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Friday, March 11, 2011 www.piolog.com Vol. 76, Iss. 7•
Gender Studies Symposium rounds off 30th year today
BY ADRIAN GUERRERO
Staff Writer
The final day of the 30th an­
nual Gender Studies Symposium
has arrived. Today brings us 11
gender-themed events panels,
workshops and lectures on top­
ics such as cyberspace gender, fat­
phobia and gender-related intern­
ships. The night will end with a
queer cabaret performance by Ho­
momencum, expected to include
queer burlesque, drag, perfor­
mance art and, of course, glitter.
This year's theme has focused on
the future of gender, with the past
two days packed full of gender-dis­
secting discussions, panels, films,
performances and lectures.
Events so far have ranged from
a roundcable discussion on the
"queering" of families to a lecture
by leading scholar Uma Narayan on
co~remp~,raf)_' feminisrs' arrempts
ro rescue third world women.
Lasr Wednesday's featured lec­
turer, Amy Richards, is renowned
for writing the book Manifesta:
Young Women, Feminism, and the
Future, which focuses on contem­
porary feminism and how ir adapts
to fir the needs of individuals and
generations. Richards has also run
the feminist.com advice column,
"Ask Amy," since 1995.
Julia Serano, a transsexual activ­
ist and celebrated slam poet most
known for her book Whipping (Left) Michael Messner presents his keynote lecture. (Top middle) President Barry Glassner speaks with symposium co-chairs. (Top right) Keynote lecturer Michael Messner and
Interim Dean of the College Jane Hunter speak during a symposium dinner. (Bottom right) Featured lecturer and activist Amy Richards chats with students.
Girl, was Thursday's feature lectur­
er. Serano's speech on "compulsory
genderqueerness" and "the end of
gender" was arguably most repre­
sentative of chis year's "gender in
the future" theme so far.
Focus is being brought home
today with a lecture on queer youth
homelessness by local writer and
PHOTO BY OLIVIA CHRISTIAN activist Sassafras Lowrey, editor of
Kicked Out, an anthology of stories
from homeless queer youth. As a
teenager, Lowrey herself was dis­
owned and kicked onto the streets
by her family for being queer.
Michael Messner, who pre­
sented Wednesday night's key­
note lecture, also has a special connection to Portland: LC's
President, Barry Glassner, is both
a friend ofMessner's and a former
peer of his from the Universiry of
Southern California.
Messner's presentation had the
dist}nccion of being the only sym,­
pos1um event to focus on mens
involvement in feminism, both throughout history and in the pres­
ent. Messner discussed how pro­
feminise men's groups in the 1970s
focused on implementing systemic
change and reconstructing male
idenriry through radical grassroots
activism.
CONTINUED I NEWS 2
Professor on PBS's NOVA
BY KATE BARHYDT
Staff Writer
An arachnologisc and Associate
Professor of Biology, Greta Binford
nor only reaches multiple classes,
but she also conduces complex re­
search concerning spider venom
here at Lewis & Clark College.
Binford's enthusiasm and pas­
sion encourages a strong curiosiry
about the natural world within her
students, and many of chem are vy­
ing for summer research positions
wirh her.
Student DJ gains online praise LC students who know and
love Professor Binford, and have
eagerly raken her classes or applied
for research positions with her,
recently saw Binford in rhe PBS
Nova program "Venom: Nature's
Killer." Binford is also the su~·ecr
of Silk and Venom: Searching or a
Dangerous Spider, a children's ook
written by Kathryn Lasky. BY DREW LENIHAN
Staff Writer
Some lusr for fame, while ochers
accidencly stumble upon ir. Lewis
& Clark's own Jack Yaguda ('13),
known as GudaCheese on the user­
produced music website Sound­
cloud, has been getting serious props
for the past month from numerous
elecrronica DJs and producers for his
remix ofNiT GriT's "Babylon."
Yaguda remixed rhe dubscep
artist's song for a competition NiT
GriT is purring on. GudaCheese
is currently in third place and has
been selected for rhe final round, qualifying him for the chance to fly
our to one of NiT GriT's concerts
and play an opening sec for him.
The arrenrion his remix has re­
ceived is flattering to Yaguda, who
has been producing electronic mu­
sic on his computer for a mere six
months.
"When I scarred making elec­
tronic music, I finally found some­
thing I could make completely
mine," said Yaguda. "le is as close as
I can gee to plugging a wire into my
brain and have what I am hearing in
my head come our of speakers."
CONTINUED I ARTS 11 On a personal level, Binford is
inspiring, not only as a cutting­
edge scienti~r and expert in a fas­
cinating field, bur as a seeker and
lover of knowledge. Binford de­
scribed the goal of her work as "to
solve the puzzle of the evolution­
ary path of spiders related to the
brown recluse and their venoms."
She explained, "Researchers are ex­
cited about venom righr now be­
cause they are phenomenal pools
of unknown chemicals char act on
living organisms, specifically ...
CONTINUED I FEATURES 10
TOOHOTTO
HANDLE
BASEBALL TEAM DEFEATED BY
WILLAMETTE BEARCATS. STILL
NO WINS AGAINST OPPONENTS
IN CONFERENCE. I SPORTS 14 PHOTO BY ALICIA KROELL
Professor Greta Binford shows off her preseNed Sicarius, which is a six-eyed sand
spider related to the brown recluse.
PHOTO COURTESY WATZEK RESERVES HISTORY
CONTINUED
PHOTO SPREAD OF MORE
EPIC FINDS FROM THE DEPTHS
OF WATZEK LIBRARY'S
YEARBOOKS I FEATURES 9 News2 THE PIONEER LOG MARCH II, 2011
30th annual Gender Studies Symposium focuses on the future off eminism
PHOTOS BY NATALIE BAKER
Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Faculty Director of the Gender Studies Symposium Kimberly Brod­
kin welcomed everyone to the Symposium at a dinner on Wednesday night.
Symposium organizers and participants gathered on opening night to commence the symposium and share
dinner and conversation.
EDITORS IN CHIEF:
NATALIE BAKER & LINDSEY BOSSE
BuscNESS MANAGER:
LINDSEY BOSSE
NEWS EDITORS:
ZACH HOLZ & LAURA NASH
OPINION EDITORS:
BEAU BROUGHTON & JULIA STEWART
FEATURFS EDITORS:
DARYA WATNICK & MARJ YAMATO
ARTS EDITORS:
HAYLEYTRJVETT & ZIBBY P1LLOTE
SPORTS EDITORS:
MICHAEL D'ANGELO & FIONA CORNER
STYLE SOURCE:
ALICIA KROELL
ILLUSTRATION EDITOR:
KATE OWENS
lLLUSTRATORS:
KYLA COVEY, FRANCES LI & AMY ROSENHEIM
PHOTO EDITOR:
SAM MARGEVICIUS
PHOTOGRAPHERS: --
Keynote lecturer Michael Messner, spoke Wednes­
day night about men's involvement in feminism and
how it affected the idea of masculinity during the
1970's feminism movement, continuing into the pres­
ent day. "The Past, Present, and Future of Men's Anti-Violence Work"
Keynote speaker opens with a lecture about man's role in feminism
University of Southern California Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Michael Messner presented the
keynote on Wednesday on "The Past, Present, and Future of Men's Anti-Violence Work."
Story continued from page 1
Since then, men's involvement has moved
coward a more issue-driven approach char is
inscicucionally integrated. Messner analyzed
the pros and cons of both, concluding that
che future would see a combination of the
two.
Afterward, Messner commenced on how
feminism can move forward. "I think it's re­
ally important that we chink of ourselves as
historical actors," said Messner. "Any histori­
cal moment has a sec of possibilities, so what
are the possibilities right now?" Maisha Foster O'Neal ('I I), creator of
the popular consent comics posted around
campus, commenced afterwards on how new
media is changing feminist di cussion.
"A lot of the critical work that is going on
and is being produced is the scuff that's hap­
pening in zines, grassroots organizations and
biogs," said O'Neal. "I have read some really
progressive, thought-provoking things that
are actually making a difference in Myspace
biogs or Tumblrs."
For more information on the Gender Stud­
ies Symposium and today's events, check out
go. tclark. edu!gendsymp.
Gender Symposium Events for Friday, Mar. I I
9:45-11:15 am, Stamm, Gender in Cyberspace
9:4 5-11: 15 am, Thayer, Write the Gender Future: A Creative Writing Work
shop
11 :30 am-1 :00 pm, Stamm, Transforming Bodies, Transforming Society
11:30 am-1:00 pm, Council Chamber, Nobody loves you. Now what? Queer
Youth Homelessness and Creating Chosen Family
11:30 am-1:00 pm, Thayer, Workshop: Giving Voice to Body: An
Autoethnographic Approach for Healing in a Fat-Phobic Culture
1:45-3:15 pm, Stamm, Under Pressure: Socia/Expectations ofCaregiving
1:45-3:15 pm, Council Chamber, Roundtable: Speaking of Privilege:
Trans Womens Experience of Feminism from the Inside
1:45-3: 15 pm, Thayer, Roundtable: Gender in the City: Internships in Portland
3:30-5:00 pm, Fir Acres Black Box Theatre, Performance: 348
5:30 pm, Stamm, 30th Anniversary Reception
8:00 pm, Trail Room, Homomentum: A Queer Cabaret
ANNIE BOURKE, GRACE GUENTHER, MAGGIE
OLIVER, HANNAH PruNcE , AMY WALSH &
ELANA WEBB "Ranting and Raging: Translating Rhetoric into Action"
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LEINBACH, DREW LENIHAN, SARA MILLER,
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WWW.PIOLOG.COM Lecturer speaks about her own development as a feminist and the future of feminism
BY ZACH HOLZ
News Editor
Amy Richards, prominent feminist, au­
thor, columnise and activist, began her lec­
ture, "Ranting and Raging: Translating
Rhetoric into Action," part of the 30th an­
nual Gender Studies Symposium, with an
anecdote about her brief experiment as a stu­
dent at Lewis & Clark in the 1980s.
"I only lasted a year here ... the weath­
er drove me away," she said, adding with a
laugh, 'Tm a little too East coast."
True to her East coast leanings, Richards
werit on to graduate from Barnard College
in 1992 and has since authored numerous
books, prolific advice columns and articles in
publications like The Nation and Ms.
Richard's lecture was both a revisiting of
her own history and a consideration of what
led her co be a feminist in th.e first place, and
an exploration on the ways in which young
!Deople and contemporary feminists can
strive cowards ever-higher goals.
Richards spoke animatedly and humor­
ously about her surprise at becoming a
mother of two boys rather than girls. She re­
called thinking that it simply wasn't possible for her co have boys and, with a smile, saying
that she always felt so sorry for those moth­
ers. who ended up with boys.
Raised by a single mother, Richards has
still co this day never met her father. She
draws inspiration from the memory of her
mother raising her, commenting chat she
In the past, we were
dealing with absence,
and now we have pres­
ence ... Now, in safe
places like college cam­
puses, we can imagine
more.
"was just living in a way chat suggested femi­
nism to me."
In college, Richards identified with many
progressive social movements, got an abor­
tion after 3:ccidencally becoming pregnant, and questioned much of what feminism
meant to her personally. "[That time in my
life] showed me the real difference between
assuming a role and choosing a role," said
Richards
Moving forward, Richards highlighted
chat for feminists today, "it's much harder. In
the past, we were dealin~ with absence, and
now we have a presence.'
"Now, in safe spaces like college cam­
puses, we can imagine more." Richards al­
luded to the fact that we assume feminism
muse be done in the same way as the past.
She herself scruggles with what direction to
take, but remains hopeful and excited for
the new directions.
In light of the past few decades of legisla­
tive progress for women, Richards suggests
that, even still, "we've nor changed society to
fie women."
"I think what stands in the way is the
imagination that we can do beccer," said
Richards.
To conclude her talk, Richards invoked
the words of Alice Walker, stating that
they were some of her favorites: "When­
ever I have knocked, a door has opened·.
Whene~er I have wandered, a path has ap­
peared. ENVS selects
new earth systems
science professor
PHOTO COURTESY OF UCSD
BY ZACH HOLZ
News Editor
The Environmental Studies
(ENVS) Department, currently
constituted by two core profes­
sors, will soon be joined by recent
hire Dr. Jessica Kleiss, who has
been chosen as che new eacch sys­
tems science professor. Kleiss will
begin teaching in spring of 2012,
and will likely teach one of the core
ENVS courses.
Kleiss is presently engaged in
postdoctoral research at the Uni­
versity of Washington, and• re­
ceived her Ph.D from the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography in
San Diego.
The applications received for
chis position numbered in the hun­
dreds.
In early February, three of the
most promising candidates came
co campus co guest teach and de­
liver lectures on their current re­
search.
Our of chose three candidates,
the faculty search committee,
consisting of Professor of Biology
Ken Clifton, Professor of Interna­
cional Affairs Cari Coe, Professor
of ENVS and Geology Liz Safran,
Director ofENVS Jim Proctor and
ENVS Major Rachel Young ('11),
decided chat Kleiss added most to
the scope of the ENVS program,
and had the qualities they were
looking for.
The committee scared chat it
was a difficult choice, but chat
Kleiss was outstanding in both the
class she caught and the research
talk she gave.
The committee decided shorcly
after the visits whom they would
like co hire and notified K.leiss
quickly of their endorsement.
However, the need co iron out cer­
tain details like contract length,
starting pay and laboratory facili­
ties between Kleiss and numerous
ocher administrators extended the
process a liccle bit longer.
K.leiss's position is the first of its
kind at Lewis & Clark and is unre­
lated co ocher openings due to fac­
ulty retirement.
ENVS Director Proctor intends
co pursue sabbatical opportunities
in the 2012-2013 academic yeac, at
which point Safran will assume the
responsibilities of Director.
