
eral arcs experience.
When I was a prospie, I remem­
ber witnessing the Naked Mile
with my famiJy. I knew then that
LC would be a place for individ­
uals to freely express themselves
without judgment.
While it's rrue char I do nor feel
a harsh sense of judgment here, I
do feel different. My native roots
infuse my persepcrive; I feel chat
I do not have many things in
common with people on campus due to my culture and ethnic­
ity.
I see rhe school administra­
tion emphasizing the large inter­
national student population, but
the J 90 international students
make up the majority of rhe eth­
nic diversity on campus.
AJthough I love all my friends
here at LC, I know many of my
friends back at home would have
had a lot to contribute, bur they
reluctancly did not apply after
seeing chat there was very licde
ethnic diversity in the student
body. Instead, they applied co
bigger schools chat seemed more
racially diverse, such as the Uni­
versity of California or other
state schools.
We have departments char of­
fer classes that seek to understand
other cuJtures, such as Ethnic
and Larin American studies, bur
it i in our peers that we lack the
diverse insights of other cultures.
Ir is my hope that LC's student
body will increasingly diversify. My eyes are up here: A weekly feminist column
for everybody
Just say ((No!" to the Sinith Bill
BY MAGGIE HENNESSEY
Staff Writer
On Jan. 20, 2011, New Jersey
Republican Chris Smith submit­
ted a bill to the House of Repre­
sentatives char would cut the fed­
eral funding of abortions for rape
victims. Instead of providing
money for all rape cases, Smith
and his 173 co-sponsors are pro­
posing a ban on abortion fund­
ing with only a few exceptions, as
well as a redefinition of rape to
"forcible rape," questioning the
very definition of rape itself.
Under rhe "No Taxpayer
Funding for Abortion Act," fed­
eral funding wouJd nor cover
women who had been raped
while under the inAuence of
drugs or alcohol and would com­
pletely leave out funding for
mentally handicapped victims.
As Kristen Schaal joked on The
Daily Show, "You'd be surprised
how many drugged, underage or mentally handicapped young
women have been gaming the sys­
tem. orry, ladies, the free abor­
tion ride is over."
Comedy aside, chis bill does
pose a threat to women's rights
and activists nationally and locally
are up in arms about it. Here at
Lewis & Clark, activists stationed
around campus collected over 250
letters to representatives all around
the country. On a national level,
MoveOn.or$'s online petition has
garnered over 580,000 signatures,
forcing the GOP to reword "forc­
ible rape" in an attempt to calm
the growing feminist storm hover­
ing over the bill.
This edit may be a step in the
right direction, but the fact of rhe
matter is that the "No Taxpayer
Funding for Abortion Act" still
seeks to reinforce an overarch­
ing prohibition of most federally
funded abortions, with exceptions
only for incest and severe physical
detriment to the mother. It also quiecly slips in a clause about im­
posing tax penalties on individuals
chat purchase abortion coverage in
their health insurance plan.
Jessica Aeons, the director of
the Women's Health and Rights
program at the Center for Ameri­
can Progress, noted char the mith
Bill seeks to make abortion "as dif­
ficult to obtain as possible without
actually criminalizing it." If signed,
chis bill would be a substantial seep
in the wrong direction.
The subtext of chis bill is easy
for any feminist co read. Once a
woman becomes pregnant, pro-life
advocates want none of their tax
dollars to pay for abortions, even
for victims of rape; the "No Tax­
payer Funding for Abortion Act"
is getting into some sticky terri­
tory. By being so blarancJy incon­
siderate of a woman's individuality,
choice and gender-specific needs,
the GOP is giving feminism a big
slap in the face. And frankJy, that's
pretty darn rude.
For the sake of freedom, riot like an Egyptian
BY RYE DRUZIN
Staff Writer
A young man, struggling to
make ends meet, is ruffed up
by Tunisian police for the final
rime. In despair, he lights himself
on fire in front of a government
building, and dies from his burns
two weeks lacer. Within a month
of his ace of protest, the Tuni ian
dictatorship of Zine El Abidine
Ben Ali had been toppled by its
people.
In a region where authoritarian
regimes are a reality and suppres­
sion of liberties is rife, chi was a
shock nor only to myself but to
rhe West in its entirety.
The Egyptians have poured
our in unprecedented numbers •
to oppose the brutal 30-year-old
miJirary dictatorship of Hosni
Mubarak. The courage of these
ordinary citizens, their voices si­
lenced for so long bur their pride
still so strong, was immense as
they faced off against a police
force with a brutal past of intoler­
ance for the opposition. This was
a wave of change the police could
nor prevent.
Watching events unfold on AJ­
Jazeera and the BBC was more
than special. Hearing the voices of
ordinary Egyptians voicing their
discontent with rhe incumbent
regime nearly made me cry. I have
never been filled with so much
hope, the hope for a better future
for chose people coupled with rhe
knowledge char political activism
could survive a 30 year hiatus.
While hundreds of thousands
of protesters marched through
Cairo, AJexandria, and uez, the
West was disgustingly silent. The
European Union, a group that
generally encourages democracy,
sent mixed messages from each
of their member states. The Unit­
ed Scares was mostly silent until
nearly a week into the protests,
when the Egyptian military de­
clared char it would nor fire on the protesters on Jan. 31.
Only until after it was clear
that the riots in Tahrir Square
would nor be a repeat of Tianan­
men Square did the U.S. begin
publicly voicing its opposition
to the brucality chat the Egyptian
police stare had brought upon its
people.
Yer the U.S., while calling for
the quick relinquishment of pow­
er by Mubarak, has also been re­
vealed to support his right hand
man and newly-minted Yice­
President, Omar Suleiman, as che
future leader. This is because Is­
rael believed char he would be a
good replacement upon the death
or leaving of Mubarak, who is 82
--------------years old. Yer rhe government has
seemed content to create a sham
operation of concessions while
attempting to crush anti-govern­
ment protesters in rhe street.
The occupation of Tahrir·
Square in central Cairo seemed
to be the place where the opposi­
tion would bring Mubarak down.
While the protests went on peace­
fully for many days, with army
tanks surrounding the perimeter
bur allowing people in, Mubarak
had decided in the beginning of
Feburary char he had had enough.
Armed thug , some on camelback,
charged Tahrir Square on Feb. 2,
attempting to do for Mubarak
what his police had been unable
------to and what rhe army was unwill­
ing to: forcibly crush the move­
ment.
The horror of watching a peo­
ple so desperate for democracy
and freedom literally fighting for
their lives on television was im­
mense. As Molotov cocktails and
rocks rained upon the anti-gov­
ernmen r protesters, ·a great sorrow
entered my heart. This sorrow was
for watching a country rear itself
apart, a country so great and with
so much history and hope burn­
ing into the night.
When dawn arrived, Tahrir
Square was encircled by a make­
shift barricade. The anti-Mubarak
protesters had prevailed and their
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS place in history was sealed as the
protectors of freedom. Apart from
the violence directed ar rhe e
people from their government, I
have been most disgusted with the
lackJusrer support of the protest­
ers by our government, a govern­
ment char justifies the escalating
war in Afghanistan in the name of
"democracy and freedom," while
rhe war on rhe streets of Egypt are
for those values and even more.
The stake are high in Egypt
and the dangers are unknown.
Thar is what the West and Israel in
particular are afraid of. They have
no idea who will fill the vacuum,
as the protesters are leaderless, a
true movement of the people, by.
the people, for rhe people. They
fight nor to replace one dictator
for another or to bring extremism
to a stare level but to bring pride
into saying they are Egyptian, to
have the opportunities of a free
and just people.
We must support movements
like these, because without our
support, the dictators chat rule
chem will use even more bru­
tal force against them. Support­
ing these governments may eem
smart to us in rhe short-term but
in the long run I would say we
would nor want to have a Middle
East full of Iranians hostile to­
ward us because we either tacitly
or explicitly accepted rhe repres­
sion of a people. We should say, if
they want freedom, let chem have
it, because they deserve it. I hope
char rhe Egyptians will get their
way.
Even as I write chis, I have
no idea what the outcome will
be. But I have faith and hope,
so much more than before. See­
ing rhe smiling faces, hearing the
massive chants, the voices of hun­
dreds of thousands of people be­
ing heard by rhe world. That is
freedom!
A!Lahoum barak Je masir wa Je
horiyah shabiha: God bless Egypt
and her people's freedom. THE PIONEER LOG, FEBRUARY II, 2011 Style Source 7 8 Features THE PIO EER LOG, FEBRUARY II, 2011
In last week's edition of the Pioneer Log, a Features article stated that the average annual salary of a garbage man is $24,000. This amount is inaccurate. The average compen­
sation for garbage truck divers.employed by Waste Management in Portland is $80,000 per year, which includes hourly base pay, optional overtime and benefits.
