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Volume 80, Issue 8

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2013-04-19

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IN
This issue of The Pioneer
Log (4/19) contains two
articles featured on pages 8-
9 and a cover that may be
triggering or
uncomfortable to
read.
If you have any feedback regarding
any content in this issue, please email
piolog@gmail.com. SEXUAL M SCON
Myths and Realities at Lewis & Clark:
BY CASSIE BISHOP AND BEAU BROUGHTON
ARTS EDITOR AND FEATURES EDITOR
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Rosengard explained that the
primary goal of the SARA program is to
balance the wishes of the survivor with the
safety of the greater LC community. According
to Rosengard, SARA attempts to "maintain the
survivor's degree of control because they have
already had far more control taken away from
them than ever should have happened."
However, reporting to a SARA is only
one of several primary avenues available for
students. The Feminist Student Union and
Queer Resource Center are both student-run
safe spaces that operate in ancillary reporting
capacities. .
''I think the tradeoff there is that you're
going to be reporting to someone [a Resident
Advisor] who has a connection to a much
deeper range of resources," Rosengard said as
he discussed the difference in reporting to a
FSU or QRC representative as opposed to a RA.
Though all groups are trained by Osmond in
survivor support, the difference is that RAs, as
student staff, are required to report to their AD
if a survivor comes forward. "RAs play a critical role. They are here to
speak for students who are not in a position
to speak for themselves," Rosengard said.
''I've certainly worked with students who
wouldn't have reported if they hadn't been
able to report to an RA that they trusted."
The College is required to comply with
Title IX of the Educational Amendments
Act of 1972 which mandates that
educational institutions report all instances
of sexual misconduct, among other statistics,
to the Department of Education. The team
of Deputy Title IX Coordinators is spread
between LC's three campuses with Vice
President and Provost Jane Atkinson as the
coordinator.
In addition to Title IX, LC adheres to
both the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus
Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics
Act ( commonly referred to as the Clery Act)
and the Dear Colleague Letter. The Clery
Act, named after a university student who
was assaulted and killed in her residence hall
in 1986, "requires colleges and universities to collect, report, and disseminate crime data,"
which includes everything from hate crimes
to instances of sexual misconduct.
While Clery provides comprehensive
guidelines, Osmond conceded that "there
are some gaps." One of these gaps is the
discrepancy between Clery's reported
instances of sexual misconduct and the
much higher number of unreported assaults
taking place within the LC community.
"I try to figure out how [Clery's
definitions] match with our definitions of
sexual misconduct," Osmond said. ''We're
more liberal in defining what constitutes
sexual misconduct, and it's a broad range
of behaviours and activities from sexual
harassment to penetrative rape."
Osmond's disappointment in Clery's
narrow definitions and the aforementioned
gap was echoed by Rosengard: ''There are
going to be some things that constitute
sexual misconduct in the College's eyes that
don't fit any of the Clery Act categories and
therefore aren't reportable. You can only .;i,;f,M
report exactly what it wants you to report."
The College's on-the-ground resources for
survivors is a hefty list of trained professionals
and ancillary support groups. Osmond said that
throughout her tenure at LC "the outcomes have
been mostly satisfactory for the survivor."
Osmond explained the transformation she has
seen survivors undergo: from being traumatized
to finding the right help and resources-for them
and "[coming] through that process as okay as
they can be." However, she acknowledged that
"making someone whole after an experience like
that is not necessarily possible."
LC's survivor support network has a
purposefully diverse base so that students ~e able
to contact whomever they are most comfortable
with. SARAs, RAs, ADs, the QRC, the FSU,
Deans, Campus Living, the Provost and Deputy
Title IX Coordinators are only some of the initial
channels students-whether they are survivors,
friends or perpetrators--<:an contact to get
support.
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Four days of prior restraint
A CALL FOR JOUf~NALISM AT LEWIS & CLARK
BY ZIBBY PILLOTE &
ANTHONY RUIZ
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR
Portland's only law school
might have a reputation for animal
law, but when it comes to the First
Amendment, it seems they could
use some brushing up.
On April 5, Chief Justice
Roberts presided over Lewis &
Clark's inaugural moot court com­
petition. In what amounted to an
unpublished print article and four
days of prior restraint, several
College officials insisted on hav­
ing an article covering the moot
court event be screened by Chief
Justice Roberts' office. When
Ruiz questioned the legalities of
such restrictions by Chief Justice
Roberts' office, a College official
informed Ruiz that his tone will
not be "tolerated" and that the
Dean of Students Anna Gonzalez
was informed of the situation.
The Pioneer Log was not made
aware by LC officials that an arti­
cle involving Chief Justice Roberts
would have to be "pre-approved"
before Tuesday afternoon.
After sending the article in on
Tuesday for approval in an at­
tempt to maintain cordial relations
with the Law School, The Pioneer
Log was well aware that the story
would have no chance of being
approved before its Wednesday
evening deadline. Two emails were
sent to the Law School express­
ing the urgency of this matter and
the impending 5 p.m. deadline.
The Law School did not send a
copy of the article to the Supreme
Court until 11 :36 p.m. Wednes­
day evening---over six hours past
deadline.
The Pioneer Log never received
confirmation that the article had
been received by the Law School,
and did not receive any follow up
communication until the Oregonian
article went live on the night of
Friday, April 12.
In an email to The Pioneer Log,
Dean of the Northwestern School
of Law of Lewis & Clark Robert
Klonoff apologized and said
that he "regrets" what he called
a "misunderstanding." Klonoff
later also apologized via an online
comment to the Oregonian story
published on the matter.