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VESP creates opportunities for reorganization
BY ZACH HOLZ
News Editor
At the close of May, the long­
beld offices of 45 senior faculty
and staff participating in the VESP
early retirement program will be
packed up, books boxed and desks
cleared co make way for a new
guard of fresh-faced professors and
staff. Some of these offices will re­
main empty; ochers will be filled
quickly. The impact char the YESP
program will have on the face of
Lewis & Clark is yet unknown, but
one thing is for sure: the halls of
Miller, Howard, Bodine, Olin, Ev­
ans and many ochers will assuredly
not be the same.
With chis exodus of faculty and
staff, there is a natural fear chat
some of the positions will be cue
or remain unfilled. However, Da­
vid Ellis, Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel, assured char
chis is not the case, and chat "fac­
ulty positions chat have direct in­
volvement with the student expe­
rience and education are alf being
replaced." No specifics, however,
ace yet known regarding which po­
si cions will be filled first and which
will have co wait out longer search
committee proceedings.
This semester has seen a flourish
of faculty searches, with many can­
didates being flown co campus for
lectures and guest teaching. Some
of these are related co VESP, och­
ers ace not. Ellis commenced, "It's
being worked on. A lot of energy is
going into it right now to try and
figure out how we can not only de­
liver the service and improve it, but
at the same time save some money
from the retirements in May."
However, Ellis continued: "The
answers ace not in yet." It will
largely be up co each academic de­
partment co properly fill each open
seat.
So it appears chat the faculty
positions, as of now, are safe, and
the community will welcome in 15
new faces over the next year or two.
The situation on the staff side,
where over 30 people from across
the campuses cook YESP, is much
less clear. When asked what sore of
adjustments next year will bring,
Isaac Dixon, Associate Vice Presi­
dent and Director of Human Re­
sources, in a rush between meet­
ings, seated chat "it isn't appropriate
for me co speak co chat right now."
le appears likely that there will
be some reorganization and con­
solidation of the many empty staff
seats. Ellis stressed chat the school
wanes co "make sure we don't harm
anything" in the process of chis restructuring, but that "co the ex­
tent we can combine things or do
things a different way that will save
the college some money, we chink
chat's a smart thing co do."
Carl Vance neither confirmed
nor denied the restructuring and
replacement of staff positions from
VESP, seating "We still don't know
the answer co chat question; we are
still investigating."
Mack Duncley, Dean of the
Chapel, sees a much different side
of VESP. Duncley qualified for the
program, bur declined: "I wasn't
really interested because I'm •nor
ready to retire."
In relation co his line of work,
Duncley said, "the only ocher con­
nection I have [to YESP] is talk­
ing co folks about the process, and
what's happened, and the various
stages of chis. That's kind of my
job, co listen co people and their
experiences here."
Duncley continued, "Ir's pretty
clear chat there will be a reduction
in staff, and there's a lot of concern
as co how chat will affect the col­
lege. Nobody really knows any­
thing much at chis point, I chink
it's safe co say."
That ambiguity, Duncley ex­
plained, is a point of concern and
anxiety for some of the staff chat he
has met or talked with. He coun­
tered by saying, "It's also perhaps
a point of opportunity." Many of
the decisions regarding future staff­
ing haven't been made, as Ellis and
Vance both attest to, and in chis,
Ouncley sees an avenue for com­
munity members to give input and
feedback for the future.
One of the opportunities
Duncley suggested, one chat he
confirmed is being spoken about
throughout the college, is co use
YESP as a way to increase the
number of staff of color or of och­
er underrepresented groups. He
mentioned char Celestino Limas is committed co chis, as are others.
The prospect is difficuJc, how­
ever. Duncley said, "I can cell you
chat it's the hardest nut co crack.
The faculty recruiting and hiring
process is not very amenable co get­
ting enough minority candidates in
the pool co begin with, and co carry
chem through coward the end of
the process."
He continued, "When you're
filling in 30 people across a wid­
er spectrum, you have a little bit
more opportunity to work co make
a strategy to perhaps chink about
hiring maybe a quarter people of
color. ... Whether it would hap­
pen, who knows-but it could hap­
pen. And·maybe you can say chat it
should happen."
Duncley said the school needs
a broader vision, and chat YESP
leaves ample room for student in­
volvement in demanding the type
of staff they wane to see hired.
"Ir's not just about filling sloes
with people, it's about creating a
culture, a unified vision, a goal,
and supporting people who come
here,who may find it difficult to
work in such an environment."
Duncley envisions a "kind of place
where all kinds of people can feel
valued and affirmed and impor­
tant."
Duntley concludes, "[VESP]
could be a crisis for the college
if not handled properly, because
you're losing a lot of people with a
lot of experience. But it could also
be a great opportunity co say chat
'we can build on things we've never
been able to do, because chis will
give us the opportunity to do it."'
VESP will have a large impact
on the faces and voices associated
with LC. Undoubtedly, there will
be many new names co learn over
the next yeac. The opportunity for
positive change in light of chis re­
tirement, though, as Duntley and
others suggest, is quite possible.
ILLUSTRATION BY KATIE OWENS
"What is Modernity?"
E&D professors considered this question from three different angles: Religion, time and art
BY ALIX FINNEGAN
Stoff W rifer
Much like any ocher Wednes­
day afternoon, students, staff and
various members of the Lewis &
Clark community trickled into che
basement of Miller for che spring
Exploration and Discovery collo­
quium series.
This week's event, which is the
third of five lectures chis semes­
ter, was centered around che ques­
tion, "What is modernity?" and
featured Associate Professor of
Religious Studies Paul Powers, As­
sociate Professor of History Mau­
reen Healy and Associate Profes­
sor of English Rishona Zimring.
"Modernity is a topic that is dis­
cussed across several disciplines,"
said Healy. "Approaching one
topic from three different angles is
very much in the spirit of E&D."
Powers, che first to speak, looked at che societal transformations
brought on by modernity, specifi­
cally the changes in religious views.
The move cowards "seculariza­
tion," Powers claims, is not a com­
plete disappearance of religion
from the world, but rather a signif­
icant transformation from public
worship to an individualized, inter­
nal spirituality. Furthermore, Pow­
ers' key co modernity is "the shift
from face co choice."
Healy's discussion, cleverly called
"Trains, Travel and Time Zones,"
presented modernity as a change
in how people see and experience
their world. New modes of chink­
ing about time and space at the
rurn of the century characterize our
modernity today and affect several
important aspects of life, from the
creation of time rones to che abun­
dance of clocks in our lives.
One attendee, LC student Tara
Hickey ('14), was impacted by Healy's talk. "If you chink about
it," she said, "our world really is
ruled by time, like when I have
co go co the Bon or class." Finally,
Zimring explored modernity from
a completely different angle: arc.
Through images and descrip­
tions of dance, paintings and sculp­
tures, Zimring traced the transfor­
mation of arc as a response to the
"radically altered experience" of life
in modernity during the lace nine­
teenth and early twentieth centu­
ries. Common factors of moder­
nity, such as newfound freedom,
power and mobility, drew artists
away from tradition, and made
originality appealing.
Ac che end of the discussion,
p·aneliscs were unable to come to
a definite conclusion of what mo­
dernity is, but were able co concur
chat modernity is a breaking from
che past and a seep cowards the un­
known but exciting future. News3
ASLC
Update
A weekly column about
student government
BY LAURA NASH
News Editor
At the ASLC meeting on Thurs­
day, Mar. 3, senators discussed rep­
resentation, sustainability. and how
co become more available to con­
stituents.
First-year Senator Tyler Jan­
zen ('14) read a resolution chat, if
passed, would create a paid posi­
tion for a student serving as a repre­
sentative and liaison for all student
groups dealing with sustainability
and green practices. This student
would attend senate meetings and
"facilitate a grant program," as clar­
ified by Director of Student Activi­
ties Jason Feiner, in addcion co per­
forming ocher duties.
First-year Senator Tadhg Fendt
(' 14) raised concerns about why
the student would receive compen­
sation when ocher student liaisons
co the senate do not.
"The idea was chat chis person .
would have a lot more chat they
would be doing... like the SM
[Student Alumni Association]
president. She has a paid position
and she does a lot of work outside
being a liaison co senate," replied
Internacional Students of Lewis &
Clack Representative Neil Murray
(' I 3).
The officers postponed further
discussion of the resolution.
Another resolution proposed
the creation of a sustainability
council or cask force composed
of representatives from various
sustainability-oriented student
groups. This was also postponed
after a shore discussion regarding
finances and the makeup of the
committee.
In addition, Murray read a res­
olution regarding the creation of
two new summer jobs for students.
These students would work with
Facilities co cake care of the student
garden.
"Lase yeac there was a student
worker who was paid co work 20
hours a week and they couldn't gee
everything done. They ended up
volunteering and putting in almost
twice chat much, and still didn't
have enough time," said Murray.
This resolution was put on the
cable.
Another resolution proposed
chat ASLC suggest co RAs that they
"gather constituent concerns and
comments at hall meetings and
community builders, and email
these notes" co ASLC.
Some Senators disagreed on
the basis chat RAs already have coo
much co do. Janzen explained the
reasoning was chat students have
better connections with their RAs
than their Senators, so they are
more likely co talk to chem.
This resolution was also cabled.
Neac che end of the meeting,
the Senate also discussed a sug­
gestion by Junior Senaror Knhik
Haefner (' 12) that senators spend
some of their office hours at a cable
somewhere on the academic side of
campus.
"The thought is char there are
a lot of off-campus students who
have trouble scheduling their trips
to Templeton. The Dovecote 1s
maybe an easier place to calk co
people in passing," explained Hae­
fner.
They decided to cry out the idea
and reevaluate in two weeks.
Although the meeting ad­
journed with none of these resolu­
tions passing, it was obvious chat
progress had been made. 4 Opinions THE PIO EER LOG, \ARCH II, 2011
Three students respond to controversial VESP initiative
BY JAKE SIMONDS
Staff Writer
Right now passing judg­
ment on VESP is irrational
and counterproductive. Bur
damned if ir isn't enticing.
We know VESP will save
rhe college money, which is
a good and necessary thing.
Nobody's against saving
money, it's just that VESP
threatens our faculty.
The program prompted
45 sea.ff and faculty ro seep
down early, 15 of chem pro­
fessors. They're playing with
fire, which is fine, so long as
we don't get burned. Grear
professors make great in­
stitutions. They're nor just
what we have, they're all we
have, and as we lose char tal­
ent through VESP, we need
co focus on how they're
bringing this ralenr back.
On Feb. 14th, Treasur­
er and Vice President for
Finance Carl Vance cold
lhe Source chat he doesn't
yet know how many posi­
tions will be left unfilled:
chat shore term, supervisors
would fill positions with
temporary hires, and that
long term, Lewis & Clark
wouldn't be prepared ro
make permanent hires.
"Executive Council
members are working with
affected managers to study
rhe vacated positions in
a holistic way and deter­
mine which vacancies will
be filled, which might be
changed, how employees
might be redeployed, ere.,"
said Vance.
It's possible char soon,
we'll be hearing about new,
exciting hires co replace rhe
faculty we've losr.
I hope these new hires
are energetic and well
thought out. I've never un­
derstood "holistic" ro mean
anything, bur this could be
a first.
Until we can see just how
rhe college plans ro adjust,
there's nothing more to say. BY DYLAN DISALVIO
Staff Writer
The college's new VESP
retirement plan, through
which over faery faculty
members will be retiring,
comes into effect at the
end of chis academic year.
Though ir will be an eco­
nomic boon for the school,
its scholastic effects may be
catastrophic, as we'll lose our
most valued resource: qual­
ity, experienced educators.
As lhe Pioneer Log has
announced, the school will
save around $1. 7 million the
first year and a cool $ 1 mil­
lion annually. These savings
will do a lot co help an in­
srirurion that is in somewhat
dire economic straits-our
endowment recencly de­
creased by some 30 percent
and gifts co the college are
down-bur the tragic loss of
institutional memory great­
ly outweighs the economic
benefits.
To many in the budget
planning office of Lewis &
Clark, these faculty adjust­
ments are a necessary way of
keeping the college econom­
ically afloat. We attend a pri­
vate institution and the only
way for it co stay running is
through copious amounts of
money, however unfortunate
char may be.
Two-thirds of che col­
lege's annual budget pays
faculty and staff salaries, so
from a purely fiscal stand­
point, it makes a lot of sense
ro cur coses where coses are
largest: among faculty and
staff.
Ar lease, chat's what
makes the most sense from
a business standpoint. LC
is nor a business, however,
at least nor principally; it
is an institution of educa­
tion. And as an institution
of education, teachers are
our greatest assets and their
knowledge and experience is
our most valued produce. A
very large part of what LC is as an academic establish­
ment lies in the hands of the
teachers, and this is especial­
ly true of the seasoned edu­
cators who will be retiring
this coming May.
Many of the teachers who
are retiring are actually quite
thrilled with the opportuni­
ty-and why wouldn't they
be? Ic's a voluntary program.
Each reache; gees one
year's salary, $500 per month
for health costs, and full pay­
ment of unused vacation.
None of chem were forced
into it, so what's nor co be
happy abour?
Bur when we rake a seep
back and look at the value
of LC as a whole after the
implementation of VESP, I
chink we'll find char it will
have diminished.
Sure, we can afford co
keep the lighcs on a lircle lon­
ger and to keep the rooms
heated and the computers
updated, bur we'll have lost
hundreds of collective years
of experience chat make LC
the great insritution ir is to­
day.
BY ADRIAN GUERRERO
Staff Writer
From the reports on
VESP given by faculty and
staff, ir is clear char rhe pro­
gram was nor well planned
and poorly executed. How­
ever, it also provides us with
an unprecedented opportu­
nity ro change the face of the
Lewis & Clark community.
'Tm kind of assuming
chat a lot of decisions about
how chis is going ro play
our long-term haven't been
made, and so there might be
opportunities for input and
feedback if the folks in lead­
ership of the college are open
co char," said Dean of the
Chapel Mark Duncley.