The Month of Chocolate: A Valentine's Day Special
BY KATE BARHYDT
Stoff Writer
Portland offers a variety of options when it comes to
eating, drinking, and purchasing chocolate. There is a
selection of different chocolate shops, cafes and merchants in
the City of Roses. The chocolate selection is very eclectic, and those who
enjoy chocolate infusions may be curious to try several
of their offerings. The cherry ylang-ylang chocolate was
delicious; the cherry gave the chocolate a tangy sweetness,
while the ylang-ylang blossoms brought a light, flowery
taste that the darkness of the chocolate balanced perfectly.
The miffie counter had a Large variety of unique infused
chocolates such as the spicy lemongrass. I tried one of the
blue cheese truffles, which had a dark shell wrapped around
a smooth, blue cheese and dark chocolate filling. This
chocolate is definitely good quality, but the truffle was too
cold, which not only made it too brittle, but also duUed the
caste slightly. Cacao is a hard act to fol1ow, and while it is definitely in the
running, Sweet Masterpiece gives it some fierce competition.
To be fair, it wouldn't have made it into the PioLog ifit wasn't
worth writing about, and the wine, chocolate and coffee bar
is definitely worth a mention. Located on NW Davis and
I 0th, right by Powell's, "Sweet Masterpiece Inc." sells truffles
and hot drinks and makes meals such as sandwiches and
salads. The other customers ranged from a young hipster couple
Perspectives: Kirk Reeves
A weekly look into the thoughts of people within and outside Lewis & Clark
BY JULIA STEWART
Opinions Editor
He goes by "Working" Kirk Reeves and
his business is making people smile. You will
most likely see him if you head east over the
Hawthorne Bridge, where you will need to
come to a screeching hale at the end of the
on-ramp before straining your head to the
left to check for on-coming traffic. There to
meet your gaze, rain or shine, wiJI be "Work­
ing" Kirk, perched on a call stool on a trian­
gular peninsula amidst the whizzing cars and
radiating a child-like enthusiasm.
His daily attire makes him hard to miss
-a white tuxedo and either a silver sequined
baseball cap or Mickey Mouse ears. In the
ten seconds it will take you to merge onto
the bridge, Reeves will provide you with a
quick trumpet rune and a flash of a comedic
magic trick rwo of his signature moves in­
clude turning a metal square into a circle by
with the Aick of a wrist, and expanding and
contracting a hollow plastic sphere. some cartoon music!", said Reeves.
As for the white tuxedo, Reeves said he
modeled the look off of Cab Calloway, an
African American jazz singer and big band •
leader of the 1930s and '40s. "He always
came out with these white suits singing
"Minnie The Moocher," [plays trumpet] so
I figured I can't go wrong by being Cab Cal­
loway," said Reeves. To gee the look, Reeves
bought 20 white suits from the Internet for
$10 apiece.
Mid-way through our conversation ic be­
gan co rain and I asked Reeves if he needed
co pack up. "No," he said. "This is good rain
because you can see the sun. I'm thinking in
about five minutes you'll see a rainbow right
over there. [Looks at clock] Yeah, the time is
right, you will see a rainbow."
Sure enough, in no more than five min­
utes, a double rainbow appeared over the
Willamette, propelling Reeves into playing
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow," which he
repeated untiJ the rainbow had disappeared.
"There are good days playing and there
are bad days playing. This looks like it might
be a good day," he said.
"Because of the rainbow?" I asked. co rwo middle aged women who looked like regulars. I
couldn't help but be amused by the conversation of the pair
practicing Spanish next to me (Girl/tutor: "I've been vegan
since I was ten." Man/student: "Are you sure you're Spanish?"
Apparently, in Portland it is indeed possible to be both a
Spaniard and a vegan).
While I was impressed by the variety and creativity of the
infused chocolates, my employment status (or lack thereof)
makes me cringe at the thought of spending the contents of
my duct cape wallet on chocolate that doesn't blow me away.
If you're looking for something curious and unusual, this is
your place; overaU, though, I don't think Sweet Masterpiece
quite reaches the bar that Cacao sets so high.
922 NW Davis St., Portland, OR 97209
After moving to Portland thirty years
ago from Boston, Mass. Reeves has become
one of the city's iconic figures. Over 30,000
motorises and thousands of pedesn;ians and
bicyclists cross the Hawthorne Bridge ev­
ery day. Some may choose to smile back at
Reeves in appreciation while others find him
a nuisance and a distraction to traffic. Eicher
way, Reeves will be smiling ac each of them
with an undeterred ebulJience in the face of
life on the streets. "Yeah! I love rainbows! It makes it seem
like a wonderful place. I mean, a lot of peo­
ple wonder why I do chis. I cold you I had
my throat cut, I've see gangs, I've seen mur­
ders, J've seen drug overdoses -it's a mean,
mean world. And so, I ask myself, what can
I do about this mean world? All I can do is
I can go out and cry co make one person or
maybe rwo people smile. So here, I can make
30,000 people smile, and if you gee a rain­
bow or rwo, well it just shows it's not chat
bad of a place!" PHOTO BY JULIA SEWART
Working Kirk predicted the arrival of a double rainbow and in celebration of the rare event, bursts into
Reeves' passion is for the trumpet, which
he played inter~ictently throughout our
conversation, ending with a "Yeah!" He
started playing 12 years ago after choosing to
abandon his computer job for fear ofY2K.
"I needed to find something that didn't
depend on computers or electronics or the
grids or anything else, but that just depended
on me. So what I found was an almost brand
new horn at a garage sale for $25 dol1ars and
I went like chis [blows into the horn] and
I said, I know that sound! Thar's the sound
you hear in cartoons! I'm gonna learn how co
play chis thing! I'm gonna learn how to play Reeves said he has always dreamed big
but that it hasn't panned out as he thought
it would. "When I grew up and realized that
I was alive, I realized I wanted to be rich and
famous and so on. What I thought I would
be, was the next great writer from the ghetto,
black writer or so on. That didn't happen.
I've got Like five unpublished novels, about
20 unpublished scripts, lots and lots and lots playing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on his beloved trumpet.
of writing. The only thing that reaUy got
published is my TV show."
I asked him if he thought money could
buy happiness.
The question made his eyes widen.
"Yeah!" he said. "If you don't know how co
buy happiness with money, you don't know
how to shop! I would be very happy with a
couple million dollars, believe me!"
When I asked what he would do with
it, Reeves said he would publish books and
make movies chat show the power of an idea.
He said he's doing a licrJe bit of that now by
being a musician, performing on stage and having a TV show. "It doesn't show complex
ideas," Reeves said, "it shows realJy simple
ideas: 'a smile for the day' or 'I can play my
horn,' or 'at Least I'm trying.'"
Reeves said his ultimate goal would be to
come up with an idea chat would make the
world a better place.
"Plus," he added, "I want a trophy wife!
So don't worry about me spending it!"
If interested in helping "W<Jrking Kirk"
make a movie about the power of an idea, you
can contact him by e-mail at workingkirk@ya­
hoo.com
nine days out >>>> f-~brL/c{!'y 11t/1 throu:3h 1qth
friday 11 saturday 12 sunday 13
Last Home Swim Meet
Support the swim team at their last home
meet.
Zehntbauer Swimming Pavilion, 5 p. m. Once Upon A Weekend
Check out student run one act plays put on
by PAUSE.
Black Box 1heatre, 10 p. m. Koinonia Christian Worship Service
Live contemporary Christian music pro­
vided by student-run praise band.
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, 4 p. m.
monday 14 tuesday 15 wednesday 16
Rock Your Heart Out
Check out Sam Kellogg and Friends per­
form on Valentine's Day.
Trail Room, 8 p. m. Dr. Henrique von Gersdorff, OHSU
Synaptic Ribbons: The voice of your eyes,
the vision of your ears.
Howard Rm. 115, 4p.m. Is There a Scientific Method?
Ro~nd two of E&D's spring colloquium
senes.
Miller Rm. 105, 3:30 p.m.
thursday 17 fr1day 18 saturday 19
Rober Miller Gallery Talk
Senior lecturer in art and studio head of
photography, Rober Miller gives a talk.
Hoffman Gallery, 12 p.m. Less Is More Dance Party
Return to the dancefloor once again with
DJ Josue Rodriguez
Trail Room, 8 p.m. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows:
Part 1
Free screening, bring your own popcorn.
Council Chamber, 7 p. m and 10 p. m. THE PIONEER LOG, FEBRUARY II, 2011 Features 9
Digging deep into LC's history reveals unknown facts
Story continued from pg. I
Hoping, perhaps, to match the grandeur
of the campus with the value of the academic
experience, LC launched into the establish­
ment of excellent overseas programs, research
opportunities, and other educational ameni­
ties that make the college what it is today. But LC is full of rich historical gems, and
quite a few have been recorded.
