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2011-04-08

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SECURITY: AT
WHAT COST?
A RECAP OF THE DEBATE Vol. 76, Iss. 10
PLETHORAS
OF RECITALS
PHOTO BY LEO QIN ON THE LACK OF ACCURATE
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC I NEWS 4 SENIORS LEAVE THEIR FINAL
MUSICAL MARK ON THE WALLS
OF EVANS DURING THEIR FINAL
RECITALS I ARTS13
PEACwins
prolonged
court battle
BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer
The Pacific Environmencal Ad­
vocacy Center (PEAC), a legal clinic
rhac operaces ouc of Lewis & Clark's
Law School, recently won a mulci­
year court bactle thac will require the
Environmental Procection Agency
(EPA) co regulace ballast wacer dis­
charge from ships engaged in incer­
nacional trade. The litigation marks
a major viccory for opponencs of the
spread of invasive species.
Ballasc wacer, which is carried in
che hulls of ships co increase their
scabilicy, is known to carry inva­
sive species. These species encer
the ship's ballasc when the wacer is
pumped into che ship in one region
of the world, and can be released
when the ballasc wacer is pumped
out in another region. In 1999, a
scudent led the PEAC co pecicion
the EPA co remove an exempcion
co che Clean Water Ace thac al­
lowed for vessel discharges.
Thac licigacion was success­
ful, and che EPA began co require
pennies for ballasc wacer co be dis­
charged. But according co a PEAC
scacemenc on che case, "The permic
failed co meec federal requirements
because, among other reasons, ic
scill allowed ships co discharge un­
creaced ballasc wacer concaining in­
va ive species."
ln 2009, the PEAC pressed the
case again, chis time calling for the
EPA co cake specific accions co regu­
lace ballasc wacer. This licigation was
successful due co a coordinaced legal
efforc by PEAC, the St:tnford Envi­
ronmencal Law Clinic, the National
Resources Defense Council and a
range of other high profile environ­
mental organizations.
CONTINUED I FUORES 8
FRED MEYER
CLOSED FOR SUMMER
NEWS4
4/20
OPINIONS&
CREW TEAMS
MAKE WAVES
SPORTS15 KLC GETS A MAKEOVER
RADIO SHOWS CANCELLED FOR REMAINDER OF SEMESTER
BY DREW LENIHAN
Staff Writer celled for the remainder of
the semescer.
"The remodel wilJ allow
for easier access for staff,
scudencs and ceachers co be­
come DJs and parcicipace in
whac KLC has co offer," said
Langum.
The once illuminated KLC On-Air
window stays dark now that the ra­
dio studio's renovations have be­
gun. Pieces of old KLC equiptment
sit in piles waiting to be sold or
thrown out, and radio shows have
been cancelled for the remainder
of the semester. In the besc move since
excluding all candinavian
boy bands and the major­
icy of George Michael al­
bums from ics library in the
early 2000s, KLC is having
a much-needed overhaul of
ics facilicies. KLC Board of
Direccors and General Man­
ager Becka Lan gum (' 11)
called for an· overhaul of che
KLC facilicies, informing
their current DJs of the re­
model on Mar. 28. In order
co make way for the remodel
and all thac ic emails, radio
broadcascs have been can-Despice che sad realicy
of no longer being able co
cune inco the hyphy slaps of
Real Talk: The Curey Hour,
the girly-pop sleepover of
Champagne Campaign or
Jon Sacin's (' 12) charismacic
voice, KLC is long over due
for the remodel. Things
were looking grim when
che main scudio's monicors
didn'c seem· to work. The expansive colleccion of CDs
was oucgrowing ics organi­
zacion syscem, while vinyl
records sac in the depths of
the scudio, duscy and unrec­
ognized due co the lack of
organizacion.
CONTIN_UED I NEWS 3
Senior Art Exhibition showcases talent
BY JERRED BLANCHARD
Staff Writer
Every year ac Lewis & Clark
College, the Hoffman Gallery of
Contemporary Arc hosts che Se­
nior Art Exhibicion, which gallery
curacor Linda Tesner calls "che cul­
minacion of a year-long process for
the graduating seniors in the Arc
Departmenc." The grand opening
occurred lase Friday, April 1.
The annual evenc is characcerized
by all of the seniors clad in their fin­
esc garb with exciced expressions on
their faces. Their pieces, after semes­
cers of coiling and sweacing within
their respeccive mediums were dis­
played in different areas of the gal­
lery, excepc for one piece, which was
performed oucside.
13 graduacing seniors were in
the show. Before even enceripg the
building, accendees were greeced
by quiec, coscumed individuals
parcicipacing in the performance
arc of Katherine Groesbeck's piece
Survival is a Confusing Attempt.
The piece explores che fucilicy of
exiscence through scrange coscumes
thac make the performer face­
less and disranc, yet human all the
same.
"They're fun because they don'c
really cake themselves seriously. I
also like ic how chey're relatable and
moving," explained Groesbeck.
Upon entering the gallery, one
is wimess co cwo secs of paintings,
cwo inscallations and one sec of
phocographs.
The paintings consisc of Ty­
ler Reese's What Destruction Be­
gun, feacuring three figures wich
intricace cextures behind them,
individually named Grounding,
Reluccance and The Forgiven
Generacions, and Eleanor Bald­
win's Seif Portraits No. 1-105, which are 105 complecely differ­
enc paintings as separace inter­
pretations of the arcist's emocions
each day.
Prominently standing in the
middle of the gallery is a sculpture
by Shannon Wu calJed Breathing:
the silent resonance of spirits, which
is an exploracion of chi through
a sculpcure of crochec yarns and PHOTOS BY LINDSEY BOSSE
standing wood spikes.
Also on display is Lydia Carde­
nas' installation called FUZZMUCK
and a Thing's Thing-ness, consisting
of a sUireal set of furnicure and wall
decoration combining "synthetic
nacural and nacural synthetic mate­
rials" inscalled in fronc of a perfectly
pinkish wall.
Lase in the from room is a sec The annual Senior Art Exhibition opened
last Friday and will be on display for the
remainder of the semester. Pieces on
display include Secrets and Lies by Toni
Ruotsalainen (bottom), Survival is a Con­
fusing Attempt by Katherine Groesbeck
(top left), and FUZZMUCK and a Thing's
Thingness by Lydia Cardenas (above).
of phocographs by Kevin Brown
called 972xx No. 1--No. 6, involv­
ing six 24 x 30 inch phocographs
of people juxtaposed with humanly
conscrucced environmencs in com­
plete solicude. Brown explained
that che people were "acting as
pares of their environmencs more
so than with or against them."
Also in che show is a set paint­
ings exploring imaginary re­
alicies by Sandy Fujita, a sec of
seven monochrome C-princ pho­
tographs by Jarre Lyman called
Beneath . the Waking Life and an
installation of different plaster
women on gold couches with one
plascer man atop a ladder sniffing
a gold wig called Platinum Musing
by Elizabeth Jaeger.
CONTINUED I ARTS 12 2News THE PIONEER LOG, PRIL 8, 2011
Inside-Out Program aims to bring
imprisoned students into classroom
BY JAKE SIMONDS
Staff Writer
If things go according to plan, the Histo­
ry department wiU have a new offering next
spring: Hist 398, Crime and Punishment in
U .. History. The proposed one-time course,
co be taught by Visiting Professor Rieko
Hillyer, will be a normal course in most re­
spects, except incarcerated students will fill
15 of the 30 spots. The proposed course is a
part of the Inside-Out program, meaning it
would take place in a nearby correctional fa­
cility, either alem or Wilsonville, and would
put Lewis & Clark students side by side with
EDITORS IN CHIEF:
NATALIE BAKER & LINDSEY Bo SE
BUSINESS MANAGER:
LI DSEY Bos E
NEWS EDITORS:
ZACH HOLZ & UURA NASH
OrrNION EDITORS:
BEAU BROUGHTON & JULIA STEWART
FEATURES EDITORS:
DARYA WATNICK & MARI YAMATO
ARTs EDITORS:
HAYLEY TRIVETT & ZIBBY PILLOTE
SPORTS EDITORS:
MICHAEL D'ANGELO & FIONA CORNER
STYLE SOURCE:
ALICIA KROELL
ILLUSTRATION EDITOR:
KATE OWENS
ILLUSTRATORS:
KYLA COVEY, FRANCES LI & AMY ROSENHEIM
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
ANNIE BouRJ<E, GRACE GUENTHER,
MAGGIE OLrvER, HANNAH PRINCE, Ai.Ex
SCHWARTZ & LEO QIN
CorYCHIEFS:
NATALIE EAGAN & SARAH GOTTLIEB
Corv EDITORS:
ROBIN CEDAR, GABBY HANDS, KATHLEEN
DALY, Aloe: ROBERTS & KELSI VILLARREAL
STAFF WRITERS:
ROBIN AUBRY, KATE BARHYDT, )ERRED
BLANCHARD, ANDREA CHIRIBOGA-FLOR,
DYLAN DISALVTO, RYE DRUZIN, NICHOLAS
FARLEY, ALIX FINNEGAN, CATHY GRELLA,
STEPHANIE GONZALEZ, ALISHA GORDER,
AoRIAN GUERRERO, MAGGIE HENNESSEY,
ALLY HUBBARD, MICAH LEINBACH, DREW
LENIHAN, KEVIN MUHITCH, MEGAN MORIN,
HANNAH PALMER, JAKE SIMONDS & RACHEL
YOUNG
AoVISORS:
PETER CHRISTENSON & JASON FEINER
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PRESS the imprisoned, making it possible for chem
to learn together.
Professor Hillyer has been interested in
the prison system on a personal and politi­
cal level for some time. She works ro reach
out co the incarcerated community outside
the classroom, teaching yoga in a local prison
twice a month. When she heard about the
Inside-Out program from a colleague in­
volved through the Indiana University, she
saw it as a way to combine her academic in­
terests and commitment co LC students with
her desire ro engage with the world behind
bars.
She sees the program taking shape this
way: "There are spots for 15 LC students
who would be interviewed and screened,
with background checks and stuff, and the
other 15 spots are for inside students. The
way I see this happening is the course would
be offered in that Wednesday night slot [6:00
ro 9:00 p.m.] so we could have travel time ro
Wilsonville or Salem."
Inside-Out differs from other prison edu­
cation programs in its openness. Although
the courses, including the one Professor
Hillyer has proposed, are ofren tailored ro
both inmates and students, the Inside-Out
program could be applied ro any subject. For
instance, at the University of Oregon, Eng­
lish Professor Steven Shankman has taught
several courses on Dosroyevsky, including
this Spring's course, "Literaturn and Ethics:
Novels of Dosroyevsky." Said Hillyer, "He's
teaching Dosroevsky ro men in the federal
prisons ... They're reading Crime and Punish­
ment, and I think it's a privilege co be a stu­
dent in that class, ro hear the perspectives [of
'those who are incarcerated]."
Professor Hillyer hopes other professors
recognize the opportunity oflnside-Out and
help the program establish itself at LC. Visit­
ing Professor Eddie Cushman has already ex­
pressed interest in the program. Said Hillyer,
"Anyone could do this; it doesn't have ro be
me."
Along with providing reading materi­
al for the inside students, transportation is
the main budget woe (and inconvenience)
for Inside-Out courses, which are otherwise
budget neutral.
The opportunity cost for the college to
give 15 course slots to nonpaying students is
another consideration; however, as Professor
Hillyer notes, many regular courses run with
15 or fewer students, and she believes the
enriching experience for Lewis & Clark stu­
dents will outweigh this consideration, not
ro mention the benefit ro inside students.
Salem is approximately 45 minutes from
campus, while Wilsonville is around 25 min-ures away. "It's nor feasible ro do it in one
of the [closer] county prisons. People are
constantly moving in and out of those jails,
whereas if you're in the state penitentiary,
as sad as it is, you're going co be there for
a while," said project advocate Temesghen
Habre (' 11).
Habte grew up in Portland and wants
ro bring Inside-Out co LC because it could
reach out ro rhe community in a unique
way. When he heard about a $1,100 summer
"[Students and inmates
become] peers engaged
in a dialogue that will
cross boundaries, ex­
plode stereotypes, con­
front fears and assump­
tions and develop a truly
collaborative environ­
ment of mutual under­
standing," said Hillyer.
training course for professors, and heard that
Professor Hillyer considered covering this
out of pocket, he drew up a grant with the fi­
nance committee for $850, and reached our
to STAND, a student human-rights group,
who agreed to cover the rest.
For a program that Habte views in line
with the college's philosophy, the lack of
backing from the school has surprised him.
"From what I've seen, it's kind of been dis­
heartening. There hasn't been the support
that I expected there ro be," said Habre.
Habte thinks rhe proposed course could
bring a unique and valuable "diversity of per­
spectives" co students while doing something
ro strengthen ties between the school and the
greater community. "There's this sort of shel­
tered experience we get on campus; we're go­
ing to move out of that," said Habte.
Professor Hillyer agrees that Inside-Out
is a special opportunity for LC. It is both in
line with our philosophy and something that
can distinguish us.
Hillyer said that, "[students and inmates
become] peers engaged in a dialogue that
will cross boundaries, explode stereotypes,
confront fears and assumptions and develop
a truly collaborative environment of mutu­
al understanding. And I think that's much
more powerful, and much more transforma­
tive in a way, than treating the inmates as ob­
jects of study or charity."
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ILLUSTRATION BY LAURA NASH Amnesty
International
Global Awareness
Week
BY ALIX FINNEGAN
Staff Writer
After a successful first year, Amnesty In­
ternational's second annual Global Aware­
ness Week is back and ready to enlighten the
Lewis & Clark community. Held during the
week of April 11, this year's GAW features
several events that focus on various human
rights issues.
Amnesty International President Rosa
Kim said, "Last year, Global Awareness Week
was put together to not only raise awareness
bur co promote action on issues. This week is
intended ro serve as a forum in which we, as
global citizens, seek to find means to trans­
form awareness into action within and be­
yond Lewis & Clark."
Ongoing events for the week include
a donation collection to benefit the Lola
Greene Baldwin Foundation, a Portland­
based organization that works for women's
rights. Donations such as items such as gro­
cery score gift certificates and public trans­
portation tickets will be accepted in Maggie's
and Templeton. Additionally, a "24 Hours
of Silence" campaign will be ongoing dur­
ing the week co support a cause of students'
choosing.