One door that VESP does open is the potential to
fill the soon-empty positions
with a more diverse staff, al­
leviating one ofLC's chronic
problems. Duncley agrees
char there is a lack of repre­
sentation and support for
people of color on campus,
"through hiring of people of
olor and underrepresented
folks as we reconfigure the
college."
Anyone who has been ar
LC for more than a couple
of years can identify this as
a major and often alienat­
ing problem, which builds
pressure under the. fac;ade of
well-managed diversity until
it bursts out in flashpoints
of conflict. Faculty can also
speak to chis. Professor Lin­
da Angst cited a lack of un-demanding and support for
people of color as one of her
reasons for leaving in her­
interview in lhe Pioneer Log
two weeks ago.
LC needs a culrural
change, and the first seep of
char needs to be the hiring
of faculty and staff of color.
Thi work has already been
scarred with the recent ad­
mittance of more colored
students and the hiring of
Dean of Students Celestino
Limas, but it is only a begin-
ning. .
As Mark Duntley pucs
it, "If we're really serious
about [creating diversity and
community at LC], it's go­
ing co rake a concerted ef­
fort. Because you know char
it's nor that easy co just say 'Oh yeah! We'll just fill chis
sloe with chis kind of per­
son, and everything is go­
ing ro be okay.' No. Ir's nor
just about filling sloes with
people, it's about creating a
culture, a unified vision, a
goal, and supporting people
who come here, who may
find ir difficult to work in
such an environment. And
to continue that until rhe
environment transforms and
modifies itself co be the kind
of place where all kinds of
people can feel valued and
affirmed and important."
For more informa­
tion on the impacts of
VESP, see page 3.
Sustainability is Sexy: Two solutions for energy poverty
A weekly column dedicated to environmental issues
BY RACHEL YOUNG
Staff Writer
Approximately l.5 billion people lack
access ro electricity, and around 3 billion
people rely on traditional biomass-such as
firewood and dung-for hear and cooking.
These people are classified as the energy poor.
The term "energy poverty" emerges in
~scussions on energy, climate and develop­
ment over the lase 20 years. Relieving energy poverty should be a priority in development
policy because electrification is fundamental
co raising standards ofliving.
Development research has found char ac­
cess ro electricity and modern fuels improves
health, expands economic opportunity, fos­
ters gender equality and increases social mo­
bility.
Unfortunately, humans are caught in a
carch-22 where modernization can result in
serious environmental degradation, while
An African villager hauls wood to burn for heat and cooking PHOTO COURTESY OF RACHEL YOUNG lack of modernization condemns half the
world to a pover·ty-stricken existence. There­
fore, I cannot justify halting electrification
efforts despite potential environmental re­
percussions.
From my research I have found chat there
are two equally legitimate strategies to pro­
viding the energy poor with access to elec­
tricity. The first strategy involves smaller,
decentralized electricity-generating technol­
ogies that can provide electricity access ro
people in remote areas.
India's solar panel projects, for example,
provide remote electricity co small commu­
nities across India's countryside. This strategy
is ideal for renewable electricity-generating
technologies because the cost of extending
the central electrical grid is higher in some
areas than the cost of the renewable tech­
nologies. However, bringing energy to the
people relies on wealthy organizations that
are willing co front rhe initial coses of the
technology, installation and regular mainte­
nance. This strategy works to provide initial
relief but is difficult ro scale up and is eco­
nomically and energetically inefficient.
The second strategy focuses on providing
electricity co population-dense areas by uti­
lizing and speeding up current urbanization
trends. Electricity access is cheaper because
urban centers obtain electricity through a
massive centralized grid. As humans continue co urbanize ar a rate
of four to five percent each year, it becomes
increasingly easy to alleviate energy poverty
around the world. 2008 marked the first year
that over half of the world's population lived
in urban environments. In developing coun­
tries alone, 80 percent of people live in urban
areas.
There are rwo issues with the urbanization
elecri-ificarion strategy, however. The first is­
sue is chat the centralized grid relies heavily
on che power of fossil fuels. The second is­
sue is the possibility of caking it coo far. I do
not think that government-mandated migra­
tion co urban centers is a legitimate answer
co poverty, particularly energy poverty.
Rather, I think that governments and
non-profit organizations should simply uti­
lize natural urbanization trends as a means of
improving energy access.
In order to assuage energy poverty, na­
tions muse begin ro recognize energy access
as a public good. Regardless of the energy
generation technology, electrification is too
expensive for the private sector co do alone.
Massive government funding is required to
establish the necessary infrastructure.
Generally, energy poverty reflects a shift
in development goals. I do not think char re­
lieving energy poverty is an end itself; rather,
it is a vehicle cowards improving the quality
of life fo~ people around the world. THE PIO EER LOG, MARCH U. 20ll OpinionsS
My Eyes Are Up Here Procrastination is your destination
A weekly feminist column for everybody
Stereotypes & feminism
BY MAGGIE HENNESSEY
Staff Writer
When going on a first date, it
is cu tomary for the man to pay
for the meal. When walking over
a puddle, the man should always
ruin his sport coat lv make sure the
lady doesn't stain her shoes. When
dining in a fine restaurant, the man
should always pull out a chair for
the lady. Men should also open
doors, and the.y must never move
to first base too quickly. Sound
dumb to you? Me, too!
Just like these stereorypes of
men on a first dace, feminist wom­
en have many stereorypes, too. te­
reotypes like these seem ro fuel our
world, and they also directly affect
feminism. By writing chis column,
l hope ro dispel some of the com­
mon myths about feminists and
show that feminism is what you
make of it, rather than what others
decide it should be.
Feminism began as a simple
aspiration for women to have the
same rights as men. In che past,
feminism morphed into a predom­
inantly white and female move­
ment instead of a topic char cov­
ered a11 races and sexualities.
When most students at Lewis
& Clark think of feminism, an-gry white women who lead pro­
tests and hate men often come to
mind. That scereorype could not
be further from the truth.
Feminises are nor just white
women. Black feminism and
transnational feminism are two of
the largest feminise ideas in mod­
ern scholars' arsenals.
Just like with women's
suffrage-where white women
goc the vote first and left women
of color waiting longer for the
same right-feminise worldviews
have emerged in che wake of che
white-centric feminise move­
ments of the past decades. One
of the main pillars of black femi­
nism is chat when women's rights
are extended to women of color,
they muse also be extended ro
other minorities.
We muse all accept che face
that it is extraordinarily difficult
ro ropple a11 racial and socioeco­
nomic barriers in one fell swoop.
But with women only earning
roughly 77 cents ro every dollar
earned by men, the fight is far
from over.
Stereotypes may face us all,
bur uniting for the greater good
of women-regardless of race
and class-will eventually result
in a world that is fairer for all. BY HANNAH BLACKSIN
Staff Writer
Procrastination gives me time
to do great things in my life.
Many a delicious snack has been
made, old friends ca11ed and laun­
dry load washed. Bue if you pro­
crastinate long enough, you will
inevitably fa11 prey ro the dangers
of too little time. We college stu­
dents know we should start work
early, but what does it take ro
motivate us co actually do it?
It seems that the human race
is doomed co procrastinate. This
is because we are a lazy, hedonistic
species. Unlike animals in the
wild, whose procrastination
would lead to certain demise,
we can microwave a burriro and
watch "30 Rock" for hours, and
it'll all be okay. le is easy co favor
pleasure over the pain homework brings. In high school, there was
no question between procrastina­
tion and getting started early-why
scare something now when I could
do ic later?
We college students
know we should start
work early, but what
does it take to moti­
vate us to actually do
it?
In college, ic becomes ethical. A
liberal arts education is intended co
give you a well-rounded perspec­
tive of the world.
Really, ic reaches you that life is hard when Mommy's not around,
but that there are tQols, like time
management, that will help to
brace you for your entrance into
"real life." Slowly, you realize chat
life is rarely pleasurable without the
pain first.
As Assistant Professor of Phi­
losophy Joel Martinez explained in
my Ethics class, there is the plea­
sure of being "a drunk clam in a
warm bath" and there is the higher
pleasure of-for example-being
Mozart and composing great art.
The liberal arts education aims ro
instill in us an appreciation of that
higher pleasure-a value for which
we will be willing ro stare working
early. Now put down this paper
and gee to work.
--
ILLUSTRATION BY KYlA COVEY
The Tern: A weekly column dedicated to issues of environmental justice
What mainstream environmentalists don't tell you
BY ADRIAN GUERRERO
Staff Writer
There is a Aawed dualism in the environ­
mental movement surrounding energy pro­
dl}ction: "Oil bad, wind power good; coal
bad, solar good," etc. The "renewable" ener­
gy dogma is the first rule hammered into the
new environmentalist, and it needs a critical
look.
Lase weekend, I was at the Public Inter­
est Environmental Law Conference, the
premier annual gathering for environmen­
talist worldwide. At a panel on coal min­
ing, outhwescern Dine native and accivisc
Wahleah Johns scared that che energy solu­
tion would be "what would work best for my
community, meaning decentralized and re­
newable."
Why is decentralized and diversified en­
ergy production the solution? We need co
tart by defining what makes "dirty energy"
o descruccive.
First, of course, are the ecological im­
pacts: mining for it and using ic wrecks en­
vironments. Bue just as important are che
impacts on environmental justice. Dirty en­
ergy decimates che communities where ir is mined and processed while providing jobs
that addict them to their own exploitation.
Dirty energy also enslaves populations
through the centralization of economic and
political power. We all rely on a handful of
energy companies co live, and rhey in turn
dictate our domestic and foreign policy.
Also, because we depend so much on dirty
energy projects for electricity, they are done
on massive scales (i.e., one mountain cop re­
moval operation can Aatten ten square miles
True renewable energy will
seek to solve all the factors
making up our environ­
mental crisis-and that
means taking social and
economic affects into ac­
count.
of mountain forest).
We also need ro look at rhe environ­
mental and social implications of so­
called "renewable" energy, and how ir will
not solve any of che problems created by "dirty energy."
Firstly, there is no such thing as clean en­
ergy. Solar power relies on destructive extrac­
tion processes ro mine the materials needed,
i.e. col tan. Colcan mining destroys forest and
funds genocidal war across Africa, in much
che same way char oil does.
Secondly, if these projects are done on a
massive scale, they will scress land resource
conflicts and infringe on communities, i.e.
wind power projects in Oaxaca chat exploit
indigenous land.
Thirdly, if the same monopolies control
new energy technology, they will continue co
rule our political systems.
True renewable energy will seek ro solve
all the factors making up our environmental
crisis-and that means taking social and eco­
nomic affects into account.
Decentralized and diversified solutions
would look at producing energy specific co
the needs of chat region. Where oil is plen­
tiful, small mining projects are appropriate;
where sunlight is plentiful, energy would be
sourced from small-scale solar plants.
This mitigates much of the environmen­
tal impact caused by dependence on one en­
ergy resource. Furthermore, ic reframes the
definition of "renewable energy" along the lines of peoples' empowerment, creating en­
ergy auronomy for communities. This is crit­
ical ro developing regions and communities
oppressed by environmental racism, such as
the Dine Navajo reservation, which, despite
providing coal for the Southwestern U.S., is
largely without electricity.
Mainstream environmentalism does not
consider che working class and racial impli­
cations of che energy debate, and therefore
advocaces for large-scale false solutions co
"renewable energy."
• Real renewable energy solutions must
meet the guidelines sec out by environmental
network Rising Tide: ic muse work cowards a
new economic paradigm based on the lim­
its of ecological sustainability and peoples'
needs. le muse ensure that local communities
have democratic and equitable autonomy
over food, land and energy rights. le muse
respect indigenous people's right to "free,
prior and informed consent" regarding land
use, and ir needs co be able co support "Just
Transition" for workers in a safe and respect­
ful way.
Environmentalists need co realize that re­
ally renewable energy cakes people and his.,.
toric environmental racism into account as
part of the environmental struggle.
Word on the Hi 11 Every week Beau and Julia set out with a fresh question for y'all.
BY BEAU BROUGHTON AND JULIA STEWART
What would it take for you to get President Glassner's face tattooed on your bumcheek?
Liam Healey ('14)
"Well I'm Jewish so my
mother would kill me ...
but mayoe for 100
bucks." Christina Herring ('11)
"If he paid me back for
all of the money I paid
to come here." Remy Neymarc ('12)
"What would it take? I
would never do that." Arielle Schardein ('11)
''A fridge of free beer
and my rem paid
forever." Spencer Suffllng ('11)
"Free LC classes for life
and free access to the
presidential palace." Emily Whitson ('13)
_...-----,~--,
"I would do it just to
be funny. I'm about to
do it right now." 6 Opinions THE RI HR L <u, M RJ -Ir! 11~ 2011 , 1
Keep the street corners crowded Letters to the Editor
BY JERRED BLANCHARD
Staff Writer
Senator Harry Reid lives in the gloriously sinful
scare of Nevada, and he is crying co outlaw prosti­
tution in the few Nevada counties where it is sriU
legal.
Reid is a Democratic scare senator who has the
nerve co attempt co eliminate pro titurion because
of the e strange things he speaks of called "morals."
Now, I'm not familiar with morals, bur my under­
standing is that they are illogical postulates char at­
tempt co differentiate between good/right and bad/
wrong.
Apparently, a female soliciting sex for money is
immoral. Yer, this kind of employment has exist­
ed hand in hand with society in both Eastern and
Western cultures for a long time, proving co be an
act of supposed immorality that has been essential
co our cultural and historical path.
A call for
compostable
coffee cups
on campus
BY HILLARY PATIN
Staff Writer
have begun us­
ing coffee mugs at the
ovecore as well as
ocher reusable utensils
available for use there.
My goal: no more dis­
posable cups.
While the issue may
seem rather small, rhe
number of students on
a college campus who
buy a daily cup of joe
adds up co a lot of wast­
ed, one-rime-use cups.