On Friday, Kolonoff informed
Oregonian reporter Betsy Ham­
mond that the article was only
sent to the Supreme Court as a
"heads-up," yet his email to Chief
Justice Roberts' office states, "At­
tached is the college newspaper
article about the Chief Justice's
visit. Please let me know if it
meets with your approval."
The same morning, Ruiz and
Pillote received an email from
Director of Public Relations Lise
Harwin stating, "there was a mis­
understanding with the Supreme
Court. They have just informed us
that student newspaper articles do
not need to be approved by their
office and have apologized for
any miscommunication." Harwin
stated on Tuesday, Apr. 10, that
the article had been sent to the
Chief Justice's office by the Law
School, but emails indicate that
this is incorrect.
LC's Student Media Board by­
laws assert that "the student press
at Lewis & Clark is free from )~s It Should Have Been
Chief Justice Roberts presides over
ina1Jgural moot court competition
BY ANTHONY RUIZ
SPORTS EDITOR
argue the·
Supreme
ing for 1-
censorship and advance approval
of content." That said, the Office
of Public Affairs and Communi­
cation and the Law School both
independently claimed that they
were given explicit instructions
from the Chief Justice's office
that the artide would need to be
approved.
Editor's Note
While the covenant was broken
temporarily between the Col-
lege and The Pioneer Log, there
is a learning opportunity. The
administrati.on and Dean Klonoff
have already apologized for their
involvement in this matter. What
we can learn from this is that First t many stud
to do that."
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Amendment and freedom of the
press issues are paramount in the
minds of students, and that any
form of censorship will create
barriers between the administra­
tion and the students at large.
Regardless of the orders from
Chief Justice Roberts' Office, the
College should have refused to
send in any independent student
publication for prior approval.
The College has admitted its error
·and we look forward to having an
open relationship with the ;tdmin­
iscration in the future.
The award-wirming student­
run Pioneer Log has been an
institution on campus for over
60 years. During this time, faculty
advisors have come and gone,
sometimes leaving students in the
dark to make important decisions
without a form of professional
guidance. This semester, there is ss the bar.
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no dedicated faculty advisor to The
Pioneer Log.
More importantly, of the 14
sections being offered in the
Rhetoric and Media Studies
Department for Fall 2013, none
are explicitly related to journalism.
This means that there are no dedi­
cated classes on journalistic law or
writing practices at LC.
Several editors and writers at
The· Pioneer Log have stressed the
importance of an academic expe­
rience for writers and editors, and
have expressed disappointment
in the lack of academic support
offered by the College. It is the
position of The Pioneer Log that LC
should invest in the journalistic
education of its students in order
to prevent future "misunderstand­
ings" as well as demonstrate a
continued support of free student
press. APRIL 19, 2013 THE PIONEER LOG NEWS ·3
Puzzling campus crimes shatter years of quiet
CALEB DIEHL
OPINION EDITOR
Lewis & Clark's chree-year
hiarus from a major theft trend
ended on April 2, when someone
scole a laptop and cellphone from
a Manzanita lounge. Director of
Campus Safety Tim O'Dwyei:.said
a second theft happened hours
later in the Law School library.
In both cases, srudents only lefc
their computers for a few minutes.
Campus Safety recorded seven
laptop and desktop computer
disappearances chis month. An­
other eerie but probably unrelated
burglary in Forest Hall last week
accentuated chis spike in crime.
"This is somebody outside the
community," said O'Dwyer of the
computer c_hefts. "They're hunters.
They have to make it a priority to
get here."
O'Dwyer said Portland police
scopped Matthew Leahey and two passengers in a neighbor­
hood across tl1e river. Officers
arrested Leahey for possession
of meth and a stolen lapcop but
did nor touch his acquaintances.
The police do not know if Leahey
orchestrated the tl1efts or got the
computer from another source.
He was released from jail after one
day. The case remains open.
On April 5 the stakes escalated.
In Miller's nocturnal, deserted
English department, someone
heisted a bull.-y desktop computer
from a fourth-floor scaff desk.
The next day police arrested
Leahey, but the crimes didn't stop.
Three days later, a student lefr a
Watzek Library study desk for five
minutes and lost a laptop. The
Law School library lose another
laptop on April 10.
"A number of these are in­
stances in which students got up
and left their private property for periods of tim,e," said O'Dwyer.
"Somebody's obviously in the area
looking for something to steal.
They swoop in, cake those items
and leave."
On April 12, Templeton lost
a laptop. And just when Miller
settled into a new desktop, the
replacement disappeared.
"All the sudden we have a big
theft problem," said O'Dwyer.
"That tells me there's some con­
nection between tl1ese computer
tl1efcs."
That day's loss in computers
was almost made up in suspects.
In Templeton, a Skyline employee
watched a lanky 25-to 30-year-old
man with blond hair sweep the
laptop off a table and shove it in
his black backpack. O'Dwyer said
the man might work with Leahey.
"It's pretty clear there's some con­
nection between these guys, bur
that doesn't necessarily mean they
ADVERTISEMENT know each other," said O'Dwyer,
basing his conclusion off 20 plus
years as a police detective.
Otl1er incidents could implicate
srudems. Last Wednesday, a girl's
quad in upper Alder lost a lamp,
camera, iPod and other expen-
sive items to cap a months-long
sequence of intimate tl1efcs.
"S~ff was disappearing here
and tl1ere," said Julia Meyer ('16),
one of the residents. "This was
months ago."
Last Wednesday, ·Alder resi­
dents Chandler Johnson ('16) and
Charlotce Laube ('16) returned to
tl1eir room around 4:30 p.m. Soon,
they noticed empty space between
their desks. A lamp was gone.
Later,Julia Withers ('16) came
back, searched chrough her closet
and found the items lost earlier.