The week kicks off Monday afternoon
with "Peace· Day," a day to learn about is­
sues in other countries and celebrate the 100
Projects for Peace grant Students for Ethio­
pia won this year. 3-5 p.m. in Stamm, speak­
ers from more than 10 countries including
Japan, Egypt, Ethiopia and Brazil will be
present ro discuss.
Several documentaries highlighting im­
portant human rights issues will also be
shown during the week. "What a Way to Go:
Life at the End of Empire," a documentary
that looks at a wide range of issues that cur­
rently plague humanity, will be shown April
12 at 6 p.m. in Council Chamber, put on by
Amnesty International ih conjunction with
Mystical Groves. Peak oil, climate change,
p·opulation overshoot and species extinction
will all be discussed.
A documentary from Shared Hope In­
ternational on sex trafficking will be shown
Wednesday, April 13 in J .R. Howard Hall
102 at 7 p.m., as well as a presentation by a
speaker from the same organization. Thurs­
day night's events also feature a documentary
entitled "War Child," which focuses on chil­
dren's rights.
On Wednesday night's documentary,
Kim Tak.inami ('13), a member of Amnesty
International, cites misconceptions as· a rea­
son to highlight sex trafficking. "I believe
there are people who view the real victims
of the sex trade as bad people ... [prostitutes]
are looked down upon, wherr in reality,
many of them have been sexually abused as
children or sold by their families."
The wide variety of causes and even ts dur­
ing Global Awareness Week assures there will
be something of interest for everyone. THE PIO EER LOG APRIL 8, 2011
Changing face of the Admissions office
Thanks to efforts by Admissions, the class of 2015 may include more male and minority students
BY ADRIAN GUERRERO
Staff Writer
This year's admissions cycle is in full
swing, and like much of Lewis & Clark,
the Admission office is going through a pe­
riod of cransfor~ation. The most noticeable
change for LC srudencs will be visitor's day,
scheduled for April 16, which will be differ­
ent than previous years.
"We made a number of adjustments this
year, and it's coo early co know very much,
buc some of the adjustments we made are
paying off," said Interim Dean of Admis­
sions Jim umner. "We have more than
6,000 applications, the large c applicant pool
in the College's history ... If you segment che
applicant pool, the biggest increase by far has
been in cudencs of color -we have a 34
percent increase from lase year."
This development comes amid contro­
versy about a lack of diversity in che scudenc
body, and reAeccs a changing admissions
cracegy, involving increased collaboration
between the Office of Mulciculcural Affairs
(OMA), the President's Office, and Admis­
ions. This includes recruiting a higher per-
centage of males and students of color in the
srudenc body.
aid Sumner, "We conducted a pretty ag­
gressive campaign in the fall with male high
school seniors." This campaign involves re­
cruiting students throughout senior year.
"There's some broad national evidence that
would suggest chat males and students of
color oftentimes apply later than majority
students," said Sumner. "By the time chat se­
nior year stares, most colleges don't pay a lot
of attention co the seniors who are already on
their list of prospective students. Our feeling
was that since we wanted more students of
color and more male students, we should en­
courage even those seniors who had not yet
put us on their lists co think about us." A group of prospective students returns to the Manor House after a tour.
Efforts include new interactive media,
new outreach initiatives by OMA and an
expansion of the fly-in program. Respond­
ing co evidence that students who visit are
much more likely co attend, the OMA is
collaborating with Admissions on the Ay-in
program. "We help with some of the budget,
outreach, tudenc hose recruiting. and do-ing follow-up with the srudencs who come,
just co ensure that we can be a first point of
cencact for students crying co find their com­
munity on campus," said Director of Mul­
ciculcural Affairs Tricia Brand. OMA also
has targeted licerarure for srudencs of color
and others who could benefit from the Mul­
ticultural Office and LINCs program. "It's
LINCS 2.0," says Brand.
For those who can't visit, making the ad­
missions process more interactive will help.
Media efforts, supported in part by President
Glassner's strategic initiative fund, include
excerpts from interviews with LC Rhodes
Scholar Tamma Carleton and a five-week
online chat program. "One week will be
focused on student life with Celestino, one will be on academic life with a few professors
and one will be on leadership with both the
president and student body president," says
Sumner.
The Admissions Office currently focuses
on Fall 2012 and 2013, continuing co look
coward the future and anticipating the arrival
of new Dean of Admissions Lisa Meyer. Un­
til then, they will hold off on more sweeping
policy changes. "You don't want co change
policy without feeling like you can rest as­
sured char whoever does come in and cake
leadership, and even co some extent creative
ownership, wilJ buy in," said Sumner. Ad­
missions is therefore making efforcs co be
innovative, keeping LC relevant while still
making wise investment decisions.
KLC shows on hiatus until renovations complete
PHOTO BY LINDSEY BOSSE
All of the old equipment has been removed from the KLC studio, leaving it virtually empty.
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The equipment that has recently been re­
moved from the KLC studio was decades old.
Over spring break, a pile of dilapidated fur­
niture and various pieces of equipment be­
gan gathering outside of the studio, showing
the condition that KLC's property had been
pushed co after countless years of use. Be­
yond furniture and music collections, KLC's
equipment was outdated and had question­
able set up. The configuration of equipment
did not allow for ease of movement. For in­
stance, a button placed at knee level beneath
the DJ's station would shut down the entire
system if pressed. Now, the studio is bare in
preparation for the renovation.
. The space is currently in the process of
being rewired, soon co be complete with a
revamped studio and recording space. DJs
will now be able co hold live interviews, and
even shows with local and student bands.
With the new technology KLC can utilize
their studio space and will be able co do a
multitude of things that they weren't able to
do with their old equipment. Funds for the
remodel came from many different sources,
including the AJumni Association and che
cudent Media Board, among others.
In the meantime, KLC will host un­
burn, LC's annual music festival, in tamm
on April 23. Tim Howe ('12), a lead organiz­
er of the event, said, "We still feel that there's
an uncapped potential around here, and we
want co stress that." News3
ASLC
Update
A weekly column about
student government
BY LAURA NASH
News Editor
Sustainability Manager Amy Dvorak vis­
ited the ASLC meeting on Mar. 31.
"So sorry about the confusion with the
green fund," said Dvorak. Initially there
had been $59,999 left over from the money
raised by the Green Energy Fee. Somewhere
along the way, Lewis & Clark missed an in­
voice from Portland General Electric (PGE).
Recently, PGE discovered the error, and LC
paid the missing 34,600 dollars. Thus, the
surplus has decreased co 16,399 dollars.
The leftover money should still cover two
summer work-study positions for student
gardeners and the creation of the student
sustainability coordinator position, an in­
ternship where the student will ace as a mid­
dleman for the student groups dealing with
sustainability, the administration and ASLC.
Dvorak stressed that the final decision on
what happens with the surplus is up co the
students.
After Dvorak left and various representa­
tives and cabinet officers completed their re­
porcs, Vice President Xander Blair (' 13) said,
"Ir is a lovely time of year co do constitution
tweaking," inviting Treasurer Gabe Montes
de Oca ('11) and Community Relations Co­
ordinator Jake Owens (' 11) co move co the
fronc of the room.
They read two resolutions. The first pro­
posed that a clause requiring senators co
serve for a full year be removed from the
constitution.
The two ASLC officer explained that
their reasoning for the resolution was co
change the constitution so that it marches
current practice. ASLC already allows stu­
dents who are planning co srudy abroad for a
semester co run for senate positions.
Some senators expressed concern that de­
leting this part of the constitution would al­
low for any senator co quit_ on the spot any
time they felt like it.
This resolution passed l 5 co 2.
The second resolution would make the
Chief Justice and AAB Chair voting mem­
bers of the Cabinet.
President Dith Pamp ('l 1) explained that
• the cabinet had been held co five members
when the constitution was created because
the creators believed that this would cause
fewer problems. However, with only five
members, the number of cabinet member at
meetings· is often only two or three due co
schedule conflicts, so it would be beneficial
co increase the number of cabinet members.
This resolution passed 16 co 1.
Pamp asked Senator Khnik Haefner ('12)
how his alternate hours in the Dovecote have
been going; he replied positively. Pamp said
char other senators could begin holding al­
ternate office hours in other places as long as
they checked with her first.
The senate also discussed plans for work­
ing with Trimer. According co Director of
Student Activities Jason Feiner, three years
ago LC offered Trimer all of the money spent
on the PioExpress (approximately 500 000
dollars) co run a line directly from the Col­
lege to downtown, and co provide Trimer
passes co all of the LC srudencs. They re­
fused. Feiner is not hopeful chat they will
change their minds this year.
However, Blair and enacor Miles Pat­
terson (' 13) still mean co communicate with
them.
Finally, Feiner addressed plans for a 4/20
school-supported rally. He said that one pro­
posal had been submitted, bur subsequently
rescinded. He is still open co proposals from
anyone. 4News THE PIONEER LOG, APRIL 8, 2011
International Affairs Symposium Keynote
Colonel David Lapan and Daniel Ellsberg debate transparency vs. national security
The 49th Annual International Affairs Symposium Keynote Lecture brought together Colonel David Lapan,
deputy assistant secretary of defense for media operations at the Pentagon, and Daniel Ellsberg, the
man who released the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War. The men asserted polar views on the
subjects of transparency and national security.
International Affairs Symposium, "Lines in
the Sand''.· "State Secrets and Public Preroga­
tive: Does Information Transparency Compro­
mise National Security?"
BY RYE DRUZIN
Staff Writer
On Monday, rhe International Affairs
Symposium held its keynote debate between
Colonel David Lapan, deputy assistant sec­
retary of defense for media operations at the
Pentagon, and Daniel Ellsberg, the man who
released the now famous Pentagon Papers
during the Vietnam War.
The discussion was held in a packed Ag­
nes Flanagan Chapel, which was filled with an even number of students and communiry
members.
The debate covered issues such as state se­
crecy and, in Ellsberg's words, the "over clas­
sification" of information generated by the
United Scates.
The debate, which began at seven-thirry
with some opening remarks from both key­
note speakers, continued unabated until al­
most ten and had co be abruptly ended by
the moderator, Lewis & Clark Law School
professor Paula Abrams, after only three au­
dience members were able co ask questions
due co time constraints.
The twb men were often at odds with
each other, asserting conflicting views on the
role of state secrets and security.
Burlingame Fred Meyer
undergoes renovations
BY ALISHA GORDER
Staff Writer
The Burlingame Fred Meyer, a staple for
Lewis & Clark students, is the sire of a ma­
jor springcleaning project -an extensive $19
million remodel which will result in the clo­
sure of the store from May 2 to Sept. 2.
Of the 131 Fred Meyer stores in Alas­
ka, Idaho, Ore. and Wash., the Burlingame
store, built in 1950, is the chain's oldest op­
erating score, and is due for an upgrade. Ac­
cording co a recent press release, the remodel,
which began Feb. 14, will add 15,000 square
feet to the score and will allow room for in­
creased grocery selection. It will provide the
opportunity co introduce modern and sus­
tainable components such as low-Aow water
fixtures, natural daylight from new score­
front windows and skylights, a commercial
composter, energy efficient electrical, refrig­
eration, heating, air fixtures, concrete Aoor­
ing and LED morion sensor lights in the re­
frigerated and freezer cases. Initiating more
environmentally progressive practices such
as improving storm water runoff retention,
using earth friendly cleansers and offering
shower and dressing rooms for those em­
ployees who choose co bike or walk co work
is also a goal of the remodel.
The grocery department will be moved
co rhe opposite end of the score (the ouch
end), and general merchandise wiU be moved
co the north end. The Burger King has been
torn down and the present parking strucrure
will be upgraded co include more loading
docks and an elevator. The intersection near
the Burger King lot will also be improved
and made safer for customer traffic.
Closing the score will accelerate the work
and ensure that the remodel is done safely.
Jack Molenkamp, the score director, empha-sizes that because the lot is small and encom­
passed by two busy streets, Bertha and Bar­
bur, it would be difficulc co accommodate
the necessary equipment in and around the
score while maintaining customers' and em­
ployees' safety.
Burlingame Fred Meyer employees will
be transferred to nearby Fred Meyer scores
during the four-month remodel. The Fred
Meyer Pharmacy will continue co oper­
ate but will be temporarily stationed at the
empty Hollywood Video site down the street
from the score. Despite these vast changes,
the vintage sign outside wiU remain as a re­
minder of the score's history.
According co the staff at the Transporta­
tion and Parking office, the Pio Express will
stop running for the summer months, begin­
ning May 13. Until then, the shunle will
continue co stop at the Burlingame location
and the schedule wiU remain the same.
ILLUSTRATION BY LAURA NASH Two experts, in aid and development of an
autonomous Africa, weigh in on key issues
BY DREW LENIHAN
Staff Writer
The 49th International Affairs Sympo­
sium's Tuesday night talk, "Does Foreign Aid
Work? The Dichotomy of Development and
Dependence," brought in two uniquely key
individuals in their fields co discuss the prob­
lems with Foreign Aid during humanitarian
crises. James Shikwari is the president of the
lnter-Region Economic Network, a think
tank in Kenya that examines sustainable
African development and analysis of gov­
ernment and economic policy. His counter­
part across the aisle, Neal Keny-Guyer, is an
American from Tennessee who is the Chief
Executive Officer of one of the leading hu­
manitarian and development organizations
in the world, MercyCorps, which is based
here in Portland.
While the men had more of "a discus­
sion than a debate," as Keny-Guyer put it,
their ideas on how foreign aid can work in
the context of Africa are fundamentally dif­
ferent.
Shikwati is against aid, as he says it in­
hibits a country's ability co get itself on its
own feet. "Africa appears co be poor only
due co the international extraction of wealth.
We keep Africa poor on an economic level
co exploit the rich resources found there
more cheaply," he said co a Council Cham­
ber full of srudents and faculty. He believes
that opening up a free market within Afri­
ca would create more stability in the whole
continent and would provide Africa's citizens
with more employment, prosperity and a
higher standard of living.
He also argued chat a sore of internatioool
barter system chat has been seen in develop­
ing economies like Brazil and India would
contribute co a more expansive quality of
infrastructure. He says that instead of Afri­
ca selling its resources to richer economies,
trading them for improvements in infra­
strucrure and connecting urban areas co rural
ones will benefit the general populous rather
than just the elite.
