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THE PIONEER LOG ~&~ ~~-L~ •
Friday, March 4, 2011 .
The future
of gender
30th Annual Gender Studies
Symposium starts next week
BY LINDSEY BOSSE
Editor in Chief
For 30 years now, the Gender Stud­
ies Symposium has blurred the lines and
pushed boundaries of what gender is and
isn't. This year, the symposium will focus
on the future of gender with presenta­
tions ranging from the future of gender
and sex to the future of gender and ed­
ucation. Sessions begin on Wednesday,
Mar. 9 and continue through Friday.
"Every year I malce a habit of saving
up my absences so I can skip all of my
classes for the three days of the Sympo­
sium," said Maisha Foster O'Neal (' 11).
"I learn more in those three days than I
do the entire rest of the school year."
True, the sessions during the sympo­
sium cut right into class time, bur with
titles like "Beyond Housewives and
Whores: The Future of Women's Lit­
erature," it's almost impossible not to be
lured our of class.
Throughout the. three days, the Sym­
posium will cover issues of gender and
race, sexuality, religion, violence, cyber­
space, athletics, rransexuality, and so on.
Students, professors and guest speakers
will lead a variety of lectures, discussions,
performances and workshops. There will
be at least one if nor seven events that
have students saying, "Oooh, I wanna go
ro that one!" . www.piolog.com
FUTURE BUDGET CUTS: . Potential outsourcing to save mone
In an effort to save money, the College is considering outsourcing grounds and
landscaping work to an outside landscaping company. The school was rated
no. 2 Most Beautiful Campus last year.
BY MICAH LEINBACH
Stoff Writer
Word is spreading through
Grounds Maintenance staff
that their jobs may soon be
outsourced to a private com­
pany.
One groundskeeper, who
wished ro remain anonymous
out of fear of being fired, in­
dicated that Vice President
for Business and Finance Carl
Vance is "looking at some out­
side bids from three compa­
nies" as an attempt to cut costs.
Those three companies have
been identified as Teufel Land­
scape, Desantis Landscapes,
and Cascadia Landscaping.
In a phone interview last
Wednesday, Vance said that he
has no plans to outsource the
grounds department. Vance
also stated that he had not con­
tacted any of the three land­
scaping companies and that he
currently has no plans for fu­
ture budget cuts.
When contacted for an in­
terview with Desantis Land-scapes' owner Dean Desantis,
a secretary from the company
said, "I spoke with Dean, and he
wants you to give Carl Vance a
call."
An additional anonymous
source scared that Vance notified
Ground Supervisor Gabe Bish­
op on January 28 of the possibil­
ity of Grounds being outsourced
and that the LC grounas crew
was informed of this on Febru­
ary 15.
The groundskeeper who
spoke on condiciqn of anonym­
ity indicated that the school
"can legally get rid of an en­
tire department," but believed
the department's conrract can
nor be renegotiated until it ex­
pires, which will occur in June
of 2012: "This is somethinp that .
scarred a long time ago,' said
the groundskeeper, referencing
the college's replacement of its
janitorial staff with Skyline, the
private company that the col­
lege still has a janitorial contract
~irh• Continued I News 3 HILARY DEVANEY
Staff Writer
Last Saturday, one of the biggest
musical events at Lewis & Clark
took place: Battle of the Bands.
This competition drew many mu­
sicians our of the woodwork and
into Stamm. The room was com­
pletely transformed into a typical
Portland venue. Six bands compet­
ed for a chance ro play at The Bash;
the celebration for the inaugura­
tion.. of President Glassner at the
Crystal Ballroom on Friday, Apr. 8.
The rules of the competition speci­
fied that each band got 15 minutes
·co sec up, 15 minutes to play and
five minutes to rake their equip­
ment off the stage.
The first band, Jonah Luke and
Friends, kicked off the event with
sunny acousric_guitar riffs and two
trombones softly crooning along
with Luke's lyrical wit. The band
played old open mic favorites that
the crowd was familiar with. Luke
threw in some scat, eliciting much
clapping and cheering from the au-Vol. 76, Iss. 6
dience. The band's upbeat melodies
and warm harmonies carried the
audience into carefree summertime
bliss, a rare experience d~ring Port­
land's dreary winter rains.
Next on stage was The Dancing
Hats, an eight-piece band consist­
ing of guitars, trombone, drums,
banjo, mandolin, fiddle, tambou­
rine and several sunllowers behind
a few of the band members' ears.
Known around campus for their
legendary local house shows and
swinging secs at Maggie's, Danc­
ing Hats member Julia Cosgrove
(' 13) said Bartle of the Bands was
"[Dancing Hats'] first real thing."
They began the set with a bluesy
a cappella intro and then explod­
ed into pure musical energy. The
band's flavorful folk style and sweet
harmonies conjured images of
warm pancakes and crickets chirp­
ing under a full moon. At other
moments, during bursts of excite­
ment in choruses, the audience was
reminded of fireworks and volcanic
eruptions. Continued I Arts 10
Perspectives: Part II
Perceptions of time once you get older
Fearuresl · The process of purring the Sympo­
sium together is very tedious and requires
a lot of work. Volunteers were scarce this
year, ~eaning the student Symposium
Co-Chairs Connor Larsen ('11), Kira
McGleson ('12), Allison Weith ('11) and
Tehya Wood (1 I) have worked remark­
ably hard to pull the events together,
along with Professor Kim Brodkin. Stu­
dent presenters have also put incredible
effort into their ropics of choice, whether
that meant doing hours upon hours of re­
search and writing or reflecting on per­
sonal experiences and reporting.
On Wednesday and Thursday, the
Symposium will wrap up at the end of
each day with both a featured lecture and
a keynote lecture. On Wednesday, Amy
Richards, featured lecturer, published au­
thor and leader of Soapbox Inc. (a femi­
nist lecture agency) will present "Ranting
and Raging: Translating Rhetoric into
Action" in Council Chamber at 3 p.m.
Thursday's featured lecture, "Compul­
sory Genderqueerness: Transsexuality,
Feminism and the 'End of Gender"' by
Julia Serano, will then be followed with
"Who Doesn't Wish To Rescue Poor
Third World Women?: Some Suspicious
Centerings in Contemporary Feminism"
by Uma Narayan. Serano is a slam poet
as well as the author of Whipping Girl: The demise of
campus love,
the birth of
'Likealittle'
0pinlons4 Student art cost $1000 for removal
A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the
Scapegoating of Femininity who is also a
transsexual woman. Also a published au­
thor, Narayan joins the Symposium from
Vassar College where sh. e is an Andrew W.
Mellon Professor in rhe Humanities and
Chair of Philosophy.
The Symposium ends with -a perfor­
mance by Homomentum, a Queer Ca­
beret who will cake over the Trail Room
with a rainbow blur of dancif)g, glitter
and drag.
For more information and a complete
schedule, visit go.lclark.edulgendsymp. The Final
Product:
Catalina von Wrangle's
ecentric senior recital
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Correction: le has come co our attention chat che news article "Farewell: 45 faculty, staff prepare co cake their leave" (2/25/11) included two misquotes of Assistant Professor of An­
chropology Linda Angst". "I don't see people in positions of auchority who are people of color" was a reference co che city of Portland, not Lewis & Clark College. Additionally, che lase
paragraph incorrectly implied a connection between Angst's experiences regarding tenure transparency and her decision co retire under VESP. The Pioneer Log re.grets chis occurrence.
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Staff Writer
Draped in the ceremonial robes of aca­
demia, our graduating seniors and professors
will train their eyes and ears on New York
Times correspondent and auchor Tim Egan
chis May. Egan will be che class of 2011 's
commencement speaker. Egan is a native
Norchwescerner, born and living in Seattle,
Washington, an~ won a Pulitzer Prize for his
contribution co che book How Race is Lived
in America.
The search committee, comprised of six
students, was asked by che Interim Dean of
che College of Arts and Sciences Jane Hunt­
er co submit names of nominees in early fall
2010.
According co search committee member
Aukeem Ballard"(' l I), Hunter was looking
for somebody who would speak wichouc pay.
"In choosing the nominees, we had co sift
through a number of diffetent things. For in­
stance, we wanted a speaker with no politi­
cal affiliation. In addition, we had co keep in
mind che feasibility of whom we could gee.
We had a number of different candidates
chat were infeasible, maybe a little coo fa­
mous," said Ballard.
The committee also considered Michael
Pollan, auchor of Omnivore's Dilemma; Bar­
bara Kingsolver, auchor of The Poisonwood
Bible and Ira Glass, NPR host.
"In the end, chough," said Ballard, "we
decided upon Tim Egan for a number of rea­
sons. First off, he has published in che NY
Times, which means he has a huge knowl­
edge of current events while keeping his
opinions close co heart. He lives and was
born in che Pacific Northwest, and we felt
chat he could connect co che seniors and con­
nect co the community." BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer
World-renowned environmental activist,
physicist, researcher and parent of a Lewis &
Clark alum, Vandana Shiva came to Portland
last Wednesday with harsh words for climate
change deniers, Agribusinesses, consumer
d~mocracy and ocher issues. Small in stat­
ure, Shiva is caring and considerate, but has
a scaching tongue for chose she perceives as
out of line.
Shiva's mocherly character was· empha­
sized lacer in che night when she acknowl­
edged geccing caught up wich nostalgia dur­
ing a question-and-answer period after her
speech. "My so·n went co Lewis & Clark,"
she explained. Applause greeted chis state­
ment, all from LC students sitting in sec­
tions created chrough ASLC's Community
Relations Committee's subsidized ticker pur­
chases for students.
Her speech, che second installment of
. che World Affairs Council of Oregon's in­
ternational speaker series, covered a lot of
ground. Shiva opened with a summary of cli­
mate chaos: "We used to have seasons. Now
we have weacher warnings," she said, before
looking up cowards che sky, free of che snow
meteorologists had been predicting would
envelop Portland. "And as tonight, some­
times chey are a little off."
Captivating che crowd, Shiva began to present an image of a world corn asun­
der by corporate interests, Monsanto being
che worse among chem. "You have flood­
ing in deserts. And places that should be
wee? Drought," she said. "Climate change is
about climace· chaos."