"She finds chis note, which is quite
mean," said Meyer. The belligerent
scrawl detailed some of the more expensive items. It finished with,
"Lock your shit up!"
"It was creepy 'cause we didn't
see the note until we looked for
the otl1er sruff," said Withers.
''We didn't realize the other sruff
they had taken-those items told
us they had been there months
before."
The next day, Johnson and
Meyer found everything stashed
in a second-floor trunk room and
their common area. Later, Campus
Safety interviewed everyone who
swiped into tl1e building. They
uncovered no unusual entrances.
Regardless, both O'Dwyer
and the Alder residents praise the
campus community's integrity and
enjoy it~ usual helpfulness. "We
still love Living in Forest. We're still
the best dorm," said Meyer.
"This is a community issue,"
said O'Dwyer. ''We need every­
body's help."
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Letters to the
editor
To die Editor:
RE: "Premature major declara-
tion proves pointless" •
We wanted to take the time
to address Arts Editor Cassie
Bishop's Opinion article last week
about the new major declaration
deadline. I_n it, she acknowledges
the school's trouble with retention
(mentioning that 30 percent of
students will not graduate at bewis
& Clark), something that we clunk
students and administrators can
agree upon as being a problem.
But blaming students, as Bishop
seems to be doing, feels counter­
productive. From the perspective
of an undeclared, fourth-semester
student who is withdrawing from
LC, this approach to addressing
the dropout rate is troublesome.
Student interests need to come as
the forefront of concern. Bishop
states, "I adore LC and feel very
centered in this community," and
by doing so, she is only targeting
and singling out ~tudents who
aren't struggling at LC academi­
cally and/ or socially.
Over the course of her argu­
ment, Bishop completely contra­
dicts herself. In spite of initially
acknowledging retention trouble,
saying that the school is "applying
a Band-Aid solution to a gaping
wound," Bishop says it's a "simple
fact that the current system
works" and "if it ain't broke, don't
fix it." These statements are rep­
resentative of a flaw in the greater
whole of Bishop's article: She is
writing from the perspective of
someone who hasn't experienced
this problem at all. Bishop and
the "high-school-AP-credit-heavy
freshmen" or tl1e "small portion
of the LC community who is in­
convenienced by this paperwork"
are not the ones suffering from
the greater issues of withdrawal/
transfer. Saying the minor incon­
venience of an earlier declaration
deadline is comparable to the dif­
ficulty faced by students debating
withdrawal or transfer is ludicrous,
self-centered and insensitive.
Bishop's dismissal of how
easily students can change
majors without consequence as
an environmental concern and a
"waste of paper" is ineffective and
reflects poorly on her priorities.
Furthermore, her attitudes reflect
the lack of community suppprt
that drives students to leave LC.
Bishop is nonsensical in her argu­
ments against the new (and thus
obviously as-of-yet unproven)
efforts being made to address
the problem, and instead she has
become an example of exactly
how rejection-filled some students
perceive tl1e Lewis & Clark coqi­
munity to be.
As an editor of the student-run
newspaper, Bishop's piece re­
flected poorly on The Pioneer Log}
attempt at serving the students
first.
A Graduating Senior anc:l an
Offended, Undeclared, Fourth­
Semester Soon-to-be Dropout To the Editor:
RE: "Campus Living dictates
leadership qualities"
The recent opinion pie_ce
"Campus Living dictates lead­
ership qualities" made many
troubling assumptions and ~ccusa­
tions. These include that Campus
L_iving makes hiring decisions
based on a val~e (diversity) that
students don't share, and that we
unfairly preference candidates
based upon race, gender, class or
sexuality instead of their quali­
fications for the position. These
accusations promote a privileged
and narrow viewpoint, wedded to
a status quo of systematic oppres­
sion of peoples who ar_e not pri­
marily: white, male, heterosexu~l,
upper middle class, able-bodied,
cisgendered, documented citizens,
English-speaking or members of
other privileged groups.
Campus Living had an extraor­
dinarily qualified pool of appli­
cants for the 2013-14 RA position.
This pool was also more diverse
than we have had in the past, on
many spectra of identity; this was
in part due to intentional outreach
that we did in order to recruit
more qualified candidates who
could represent all of the Lewis &
Clark student population.
We would like to raise me ques­
tion of what impact the opinion
piece has had on our underrepre­
sented srudents. For exarriple, our
students of color, LGBTQ and
first-generation college students
can and often articulate the value
of diverse, qualified, representa­
tive leadership. The suggestion
that Campus Living offers RA
positions to candidates simply be­
cause of one part of their identity
has left many students who are
not represented in the majority
feeling marginalized. This sugges­
tion shows an inability to acknowl­
edge the exceptional qualifica­
tions, in addition to their diverse
identities and experiences, which
underrepresented candidates will
bring to their communities.
Majority persons never have
their,1::apacity to lead questioned
because of their identity. Whether
intentional or not, me opinion
piece sets a discrinunatory ton~
that suggests that those who are
underrepresented in our student
body are inherently less able to
be student leaders than major-
ity students. Perhaps our hiring
decisions will mean that your RA
doesn't look like you or share the
same life experiences. We would
challenge everyone to think of
how a predominantly majority
staff team could feel for students
who are not represented in that
demographic.
We have heard a call for more
transparency about our hiring
decisions. Here it is: we hire the
most qualified staff teams pos­
sible to meet me needs of our
students. Our mission includes the
phrase, "Celebrate the wisdom of
diversity." We celebrate that wis­
dom by hiring an RA staff team
that represents and can best serve
all of our student body.