What Shikwati looks to do on the con-rinent as a whole is a paradigm shift from
the elites and their extraverced relationships
with the West to one that focuses on the peo­
ple and the African economic market. This
is hard to do when Africa is siruated in the
world system as a commodity that is extract­
ed from. "There is no prerogative of the lead­
ership in Africa co listen co the people when
outside finance dominates."
Keny-Guyer, who had just arrived from
working in disaster-stricken Japan, opened
his conversation by commending the ef­
forts of Shikwati in making Africa more in­
terconnected and more independent. In re­
sponse co Shikwati's attacks on foreign aid,
Keny-Guyer first brought up that private
investment and trade exchanges immensely
outweigh the amount of foreign aid dollars
coming into Africa.
For MercyCorps, the debate is not
whether or nor co do it, but how effec­
tive the aid can plausibly be. "Aid is not a
panacea or a cure all," he said. Aid is only
effective given the correct context. In coun­
tries with government instability and a lack
of economic growth, aid will not help, bur
will hinder the country instead by provid­
ing a crutch that the given citizens are de­
pendent upon. To combat this dependency,
MercyCorps emphasizes education, health
access and community-led market growth.
When a community can autonomously grow
economically and socially, stability increases.
While MercyCorps is "fuU of idealists," it is
from these ideals that the organization be­
gins co see positive change in the world.
After another 20 minutes of questions,
the men left the podium somewhat flabber­
gasted by the awareness and passionate inter­
est of the srudent body. They both rerurn
home co more challenge and uncertainty,
but with hope that the world will someday
change through people coming together
and talking reasonably as our students had.
As one srudent put it while shuffling out of
Council Chamber, "The world is so small
and uncertain, I don't know whom co be­
lieve; but at least we can listen co everyone."
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Vice President: Callie Rice (' 13)
Treasurer: Simon Hudes ('12)
Student Organizations Coordinator: Brandis Piper (' 12)
Community Relations Coordinator: Aaron Plaster ('13)
SMB Chair: Jahnavi Caldwell-Green ('12)
ChiefJustice: Miles Paterson ('13)
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Separate church & commencement Fix Microsoft
Word on the Macs BY DYLAN DISALVIO
Staff Writer
Every year at Lewis &
Clark's official Commence­
ment and Convocation cere­
monies, Dean of the Chapel
Mark Duntley leads grad­
uating seniors, incoming
freshmen and their families
in prayer.
Though this Invocation
is, in Duntley's words, "the
shortest thing on the pro­
gram," it has no place at any
official function of LC and is
a wholly inappropriate show
of backwards, bigheaded re­
ligious arrogance.
LC is a secular institution
with no religious affiliation.
Our chapel is a relic, a hold­
over from LC's Calvinist ori­
gins.
The Dean of the Chapel
has spoken in an official ca­
paciry at the Commence­
ment and Convocation cer­
emonies since the founding
of the College, and the Invo­
cation, according co Dunt­
ley, used co be much more
religious, with overt refer­
ences co Christian theology.
Duntley tries to make the
service religious but non­
Christian, and nowadays,
instead of thanking Jesus,
the Dean thanks "Gracious
God"-but the effect is the
same as if he had thanked
the Virgin Mary, the Pope
or another Christian icon. While his removal of blatant
references co Jesus is appre­
ciated, everyone knows that
Mark Duntley is a Christian
Reverend and the Chapel is
a Christian church. When
the Dean of the Chapel in­
vokes "Gracious God," he
invokes a Christian God.
Such speech is offensive
because of its condescend­
ing nature and intent. The
officials in charge of Com­
mencement and Convoca­
tion know that a majoriry
of students at LC are not
Christian. They presume
chat, even co those who are
not Christian or religious,
the kind words will be ap­
preciated.
In 2010, the
Princeton Review
ranked LC as the
17th least reli­
gious college in
the United States.
While it certainly is ap­
preciated by some, many
students at LC are not re­
ligious. In 2010, the Princ­
eton Review ranked LC as
the 17th least religious col­
lege in the United Scates. On
stage, the Dean speaks for all
of us, and presumes that we
all would like co thank his "Gracious God."
Bue what about the pare
of the student body that is
non-religious? How are they
co feel when their thanks are
given without their consent?
Like many of my peers, I was
raised as an Atheist and reli­
gion is foreign co me; being
forcefully included makes
me feel uncomfortable and
preached co.
The worst part is chat,
because it's presented by a
college official at the pivotal
points of all of our under­
graduate careers (both as we
enter and leave college), the
words are given che weight
and graviry of four full years
of attendance.
The ceremony is momen­
tarily hijacked by the reli­
gious ideas of a minoriry. My
inclusion is not voluntary,
and the assumption chat it
will be appreciated makes it
all the more insulting and
outrageous.
Essential co tolerance,
which all modern secular
institutions purport co prac­
tice, is respect for others'
views: the religious beliefs of
one group should never be
forced upon another. What
about all· of the religious
non-Christians at the cer­
emony? No thanks are given
co· Buddha or Vishnu; in­
stead, we are presented with
a Christian prayer from a
Christian man. Complaints about re­
ligion in Commencement
and Convocation chat have
been made before have fall­
en on deaf ears. I spoke with
Associate Professor Juan
Carlos Toledano Redondo,
Director of Latin American
Studies, who formally com­
plained co the Dean several
years ago. Religious involve­
ment in these functions is
particularly hard on non­
Christian faculry members,
Redondo explained, as they
feel morally obligated co stu­
dents co attend these events
despite being put off by the
Invocation.
It's easy co see why reli­
gious college officials don't
understand how proud and
hurtful such a presumptive
intent can be. Prayer is in­
cluded in the ceremony by
well-intentioned people who
figure it can't hurt because
it consists of well wishes for
the graduates and their fami­
lies.
Regardless of good inten­
tions, it is absurd that such
traditions persist in chis
modern· day at the official
functions of secular institu­
tions.
There is no good rea­
son for prayer during com­
mencement. Please, pray
privately-do what you
need to make yourself hap­
py-just don't force others
co come along with you. BY FIONA CORNER
Sports Editor
Every single time I close
Microsoft Word in the Du­
bach Mac Lab in Temple­
ton, it cells me that Micro­
soft is reporting an error.
This incredibly annoying
message happens whether
or not I save a document or
print a document. No ex­
planation is given, and there
is no way co find out what
rype of error has occurred.
I'm sure you all know
what I'm talking about if
you have ever used Micro­
soft Word in the Dubach
Macintosh Computer Lab.
This error-reporting mes­
sage not only annoys me
to the point where I have considered using a PC com­
puter, but also creates an­
other barrier in my already
rushed sprint down co my
next class.
Unfortunately, because
l know nothing about IT
and I tend co be quite busy,
I have not had the time co
look into the error more.
Perhaps my angry rant­
ing opinion is more of a cry
of desperation to those who
know more than I do.
Please, someone, either
explain co me how I can fix
this Microsoft error· so that
I do not have co wait the 25
extra seconds to push two
more buttons on my way co
class, or fix the error so that
it doesn't happen anymore,
co anyone, ever again.
ILLUSTRATION BY
NATALIE EAGAN
· Wrongful representation during campus tours
PHOTO BY GRACE GUENTHER
Prospective students admire the nation's second most beautiful campus on a tour.
BY NATALIE BAKER
Editor-in-Chief
I'll just cur co the chase: some
of the chin s our campus tour
guides say are patently untrue.
While I can appreciate the dif­
ficul ry of regurgitating a long list
of faces in an attempt co make one
institution appealing to a wide
variery of folks-all while walk­
ing backwards-some of the ir­
relevant and even fictitious sound
bites of certain tour guides are just
plain insulting.
For example, the Office of Multicultural Affairs is nor-in
contrast to what one enthusiastic,
young tour guide cold a handful
of families as I sat nearby-just a
place to go if you are from another
country or "feel like you identify
with another country."
I don't necessarily know what
that last statement is supposed to
mean, but I'll assume it has little
to do with OMA's actual work
surrounding inclusiviry, diversi­
ry and understanding within the
communiry.
And if I cook one particular
tour guide's quips co heart, I'd have co think that this very news­
paper consists of nothing but the
Backdoor, or as she described it,
"the funny joke page in the back."
I'm glad the funnies are getting
some love, but when you're try­
ing co sell this college to folks who
know nothing about it, is it real­
ly the best strategy to skip past a
dozen pages of investigative jour­
nalism and campus event previews
for a section filled with inside
jokes?
Then there's the classic line
about the Womyn's- Center.
A few of us got so sick of re­
peatedly hearing "this is the
Womyn's center... [awk-
ward pause] ... they give out
free chocolate!" chat we re-
sorted co posting a notice
outside the office that was
explicitly addressed co tour
guides with helpful, rarely .
mentioned facts, like how
it's a feminist student orga­
nization.
The funny thing is that
it worked.
The sad thing is that on
bad days the ATM around
the corner still gets more
attention than any particu­
lar srudent organization.
While writing chis opin­
ions piece- I shit you
not-a cour guide led a
group of doe-eyed visitors
past the Multicultural Re­
source Center and SEED
office (naturally without
mentioning either) and
proceeded co point out the
two lone ATMs on cam­
pus, explaining the unfor­
tunate fee incurred if one
does not have a U.S. Bank
account.
Why is this happening?
There are way coo many
badass communiry under-takings going on for prospies and
their families co be fed boring or
untrue information.
If I were a cour guide, I'd sing
authentic praise co this institu­
tion.
I'd tell people about how the
Womyn's Center donated over
1,000 dollars in proceeds f;om
their annual Vagina Monologues
performance co a local chariry. I'd
tell people how OMA brought
radio goddess Michele Norris co
campus. I'd tell them how our women's basketball team kicked
ass this year, how students helped
build the pathway through Pac­
man lawn over the summer, how
we were the first American college
co meet Kyoto protocol on green­
house gas emissions and how our
professors research spider venom
and write nationally lauded poetry
in their spare time. I wouldn't tell
chem about chocolate and ATMs.
I'm not saying being a tour
guide is easy; I'm saying our
school deserves better.
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My Eyes Are Up Here
A weekly feminist column for everybody Rally round the flag for 4/20
Money: Who needs it? One student offers his reflections and opinions on the administration's handling of 4/20
BY MAGGIE HENNESSEY
Staff Writer
Recently, my housemate and
were re-watching an episode of
"Sex and the City." In this particu­
lar episode, Miranda (the spunky
redheaded lawyer who is chroni­
cally single) is attempting to buy
a house on the upper east side of
Manhattan.
The real estate agent keeps sec­
ond guessing her choices, asking if
she's getting the money from her
father, whether she's single or not,
whether she plans ro have kids, etc. the number of men with the same
schooling. With such a large gap
in education (34% of women
have B.A.s, only 27% of men),
why would men be more likely ro
be paid more for the same work?
Supply and demand? It makes a
feminist scratch his or her head ...
But a lot of women face a
much more subtle battle when
faced with office obstacles. Wom­
en who have children are more
likely ro face bias in the work­
place and be given less important
projects. More shockingly, wom­
en only make up two percent of
Fortune 500 CEOs. BY DYLAN DISALVIO
Staff Writer
Lewis & Clark College's han­
dling of 4/20 festivities over the
last cwo years has been over-the­
rop, and reveals the administra­
tion's troubled quest ro change
the identity of the student body.
Those at the cop don't think
the Rag pde activities on 4/20
reflect well on the college's im­
age-but they don't realize that
what looks worse is their draco­
nian enforcement policy which
last year involved Portland po­
lice officers and lots of yellow
tape. What I took away from this
scene (which was probably drama­
tized) was that society is a Ii ttle sur­
prised at successful and powerful
women. Is it so uncommon that a
woman be in a position of power?
Obviously, I would argue that
this disparity stems from a histo­
ry of women being dependent on
men for money, but I might also
add that women have not just been
reliant on men for money, but ~ta­
ms as well. I guess what I'm saying is this:
anyone can be successful, and it
has less to do with what's between
your legs and more ro do with
what's in your noggin.
Conversely, feel free to be
unsuccessful if that's what Roars
your boat after $200,000 of your
hard earned dough goes ro Lewis
& Clark College. Three years ago there was a
wonderful celebration at 4:20
p.m. on April 20, 2008. Campus
Safety officers were there, but
only ro make sure that no one
was hurt. Hell, a Campus Safety
officer even celebrated with the
students, getting out his tobacco
pipe and publically enjoying le­
gal tobacco products while the
student body coked up. on the lawn, and though it was il­
legal, it wasn't raucous or out of
hand.
On April 20, 2009, four Cam­
pus Safety officers and the director
of Campus Safety intercepted the
excited cannabis aficionados and
quickly began writing up every­
one they could get within shout­
ing range. cions the lase two years treated
students like criminals, not com­
munity members. I understand
that as a school that receives fed­
eral funding, LC has an obligation
ro enforce federal drug laws, but
there's got ro be a bener way ro do
it.
['m sure we've all heard the sta­
tistics on how women get paid less
money per hour than men do, but
it surprised me ro learn that the
number of women with bachelor's
degrees is significantly higher than We may not all be rich, spunky
lawyers living in New York City,
but I think we all have the right
ro buy what we wane and have
che jobs that we wane without be­
ing judged unfairly for the wrong
reasons. The administration turned
a blind eye ro the pot smoking,
and of course there were no dis­
ciplinary issues: potheads don't
fight each ocher or make a big
mess, leaving beer cans and emp­
ty bottles. Yes, there was a party The next year was even worse,
with the whole Rag pole area cor­
doned off by yellow crime scene
tape and Portland's finest scrolling
around.
I'm not arguing for legalization
or for campus-wide po1 smoking
amnesty. The administration's ac-Bringing in the police and cor­
nering off a section of the campus
was especially extreme and such
pseudo-fascist acc1vmes reflect
very poorly on the school.
Plus, there are a lot of wealthy,
intelligent, world-changing high
school potheads out there-don't
we want ro invite chem into our
lovely college community?
The Tern
A weekly column dedicated to social justice issues •
Setting the record straight: Anarchisni is about heritage
BY ADRIAN GUERRERO
Staff Writer
The teenage anarchist­
that black-hooded window­
smashing darling of corpo­
rate media-is often called
a walking enigma. Middle­
class white kids planting
bombs and talking about
"smashing the state and
capitalism" have become the
archetypal "rebel without
a cause" (read: "obnoxious
brat") in the mind of most
Americans.