She compared today's climate scientists co
Rachel Carson, a scientist demonized by var­
ious powerful forces after documenting che
damage done by DDT, a chemicalpesticide
being sprayed across the United Scates. Part
of Shiva's solution was co "bring the discus­
sion back co pollution ... we are polluting che
atmosphere."
Her transition from climate chaos co in­
dustrial food pcoduction was quick and ef­
fective. Listing a series of figures, she ex­
plained that nearly 40 percent of carbon
emissions are a result of che current industri­
al system. "Food," she said, "has been put on
the global casino," wich risks coming from
genetically modified food, monoculture, and
che destruction of native farming practices.
Student reactions co che speech, which
closed wich a call for hope in the face of im­
mense adversity, were mixed. While all ap­
preciated her powerful ability to speak, some
were skeptical. "She was undyingly optimis­
tic. I feel like, working wich a short-term
frfunework in mind, it's probably not chat re­
alistic," said Mia Hammersley (' 14), "but she
was really inspiring co listen co."
''Life is beautiful and stuff''
Aspiring street artist vandalizes graduate school building, tennis courts
BY DREW LENIHAN
Staff Writer
While the majority of us look co change
che world wich books and knowledge, some
arm chemselves wich spray paint, stencils and
a lot of nerve. On che evening of Friday, Feb.
11, aces of vandalism and self-expression oc­
curred on South and Main Campuses. :Upon
che historic Corbett House courtyard's brick
wall appeared three stenciled suited men and
text in red spray paint reading "Gatsby Life is
beautiful and stuff." Graffiti of a similar style
was also found' on the tennis courts below
the reflecting pool lawn of che main campus.
The graffiti has become a subject of con­
tention around campus. Some have de­
scribed ic as an act of self-expression, while
ochers see it as an ace of vandalism. In an
era when street art aeschecics have become
mainsueam and British street artist Banksy
has been nominated for an Oscar foe his
documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop, the
intention of street artists can become quire
unclear. When the intent of the artist is un­
clear, a spectrum of response and criticism is
expected.-
"! really applaud whoever did it," said
Nace Miller(' 13). "It's such a pleasing court­
yard, I have been crying co cake pictures in
chere foe a year now and could never pull
it off until chis g1Jy or gal filled it up quite
nice[ly]." Nate's photos of che graffiti are on
his A.ickr account, flickr.com/phocos/miller­
nace.
While some students and faculty see the
vandalism as self-expression, the administra­
tion has ocher ideas. "If and when persons re­
sponsible for vandalism are identified, Lewis
& Clark has the option co prosecute chem
for violation of the state's Criminal Mischief
statute," said director of Campus Safety, Tim
O'Dywer.
The graffiti has cost che school near­
ly $1000. Due co che age of the Corbett
house, the bricks are porous and will retain
more paint than newer bricks and ~uildings.
Therefore, Facilities Services had co contract
che clean up co a private company. Even af­
ter cleanup, che vandalism remains slightly
visible. PHOTO BY GRACE GUENTHER
An unidentified individual or group of people spray painted· walls on both South Campus (above) and th·e
College of Arts & Sciences (below) on the night of Friday, Feb. 11, using the same stencil several times, and
including the text "Gatsby" and "Life is beautiful and stuff."
PHOTO BY HANNAH PRINCE
Remnants of the graffiti still remain on the wall next to the outdoor tennis courts, even after the College
contracted an outside company to have it removed. • THE PIO EER LOG, MARCH 4, 2011 News3
Grounds department faces reality of
potential budget cuts MANOR HOUSE BREAK-IN Story continued from page 1
In ) 996, LC fired its in-house
janitors and began contracting
janitorial .services from Skyline.
The company paid its employ­
ees $6.50 per hour, a low amount
compared to the $17 hourly wage
that in-house janitors had received
before losing their jobs. According
to the Northwest labor press, when
Skyline employees attempted to
unionize in 1998, petitions from
students were presented to 'Sky-
1 ine, a large rally was held and hun­
dreds of faculty members signed an
open letter to former LC President
Michael Mooney calJing for the
school to pressure Skyline.
When asked whether there
were any official plans to outsource
grounds, Vice President for Busi­
ness and Finance Carl Vance said
no. He went on to deny having
ever contacted those companies,
though he did nor specify if some
other representative from Lewis &
Clark had contacted them. There
is no explanation for why Desantis
tried to redirect reporters to Carl Vance, given that he had said he
had nor contacted the landscap­
ers and had no plans to outsource
grounds.
The groundskeeper
went on to describe
how several co-workers
had been approached
and told that they
were not working hard
enough, noting that
the statements had
come shortly after co­
workers had not ac­
cepted the VESP retire­
ment option.
In closing, Vance said, "Lewis
& Clark values its employees. We
think its employees do a great job
for the college. They work very hard for the college. NI of our
employees, faculty, staff, union or
non, they are all important people
to the college. They contribute to
the success of the college. We want
to have the best possible employ­
ees doing the jobs that benefit the
college." He continued, "Are we al­
ways looking to see if we can im­
prove? Yes, we are always looking
to see if we can improve."
Larry Atchison could nor be
reached to comment on any of the
statements in question.
Dean of the Chapel Mark
Duntley claimed to have heard
about the plan. He also went on
to explain a derailed history of the
role of the Grounds Department at
LC.
"I think there is something re­
ally positive about people who are
here, are part of the communi­
ty, and are accountable to us all,"
he said"Over the years, I know
grounds has helped students in
ways other than keeping the cam­
pus nice," he said. "Maybe this is
the kind of thing we should be
talking about as a community." Admissions councelor decides to stop by her office after
on-campus events to find a student sneaking out of the
window of the Frank Manor House last Saturday night
BY ZACH HOLZ
News Editor
On Saturday night at about
quarter past nine, a male figure de­
scribed as around six feet rail, short
haired, and of student age snuck
our of a fire-escape window in the
Frank Manor House. Admissions
Counselor Caitlin Harper (' I 0),
who had sropped by her office after
the women's basketball game with
Zach Kearl ('10), noticed the per­
son, currently unidentified, mak­
ing his way rowards tl1e fire-escape.
They had a brief verbal exchange
before he crawled our the window
and ran away. ILLUSTRATION BY LINDSEY BOSSE
Ross said, "as far as I can tell, noth­
ing was stolen."
On the illegality of the break­
in-, Ross said that if the culprit
were found, the Portland Police
would consider the event an act of
burglary. "They would charge him
with an actual crime ... any time
you enter a building that is closed
and locked up, it's a crime."
It appears co be an isolated in­
cident.
So far, Campu Safety has no
leads on the identity of the fig­
ure, though Ross conjectured, "my
guess is that this guy will continue
to do it until he gets caught."
. PHOTO BY. H~NNAH f'RINCE Facility groudskeepers have heard that the departement might be cut in order to accomodate budget cuts. The potenttaI result Harper and Kearl, a little bewil­
dered, called Campus Safety, who
advised them to see if anything was
missing. Following up on the inci­
dent, Campus Safety Officer Doug Campus Safery requests that you
report any suspicious activity on cam­
pus to them at X7777.
would be using an off-campus landscaping company; outsourcing to save money.
Another Common Hour ticks ,away
BY ALIX FINNEGAN
Staff Writer
The last Wednesday of every month, stu­
dents, faculty and staff meet to make con­
nections and rake advantage of the open fo­
rum called the Common Hour. This month's
Common Hour brought together about
thirty people associated with Lewis & Clark,
including undergraduate students, Vice
President and Provost Jane Atkinson and
an LC law srudent. They discussed different
ways to facilitate informal conversations· be-tween groups, future uses for the Greg Pa­
vilion, and concerns surrounding the new
Voluntary Early Severance Program (VESP).
The struggle over the structure and form of
Common Hour continued, with several op­
tions examined.
The main focus of this month's Common
Hour, however, was the ever-present prob­
lem of involving the community through
expansion of Common Hour. While Com­
mon Hour is open to any student, faculty
or staff that wishes to attend, attendance at
PHOTO BY LEO QIN
Aaron Flaster ('13), Jesse Wolfson-Pou, Jeff Turre ('12), Trevor Bloom ('12) and Tom Lang ('14) drum
together during the latest Common Hour. the past several Common Hours has been
dominated by undergraduate students. This
month's meeting was no exception, with
about twenty undergrad students present, as
compared to a handful of staff and a single
faculty member.
Associate Professor of Biology Ken Clif­
ton shared the. faculty perspective. "We need
to make sure Common Hour is a beneficial,
meaningful use of time," he said, referring to
many professors' busy schedules. The group
brainstormed several ways to reach out to the
faculty, including attending faculty meetings
in order to learn what aspects of campus are
important to them.
Another idea for expansion came from
law student Nlison Rowe, whose presence
spurred discussion aboµt creating a campus­
wide Common Hour in order to link the
three campuses.
Illustrating the divide, Julia Huggins
('13) said, "I went down [to the law school]
last week ... Ir was really nice to see there are
real people!"
Including the other campuses, however,
seems to be just another hurdle. Communi­
cating with the student body on the under­
graduate campus alone can be difficult, and
finding a way to effectively reach out and in­
volve the graduate and law schools in Com­
mon Hour would be even more of a chal­
lenge.
Nevertheless, Common Hour seems ded­
icated to maintaining an open community
forum for any interested individual. Expand­
ing the Hour to include all three campuses
is a step towards a more cohesive LC com­
munity. Lobby training on
campus
BY BEAU BROUGHTON
Opinions Editor
An on-campus grassroots lobby training
sponsored by the Animal Club and the PFO­
gressive Coalition will rake place Sunday in
Tamarack.
Featuring Andrea Cooper, a legislative
aide, seasoned grassroots lobbyist, and lobby
trainer from Wellstone Action, the 90-min­
ure event will appeal to any members of the
Lewis & Clark community and general pub­
lic interested in political progressive lobbying
for a variety of causes ranging from women's
reproductive rights to animal rights.
Chloe Waterman ('12) organized the
training specifically to prepare for a Humane
Lobby Day in Salem next Monday, Mar. 7,
sponsored by the Humane Society of the
United Stares, bur she has broadened the
scope of the campus training such char it will
be applicable to other progressive causes as
well.