Even the names change when you start to
look: Frank Manor House was once the "Pal­
atine Manor." The undergraduate campus
itself was once "Fir Acres Campus," a name
that has now been relegated to a parking lot
and theater building. Before Templeton, the
student hangout was a decidedly smaller
(though perhaps architecturally more rea­
sonable) "snack shack" (now known as the
Dovecote). This is a picture of Albany College in
downtown Portland on Main St. Shortly
after 1935, Albany College moved to
Fir Acres Residence.
IMAGE FROM 1952 LC YEARBOOK
1952, a jeep managed to find its
way to the bottom of the outdoor
swimming pool . The law school joined Lewis & Clark
in 1965, and a year later the school sepa­
rated from the Presbyterian Church that
had helped found Albany, finally becoming
private and independent. In 2000, the pur­
chase of an 18-acre estate from the Sisters of
St. Francis created South Campus and the
Graduate School of Education and Coun­
seling. The history of LC gets far richer, far
funnier and far more interesting once you
dig in. Some things have been around a long
time -the paper you are reading, for exam­
ple. Some things haven't exactly lasted (good
luck finding a Bible on a parade float now). The transition from a religious Albany in­
stitution to an alternative and independent
Portland college is not without its own sto­
ries and anecdotes. From honky-tonk dances
to parades, anti-war protests and beyond,
they're worth remembering. Digging around
Watzek Library, interested students can find
old copies of the school's yearbook, The Voy­
ager, among other old and dusty tomes. IMAGE FROM LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE BY STEPHEN BECKHAM
E& D spring lecture series begins
BY MEGAN MORIN
Staff Writer
This Wednesday kicked off the Exploration and Discov­
ery Spring Lecture Series with "The Science and Culture of
Food, " presented by our very own president Barry Glassner,
along with Professors Janis Lochner and Bob Goldman. This
colloquium was the first in a series of highly relevant and
engaging discussions that all students are invited to attend.
The next lecture, "Is There a Scientific Method?" will
be presented Feb. 16 by Professors Cliff Bekar, Jay Oden­
baughand Liz Safran. This is followed by lectures discussing
other critical questions to challenge young minds: "What is
Modernity?" will be discussed on Mar. 9, "What is Natural?" on Apr. 13 and "Is Conflict Bad?" on Apr. 20. All lectures are
in Miller 105.
While these lectures are an excellent opportunity for in­
tellectual stimulation for all students, they compliment first­
years' E&D course particularly well. As E&D direccor Re­
becca Copenhaver explains, E&D is meant to consider "those
big, enduring human questions." The colloquium series is an
important part of the goal of E&D, which, as Copenhaver
says, is to promote a "broad, deep intellectual engagement
across the disciplines ... the kind that gives true education
and insight into these deep, meaningful questions."
Keep an eye out for more on the lecture series in upcom­
ing weeks.
Dortn rootn cooking: A failed attetnpt
This week's dorm room cooking recipe, Peanut Brittle, ended up as a flop due to overheating.
BY DARYA WATNICK
Features Editor
This week I attempted to make peanut brittle in the mi­
crowave. I found a recipe on the Internet that seemed easy
enough (it only had six ingredients), two of which I already
had, so I decided co try it. I barely caught the Raz back from
my hectic trip to Fred Meyer's, where I struggled to track
down light corn syrup in the large supermarket among the
other ingredients and necessities I wanted to pick up while
I was there. So even acquiring the ingredients was not going
well so I should have known that making the peanut brittle
was going to be difficult. •
I mixed the corn syrup and sugar in the dish and it looked
like dead jelly fish before I put it in the microwave. The rec­
ipe says to cook it for four minutes but I took it out around
two minutes because it started to smell like it was burning. I
got the wrong peanuts, mine weren't salted, but I put them
in anyways. The recipe says to microwave for three to five
minutes and again I took the dish out early because it was
already lightly browned. Here the peanuts started to burn
which doesn't bode well for the peanut brittle.
After a touch of butter and vanilla, everything is micro­
waved again, and some of the peanuts came out black after
this cycle of heating. Baking soda is added and the entire
thing foams up, like those volcanoes kids make in elementary
school. As I was pouring the foamy, burnt mess on to plates
to cool I burnt my thumb on the concoction. After all, this the peanut brittle didn't even taste good. It
resembled peanut bri_ttle: it was a caramel-colored hard sugar
candy with peanuts stuck in it. Bur it had no taste and was
exceedingly dry and crunchy. I ended up washing it all down
the drain. All I got out of this experience was a burn on my
thumb and the wisdom that sugar in the microwave is way too
hot.
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS
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found at Montage
BY HANNAH PALMER
Staff Writer
Montage, the bustling Creole restaurant with style, flair
and an exotically provocative menu, is located directly un­
derneath the Morrison Bridge in the center of the eastside
industrial district. Though only a mile from Pioneer Square,
Montage feels worlds away from Portland. Amid dank ware­
houses and a maze of one-way streets paved with potholes,
Montage-a place where the air is heavy with spices and
sound, and a veritable amalgamation of decor covers the
walls-is a surreal oasis.
From the street, large doors open into a crowded entry­
way. Montage does not rake reservations and the wait, though
well worth it, is ofren long-typically an hour on Friday or
Saturday. Beyond the waiting area, long linen-covered tables
fill a spacious room with vaulted ceilings. The bar faces a par­
tially open kitchen where a number of rowdy cooks work
their magic, occasionally leaning out to shout orders at the
servers. Pillars, potted plants, tin cans, paintings, sculpture,
broken cast iron pans and a lone puffer fish serve as decora­
tion. As the name suggests, Montage manages co encompass
a myriad of atmospheric, artistic, and culinary identities at
once. Boisterous, intimate, stimulating and relaxing, Mon­
tage is great for any occasion.
The menu features an array of well-prepared, generously­
portioned Creole staples and delicacies including frog legs,
gator bites, jambalaya, gumbo, mac n' cheese and Mississippi
mud pie. The gator bites are delicious-juicy morsels of al­
ligator meat lighcly breaded, heavily spiced, barely fried and
served with greens, cocktail sauce and horseradish. The jam­
balaya is topped with your choice of chicken, sausage, rock
shrimp, oysters, scallops, catfish, crawfish or beans and veg­
gies. The dish is quite spicy, but it is accompanied by a moist
hunk of corn bread which helps to cut the hear. For those
feeling a little less adventurous, Montage serves a number
of excellent macaroni dishes such as ;:omato basil pesto mac,
garlic mac and ham and smoked cheddar mac. While there
are a number of vegetarian dishes, vegans will have a tougher
time here: options include vegan gumbo and salad.
Consider stopping midway through the meal to have
some food wrapped to go and place a dessert order. This
move is doubly advantageous as firstly, Montage creates fabu­
lous animal sculptures from leftovers and tin foil and second­
ly, the desserts are lovely, scrumptious and reasonably priced.
Most meals run from $8-15, with desserts $5-6 and ap­
petizers $6-10. Montage also serves lunch featuring po'boys
and other sandwiches at $5-10, and weekend brunch.
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Kate Kornder ('13) PHOTO BY ROZ KELLY
Matt Cogdill ('14) PHOTO BY AMY WALSH Olivia Christian ('13) PHOTO BY AMY WALSH
Emily Young ('14) PHOTO BY AMY WALSH
PHOTO BY ROZ KELLY Mary Ann Reeves ('12) PHOTO BY AMY WALSH
Forrest Rumbaugh ('13)
L.C. Ink: Under the needle,
a second look at tattoos
Magaly Coronado ( '13) PHOTOBYRozKELLY Tadhg Fendt ('14) PHOTO BY AMY WALSH
Helen Mead ('13) PHOTO BY ROZ KELLY
Calvin Flax ('14) PHOTO BY ROZ KELLY
Libby Howard ('14) PHOTO BY AMY WALSH
PHOTO BY MAYA BENDIFALLAH
Hannah Cooper ('13) Kim Toy ('11) PHOTO COURTESY OF KIM TOY Meet Tyler Reese,
amateur tattoo artist
BY JERRED BLANCHARD
Staff Writer
Adorned with an inked maiden on his left
arm and an ink gun in his righc hand, Tyler
Reese (' 11) creaces free carroos for anybody
willing
Reese practices his trade on a friend's arm.
to trust him. At 22, Reese never apprenticed
with a tattoo master and has never taken a
formal lesson beyond his tattoo gun's man­
ual. Worry not, though: his technique is ex-
A tattoo Reese did on a friend's side.
ceptional. Reese, a painting major, takes the
necessary precautions with his tattoo gun: he
always wears the appropriate gloves and will
toil cowards the best tattoo possible. He has
done big tactoos, small tattoos, short tatroos,
long tattoos, tattoos to make your moth­
er proud of you and tattoos to ensure that
you'll never get a job.