In contrast, last Tuesday
was the Day of the Youth
Combatant in Chile, an an­
archist family holiday com­
memorating the assassina­
tion of che Vergara brothers
and Araceli Romo by Pi­
nochet's military. I'd like
ro honor them by sening
the record straight on anar­
chism and calking about two things: family and tradition.
Anarchism in the U.S.
has always been about heri­
tage. The first U.S. anarchists
were Jewish, Italian, German
and Mexican immigrants
who had brought the writ­
ings of Bakunin, Kropotkin,
Proudhon and Mag6n with
chem into the cities and fac­
tories of capitalise America
in che early 1900s.
These anarchists were
the backbone of the la­
bor movement, and gave it
teeth. They organized the
first unions and died for the
8-hour working day and a
minimum wage. They were
vegans and feminists and
supported queer sexuality.
If you go ro Haymarket
Square in Chicago, you can
find a statue ro the anarchist
martyrs for which both Mex­
ican and American labor ac­
tivists celebrate May Day. Actually, these days, most
people you'll see marching
on May Day in Pordand are
Mexican-American, because
most Euro-Americans have
forgotten their own holiday.
The first U.S.
anarchists were
Jewish, Italian,
German and
Mexican immi­
grants.
In Latin America, an­
archism has always been
about tradition and con­
nection ro community. In­
digenous people through-
. out the Americas feel deeply
connected ro the values of
anarchism (egalitarianism,
freedom from state and cor-poracion, decentralized and
localized rule in a tight-knit
community) because these
values fie well with their
scruggle as a people. In Bo­
livia and Peru, where my fa­
ther is from, this holds true.
In Mexico, the Zapacista
movement (a successful
Mayan rebellion) 1s heav­
ily influenced by the writ­
ings of Praxedis Guerrero
and Ricardo Flores Mag6n,
two Mexican anarchists who
were national heroes.
Furthermore, anarchism
1s a tradition that is very
much alive in Latin Ameri­
ca. In Chile, entire families
and towns celebrate their an­
archist heritage in their con­
tinuing struggle against neo­
capicalisc exploitation.
Many of these older
folks, both urbanites and ru­
ral indigenous, were mem­
bers of the MIR (Revolu-tionary Left Movement) and
Mapu-Laucaro, two anar­
chist organizations chat or­
ganized and fought during
the U.S.-backed dictatorship
of Pinochet, who tortured
and butchered hundreds of
thousands.
Anarchism is
about family.
Today, I hear the new
environmentalists talking
about localization, decen­
tralization and community
autonomy.
What's both appalling
and sad is chat many of these
same folks, who draw their
ideas and organizational
structure from the anarchist
movement ~d anarchist
environmentalists like Ed­
ward Abbey, will be the first
ro condemn and misunder-stand anarchism. I find chat
these same folks often have
very litde understanding of
their own heritage.
I don't chink that many
white Americans can under­
stand this because their cul­
tural heritage is not steeped
in a history of struggle. For
Latin Americans, it is differ­
ent. To quote Chicano anar­
cho-punk Martin Sorrende­
guy: "For us, it didn't mean
letting go of these ties chat
we had to our parents, to
our family, ro our language.
It didn't mean breaking away
from chat. It meant work­
ing with chem ro cry to get
somewhere, ro gee ro a new
level."
For myself and anarchists
throughout the Latin Ameri­
can diaspora, anarchism is
about family. We are the re­
birth of anarchism in Amer­
ica.
Word on the Hill Every week Beau and Julia set out with a fresh question for y'all.
BY BEAU BROUGHTON AND JULIA STEWART
Teddy Styenmark ('13)
"Frisbee on the lawn.
Any lawn, they're all
d,, goo . "Chillin' in trees on
South Campus." Joe Yuska
(College Outdoors Director)
"Watching the pileated
woodpeckers. They
have a really distinct
call." What is your favorite springtime campus activity?
Vicky Foster
(Director of Mail Services) Ahmed Almansoori (AES)
"I'd probably go ''I'd walk by the flag-
home." pole. Bur you should be
careful because I saw a
snake there." Chauncey
Wheeler-Scott ('14)
"Painting my body and
streaking in the
sunshine." THE PIO EER LOG, PRIL 8, 2011
Libya is a delicate issue
BY RYE DRUZIN
Staff Writer
The video of jubilant Libyan
rebels cheering Western airstrikes
has been shown repeatedly on ma­
jor news channels. The same rebels
have been seen fleeing the heavy
fighting that has surrounded such
cities and strategic oil hubs like Ras
Lanuf and, more recently, Brega.
As the ground war drags on be­
tween the organized forces of Col­
onel Muammar Qaddafi and the
disorganized but headstrong rebels,
I pause to wonder what the West is
doing about the enforcement of its
no-Ry zone. The answer: a lot, but
to what end?
Britain and France led the push
for a no-Ay zone soon after this
conflict began. The lead was taken
by France, with President Sarkozy
no doubt trying to give himself a
public relations boost in the face of
sagging poll numbers in his home
country. Britain seemed to be at­
tempting to reestablish some of its
worth in the world as a humanitar­
ian state, even as its importance in
the world continues to diminish
economically and militarily.
Caught up in all this talk of no­
Ry zones and preventing crimes
against hurnaniry was the Unit­
ed States, the only country in the
world with the abiliry to mount
rapid military actions. As the only
country co ever enact and main­
tain a no-Ay zone (post-Gulf war
Northern and Southern Iraq), the
U.S. was extremely hesitant co
engage in any action, a stance I
strongly agree with. Any military
action by the U.S. in a Muslim
Arab country has the high possibil­
ity of becoming a public relations
disaster, especially considering
continuing actions in Iraq and Af­
ghanistan. a United Nations resolution met,
Britain and France pushed through
U.N. Resolution 1973, authoriz­
ing a broad range of military ac­
tions against the Libyan military
beyond a no-Ry zone. This has led­
to the relaxing of an arms embargo
against the whole of Libya, mean­
ing that France may have the abil­
iry to begin arming the rebels while
the U.S. cakes actions, including
attacks against Qaddafi's ground
units by U.S. aircraft.
I do not agree with this. First
of all, our action in Libya was sup­
posed to prevent the Qaddafi gov­
ernment and forces from commit­
ting war crimes and crimes against
humaniry. While I believe that the
actions against ground forces at the
gates of the rebel capital, Benghazi,
were valid to prevent full-blown
genocide against the eastern tribes,
I do not believe that further crip­
pling of the Qaddafi military in
order to facilitate a regime change
is appropriate. This sets bad prece-
Yet with the requirements for ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS dent for action against other coun­
tries, something that could come
to a head as China gets set co over­
take the U.S. on the world stage.
The last thing we need is a super­
power showdown taking place with
the U.N. as its puppet.
Another worrying aspect of-this
is the links the eastern part of Libya
has to Islamic extremism. The Sin­
jar records found in Iraq in 2007
provided 595 individual files of al­
Qaida operatives and 112 of them
were from Libya, all from the East­
ern part of the country.
This shows that Eastern Libya
is a hotbed of Islamic extremism,
which is a cause for great concern,
as we must question who would
receive any potential weapons that
could be supplied co these ragtag
rebels. While they are certainly ci­
vilians and not experienced jihad­
ist fighters, I am greatly concerned
about who makes up the "leader­
ship" based in Benghazi, and what
their ultimate goals are.
Sustainability is Sexy
A weekly column dedicated to environmental issues
The EPA is half naked and being further stripped
BY RACHEL YOUNG
Staff Writer
The GOP has been discredit­
ing climate science and destroy­
ing climate-change legislation and
greenhouse gas regulations since
• the Clinton years with relative suc­
cess: the Kyoto Protocol was never
ratified in the Senate, the United
States withdrew from internation­
al climate negotiations in 2005
and the climate cap-and-trade bill
was crushed in the Senate over the
summer.
The only promising avenue for
regulation left is the Ii ttle legal
and political authorizations within
Federal Agencies, and now conser­
vatives are unjustly attempting to
undermine the EPA's greenhouse
gas regulation authoriry and oblit­
erate all potential for carbon diox­
ide regulation.
To date, the EPA has not ex­
ecuted their regulatory power co
the necessary extent. Currently,
the EPA is allowed to regulate
greenhouse gases under the Clean
Air Acc. The authoriry to regulate
greenhouse gases has the potential
co significantly reduce emissions
from industrial sector and energy
producers. Cement factories and energy
production are the highest carbon
emitting activities. Under this au­
thoriry, the EPA could mandate
significant reductions in the car­
bon emissions in the United States.
However, political pressure has
been scaring the EPA away from
doing their job.
This June, the Senate is vot­
ing on the "Resolution of Disap­
proval," which would overturn
the EPA's already weak author­
iry co regulate greenhouse gases.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
is championing the resolution.
Murkowski nearly lost her Senate
seat co a.Tea Parry candidate in the
2010 elections. To protect her em­
ployment she has Ripped sides on
climate; in 2009 she was actually
leaning cowards voting "yes" on a
Senate climate bill.
This resolution is the last straw,
destroying any climate regulation
in the United States for the next
10 years. Murkowski's disapproval
resolution seeks co veto EPA's "en­
dangerment finding," a formal de­
termination that allo«ts the agency
co regulate greenhouse gases. Un­
dermining the authoriry allotted co
the EPA under the Clean Air Act
is a failure for the Administration and a huge step back for climate
change solutions.
According co Lisa Jackson, cur­
rent EPA Administrator, the anti­
EPA climate rule will overturn
the administration's fuel economy
standards and greenhouse gas emis­
sion limits for cars and light-dury
trucks.
The Resolution of Disapproval
is being expedited through con­
gress with no filibusters or amend­
menrs. Murkowski only needs
an additional 10 votes co solidify
the passing of the resolution--41
Senators are co-sponsors, three of
whom are Democrats.
Fortunately, the passing of the
resolution in the Senate does not
guarantee that the resolution will
be enacted. The House does not
have the same expedited proce­
dures of the Senate, and President
Obama is likely co veto the resolu­
tion anyway.
However, even if they get co
keep their power, this resolution
will further frighten off the EPA
from mandating greenhouse gas
em1ss1on reductions. Hopefully
federal greenhouse gas regulations
will not be thrown by the wayside
or permanently suppressed by po­
litical partisanship. Opinions 7
Letters to
the Editor
Re: Portland Mercury's "Bad Education"
(This is a response to an article published in 1he Portland Mercury
(March 17, 2011) about Campus Safery removing a homeless alum from
campus last August when he came co use the facilities in Templeton.)
I am absolutely appalled by the actions of Campus Safery and the Lew­
is & Clark administration in regards co the removal of alum Barry Joe
Stull from campus on August 28th of last year and the subsequent deci­
sion co press criminal trespassing charges against him.
I can't say I'm surprised that Campus Safery would target someone
who appeared co be homeless and then rough chem up on the way our.
Nonetheless, I am stunned by the fact that our administration would
prosecute an alum for trespassing just because Campus Safery didn't like
the fact that he was obviously homeless and refu~ed co be polite, and un­
derstandably so as they were clearly targeting him solely on the basis of his
appearance. It looks even worse that all of this occurred just because Mr.
Stull wanted a drink from a water fountain inside Templeton and chose co
enter the building while a Freshman dance was underway.
I understand that the administration at LC has a knee-jerk reaction
co protecr and maintain the prestigious reputation of our college, but co
do so ar the expense of a vulnerable, homeless alum is absolutely detest­
able and completely contrary co the humanitarian interests of its generally
progressive faculry and student body. I strongly urge everyone in the LC
communiry co call out our administration for their reprehensible actions
and to immediately drop the charges against Mr. Stull and apologize co
him and the rest of our communiry. Until they do so, they will be tak­
ing advantage of the reputation of this college as well as the reputation of
every individual in our communiry by implying that we think bigotry is
acceptable on our campus or anywhere else in our worldwide communiry.
Ir is not.
Re: Direct action necessary Carla Cruz-Ulloa
CASAJum
Class of 2007
Adrian Guerrero's recent article is very disturbing on many levels.
For starters, he unequivocally urges illegal activiry, including the use
of bombs, as a form of "protest." Obviously, the irony of quoting Peace­
ful Uprising in his writing is lost on him. Additionally, he uses words and
phrases much coo liberally, which only hurrs his cause. Oil companies
have not signed any "declarations of war," are nor committing "genocide"
and are not pursuing "direct violence." If we are co use his definitions of
these words, then the Fort McKay First Nation is committing a form of
suicidal genocide by developing their land for oil sands production.
Other errors dot the article, further spreading misinformation. It is
true that the combined areas of the Athabasca, Peace River and Cold Lake
deposits are approximately the size of England. The affected area of oil
mining operations, however, is thus far only 160 square miles, about the
same size as the ciry of Portland. This is because much of the deposits are
coo deep co be reached by strip mining. All cold, the potential mineable
~ea is only 1,300 square miles, nowhere near the size of England.
Stating chat the land is dead is also inaccurate. Oil companies are re­
quired, by law, co restore land co useful purposes once their mining is
completed. In some cases, boreal forest will return; in others, pasture and
farmland fit the bill. Nonetheless, it is a far cry from leaving the earth
maimed and scarred, as Mr. Guerrero would have you believe.
Finally, and importantly, there is no mention of the benefirs the Al­
berta oil sands bring. More oil production lowers the price of oil for every­
one, whether they are Canadian, Chinese or South African. This, in itself,
saves lives because it allows for more economic opportunity and growth.
Medical supplies and care, among countless other goods and services, will
be cheaper and more available as a result. Locally, the economy and de­
mography of Fort McMurray are changing as well. Immigrants from the
Middle East are raising families with access co better healthcare and edu­
cation than they would have otherwise been able co receive. These issues
are conveniently missing from his arguments.
Protest all you want, bur go abouc it in a way that does not degrade
yourself and the people you wish co help. Trying to solve "violence" with
real violence is not a valid creed in any sense at all.
Garik Lawson Asplund
CASAJum
Class of2010
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staff, faculty and community members.
Submissions should be kept under 350 words and sent to piolog@lclark.edu by
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Speakers at OMA banquet discuss perspectives on race
BY STEPHANIE GONZALEZ
Staff Writer
On Tuesday, Mar. 29, the Office of Mul­
ticultural Affairs held their annual awards
banquet. Dean of Students and Chief Diver­
sity Officer Celestino Limas spoke about the
progression of diversity char Lewis & Clark
has had over the years. He thanked the peo­
ple in the room for their contributions and
wanted the audience to acknowledge the se­
niors graduating, the students transferring
and the faculty retiring.