Waterman claims that political lobbying
brings us closer to a direct democracy. As
citizens of the United States, we are able to
schedule meetings with legislators where we
set the agenda.
"In all my years of activism, I have never
felt so powerful as I did when standing right
in front of the decision-maker as she or he
listened to my voice and responded to my re­
quests," said Waterman.
-The event, in Tamarack from 3:30-
5:00 p.m. on Sunday Mar. 6, will
have pizza for all attendees and is free
and open to any who are interested. 4 Opinions THE PIO EER LOG, MARCH 4, 2011
''Like a Little?' is a little bit like some bullshit
BY JERRED BLANCHARD
Staff Writer
Last week it was brought
to my attention that the
cowardice of humanity has
reached an all-time preci­
pice.
There is a place, fair
readers, on our dearly be­
loved Internee where fresh­
man girls giggle their way
onto publicity via a virtual
flirtation site. It is the Pio­
log's "You Caught My Eye,"
except it is much more fre­
quently updated and the
maintainers of the site don't
filcer out the sub-par sen­
tences. They named the sire
"Like a Little," and ic has
become a force to be reck­
oned with on college cam­
puses all over the world. acting productive and start
down an invisible path to­
wards loneliness.
C'mon, you idiots, stop
posting flirtations on the in­
ternee, a place thac is already
cluttered up enough with
nonsense.
That cute boy who
swipes you into the Bon
is not going to read this
website, he is not going to
recognize that you posted
something about him, and
he is nor going to go search­
ing the world for you, his
one and only soul mare.
Your dreams will amount to
nothing if you hide behind
the barricade of the Internet
and moan for somebody to
pay acrention to you. running out of ways to
send you cure notes. -Se­
cret Admirer." When I was
in kindergarten, I was way
too mature for chat shit,
lee alone college. Also, this
note isn't cure, so stop toot­
ing your own horn. And
there are more!
"You: Bartle of the Bands
Me: Going to the women's basketball game. Good
luck everyone!" Let me get
things straight: whoever
you are, nobody cares that
you are going to a basketball
game, and if you really want
somebody to know you care
about their performance
in a battle of the bands or
whatever, fucking pick up
the telephone and call that person! If you want to gee to
know somebody, don't go at
it in this toundabout meth­
od that gets nothing actoss.
If you want to say "hi" to
a person, say "hi" to them.
Don't go hiding behind the
veil of "Like a Little" and
pose something as useless as
an asshole on an elbow, like
"You: The sexy girl always earing <:_ereal at every meal.
Me: Maybe someday I'll say
hi." This is pure cowardice,
I say: puce, unadulterated
cowardice. "Like a Little"
should be liked less-than­
a-lirtle and ignored-a-lot,
because all of you childish
people are perpetuating one
of the many things that are
destroying our society.
So, what's the big deal?
Isn't ic fun to go online and
anonymously post your in­
nermost sexual urges all
over the place?
I just like to go on there
with my friends and chuckle
over who might like whom
and who posted what. I like
to put on a tutu, give myself
a lobotomy, and then drool
over the keyboard as I quit If you want to write your
feelings down, get a journal
and keep that shit personal.
If you want somebody to lis­
ten to you, talk to that per­
son; don't post a sentence
with him/her in mind.
Here's an example of
what kind of dumb shit
is posted on this website:
"You wear neon colors and
brighten everyone's day. I
know you like the chase.
Come find me already! I'm
Surgeries successfully
monetize· cultural identity The Tern: A weekly column dedicated to social justice issues
BY DYLAN DISALVIO
Staff Writer
Plastic surgery is changing. Ac­
cording to a New York Times article
published on Feb. 18 ethnically­
focused cosmetic alterations are a
growing trend.
Instead of conforming to a stan­
dardized Western notion of beau­
ty, plastic surgery customers are
more frequently requesting surgery
that applies to their specific ethnic
group's physical aesthetics. For ex­
ample, Latin women get butt en­
largements while Russian women
opt for boob jobs, and Koreans en­
joy slimmer jaw lines while Italians
gee their knees reshaped.
Given that different cultures
have different standards of perfec­
tion, it makes sense that surgical
preferences vary. Despite these dif­
ferences, the cultural consequence
of cosmetic surgery is the same -
p~rceptions of beauty self-perpet­
uate. The more Latin women get
burr enlargements, the more likely
it is char ocher Latin women will
idolize that body cype.
I think there's a problem when
a person looks to society for theiT
physical identity because society's
perceptions are extremely mutable
and, as I said, reflexive; society af­
fects itself.
As plastic surgery gains promi­
nence-four percent of people Wisconsin carries on world revolution
have undergone plastic surgery-
BY ADRIAN GUERRERO
Staff Writer ic's frightening to chink chat our
standards of beauty are modulated
to fir the trends we are creating.
Plastic surgery is changing our per-
ceptions of beauty, and the only The "Wisconsin Uprising" has _
revealed two truths: 1) Governor way to keep up is to undergo plas-
tic surgery ourselves. ' Scocc Walker would make a good
fascist, and 2) A world revolution But what if they've got their aes-is on. thetics wrong? What if they've been Over the last two weeks, as misled? I feel that a~thetics are
1 1 1 th , th many as 100,000 Wisconsinites comp ere y re ative; eres no ing
1 d b have occupied their scare capitol that objective y erermines eauty and demanded thac Walker end except someone thinking it is so. It his assault on workers. Incendi­makes sense, then, char people who
h ary speeches continued nonstop use cosmetic surgery to ighlighr against a backdrop of posters, call­their ethnicity's respective physi-
cal characteristics could nor be ing "Arrest the bastard! First Egypt,
deemed more or less beautiful than now Wisconsin!" Barbara Krieg,
those who lee their features be what ' president of the National Federa-
tion of Nurses, vocalized popular they are.
th th I rage in her address to the seething My issue is at e nic p astic floor and balconies of the capitol surgery is still surgery; it's typically rotunda: "We want to scand with
invasive and expensive. In this way,
beauty-and now cultural iden-our brothers and sisters against
city-becomes a privilege of the what we consider the genocide of
rich. You can't afford to have your the middle class of this country-
d th and we're not gonna cake ic any-knees reshape ? :_Then ere's no more!" way you'll look Italian, no matter If Walker succeeds, unions' col­how Italian you might actually be.
And that, my friends, is a dis-lective bargaining power will be
fi all r d denied to nearly all state, county grace. We've n y roun a way co
moneti.ze physical cultural iden-and municipal employees. Unions
city. Soon you might not be able would be useless without the righc
to be yourself without paying a to negotiate for workers. Coupled
few thousand dollars to look the with austerity m~asures, this bill
h d makes Wisconsin's public employ-way your et nicity ictates you
"should." ment wage slavery.
Mussolini defined fascism as a
"merger between scare and corpo­
rate economic power." Walker has
been closely allied with the Koch
brothers, conservative oil baron
billionaires who fund the tea par­
ty, his ·campaign, and anti-union
legislation. Procescers recognized
this and turned their rage onto the
newly opened Koch lobbying office
last Thursday.
Elizabeth DiNovella, a Wis­
consinite and the culture editor
for Progressive Magazine, drew the
parallel between today's occupation
and a history of fighting corporate
power: "People in Wisconsin are
here co say that Walker needs co
get over his Koch addiction and
respect workers' right to organize."
Walker has shown that he is dedicated to corporate power over
workers' rights and political eth­
ics, and in a private phone call he
talked about protest-busting, de­
nying senators their pay, and com­
mitments co his conservative ideol­
ogy over "trying to get something
done" for Wisconsin.
As a poster from protest footage
reads, '"Politicians don't hear you
because big donors pay them not
to listen!" Walker threatened to fire
10,000 state employees if the bill
did not pass.
Fascist movements have histori­
cally been defined as "resolution of
an enormous socio-economic and
political crisis of capitalist society
through acomization of the indus­
trial proletariat," according co an
article on lnfoshop News. "That is,
through destruction of its mass or­
ganizations and the mu·rder of its
most militant elements." When
Walker came into office, the state
of Wisconsin had a budget sur­
plus-but tax cuts for the rich
along with spending and recession
put the state into deficit. He is now
"solving" this capitalist collapse by
crushing unions and beating Wis­
consin into submission. On Feb.
11, he threatened to call in the
National Guard and bring state violence down on the protesting
unions. The threat backfired when
70,000 more workers showed up in
solidarity. -
Revolutionary "lawlessness" has
even taken over the state apparatus.
14 Democratic senators have fled
in order co stall voting on the bill,
and as of Monday morning they
remained in Illinois. Walker re­
sponded the same morning by giv­
ing the fugitive senators i4 hours
to return co legislature, or else fore­
go refinancing the state's debc and
losing $165 million.
Protesters in Madison are talk­
ing about international solidarity
and world revolution, which is not
surprising given that Egyptians,
Chinese and people from all 50
states have donated food, even call­
ing in pizza orders for the throng.
More importantly, the Wiscon­
sin uprising fits along wc;>rld revolt
against the same oppressive sys­
tems. Greeks, English and Spanish
have all taken to the streets in the
last month as retaliation to the aus­
terity measures levered by che G20
meeting in Toronto.
The Wisconsin Uprising is
working class America's courageous
first dive into the world revolution,
and it will spread from chere. THE PIO EER LOG. MARCH 4, 2011 Opinions 5
Rules n1itigate excite1pent of Manor House takeback
BY ALIX FINNEGAN
Staff Writer
I love che Frank Manor House.
There, I said ir. I absolutely love
it, from the quaint scone circle
driveway outside co the cushy
chairs and winding staircases in­
side. And every time I pull open
the heavy wooden door co enter,
I feel a wave of joy wash over me.
That being said, I'm not en­
tirely sure I love che new scudy
hour ac the Manor House. dents couldn't use the lounge in
the first place.
Yer when I found myself in
Armstrong Lounge a couple
Mondays ago, I was more than a
little disappointed. My imagined
version of study hour involved
me curled up on an ornate couch
next co the fireplace, alternately
reading quietly and chatting with
the curie next co me while sip­
ping hot chocolate.