Reese started tattooing in the dorms dur­
ing his sophomore year. He had a little pen
with an ink-tipped needle that he used to
put hundreds oflictle docs on people's skin in
the shapes of boom boxes, roman numerals,
and cruffula trees. Karl Berger (' 12) was the
first person to cake the risk and allow Reese
ro permanently signacure somebody. Berger
was happy with the results and after chat, Re­
ese tattooed ocher people in the same style.
After a few months, though, the idea of
tattooing entrwced Reese and he purchased
a gun. The gun enabled Reese the opporcuni­
ty ro give legitimate tactoos co willing peers.
Of course, he practiced on fake skin patches
and himself before punccuring anyone else.
He has tattooed an "L" and "R" on left and
right feec, respectively, a skull with a fu man­
chu mustache on a chest, a design 011 a wrist
• and a colored hoc-air balloon. He has put an
ohm 011 a fooc, a hand on a rib cage, and has
delved into the realm of Harry Potter co give
the deathly-hollows emblem on a crotch.
"I became interested in tattoos at the age of 18 when I goc my first tattoo on my rib
cage, which is of a tree with my home town's
name in it, so I can ·remember my roots," said
Reese. "Along with the tree, I also have a girl
drawn by Stella Hultberg on my left arm a
social security number on my hip, a homeless
ghost on
my oth­
er arm,
and the
I i c t I e
d u d e
from 'O
the Places
You'll Go' on my
leg. They each have
a story and I like them
all." Of the five, Reese
tattooed the Seuss char­
acter and the social se­
curity number himself
After more question­
ing, Reese elaborated
on his work: "Well, I
think that the worst
tattoo I've ever giv-
en is a quote chat
says 'party 'til you're homeless.' I don't think
I would permanently put that on my body.
The best I've given is the world map. On my
buddy Dave's leg, I drew an entire map of
the world, which rook six hours." Currently,
Reese is designing three tatcoos for people: a
measure of a Bill Evans piece for his room­
mate, an entire mermaid back piece for his
friend and a bone and pen figure for his
brother. "I really think that, aside from the
aesthetic quality of having a tattoo on your
body, every tattoo has a purpose. Besides
the initial reasons behind getting a tat­
too, every tatroo gathers meaning as
one ages and the meaning of the
ink changes as you change."
Ah, what a beautiful concept,
that as somebody changes the
way they look at the world, the
meaning behind his/her tattoo
changes as well.
When asked what he plans to
do with his future in tattooing, Reese
responded: "I plan on starting an
apprenticeship somewhere at some
point. I have about rwo years of
experience and a gun, so I think
I could finagle an apprenticeship
out of some master."
While he is still just a young
man vying for a bachelor's degree, he has the
potential co tatcoo prolifically and prosper­
ously in his future. In the meantime, Reese is
trying co give as many caccoos as his schedule
wilJ allow and all of his friends are capitaliz­
ing on the free ink. THE PIO EER LOG, FEBRU RY II, 2011
Photo of the Week
Sonja Hakanson ('11)
Sonja has been shooting color film for a while now, bur after caking Photo I lase semester she began her ventures into manu­
ally developed black and white. he often documents her friends at quirky Southeast house parties, dressed for Halloween
whether it's October or not. Some of her most striking images are from trips into che wild. Sonja's keen eye for natural beauty
mixed ~ith an intimate view of her subjects is a recipe for masterpieces such as this one. In the above frame, Haley Ross ('12)
contorts her dancer's_ body at the Austin Hor Springs southeast of Portland.
SAM MARGEVICIUS
Photo Editor
Students perform Eve Ensler's
The Vagina Monologues
PHOTO BY SAM MARGEVICIUS
Diana Fox ('12) performs during the dress rehearsal of The Vagina Monologues.
ERIC PROTSMAN
Staff Writer
"V" stands for victory, Valentine and va­
gina. 7he Vagina Monologues celebrate these
words. Lewis & Clark's performance will be
held in Council Chamber Friday, Feb. 11 at
7 p.m. The monologues are a compo irion
of over 200 interviews (and growing) with
women abour their vaginas.
" [ 1he l--agina Monologues]
are very valuable in estab­
lishing the female identity
and essential to long-term
" "d C empowerment, sat o-
Director Chris Khatami
{'12)." For over ten years, LC has partaken in this
global display of female power and educa­
tion by reenacting Ensler's original dialogue
on stage. The Womyn's Center holds audi­
tions and cases all who try our, coralling co
35 performers. The performances vary be­
rween large groups sma11 ensembles and in­
dividual recitals. The nighc will open with a
performance from the Merry Weathers, cran-
si cion into monologues and end with an ap­
pearance by musician Anna Spackman ('12).
The actors have been been engaging in ca­
sual rehearsals with directors Chris Khacami
('12) and Adrian Gebhart ('12), who have •
been striving co gee each person to become
one with their respective scripts.
"The vagina Monologues are very valuable
in establishing the female identity and essen­
tial to long term empowerment," said Khac­
ami. While this seems co be one big female
party, males should nor hesitate co attend. "le
is not a hostile environment cowards men at alJ; some are actually quite positive cowards
men," said Khacami.
"I chink tliac it is a good way for women
co gee their stories out. Nobody talks about
how much they love their vagina. le goes
against the grain in that we are taught co not
talk about genitals. They shouldn't be differ­
ent than any other part of your body," said
Maia Bromley-Dulfano ('14).
7he vagina Monologues' creator, Eve En­
sler, is now the leader of a global movement
dubbed "V-Day."
People celebrate V-Day throughout the
entire month of February, with some events
trailing into April. The project's goal is ro
put an end co violence cowards women and
girls worldwide.
Since its origination, V-Day events have
taken place in over 130 countries, rais-
"Nobody talks about how
much they love their va­
gina ... [it] shouldn't be dif­
ferent than any other part
of yo~ bqdy," said Maia
Bromley-Dulfano {'14).
ing over $80 million and reaching close co
300 million people in need of help. In 2010
alone there were more than 1,800 locations
playing hose co 5,400 events spanning all 50
scares and 55 countries.
7he Womyns Center will accept donatiom
at the door to support the V-Day spotlight, Hai­
ti, as well as the Rafael House in Portland. T-­
shirts and baked goods will also be available. Arts 11
The Fuzz Box
A music column devoted to bridging
the gap between Palatine Hill and
Portland.
ILLUSTRATION BY ZIBBY PILLOTE
KEVIN MUHITCH
Staff Writer
Ir seems like every day when I wake up,
there is some new digital substitute for every­
thing people could ever possibly need. Too
lazy co gee out of your house to buy a book?
Download it co your KindJe! Don't wane co
trek in the rain co the library co gee a movie?
Nedlix it! Too hard to go co the score co gee
toothpaste or deodorant? Order it on Ama­
zon!
Maybe I'm putting coo much negativity
on this kind of developmen c; after all, some
people really dislike human interaction.
However, since moving co Portland, I've be­
come more and more disgusted by the fact
char while the city boasts one of the best col­
lections of record stores in the world, many
of my friend's music collections are solely on
their computers. I understand that it's cheap­
er co download music than co buy a record,
but I would still like co encourage everyone
to go our and cake a look around at some of
the magnificent record scores in Portland.
Here is a liccle guide to my favorite shops
around the city.
Located on Mississippi Avenue in North
Porcland, Mississippi Records specializes in
mostly older music, bur don't lee this keep
you away. The owner, Eric Isaacson, will
gladly help you find some great old groovy
runes co fir whatever you're in the mood for,
whether it be jazzy, funky, ambient or just
bizarre and fun. Make sure co check our
the mix tapes, which are loaded wicn great
rare curs and serve as great introductions to
genres from all over the world.
Next up is Clinton Street Records &
Stereo. Located on SE Clinton Street and
run by Jared White also known as DJ Max:x
Bass, the score specializes in dance and elec­
tronic records. This i no surface level shop.
Come here expecting co pend hours at the
listening cable exploring all kinds of under­
appreciated grooves as well at staring in awe
ar the great selection of refurbished stereos.
The shop is tiny bur this is one of its biggest
advantages; it is by far the most personable
shop in Portland and you can always expect
some great conversation from Jared, who will
direct you co find some hidden disco, house
and funk gems.
Last bur nor lease is Exiled Records on
SE Hawthorne. This score is a bit of a hid­
den treasure, located at the very end of the
Hawthorne scrip. The score is a haven for all
things experimental and our-of-the-ordinary.
Minimalist Japanese ambient? They've got it.
They also have a sizeable collection of noise,
dub, hip-hop and rock co suit your needs.
Exiled is definitely focused on the bizarre,
and that's a good thing. I feel like every rime
I come here, I'm exposed co som·ething that
renews my faith that music is still just as cre­
ative as it was in the golden years of record
scores.