I only realized the
incredible number of
these disposable cups
chat were wasted last
semester when I re­
fused co throw chem
away, convincing my­
self I would reuse them
as they piled up co the
ceiling.
From what I can tell,
disposable cups make
up the majority of trash in the garbage at Mag­
gie's and the Dovecote.
Ir is obvious chat many
people muse be finish­
ing their drinks before
leaving the building. If
you aren't on-the-go,
why not use a mug,
especially when your
drink is discounted for
doing so?
Although I occasion­
ally remember co bring
my thermos, asking stu­
dents co bring their own
cups is unrealistic in the
long run.
As a solution, I think
the Dovecote and Mag­
gie's should stock more
mugs and utensils for
people co rake co go
The system could
work if the coffee shops
rook studen rs' names
and ID numbers that
would hold the stu­
denrs accountable for
returning the cups.
l11ey could also charge Basically, Harry Reid is pissed at the hookers
outside of Vegas and Reno, as prostitution cannot
legally exist in counties with 400,000 or more peo­
ple. He argues chat "when the nation thinks about
Nevada, it should think about the world's newest
ideas and newest careers, nor about its oldest profes­
sion. If we wane co attract business co Nevada that
purs people back co work, the rime has come co out­
law prostitution."
Bur isn't prostitution a form of work itself? Isn't
it backward thinking that the elimination of em­
ployment oppor_runiries will create more employ­
ment opportunities? People already have co drive co
a new county co get their easy squeeze, so why stiAe
rhe business further?
Also, the laws currently being implement­
ed don't really work. In Las Vegas, prostitution is
prominent and obvious, as marketers consisrencly
pass our Ayers with porno on them co try and excite
the visitors to the "city of sin" co purchase a night of
lustful leisure.
Reid is concerned with an image, bur even the
current laws don't eliminate the heavily apparent
prostitution that rakes place in the city proper. Las
Vegas is called "sin city" and it is this very image
that brings in all of rhe money. Reid needs co get
with the program and realize that if he wanes his
state's economy co improve, prostitution is an essen­
tial element that must stay around. These women
have a right co do with their bodies what they will,
even if they are involved in a supposed "morally
questionable" enterprise.
And maybe if the laws of prostitution were more
lenient, the notion of it wouldn't go hand in hand
with other forms of crime. Prostitution is often per­
petuated through violence and human trafficking.
If prostitution were a government sponsored activ­
ity, then brothels could be sec up and taxed in more
locations, the hookers could be kept under closer
surveillance, protected by law and the moral am-•
biguities surrounding prostitution would begin ro
dissolve.
Prostitution is an awesome thing char empow­
ers a hooker's sexual competence while· fulfilling
the carnal necessities of the client. Whether the
person is male, female, homo-or heterosexual,
the existence of it brings a historic and beneficial
form of work and play to our clutter d, unhappy
society. Without hookers and concubines, what
would the cowboys and samurais do with their free
rime in all of our favorite movies?
students a deposit fee
for raking a mug, which
would be credited once
the cup was returned.
Although the paper
cups in Fields are com­
posrable, the coffee cups
provided by the Dove­
cote and Maggie's must
be thrown away, leaving
only the lid and card­
board jackers to be recy­
cled. Unfortunately, the
recyclable lids and card­
board jackers are more
often thrown away with
the cup than recycled.
If we were co gee
composrable coffee
cups, a composting pro­
gram and better regula­
tions and labeling on
the recycling bins in
Maggie's and the Dove­
cote, we could cur down
on waste mass and con­
tribute to Bon Apperir's
support of a "Circle
of Responsibility" (see
cardboard jacker on the PHOTO BY SAM MARGEVICIUS
cups).
Bon Appetit already
composes food scraps
and paper cups in the
dining hall, so why not
extend it?
Plus, a recyclable
cup system seems read­
ily obtainable. The bot­
toms of the disposable
coffee cups show that
they were made by
the International Paper
Food ervice Business.
The company's
home page advertises
their new Cup-co-Cup
program, which recy­
cles old cups into new
ones; this is essentially a
closed-loop system.
Even though Bon
Apperir is more envi­
ronmentally friendly
than many other cater­
ing businesses, there is
no excuse to be content
while there is room to
grow and improve even
further. In defense of grounds
We have both worked with the grounds crew here at Lewis & Clark and,
given our connection co the topic, we want co provide the community with
another voice in this story. The recent article about the possibility of cutting
the grounds department shocked and dismayed us. Nor everyone knows these
men like we do, so we would like co share how important they are co our com­
munity.
We were delighted co learn that L&C was recently ranked the second most
beautiful campus in the country. This is a notable achievement that is largely
due co these dedicated employees. The physical beauty of our campus is a big
draw for prospective students and also enhances our daily experience. Without
our loyal grounds crew, some of whom have worked here for over 30 years, our
campus would nor be this stunning.
Beyond the aesthetic aspects, the grounds department reAects the values of
our community. Through our recent accreditation report, we have stated one of
our core values as upholding the "dimensions of a just society." Union benefits
like healthcare, retirement and fair wages are key elements in social justice. We
ought co continue co value these employees. We see their friendly faces every
day and through their work and interactions, they form an important part of
our community. If we fire our grounds crew co help the bottom line, we would
be destroying one of our cherished values.
We can be realistic in this matter. There is a recession and some budget
tightening is necessary. Bur we wane co emphasize that this process should be
transparent and, above all, fair. Liquidating the grounds department would be
short-sighted. We do not want co make curs that will permanently impact our
campus in a negative way. We believe that cuts should be evenly distributed
across aU departments on campus: student activities, administration, faculty
and facilities, including grounds. We all need co tighten our belts. Maybe this
means we have one less pizza party, or we cut back on the president's inaugura­
tion. Maybe all employees work one less hour or pay raises are smaller this year.
However we manage our financial difficulties, we feel that the burden should
nor fall disproportionately on one group.
We encourage dialogue and further investigation. We must make our com­
munity a space that sets an example for how employees should be treated. Stand
with us in defense of grounds.
Choose your words carefully Jessica Lodal and Liz Johnson
CAS Students
Class of 2011
I would like to comment on the article "The Tern: Wisconsin carries on
world revolution," which appeared on the Piolog website Thursday, March 3rd.
The author claims that "Governor Scott Walker would make a good fascist." He
also writes that "Mussolini defined fascism as 'a merger between state and cor­
porate economic power"' and argues that "fascist movements have historically
been defined as 'resolution of an enormous socio-economic and political crisis
of capitalist society through the atomization of the industrial proletariat. .. Thar
i , the destruction of its mass organizations and the murder of its most militant
elements." I would like to rake issue with the author's use of the word 'fascist'
here for a couple reasons.
The author will find, in fact, that this is a very limited definition of 'fas­
cism' which is actually a much more complex ideology than he suggests. The
definition the author gives could fir a number of political ideologies-the ex­
treme right and rhe extreme left both attempt to eliminate the worker's voice.
Communism is simply a different form of dictatorship; individuals still have no
voice, and unions don't exist. These words also carry connotations of Hider's
Holocaust and the atrocities done to minorities in Nazi Germany. One could
argue that this has little co do with fascism as a political and economic ideology,
bur we cannot pick and choose tenets from these ideologies and keep the label
the same.
Ir would also serve the author well to remember that the definitions of words
change in reaction co history. Even if the original definition was closer to the
one the author cites, because of the events that rook place between 1939 and
1945, the definition of fascism has changed. History changes words, and words
carry power-we must always be aware of how our words are understood.
In addition, the word "fascism" and "fascist" are hoc-button words, and the
author uses them co incite Fury and rage. Whether or nor that rage is warranted
in this particular case, the word fascist should never be used as heedlessly as he
throws it our, considering the feelings it arouses and the complexity of its defi­
nition. I agree that, as the author reports the story, Governor Walker is a slime
ball of the highest degree. However, let us judge him on his own actions in a
clear and level-headed manner. The truth will win out without carelessly throw­
ing around these loaded words just to boil blood.
Rachel Sim
CASStudent
Class of2012
The Pioneer Log accepts and encourages letters to the editor from all students, staff,
faculty and community members.
Submissions should be kept under 350 words and sent to piolog@lclark.edu by Monday
at 6 p.m. for the following issue. THE PIONEER LOG, MARCH II, 2011 Style Source 7 8 Features THE PIO EER LOG, MARCH II, 2011
Perspectives: Betty Patten
A weekly look into the thoughts of people within and outside of Lewis & Clark
BY JULIA STEWART
Opinions Editor
In her 3 I years of working at
Lewis & Clark, 72-year-old Berey
Patten has become a staple of the
Bon Appetic experience.
le is quite possjble that if not for
Betty's crusty swipe-in, "the Bon"
would collapse-in on itself, cre­
ating an abysmal black hole that
would leave only tofu scrambles
and cookie crumbs in its wake.
Despite students' watering
mouths and grumbling stomachs
as they file into Fields Dining Hall,
most take a moment to greet and
be greeted by Berty-the exchange
has become near ritual.
Born and raised in Chicago, Il­
linois, Patten moved to Portland
in 1979 and was hired by LC that
year as a cook's assistant. Over the
next three decades, Parcen held sev­
eral different positions within the
school's dining services and wit­
nessed the changeover of three dif­
ferent companies: Saga co Marriott
to Bon Appetit. Her daily 7 a.m.-
3:30 p.m. post at the entrance to
Fields began five years ago.
Not once has Patten consid­
ered doing anything else. "l enjoy
my job," Patten said. "Age wise, I
could have retired eight years ago,
but why? I've got summers off, a
month off at Christmas, I've got
Spring Break ... and I like my job." Parcen said that the students are
what make the experience. "The
kids are cool; the kids are friendly.
lc's like, if they chink I don't feel
good, they ask me, 'Are you feeling
better today?' ... And they cell me
their problems coo, it's cool."
The only aspect of her job that
Patten doesn't enjoy, is dealing
with students sneaking food out
of the dining hall. "I can notice ic
when kids are caking something
out. .. just by the looks on their
faces that say 'I know I shouldn't
be doing this, but I've gotta cake . ))) 1c out.
Parten wrote a sign in an at­
tempt co "get through co che kids
a bit more" about che issue. It read:
"Sorry, but sneaking food out of
the dining room is stealing. Are
you a thief? I hope not because I
don't think your mother raised you
that way."
Patten laughed as she cold me
about the sign, but messages like
this are her way of showing stu­
dents that she cares about them. In
face, nearly every day for the past
two years, Betty has posted a daily
message at her table for students to
read.
Others have included, "Its nice
co be important, but more impor­
tant to be nice," and "Don't judge
someone unless you've walked a
mile in their moccasins."
In her own life, a connection exists between following rules
and being the best you can be. "I
don't wane co come on like grrrr,
you know? But I would just like
[the students) co know that I en­
joy working with them," said Pat­
ten. Call it tough love, but it is love
nonetheless.
When asked if a student had
ever successfully talked her into
letting chem into Fields for free,
Patten's answer was no, but a few
times she paid for students when
she knew they didn't have the mon­
ey.
"You know, it's hard," said Pat­
ten. "Some of these students are re­
ally just scraping by. Not everyone's
mom and dad are footing the bills
for everything."
With a button pinned co her
uniform reading "In God's love,"
selfless action like this is indicative
of the important role Christianity
plays in Patten's life. "It's a pretty
good role model," she said. Only
recently was Patten surprised co
learn that the student body is one
of the lease religious in the country.
In her free time, Berty enjoys
spending time with her family and
reading Christian Romance novels,
Biographies and History books.
. As far as her thoughts on the
Pioneer Log, which is personally
delivered co Parten every Friday
morning, Patten said, "I used co go
through it just to see if there were PHOTO BY JULIA STEWART
In an exclusive interview, veteran Bon worker Betty Patten shares her perspectives
on students, her job, and other LC happenings.
articles about the food service. You
know, knocks or kudos. And then I
started reading some of the articles.
Some of the mings are a little off­
color co me, and I just skip those.
But, yeah, there are some really in­
teresting articles." When asked what was most im­
portant to her about her job, she
said, "keeping on the right face
with the students," and "letting
chem know that I enjoy working
with them," -that, and balancing
her till.
Banzi's band, Al-Andalus, receives global attention
PHOTO BY HANNAH PRINCE
Professor Banzi conveys her passion for flamenco culture through her globally known ensemble, AI-Andalus.
BY HANNAH PRINCE
Stoff Writer
Ethnomusicologisc Julia Banzi brings
a spicy dose of Spanish flavor co Lewis & Clark with her award winning guitar exper­
tise and a healthy passion for all things fla­
menco.
This LC graduate is armed with a Ph.D.
Queer Prom in Ethnomusicology from the University of
California Santa Barbara as well as a love for
Spanish culture and experience performing
around the world, making her an interesting
person with extensive knowledge of interna­
tional music and culture.
When Banzi is not traversing the world
co perform her internationally renowned
music, she teaches at LC and Reed College.
She coaches students (moscly individually)
in flamenco, folk and classical guitar, and en­
courages them to develop their own unique
style and sound. Years of living, working
and studying around the world have given
Banzi a unique passion for flamenco culture
and music that she conveys co her students
through encouragement.
"She's really lovely," said Kyle Yoshioka
(' 13) who studied with her last year. "Her in­
structions were always clear and helpful and
she was very supportive and kind."
She continues co perform today with
her globally recognized and appreciated en­
semble. Banzi and her husband Tarik form
the heart of Al-Andalus ensemble, a group
of musicians who "soulfully merge classical,
jazz and contemporary music with musical aaditions from the Middle East, North Africa
and Europe."
The group is internationally renowned and
has won awards worldwide for their work. In
2009, Al-Andalus won the Just Plain Folks
Award (also known as the "People's Grammy
Awards") for Best World Music Song for their
song "Alchemy." le placedW over 560,000
other entries. Their newest album, 21 Strings
recently won the Vox Pop Award for "Best
Contemporary Classical Album of 20 IO" in
the 9th annual Independent Music Awards
Program.