Monday night, however, on my way in crushed almost ev­
ery single piece of my fantasy: no
curling up, no chatting and no
hot chocolate or any other food
for that matter.
I u·nderstand chat Frank Man­
or is a historically significant,
protected building. It's beautiful,
and should remain so. Bue do we
have co have so many restrictions
co preserve its beauty?
I don't chink some intellectual
conversation or soft background
music would detract from learn­
ing or harm the building, and I
would even be willing co glve up·
my hot chocolate to achieve this. I
ASLC passed che resolu­
tion opening che Manor House
for scudy hour so chat scudencs •
would· be able co use and enjoy
one of the most beautiful places
on campus. Hearing about the
resolution filled my little heart
with happiness because it was
completely ridiculous chat scu-found me sitting alone and up­
right (no feet allowed on the fur­
ntture!) on a couch in the corner.
The stifling silence and period­
ic page-flipping chat resonated
through Armstrong Lounge made
for a slightly uncomfortable at­
mosphere and reminded me of an
uptight library. Maybe I'm the only one char
found study hour co be awkward
and hushed, but in all honesty,
if I wanted co sit by myself un­
comfortably in silence, l'd go co
Warzek's quiet zone. ·n
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ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS , . • ~ • ~ ~, - -)
The list of rules handed to me
Sustainability is Sexy: A w~ekly colum~ dedicated to
environmental dialogue
Lines form for aid in response to· impacts of climate change
BY RACHEL YOUNG
Staff Writer
Would you rather drown
or starve to death?
Scientists predict chat hu­
man-created climate change
will perpetuate pove-rry, in­
crease flooding, drought and
hurricanes, displace up to 5
million people and swallow
up countries into the ocean.
A decision needs co be made
about who will recdve aid
for climate change.
However, che decision­
making process is under seri­
ous contention. There is no
international consensus on
how to rank future disasters
and future need. As a result,
countries have been battling
it our co obtain access ~o the
limited funds for climate ad­
aptation.
The countries char are
deemed che most vulner­
able will have access co the
money char is set aside. Any
list created will essentially
determine which countries
will get aid first and which
will get no aid at all. Figur­
ing out finance allocations is
necessary for many nations'
sustainability.
The situation is contro­
versial. Many scientists chink
chat China is the country
most vulnerable co climate
impacts. Bue with a GDP of
$4.99 trillion, does China
need the aid money?
Similarly, the very exis­
tence of many small island nations· is threatened by sea
levels rising. Countries such
as Tuvalu and Seychelles
have populations of 10,000
or less and are generally mid-
• die class. Do small island na­
tions deserve the aid money?
In contrast, countries in
Africa are likely co see in­
creases of drought, result­
ing in increases of hunger
and starvation. However, as
these countries have poverty
issues already, how can we
determine what is amplified
by climate change and what
is nor?
"There is simply no ob-.
jeccive, _scientific way of cat­
egorizing a ranking of 100-
plus countries in order of
who is more vulnerable than
another," said Saleem Huq,
head of the climate change
group ar the U.K.-based
International Institute for
Environment and Develop­
ment. "The moment some­
one comes up with a list,
• there's a problem."
This issue came co light
ar the U.N. climate change
conference (COP16) in
Cancun, Mexico in Dec.
2010. The G-77 group of
developing nations disputed
which countries should clas­
sified as "vulnerable."
In 2009, chis issue caused
tensions • between develop­
ing countries when African
nations were deemed "par­
ticularly vulnerable," leaving
Latin American countries
unhappy over what they felt was the dismissal of the re­
gion.
Unfortunately, there is
no simple solution when ir
comes co aid, especially cli­
mate aid. This could be seen
as money grubbing for cor-rupc leaders trying co sic
quietly and receive free
aid money, or ir could be
the only chance to provide
relief co the nations most
vulnerable in the case of a
major natural disaster.
PHOTO COURTESY OF RACHEL YOUNG
The desiccation on this landscape reflects one of the many
consequences of climate change.
Breathe in that fresh party air My eyes are up here
A weekly feminist column for everyone
Say no to budget cuts
BY MAGGIE HENNESSEY
Staff Writer
When I chink about
women's rights and my per­
sonal views on feminism,
one of the firsr things I rec­
ognize is chat the the idea of
feminism is complex.
Framed in the his­
tory of all feminists be­
fore me, ic is a strange and
poignant amalgamation
of literal rights such as ac­
cess co health care (birch
control, exams, abortions,
etc.), as well as the simple
face chat we can choose co
access all of these things or
nor, that women can take
their health into their own
hands.
It is all too common chat
I have seen my go".ernment
try and take away one, if
not all, of these qualifica­
tions chat I deem a basic
human right.
Recently, the House
of Representatives passed
sweeping cues co the· US
budget, showing the ugly
side of government. By far
the worst "budget cur" in
this conservative game plan
is the cut of all funding for
Planned Parenthood. Yes,
my friends, ch·ey want co
cut ALL funding.
Shoved in alongside
continued sponsorship of
NASCAR (a major mili­
tary recruiting ouclet), pro­
hibition of the EPA mea­
suring greenhouse gasses
produced by factories and
corporations and refusal co
set aside $5 million for or­
ganic farming research, chis
legislation is a huge blow co
women all over the country.
But chis battle for worn-en's reproductive rights is an
ongoing fight chat has mem­
bers of both sides of the spec­
trum participating.
In opposition co the
strongly conservative cum
in our country's legislation,
many major pro-choice or­
ganizations like NARAL
(National Association for the
Repeal of Abortion Laws)
are petitioning for insurance
companies co include birch
control in their health care
plans for women.
Currently, 28 states re­
qui re chat birch control be
included, despite the fact
that one in three women
have struggled with the cosr
of prescription birch control.
If Republicans are going to
cut funding for Planned Par­
enthood, they better have a
backup plan for low-income
women to have access co
medical exams and birch con-•
trol.
Also, considering the fact
char 98 percent of women
use some form of birch con­
trol in their lifetime, it seems
like a downright stupid thing
co cake away one of the ma­
jor organizations chat provide
chis simple resource.
What struck me the most
in my research on this top­
ic was the simple fact chat
less than cen percent of all
Planned Parenthood clients
request abortions. Most sim­
ply want cheap birch control
so they can engage in healthy
and safe sex.
This budget cut isn't just
about right-wingers disliking
abortions, it's simply another
sad attempt by conservatives
co keep women from hav­
ing ready access co health re­
sources. 1
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A student weighs in on the benefits of being open to meeting new people in the face of LC comforts.
BY LEAH POTTER-WEIGHT
Staff Writer
1 recencly went co a party
in Northeast Portland where
I only knew two people, but
the atmosphere was wel­
coming and fresh. Everyone
there had come to Portland
for a variety of reasons and
had met in a variety of ways. able to meet and attract och­
ers with similar good vibes. I
was stoked. I felt chat their
circle of friendship was not
closed, but that it was an
open and evolving circle chat
relied on chose within it co
be open co evolution. essarily fresh. While I'm
into comforts and feeling ac
home, I don't wane chat co
be my whole life, especially
not my party life. with our already­
established friends
while surrounded by
people we don't know
who are doing the
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yet, through their willing­
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Lewis & Clark? Unfortu­
nately, I don't think it re­
lates much at all. There is
comfort and friendship here
char enables us co gee cozy
as these four years pass by.
However, cozy is nor nee-There are so many pos­
sible connect.ions to be made
at chis school, and infinite
ones beyond our campus
borders. I don't want co be in
circles that close; I'd rather
be part of groups chat open
and expand.
Typically, LC parties
seem co involve spending
fun and rambunctious time I'm starting • to
think that the rest of
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ISLC presents International Fair
BY LAURA NASH
News Editor
No ne~d co board a plane or cross the bor­
der: chis weekend, the 46th Annual Interna­
tional Fair will transform an ordinary Sat­
urday on campus into a festive celebration
of the 63 countries repre ented by Lewis &
Clark students.
Vice President of the lnternarional
Students of Lewis & Clark (ISLC) Neha
Kumchekar ('13) has been busy preparing
the event, hoping co atr~acr as many partici­
pants and speccaror as possible and co satisfy.
everyone.
The 63 countries were divided into I 2
regions: China, Japan, South Korea, South
Asia, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, the
Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, West­
ern Europe, North America and Latin Amer­
ica. "Each region has someone called country
chairs ... This is the person who leads their
group, and I lead chem," said Kumchekar.
Don't expect waffles or scrambled eggs
ar brunch romorrow morning. Instead, you
will find booths in both Fields Dining Hall
and Stamm Dining Room serving foods
from each of the 12 regions. Representatives
from each region will begin their prepara­
tions tonight, and arrive at Templeton early
tomorrow to make sure everything is perfect. "Even looking at the menu is making
me hungry!" exclaimed Kumthekar with a
squeal of.delighted anticipation.
At 2 p.m., the International Fair will
continue in Flanagan Chapel with a fashion
show ,rnd ocher performances. Kumthekar
will rake part in a Bollywood number. An­
other member of ISLC, Kim Takinami (' 13)
leads a J-pop Qapanese pop music) dance
group, and rakes part in a K-pop (Korean
pop music) dance group, both of which will
perform.
These groups were put together some­
what informally. "Someone said chat they
wanted co do chis dance by AKB, but they
didn't know how ro dance, and I said 'Oh! l
know how ro dance!"' said Takinami.
They have been practicing two to three
rimes a week since the beginning of the se­
mester.
Although the Internacional Fair does nor
coincide with Parents' Weekend this year as
it has in the past, ISLC still expects a fair
turnout, including alumni, faculty and staff
in addition co on-aµnpus students.
This Saturday will mark the culmination
of 46 years of tradition, the joint efforts of
students from all over the world, counrless
hours of preparation and the unquantifi­
able enjoyment of participants and fairgoers
alike.
LC History: From
Christian Trade School
to Hippies on a Hill
A weekly column dedicated to digging up the college's past
"[The) creativity of Akin Hall is displayed by this gigantic peace symbol." That winter saw enough
snow to truly play in. Photograph taken from the 1969 Voyageur, Lewis & Clark's yearbook.
BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer
1959 was like any other year at Lewis &
Clark .College if the Voyageur, the school's
yearbook, is any guide. Ir features rhe same
well dressed ladies and gentlemen•in suits,
the same fraternities and sororities and the
same President. Mowrgan Odell had presid­
ed over LC for 18 years, back co 1942 when
LC first moved from downrown Portland co
the Fir Acres property on Palatine Hill.
Odell spent the first 10 years of his presi­
dency on campus living in the Presideot's
House (now rhe Alumni Gatehouse). Post­
World War II educational grants and G.I.
bills had created a surge in demand for the
college experienc;e chat Odell helped facili­
tate. These were booming years for LC, but
by 1960 it was a rime for a change.
No change was more explicit than the
change of president from the old and ex­
perienced Odell co 37-year-old John Ray­
mond Howard, one of the youngest college
presidents in the world.
At his first annual academic retreat he
spoke co his associates, saying, according
to historian Manha Montague, "I wish to
present you now an invitation ... to spend
the rest of your professional life in the most
thrilling assignment char. life can offer a
reacher-the building of the country's very
finest college."
Howard affirmed char "Lewis and Clark College is a Christian liber.al arts college­
by conviction," but 1960 was the beginning
of the end of that. Changes were rocking
the nation, and LC was not free· from their
influence.
The '62 Voyageur demonstrates these
changes. In 1960, its dedication had gone
to Odell, bur just two years lacer, it went
co peace. "Man has increased his ability co
make power," ir rea.ds, ".but nor peace. Peace
comes naturally co the campus ar night, but
lasting world peace is something man has
not yet been able co achieve."
The controversies came to campus in the
form of speakers as well. Gus Hall, presi­
dent of the American Communist Parry,
"cold us ~hat America is on the road co
Communism," according co the Voyageur.
His very presence indicated a leftward tile in
the College's policies.
Ocher movements made their way onto
campus as well. One particularly famous
speaker, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., ad­
dressed students ar a convocation "in a
manner char was at the same rime question­
ing, determined, and encouraging."
By 1969, a transition was clear. The
Voyageur was filled with poetry and pictures
showing barefoot students sleeping on sun­
swept lawns or playing games of frisbee in
the reflecting pool. Flannel shirts and gui­
tars, now nororious, repl~ced suits; more
than a few pictures show students playing
in the mud. The LC of roday was on its way. Perspectives: Joyce Justice
A weekly look into the thoughts of people within and outside of Lewis & Clark
BY JULIA STEWART
Opinions Editor
PHOTO BY JULIA STEWART
Joyce Justice lives in Portland at a retirement home.
She enjoys her free time now that she'.s 78.
As a follow-up co last week's Perspectives
column-which fearured 1 I-year-old Chan­
dler Gilges' experience and understanding of
time-78-year-old Joyce Justice shares what
time feels like to her. While Gilges said his
thoughts were often in the future, Justice's
thoughts are situated in the present; and
while Gilges associates old age with laying on
a bed all day and an ensuing boredom, Jus­
tice is embracing the free time she has after
leading a full and busy life.
Do days feel fast or slow to you?
Sometimes they are slow but I appreciate
the relaxed pace.
W1,at about years, do they go qttickly or
slowly?
As we age, years go by quickly. Little
kids feel like Christmases are three years
apart, bur [older people] are amazed ... [is it]
the holidays already? Hearing about Mr. St. Helens or JFK's assassination and realizing it
was so many years ago is mind-blowing.
Do yott feel like most of your thoughts
are in the past, present, or future?
The present, as far as 'what will I do to­
day, chis week etc?' Bur I like co remember
• past events, and am grateful l still have the
ability co remember.
Has the process of getting older and,
having to move slower, affected how much
you observe, notice and/or appreciate
about what is around you?
Yes. I have free time now chat I didn't
when I was raising five children, caking care
of a big house-and involved with their activi­
ties at church, school, clubs ere. I have time
co knit, cake naps, read, watch TV, etc.
Do yott think that, depending on what
age you are, you are going to have a differ--
ent understanding of time?
I am 78 now and wish I ~till had the en­
ergy and opportunity co travel, and chat I
will be here co see my grandchildren and two
great grandchildren grow up.
Do you ever wish that you were young
agai.n?
Only to the extent of being healthier,
and maybe handling some situations a little
differently, but I have had a good life with
many blessings and few regrets. I would not
want to re-live major surgeries, the death of
my parents and husband, our home burn­
ing down, a traffic accident, rhe fear [I had]
when my grand child was eriously ill and
the setbacks chat have occurred over man
years.
W1,en you watch young people running,
biking or being physically active, what
crosses your mind?
How fortunate they are co probably have
a long life ahead, and I wish the best for
chem-that they make good choices, nor use
drugs and set an example for future genera­
tions.
Mind the Gap honors do,:zors
BY DARYA \VATNICK
Features Editor
This year's incarnation of Tuition Free­
dom Day, called Mind the Gap will honor
donors who help the school fill their budget
deficit on a yearly basis.
On Mar. 9, student volunteers and staff
of the Annual Fund will be handing our
doughnuts and encouraging students co
write thank you notes, similar to last year's
program. New chis year will be a vide con­
fessional for students co record their senti­
ments of gratirude an~ posters highlighting
who donors are and why they give money co
the school.
The "gap" the schqol needs to be filled is
because student tuition and fees only cover
75 p~cenc of the school's operating budget. The endowment and the money earned from
the annual fund c,overs the remaining 25
percent.
"A lot of people chink that to be a phi­
lanthropist means giving millions of dollars,
being Bill Gares and setting up a foundation,
but what a lot of people don't know for us is
participation in the annual fund counts just
as much as the dollar amount," said Assistant
Direccor of Annual· Giving Simone Wren
(' 10) about how rankings use alumni parcici:
pation in giving as a way co rate alumni sac-•
isfaction. Foundations and corporations also
look at chis number when deciding co give
our grants.
"lt's not necessarily the giant million dol­
lar gifts chat are most import-ant co us. We're
really looking for parcicpation," said Wren. 8 Features THE PIO EER LOG, MARCH 4, 2011
Improving e_ducation
abroad: Graduate school
professor's excursions
to Afghanistan Dorm Co~king:
Five-Minute Lemon
Cake
BY MEGAN MORIN
Staff Writer people don't have skills co work in a modern
economy." Ingredients:
1 egg
¼ cup flour
¼ cup white sugar BY MARI YAMATO
FeaturH Editor
Directions:
Mix together flour, sugar, buct~rmilk,
baking soda, canola oil, and lemon extract.
Make sure the mixture is evenly distributed. Education is a force of rare transforma­
tive power. It can be the difference between
health and disease, tolerance and violence
and equality and oppression. In an effort
to transform the quality of life in Afghani­
stan, Professor Zaher Wahab -of the Gradu­
ate School has traveled back and forth for
the past nine years with a goal to improve
education. Low education also has implications for
how the citizens of Afghanistan relate to each
ocher.
Wahab said, "Afghanistan is a very di­
verse, very heterogeneous, very divided
country among ethnic, regional, [and] racial
lines, and there's tremendous tension be­
cause the country has been in a state of war
and occupation for the last 30 years. Again,
I think education, or lack thereof, may have
something to do with interethnic tensions." 3 tablespoons low fat buttermilk
½ teaspoon baking powder Beat in the egg.
Pour into a microwave safe bowl or mug.
3 tablespoons canola/vegetable oil
1 teaspoon lemon extract Heat on high for about 2.5 co 3 minutes and
enjoy!
Furthermore, education is linked with
health and birthrate, and may help mitigate
che number of young women, married off
before the age of sixteen, who are unable co
complete their education. Making lemon cakes
might require a trip to
Fred Meyer; but it is worth
the journey. Just follow
these three simple steps to
make this single-serving
dessert classic. In 2002, Wahab was asked by the Minis­
ter of Higher Education in Kabul to rebuild
the Afghan edu91tion system and became
the senior advisor to the Minister. Funded
by the government through programs such
as USAID (U.S. Agency for International
Development), Wahab travels co Kabul ev­
ery spring. He said, "When I arrived, every­
thing was like Dresden; it was a war zone,
everything was destroyed." As the senior ad­
visor, he tackled projects like making sure
every building had a bathroom, working co
"restart, rebuild and resuscitate the system of
higher education."
After 2007, his work shifted co creating
a masters degree program in education for
reaching faculty. This was critical, because
our of che 3,000 professors in Afghanistan,
only about five percent have PhDs and
ato1:1nd 35 percent have masters. The other
60 percent have bachelor degrees, which is
problematic because they are teaching stu­
dents who are pursuing the same degree they
hold. Wahab, due co the shortage of quali­
fied instructors, teaches nearly half of the
program-a total of five courses. He explained, "The challenge globally co­
day is co bridge the enormous gap between
nations' societies, people and nations [them­
selves] ... • My challenge is co help Americans
relate co ocher peoples' lives, ... and for the
Afghanis (co] not see every American as an
enemy and for Americans to not see every
Muslim, every Afghan, every Talib as an en­
emy. PHOTOS BY MARI YAMATO
Afghanistan is the second-poorest coun­
try on the planet, and has illiteracy rates as
high as 85 percent for women and 70 per­
cent for men. Improving their education sys­
tem is a critical step coward change.
Wahab explained, "This has very serious
implications. When people are not literate,
their skill level is low [and] their understand­
ing of the world is low ... this massive illiter­
acy of men and women perhaps is the source
of the difficulties, not just poverty, because "I don't chink that our duties or respon­
sibilities as educators, citizens or students are
limited to just our own careers and bank ac­
counts or education," said Wahab.
"A teacher is someone who devotes time
co rebuilding and remaking the world a bet­
ter place ... A good reacher is also someone
who doesn't just influence the mind, but the
heart and the soul and the passions of peo­
ple."