Porcland's record stores serve as meet­
ing places for lovers of all types of music and
a means co support our local musicians. Re­
cords are nor a "hip" thing. They serve as a
way co appreciate the music we do own. Flip­
ping the record after every side and scaring at
rhe liner notes and the arrwork are integral
parts of appreciating music. 12 Arts THE PIO EER LOG, FEBRUARY II, 2011
Whirlwind Company First­ear band rocks Recess
spits on human nature
LINDSEY BOSSE
Editor in Chief
Slam poetry has chis incredible
knack of making the good, bad,
sad and happy so damn beautiful.
One of Mindy Netcifee's first po­
ems reminded us co thank "sanity
for being a finite natural resource,"
and as the night continued, the
audience sac in awe of Whirlwind
Company's uncanny poetic cal­
enc, thanks co their limited sanity.
Mike McGee, Brian S. Ellis, Jon
Sands and Nertifee make up the
quarter of the spoken word col­
lective that blew through Council
Chamber Tuesday, Feb. 8, com­
plete with musical accompaniment
from Portland local Timmy Straw.
Each poet embodied a dif­
ferent spectrum of what it truly
means co be human. Nerrifee,
with flashy blonde hair and a bit­
ing sarcastic tongue worked the
audience through apprec1anng
human faults, such as poor deci­
sions and the inability to be per­
fect. When in front of rhe mic,
she kept a thumb in the pages of
her own book, marking the poem
she was spitting, bur never referred
co the text as she broke down her
own twisted version of human na­
ture. McGee, besides being a bear
boxing wizard, truly embodied the human desire co be needed. As he
walked the crowd through a grave­
yard shift at Walgreens, where
he accepted "dirty dimes" from a
scantily clad cancer patient, and
tried co defend his ability co love
a human over a housecac, he made
ch.e crowd gasp for air in between
full-bellied laughs. Ellis brought
the roughness of life co the surface.
He dwelled on his cesarean birth
chat seems co haunt him daily and
painted the ugliness of homeless­
ness ch rough rage-filled spit. Sands,
a rrue wic, summoned all sexual
awkwardness from childhood up
co the front of the stage and then
dared the audience ro point and
laugh.
The crew was brilliant at crowd
pleasing. Ar one point, they forced
the audience co jump in the air,
which everyone did with goofy
smiles on their face. As a follow up
ro rhe emphatic jumping, they in­
vited people down in front of the
crowd co thumb-war for various
Whirlwind paraphernalia, includ­
ing a much-desired drink koozy.
After the shenanigans, each poet
cook the stage for one lase poem.
Each left the aftertaste of rhe ugly
truth of life in the mouths of the
audience as they left with the re­
minder char life happens ro every­
one and we all have limited sanity.
Kellogg melts
audience's hearts
PHOTO BY ROSALIE KELLY
Sam Kellogg {'12) will perform an acoustic set Monday, Feb. 14 in the Trail Room
along with a few secret guests.
ZIBBY PILLOTE
Arts Editor
"If I could play music in che
Trail Room all day, every day, I
would do it in the hottest of sec­
onds!" Sam Kellogg ('12) will
make his official on-campus con­
cert debut Monday Feb. 14 in the
Trail Room at 8 p.m. The Campus
Activities Board is sponsoring the
impromptu Valentine's Day con­
cert. Although he has been in the
Lewis & Clark music scene for
some rime, "I've never played for a
legitimate audience who wanted ro
see me," said Kellogg.
Kellogg describes his music as,
"rhe illesc variety of impromptu
acoustic jams. Heartfelt, uplifting,
morose, carbonated, low-sodium
and rocally fair trade." Although
the show is billed as "Sam Kellogg
& Friends," Kellogg is keeping the
derails of his accompaniment a
secret. According to Kellogg, the
"friends" playing along side him are, "Andre 3000. Maybe some
stray cats as well."
The show is bound to be a blast.
"It's all about the experience," said
"[The music] is
heartfelt, uplifting,
morose, carbonated,
low-sodium and to­
tally fair trade," said
Sam Kellogg ('12).
Kellogg. "You shouldn't come un­
less you want your brain co explode
and your heart co melt in a furi­
ous ecstasy of aural pleasure." The
spontaneous musician is more than
ready for the show. "Fuck yeah, I'm
excited!" he said, hoping the audi­
ence will share chis sentiment.
Monday Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. in the
Trail Room. Free. PHOTO BY ELENA WEBB
(From left to right) Daniel Nickerson ('14), Elliott Kuhlman ('14), Henry Schmidt ('14). Erik Lundgren {'14), Daniela Jimenez ('14),
Robert Pirtle ('14), Gaby Canjura ('14) and Lucy Roberts ('14) make up the band Gus Griswold.
ROBIN KUIK
Staff Writer
A fresh sec of first-year musi­
cians brought great musical jams co
Maggie's Wednesday, Feb. 2. The
show scarred off with a soulful duet
between Amelia Walsh (' 14) and
Daniel Nickerson ('14). net), Gaby Canjura ('14) (vocals) with ocher people," said Nickerson.
and Daniella Jimenez ('14) (ac- Their orchestrated folk music
cordion). So far, the band has had draws inspiration from bands like
three names: Lucy and the Roman- Grizzly Bear, Sufjan Stevens, Nick
tic Roofies, Haberdashery, and fi-Drake and contemporary compos­
nally, Gus Griswold, after the char-ers such as Phillip Glass and Steve
acter on the television show Recess. Reich.
Schmidt commenced char the The ·ensemble is a great mix of •
name change was because of a con-strings, brass, percussion and vo­
versation char he had wirh All the cals, creating a strong sound chat
Apparatus, a band char had a con-fills up any space they play in.
cert in the Trail Room. However, having eight people Their instruments included vo­
cals, a guitar and a tambourine chat
was duct taped onto Nickerson's
feet. The beautiful contrast in their All the Apparatus used co be in a band comes as both a blessing
voices made for some great, relax-named Haberdashery, but had co and a curse.
ing music. change it because of copyright is-Their practice schedule has been
Next up was Gus Griswold, sues with another band. sporadic, bur they hope ro gee a
an eighr-person first-year band. Gus Griswold came into being more routine practice schedule go-
Members include Nickerson (vo-because of a vision chat Nicker- ing.
cals, guitar), Henry Schmidt ('14) son had back in high school. He Gus Griswold has had five or
(trumpet), Lucy Roberts(' 14) (vio-had written and arranged all of the six shows thus far, bur are crying
lin), Robert Pirtle ('14) (buckets), songs char they play. for two a month. The band is a fun
Elliot Kuhlman ('l 4) (standing "I like the sound of music and I group who want people co dance
bass), Erik Lundgren ('14) (clari- like putting out the song of music while they jam.
Side-splitting theatrics yield
unpredictable weekend
MARISSA FENLEY
Staff Writer
A script, a director, a cast of ac­
tors, some costumes, a stage, a few
lights, a set, an audience, a barrel of
laughs and a vale of tears all go in
co creating a piece of theatre. This
process began many hudreds of
years ago, but at Lewis & Clark, all
you really need is a weekend.
The nervous excitement of
pushing your way through the
crowded Black Box Theatre, the
anticipation of a sidesplitting show
and the transportation co an un­
expected world will manifest once
again as the production known as
Once Upon a Weekend. The un­
predictable series of student writ­
ten, directed and acted shows will
be presented Saturday, Feb. 12 in
Fir Acres Theatre after a shore pro­
duction time of just one magical
weekend.
According co chis year's event
organizer, Chris Khatami ('12),
Once Upon a Weekend is "a night
when anyone who wants co can
get up on stage in a packed the­
atre and be a complete fool." He
promises chis semester's audience
a series of shorts char are "reliably,
unpredictably crazy," chock full of "inane hilarity," and a show "even
awesomer" than ever before. This
year's performance will be cen­
tered around the theme "A Bump
in the Night." However, Khararni
expects far fewer bumps than last
semester's performance. As the
production underwent a regime
change, the cast and crew experi­
enced more than the usual chaos
associated with chis whirlwind of
a show. With new MCs Jahnavi
Caldwell-Green ('12) and Caitlin
Fisher Draeger ('12), as well as a
more seasoned crew, everyone with
the good sense co participate in chis JLLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS
semester's Once Upon a Weekend
is in for a special treat. The true
content of rhe shorts is decided
only moments before the. show.
Kharami said, "'A Bump in the
Night' is a theme chat has a myriad
of connotations, some innocent,
ochers nor so much. Ir allows for
the extreme and varied atmosphere
we love about OUAW" So if you
wane be part of the wild ruckus chis
Saturday, don't miss Once Upon a
Weekend, bumps and all.