Banzi and the other members recently
traveled co Malaysia to perform their music,
and frequently perform around the world ac
festivals and shows. One member of the group
is a former student of Banzi, Emily Miles, a
recent LC graduate who stunned Banzi with
her talented singing voice and now tours with
Al-Andalus.
Al-Andalus will be performing ac Reed
College on April 9 to celebrate their new­
est album 21 Strings (released the same day),
and Banzi is planning a similar performance
around the same dace at LC that will feature a
professional flamenco dancer from Spain.
Alchemical Storytelling "Virtue and the Demands of Morality''
Philosophy lecture presented by Assistant
Professor of Philosophy Joel Martinez.
JRHH Rm. 202, 3:30 p. m. Come dressed in your brightest rainbow
colors and prepare to dance the night away!
Trail Room, 9 . m. ParticiP,ants will gain a deeper understand
ing on how to create a reaching story.
Albany 207, 12 p.m.
Senior Speaker Competition
Seniors compete for tne honor of represent­
ing the Class of 2010.
Council Chamber, 7 p. m. E&D Film Night w/Michael Mirabile
Join fellow E&D students and watch The
Bartle of Algiers.
Miller 102, 7 p.m. The Imaginary Invalid
An adaptation of Moliere's original play.
Fir Acres Mainstage, 7 p. m.
thursday 17 friday 18 saturday 19
Hollywood Film Night: Oil
A Bollywood movie night with E&D Pro
fessor Fritzman.
Miller 102, 6 p. m. Spring Break
Have a great week off!
Location is relative. Spring Break
Have a great week off!
Location is relative. 9 Features EER LOG, MARCH II, 2011
The Nordic Ski Team of Lewis
& Clark in 1987 as pictured in
the yearbook, the Yiem Kietah.
Casino Night from the 2004
Yiem Kimtah yearbook.
LC History: Photographs
through the decades
A weekly column dedicated to digging up the College's past
This week's LC History column is dedicated to looking at how students have
changed over the years. These photographs go back to 1923, when Lewis & Clark College was
named AJbany College and the yearbook was called the Orange Peal. In 1932, the yearbook was
called the Corsair. In the 1940s AJbany College became Lewis & Clark College and the yearbook
became the Voyageur. Yiem Kimtah was the yearbook title in the 1980s. This remained the title
until sometime in the 2000s when it was discontinued entirely.
A picture from May Day 1923 from the
Albany College yearbook, the Orange
Peal.
A couple at the Sweetheart Ball
in February 1958, from that year's
Voyageur yearbook.
Students having fun between classes
around the Manor House photographed
for the Voyageur, the 1945 LC yearbook. Some students on a College Outdoors trip to Crater Lake in
1992 from that year's yearbook, Yiem Kimtah.
Students enjoying Island cuisine at the luau from the 1964
Voyageur yearbook.
The 1932 Women's Glee Club as pictured in the Albany
College yearbook from that year, the Corsair. Dorm Cooking:
Goes bourgeois
and off-campus
BY DREW LENIHAN
Staff Writer
This edition of the dorm cook­
ing column is going to the next
level. No longer will students be
subjected to the mediocriry of do­
ne-up popcorn, microwaved burri­
tos or bland quesadillas. This is a
new era, one that will bring out the
gastronomical aficionado in all of
us: we all must find our inner Bob­
by Flays and Rick Baylesses.
This is not a dorm snack,
my friends. This is a dorm hors
d'o~uvre, if you will; something
tasry we can enjoy with a drink and
good company. Eat it after class,
before getting wasted, after getting
wasted, or before a marathon trip
to the librarf.
What I am talking about is
chicken stuffed avocado and it
is delicious. Let's start with the
chicken. Take about a half-pound
of chicken and steam it in a pot
with a collander. A small anec­
dote: when I was suffering without
the culinary toolkit to keep it real
freshman year, I always found what
I needed down in the dungeons of
Copeland.
When the chicken is done cook­
ing (approximately 20 minutes),
go to town on that meat and shred
it into fine pieces. Since the chick­
en has been steamed, it will fall
right off the bone. Put the chicken
into a mixing bowl and then add
some diced tomato, jalapeno, half
a diced red onion, half a diced bell
pepper, cilantro, salt and pepper
and a dash of olive oil and balsamic
vinegar. Nexr, slowly mix five to seven
rablespoons of cream cheese so
your chicken now is the consisten­
cy of a casserole. It may be neces­
sary to hear up the cream cheese a·
little to ensure it is equally distrib­
uted throughout the chicken.
Now, lee's rum to rhe main com­
ponent of the dish: the avocados.
You will need four or five to use all
of our chicken. Slice all avocados in
half, remove the pie and hollow out
just enough fruit so that you can
see rhe inside of the shell. Save rhe
excess fruir, ir will be used as a gar­
nish in the finishing touches.
Now, take your chicken our of
the fridge and spoon a heaping
amount into each shell. Take the
leftover avocado and place on top
of the chicken. Add a sprinkling of
cotija cheese and cilanrro as a gar­
nish. Find some homies and share
the love. Bon appetit!
"Laughter is brightest where
food is best." -Old Irish proverb by
way of New Seasons
Ingredients
half a pound chicken
4-5 avocados
5-7 tablespoons cream cheese
1 tomato
1 jalapeno
half of a red onion
half of a bell pepper
dash of salt and pepper
3 rablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
cilantro
sprinkling of cotija cheese
In the bookstore:
Book event brings author of Just Call Me Darcelle and
store hosts Lucky Charms trivia contest this month in honor
of St. Patrick's Day
BY NATALIE BAKER AND
DARYA WATNICK
Editor in Chief and Features Editor
Ever since Barnes & Noble re­
linquished its bookselling powers
and the school started running its
campus bookstore, events within
the small shop have become both
more frequent and inventive. Two
such creativities are the upcoming
book signing by one of Portland's
legendary female impersonators
and a Lucky Charms trivia contest.
Walter Cole-better known
by his legendary stage name, Dar­
celle XV-is an 80-year pld drag
queen and a loql, raised in South­
east Portland. In his eight decades,
Cole has created the longesr-run­
ning drag entertainment show in
the country, received a Spirit of
Portland award from the mayor
and worked on an annual fundrais­
er for Camp Starlight for children
with AIDS, jusr to highlighr a few
accomplishments chroughour his
life.
just Call Me Darcelle is based
on Cole's one-man show which ran
during 20 l 0 and is written with
the director of thar show, Sharon
Knorr. The book is shore, ending ac
134 pages yer srill manages to pack
in recollections of Portland begin­
ning as a child in the 1930s.
Ar the age of 37, Cole pur on a
dress for the first time. This even­
tually catapulted him to becom­
ing Portland's beloved female im­
personator and the ciry's unofficial ILLUSTRATION BY NATALIE BAKER
welcome wagon for the past four
decades.
This month's trivia event, the
St. Patrick's Day-rhemed Lucky
Charms cereal trivia contesr will be
continuing until St. Patrick's Day.
The questions are difficult, writ­
ten on individual slips of paper.
Students will draw a random ques­
tion and must immediately write
an answer and submit it. The book­
store sraff doesn'r want srudents
to be dererred by the challeng­
ing quesrions, because if no one
answers a question correctly the
bookstore will still choose a ran­
dom winner.
The winner can choose any irem
currently featured in the book­
store's Sr. Patrick's Day themed
window display as their prize. The
items include a Camelbak water
bottle, sec of paintbrushes, back­
pack, moleskine notebook, sun­
glasses and headphones.
Just Call Me Darcelle book event
Tuesday, Mar. 15 3:30 p. m.
Lucky Charms cereal trivia
Runs until Mar. 17 10 Features THE PIO EER LOG, MARCH II, 2011
The latest wave of senior theses are upping the anty
BY STEPHANIE GONZALEZ
Stoff Writer
Spring semester is a stressful time for
soon-co-be-graduated seniors. Many mem­
bers of the class of 2011 are currently work­
ing on their theses, adding co the anxiety
of jobs, graduate school or whatever post­
undergraduate life holds for them. A few
seniors cook some time out of their busy
schedules co share the topics of the last paper
or project they will turn in at and why they
chose that idea. tions co call attention co an underdog con­
cept. "This effect is particularly compelling
because it adheres co values inherent within
the idea of the American Dream [values that
celebrate individualism, the pursuit of emo­
tional happiness, not materialistic happiness,
and social mobility]," said Maine.
Ben Osborn (' 11) is writing an Interna­
tional Affairs thesis that seeks co explain the
abolishment of slave trade in Britain. He
hopes to srudy che interaction between mo­
rality on one hand and rational materialism
on the other as they relate to the foreign pol­
icy of major state powers. ing on improving current degradation tech­
niques of the chemical warfare agent known
as VX. In che lab, he collaborates with other
lab partners to "synthesize a mimic of the
nerve agent that is less lethal than the real
thing. I specifically am using gold and silver
nanoparticles to enhance the degradation
technique." nate and conditioned behaviors. "Based off
of experiences of catching myself mimicking
certain cliche behavior, the work serves as an
investigation of the delineations between self
and culture, expression and impression," said
Jaeger.
Luke Rodeheffer ('11) is a History ma­
jor whose thesis is also concerned with the
idea of identity. He is focusing ow the cul­
tural and legal identity of an isolated com­
munity of Germans living in Russia during
the end of the Russian Empire (1860-1917).
He is interested in the development of na­
tional identities and separate identity among
minority groups within multi-ethnic empires
and states. This is important because these
"processes continue to change the world as
we know it." Keletso Maine ('I I), a Communications
major, is doing her thesis on the underdog
film genre in three movies: Rocky (1976),
The Karate Kid (I 984) and Good Will
Hunting ( 1998). She is looking at the way
these films use generic cinematic conven-"The US, as well as foreign governments,
have tons of stockpiled warfare agents chat
are difficult co degrade into non-lethal prod­
uces," said Robin Osofsky ('I 1). He is work-Katherine Paul (' 11) a SOAN major, is
working on a thesis inspired by her own cul­
ture. She is from the Swinomish Tribe, bur
grew up unable to speak the Lushoocseed
language. Her future goals are to work with
her tribe to create a curriculum so that the
language can be incorporated not just in ed­
ucational settings, but in everyday lives.
Elizabeth Jaeger ('11), an Art major, is
interested in the relationship between in-
The perfect place to ((Float On"
BY NICHOLAS FARLEY
Stoff Writer
Imagine an experience that captures the euphoria of a
runner's high; the mental clarity of meditation and the hal­
lucinatory visuals of a psychedelic trip. Oh, yeah, and take
away the gravity.
Floatation tank sensory deprivation facilitates an experi­
ence that many report is akin to just this. "Ultimately the
experience is non-conceptual," said Christopher Messer, co­
founder and operator of Floar On, Portland's own sensory
deprivation facility. Clients report effects that range from
pain reduction and physical relaxation to the increased abil­
ity for lucid mental adventures.
I have always been intrigued by sensory deprivation and
decided to give it a shot. Following a quick debriefing, co­
owner Quinn Zepeda escorted me to a steamy room con­
taining a shower, dressing bench and "floatation tank." The
metal cank, which is about as wide as a queen-sized bed, con­
tains 10 inc}:ies of chick, warm, sale-saturated water that is
dense enough for the average well-hydrated person to liter­
ally float on top of. I shut myself in this dark tank and im­
mersed myself in this mercury-like liquid, feeling as ifl had
stepped right into the sec of a lace-night sci-fi thriller.
Noc long after shutting my eyes, my sense of spatiality
began co fade, floating me into a detached, gravity-free noth­
ingness. le was a bit like that spinning-bed phenomenon that
many experience when drifting to sleep, only smoother and
stronger.
By eliminating almost all sensory input, floatation tanks
also allow the brain's incessant analytic drive to relax, thus
fostering a scare of both relaxation and enhanced imagina­
tive capabilities. Unlike sleeping, however, users do not lose
consciousness.
As I floated longer, my thoughts became increasingly viv­
id and abstract. Faces, landscapes and forgotten memories all
flitted through my mind with astonishing clarity. Whenever
visual imagery began co fade, I would feel a comfortable pul­
sation gently pushing my body forward into the black void before me as if I were traveling down the tunnel of a Win­
dows 95 screensaver.
After 90 minutes of floating without sight, touch, caste,
smell or hearing, emerging from the tank felt like being re­
born. With a revitalized sensory perception, I noticed that
colors were brighter, sounds were clearer, my skin was softer
and every inch of my body felt great. It was ,lS if I had just
done a full cardiovascular workout, followed it up with pro­
fessional massage and somehow returned co the beautifully
perplexed mentality of childhood. Clients report that chi
"afterglow" effect can lase for up to a week.
With four separate "floatation tanks," Float On is not
only the newest, but also the largest sensory deprivation facil­
ity in the Pacific Northwest. Float On is now offering a $30
reduced student fee for a 90-minute float session.
Closed Monday
11 am -11 pm Weekdays
9 am -11 pm Weekends
4530 SE Hawthorne Blvd
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS
Binford's Spider mania impresses PBS
PHOTO BY ALICIA KROELL
Professor Binford's collection of spiders might make some cringe, but her research on spider venom has landed her an episode on PBS Nova.
Story continued from page 1
specifically on the nervous systems, but also on other bio­
logical systems."
Her focus, however, is not the potential of these chem­
icals but the holutionary journey of the spiders that pro­
duce them. Profe sor Binford is looking beyond the chemical
makeup of venom and into the history of various species of
the brown recluse. In ilk and Venom: Searching/or a Danger­
ous Spider, detailed maps trace the movement of the brown
recluse arong with the movements of the continents as the earth has shifred and seeded over millennia.
As an undergraduate student, Binford traveled to Peru
with a research expedition. This trip turned out co be a defin­
ing one for Binford: the experience of studying spiders in the
Peruvian rainforest made her realize how little was known
about them, and how vast their biological complex.ities are.