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS
An intimate lecture on the state of our civil· liberties
BY RYE DRUZIN
Staff Writer
Adel Hassan Hamad was an ordinary Sudanese citizen
working for an aid organization in Pakistan in the summer of
2002. The night of Jul. 18, 2002, Hamad awoke co a sound
outside of his house. As he approached his second-story win­
dow, he saw screams of heavily armed men pouring over the
wall. A group of Pakistani intelligence officers were headed
upstairs to his room. They demanded his identification pa-
• pers, which he presented.'When the Pakistanis realized that
they had the wrong man, they turned co a man Hamad de­
scribed as che "blonde American," a CIA officer, for what co
do next. He ordered them to "cake him." So began Add Ha-mad's five-and-a-half years of hell, from the sweltering heat
of Pakistani prison to brutal torture at the hands of American
intelligence ac Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, finally end­
ing up among the 500 individuals held at Guantanamo Bay,
home of the "worse of the worse," according co che Bush ad­
ministration.
Hamad's savior came in the form of Steven Wax, promi­
nent Federal Public Defender of the Discricc of Oregon. Wax
visited campus lase week co present his and his clients' experi­
ences co students and members of the community. But Wax's
presentation was much more personal and intimate than the
typical law lecture. Wax quickly removed himself from the
podium microphone, speaking from directly in front of the
group in Council· Chamber. He told the stories of his mul-ciple clients, beginning and ending with Adel Hassan Ha­
mad bur also including Brandon Mayfield, a Muslim attor­
ney working in Oregon, wrongfully accused by the FBI as
a material witness in the 2004 Madrid train bombings. His
current clients include Mohamed Osman Mohamud, che al­
leged Portland Christmas Tree bomber charged with plot­
ting a terror attack. While Wax refused co discuss details be­
cause of the ongoing trial, he did say it would raise questions
about the rights of the government co· use entrapment when
dealing with terror suspects .
The event was well attended, with around forty students
and adults from the community coming co the talk. The LC
ACLU, our local branch of the nationwide organization,
sponsored the event.
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PLUMFIELD, IRAQ by_: Barbara Lebow.
A contempor:uy drama following the lives
of a group of high school seniors.
Fir Acres Iheatre, 7:30 p. m.
Lord Save Us From Your Followers
Filmmaker Dan Merchant explores the
relationship between religion and culture.
Council Chamber, 8 p. m. 46th International Fair
ISLC sponsors this celebration of .
international customs and traditions.
T em leton, all da .
Medieval Misogyny? Aristotle and Phyl­
lis in the German tradition
A lecture by Dr. Ann Marie Rasmussen.
Miller 105, 4:30 p.m. 8th Annual SE Portland Art Walk
Over 160 artists, many in "native environ
ments", will be showing their works.
Southeast Portland, all aay.
Mind The Gap
A celebration for the _generous donors who
give money to the college.
All over campus, 10 a. m.
thursday 10 fr1day 11 saturday 12
Bollywood Film Night: Bombay
A bollywood movie night with E&D
professor Fritzman.
Miller 102, 6 p. m. Gender Studies Symposium
30th annual Gender Symposium's closing
events, key-note speakers and performance.
Templeton, all day. Friends of Rain
Faculty Music Ensemble presents From
Mountain Music to the Frontier ofJazz!
Evans, 8 p. m. THE PIO EER LOG, M RCH 4, 2011
Photo of the Week
Alex Lie gel (' 11)
This diptych displays some of the most
interesting aspects common to Alex's photo­
graphic works. Her images seem to deal with
contrasting stares of the soul when isolated in
the wild or packed into the urban landscape.
Frames in the wild are delicately composed,
while nymphs bathe in the natural waters. In
the city, we see crammed snapshots of jittery
punk shows and spitting blood fights.
These images also show Alex's reflexive use
of the medium. Note the splotchy ink resi­
due interrupts the foreground in the bottom
frame. This mishap is unique to the Polaroid
camera. After waiting for just 30 seconds,
her hand left its irrevocable sign as pulled the
print from the chemicals imprecisely. Alex
uses many different cameras and consiscencly
emphasizes their individual flaws.
SAM MARGEVICIUS
Photo Editor
Alexander String Quartet:
A sensual take on classical Investigative
journalism
comes alive in
BY JERRED BLANCHARD
Stoff Writer
Sometimes when a group of performers
plays classical music, the listener truly feels
the touch of the divine. So often is Mozart or
Bartok played below par that when a group
of quality musicians cakes on rhe challenge,
the music seems almost transcendental.
Such is the case with che Alexander String
Quartet, currently one of the premier string
quartets in the world. Zakarias Grafilo (first
violin), Frederick Lifsitz (second violin), Paul
Yarbrough (viola) and Sandy Wilson's (cellb)
interpretation of the mu;ic of history's great
• composers transports the listener to a realm
of pure aural delight.
Based in San Francisco, Calif., the en­
semble has been together for 30 years and
is widely regarded for their sensual interpre­
tations of Beetnoven, Mozart and Shosta­
kovich as well as recently composed "new
music." While they are one of the premier
chamber music ensembles in rhe world,
Lewis & Clark has been lucky enough to
have this quartet to play on campus for the
last five years.
The quartet members have been on cam­
pus since Wednesday, Mar. 2, and have visit­
ed the College's various classical music class­
es to impart knowledge understood only by
professional performing classical musicians.
While the virtuosic musicians have an un-canny sense of melody, texture, rhythm, har­
mony and musical dynamics, they also carry
the historical significance of these pieces into
their performances, proving true scholars of
the medium.
This is the last year the quartet plans to
come to LC. They will perform Mozart's
String Quartet no. 14, G.K. 387, Bela Bar­
tok's String Quartet no. 4 and Dvorak's
String Quartet no. 12,"The American," op.
96, B. 179.
The Mozart piece is in G major and
should prove to be a musical endeavor that is
characteristic of Mozart, with proper chord
resolutions, simple harmonies and astound­
ingly beautiful melodies floating through the
airy texture of a string quartet.
The Bartok piece is frightening and
shocking, utilizing dense and prickly harmo­
nies reminiscent of the 20th century. The last
pie_ce, the Dvorak, is a triumphantly roman­
tic piece of music, epic in the story ir tells
and suggestive of covered wagons and un­
marked American territory.
Come to the concert, see rhe masters in
action and support the music that defines
our history. This concert will be of the ut­
most quality as these four musicians rarely
make mistakes. Their training and talent
have combined to create a near-flawless en­
semble.
Tonight, 8 p.m., $10, Evam Auditorium. Black Like Me
The English Department to host
documentary by journalist
John Howard Griffin
BY DREW LENIHAN
Staff Writer
American journalist John Howard Grif­
fin was born in Dallas, Tex. in 1920 to pro­
gressive parents who, unlike the contextual
majority, believed that equal and civil rights
were deserved for all. Griffin became a jour­
nalist and advocate for the civil rights move­
ment.
He wrote an ethnography on rhe natives
of the South Pacific during his time serving
in World War II, then returned to rhe U.S.
to begin his career as ·a journalist. The Eng­
lish Department will be showing the docu­
mentary, Bl.ack Like Me, which caralogueson
Griffin's life and accomplishments.
In 1959, Griffin began a project that
would define his legacy as a writer for de­
cades. He set out to describe the plight of
the African-American community on the eve
of the civil rights movement in the South.
After getting a series of treatments from a
New Orleans dermatologist who dyed his
skin very dark, Griffin boarded a Greyhound
Bus as a black man.
The next six. weeks would cake him
through the heavily segregated states of Lou­
isiana, Mississippi, Alabama . and Georgia.
His diary and experiences were synthesized
into his book, Black Like Me, which was
published in 1961. The book was a bestseller
and served as an instrumental catalyse for the
civil rights movement. Ir shed light on the
issues of social justice, race relations and the
notorious prejudice of the south.
Refreshments will be served, minds will
be opened and a new appreciation for his­
tory, identity and investigative journalism
will develop.
Wednesday, Mar. 9, 7 p.m., Miller 105. Arts9
The Fuzz
Box
A music column devoted to bridging
the gap between Palatine Hill and
Portland
ILLUSTRATION BY ZIBBY PILLOTE
BY KEVIN MUHITCH
Staff Writer
The rain isn't what's making our cam­
pus gloomy. It's nor the winter, either. How
about the lack ofVitamin D? Thar's not
ir. Ir's a dark rime, nor because of season,
but because of all the midterms, six-page
papers and other assorted assignments that
do nothing but make sure your addiction
to caffeine continues to worsen. Lucky for
you, I've gor a few records to help you ger
through all of those 16-hour srudy-fesrs.
To start, we have Grouper, who is the
queen oflate night, melancholic beauty. Her
latest full-length offering, Dragging a Dead
Deer Up A Hill, has gotten me through
many long nigh rs of endless mountains of
work. Forger about the tide of this one;
the album is beautiful and lush. Filled with
open-tuned guitars and ethereal vocals, it
is easily one of the most devastatingly gor­
geous records in recent memory.
Valet's Blood is Clean was a more recent
discovery of mine. While Honey Owens
has been a part of Portland's experimental
scene for more than the last few years, her
recent solo work has been a leap in a new
direction. While a bit more abrasive than
Grouper, Valer has the same vibrantly lush
tendencies. This work is well developed and
eerily ambient.
When you've finished your sixth cup
of coffee and it's necessary ro rake a study
break until you stop shaking from your
caffeine high, it's time to put on something
with a lighter mood. Synthesizers, delay and
some truly dreamy vocals will suspend the
study session nicely. Suzanne Kraft's recent
Missum EP will take you out of your caffeine
high remind you that a mellow night in
might not be as depressing as we previously
thought. This limited CD is a great litcle
story t(?ld through a 4-rrack porta-studio
and meager hardware. As the drum machine
picks up, so will the second wave of night­
time energy.
Whenever I'm trying to finish work in
the library, I find I need something I can
groove to. Being able to shake your hips a
litcle bit does a lot for one's productivity.
Put on Na Teef Know the Road ofTeefby Pax
Nicholas and the Nettey Family. Pax Nicho­
las was the congo player in Fela Kuti's back­
ing band, and while this record was origi­
nally recorded in the l 970s, Kuti prevented
it from being released because it lacked the
political direction that he believed should
be an integral part of Afro-beat. What this
record is lacking in politics, ir makes up
in beats; if you like West African rhythms,
you'll find this album refreshingly brilliant.