Saturday, Feb. 12, 10 p.m., Black
Box Theatre, .free. THE PIO EER LOG, FEBRUARY II, 2011 Arts 13
Trail Room becomes drone zone OMA sponsors
booK club
ILLUSTRATION BY AMY ROSENHEIM
Calgary band Friendo performs this Saturday in the Trail Room.
BY ALIX FINNEGAN
Staff Writer
The Trail Room will be hosting
four bands-XDS, Edibles, Sup­
port Force and Friendo-thar are
certain ro invigorate, enliven and
rejuvenate even the dullest Satur­
day night. Portland's own XDS,
formerly known as Experimen­
tal Deneal School, describe them­
selyes as "nerd-wave, garage-dance,
free-punk psych-pop." Formerly
a trio, XDS now revolves around
the voice and guitar of Jesse Hall and the drums and synth of Ben
Tyler. The combination of the two
is beautiful, spacey and wonder­
fully accessible experimental pop.
Check out XDS's particular brand
of post-punk pop arrangements at
their website www.experimental­
dental.com, where you can down­
load their album Forest Field for
free.
Friendo, made up of Michael
Wallace (of Women and Monkey),
Henry Hsieh (also of Monkey) and
Nicole "Nie" Greedy, offers a solid,
beautiful blend of90s experimental rock, 70s punk and 60s pop. This
Calgary band swings the spectrum;
they range from light, effortless
and cheery songs ro heart-racing,
pulse-pounding jams. A melodious
blend of harmony and sheer noise
is the group's trademark.
Up next will be Support Force,
Jonathon Magdaleno's latest proj­
ect. After combining forces with
Booth Wilson and Douglas Smith,
the group solidified and siarred
putting our stupefying and aston­
ishing music. Their Tealights demo
is mind-blowing. With guitar,
fuzzy bass, a couch of mandolin
and a whole lot of hypnotic, joyful
strumming, the creative, insightful
and folky talents of this Portland
band emerge.
Edibles, a Lewis & Clark fa­
vorite, offer a bit of trance and a
bit of mellow, making this band
delicious. Like XDS, Edibles has
a spacey sound that sticks. The
combination of these four is pure
genius, and the fact that they're
playing right at LC for free is a gift
from the musical gods.
Trail Room, Saturday, Feb. 1 2, 7
p.m.,free. BY DREW LENIHAN
Staff Writer
The Office of Multicultural Af­
fairs is sponsoring a book club de­
signed ro explore work by writers
from a plethora of genres that focus
on the modern multicultural expe-
rience. cording ro publisher Algonquin
Books, it is based on true events.
The book came out a little more
than a year ago. The formation of
the book club was imperative in
ensuring that more members of the
community would read the book
and discuss ii: before Durrow came
Poet Donald Justice inspires
Harp's latest book The club meets ev­
ery other Thursday
from 6-7 p.m. in the
Trail Room, and snacks
are provided. The Club
came about last sum­
mer after Kemi Couthi­
no ('12) recommended
Heidi W Durrow's 1he
Girl Who Fell From 1he
Sky to Associate Dean
of Students and Direc­
tor of Multicultural
Affairs Latricia Brand.
Brand was interested in
the themes of biracial­
ism and multiethnic
identity discussed in
the book and encour-
aged students ro read it. Author Heidi W. Durrow will visit the College this March.
Durrow, the daughter of a Dan­
ish woman and an African Ameri­
can serviceman, lived in Turkey,
Germany and Denmark before
moving ro Portland in 1980 for
high school. The semi-autobio­
graphical book revolves around
a biracial girl with blue eyes who
struggles ro define herself in a ra­
cially constructed world. Protag-ro speak.
"When she agreed to come, it
became clear that OMA should cre­
ate a space for the entire LC com­
munity ro learn about the author
and the novel, and then talk about
what parts of the story resonated
with each of us. It just seemed to
make sense that we should start a
book club," said Brand. The next
book up for discussion will be 1he
Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. BY LINDSEY BOSSE
Editor in Chief
A handful of English majors
and Jerry Harp enthusiasts gath­
ered in the quaint common area of
the bookstore last Tuesday, Feb. 8.
In the corner, a fire flickered,
deluding the crowd into believing
they were in a cozy living room in­
stead of a college bookstore.
Harp's warm greetings and a
full tray of cookies drew our chis
illusion even further.
The group crowded together
among logo-laden sweatshirts and
settled in ro watch Harp introduce
his new book, For Us, What Mu­
sic?: 1he Life and Poetry of Donald
justice.
Harp began his bookwarm­
ing with an introduction ro the
biography of Justice's life, point­
ing out that he is the first ro really
endeavor a full-length study of Jus­
tice's work.
Justice had ar first been a god­
like figure to Harp, who was so
inspired by Justice that he sought Assistant Professor with Term of
Humanities Jerry Harp's biography of his
long-time hero.
out his M.F.A. at the University of
Florida, where Justice was teach­
ing._
Harp had an elevated adora­
tion for Justice as a poet, and had
expanded his relationship with him
outside of the realm of teacher­
student. As a college student, Harp
housesat for Justice and they soon • became friends.
Their friendship allowed for
several documentations of stories
only orally bestowed onto Harp
himself
One of Justice's well-known po­
ems, "The Wall," acts as an anchor
for the majority of Harp's book.
Throughout tidbits of anecdotes
and poetry dissection, Harp injects
his own voice fluidly into the book.
Reading the text is similar ro be­
ing in a class with him, although
the medium .of a book allows him
more time and space ro develop
each of his ideas throughout his
dissection.
The bookwarming ended with
anecdotes of Justice's life. Harp
animatedly recalled hilarious tales
either from his own memories or
from stories that Justice and his
wife had told him back when Jus­
tice was alive.
The book and bookwarming
alike emphasized Harp's love for
Justice as a friend as well as a poet
and truly recognized the excellence
of Justice's work.
ADVERTISEMENT "When she agreed to
come, it became clear
that OMA should
create a space for the
entire LC community
to learn about the au­
thor," said Associate
Dean of Students and
Director of Multicul-1
tural Affairs Latricia
Brand.
onist Rachel Morse is forced to
move to Portland from Chicago
after her mother and brothers fall
to their deaths off of a rooftop. Ac-There are hopes that Lahiri will
speak ar the College next fall. The
book club is limited ro 30 mem­
bers and currently has 18, made up
of a diverse group of students, fac­
ulty and staff. All members of the
communiry are invited.
To officially register, visit the
Office of Multicultural Affairs lo­
cated on the third floor of Temple­
ton or do it online at http://bit.ly/
dXZgut. Not only will you be en­
tered in a raffle to win a $50 gift
certificate to the bookstore, but
members of the book club are in­
vited ro a special reception in the
Manor House after Durrow's
speech.
Durrow will speak to the College
on March 10 from 4-5 p. m. in Pam­
plin Gym.
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Outdoor Adventures Roller ;derby gets rolling
BY MEGAN MORIN
Staff Writer made it seem char the cliff might drop into
nochingness, but I imagine that on a clear
day the sight of the Columbia river would BY JAKE SIMONDS
Staff Writer
What started as a "great random crere. Really, anywhere we can [skate]," said
Snyder.
Standing on the edge of a cliff gazing
into a world immersed in fog is an eerie
and inspiring feeling. This is the scene char
awaits you at che
top of Angel's
Rest Trail in che
Columbia River be breachtaking.
This trail is remarkably convenient
(only 45 minutes
from downtown)
and quick to hike
if you're looking
for something that
won't rake all day.
The only down­
side is char the
rest of Portland
realizes chis too,
so don't expect to
have much soli­
tude. If you want
a bit longer of a
hike, Angel's Rest
Loop (10.9 miles)
extends che trip,
or you can jump
on che Wahkeena
Springs trail to
reach several differ­
ent destinations. idea" is skating closer to reality. After an
intensive poster campaign on campus, che
Lewis & Clark Roller Derby club had its
first meeting Wednesday, Feb. 2 to gauge
interest. Wich a sizable turnout, che There is no existing Roller Derby league
in che area, bur che club hopes that if they
start a league it might spark interest from
I
area schools. Also, wich enough interest on
campus chey could scrimmage each ocher,
and eventually Portland's profes­
Gorge. club is moving forward.
Men looking to lace .up
will have to keep looking. Al­
chough men's Roller Derby
exists, the LC variety '­
will be for women
only. "I think female
roller derby is a little
more exiting, and
probably, more
entertaining,"
said Devon
Snyder ('14).
Alchough nor an offi­
cial club yet, the group is
moving in char direction.
Status as an official club will
come wich funding, which
could go to subsidizing skates sional reams. Despite challenges,
Derby club members are exited
and optimistic.
"Roller Derby is an up
and coming sport (especial­
ly in che NW) and
I wouldn't be sur­
prised if it became
much more well known
and popular in che
next few years," said
Sarra Wynn ('14).