The faculty Impact award was awarded
to visiting assiranr profes or Kim Brod.kin
for her encouragement, guidance and com­
passion. Katherine Paul (' I 1) and Kelerso
Maine (' 11) shared their personal experienc­
es with the audience about Brodkin. Brod.kin
was Paul's Gender Studies professor, and re­
vealed her caring personality after lecturing
on an important bur difficult topic in class
which concerned Paul's Native American
heritage. She made sure that Paul was okay
with the subject matter, and ever since then,
their relirionship has grown. As for Maine,
Brod.kin made an impression on her a few
years back, showing genuine gratitude when
Maine had distributed Ayers for the Race Monologues at the Ray Warren Multicultur­
al Symposium. Brodkin then encouraged her
to become more engaged with OMA, and
now, as a senior, instead of distributing Ay­
ers, Maine co-chaired the Multicultural Af­
fairs Symposium.
On the Pluralism & Unity Projecr Board,
Molly Herz ('11) gave a personal reAecrion
of her LC experience. She spoke about her
growth, gratitude and experience of diversity
at LC. During her first year, Hetz acknowl­
edged the lack of racial and ethnic diversi­
ty, bur soon found that the different back­
grounds and perspectives students have here
was diversity in itself. Her involvement with
the OMA has been essential to her wonder­
ful experience; she was first introduced by
her LINCS mentor, Yollie Keeton ('10).
"Yollie and I attended several OMA
events, and from char point forward, I de­
cided it was something I wanted ro be a part
of," said Hetz. The Staff Impact Award went
to Greg Caldwell. Ir was both a joyous and
sorrowful moment due to Caldwell's's retire­
ment. Kemiyondo Coutinho (' 12) shared
Caldwell's 101 inspiring personality. From
day one, Caldwell has been the best support
char Coutinho could want. When chinking PHOTO BY EDDIE BARKSDALE
Keletso Maine ('11) talks at the OMA banquet. She received the Ray Warren Leadership Award.
about coming to LC, Coutinho would email
Caldwell a bunch of questions, and "right
after [she) pressed send, he had already re­
plied!" This was nor the only impressive
characteristic that Caldwell had' he also at­
tended every one of Coutinho's plays, and
when she had to write a grant proposal to
rake her play further, he helped her edit the
proposal. The Ray Warren Leadership Award
was given to Kelerso Maine ('11).
After recovering from speechlessness due
to shock Maine spoke difficulties adjusting to LC, where her race and culture stood our
from so many others.
"Race was nor the only thing char made
my adjustment challenging, bur just differ­
ences in views, and culture. Lewis & Clark
is really liberal, bur to others that aren't as
liberal, it can feel isolating. I figured, 'I am
going to be here for four years, so I better
make rhe most of it.' o getting involved in
. events and supporting issues that were close
to me was how I eventually felt comfortable
arLC."
Thai restaurant goes against its ethnic culinary rule of thumb
BY HANNAH PALMER
Staff Writer
For the die-hard vegetarian, earing eth­
nic can sometimes be a risk. The menu may
say "vegetable curry," bur who knows what
animal-based ingredients might really be in
that curry base? Vege Thai rakes the guess­
work our of ordering vegetarian. This small
Thai eatery on Hawthorne prides itself on
being 100 % vegetarian. In addition to of­
fering only meat-free dishes, the kitchen uses
no fish sauce, oyster sauce or shrimp paste
in the preparation of its soups, noodles, stir­
fries and curries.
On the surface, Vege Thai looks like the
quintessential Portland diner. ln addition to the vegan/vegetarian ethnic fare, the restau- was light on the milk and a little overpow­
rant offers an array of beer and wine. Slightly ering. The pra ram ($7.50 with tofu), con­
uncomfortable decor includes paintings by sisred of sreame·d broccoli, carrots, cabbage
local artists and a stained glass PBR lamp, and tofu topped with an overly sweet pea-
while large windows give diners a chance to nut sauce. Cooking the veggies in the sauce
watch the "Portlandia" -inspiring passersby might have allowed chem to absorb more
strolling Hawthorne. Aavor, adding depth to the dish; as it was,
On a Saturday night, the sparse crowd in-the dish was fairly uninspiring. Whole basil
eluded an older lesbian couple taking their leaves and eggplant do add a bit of excite-
daughter and her girlfriend our for an awk-ment to the green curry ($7.50 with tofu).
ward "meet the parents" dinner, a 40-some- Perhaps the most exciting option at Vege
thing man and woman on what appeared ro Thai is the opportunity to add a variety of
be a first blind dare and a couple that left af-imitation meats to your curries and noodles.
rer learning the restaurant didn't serve meat. Diners can choose from oy chicken, soy
Unlike the people watching, the cuisine ar steak or soy shrimp in addition to the usual
Vege Thai is simply standard. The Thai iced choices of tofu and rempeh. Unfortunately
tea ($ 1.75), a staple of any Thai restaurant, for the eager reader, soy shrimp sounded so unappetizLng chat this reviewer wasn't brave
enough to chance it. Ocher faux-meat op­
tions include soy chicken nuggets and several
soy fish dishes. ervice was fast and friendly
and prices were reasonable, with most dish­
es priced at $7.50 (though if you choose ro
spring for the soy shrimp, you'll hand over
$2 extra). But chis doesn't make up for unin­
spiring cuisine. So unless you're on the hunt
for more creative faux meat, or have a han­
kering to watch some awkward dating situ­
ations, stick with Thai Peacock downtown.
3272 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
MondayrFriday I 1:30-3:00, 5:00-9:00
Saturday & Sunday 12:00-9:00
LC history:
Roots in AlDany Dorm Cooking:
A weekly column dedicated to digging up the college's past
BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer
Lewis & Clark can (and does) claim ro
be one of the oldest collegiate institutions in
the Pacific Northwest. Bur before 1942, the
only Lewis and Clark references to be found
in rhe Northwest would be to the explorers.
How then, can LC make so bold a claim?
The answer lies in the Albany institute.
Before LC was established, the college it
would develop our of was the Albany Insti­
tute. Founded in 1867-che year displayed
on the seal of the college-the Albany Col­
legiate Institute began, unsurprisingly, in
Albany, OR. Founded by Presbyterians as
the Albany Academy in 1858, the school is
one of four that predated Oregon's statehood
(Linfield, Willamette, and Pacific also claim
the honor). For Albany, it predated the stare
by only a single year.
The Monteith family, who now has a
meeting room named for them, donated the
seven acres for the original Albany. The land
would be used from 1866 to 1925, when the
school would move south of Albany. Thar
was a short move, however, for 12 years later
Albany would find its way to Portland. By
1939 the entire institution was in the Rose
iry.
If you were at Albany, you were a Pirate,
not a Pioneer. And your yearbook was nei­
ther the Orange Peal nor the Voyageur (two
of the names LC's have had); it was a Cor­
sair. Those yearbooks are still around, and
dare back to 1931. In 1931, a class of 21 seniors was graduating with solemnity and
gratitude, while the freshmen were clearly
reveling in a year of mischief. "The horrid
sophomores teased us last fall," the freshman
message reported. "They paddled us ... but
we got even with them. They thought they
were· so smart when they hid under the plat­
form in the chapel and found our our plans
[for a parry]. Ir didn't do them any good.
When they came our ro the fairground and
stormed the door of the big barn we were in,
we went outside and licked chem hard." One
sophomore "hid in a spare tire and we found
him and tied him up and spanked him most
unmercifully." These were different times.
The 1942 yearbook is particularly mik­
ing, as it sends off the senior class who were
the first freshmen to enter the new Portland
campus, and the last ever to graduate from
Albany. The largest class Albany had ever
seen was a class responsible for setting up a
whole new set of traditions at their new lo­
cation.
They graduated during the 75th anniver­
sary of the College, and left beh1nd a mock
will and testament, saying, "We do bequeath
to the Junior Class those most comfort­
able front-row chapel sears ... [and) our air
of haughty supremacy ro any freshmen that
may need it."
Albany's last graduating class would say
the following: "Lastly, we give to our Alma
Marer our cherished memories, our undy­
ing love, our deepest devotion, and a most
fond hope for her great success in the cre­
ative years to come." Hearts of roinaine
BY DREW LENIHAN
Staff Writer
Hearcs of romaine is rhe typical dish you
would see at many upscale Northwest and
Americana cuisine restaurants around the
nation, with wild garnishes like burrermilk­
bacon dressing, prosciutto or heirloom to­
mato slices. While chis fresh and minimal­
ist dish is beloved by mothers everywhere,
it can also be the perfect, zesry pick-me-up.
Ir is served cold and requires a minimal
amount of heating or cooking.
Just crack our your knife, dorm chef,
and get slicing. Nor only is chis antipasto
a real treat for our bellies, but it also tastes
good because it's healthy and very aescheri­
cafly pleasLng.
Let's begin: romaine hearcs are sold in
packs at faed Meyer, so half the work is done
for us. lice the heaq in half and place on
a George Foreman grill if you have one. If
a George Foreman grill cannot be procured, use a hor skillet and braise the heart of ro­
maine. Place a bit of olive oil on both sides
and some diced garlic as well. Then Aip the
heart, and place olive and garlic on the side
that is about to be braised. After both sides
have been slightly browned, remove the ro­
maine and put it on a place. Place sliced to­
mato on cop; remember how important the
aesthetics of plating is. Dribble more olive
oil (if necessary), white vinegar, sunflower
seeds and parmesan on top; meat eaters may
want to add bacon. Enjoy with friends, and
be the dorm's new Julia Child.
Ingredients
Hearts of Romaine (available in packs of
3 at Freddy's)
Clove of garlic
Olive oil
Sunflower seeds
Parmesan
Bacon bits (2 slices of chopped bacon)
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How to combat Seasonal affective disorder until the sun arrives
BY ALISHA GORDER
Staff Writer
Portland is known for its wet
winters and gloomy skies, which
can take a toll on Lewis & Clark
students and weigh down spirits, a
phenomena known as Seasonal af­
fective disorder. weight gain, irritability and feel­
ings of tiredness and heaviness."
Lilly also explained that many
students may experience subsyn­
dromal Seasonal affective disorder,
distinguished by milder symptoms
and less impairment. dents using light therapy should be
sure co situate themselves about a
foot away from the light.
Allie Cherouces ('13) has two of
these lights on her desk for when
she does homework. She admits
char she never thought she would
rake chem out of the box. successful steps in reducing SAD
symptoms. A combination of an­
ti-depressants and therapy may be
used in more severe cases.
Lilly indicates the challenge of
diagnosing seasonal affective disor­
der, remarking that other stressbrs,
such as a recent loss, could play a
role in causing symptoms associ­
ated with SAD. In such cases, it
is difficult co determine whether
SAD or another scressor is advanc­
ing the symptoms. corns during fall and winter each
year and cannot pinpoint ocher
scressors that could be causing
your funk, ic may be beneficial co
look into treatments for SAD.
Though tricky co diagnose, Lil­
ly asserts that there does seem co be
evidence for the existence of SAD,
noting "25 percent of the popu­
lation in Alaska reports co have
problems with SAD, compared co
l % in Florida." The average age at
onset is 23, and SAD is found co
be more common in women than
men. Seasonal affective disorder
(SAD) is characterized by yearly
periods of depression during the
fall and winter, with symptoms
improving in the spring and sum­
mer months.
According co Jeanne Lilly, a li­
censed psychologist working in the
Counseling Service office in Tem­
pleton, symptoms of SAD include
"increased sleep and appetite, Light therapy, which uses bright
light co mimic natural sunlight, is
a common form of treatment for
SAD. Exposure co these lights is
offered in the Student Health Cen­
ter, bur Lilly suggests that students
who feel greatly affected by SAD
should look into purchasing a light
of their own. "Ir's an easy way co help my­
self because all I have ro do is sic
in front in them," said Cheroutes.
"They also help my plants."
Regular exercise may also help
co beat the blues. Exercise releases
endorphins that promote a general
feeling of well-being. If you have been experiencing
symptoms of SAD, it may be help­
ful co identify stressors that could
be at the root of your depression
and recognize patterns in your
moods. If you feel you are experiencing
seasonal affective disorder, consid­
er caking advantage of the counsel­
ing and health center services on
campus co discuss your concerns. Light therapy is most effective
when the light is used at the same
time every day, preferably in the
morning, for thirty minutes. Stu-Health officials recommend
caking vitamin D supplements or
fish oil tablets (one gram a day),
both of which have evidence as If you experience SAD syrnp-
Victory for
PEAC
Story continued from page 1
"The Ninth Circuit's decision [co force
the EPA co regulate ballast water) is very im­
portant for the taxpayers who have been pay­
ing the huge price of EPA's continuing refus­
al co implement the Clean Water Act." said
Nina Bell, executive director of the North­
west Environmental Advocate-an organiza­
tion that assisted in the litigation.
Invasive species from ballast water have
wreaked ecological and economic havoc on
waterways in the United States, afflicting
coasts, rivers, lakes and, more specifically,
the Gre.ar Lakes. In San Francisco, invasive
clam species have clogged the intake pipes of
drinking water facilities and power plants.
Zebra Mussels, carried co the Great Lakes
through the Sr. Lawrence Seaway, have had
similar effects in many cities along that coast.
They also wash up on beaches in the millions
and, creating a new hazard for many beach­
goers due to their sharp edges. .
Many small recreational_ and fishing crafts
also carry ballast water and are able co trans­
port invasive species from large lake systems
co many small ones, bringing the problem
inland. In small lakes, zebra mussels will feed
on detritus and nutrients in the water. The
result is far clearer lakes, where sunlight can
penetrate further and radically alter the eco­
systems at the bottom of a lake; this often
dramatically alters fish and surrounding bird
populations with impacts on tourism econo­
mies.
The legislative victory will help co set up
one of the only environmental lines of de­
fense against off-shore invaders. The Center
reported in a press release: "We believe that
today's settlement represents a significant
seep forward for the environment and is a
significant victory for PEAC and all of the
amazing law students who have worked on
che lawsuits over the last decade." D001inican factory provides living wages
BY DRE CHIRIBOGA-FLOR
Guest Writer
Despite glamorous ads and expensive
marketing campaigns, most major clothing
corporations in the U.S., regardless of brand,
source their apparel from factories in the de­
veloping world. In the long, complex and
cur-throat global supply chain of apparel,
h urn an righ cs are often left· by che wayside
while CEO salaries increase. Though one of
the better-paying jobs available co them, ap­
parel factory workers often live paycheck-co­
paycheck and face harsh conditions at work.