Area Directors Charlie
Ahlquist and Logan Thurnauer THE PIONEER LOG APRIL 191 2013
Boning is worth the
mc)ney
BY EMMA
HOCH-SCHNEIDER
STAFF WRITER
The Lewis & Clark meal plan
is somethir1g tl1at all LC students
(and their wallets) are more than
familiar wit:h. From seven to 19
meals a week, tl1e Bon provides
innovative and (usually) tasty
choices at meals. But where ex­
actly is me money from our meal
plans going?
A Pioneer Log investigation in
2012 revealed that the total food
service revenue was $4,962,854
and food service costs were
$3,351,809 .. These figures leave the
college witlJ $1.6 million dollars in
revenue from food service. The question that arises is
whether this money should be left
to me College or used to reduce
me cost of me meal plans. It is an
easy choice. To further enhance
the dining experience and aca­
demic activities, the school should
use the surplus that it makes from
the food service.
While the tuition ar LC is, to
say at the least, a little steep, the
added money from food service
helps to cover oilier projects
around tl1e school. I do not
believe it is wrong that the school
profits from the transaction. As a
non-profit, LC uses its funding to
enhance the school and the op­
portunities it provides.
Of course, there are many faults witl1 the meal plan. Al­
though me meal plan should be an
option for on-campus dining, the
cost of maintaining Bon Appetit
on c~rnpus relies on huge fees
from student funds and the meal
plan. This is not to say that Bon
Appetit is not trying to accommo­
date students' needs. This year, tl1e
Bon has made it possible to use a
meal S\vipe in the Trailroom, giv­
ing students more dining options.
The College takes its food
pretty seriously. "Granny bon­
ers" line up at 4:45 p.m. to get
their dinner, and tl1e brunch line
is generally a mad rush tl1at turns
even the slowest runners into
track stars. Obviously, the Bon
Appetit staff is doing something
right. They make up for tl1e high
costs with variety and efficiency.
Many students at LC place an
emphasis on environmentalism
and health in their daily meals.
The Bon recognizes the needs of
the students and provides local
and healthy dining option'S. Other
students want nothing more than
a cheeseburger and fries, and Bon
Appetit provides that, too.
With the remodel of Fields
Dining Hall happening this sum­
mer, the main concern of the Bon
Appetit managers and Lewis &
Clark Facilities is to in1prove the
efficiency of the dining experi­
ence. The staff really cares about
me meal choices and options mat
they provide to students. Not only
does the Bon manage to exhibit
new options every day, but it also
provides options for me pickiest
of eaters and hoards of health
nuts.
While the meal prices might
make us cringe (and tl1e tempeh
even more so), Bon Appetit does
a mar·velous job of catering to
the needs of LC students. The
amount of options that Bon Ap­
petit provides make it worm me
steep price. LC and Bon Appetit
provide an excellent, cost-efficient
diiung experience for all students
looking for a bite to eat.
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·@LC-QRC APRIL 19, 2013 THE PIONEER LOG OPINION 5
Backing up the student-designed major
WHY STUDENTS DESERVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO THINK AND ACHIEVE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX
BY KATRINA STAAF
OPINION EDITOR
Last month, the Pioneer Log
published an article announcing
the official declaration of a classi­
cal studies major at Lewis & Clark
College. While this expansion
upon the current minor program
certainly presents an exciting addi­
tion to our college's curricular of­
ferings, many students now won­
d.er why other minors have not
yet been elevated to major status.
They wish that they could become
more deeply involved with fields
of study that lack extensive course
offerings or that lack any course
offerings in the first place.
As an alternative to settling for
a minor or choosing one of LC's
29 already-established majors, and
with an above-average amount of
determination, students may opt
to design their own majors. This
process involves careful planning,
close work with faculty from dif­
ferent departments and eventual
approval by the Curriculum Sub­
committee on Petitions, Appeals and Student-Designed Majors.
Basically, this process is no walk in
the park under any circumstances.
According chairperson of the
religious and classical studies de­
partments Rob Kugler, a primary
reason for the establishment of a
Classical Studies major is so that
fewer students have to endure
• the challenge of designing their
own majors. He explained that,
of the 10 students who embarked
on a self-directed path within the
past four years, five decided on .
classical studies. However, instead
of descriptively and accurately
reading "classical studies," their
degrees state "student-designed
major" and maintain the vague
connotations that naturally ac­
company that designation. Kugler
believes that "it's much preferable
for a student to have a declared
major on their transcript than a
student-designed major."
Assuming that this statement
references employer wariness
toward self-designed degrees in
today's job market, highly creative
and motivated college graduates are apparently inferior to their
counterparts who possess enough
restraint to stay within the box
of available major options at
their colleges. I do not intend to
discount individuals who pursue
established programs of study,
but I do mean to point out how
ridiculous it is that the skills which
accompany a student-designed de­
gree have been deemed question­
able in value. The actual subject
studied is of little importance.
Perhaps due to the relative
newness and obscurity of self­
designed majors, the great amount
of critical thinking, analysis and
research (hallmarks of any good
liberal arts educatio~) necessitated
by the design process goes unreal­
ized.
The isolated fact that only 10
LC students in the past four years
have chosen to design their own
curricula indicates an inaccessibil­
ity of self-design to the masses:
only tl10se with traits of passion,
organization, originality and goal­
setting could possibly have the
drive to first make a thoroughly detailed plan of intent and then
also ensure that the plan meets
the Curriculum Subcommittee's
approval.
But additionally, Registrar Judy
Finch said that self-design "is an
intentionally rigorous process ...
the student is expected to propose
a course of study that simply
cannot be achieved within the
structure of our current major
and minor programs." No matter
how you look at it, the crafting
and completion of a self-designed
·major (at least at LC, but probably
at most colleges with the same op­
tion) requires an outstanding work
ethic. Why anyone (particularly an
employer) would frown upon this
trait is beyond me.