Students in-
terested in Roll­
er Derby can find our
more and get contact
information at "Lewis
& Clark Roller Derby"
on Facebook. ' Portland has a
number of excel­
lent metropolitan
hiking areas, bur
if you're seeking
an experience that
is slightly wilder
and more scenic
chat's still not too
far of a drive, An­
gel's Rest Trail is
ideal. This quick
4.8-mile trail wan­
ders up through a
dense mossy for­
est, occasionally
offering glimpses
of che gorge and
passing by several
waterfalls. As it ap-. PHOTO BY LINDSEY BOSSE
Angel's Rest Trail is great if you don't have all day. To get to che
trailhead, rake 1-5
north to I-84 east and safety equipment. Also in
limbo is where che ream will prac-"It's really interesting, and
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS awesome, and adrenaline inducing.
rice.
proaches che sum- and get off at exit
mir, che trail climbs over fields of scree and 28 for Bridal Valley. You will see che rum
ascends a ridgeline up to a striking rocky for che scenic highway and the trailhead is
bluff. The plateau of che summit is remark- right chere. "We asked to practice in Pamplin, bur
chey're concerned we might scuff up che
floor. Weals~ asked about the tennis courts We spend so much time studying and sir­
ring, chere aren't a lot of options here except
club sports, and those can be very routine.
This is something different and active," said
Snyder. Plus, Wynn added, "Getting tossed
around and body-slammed in roller skates is
bound ro build some character." able in char it offers an amazing 270-degree Contact mmorin@lclark.edu with any
view of the surrounding scenery. When I questions about hiking or other outdoor ac­
visired, chis view was obscured by fog char tivities. but they were concerned for che same rea­
sons, so as of now we're chinking of space
down in Portland or just outside on che con-
Pios in the outfield-New hope
Softball hopes new recruits will bring the team to new heights
BY ROBIN AUBRY
Staff Writer
Spring is around the corner, and so is a
very young Pioneer softball ream, which is
now sporting more first years and sophomores
on the roster chan juniors and seniors.
Shawna Feldt, who has been with the club
since signing in July of 2009, returns to che
ream once again as Head Coach. Mandy Hill
. returns as an Assistant Coach for the squad,
and Amanda Dow-Allen, who is new to che
Pioneers, is an Assistant Coach as well.
Feldr's major experience in coaching comes
from serving as an Assistant Coach at her alma
mater, Oregon State. In fact, Feldt has a total
of nine years of PAC-10 experience, boch as a
I
coach and player. PHOTO BY MAGGIE OLIVER
Still, she seems satisfied with the transi­
tion to Division-III softball here at LC. "It
couldn't have been a more perfect fir. The
student-achleres here are very eager for infor-Megan Andre ('13) practices for the team's first game this Sunday. This year's
recruits are hoping to bring balance between plate and field play.
mation and to be pushed, which is not always che case [at]
"They know what their numbers
were last year, and do not want to
repeat," said Shawna Feldt.
che higher level."
This year che Pio's team is comprised of five first years,
chree sophomores, chree juniors, and four seniors. The re­
cruits are a balanced group ready to provide depch both at
the plate and on che field.
One recruit is Lake Oswego native pitcher Natalie Rose
('13), who joins che Pio as a sophomore from John Carrol
University. The three-rime high school all conference se-.
lecrion, wich an honorable mention all-state selection, will seek to help strengthen che pitching rotation for che season.
Achleres who played last year aren't hiding from last
spring's numbers. They know che stats, wich an earned run
average of 8.82 (worst in the league), and a conference re­
cord of0-28.
"They know what cheir numbers were last year, and do
nor want to repeat," said Feldt. However, wich a competi­
tive defense, some quality hitting from returning players
like Jet' aime Mullins (' 13), who had the ream's highest bar­
ring average.
"Our goals are to keep the game simple, slow chings
down and to communicate wich each ocher well," said
Feldt. "Once we've managed to do all of chese chings as a
ream, che wins will take care of themselves."
The squad is set to rake the field at home this weekend
against independent Division II ream from Walla Walla
University, wich conference play starting Feb. 26 at Puget
Sound.
Northwest Conference Standings
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Whitman 8-4 Lewi & Clark 10-2 Lewi &Clark 5-2 Whitman 5-2
Paci fie Lutheran 8-5 Whitman 6-6 Whitman 4-3 Pacific Lutheran 4-3
George Fox 5-7 Whitworth 6-6 Pacific Lutheran 3-4 Pacific (Ore.) 3-4
Puget Sound 5-8 Linfield 5-7 Pacific (Ore.) 2-5 Linfield 2-5
Linfield 4-8 Pacific Lutheran 3-10 Linfield 1-6 Lewis & Clark 1-6
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THE PIONEER LOG, FEBRUARY II, 201l Sports 15
Packers bring home the cheese Hardball with a Pio
Students put aside their team differences to share in the Super Bowl experience a thl et e-Q & A
PHOTO BY MAGGIE OLIVER
Students across campus put aside their homework and migrated to Copeland to root for both the Pittsburgh Steelers and the
Green Bay Packers on a larger screen this past Super Bowl Sunday.
BY ANTHONY RUIZ
Staff Writer
After a 14-year hiatus, the
Vince Lombardi trophy is coming
home, boys! The Green Bay Pack­
ers defeated the Pittsburgh Steel­
ers, 31-25, .claiming their founh
World Championship. The Packers
won the first two World Champi­
onships under then Head Coach
Vince Lombardi, and won again in
1997 on a team chat included Brett
Favre. The uophy was renamed in
1970 in honor of Green Bay Pack­
ers Coach Lombardi, and to com­
memorate his victories in the first
two Super Bowls.
The Packers put on a show for
the over l 03,000 fans in atten­
dance in Arlington by jumping
out co a 14-0 lead by the end of
the first quarter. The first touch­
down of the game came on a 29-
yard strike to Jordy Nelson from
Aaron Rodgers. Only a mere 14
seconds lacer, Nick Collins inter­
cepted Ben Roethlisberger, cak­
ing it to the house for six. After a
Steelers field goal, each team traded
TD passes to bring the score to 21-
10, Green Bay, ac the hal( Though
the Steelers would play much better
in the second half, including hold­
ing Green Bay co a scoreless third
quarter, ic was not enough to over­
come the favored Packers in the
end. The Packers won six straight
games to end che season, and are
only the second sixth-seed co win
a Superbowl, the only ocher team
being the 2005 Steelers. Turnovers
ended up deciding this one. While
the Packers did not cum the ball
over, the Steelers gave up three, in­
cluding two interceptions by Ro­
ethlisberger. The real scar of the
game was Packer QB and eventual
Superbowl MVP, Aaron Rodgers.
Rodgers was 24/39, throwing for
304 yards and with three scores. In only his third full year of start­
ing, Rodgers has taken the Packers
co the promised land by averaging
just shy of 29 TDs per year in the
regular season as a full-time starter.
Now with a Superbowl title and a
Superbowl MVP award, Rodgers
can wear that Championship Belt
proudly.
Superbowl Xl.V set a new re­
cord for che largest U.S. televi­
sion broadcast. 111 million view­
ers tuned in Sunday to watch the
Cheeseheads run through the Steel
Curtain. This tops the amount of _
viewers from lase year's Superbowl
by nearly 5 million. The game was
also viewed by many here on the in the past." Ochers such as Jessica
Lee ('11) did not make the trip to
campus. "I watched the game off
campus with friends. I thought ic
was better than previous years be­
cause the Steelers caught up after
trailing most of the game."
After the game there was much
talk, as ch ere is every year, about the
advertisements and half time show.
From the Doritos finger licker to
Audi's Kenny G reference, people
will be talking about these ads for
many weeks to come. An ad that
received high reviews was the VW
Darth Vader Kid: it features a kid
dressed as a miniature Darth Vader
who uses the powers of the force on
"I almost scraped my
eyes out and plugged my
ears with them when the •
Black Eyed Peas played,"
Simon Monley ('14). various household items such
as a sandwich, dog and wash­
ing machine. The boy tests his
powers on the new VW and is
startled when the car reacts to
the force. Little did Tiny Vader
know, Dad was inside, control­
ling the car with the remote!
This year, the Black Eyed
Peas headlined the halftime
Hill. Some students watched the
big game in their main lounges,
some nearby off campus and ochers
went to Council Cambers co watch
it on the huge projection screen.