We can't be depressed about doing
schoolwork forever. I mean, all that work
towards a degree means a high-paying job,
right? Well, maybe we should just stop
t!'tinking about it, rum up the headphones
and churn out that essay.
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STUDENT BANDS CLASH TO BASH
py sound. With the addition
of a wah-wah pedal, Kohu
closed their set with a lively
song and left the audience
wanting more.
Next up was Faster Than
Radio, a one-man band with
a sampler and a Mac. Stu­
dents, submerged in Faster
Than Radio's atmospheric
vocals and loose math-rock
mixes, displayed the kind.
of hair-flipping, fist-pump­
ing, boory-dropping dance
moves seen only in neon-lit
nightclubs. ments sang as loudly as the
vocalists during the chorus­
es, with the trumpet break­
ing our like a racehorse, the
clarinet' and accordion spew­
ing color and the string bass
adding a jazz flare to the
mix. Covers were tossed into
the set, some expected ("The
Candyman") and others al­
most in jest ("Ode to Joy")
as a grand finale to the night.
As everyone anxiously
awaited the judges' decision
to announce which bands
would play at the Crystal, a
drum circle formed. Buck­
ets, tables, bongo drums
and friends' backs all served
a musical purpose and the
night's energy seeped into
the crowd once again.
PHOTO BY AMELIA WALSH
(Left to right) Julia Cosgrove ('13), Canaan Schlesinger ('13) and Jenny Louthan ('13) of the Dancing Hats perform at the Battle of the Bands Gus Griswald began their
set with every member of
seven-member band bang­
ing rhythmically on their
instruments (fiddle, trum­
pet, guitar, accordion, clari­
net, tambourine, sering bass
and compost buckets) and
singing sweetly to the au­
dience. As the band traded
leads on melodies and made
seamless transitions berween
songs, the audience jumped
and rwisred under Gus
Griswald's gypsy folk crance. Banshee screams and
wild howls sang out from the
drum circle until the judges
finally announced their deci­
sion: Jonah Luke (' 1 l) and
Friends, Faster Than Ra­
dio 0ack Yaguda ('13) and
Mervin Mckenna ('12)) and
The Dancing Hats (Cos­
grove, Ricardo Huerta (' 13),
Shohei Kobayashi (' 13), Jen­
ny Louthan ('13), Care Mar­
geson ('13), Jordan Buysse
(' 13), Canaan Schlesinger
(' 13)) will be playing at The
Bash. Continued .from page 1
Following the Dancing
Hats was Maudlin Moon,
a band new to LC, formed
only about a month ago. The
band began their set with a
funk-rock sryle song filled
with bass-heavy guitar riffs,
energetic vocals and articu-lace drumming. Their basic
guitar/drum setup lends a
minimalist approach to their
music and che instruments
are complimentary to one
another. Maudlin Moon's
darker and moodier sound
gave way to jazzy melodies,
emphasized by the addi­
tion of the keyboard in the last song. By the end of the
set, the drummer wield­
ed her sticks like a bacon
rwirler and seriously rocked
our, which generated much
cheering from the crowd. catchy riffs entranced the
crowd. In the midst of
groovy guitar strumming,
drumbeats and spacey key­
board playing, Kohu threw
in ghoulish organ sounds
that contrasted nicely with
their jams. The spurts of
spook meshed beautifully
with the band's overall trip-The band members them­
selves joined in the dancing,
theatrically leaping around
on stage and adding to the
excitement by blowing bub­
bles and throwing streamers
into the crowd. The instru-The fourth band to play
was Kohu, who brought
soulful jams to the night.
Their tight rhythms and
Wrangell explores
multiple mediums
in senior recital Milagro Teatro Presents:
Ana en el Tr6pico -----
BY DYLAN DISALVIO
Staff Writer
Multiculturalism and nature
will take form in sound, movement
and images this Sunday at Catalina
von Wrangell's ('11) senior compo­
sition recital. Wrangell's recital is
the culmination of more than rwo
years of composing, and promises
to be an exciting exploration of
sound and visual art.
The recital will feature "Elemen­
tal Tao," which Wrangell described
as a "moving painting." A elecuon­
ic work recorded with live percus­
sion, piano and violin, Wrangell
took the five traditional Chinese
elements of nature-wood, fire,
earth, metal and water-and repre­
sented them as motifs in her ·music.
Throughout the piece, the ele­
ments interact and change as they
do in nature. Accompanied by a
video of a shifting, moving work
of arr that's constructed as a matte
of many paintings, the piece is de­
signed to be looped and to exist as
a hanging moving display. The ef­
fect is botb serene and personal,
promising to be visually stunning
in its large projected form.
Wrangell's recital will also fea­
ture anotber exciting multimedia
piece, entitled "Inrerrwined," with
oboe and soprano saxophone In­
structor Mitch Imori on the ham­
mer dulcimer. The piece, which is
meant as an exploration of com­
monalities berween cultures, is ac­
companied by rwo dancers, who ac
first embody the estrangement of
opposing cultural viewpoints, bur over the course of the work become
increasingly interrwined and con­
nected.
Wrangell, who grew up in Eu­
rope, Asia and South America,
again explores the theme of uniry
berween cultures in the exciting fi­
nale to her recital, "Posr-Bellum."
A work for choir and instrumen­
tal accompaniment, the work is a
multi-lingual statement about war.
The lyrics begin in German and
move to Spanish, while Chinese is
interjected throughout. Such unity
of languages within a single work
reveals the commonalities berween
cultures, effects and perceptions
of war and promotes a message of
unifying cultures. This piece fea­
tures four LC alumni: Nik Wal­
to_n (' 1 O), Stephanie Taimi-Mandel
('10), Molly Montagna ('10) and
Louis Prahl ('10).
These more serious and pro­
grammatic works are contrasted
with three absolute pieces of mu­
sic: "Baby Steps," featuring Barra
Brown ('12) on the flute and Erin
Ohashi ('11) on the oboe, "Pre­
cipitation," a piano piece for four
hands performed by Emma Gornis
('11) and Kylie Cassidy ('12), and
the first movement of Wrangell's
first String Quarter, performed by
players from the Portland Youth
Philharmonic Orchestra. All in al],
the night is sure to be-a memora­
ble, exciting and unique explora­
tion of culture and art.
Sunday, March 6, 4 p.m., Evans
Auditorium, .free. PHOTO COURTESY OF TIM KRAUSE
The Pulizer Prize winning play Ana en el Tr6pico will close this weekend at Milagro Teatro in Southeast Portland
BY HANNAH PALMER
Staff Writer
The award-winning play Ana en
el Tr6pico has been running Thurs­
day-Sunday for tbe past month at
Miracle Theater Group, a small
performance arts center in SE Port­
land. There are rwo performances
remaining before the play goes
offstage: tonight and tomorrow at
8 p.m. The play is performed in
Spanish with English subtitles pro­
jected above the action.
Written by Nilo Cruz, Ana en el
Tr6pico received che Pulitzer Prize
for Drama in 2003. The play is sec
in Florida in the 1920s, in a Cu­
ban-American cigar factory. Curi­
ously, it is also based around Anna
Karenina, Tolstoy's acclaimed 19th
century novel chronicling a tragic
love affair. Cruz's characters meet
Tolstoy's when the cigar factory
hires a professional reader to enter­
tain the workers as they roll cigars.
The juxtaposition berween Rus­
sran high society and the struggli~g
factory workers is striking as work­
ers come co feel deeply connected
with the sentiments of the novel. In this way, the play self-conscious­
ly emphasizes the universaliry of
human emotion.
The tradition of hiring lectors
to read in factories is an important
focal point of the work. Although
this practice was common within
cbe cigar industry in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries, by the
rime Ana en el Tr6pico cakes place,
lecrors had become a very contro­
versial subject.
In an increasingly industrialized
world, many of Cruz's characters
are in favor of modernization ef­
forts that included more machin­
ery and cutting frivolities, such
as leccors. Regardless, tbe play as
a whole functions as a strong ar­
gument for downsizing industry,
producing handmade goods arrd
recognizing the importance of in­
troducing a little more humaniry
into the workplace.
In Miracle Theater Group's
rendition of the play, several di­
rectorial choices function to fur­
ther accentuate Cruz's themes of
universaliry and tradition. The
sparse sec features heavy wooden
desks, rickery chairs, slated wood-en screens and several nondescript
piles of books and cigar boxes.
Mose importantly, the sec remains
constantJrom the play's beginning
to end, emphasizing continuiry
and sirnpliciry. Sound and lighting
effects are highly traditional and
non-experimental, simultaneously
stressing tradition over innovation
and lending the production a sense
of timelessness.
Additionally, by performing
in Spanish and displaying English
subtitles,. the production encour­
ages a multi-lingual audience. Mir­
acle Theater Groups' presentation -
lends support co the play's convic­
tion that art and emotion are uni­
versal.
While Ana en e~ Tr6pico is per­
formed in Spanish, many of Mir­
acle Theater Group's productions
are performed in English or a com­
bination of English and Spanish.
Miracle Theater Group specializes
in Latino pieces and is dedicated to
cuJcural expression and creaciviry.
Tonight and tomorrow, 8 p.m.,
Milagro Teatro (525 SE Stark St.},
Box Office (503) 263-7253 THE PIONEER LOG, MARCH 4, 2011 Sports 11
Outd-oor adventures Track & field start season
A_gear guide for all your outdoor needs
BY MEGAN MORIN
Staff Writer
Acqusition of gear is one
of the largest impediments
to the pursuit of outdoor.
activities. For many people,
spores such as rock climbing,
kayaking and skiing are sim­
ply inaccessible because the
equipment is too expensive.
However, there are certain
ways around that.
Firscly, College
Outdoors is a great
resource if you want
to gee outside but
lack the essentials,
such as a can1p stove,
sleeping bag or cent.
There is also a great
commupiry of our­
door enthusiasts
here, so if you have
a car and.wane co gee
out on an adventure,
there are tons of gearheads
willing to lend out their ex­
tra equipment in exchange
for a ride. Another great
way co find cheaper gear is
through Ebay or Craigslist.