LC's near-discouragement of
self-designed majors certainly
fuels the credibility of those who
are resilient enough to pursue
one. However, in order to provide
students with a true liberal arts ex­
perience of free exploration, this
institution ought to think about
making self-design more available
and acceptable. While the flawed sphere of
employment in this country may
currently oppress the dreams of
unique, motivated students, LC
can be a pioneer (or at least the
liberal arts college it is supposed
to be) by providing students with
the support they need to blaze
their own trails. I am not arguing
that the process of self-design
should be simplified: I simply
believe that students capable of
breaking out of the box face an
imposed sense C?f impossibility
before they have even begun to
test their talents.
It is undoubtedly great that
the students interested in clas-
sical studies now face far fewer
obstacles, but students invested in
every other not-so-popular subject
continue to grapple with whether
to settle or to reach for the stars.
Based on the knowledge that LC
can absolutely not afford to estab­
lish an array of new majors, our
college can at least stand behind
the alternative it so enjoys adver­
tising to prospective students. 6 FEATURES THE PIONEER LOG APRIL 19, 2013
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Zymurgy Club
BY TIFFANY WANG
STAFF WRITER
In the fall of 2012, Devin
Owen ('14) started the Zymurgy
Club in hopes of uniting stu­
dents interested in the processes
behind fermentation and brew­
ing. The club was originally met
with resistance by ASLC board
members, and it went on to have a rather public fight with the stu­
dent government. Zymurgy Club
leaders Jeff Lane ('15) and Kevin
Cassidy ('14) shed some light on
the group's current status and
future goals.
Give us an update on where
the club is in its struggle
against ASLC. Lane: The fight against ASLC
is officially over. We've received
funding from the [Student
Organizations Committee] for
this semester, $1,400 in total. We
did get a budget for next year.
[ASLC President] Xander Blair
introduce[d] and originally passed
a bill stipulating that student fee
money couldn't be used for buying
or producing alcohol, but due to
some basic errors-Xander isn't
actually allowed to propose an
amendment to the Constitution­
the bill had to be reintroduced.
[Senior Senator] Kerry White later
proposed a bill that said [the] SOC
and Finance Committee had the
final word on student fee
allocation, and that bill easily
passed.
Last week, The Pioneer Log
published a critical op-ed
piece by Caleb Diehl. Is there
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ILLUSTRATION BY KELSEY GRAY
Arbella Brewing Co.
BY ALIX FINNEGAN
STAFF WRITER
While many college students
may profess a love of beer, five
Lewis & Clark students have gone
beyond Friday night PBR guz­
zling in their dorms to establishing
an environmentally sustainable
brewery.
Named after Arbella, the flag­
ship of pilgrim John Winthrop's
fleet that delivered _beer to starving
settlers, Arbella Brewing Company
hopes to create a craft microbrew­
ery to serve Lewis & Clark and
the Portland community. Arbella
is centered on student engage­
ment, environmentally sustainable
brewing prac~ces, academic col­
laboration and responsible alcohol
education, which are all a ;eflec­
tion of the ideals of the students
who founded it.
Coming from a range of
backgrounds and interests, the
men of Arbella are united by their
common love of beer and passion for homebrewing. Devin Owen
('14) is a psychology major study­
ing the effect of alcohol on brain
function, while Henry Schmidt's
('14) passion for gourmet cook­
ing adds to his role in public
relations. Kevin Cassidy ('14) is a
math major and Greg Soto ('14)
and Daniel Shaver ('13) are both
biochemistry majors, with Shaver
described as the "yeast man" in
his Arbella biography.
A campus-wide project by
Cassidy and Schmidt to reform
alcohol education coincided with
the Venture Competition and
brought the team together. Owen,
who started brewing beer as a
junior in high school, approached
Cassidy and Schmidt. Shaver and
Soto were added shortly there­
after as passionate homebrewers
themselves, and the plan to open
Arbella was finalized.
Looking forward, Arbella plans
to spend the summer develop-
ing recipes, finding a location
near campus and doing further research on yeast cultivation,
sanitation and brewing sciences.
"We hope to open our doors as an
official business by the end of the
summer," said Owen. Finances
have also been a bit of a speed
bump. Grants from several cam­
pus organizations helped.
The biggest obstacle for
Arbella, according to Owen, is
negative associations with alcohol
production and consumption. De­
spite receiving support from sev­
eral administrators and students,
many people are still wary about a
student brewery. Arbella is in the
process of developing a "Consci­
entious Drinking" program for
next year's students as a campaign
for more effective drinking, and
it hopes to integrate itself further
into the LC community.
For more i,iformation, visit Arbefla's
website athttp://arbeflabrewing.com/.
Yott can also connect with Arbeffa on
Facebook and Twitter. anything in Caleb's article
that you'd specifically like to
respond to?
Cassidy: There was a lot of
discussion in his article relating to
issues of liability. Devin [Owen
has] been working with Jason
Feiner and Risk Management
since October 2012 to create an
outline to ensure that the school
won't be legally respo1;sible for
the club. We know that the school
buying brewing equipment is not
a liability under its current risk
management structure, so that was
not a necessary concern.
If you continue to meet
resistance from either peers or
administrators next year, are
you prepared to keep fighting
for the club?
Cassidy: We truly believe this is
a good thing, and time will show
that we can use this club in a
responsible manner. Once we start
showing people what we can do,
they'll stop resisting. I also encour­
age people who have questions
to contact us. If people who have
concerns don't talk to us, we can't
address [those concerns].
What exactly do you envi­
sion the club doing next year?
Lane:.We want to do as much
as the budget will allow. We've
purchased enough equipment that
we can start brewing operations as
soon as students get back in the
fall. We also want to check equip­
ment out so students can take it
home to use.