Free Trade Zones, a sort of "no-man's
land" with minimal government and labor
rights regulations, in the Dominican Repub­
lic and other underdeveloped countries are
examples of how U.S. corporations come
short of providing what we think of as stan­
dard conditions in the U.S. There are many
people that beli.eve low-wage sweatshops
are necessary for companies co thrive, bur
Knights Apparel opened a factory in late
20 l O char indicates differently.
Fabrica Alta Gracia is located in a Free
Trade Zone in Villa Altagracia and is the
only factory in all of the Dominican ·Re­
public that respects all workers rights, pro­
vides living wages, health insurance, safe
and healthy working conditions and allows
freedom of association as monitored by the
Workers Rights Consortium. This contrasts
very sharply in relation co just about every
other garment factory here-and the rest of
the world-where workers face injustices
daily, whether that means being prohibited
from organizing a_ union, facing poor work­
ing conditions, insufficient salaries, physical
and/or verbal abuse, or general violations of
workers' rights.
Thanks co a history of collaboration be­
tween the help of the Fedorrazonas (Fed­
eration of Trade Zones) union in Villa Al­
tagracia, the Workers' Rights Consortium
(WRC), the United Students Against Sweat­
shops (USAS) and other organizations,
Knights Apparel, Alta Gracia's parent com-pany, cook note and decided co launch Alta
Gracia. One of the many aspects that make
this factory unique is that the administra­
tors of Alta Gracia not only allow a workers'
union, but embrace it. They believe char the
union is a check on management that can fa­
cilitate a fair and productive workplace, and
so far, this has proven true.
Another feature that shows how chis fac­
tory is above and beyond ochers is that it
pays a "living wage" calculated by the WRC,
which covers all of a family's basic needs. Ac­
cording co their study, for a family of four
where two of rhe members are expected co
earn an income, the minimum month sal­
ary should amount co about $500, meaning
a $2.83 hourly wage, as opposed co the legal
minimum wage of the Dominican Repub­
lic, $.84 an hour or about $150 a month.
This income is expected co provide housing,
healthcare, food, transportation, education,
clothing, and discretionary spending. The
salary provided by Alta Gracia is absolutely
unheard of for a factory wage, especially in
Free Trade Zones.
Prior co Alta Gracia, other factories in-habited the Free Trade Zone th;t didn't
come close co upholding these conditions.
At Yoopong Corporation's BJ&B factory, for
instance, conditions were so bad that work­
ers launched a ·campaign to form a union
to improve them. In 2002, with the help
of workers and members of USAS, the first
unionized export apparel factory located in
a Free Trade Zone in the entire Caribbean
was born. Unfortunately, however, in 2007
the factory closed in search of cheaper labor,
and rn_any families were forced co separate in
search of jobs elsewhere. Later on, Knights
Apparel cook note of USAS's work and de­
cided co bring much needed living-wage jobs
to the community.
As a CIEE intern here in the DR, I, along
with countless members of che Alea Gra­
cia community and students at campuses
nation-wide, hope chat chis revolutionizing
factory will provide a model for other busi­
nesses, bur as it has been proven in the past,
it greatly depends on the consumers co be
responsible and conscientious of their pur­
chases instead of seeding for an "out of sight,
our of mind" train of thought. •
PHOTO BY DRE CHIRIBOGA-FLOR
Workers at Knights Apparel's factory Fabrica Alta Gracia in the Dominican Republic get paid a living wage,
have health insurance and safe and healthy working conditions, standards taken for granted in the U.S.
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friday 8 saturday 9 sun day 10
Presidential Ina~ation
Events include panel, installation ceremony
and The Bash.
On-campus and the Crystal Ballroom. All day.
ASLC Candidate Debates
Candidates for ASLC office will debate and
answer your questions.
Council Chamber, 7:30 p. m. Spring Into Action!
LC Community Service Day capping off
Inauguration festivities.
Locations on and o -cam us, 11:30 a.m.
Professor Harp to Speak at PSU
Professor Jerry Harp of the English
Dept will be speaking about his new book.
Portland State University SMU 238, 7 p. m. Faure Requiem by LC Community Cho­
rale and Orchestra
Student tickets free in advance. $5 at door.
Agnes Flanagan Chapel 4 p. m.
Teacher of the Year Ceremony
The Pamplin Society will be honoring the
Teacher of the Year.
Smith Hall, 4:30 p. m.
thursday 14 friday 15 saturday 16
Last D IY Bazaar of the semester
Featuring music by Anna Spackman,
Living Rheum and The Neverdowells.
The Co-Op, 6 p.m. Poetry Reading
UC Berkeley Assistant Professor Geoffrey
O'Brien will be reading his works.
Hoffman Gallery, 3 p.m. Fiesta De Salsa
Dance and win prizes at this free event
hosted by the Spanish Club.
Stamm, 8 p. m. THE PIONEER LOG, APRIL 8, 2011
Celebrating
the Inauguration of
Barry Glassner
T wenty--Fourth President of Lewis & Clark Advertisement 11
Our community is proud to welcome thought leaders,
delegates, and friends from Portland and across the country.
Today we're examining the future of higher education.
Tonight we revel in the creative talents
of student musicians at the Crystal Ballroom.
Tomorrow we'll dedicate ourselves
to a day of community service in this city
we're delighted to call home.
Lewis & Clark
www.lclark.edu 12 Arts
Miracle
Theater
Presents:
Boomcracklefly
ALIX FINNEGAN
Staff Writer
A New York transvestite with a
missing pinkie and an imaginary
grandmother; two acrobatic sisters
in Key West, one obsessed with
fame and the other one daring che
ghost of Ernest Hemingway; an
inventor from Havana who dreams
of wings and his wife who has
them. Miracle Theater Group's lat­
est production "BoomcrackleAy"
weaves together three seemingly
unrelated stories of love, loss, per­
fection and ambition with a world­
changing boom.
The Miracle Theater, located in
Southeast Portland, is small and in­
timate; a perfect venue for a play
char delves so deeply into some of
the most basic human emotions.
In the director's notes, Olga San­
chez explains char the characters of
"BoomcrackleAy" "have ambitions
and visions of their brightest fu­
ture. They are also vulnerable and
need co be loved."
Everyone struggles between the
very human need co be loved and
the desire for something more, bur
"Boomcracklefly" puts char strug­
gle on stage.
Fulana, the female imperson­
ator, is lonely until she meets The
Phoenix, a revolutionary mad sci­
entist who plans a utopia built
from beautiful things-namely Fu­
lana's pinkie and other body parts.
In Miami, Lennon and Lenin
struggle co find the balance be­
tween aspiration and love: Lenin
dreams of the spotlight, whil Len­
non dreams of her love, Heming­
way, even as she slowly dies of a
brain rumor. Meanwhile, in Fidel
Castro's Cuba, Rocco Russo in­
vents wings co escape house arrest
and his disgruntled wife, Andrea,
grows her own wings so she won't
be left behind. Three groups of per­
fect strangers are pulled together by
"The Boom," a big-bang type of
explosion char results in the forma­
tion of a supposed "utopia."
As in any other magical realism
production, much of the story is
surreal. The plot centers on Phoe­
nix's recreation of the big bang,
which rakes place in the New York
subway system and is catalyzed by
human body parts.
Yer, as fantastical as their situ­
ations are, the characters are al­
together human. When Fulana
mopes around her apartment,
waiting for Phoenix co return to
love her, che audience sighed an
understanding of longing.
Lenin's lamentations on fame
and loneliness elicit laughs from
the audience, but also ring true for
anyone who has felt isolated in the
midst of success. "Ir's very much
about how people get broken and
put back together and broken ... in
this cyclical way," Smith said.
Beyond being entertaining and
relarable, "Boomcracklefly" forces
a deep, critical look at the audi­
ence's own priorities and questions
the balance between achievement
and emotional satisfaction.
Brought co life by a dynamic
case led by Portland native Tyler
Andrew Jones, the world premiere
of "Boomcracklefly" does nor dis­
appoint. Sometimes ridiculous and
sometimes profound, it shows hu­
mankind at its best and worst, with
a couch of whimsy.
7he Miracle !heater, 425 SE 6th
Avenue, 7:30 p.m. 7hursdays, 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays, 2p.m. Sun­
days, ends April 16, • $ 14-$25 THE PIO EER LOG, APRIL 8, 2011
Photo of the Week
Natalie Poulson ('11)
~atalie made a black and white photo book back in high school that documented a day in the life of her
fam_tly. Now, over four years lacer, she is still documenting her life as if ir were a beautiful family album. The
add1_non o~ c?lor ha done wonders for her images, as she captures interior bohemian homes with piercing
sunlight shmmg through, or hoc backyards where rainbow shine through sprinklers. The picture above is of
h~r ~arents, on a _recent trip they cook up to Portland to visit. Her father, who is a painter in Alamo, Califor­
nia, 1s also a comic lover, so they found one of many comic scores in Portland to rifle through antique beau­
ties. -Sam Margevicius
Senior Art Exhibit on display
Jarre Lyman composed a set of seven monochrome C-print photographs called
Beneath the Waking Life.
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Katherine Groesbeck's ('11) project Survival is a Confusing Attempt includes video,
performance and photos. Continued from page 1
Sam Margevicious made a mul­
timedia installation called Out the
Window: A Portrait of Gan·ett; To­
ni-Perri Ruorsalainen painted a sec
of canvases commenting on mass
advertising called Secrets and Lies;
Todd lade made a set of digital
drawings, each portraying differ­
ent imaginary monster movie ; and
Claudia Ramirez Islas painted a set
of paintings with found and extra
items as canvases and accentua­
tions called Immigration: A Vision
of Hope.
Overall, the opening was a great
success and the open spaces of the
gallery were filled with the anises'
friends and faniily, people of the
LC community and Porrland's resi­
dent art enthusiasts, raking their
time co scare each piece down.
7hese pieces will be on display in
the gallery each 7hursday through
Sunday, 11 a. m. to 4 p. m. until May
8.
PHOTOS BY LINDSEY BOSSE
Lydia Cardenas ('11) created a surreal
set of furniture and wall decoration called
FUZZMUCK and a Thing's Thing-ness.
American Students Race to Nowhere
BY RYE DRUZIN
Staff Writer
Council Chamber was filled
to capacity for the emotionally
charged movie Race to Nowhere, a
film char criticized the increasingly
statistic-driven American school
system and the coll that it is caking
on this nation's children, both psy­
chologically and physically.
The screening, which was at­
tended by a large number of par­
ents from the local school districts,
was co show the community how
the American school system has be­
come increasingly focused around
standardized rests and homework
as the gauge of academic success.
Even while students in the Unit­
ed Scates have continued to fall
further and further behind their
cohorts in the rest of the devel-oped world, this standardization of
school continues unabated co the
point where, for example, fourth
and fifth graders come home with
hours of homework their parents
can nor help them with.
The movie pointed our how stu­
dents would begin to stay up later
and later attempting co finish their
homework, leading co psychologi­
cal breakdowns and the develop­
ment of debilitating eating disor­
ders.
The abuse of prescription drugs
such as Ritalin and Adderall was
shown co be rife in high schools
and colleges as kids attempted co
focus themselves when faced with
overwhelming amounts of study­
ing and work.
A worrying development char
has come our of all of this pressure
has been an increase in teen sui-cides, particularly in areas where
standardization and an emphasis
on teachers assigning increasing
homework loads were a norm. Palo
Alco, a town next co Stanford Uni­
versity, experienced four teen sui­
cides in 2009, all related co high
stress levels at overly competitive
schools within the town.
A question and answer session
with six individuals, two of whom
were students from local Riverdale
High School, followed the screen­
ing. Many of the parents had ques­
cions based upon what they could
do to reduce stress levels of stu­
dents and a feeling of helplessness,
as they had little idea of how they
could shape policies at school and
were all under the general feeling
that more work makes better and
more successful individuals. 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
As finals approach, an over­
whelming emphasis is put on late
night paper writing, group study
sessions and the like, to the ex­
tent that we forger that our brains
need a bit of a break. And just like
our brains, our ears need a break
from structure. Forget about the
pop songs you've been taught all
these years; forget about all those
melodies and choruses and learn co
channel your inner zoning abilities.
It'll free your ears as well as your
mind from the stress of these over­
ly scheduled and overly srrucrured
last days of the semester.
While "zone" music could pull
listeners in all different directions
during study time, I find myself
coming back co a fairly regular
list of albums, mostly consisting
of ambient or fuzzed out classics.
While I can't say these records are
great for partying, they are great as
either background srudy music or
as works of art suitable for atten­
tive listening. They serve as either
a slate for meditation or examina­
tion.
The first record on chis list is
Mu.sic for Airports by Brian Eno, ar­
guably the first ambient record co
have a si nificant influence on pop
culture. Eno, who went on to pro­
duce the Talking Heads along with
many other popular artists, created
his most influential album in 1978.
The idea was co build a collection
of songs char, while minimal in
composition, could be played ei­
ther as background or artistic mas­
terpieces. This is always the first
record 1 put on when I'm either
drifting away or crying co focus on
an essay.
Sun Araw has always been a bit
of an interesting case. He is part of
the psych-freak-our-jam ensemble
Magic Lantern, bur •turns up the
fuzzy vibes for this solo project.
His record On Patrol has been a
consistent spinner on late weekend
nights. His jams are ambient yet
tropical, and retain the psychedelic
fuzz of his full band. This particu­
lar record showcases some of his
longer jams and his bizarre, reverb­
soaked study remedies. Play chis at
max_imum volume and you will be
entranced out of your school stress.
My newest study/zone out ob­
session has been Neu's self-citied re­
cord. Released in 1971, it was the
first glimpse into the short life of
Neu! The record consists of mellow
psych jams with a few noisy inter­
ludes, which feel like a K.rautrock
interpretation of Pink Floyd. While
the instrumentals are flowing with
beautiful rhythms and wah-wah
guitar riffs, it won't disrupt your
thoughts, making it perfect for this
time of year. Let yourself drift off
for a bit; it's good for your brain. NOVEL
IDEAS
A book column dedicated to recom­
mending good reads
BY SARA MILLER
Staff Write,
When deciding what co read next, I rarely
cum co science fiction. After many years of
skirting the genre, I finally picked up Ender's
Game by Orson Scocc Card.