Be sure co check the quality
of the gear; this is somewhat_
easier ro do through Craig­
slist because you pick it up
in person. Check for rips,
rears or scratches that might
compromise the integrity of
the gear. I would not recom­
mend buying a used rope
( unless the seller offers proof
char it's new) or' trade gear
for climbing, as these have
serious consequences if they
malfunction.
Another option is Next
Adventure, which has a great selection of used equipment.
Their products are perfeccly
serviceable, if somewhat ouc
ot fashion, and include out­
door clothing and bins full
of used climbing shoes.
If you are looking to buy
new gear, I would highly rec­
ommend going to a local,
preferably smaller, moun­
taineering or river sports
score. Here you can develop
personal relationships with
the staff, who tend to be
more knowledgeable and
helpful than at larger stores.
If you come back again and
again they will remember
you, and often times this
leads co discounts. Next Ad­
venture, again, is a great lo­
cal option; another good
climbing shop, Climb Max,
is a great choice for·gear.
Ir's also important to con­
sider what you need your
gear to do. If you're new to
a sport, don't buy the most
expensive items. For exam­
ple, your first pair of climb­
ing shoes should be on the
cheaper end; sloppy foot­
work will wear through the soles in no time and you
won't need the precision of
an aggressive last for begin­
ning routes. If you're get­
ting into skiing, don't buy
reverse-camber boards and
stiff bindings; instead, look
for an all-mountain ski that
has a stiffness appropriate to
your weight and plenty of
side cue for easy turns.
Most I impor­
tantly, know what
you're buying and
what you need
it for. You can
look up informa­
tion online, but
the easiest way to
figure out what
you need for your
spore, goals and
skill level is co
talk to one of the
knowledgeable
employees at outdoor stores.
Even if you're not looking to
buy anything, they will be
more than happy ro share
their extensive knowledge.
There is a reason that they
work there (plus, they tend
co be wonderful people).
So don't be scared away
from all the wonderful
outdoor act1v1t1es out
there because the gear
costs coo much. You can
make che upfront cost
less expensive than you
think, and once you have
gear, you tan have all the
fun you want for free.
Email mmorin@Lciark.
edu with any questions on
gear or any outdoor activ­
ity.
Women ballers to Iowa
BY FIONA CORNER
Sports Editar
Today, 3 p.m., Council.
Chamber: You will want co
be there. Most classes will be
done for the day, but wom­
en's basketball, two hours
ahead in Cedar Falls, Iowa,
will be gearing up for the
first round of the NCM Di­
vision III Women's Basket­
ball Tournament. For their
first trip ever, the Pioneers
have earned an at-large bid
against the Yellow Jackets of
Howard Payne from Brown­
wood, Tex.
George Fox, LC's NWC
co-champion, has also earned a spot in che tour­
nament against Occidental
College, the champion of
the Southern California In­
rercollegiace Athletic Con­
ference at Chapman Univer­
sity.
Lewis & Clark's oppo­
nent, Howard Payne, 21-7
in their" conference, earned
the American Southwest
Conference automatic tour­
nament bid after their win
against Louisiana College,
83-69.
Joshua Prock, head coach
of the Lady Jackets, is in his
third season with Howard
Payne after spending seven
years with the University of Oklahoma men's basketball
team.
You can catch all of the
Pioneers and Yellow Jacket
in Council Chamber at 3
p.m. at the viewing parry
hosted by Dean of Students,
Celestino Limas. Food and
drinks will be provided. If
the LC women win on Fri­
day, you can catch them
again on Saturday at 5 p.m ..
as they rake on the winner of
the Coe/Minnesota-Murris
matchup.
If you are not on cam­
pus, you can still catch the
game online ar http:llclient.
stretchinternet. comlcLientlcoe.
portal# free of charge. Women and men place fourth and third respectively .
"BY HANNAH PALMER
Staff Writer
LC Track & Field com­
peted Saturday against ~in­
field, Pacific and George
Fox at the Frank Haskins
4-Way. The women's team
scored 108 points for fourth
place, and the men scored
94 points, coming in third.
On the men's side, Kevin
Carpenter ('12) and Joevon­
te Mayes (' 12) finished first
and second in the JOO-me­
ter dash, with times of 11.29
for Carpenter and 11. 70 for
Mayes.
Carpenter and Mayes
also competed on the win­
ning 4 x I 00 merer relay
with Lamar Curry ('13) and
Daniel Blasher ('13). The
LC men' ran the 4 x I 00 in
44.53 seconds, placing first
and beating Pacific by little
more than a second.
Competing in ~e 1500
meter run, Jarrod Nixon (' 14) took first place with a
time of 4:08.59. Teammates
Pete Fisher (' I 3) and Daniel
Shaver ('13) followed Nixon
in fifth and eighth places,
both scoring points for LC.
For men's field events,
Aaron Lucas ('13) placed
second in the shoe-put,
throwing 12.45 meters. "It
was a good stare co the sea­
son," noted Lucas, who
"plans on doing rnu~h better
and getting first place." In
any case, after a long winter
of training, Lucas finds "it is
fun to finally be competing."
Lucas also placed eighth in
the hammer throw, along
with teammates Raul Millan
(' 13), who· placed third, and
Tim Gulley (' I 4) in four­
teenth. John Berokoff ('12)
cook second in the Javelin,
throwing 53.41 meters.
On the women's side,
Kelly Yeverton ('13) placed
first in the pole vault, clear­
ing 3 .15 meters. In the shot-put, Amy Madden
(' 11) placed second, throw­
ing 19.60 meters. The LC
women also won the 4 x 400
meter relay. The relay was
run by Cheyenne Feliz ('l 1),
Andi Glaeser ('14), Mad­
die Harper (' 13) and Sam
Courtain (' 12) in 4:21.44,
finishing a solid four seconds
ahead ofLinfield.
Emily Fagan (' 14) cook
an impressive win in the
800 meter with a time of
2:27.75. Fagan also com­
peted in the 1500 meter
run, placing forth, and was
joined by teammates Em­
ily Thomas ('13) and Ol­
ivia Foster ('13) who placed
third and fifth respectively.
Track & Field competes
next at the UPS Quadrangu­
lar on Mar. 5. The team's two
home meets this season are
che LC Spring Break Open
on Saturday, Mar. 19 and
the LC Invitational on
Saturday, Apr. 16.
Basketball cuts down
their net in celebration
Women's basketball cherish co-conference title by cutting down their net
BY STEPHANIE GONZA'LEZ
Staff Writer
There is no doubt that
the Lewis & Clark women's
basketball team has had their
best season since winning
the championship back in
i993-94. The team has had
many impressive highlights:
three players, Kristina Wil­
liams ('13), Christina Her­
ring (' 11) and Megan Spence
('12) have earned Northwest
Conference All Conference
honors, and their head coach
Juli Fulks has also earned the
title of the league's "Coach
of the Year." A memory that
will not be forgotten this
season is the continuation
of the long-held tradition of
"cutting the' nee." This cook
place after the win against
Willamette on Feb. 19. For
many freshmen, this was a
fulfilling reward. Not only
was it a sign that their hard
work paid off, but it was a
great way to close their first
season of college basketball, and has left them with hope
and inspiration for the three
seasons that follow. Cassie
Beucherie (' 14) said, "To cut
the net my freshman year
in college was an idea that
hardly crossed my
mind." Her
expectations
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS
for chis season were similar
co chose of first year Kath­
lene Howe ('14): co "be the
best [they] could be, and of
course, play hard against any
team that came [their] way."
For the players, the tra­
dition is more than a sign
of victory; it is a symbol of
their physical, mental and
emotional growth. There
. were seven incoming play-ers new to the LC team this
season who went from being
strangers co "best friends."
Howe said that the best part
of this experience was that
she got co share it with her
best friends, who bring a
sense of kinship that is di­
rectly related co their suc­
cess. The celebration of ac­
complishment was full of
authentic happiness. Each
cut was followed by a beam­
ing smile and em~racement,
each hug "as meaningful as
the next." Beucherie said the
celebration also exuded "the
excitement that could only
be shared within a team as
close as [theirs]." The loss
against George Fox does not
cake away from their mark in
the history of women's bas­
ketball at LC and the girls
still maintain an optimistic
mindset, giving their all co
whatever comes in front of
them. The possible entrance
to the NCAA tournament
would "only add co the fire
that they already started."
Swimmers break records at NWC Championship
Women earn third place spot in the NWC swimming championship and men take sixth
BY DARYA WATNICK
Features Editor
After three days im­
mersed in the chlorinated
water of a swimming pool
at the Mc. Hood Commu­
nity College Aquatic Center
in Gresham, Ore., both the
men's and women's swim
teams emerged successful
and motivated co continue
improving. L~wis & Clark
hosted the Northwest Con­
ference Championships chis
year, which Coach Chris
Fantz attributes co the team
feeling extra connected.
"Many students, coaches
and administrators made it
co the meet and it really felt'
like a home pool advantage,"
he said. The meet ended with the
women one point ahead of
Whitman College, a repeat
of lase year, co put them in
third place. Rachael Caz­
den (' 13) contributed co the
brt:aking of records through­
out the weekend. The wom­
en broke four different
"I lost my voice
I was cheering so
hard."
school relay records. Caz­
den had three record-setting
swims, including her win in
the 100 Freestyle, a time that
could send her co Nationals.
"The energy was incred­
ible and it was fantastic th~ support that every single
team member had for every­
one else," said Rachel Wolf
('12). "I lost my voice for
the last relay I was cheering
so hard, but it was definitely
worch it since we got third
by one point over Whit­
man." Two of the men's re­
lay teams came within half a
second of LC records. "The
men have such a strong core
group of talent that I think
we'll make big waves next
season," said Fantz.
Fantz thinks the champi­
onship was a great conclu­
sion co the season, saying,
"This weekend I saw a group
motivated co keep getting
better and better and make
another great season next
year." PHOTO BY KATE GARVEY
Beyond having a home pool advantage, the women swim team's third place victory is a testa­
ment co their dedication and hard work this season. I -
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12 Backdoor THE PIO EER LOG. MARCH 4, 2011
T0RST OF THE WEEK:
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function! Grillz, we and New Orleans resident
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