Although she was fascinated by the natural world from a
young age, Professor Binford hadn't even considered becom­
ing a scientist until that time. Her motivation and passion
for her work are obvious (not to mention contagious) and we .
are fortunate co have her here at LC! Dine with upside­
down umbrellas
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS
BY DUSTIN ARSTROMG
Guest Writer
In the heart of Multnomah Village lies the magnificent
Marco's Cafe & Espresso Bar. Marco's was founded in 1913
by Mark and Helga Saitowirz at the Thomas Bungalow
building, and moved into the Nelson Thomas building in
1983. Six years later, new Multnomah Village owners Peter
Zych and Dean Rothenfluch purchased the restaurant. Even­
tually, Zych left the business, but Dean and Debra Rothen­
flu h have sin e maintained ownership of the exquisite cafe.
Inside Marco's Cafe is a very brightly lit oasis containing
an eye-catching quote: "One cannot think well, love well,
sleep well, if one has not dined well," from Virginia Woolf.
I walked into the grass green soft-carpeted restaurant and
passed through the yellow and green trimmed wall chat di­
vided two searing areas in the middle of the room. The de­
sign brought a nice touch to the spacious table arrangement,
making Marco's feel relaxingly homey and like an escape all
at once. Marco's Cafe expresses a reminder to themselves and
their customers that everyone is able to enjoy a light, infor­
mal meal.
Marco's Cafe serves breakfast and lunch continuously,
Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Satur­
day they open one hour later. However, on Sunday, Marco's
Cafe serves their themed meatless madness from eight in the
morning co two in the afternoon. Dinners rotate different
blends of European, Asian and traditional meatless meals
every evening. After being seated, customers are served the
cafe's warm and savory complimentary bread.
Soon enough, the main dish arrives. I had ordered the
"Grilled Cheese for Grown-Ups" sandwich: melted brie
and asiago cheese with avocado and sweet red tomato all
crammed between crunchy grilled Como bread. I also or­
dered a delicious Caesar salad. The rest of the menu looked
tempting. Some notable dishes that one might want to try
are the onion ring appetizer, the Shrimp Louis special salad
and the vegetarian black bean chili.
The restaurant will remain a "neighborhood cafe," the
owners said. They will continue to provide local merchants
and visitors a healthy meal at their folksy and peaceful cafe
while surrounded by cheery green walls and an extensive
meatless menu.
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Photo of the Week
Desiree Etzel ('14)
Featured in Gender Studies Symposium Art Exhibition
"Photographs capture emotion and create it. They freeze beautiful moments co never be forgotten.
They tell stories chat can't be as successfully expressed through words. Simplicity and abstraction com­
bined with ambiguity makes for a more active relationship between the piece and the viewer. What does
she think about her body? Is she brainwashed by today's media portraying the perfect body image? It's up
to you." -Desiree Etzel
Tiie Brie of Music:
GudaCheese in the running to
win DJ competition
PHOTO BY OLIVIA CHRISTIAN
Jack Yaguda ('13) (GudaCheese) performs his "jazzy and Jamaican dub influenced" sound. Continued .from page 1
Yaguda has been playing music for the
majority of his life. He was trained as a tradi­
tional jazz saxophonist, bur has become pas­
sionate about the electronic genre over the
past year. He throws down bears with rap
shoes and is an expert rap dancer. Ir's as if
sound convalesces around him and he is able
to compose it into magnificent symphonies.
These symphonies became serious when he
began to use the music producing programs
Ablecon and Reason.
Yaguda has ren tracks on Soundcloud,
all of which are downloadable for free. His
sound has a diverse selection of samples,
from Bela Fleck to Michael Jackson to dub­
srep. On the NiT GriT remix, Yaguda in­
corporates a jazzy and Jamaican dub influ­
ence into the textured womp heard on the
original song. The praise Yaguda has received
from councless musicians and fans is due
to the originality and the fact char Yaguda's
personality and musical background shine
through the entire uack.
''All of this awesome feedback on my mu­
sic not only feels really good, bur gave me the
possibility char I could actually do this for a
living," said Yaguda.
Anyone can vote for GudaCheese with a
free Soundcloud account. Ir is rime for the
community co rally around one of its most
prominent and passionate musicians and see
to it char we will all rage his first professional
show.
7he competition is open for voting until the
end of March. To vote for GudaCheese, go to
soundcloud.comlregritcontestlnit-grit-babylon­
jack-yaguda. , ,Ar,ts 11
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
Every rime I open up a newspaper or look
through a label's website, I see a tour listing
for Portland, Ore. Our beloved city prides it­
self on its coffee, food carts and music scene.
Well. .. if you're over 21. If you fall short of
char magical age, you are either scrambling
to find a decent house show or a fake I.D.
A recent article in 7he Oregonian by Anna
Griffin complained of house shows inviting
young party-goers into residential neighbor­
hoods, raking up parking spots and being
noisy. Oh my! Young people playing music
!are ar night? In Porcland? While I realize •
it's important to be a courteous neighbor, as
long as the Oregon Liquor Control Com­
mission keeps pushing for age-discrimina­
tion ar Oregon venues, our neighborhoods
will be Aooded with house shows. Someone
has got to feed the young musi~ fiends.
"Concerrgoers gobble up parking and
lock their bikes co strangers' fences and trees.
They leave behind empty beer cans, cigarette
butts and, depending on the amount of al­
cohol consumed and the number of avail­
able bathrooms, much worse. They rake
business away from properly licensed clubs,"
wrote Griffin. The article goes on ro claim
char these house shows allow residents to
make money to cover rent by charging ad­
mission and selling alcohol. Well, seeing as
I have never once been charged for entrance
co a house show I'm going to have ro disagree
with char assertion.
Ir's hard to understand quire where r.his
writer is coming from. People under 21 in
this city can rarely find shows to go to, and
when they do find them, they are in base­
ments or living rooms rather than bars. Ir is
almost impossible to find all-ages shows that
aren't large and commercial in the city, and
until Portland actively supporrs venues with­
out age restrictions, there will be more noise
complaints, parking issues and teenagers
stumbling around residential neighborhoods
!are at night.
"Concertgoers gobble up
parking and lock their
bikes to strangers' fences
and trees. They leave be­
hind empty beer cans, ciga­
rette butts and, depending
on the amount of alcohol
consumed and the number
of available bathrooms,
much worse."
The purpose of these shows is to provide
music for an audience that is starved of it.
Even Lewis & Clark students have begun
embracing the city house show scene as the
College fails co provide adequate funding ro
bring shows to our campus. You can't expect
music nerds ro adhere to policies that ·pre­
ven r diem from seeing live music. 12 Arts THE PIO EER LOG, MARCH ll, 2011
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'G0PACAPULCOJ) • •
Hosted by Co-Director of Electronic Music Jackson Borghi ('13) LiFT presents Stop_ Kiss
PHOTO BY EDDIE BARKSDALE
Jackson Borghi ('13) hosts his electronic radio show in KLC Studio A every Tuesday. PHOTO BY RHIANNA FEENEY Gretchen Vietmeier ('13) (left) as Callie while Melia Schurig ('14) plays Sara.
BY HAYLEY TRIVETT could tell the most embar- off the computer. I use the
Arts Editor rassing story. My friend record player sometimes. I
What is the story behind the from LA ended up winning; have some records that I'll
he cold the story of losing bring in like Fever Ray (her
name of your show? his virginity. self-tided release), Panda
I can't say. I said on my first Bear (Person Pitch) and My
show ever, but then I prom-What guests have you had? Bloody Valentine (Love-
ised co never tell again. I've had Dan Byers (' 13) of less), bur that's nor really
the Neverdowells play on electronic.
Do you have a theme? "Shirey Dump."
It's Do-Ir-Yourself electronic Do you ever utilize the CD
music. Do you have any musical collection?
projects of your own? No.
What artists in particular? I make music under moni-
I play a lot of Baths, Rikki ker Menelaus. Ir's experi- As electronic music director,
Ear Acid, Washed Our and mental electronic stuff. I'm do you have plans to expand
Wise Blood. also the unofficial vice the electronic music callee-
president of the Lewis & tion?
How long have you had a Clark Music Coalition. To be honest, I feel like all
show on KLC? of the [KLC] director posi-
Just this year with this How did you initially become tions are outdated. We go
show. I used co have a show involved in KLC? in begging for CDs, we get
with my friend Nate Miller I like music and it seemed them, most of them suck
('13) last year called "Shirey like a cool opportunity. I and nobody uses them even
Dump," bur now he does it assumed beforehand that if they are good. I'll contact
alone. more people listened co it some record labels and I
Has anything unusual hap-and it was actually real. Ir's guess I will expand the CD
still fun co do. People come collection, bur I don't really
pened during your show? hang our in the studio and feel like that will be doing
We had a contest on "Shitty listen co music. much.
Dump" the first semester
of freshman year where we What improvements wou/,d "Gopacapulco" airs Ti1.esdays
gave away tickets co Akron/ you make to your show? fr.om 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. at
Family co the person who /dark. eau!collegelstudent_life!
I don't like that I play things klc_radio/.
Co-op continues to bring
new quirks to campus
BY MEGAN MORIN
Stoff Writer
For anyone who hasn't
spent time at the Co-op,
it's time co relocate your
procrastination. The Co­
op is the Mecca of student
expression; it's outside the
boundaries of administra­
tive control and is run by
the tudents for the students.
Membership Coordinator
Lizi Leider ('11) said, "Ir
sounds cheesy, bur the Co­
Op is truly a space where
you.can turn your ideas into
real icy. When you come into the space, there are oppor­
tunities all around for im­
provement and adjustments,
and all it rakes is a little bit
of initiative co contribute co
those improvements."
The coffee shop has re­
cently risen co such notori­
ety that it has earned itself
a name: The Rusty Nail. It
offers fare such as bagels,
organic bulk products and
delicious grilled cheese sand­
wiches.
The Co-op has an open
house coming up this Mon­
day, Mar. 14 at 8 p.m. There
will be· music by the "exis-tential" stand-up bassist CJ
Boyd, crafts and tea co enjoy
with friends. Next up will be
their Sr. Patrick's Day DIY
Bazaar on Thursday, Mar.
17.
If you're crafty, or like
other people' crafty items,
sign up co be a vendor or
come peruse the excellent of­
ferings of fellow students.
Coming up later in the
semester will be the Co-op
quilt event, 4/20 LARP (live
action role playing), a bicy­
cle workshop with the bike
co-op and of course the end­
of-year parry Critical Blast. BY HAYLEY TRIVETT
Arts Editor
Diana Son's Stop Kiss of­
fers a poignant tale of sus­
tainable love char conveys
a strong bond between two
women. Set in modern day
New York Cicy, rhe plot fo­
cuses on two women, Sara
and Callie, who form a
friendship that ultimately
results in love. During their
first kiss, a witness mali­
ciously attacks one of the
women, sending her into a
coma.
"The play centers around a hare crime, bur the mes­
sage is more focused on the
consequences and the rela­
tionships that are affected by
the attack. The real theme of
the play is that love that is
strong enough co withstand
anything and the idea of
moving beyond your com­
fort zone, embracing what
you feel and accepting that
what you truly want may
nor be socially acceptable,"
said Melia Schurig ('14). "I
really love this play because
of its raw quality."
The cast includes Sch­
urig, Gretchen Vietmeier
., . ('13), Jake imonds ('14),
Ryan Mooney (' 12) , Dylan
Peden (' 10) and JJ Simms
('12) and was directed by
Tessa Siegel ('12).
LiFT, a student-run
group that puts on separate
productions from the theater
department, is sponsoring
the show. They sponsored
two shows last semester
( Welcome to the Moon and It's
Too Co/,d for Shorts) as well.
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Iraq
brings
back war
awareness
MARISSA FENLEY
Staff Writer
Plumfield, WA may be a fic­
tional town, bur Barbara Lebow's
portrayal of the Iraq war is any­
thing bur unreal. Directed by guest
artists Par Patton and JoAnn John­
son, Plum.field, Iraq opened last
weekend and will run until Satur­
day, Mar. 12.
The film's setting alternates be­
rween Iraq and Plumfield, weav­
ing in and our of the mind of
Mike Herren, who suffers from
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The characters play multiple roles
in Mike's head as well as in their
own realities, and when overlapped
with a montage of audio and visual
media, the audience can begin to
fathom the nature of Mike's illness.
Corey O'Hara ('13), who plays
Mike, admit to never having wit­
nessed nor experienced anything
resembling Mike's condition. Yer
O'Hara, with the guidance of a
professional on PTSD as well as a
fantastic ensemble cast, portrays
Mike and his condition with an
impressive amount of faithfulness.
O'Hara said he suave to "create
a relationship berween both' sides
of the character." From playing
football with his friends to bang­
ing his fists desperately against the
floor, Mike's emotions take leaps
and bounds. Since the show does
nor progress chronological order,
O'Hara had to jump from one dy­
namic to the next while maintain­
ing a seamless and convincing per­
formance. Mike's character is even
partially constructed by the ensem­
ble, as they are often playing roles
created by Mike's imagination to
create his "skewed reality."
If this sounds puzzling, ac­
cording to O'Hara, it should. He
says the audience should expect
to be "bombarded" by media and
This show "reminds
everyone what's going
on."
that the first act should leave you
asking, "What the fuck just hap­
pened?" As we are taken alongside
Mike in his journey to recovery, we
don't understand much of what he
is going through, since he is figur­
ing it our himself.
According to O'Hara, The-Iraq
War "has been almost a constant in
our lives," and that this show "re­
minds everyone what's going on."
While we may all have a famil­
iarity with the Iraq War, Plum­
.field, Iraq creates a unique portrait
of how war affects its soldiers and
those whom the soldiers leave be­
hind. This show pulls us out of the
numb passivity so many of us have
fallen into, proving how the after­
math of war is just as destructive as
combat.