There is no doubt char this novel falls un­
der the sci-fi category, but I was almost im­
mediately swept up in the story.
Sec in a hypothetical future after an at­
tempted invasion by an alien species called
Formics, Ender's Game cells che story of a boy
name Ender Wiggin.
After the Formics nearly wipe humanity
out, the governments of Earth joincly create
a baccle school co train the next generation of
military commanders.
Young children with the aptitude co suc­
ceed at the school and in battle are selected
and sent co the baccle school space station,
where they are trained.
The training cakes the form of classes and
a "battle game" that pits one student army
against another in a simulated baccle envi­
ronment.
Ender Wiggin is singled out as not only
having the aptitude neces~ary co be at the
school, but also as che most promising stu­
dent yet. The book focuses not only on
Ender, but his two siblings back on Earth
and various leading army and government
officials.
In this classic, Card has created an incred­
ibly intricate society of people, technology
and governments.
However, the complicated policies were a
bit confusing at times because of the limited
background information.
Card gives just enough information from
characters looking at Ender from their per­
spectives co place him and his actions in
context without giving away any major plot
points.
As the reader, I knew just enough co fol­
low the plot without ever knowing what
would happen next.
The story moved along at the right pace
and had more than enough twists co keep me
guessing.
If you have already dabbled in sci-fi and
found that hypothetical futures, cechnolo­
_gies and aliens are not your cup of tea, I
would still suggest giving this book a cry.
The novel really focuses on people and
never gees super technical. Ender's Game was
a fascinating political and psychological ex­
ploration of the future. THE PIO EER LOG, APRIL 8. 2011 Arts 13
Beats Antique brings a newly cultured "womp" to Portland
when we're mak­
ing music we're
constantly think­
ing about dance."
With natu-
ral sering quar­
tets fused into a
synthetic blast of
live eleccronica
and an angelic
belly-dancing fig­
ure who carefully
curves her body co
che music one mo­
ment and picks up
a bass drum the
next, Beats An-
tique's "traveling
Beats Antique perform Middle East inspired electronica at the the Wonder Ballroom. roadshow" some-
BY NICHOLAS FARLEY
Staff Writer
Oakland-based music trio Bears Antique
emerged from their bio-fueled caravan in
Northeast Portland co transform the Won-
der Ballroom into a fantastical playground
of sound, color and movement last Saturday.
As Dave Satori, Zoe Jakes and Tommy
"Sidecar" Cappel produced a smooth Aow
of Middle Eastern melodies co the ominous
undertone of a multi-layered bass throb,
the sweaty jungle of eclectic and colorfully­
dressed spectators became an interactive fes­
tival of music and dance.
"The band is totally founded around
making music for dance," said Satori, "so how turns nonsense and contradiction into a
beautiful aura of audiovisual coherence.
"You know, all three of us come from
more of the performance sort of live music
band world," said Cappel. "So a lot of fans
appreciate that we're caking the electronic
music co a new level and incorporating all
the live elements. A lot people aren't doing
it and I think it just adds a fuller sound that
you can't get any ocher way."
This clever musical synthesis constitutes a
truly unique musical and cultural pastiche,
channeling all of the raw electronic energy
of the West coast dance scene, with elements
ranging from electronic glitch co the dubstep
• wobble into the organic tranquility of world
music. The synergy of these disparate elements
gives the final collage a unified value unques­
tionably stronger than the sum of its pares.
"It's just a fine balance of blending syn­
thesized sounds with the string sections and
horn sections ... we've doubled a lot of things
and we'll mimic acoustic distortions with
synthesized scuff -it's like going back and
forth and trying co create sore of a synthesis.
Ir's a new kind of sound," Satori said.
What truly brings the show co life,
though, is Zoe Jake's dance and theatrics,
which give the audience a beautiful corpo­
real translation of the live music. While her
ornate costumes and the smooch, symbolic
body movements seem diva-like, her eye
contact, proximity and the occasional smirk
reveal the cruch of her presence; not as an ob­
jectified musical icon, but rather as a partici­
pant in the collective musical experience.
"It's just straight up performance arc ... her
influence has really hitched around being a
choreographer and feeling the dance in her
body [and] being able co bring that out in
our productions," Satori said.
Ac the end of the show, all the performers
Aooded the stage dressed in full animal cos­
tumes, prancing around in a chaotic whirl­
wind of surrealism chat culminated in the
morbid yet whimsical ignition of a five-foot
long confetti machine gun, leaving the audi­
ence in a state of simultaneous jubilance and
utter confusion.
• "Ultimately, I chink we're just exposing
people co new types of sounds," Cappel con­
cluded.
Showcasing musical seniors
In order for Music majors to graduate, they must perform a senior rectial, open to students and the public. Here
are a few previews of the many recitals coming up in April.
BY DYLAN DISALVIO
&
JERRED BLANCHARD
Staff Writers
Chris Anderson Senior Recital Preview
Graduating pianist Chris Anderson's (' 11)
senior recital looks co be an exciting show of
classical mastery and modern improvisation­
al technique. Anderson is an adept pianist;
chis is his fourth headline recital in Evans
Auditorium, a culmination of four years of
focused study.
Anderson's focus this time is on collabor­
ative music, and will feature several small en­
sembles. Notably, Anderson will be perform­
ing Beethoven's first published work, a piano
trio, op. 1, no. 1, that features Marian Kidd
(' 12) on violin and Sage Coy (' 14) on cello.
Anderson began at Lewis & Clark as a pia­
no performance major and lase year switched
co Music Education co persue a career as a
music ceacher-b~t he's still got great chops
and is a wonderful classical player.
This recital, like all three of Anderson's
previous recitals, will feature an improvisa­
tional piece; this time, though, since Ander­
son's focus is on collabo·ration, he'll be ac­
companied by Liliana Urbain ('14) on the
drums.
Anderson described the improvisation as
a kind of jazzy journey, from blues co rock
and back.
le should be a wonderful afternoon of
music in Evans from one of the music de­
partment's greatest players.
Saturday, April 10, 12 p. m., Evans Audi­
torium, free.
Class and Jazz: Courtney Williams and
Tueora Moench's Senior Recital
Through the history of musical evolu­
tion, there has been an ebb and Aow of mu­
sical tastes and propensities that propel it
forward. Yee through all of the changes one
thing still remains: the purity of the human voice. So, in regards co this theory, Theora
Moench (' 11) and Courtney Williams (' 12)
have used their voices co pay homage co a
myriad of different musical styles and have
named their concert "Class and Jazz." Mo­
ench, a graduating Hispanic Studies major,
and Williams, a junior Voice Performance
• major, are both students of adjunct faculty
member Sue McBerry.
They decided co explore their love for
singing in the best possible fashion: a perfor­
mance.
The beginning half of their concert will be
a conglomeration of different classical songs
in Italian, Spanish, French and German in
order co display the linguistic capabilities of
a classical singer, and will be accompanied
by Elizabeth Goodenough, a resident Porc­
lander.
One of the runes, 7he Flower Duet from
Leo Delibe's Lakme, is a sensual, accessible
and well-known duet thanks co a number
references co pop culture and advertise­
ments. Also included is the "Letter Duet"
from 7he Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, a straightforward classical
duet straight from the opera.
After the intermission, the texts will dis­
solve into our home country's language of
English. They will be performing four runes
from the American Songbook and two origi­
nal arrangements: a Duke Ellington tune
and Sara Bareilles tune in A Cappella style.
These runes will be energetic before the
finale, which features a jazz trio accompa­
niment. With the trio, the ladies plan on
singing such classic tunes as "Blue Skies" by
Irving Berlin and "Over the Rainbow" by
Harold Arlen.
With the many different styles of singing
and the sheer depth of che recital's content,
chis concert will showcase an eclectic array of
talent chat is fun for the jazz lover, classical
lover and pop lover alike.
Saturday, April 10, 8 p.m., Evans Audtto­
rium,free. Karl Schultz Senior Recital
Karl Schultz's music is avant-garde in
a nuanced, sophisticated way, and with its
showcase of seven pieces written over the lase
three years the event is sure co be spectacular.
The recital features an octet includ­
ing many student performers, notably Erin
Ohashi (' 1 1) on oboe, Spencer Suffiing ('11)
on trombone, Marian Kidd ('12) on violin,
Anne Koenning ('12) on bassoon, and alum­
nus Nik Walton ('10) on cello.
The work is a slow adagio, melancholy
and whimsical with a relatively free texture
for the different voices co move in multiple
directions.
Schultz calls himself a pose-modern neo­
romantic: post-modern, he explained, be­
cause he incorporates and explores formal­
istic and stylistic elements from all periods
of Western classical music; and neo-roman­
cic because he finds intellectual common
ground with romantic composers ~d phi­
losophers.
Schultz, who was very interested in phi­
losophy before he discovered classical mu­
sic, often finds inspiration in places unusual
co most minds. The title of one of his most
notable works, "The Pleasure of the Text," is
based on the philosophical ideas of 1960's
French post-modern philosopher Roland
Barres, and references, in Schultz's words, "a
kind of intense, almost erotic enjoyment in
creating."
The piece, which will be played by a pro­
fessional, non-student ensemble, is a quartet
for clarinet, bass clarinet, violin and double
bass and makes use of advanced, 21" century
compositional techniques of Schultz's o:.Vn
invention.
7hursday, April 14 at 8 p.m., Evans Audi­
torium, free.
For a full schedule of the recitals {in­
cluding ones not listed here, please visit
http:/ /lclark.edu/ college/ departments/
music/ events/
• ♦ 14 Sports THE PIO EER LOG, PRIL 8, 2011
Outdoor Adventures This weekend in sports
A weekly column dedicated to the exploration of the natural world.
BY MEGAN MORIN
Staff Writer
The Columbia River Gorge is a place of
eerie mist, stunning waterfalls and howling
wind -the perfect combination for a trek
off the beaten
path.
A great way
to give your­
self options for
activities i to
camp at one
of the scare
parks right
off the I-84.
Memaloose
rare Park,
off exit 76,
is far enough
Ease char you
might even es­
cape to some
sunshine for
the weekend.
Situated next along it, each of which has a short, pleasant
hike to the top. lf you've never seen Mulr­
nomah Falls, it is an essential Oregon desti­
nation. There are also a number of trailheads
along this srrerch, including the Hatfield
trail (a 60 mile backpacking trip) and the
Larch Moun­
tain Crater
hike (5.9 mi),
among others.
F o r
those looking
for a less struc­
tured experi­
ence, there are
lors of way
to explore the
Gorge.
co d thed :ail-Scenic landscapes and rolling hills add to the experience of hiking roa an river, h C . . G . h 11 t e olumb1a River orge. The miles
of railroad
tracks next to
the river offer
a convenient
path along
rhe water. For
example, near
Memaloose,
there is a sec-
1t as exce enc
views, expanses
of green grass shaded by willows and even
bathrooms with running water. Tent camp­
ing is $15 a night.
From here, there are several options for
adventures. The scenic highway is just down
rhe road. Thi is nor only a nice drive, bur it
also has all of the best waterfalls in the Gorge tion of cliffs char
have an aban-
cloned train runnel in them and large mossy
areas perfect for picnicking. If you're willing
to venture past some gates and fences stun­
ning scenes of solitude and beauty await.
Email mmorin@LcLark.edu with any quest­
tions about hiking, exploring or any outdoor .
activities.
Workout .of the week
Building your way to an All-Star body, a guide to base hitting muscles
Always wanted to look like your favorite basebaU star? Now you can, or at least attempt ro.
Use this easy gym workout to create and sculpt your perfect big-league body.
BY FIONA CORNER
Sports Editor
Dumbbell Squat
Bending your knees at the hips, hold a
pair of dumbbells, using an overhand grip
between your feet. Stand and lift the weighrs
in one motion until your arms are straight
above your head and palms are forward. Re­
turn to your starting position and repeat.
Medicine Ball Squat and Throw
Hold a medicine ball in front of your
chest. Squat as far down as you can, pause
and push back up. A you rraighren your
legs, expand your arms overhead and throw
the ball down coward the floor. Jumping Squat
Pull your elbows toward your chest and
place your hands together. Dip your knees
until your thighs are parallel to the floor and
then jump as high as you can. After landing,
immediately squat again and jump.
Repeat until satisfied.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY KATE OWENS
Swinging Dumbbells
Holding a dumbbell with two hands in
front of your chest and bend your knees and
hips at a 45-degree angle. Swing rhe weight
between your legs and then forward as you
stand. Your arms should stay straight the en­
tire time. Squat and swing again. PHOTO BY MAGGIE OLIVER
Cole Pfieffer ('13) of Piedmont, Ca. is ranked seventh in no. 3 singles. Men's tennis is currently
ranked ninth in the Northwest conference.
BY FIONA CORNER
Sports Editor
Friday, April 8
Men's tennis is set to face off with Pacific
University at 5 p.m .. Lewis & Clark is cur­
rently ranked ninth in the Northwest Con­
ference with Pioneer George Allen {'11) at
the ninth spot in no. 1 singles play. Pacif­
ic sirs at the number four spot with players
ranked ar the 5 spot in no. 1 si.JJgles. Allen
leads men's tennis with a 4-10 overaU record.
The Pios face the Boxers ar 5 p.m. on Friday
and again on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Saturday, April 9
Men's and women's track & field will
compete at the Pacific Luau. George Fox,
Linfield, Pacific Lutheran and Puget Sound
will also compete. Kevin Carpenter {' 12) is
ranked second in the NWC 100 merer with
a rime of 11.00 seconds, and first in the 200
meter with 22.02 seconds. Olivia Foster
('13) holds rhe fourth place spot in the 800
meter with 2: 19.51 minutes.
Crew heads off to Dexter, Ore. for the
Covered Bridge Regatta. Ar the recent
NCRC Invitational, the men's varsity 8 +
and varsity 4 + rook wins, and women's var­
sity eight rook second in their morning race.
Women's tennis heads to Pacific Univer­
sity on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Izzy
Borris ('13) leads the Pios in rhe singles sloe
with a 14-9 overall record. he also leads
in doubles with her partner Lisa Harunaga
('l 1). The women are currently ranked sixth
in rhe NWC with a 4-6 record. Pacific sits right below LC with 2-7. Women's tennis
also plays Pacific at home Sunday at 12 p.m.