Xander Blair ('13) took the bait
and made the journey to watch the
game down in Council Chamber
with his friends. "le was a very fun
game co watch. Green Bay coming
out of che gate so strong was excit­
ing, and even then, it stayed a good
game until the lase minute on the
clock: that's all I ask for. I'd say it
wasn't as much fun as Steelers-Car­
dinals a couple years ago, but still
a terrific game." The atmosphere in
Council Chamber was festive. "le
was the largest turnout I have seen
in four years by far!" said Kai Wates
('12). "And most people actually
stayed after the pizza ·came, unlike performance. The NFL has gone
co more "safe" performances after
the Janet Jackson and Justin Tim­
berlake wardrobe malfunction in
2004.
So how did they do? "I almost
scraped my eyes out and plugged
my ears with chem when the Black
Eyed Peas played the half time
show. Luckily Usher floated down
from on high and saved the day,"
said Simon Monley ('14). While
there are many Black Eyed Peas
fans, you have to question the
choice of a Tron-esque halftime
performance.
The next major event in the
NFL is the Draft on Apr. 28, as
long as che labor disputes between
league owr:iers and players over a
new collective bargaining agree­
ment can be resolved by then.
LC Athletics Weekend Sports Calendar, Feb. 11 -13 (* indicates a home game)
Friday, Feb. 11
Baseball 2:30 p.m. @ Occidental
*Men's & Women's Swimming 5 p.m.
"Women's Basketball 6 p.m.
*Men's Basketball 8 p.m. . &2:30p.m Sunday, Feb. 13
Baseball I I a.m .
@ Occidental
"Softball
12 p.m &2p.m Featuring Amy Madden ('11) of Track & Field
BY FIONA CORNER
Sports Editor
Why do you throw and why did
you choose to throw at LC?
I throw because I enjoy che work­
outs and competitive nature of
throwing. I predominately throw
hammer and my secondary is shoe
put. I have been throwing the ham­
mer for three years and shoe put for
six. I chose to throw at LC because
after playing soccer for so many
years, I missed the camaraderie of
a team setting.
What makes the throwers spe­
cial?
The throwers are a unique group
because we ·understand chat we PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.LCPIONEERS.COM
Amy Madden ('11) has been part of the
Track & Field team for four years. She
participates in both the hammer and
shot put.
have to have a certain balance between technique, strength, speed and
agility; some days, these things do not come together at practice, and the
only thing we can do is laugh it off We try to keep a balance at practice
between having fun and serious training, which creates a unique team dy­
namic. We are our own little family within the track team. Track is special
because-like LC, we are a bunch of different groups-thrower~, sprint­
ers, distance, jumpers --who come together in order to be Lewis & Clark
Track & Field. Track is an individualistic yet team sport.
What are you studying at LC and what do you plan to do after gradu­
ation?
I study Communication with an emphasis in• rhetorical studies. After
graduation, I will be taking some time off to travel to Scotland with my
grandpa and dad. From there, it will be a painful job search and begin to
look into graduate school for rhetorical studies.
Athlete of the week
PJ Taylor ('12)
BY STEPHANIE GONZALEZ
Staff Writer
The Lewis & Clark Men's bas­
ketball team is tied with Whit­
man in the Northwest Confer­
ence, making their record 8-4 and
15-6 overall. The Pios were on an
eight-game winning streak, but ic
has slowly been fluctuating after
the win against Puget Sound when
they held a strong 7-1 conference
record. The losses against Whitman
and George Fox have negatively
impacted the team but will not
determine their
chances of future
victories. A few
team members
have been play­
ing exceptionally
well and putting
in an exorbitant of 10 points.
However, the loss did not neg­
atively impact Taylor. On Feb.
1, three days after playing Whit­
man, they came out with a victo­
ry against Linfield and Taylor was
the top shooter, scoring 24 points
in the game while ill. Taylor stated
mat he "was ill, but the help of my
teammates and the support of the
coaches, motivated [him] to give it
[his] all." External· factors cannot
get in the way of Taylor's passion
for basketball and love for his team.
In addition to
-amount of ef­
fort, but it was
PJ Taylor who
has been a con-PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.LCPIONEERS.COM basketball,
maintaining
strong aca­
demic stand­
ing is equally
as important
to Taylor, es­
pecially since
he grew up in
a household
tinuous top scorer and moral sup­
porter.
Even though Taylor has been
scoring in the double digits for al­
most every game, he states that "do­
ing whatever it takes to win is more
important to me than individual
statistics." It is this positive. atti­
tude that makes his teammates so
grateful to have him on the court.
Scott Pisapia ('13) said chat "[Tay­
lor] leads by example by coming to
every practice and game whether
he is ill or injured, and he brings
a firm and aggressive character chat
is needed and most athletes don't
have within them." This proves co
be true in the most recent games
against Whitman and Linfield.
Taylor scored 31 points on Jan.
28 against Whitman, but unfortu­
nately they still left with a close loss that made
sure academics was the first priority
over athletics.
He loves co play for LC not
only for the great friendships it has
brought him, but also for his close
relationships with the coaches, es­
pecially Coach Gaillard. Accord­
ing to Pisapia, "Coach and PJ's
relationship is one that is special­
ized and shared both on and off
the court and adds positive rein­
forcement to the contributions of
our season." Taylor looks to Coach
Gaillard as a role model and lead­
er. Pisapia said, "[Taylor] is led by
an individual who is a winner, and
[Gaillard is] here co help him con­
tinue his journey." Basketball is not
just a hobby for Taylor, but it is a
lifestyle that he has committed to
and it has impacted his life for the
better. . . I . • •
16 Backdoor THE PIO EER LOG, FEBRUARY II, 2011
VALENTINES DAY
ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN:
Don't you like like love?
OR
WHY I PREFER TO BE ALONE
• "Time to focus on my taxidermy."
• ''Being alone makes my personal hygiene a non-issue."
• ''It's better to be alone because then you can project the things absent in
your life onto a non-existent ideal and then feed off of it like a parasite. Do
it for the story."
• ''It's hard for two people to stare at the internet together."
• ''I'd hate to think of someone having to be with me."
• ''I can a take a shit whenever I want to."
• ''Other people make you open the curtains. I sit in the dark. No questions
asked."
• ''I don't have to explain the intricate character histories for the characters
on Degrassi every time I want to watch it."
• ''I get blackout drunk how I want when I want. Period. Hey I pissed in
my potted plane last night. Guess who cares? Nobody."
• ''Billie Holiday? Sylvia Plath? Vincent VanGogh? These people would've
been nothing without loneliness."
WHY I PREFER TO BE WITH SOMEONE
• ''I just can't imagine living without my schmoopy -woopy -poo."
• ''I can't force my friends to cuddle and watch Gray's_Anatomy with me
• ''God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and nobody."
• 'TIIIIITTTSSSSSSS ... and squeezin 'em ... ,,
• ''I love the smell of a single person's envy in the morning ... February is
my favorite month."
• ''It's so much easier to figure out how much someone else can improve
than it is yourself"
• 'Two Words: Couples. Tennis."
• ''I can finally apply my years of Cosmopolitan research and study."
• ''My mom doesn't have to wonder about my sexual orientation anymore."
• ''I mean, I never really liked having fr.iends anyway." You Caught My Eye
You: Student with a beer being asked to
pour it our and leave -• ence by a
tattooed Campus
wonder if he mi
gang, addicted to
a temple.
Me: A former 0
Bay Area where he got cartoos because
of his love for art. 1i s,
are the metaphoric oo
on his left forearm
inspired tattoo on h 1 do
not drink or smoke .. ....,~::...
by the "poison free" tattoo on my right
arm. Perhaps we can have coffee one of
these days. -R. into brunch
Joai\il'1,,,:i,,ii g to get bon'd
You: Thmk I smeU • e pencils.
Me: Wanting to qu.i,_f this writing gig'
tJt "th you. Lee's ditch the
You: Wanting to raise our heart rates
We: Grab some spandex and join us in
the Akin Lounge, and more than just your
heart rare will rise
You: Gal 31, seeking Mr. Right, tired of Bar scene You: Hor basebaU player
Me: Good looking male desires serious relationship with Me: Wanna gee to home?
conservative feminine female
Wanna mac ic orum?
mail a ''You Caught My Eye" to piolog@gmail.co
TOR ST OF THE WEEK:
HRRRY BRRLS
This week's toast goes out to the
longest tenured mayor of Fort
Wayne, Indiana. Despite routing
all other contenders uying to be
the namesake for the city's new
gouernment center, current Deputy
Mayor Beth Malloy decided to be
a prud~ and a killjoy, ignore the
uoice of the people, and name the
building after some regular old
fuddy-duddy. So Harry, we raise
our glasses to you, as we giggle
like insolent third graders at your
glorious name. You may haue been
snubbed by the ungrateful city of
Fort Wayne, but you will foreuer
liue on in our shot glasses.
Apology: Ir has come to our attention that the cartoon published in this section on Feb. 4, 2011
appeared without proper credit to the original source. The Pioneer Log regrets this occurrence.
I Lindsey Bosse & Natalie Baker -Editors in Chief
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