Friday and Saturday, Mar. 1 O­
J 2, 7:30 p.m., Fir Acres 1heatre,
$IO general admission, $7 alumni,
faculty, staff, senior citizem and non­
Lewis & Clark students. THE PIO EER LOG, MAR H II, 2011
Friends of Rain takes on theme
of ''From Mountain Music to
the Frontiers of Jazz''
BY JERRED BLANCHARD
Staff Writer
At the heart of British rock
and roll and Jamaican reggae are
the undeniable influences of the
American dream. Behind every
electric jazz band and every tom­
heavy indie band there is the un­
deniable existence of the Ameri­
can heartlands and the people's
music.
This unpretentious and pure
music was, and still is, the puls­
ing heart and soul of the musi­
cal world's continued evolution.
Therefore, in the spirit of our
country's musical legacy, this year's
Lewis & Clark Friends of Rain
concert will revolve around the
theme of "From Mountain Music
to the Frontiers of Jazz," and will
feature compositions by Edgar
Varese, Michael Johanson, Marcus
Karl Maroney and Instructor of
Jazz Guitar Dan Balmer.
Now, all of this music may
take influence from the humble
beginnings of American music,
but these influences all find them­
selves filtered through a classical
lens and into the realm of a con­
cert hall. The music being written is
considered "new music," which is
recentjy composed music by con­
temporary composers and is en­
trenched in a post-modern con-'
ceprion. The general sound of this
music is walking a fine line be­
rween what is concrete and acces­
sible and what is avant-garde and
aurally striking.
The first tune on the program
is a piece called "(Density) 21.5,"
written by Edgar Varese and per­
formed by resident Auce teacher
Nancy Teskey. The piece was com­
missioned by George Barrere for
the inaugural concert of his plati­
num flute -the density of plati­
num being 21.5 grams per cubic
centimeter. The piece involves a
plethora of extended flute tech­
niques, including key click, which
is a percussive sound created by
tapping on the valves of the Aute
in different patterns.
Also on rhe program is a song
cycle known as "Mountain Songs"
by Robert Beaser, a Yale graduate.
Teskey, on flute, and John Meij,
on guitar, will interpret the song
cycle through haunting harmonies
and lyrical melodies. The piece
explores Beaser's fqndness for the PHOTO FROM DANBALMERCOM
Appalachian Mountains and a
reminiscence of English, Irish and
Scottish ballad transplanted into
a newly found land. .
The conclusion of the concert
will involve three songs written by
jazz guitarist Balmer. While Balm­
er is widely considered Portland's
premier jazz guitarist, his music
still tends to be honest and unpol­
luted by fame's debilitating grasp.
The three pieces are entitled "The
Sea, the Sea," "If We Never Meet
Again" and "Momsong." Balmer
will perform this music on guitar,
accompanied by Clay Giberson on
piano, Jeff Leonard on bass and
Brett EE Paschal on drum kit.
"My music tries to be first and
foremost evocative and emotional
with an emphasis on improvisa­
tion for both the individual and
the group," said Balmer.
Overall, the concert should
prove to be yet another exciting
display of our faculty's mu ician­
ship and vision as they attempt to
explore and uncover folk and jazz
music.
Saturday, Mar. 12, 8 p.m., Ev­
ans. Free for students, $10 suggested
donation.
Szybist inspires sophomores
BY BEAU BROUGHTON
Opinions Editor
Associate Professor of English
Mary Szybist graced a group of
sophomores with her presence in
Council Chamber last Thursday,
Mar. 3. The event, titled "Nev­
er Again Will the Bird's ong Be
the Same: On the Challenges and
Opportunities of the Sophomore
Year," was part of a series of events
called "Sophomores. The Next
Generation," sponsored by 3CE.
Szybist holds many titles in ad­
dition to char of a respected Eng­
lish professor: she is the current
teacher of the year at LC, received
a fellowship from the National En­
dowment for the Arcs, is one of rwo recipients of the 2009 Wit­
ter Brynner Award and her book
Granted was a finalist for the Na­
tional Book Critics Circle Award.
She began her inspirational
speech by eloquently reading an
excerpt from one of Robert Frost's
sonnets, from which the tide of the
ralk originated.
She then proceeded to provide
stories from her own ophomore
year, when she claims she felt like a
"sleepwalking tourist" who did not
have a career in mind and could
nor focus with world events such as
Tiananmen Square and rhe Exxon
Valdez spill looming over her.
Szybist was "longing to do
something useful with [her) life"
and said that a visit to her African-American poetry professois office
hours provided her with the chance
to "[pour] our what had been on
[her) mind that year." Her profes­
sor told her to develop skills to
serve her commurJity, and Szybisr
called on LC sophomores ro go to
their own professors' office hours
in order to receive such invaluable
advice.
Ac the end of her talk, Szybisc
rook questions sophomores who
could relate ro feelings of gloom,
uneasiness and inability to provide
something special to the world.
Szybisr told the audience in the
end, "I hope this is a time that's
more than just comfortable for
you. I hope it counts." Arts 13
Artistery
throws
closing
blowout
BY ZIBBY PILLOTE
Arts Editor
After ten years of service ro
Portland's underage music fans,
The Artiscery will close for good
this Sunday, Mar. 13-buc not
without a bang. The venue's lase
sec of shows started on Wednesday
and will continue through Satur­
day night with a cast of unforget­
table Northwestern performers.
Here's what The Artisrery has in
store:
Eternal Tapestry, Mount
Eerie, White Fang, 6 Paon
and Pete Swanson
Psychedelic rockers Eternal Tap­
estry, whose new album Beyond the
'Fourth Door comes our today, will
crank out experimental ambient
tunes that will set the audience's
heads bobbing.
Washington band Mount Ee­
rie, a project of Phil Elverum of the
Microphones, offers up lo-fi fuzz
folk gold. Their lyrics are heavy,
their sentiments pastoral and their
talent unmistakable.
A noisy Portland band, White
Fang, rakes the stage next. The
band is known for drunken perfor­
mances of their high-energy, ambi­
ent punk.
0 Paon's dark and progressive
experimental music is something
concert-goers may nor have expe­
rienced before. Singing in French
and English, band founder Genev­
ieve Casrree leaves the listener with
apocalypcical, pastoral images char
are shockingly beautiful.
Yellow Swan's Pete Swanson
creates experimental elecrronica.
His space-age runes are mysteri­
ous, bold and haunting. Swanson
has been a member of many bands,
including Badgerlore, Maggored,
Mudsuckers and Sarin Smoke.
Tonight, Mar. 11, 8 p.m., $7 at
the door, $6 with canned food dona­
tion.
Little Wings, White
Rainbow, Hive Dwellers
and Rob Walmart
Downtempo folk band Little
Wings are celebrating the release
of their new record Black Grass at
tomorrow's show. Their songs are
touching and feel like rearing the
band-aid off the sore of an unre­
quited love. Relarable, albeit melo­
dramatic, the band's music is in­
credibly lovable.
White Rainbow, a Lewis &
Clark alum, provides the Jjstener
with a funky rake on hip-hop and
elecrronica. With pulsing beats,
hand-claps, synch and guitar,
White Rainbow is sure to get the
crowd's feet moving. With a song
encided "RU My Puppy, Magen­
ta?" and a sound self-described as
"pizza-based psychedelic," it's ob­
vious char White Rainbow doesn't
rake themselves too seriously.
Hive Dwellers is the new band
of notable northwestern musician
Calvin Johnson. The band plays
jazzy, percussion-heavy songs that
feature experimental guitar riffs
and piano interludes.
Rob Walmarr, formerly of The
Portland Super Group, makes up­
beat electronic music using sam­
ples, keyboards, synth and vocals.
His songs are thematic and ironic.
Walmarr does whatever he wants,
and does it well.
Saturday, Mar. 12, 8 p.m., $7 at
the door, $6 with canned food dona-.., 14 Sports THE PIONEER LOG, MARCH II, 2011
Willamette def eats Pios
Despite their second wind near the end, baseball fails to rally in game
against Willamette, losing 11-1
PHOTO BY MAGGIE OLIVER
Coach Flynn's can-do positive attitude has kept team optimism up in the face of recent games. Flynn has
intensified practices with a focus on pressure situations in hopes of eliminating the crucial mistakes that
have cost them close games in the past.
BY STEPHANIE
GONZALEZ
Staff Writer
On Saturday, Mar. 5, the
men's baseball team faced off
against Willamette Univer­second game, but yet again,
key defensive errors allowed
Willamette co pull a.tiead.
Coach Flynn agreed,
commencing, "We have
been working hard co elim­
inate the crucial mistakes
sity. The Bearcacs proved coo that have cost us in several
hoc co handle, as the are definitely making im­
provements. In game two
this Saturday, we made mis­
takes in just one inning, but
thar one inning was the dif­
ference in the game."
Coach Flynn's optimis­
tic attitude is spreading co
the rest of the team,
Pios 10st both games. "Even though it is hard
The first game ended as they remain deter­
mined to change the
with Lewis & Clark
losing 11-1. A solid
closing performance
by pitcher Walter Pul­
tinas ('13) gave the
Pios momentum go-
ing into game two; to remain optimistic
when all this is going on,
coach always talks about
how we are getting better
and how it will all come course of their season.
Nate Grisham ('11)
echoed this senti­
ment, stating, "Even
though it is hard to
remain opt1m1st1c
when all chis is go­
ing on, oach always however, it was not together soon."
enough co keep the
Pios from dropping
the game by a score of7-2.
Players Nick Lavin ('12)
and Roby Gordon ('14)
both agreed that the pitch­
ers played really well, as
they kept the score close for
the majority of both games.
ome of the weaknesses of
the day were "the defense
and hitting with runners
in scoring position," said
Lavin. The Pios showed sig­
nificant improvement in the very close games."
With intensified practices
and a focus on pressure situ­
ations, Coach Flynn expects
the Pioneers to improve
their defensive and offensive
performance during games.
Although the Pios have
a record of just 1-10 over­
all and 0-6 in conference,
Coach Flynn maintains a
positive outlook for this sea­
son: "Despite our record, we
ADVERTISEMENT talks about how we
are getting better and
how it will all come together
soon."
The Pios head to Willa
Walla, Wa. on Mar. 12 and
13 for their next series,
where they will try ro avenge
their conference opening
sweep by Pacific University.
With their unfaltering de­
termination and upbeat. at­
titude, we expect to see the
LC baseball ream make a
comeback.
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Sports Editor
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out before you grab your surfboard and
head into that salty clear blue ocean water.
Stability Ball Hamstring Curl
Lie with your calves on the ball with
your palms down and arms by your side.
Raise your hips until your body forms a
straight line. Bend knees to roll the ball
cowards you until your feet are flat on the
• ball. Straighten legs, roll the bill back and
lower your body co the floor. Repeat.
Stability Ball Bench Press 1
With a dumbbell in each hand, lie with
your back on the ball with bent knees and
feet on the floor. Raise the weights above
your chest with your palms facing forward.
Alternate lowering your arms to the side of
your chest, pressing the weight back up co
its starting position as fast as possible.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY KATE OWENS Dumbbell Lunge to Overhead Press
Stand with feet together with hands
above shoulders. You should have a dumb­
bell in each hand with your palms facing in.
Step your right foot forward until your knee
is bent at a 90 degree angle, pressing your
arms directly above your shoulders. Return
to your starting position and repeat with
your left leg.
Stability Ball Extension
Lie with hips and chest resting on the
ball with your hands behind your head and
elbows out. Squeeze your glures and slowly
lift your chest up away from the ball until
your torso is almost upright. Hold for three
seconds and return to the starring position.
Repeat.
I
j
Stability Ball Front Bridge
With your elbows directly under your
shoulders, place your forearms on the stabil­
ity ball. Extend legs behind you in a push up
position with toes firmly planted on the floor
so your body is in a 45 degree angle. Con­
tract abs and hold body in a straight line.
Hold for 30 seconds.
Mt. Hood Snow Report
Portland ski season gets fresh 2,150 acres of fluffy powder
BY DREW LENIHAN
Staff Writer
Perhaps athletes on this campus are get­
ting sick of the perpetual rain that has haunt­
ed the fields in the past couple of weeks.
However, the shredding skiers and boarders
of Lewis & Clark are loving the early spring
rain that equates to some killer powder on
Mt. Hood Meadows ..
As of Sunday, Mar. 3, the mountain had
reported more than four feet of fresh snow
in the past week, with a strong possibility of
more on the way.
This rakes the overall snow base to more
than ten feet, giving the best coverage and so
many choices of where to ski. "You can get
your fill of powder at Private Reserve, espe­
cially off of God's Wall or Steel Re erve, bur
my favorite place to shred is the-gully below
the Cascade lift," said skiing aficionado Paul
Rothman ('12) over some apres ski drinks.
At the end of Jan. and throughout Feb.
the mountain struggled with abnormally
high temperatures and dangerous sunshine that shrunk the base.
But with recent temperature drops and
a good dosage of moisture, the season has
completely turned around and can be confi­
dently described as totally tubular.
The snow is typically wee and heavy at
meadows bur the cold weather has made the
powde.r of the bubbly "champagne" variety.
"When I was up on Tuesday (Mar. l) it had
snowed 20-some inches and the ultimate
day at meadows is a weekday where it snows
more than 20 inches of light fluffy snow. The
skiing was great," said powder fiend Merv
Mckenna (' 12).
The conditions have even improved fi­
nancially; the mountain is offering a spring
pass starring Mar. 7 for 139 for any shred­
ders with late season ambitions.
This pass is good for the rest of the ski sea­
son, and with a normal day pass costing $69,
only two days on the mountain will make up
the difference.