Cassidy: I think the club will
start off with a few events where students learn how to use this
equipment, and from there, just
allow people to [brew].
Are you committed to bring­
ing a speaker to campus next
year?
Cassidy: It's budget-dependent.
Lane: Right now we don't have
the money for it. If we talk to a
speaker we want to bring in and
they have a set honorarium, we
can go to the Finance Committee.
How do you respond to
underclassmen who question
your commitment to involving
them in the club? Freshmen
might criticize your decision
to use your budget on brewing
equipment (something they
can't use) rather than bring a
speaker to campus (something
they can attend).
Cassidy: It's hard to follow up
after a talk without the necessary
equipment. The equipment we
have will last for years. And "zy­
murgy" doesn't mean making beer;
it's the study of yeast fermentation.
You don't have to be 21 to collect
ambient yeast to make bread. If
someone's interested in something
that involves fermentation, we're
more than happy to help.
Lane: The club has to start
somewhere. And if it doesn't hap­
pen in the fall, as soon as I return
from studying abroad [in Spring
2014], my first priority will [be] to
bring a speaker to campus. I think
having a speaker is a valuable ex­
perience, so I'll be submitting an
application to the Finance Com­
mittee as soon as I get back.
Arbella recently held a
logo contest through their
Facebook page, which
resulted in three winning
designs. From top to bot­
tom: Taylor Wallau ('13),
Sarah Dodge ('13) and
Jonas Fahnestock ('13).
BHEWlING COMPANY
PORTLANO.OR APRIL 19, 2013 THE PIONEER LOG
Poet and Professor Mary
Szybist talks about her inspiration
BY REBECCA PETERSEN
STAFF WRITER
Mary Szybist is an associate
professor of English at Lewis
& Clark and a poet of national
acclaim. I was fortunate to have
the opportunity to talk with her
about poetry, faith and her ne_w
book Incarnadine, which is making
a remarkable impression on critics.
The Pennsylvania born poet re­
ceived degrees from the University
of Virginia and the Iowa Writ-
ers' Workshop, and has earned
numerous awards and features
for her work. Her recent collec­
tion Incarnadine is characterized by
experimentation with form and
the incorporation of religious
iconography, and was praised by
The Oregonian as "deeply felt and
well-crafted, layered in content
between the literal, the here and
now, [and] the might-have-beens."
Szybist describes poems as
"places where one can feel dif­
ferently, where one can linger in
ambiguity and acknowledge that
emotions and beliefs that feel at
odds-love and hate, faith and
doubt, for example--can be
simultaneous."
When asked about the title,
a synonym for "flesh-colored,"
Szybist explained the reference
to Shakespeare's Macbeth and said
before going on to discuss the
significance further:
"I also like [the title Incarnadine]
partly because of its closeness to
'incarnation.' That's a big issue in
the book: what is embodied, what
is in the flesh, what is incarnate in
the world, and what we make in­
carnate in the world," said Szybist.
In Incarnadine, you utilize a
lot of religious allusions and
symbols. Did you have specific
inspiration for this? Associate Professor Mary Szybist
I grew up in a religious house­
hold surrounded by Catholic ideas
and icons. For a while I tried to
get away from some of those
images an_d concepts, but part of
the project of this book is to ac­
knowledge the myths and stories
and sensibilities that are already in
me and to reimagine them and put
them to new use. William Stafford
says that myth gets into poems
because it is impossible to keep
myth out of poems, and I think
that that's especially true of the
myths and stories that shape our
early sense of ourselves.
The Annunciation scene
between the angel Gabriel and
the Virgin Mary•is the cover of
this book, and recurs through­
out the collection-is there
any particular reason that this
scene spoke to you?
Well, I grew up attending the
Church of the Annunciation, so I
spent many formative hours look­
ing up at that picture, that scene. I
continue to find the scene beauti­
ful and moving [ ... ] it portrays a
human encountering something
fundamentally not human and suggests it is possible for us to
see, perceive and hear something
not like us-which is I think very
difficult to do. It's much easier to
project ourselves onto things than
to actually perceive something
that is different. So, that's part of
what I find really moving about
the scene: the faith, the belief that
tl1at can happen.
On the other hand, part of
what I like about how artists have
treated this scene, especially in the
Medieval Era and the Renaissance,
is that the artists don't portray
complete embrace or union. They
are not portraying sudden and
complete understanding between
these figures. They emphasize the
distance between them. Often
they emphasize it by literally put­
ting columns between them. So
the subject of a lot of the paint­
ings _is really the space between
them, and that's something that I
pick up on in a lot of the poems.
I'm interested in both the possibil­
ity of this kind of transformative·
encounter and also the difficulty
of one consciousness ever really
reaching another. FEATURES 7
BY TOMOMI MASUDA
JAPAN
American people are friendly,
eat a lot, and do not care about
theu fashions.
These tl1ree ideas were my
preconceptions before I came to
the U.S. When I arrived at Lewis
& Clark for the first time, I was
absolutely sure that people in tl1e
U.S. are very friendly. As I passed
by people, they said "hi" to me
despite the fact that we did not
know each other. In Japan, if you
spoke to a stranger, the stranger
would feel weird. I was surprised
at those who greeted me, and I
was happy at the same time. I like
tlus part of the culture better than
the Japanese one.
Second, we went to the
cafeteria, Bon, which prepared
many kinds of dishes including
vegetables. I heard that you could
not eat healthy food in the U.S.
However, my preconceived idea
changed. American people care
about their eating habits more
than I expected. When I looked
at their dishes, they were well bal­
anced. Moreover, I sometimes eat
more than Americans. Third, I realized many people
in this college were fashionable.