Baseball will host a doubleheader against
Linfield with games starting at 12 and 2:30
pm. The Pioneers currently sir at ninth in
conference with a 2-13 record. Outfield­
er Andrew Frisina ('13) leads his team in
batting averages with a .306. Frisina and
Sam Holman (' 11) are tied at for the most
homeruns at two. The Wildcats hold the first
place spot with a 12-3 record. The Pios will
finish their three game series Sunday at 12
p.m.
Softball will play a two game series
against Puget Sound at home on Saturday
with the first game beginning at 10 a.m. The
women sir at 8th in conference with a 1-15
record. Jer'aime Mullins ('13) leads the team
in home runs with five. The Loggers come
in with a 5-13 conference record sitting at
6th. Softball will play again on Sunday in a
double header against Pacific Lutheran. The
Lures hold rhe second place spot with a 14-4
record.
S~day, April 10
Women's Tennis@ home, 12 p.m.
Baseball@ home, 12 p.m.
Softball@ home, 12 and 2:30 p.m.
lntramurals
Saturday@ 1 p.m. in the gym
Co-ed Volleyball Tournament
Sunday@ l p.m. on Griswold
Frisbee Golf
Win one, lose three
Baseball falls in two day series to Oregon Tech, Frisina leads team in runs
BY FIONA CORNER
Sports Editor
A two-day, four-game series against Or­
egon Tech left the Pioneers with mixed feel­
ings on their ride !tome from Klamath Falls.
Following a rough two-game loss on Satur­
day, baseball clinched a 9-7 win in their first
game on Sunday bur suffered a 14-4 loss in
their final game of the weekend.
Game one of the series scarred with a run
by Andrew Frisina ('13) and two runs by Or­
egon Tech in the first inning. The game hit a
lull until the bottom of the third with a two
run score by the Owls. Frisina homered in
the cop of fifth· bringi,ng the LC score to two.
Oregon Tech answered in the bottom with
eight runs. The game continued with the Pi­
oneers scoring seven more runs, but it wasn't
enough to match the Owls' 17.
Game two featured a lot less scoring than
game one, with the end score at 5-2. Michael
Ball (' 12) scored a run in the first inning, but
Oregon Tech marched it with two earned
runs. am Holman (' 11 ), after stealing third,
. scored in the top of the second, bur it wasn't enough to overtake the three runs the Owls
brought in the bottom of the fifth.
The Pioneers earned their win in game
three with LC raking their lead in the third
inning. Eliot Smith (' 11) rook the win for
the Pios, pitching eight innings. Frisina
scored late in the top of the first, giving LC
their first run of the game. Oregon Tech an­
swered with three runs in the bottom of the
second followed by a swift take back by LC
with six runs in the top of the third.
The top of the fourth gave the Pios their
victory with two runs scored by Tucker Lau­
rence ('11) and Gianluca Giarrizro (' 13).
A heartbreaking loss came in the final
game of the series, with an ending score of
14-4. The Owls blindsided their opponents
with 10 runs in the first four innings to the
Pios' four.
Oregon Tech rook their final four runs in
the bottom of the fifth in a four run, four
hit clinch.
Laurence led game four of the series for
the Pioneers with two run , and Geoff Wertz
('13) led in hirswirh two . THE PIONEER LOG, PRIL 8, 2011 Sports 15
Keep on rowing on
Crew teams come out strong in National Collegiate Rowing Conference
Invitational this past Saturday
PHOTO COURTESY OF SARAH LOMAS
Despite having a substantial number of novice rowers, the number of experienced rowers has enabled the
crew team to reach a desirable equilibrium.
BY ALIX FINNEGAN
Staff Writer
On a rare sunny Saturday in Vancouver,
Wash., the Lewis & Clark Crew ream host­
ed the National Collegiate Rowing Confer­
ence Invitational.
On April 2, the LC men's ream added
two more wins co their overall tally, with a
strong showing by all reams. •
Boch the Men's Varsity Four and Men's .
Varsity Eight rook home wins, maintaining
their undefeated season.
"C~ew is hugely mental.
When it comes to that last
500 [meters], every part of
your body says 'stop row-. ,,, 1ng.
The Varsity Four bear Seattle Pacific and
Seacde University, while the Men's Var­
sity Eight won over Willamette and Puget
Sound.
They won the first race by a solid mar­
gin, and though the second race was closer,
the men were able co pull ~ead for the vic­
tory.
The Women's Crew team also made a
strong showing, with the Women's Varsity
Eight caking second place in their morn­
ing race, ahead of Willamette and Pacific
Lutheran bur· behind Puget Sound. The af-cernoon race ended surprisingly, however,
with the LC Varsity Eight finishing fourth.
Willamette rook the win in chat race, with
Puget Sound and Humboldt in second and
third, respectively.
"I think what makes our program so
strong," Nikki Ulug ('14) said, "is char we
have a strong mix of inexperienced novice
rowers who are interested in learning and
experienced rowers who are committed co
rowing and willing co share their knowledge
with new members."
In addition, Men's Varsity Four had a
second place finish in their race. The Wom­
en's Second Varsity Eight raced twice, fin­
ishing behind Willamene in a two-boar race
and third behind Willamette and Hum­
boldt Scace in the open race. The Men's
Novice Four also placed third.
On the overall strength and direction of
the Crew program, Charlie Patterson (' 14)
said, "I didn't realize how strong [our pro­
gram] was until then. Crew is hugely men­
tal. When it comes co that last 500 [meters],
every part of your body says 'stop r:owing,'
but when you hear the coxswain and all
your teammates on the beach, you just have
co pull through."
With their 2011 season coming co a
close, LC Crew would like co remind every­
one chat new members are always welcome,
regardless of skill level.
There is only one more regatta before•
the NCRC Championships: the Covered
Bridge Regatta in Dexter, Ore. will be this
Saturday, April 9.
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Athlete-Q&A
Featuring Isabelle 'Izzy' Borris ('13) of the tennis team
BY MICHAEL D' ANGELO
Sports Editor
Where are you from?
I'm from San Antonio, Texas. Ir's a
cool place. Contrary co popular belief, it
isn't inhabited by a bunch cowboys and
scuff. Ir's actually the seventh largest city
in the U.S. Ir's really spread our though,
kind of like L.A., bu_r more suburban.
What do you love most about tennis?
I love how much of a challenge it is for
me. Ir forces me co learn how to win and
how co lose. And even though I hare los­
ing it reaches me how co overcome it and
be a good spore about it.
What .frustrates you most about it?
PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.LCPIONEERS.COM Losing. Losing is frustrating. Making
the same mistakes over and over again,
despite actively crying co not make them.
I also don't like how negative and com­
petitive it can make me.
What are you planning to major in? Isabelle Borris ('13) is one of the team's best singles
player.
I'm planning co major in Hispanic
Studies and Psychology. Hispanic Stud-
ies because I grew up in Mexico and I would
like co continue my studies of Latin American
Culture. And Psychology because char is the
field I want co go into, possibly therapy.
On a scale of Bob Marley to Nikki Six, how
hardcore are your weekends?
Have you seen me? I'm a perfect Ke$ha
10. I'm like kind of a big deal on campus; I
have many leather bound books. You know
how chat goes, it just comes with the territory
of being me. My dorm room smells of rich
mahogany.
What is a hobby of yours outside of sports?
I play guitar. I've been playing for 6 years.
I actually used co be in a band back home
called Kreston Funk. The name was kind of
deceiving, we played Rocky Folk, not Funk. We entered and won a battle of the bands
competition once.
Is there a quote that you follow in life?
"Wake up in the morning feeling like P­
Oiddy," you know? It gees my day scarred. I
mean committing to waking up and feeling
like P-Oiddy everyday is difficult, bur it helps
me seep up to the challenges of that day. On
a good day I sometimes even brush my teeth
with a bottle of Jack, bur my dentist gets mad
at me for doing that. I stiU have yet to gee a
cavity though.
What song(s) pump you up before games?
"Chicken Fried" by Zac Brown Band. It
gets me back co my Texan roots. Also "Lose
Yourself" by Eminem, in tennis [ rend to lose
myself Oh, and Dubsrep. I enjoy some pre­
game 'womp womp.'
Crouching Pio, Hidden
Aikido Club
BY DARYA WATNICK
Features Editor
Twice a week, a small but
dedicated group of martial artists
meet in the mac room in Pamplin
to practice the Japanese art of ai­
kido. Aikido can be translated to
mean "the way of unifying with
life energy" or "the way of har­
monious spirit." The practice of
aikido is mosdy done with a part­
ner and involves throwing and
pinning the ocher person and us­
ing their energy and momentum
against chem.
"It's the movement and un­ PHOTO BY NATALIE BAKER
derstanding of what the other
person is doing," said club leader
April Hersey ('12). "Ir is about
protecting yourself and the other Among other things, the art of Aikido involves development of the
ability to fall.
person and learning how to fall down."
Hersey stressed the importance of learning
"It's the movement and
understanding of what the
other person is doing.,,
how to fall, which is an essential movement
she reaches co all beginners who join the club,
along with rolling and ocher basics.
The club is open to anyone from any lev­
el or background in aik.ido. Some members
have trained in aikido before, ochers have
a background in a different martial art and
some are complete beginners.
"When people come in, hopefuUy what-ever I can give them about aikido will inspire
them," said Hersey.
As a club, the mem~ers aim to keep the
environment fun but conducive to learning.
Aikido's mission of non-violence also con­
tributes to chis setting.
"Ir's fun and cooperative and we learn
things together," said Hersey.
The Aikido Club has applied for fund­
ing to cake a couple trips to a local dojo to
supplement their on-campus training. Many
members who have nor practiced the art out­
side of Lewis & Clark have never been to a
dojo. Hersey wanes a true master of aikido to
add to the students' knowledge of the arc as
well as inspire chem ro continue their train­
ing.
The Aikido Club meets Wednesdays from 7
to 8:30 p. m. and Sundays from 1 to 2:30 p. m. 16 Backdoor THE PIO EER LOG, APRIL 8, 2011
TOAST OF THE WEEK:
DRRW R BIRD DRY
Today is the day everyone has been waiting for!
Finally, Portlanders, a day where there is an
international imperative to "Put a bird on it." Get your
pencils, your crayons, your Microsoft Paint (all other
mediums are against the rules), and go to town on
some avian illustrations. This artistic celebration of
our warbling winged friends has been flying strong
since it first began in the UK in the 1940's for rea­
sons unbeknownst to anyone. Flamingoes, titmice,
puffins, sparrows, blackbirds, if it's got feathers and
flies and isn't a dinosaur, then draw the shit out of it
and share it with the world. Utensil in hand, bird in
mind, pour a shot of Grey Goose and get to scribblin'.
PUT A BIRD ON IT.
THE FIRST AND ONLY AND
RIDICULOUSLY OFFICIAL LC
DRINKING GAME
Ever shpw up to an LC party and think to yourself, "This is
one of the most surreal environments I have ever been expected
to socialize in. W'ho are these people? W'hat exactly are they
wearing? W'hats so great about PBR? W'hy am I the only one
who doesn't know who Trey Anastasio is?" Well, fear not,
friends! Not only will this handy game help you figure out what
the proverbial dealio is at Port/ands only wilderness hub for
higher education, but it'll get ya drunk!
1 DRINK
+ You see a person with a half-assed costume at themed parties
+ Someone cries to bum a cigarette from you
+ A ong by Animal Collective or Kanye West is played
+ You.see someone wearing a shirt of an obscure indie band or a well-known jam band
+ You see a girl wearing leggings/tights and boots
+ You see someone wearing both flannel AND a beanie
+ The beer pong pitcher is refilled
+ Someone "gees low"
+ A song is played ironically You Caug. t My Eye
You: Blonde Persian feline who makes a
septum ring sexy. You: The intriguing
frcsluµan rower from
Me: Want co make y•,_.1-il..,
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Me: Wanci ivories
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violin's not the
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Me: Bought you som ur Yo. e every day
am too scared co g1vet em to you. Me: Would like co s ow you a
different interpretation of the phrase
You: Need a break
Me: Admiring yo
perserverence at Historical
Materials from afar You: 1:)-rive a Prius
Me: Wane co waste all of the
energy in the world ... in bed ...
Wanna mac ic orum?
Email a ''You Caught My Eye" co piolog@gmail.co
2DRINKS
+ Someone is wearing face/body paint
+ You see someone smoking a Parliament
+ You smell weed
+ A person drinks wine straight from the bottle
+PDA
+ You hear someone expressing desire co leave _or go to a different parry
+ Someone falls down
+ A team brags about how many beer pong games they've won in a row
+ Something is spilled
+ You hear someone refer co the parry by its unofficial name (e.g. the baseball parry, Frisbee
parry, SelJwood parry, etc.)
3DRINKS
+ You see someone smoking an American pine
+ There is a squabble over what music is played
+ Someone informs you chat he/she is on hallucinogens
+ Someone is drinking a nice beer
+ The influx of underclassmen arrives
+ The influx of people from a parry that got busted arrives
+ Someone talks about a movie you haven't seen (4 if they mention the filmmaker)
+ More than one person emerges from the bathroom
+ omeone with dreadlocks smokes anything
+ Someone gees offended
4DRINKS
+ Someone talks about Nietzsche, Freud, Shakespeare, or Plato
+ A hippie dances by him/herself to his/her own rhythm
+ You have a conversation with someone who won't remember it
+ There is an exodus to Bannings/Hoc Cake House/Food Cares /Wendy's/Taco Bell/etc.
+ Your friend ditches you to hook up
+ omeone throws up
+ A taxi shows up
+ Someone overtly utters a politically incorrect statement
FINISH YOUR BEER
+ Campo shuts down the parry by midnight
+ A sing-a-along/guitar/drum circle scares
rt You see a body part that is typically covered up while in public
+ A fight breaks out
+ You run into a former hookup and feel awkward
+ A keg is empty
+ Someone has a banjo/dulcimer/ukulele or some other obscure
stringed instrument
+ Someone shows up dressed as a wood nymph/ creature at a party that is not a woodland
creature party
+ You see exes scare making out
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*P.S. All farticles found in the Backdoor are jokes. Funny jokes. Don't cake chem seriously because they don't take you seriously. Seriously.
Oh yeah, and submit comics to Backdoor Editor Erin Ruprecht (ruprecht@lclark.edu).