To gee the pass, visit skihood.com. THE PIO EER LOG, MARCH II, 2011
Amy Madden ('I I) awarded 'Top
Student Paper' honor for essay
Track and field student-athlete earns praise for her analytical essay from the U~dergraduate Research Scholars
Conference hosted by the Western States Communication Association
BY MICHAEL D'ANGELO
Sports Editor
While ocher student achleces reserved
their rime between practice , games and
homework for relaxation, Amy Madden
('11) of crack and field was using her rime
working in Pamplin Spores Center on an es-
ay char would land her a Top Student Pa­
per award from the Undergraduate Research
cholar Conference hosted by che Western
cares Communication Association.
"As soon as I dedicate my elf co an activ­
ity, whether it be athletic, academic or social,
I make sure I do it co the best of my ability,"
said Madden.
Her paper, tided "Adam Lambert's 'For
Your Entertainment' and Lady Gaga's 'Ale­
jandro' Show Support of Gay Rights: A
Metaphorical and Ideological Critique" was
chosen, according co the conference's orga­
nizer Michelle Holling, for its theoretical
complexity.
"[ enjoy doing metaphorical analyses and
I was struck by a comment Adam Lambert
said about him wanting co be a performer
and not a poster child for the Equal Rights
movement," said Madden. The inclusion of
an analysis of Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" came
lacer to add "justification co the study since
she is the topic of many conversations and
'Alejandro' is her 'fear of sex' monster."
Madden initially developed the paper last
spring with her Rhetorical Criticism class'
Professor, Belinda Stillion Southard, and worked on revising it over summer.
"Belinda is an amazing educator," said
Madden. "Normally I shy away from ask­
ing for help but she made me feel comfort­
able." According co Madden, Belinda's big-
"As soon as I dedicate my­
self to an activity, whether
it be athletic, academic or
social, I make sure I do it to
the best of my ability."
gesr contribution was helping her co develop
the theoretical grasp for which her paper was
praised. "She has a great grasp of what au­
thors co read for whichever rhetorical analy­
sis I wane co work on."
Madden said char receiving the award
"opened [her] co the idea of graduate school,"
bur that she will first be "raking at lease a year
off so [she] can begin paying off some of the
debt [she] has created as an undergrad."
Next on her writing agenda is finishing
her thesis. Keeping in tune with her award
winning paper, Madden will again be con­
structing a rhetorical analysis. "Rhetorical
analyses allow me co cell others how co look
at a cexc or at least give chem an alternate
reading," said Madden. "Minimally, it allows
me co organize my though cs of why I inter­
pret a cexc the way I do." PHOTO COURTESY OF AMY MADDEN
Amy Madden ('11 ), right, has been doing track
and field at Lewis & Clark on and off due to soccer
injuries. Madden runs and has done shot-put.
Bur unlike her last paper, she has depart­
ed from ideology, focusing more on the met­
aphorical analysis. "I am analyzing Eminem's
'Mosh' and Lady Gaga's 'Alejandro' for polit­
ical messages," said Madden. "More specifi­
cally, the purpose of chis study is co educate
the viewer on how co observe a music video
as a form of political advertisement."
Whether or nor another award winning
paper is in her midst is debatable, bur one
thing is for sure: chat's looking co be one
damn good thesis. Sports 15
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Pio softball becomes eighth casu­
alty to Linfield's undefeated season
BY FIONA CORNER
Sports Editor
A rainy Saturday move co Rosemont
Middle chool in West Linn, Ore. wasn't
enough co save Pio softball.
Game one of the series began with a steal
co home from Wildcat Doucette and Lin field
domination with the completion of 11 runs
by the bottom of the fourth. Lewis & Clark
stepped it up in the bottom of the fifth with
four runs, earned by Ari Wilks ('14), Caitlin
Relyea ('13), Caitlin Basilio ('14) and Sarah
Breninger ('14). The game ended in the bot­
tom of the fifth with an end score of 12-4.
Key players for the Pioneers included Jamie
Moon ('11) and Basilio, with two RBIs each.
Moon also led LC in hies with two.
In game two, LC fell a little deeper, end­
ing the game with a loss of 20-1. Linfield
scarred the game with four runs in the first
inning and 11 in the second. LC managed a
run in the bottom of the third, scarring with
a single by Mullins, advancing on a passed
ball and then making it home.
The Wildcats finished our the game with
three runs in the fourth and two in the cop
of the fifth. Moon, DeVincenzi, atter and
Mullins had one hie each.
Linfield is currently 8-0 on the season
and is ranked number one in NCM DIII
softball.
LC is now 2-8 on the season and wiU be
back on the field Mar. 11 playing at Pacific
Lutheran at I and 3:30 p.m.
Get your groove on-with the dance team's weekly class
BY FIONA CORNER
Sports Editoc
Every Wednesday from 8:30-10 p.m., ger
your groove on in the Pamplin mar room
with the Lewis & Clark dance ream in a
weekly class offering everything from dance
techniques co Zumba and kick-boxing.
One of the instructors, Malia Alguilar
(' 13) decided co plan chis class due co che
lack of dance opportunities available at LC.
"We also wanted chis co be a reach our co the
entire LC population co show chem what
dance ream is all about," she said. "It's a good
way co stay in shape and have fun all at the
same rime."
"During the spring semester we usually
perform at basketball games," says inscruccor
Kelsey Domann (' 11). "However, chis semes­
ter we had half our ream go abroad, includ­
ing one our captains, Serena Ancheta ('12).
So Malia and I with the ocher captains decid­
ed that instead of performing, which would
have been hard with such a small ream, we
would host a dance/aerobics class." The class is split into two pares. The first is
a "workout" section where Kelsey focuses on
coning and Zumba. Zumba, a Latin inspired
fitness program chat combines high-energy
music and rhythmic steps, began interna­
tionally in 2001.
Men's tennis gets served
BY FIONA CORNER
Sports Editor
Men's tennis fell co che Pacific Luther­
an Lures 9-0 Friday, Mar. 5. Singles play­
ers across the board fell co the Lures, with
George Allen ('11) and Sam Franer ('14) aimed at our weaknesses and helping co im­
prove chem. Also we will work on ream drills
for doubles co develop chemistry between
the partners as well."
Doubles reams composed of Allen,
Quinn Roth-Career ('12), Franer, Cole Pfei­
ffer ('13), Khan ('14) and Gabriel Trepanier.
(' l 4) saw no chance putting up fights in
their second march­
es both losing only
6-4.
We played a
good team and had "We played hard out there
against a well trained team." against Pacific Lu­
theran, falling 8-2,
8-1 and 8-1 respec­
tively.
some good marches out there," said Muneeb
Khan (' 14), "we came close in one of che sin­
gle games. I had a good doubles game where
we cook a couple of games off the opposition
and came close in a few others. We played
hard our there again r a well trained ream."
Khan also commenced on how he hopes co
improve in his next march against Puget
ound.
"We will strive co work harder during our
practices as we have been running new drills "While the ren-
nis ream has had a rough scare co che season,"
shares Kerry White (' 13), "we look forward
co continuing co improve. We are a young
team this year and che rest of our conference
has gotten a lot better, however, we have been
working extremely hard for the lase couple of
weeks and we look forward co some compet­
itive matches in the future."
The Pioneers fall co 0-6 in the season and
0-5 in conference. They play again Mar. 11
at Puget ound ac 6 p.m. PHOTO COURTESY OF KELSEY DOMANN
The second pare of the class works on
technique and choreography that is either
led by Kelsey Aulakh ('13) or Malia. "The
technique portion of the class is primarily
contemporary and a mix of baller," said Agu­
ilar. "Choreography is always hip-hop! Hip-hop is always fun co learn and usually ~asy co
pick up to anyone who is just dropping in co
the class."
le is nor just the fun of dancing char drives
the class, but also the positive effects char it
has had on Malia's life. "Dance is very im­
portant co me. I have been dancing since I
was two and it is something char has never
left my side. I use dance nor just a way co stay
active and physically fie but also co release
built up tension I have acquired during the
day. Basically, dance is my life."
The LC dance class has mer four times
and so far all meetings have been successful.
"People should take our class because it's fun,
exciting and a great workout," said Malia.
"For those who have never danced before,
now is the time co show what you've goc!"
"We end up sweating profusely ar the
end," said Kelsey. "Ic's a great opportunity for
people who are interested in dance and fit­
ness bur don't have a lot or any experience
co cry it out. Ir's also a great way for people
co learn more about the team and see if they
might wane co join in the fall."
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Session II June 27-August 5 go.lclark.edu/college/summer 16 Backdoor THE PIO EER LOG, MARCH 11. 2011
You: Ira Glass l.J': C h
Me: Still don't know who Timothy Egan is. 1 0 U a ug, t • _
Wish you were coming to graduation. Boo. .. ,,,.,......,.,_, Eye You: Deeply concerned with the recent
anti-semitic comments from Galileo.
Me: 99.9% sure you mean Galiano .
You: Gave me a slice of your pizza.
Me: Wanting to get saucy (and maybe a little
cheesy) with you.
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Profondis in a series of text messages.
Me: Scorning your unappreciative Bosies and
rooting for potential Peter Orlovskys. You: The infamous shower singer of Forest.
Me: Trying to join you for a duet...
Four-legged shower style the s ht whil ! You: Adorable, blonde library
hermitess working on her thesis.
You: Adorable long-haired stoner boy who
smells like Nag Champa and "something else."
Me: Tie-dyed heady mama who wants to see
what's in and under that drug rug. Wan orum? Me: Want to get to know your Dewey
Decimal System because I'm way
overdue. Email mail.co
Please Read:
A personal appeal from
Wlklpedla founder
Jimmy Wales
Stop doing your homework
and waste lots of time filling yoUT
brain wi:th useless information!
Surprisingly interesting and
funny Wikipedia articles:
A truly illuminating method of
procrastination
"List of Kim Jong-il's titles" -While most of us are content robe mentioned in news­
papers by our name, everyone's favorite North Korean dicraror requires char his name be
printed in bold and accompanied by one of the many special titles reserved for his great­
ness. 1l1e list is truly comprehensive, and "Superior Person" and "Dear Leader, who is a
perfect incarnation of the appearance char a leader should have" are only the beginning of
the hilarity.
"DMX (rapper)" -While the entirety of DMX's life srory may nor seem extraordinary,
few could boast such an impressive criminal record. While mere cocaine possession or at­
tempting ro carjack a vehicle may be daring enough for some, OMX accomplished both at
the same time, all while intoxicated and impersonating a federal agent. The same incident
landed OMX eight separate criminal charges, and all this is a mere two lines of the four
paragraph section on his criminal record. He has also completed a Gospel album. X has
truly gone and given it co us.
"Hooters" -You may chink you know all there is ro know about everyone's favorite one
srop shop for wings and mammary things, bur until you've read about the company's exten­
sive legal history, you have but scratched the surface of this vibrant business. 1l1e Wikipedia
article gives brief outlines of the numerous times that the company has been sued, bur the
real gold lie in the footnotes. Learn about the men who inspired the King of the Hill epi­
sode where Dale cites sexual discrimination when denied a job ar "Bazooms." Foornore 21
will blow your mind if you click rhe link ro The Smoking Gun and read their expose.
"Sylvester Graham" -If you've never met anyone who masturbates while earing Graham
crackers, then the Reverend Graham's life was a success. As most probably know, eating
meat, refined bread, or burrer places one in the downward spiral coward alcoholism and
sexual deviancy. Thankfully, when the sweet Reverend wasn't making rhe ladies faint in his
public speeches on sex and corsets, he was making every wholesome Protestant's favorite
snack, the Graham cracker. Of course, today Graham would weep, for the evil masturbarors
have turned his beloved whole-wheat cracker into a bleached and refined wafer of Satan.
"Jitterbug" -In the days before people practiced frorreurism in public and called it danc­
ing, people were drink.in' and swingin' and jazzin' away while dancing the Jitterbug. The
name of the dance actually comes from the slang term for delirium cremens: "the jitters."
Among other humorous observations, the Wikipedia article quotes what might be the first
instance of someone noticing char white people can't dance. A New York Times dance critic
noted char, "the white jitterbug is oftener than nor uncouth ro look at."
"Buckfast Tonic Wine" -An apparently legendary beverage in Scotland, all that needs ro
be cited from this article is this: "In January 2010 a BBC investigation revealed char Buck­
fast had been mentioned in 5,638 crime reporrs in che Strathclyde area of Scotland from
2006-2009, equating to an average of three per day. One in 10 of those offences had been
violent and 114 times in char period a Buckfast boccie was used as a weapon."
"Biggest ball of twine" -Knowing it only as an infamous roadside amacrion, I had no idea
of the stiff competition and controversy surrounding.said monument. Apparently, this guy
in Minnesota wrapped his twine ball for four hours every day for 230 weeks, bur once he
broke the world record, some other asshole in Kansas heard about it and decided to make
an even bigger twine ball. Now Cawker City, Kansas has a "Twine-a-chon" where they add
even more twine to it every year. So, poor Francis A. Johnson from Darwin, MN is left
with the ruddy tide of "Largest sisal twine ball built by one person." Really, I think the
main lesson ro rake from this is char Midwesterners must be desperate for entertainment. TOAST OF THE WEEK:
PEE!
Thank you, pee, for your potential to renew
the environment with your proverbial
golden shower. We wrote you off as mere
excrement, but, Lo! Gerardine Batte from
Ohio University has found a way to generate
hydrogen fuel from you! While your
presence was once completely undesired in
luxury automobiles, you now hold the future
of them in your hands. We may have both
literally and figuratively held you back in the
past, but f'10W we shall let our bladders run
free for the good of the world! To you, newly
recyclable waste product, we chug two
beers and safely place their bottles/cans in
the recycling bin, as we eagerly await your
sweet, sustainable arrival.
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*P.S. All farcicle found in the Backdoor are jokes. Funny jokes. Don't cake chem seriously because they don't cake you seriously. eriously.
Oh yeah, and submit comics to Backdoor Editor Erin Ruprecht (ruprechr@lclark.edu).