Furthermore, if American people
like someone's clothes, they tell
them even if they are also not
friends. Japanese people take a
lot of time to prepare for school.
Both boys and girls choose clothes
and make their hair complete. If
they find an unfashionable person,
they may sometimes point it out.
Unlike Japan, American people
find a good point, and do not
care about a bad point. I also like
this part of the culture. When I
asked my American friends about
American fashion, they answered
that people in Portland are more
fashionable than other cities.
During Winter Break, I trav­
eled to more than five cities in the
U.S., and each city has a distin­
guishing feature. America is so
big. Through my life in America,
I learned that I cannot generalize
American traits. When I go back
to Japan, I will be asked, "How
was America?" I want to answer
the question in a way that will not
cause misunderstandings.
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Dear Virgins,
How might one have sex with a self-proclaimed 'virgin'? (Mostly I'm
talking to you, gay lady. Okay, I'm talking about you, gay lady.)
Signed, Another gay lady
Dear Another gay lady,
0mg who are you do I know
you? Get back to me.
Sincerely,
Gay and sexually starved lady
Dear Another gay lady,
Yeah I don't clunk this is really about me. But I will tell you that
my friend Gay Lady is really cool
and has nice strong legs from
biking and a fireplace in her
bedroom. You want to get with
this gay.
Sincerely,
Straight girl/Wing Woman
WHERE DOE-S
BY LINDSEY BOSSE
STAFF WRITER
Campus is a place for living,
learning, eating, sleeping, bath­
ing, working, studying, exercise,
gardening and everything else in
between. Because of this, a wide
range of resources are needed
to make campus a livable and
functional place. I decided to talk
to Bo_n Appetit, the bookstore and
Facilities to find out where some
of the things we use come from.
Bon Appetit
Since Bon Appetit is part of
a larger corporation, they have
control over some of the prod­
ucts they order, but not all. For
most food options, it is easy ro
shop local and opt for sustain­
able products. The various Bon
Appetit accounts in Portland get
to decide on what and from where
they order food, meaning that
not every account is ordering the
same things from the same places.
However, for products like dish
soap and linens; Bon Appetit uses companies witl1 corporate con­
tracts such as Sysco and Alsco, so
each account uses the same clean­
ing supplies and tablecloths.
When it comes to beef, one
of Bon Appetit's main suppli­
ers is Carmen Ranch, which is
located in Eastern Oregon. Beef
is delivered weekly, although the
raising and slaughtering of the
cow is done on a seasonal basis. "I
enjoy knowing what we're serving
is traceable," said Chef Aaron Di­
onne, who is in charge of a lot of
the product ordering. "I can verify
and vouch for all their claims."
You have probably noticed
tlrnt this year Bon Appetit has
been serving Caffe Vita cof-
fee. This decision was made by
the Lewis & Clark Bon Appetit,
as opposed to the corporation.
Caffe Vita is a local company that
distributes in Seattle and, more
recently, Portland with a local
roaster. The decision to switch
to Caffe Vita was based on the
integrity of the product, coupled
with the recent opening of a new
roasting plant in Portland. IT COME FROM?
Bookstore
The products essentially sepa­
rate into two categories: textbooks
and not textbooks. There are sev­
eral methods to choose the non­
textbook items, which is handled
by bookstore Manager Janet
Kehn. The first method is through
sale representatives-many live in
Seattle and will travel to college
bookstores with racks of items
and stacks of catalogues. They will
spend hours with the buyer rating
the quality of products and the
popularity of items.
The second method involves
buyers attending trunk shows.
There are buyer groups such as
the Northwest College Bookstore
Association and Connect2One
that meet once a year for trade
shows with an assortment of
college bookstore buyers. The
main issue with being a small
school is that: companies that
make products like T-shirts have
a minimum count on their orders.
With groups like the CBA and
Connect2One, smaller bookstores
are able to find better prices with lower order minimums.
The bookstore is also a part
of the Fair Labor Association and
Workers Rights Consortium. This
means that products purchased
for the bookstore must adhere
to a set of standards in their
factories. These standards protect
workers' rights, ensure sustainable
practices and maintain transpar­
ency in factory processes. There
have been companies in the past
that the bookstore has not been
allowed to order from due to
unsuitable working standards in
product factories.
Facilities
Facilities is responsible for
ordering everything from air con­
ditioning control panels to tulip
bulbs. Some products are easily
ordered sustainably, and some
aren't. For example, a majority of
the plants around campus are pur­
chased from local nurseries. Some­
times products will be purchased
from several locations in order to
ensure that the healthiest plants
are being purchased and planted. Otl1er products, like electronics
and tools, are purchased from lo­
cal commercial companies but are
generally made in faraway lands.
Some high-tech or old technologic
parts have to be ordered from
overseas.
However, Associate Vice
President for Facilities Michel
George ensures that the disposal
of products is done in the most
environmentally friendly way
possible. Sometimes, this means
trying to reuse old things in a new
way. Otl1er times, it means dispos­
ing of electronics in a special
manner to elinunate impacts of
the products on the Earth.
"Sometimes you can't control
your sources, but you can control
how you get rid of them," said
George.
It is important to ask ques­
tions such as: are products local
and environmentally friendly? The
second concern is finance. Since
student dollars are the ones paying
for on-campus services, Facili-
ties orders like to take that into
consideration as well. 8 APRIL 19, 2013 THE PIO!\
MYTHS AND REALITIES OF SEXUAL
CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE
THE PROBLEMS
During the Spring 2012
semester, a member of The Pioneer
Log staff conducted a set of
interviews with several students
willing to speak about sexual
misconduct at LC. While that
staff member no longer works
for The Pioneer Log, current staff
have reviewed the interview
transcripts to finally bring two
of these women's stories to light.
Their names have been changed
for the purpose of this article.
Their interviews highlight student
dissatisfaction with LC's sexual
misconduct policy and hearing
procedure.
The following interviews
contain material that may be
triggering or uncomfortable to
read.
"In the fall of my junior year,
I was raped by my best friend,"
said Anne Jones. "Everything was
initiated when I was sleeping. I
woke up and told him to stop."
The assailant did not listen and
continued to rape her. "It's
something that I can say really
happened and not just something I
dreamed about," because there was
intense physical pain that lasted for
two weeks following the attack.
"I didn't do anything about it
for about a whole year," said Jones,
"because there was a lot of extreme
guilt and trying to come to terms
with the fact that your best friend
and someone you trust out of
anyone and everyone in the world
would do something like that to
you."
Jones sought counseling before
contacting a variety of college
administrators, including Osmond,
Associate Dean of Students Jeffery
Feld-Gore, then-AD of Copeland
John Stewart, and Director of
Campus Living Kelly Hoover.
Jones eventually filed a
formal complaint and the alleged
perpetrator was found guilty.
According to Jones, the Sexual
Misconduct Review Board "gave
the verdict that he could come
back to school once I graduated.
They recommended that he go to
counseling, but didn't re.quire it.
And [he could return to campus]
if he wrote a paper about sexual
assault. And that's all it takes for an
attacker to come back to this school
and walk among the rest of the
students."
Another survivor, Jane Smith
was repeatedly raped by her friend
and fellow student. At the time the
assaults started, the perpetrator was living in isolated overflow housing.
_ Smith explained that the
perpetrator, who had a history of
depression, reached out to her,
making her believe that "this [was]
a safe person to be around" before
he took advantage of her. Initially,
she was confused and hoped that
"maybe he's just playing around.
It rapidly became very clear that
he was not. Especially when it got
to the point where he put a belt
around my neck. That was the point
where I knew I was in deep shit."
Both of the aforementioned
survivors did not realize that they
needed to find the appropriate
professional resources for many
months after the initial attacks.
"People say, 'Why did you wait
so long to come forward?' People
feel like after you've been raped you
automatically know you've been
raped and have no qualms abou~
it. That's not how it is," said Jones.
''You have this feeling of complete
self-blame, like you allowed this to
happen, which is why it took me
almost a whole year to even come
forward."
Smith echoed Jones' feelings of
confusion in the period following
the initial attack.
"They don't understand that
when you're being raped, you're
not even thinking it is rape," said
Smith. ''You're thinking, 'Am I just
going to be raped, or am I going to
be raped a lot longer, a lot more?'
That's all you're thinking about.
And you're not even calling it rape.
"People ask why I didn't scream
when it happened. I didn't scream
because I knew nobody would do
anything."
Months later Smith realized
the hopelessness of her situation •
and lost control. The following
few minutes she experienced
alone in her room solidified her
despondency.
"My roommate wasn't home,
and when I realized that I just sat
• down on my floor and I just started
screaming," Smith said. "The walls
are paper thin. Nobody asked.
There was no call. There was no
text. Nothing."
Both Jones and Smith spoke to
the cycle of learned helplessness
survivors get trapped in.
"There's no emotion. You are
worthless," said Jones. ''You feel
like it's just this thing that happens
and you don't care about what other
people do to your body anymore."
Smith was· only able to
comprehend the severity of her
situation once she was removed
from the recurring abuse.
"Once I got back home, it took
a month or two of me settling back
into my normal routine, because
I'd been sleeping about two hours a
LC-specific resources night and I was a little crazy," Smith
said "It took me a little while but I
realized, 'Oh shit, oh shit. That was
so fucked up."'
Smith tried to stop the
perpetrator from contacting
her, but was confronted by him
multiple times when she came
back to campus in the fall._Later
that s.emester, Smith was informed
that the perpetrator had petitioned
to come back to campus. Smith
immediately approached Feld-Gore,
informing him that the perpetrator
was '"a clear and present danger" to
the LC community.
Smith approached a SARA to
file a formal complaint in hopes
that the additional evidence would
prevent the perpetrator's petition
from being considered. After
hearing of the severity of the
alleged-perpetrator's imminent
threat to the campus community,
an investigation was launched. It
resulted in the perpetrator being
expelled and permanently barred
THIE NEXT STEPS
LC's sexual misconduct policy
is designed to promote survivor­
centric support. That aspiration is
backed up by LC administrators.
Dean of Students Anna Gon­
zalez emphasized that the Col­
lege protects survivors' "sense of
agency and that is so important.-shit at me for not having told him
before. He said that clearly I didn't
value him enough and didn't talk to
me for three weeks. People make
it about them. They make it some
personal thing-that they were
left out of the I-knew-immediately
club."
Jones echoed this frustration.
"Everyone you know who is
mutual friends with [the perpetra­
tor] will say, 'No, no, that's not
possible. That person is so nice,"'
Smith explained. "But they don't
realize when they are supporting
[the perpetrator], they are denying
what happened to you. They are
invalidating your story."
In Osmond's experience, there
are three primary boundaries to
survivors reporting: they will not
be believed, they assume a portion
of the blame and they lack faith in
the system.
Osmond works to empower
survivors: "I say, 'Something bad
happened to you. You have the
right to go out and have a good
time. You have the right to dress
any way you want and have people
not hurt you. What that person did
is wrong and they made a choice
to hurt you. There is nothing you
could have done to prevent that
once they made that choice. I
understand you'd feel that you may
have contributed to this, but please
believe it's never your fault.' That's
the kind of language I try to use." in people's lifetimes."
If students do not utilize these
reporting avenues, the College
faces the fact that anonymous per­
petrators remain in the community.
"I worry about the statistics on
retaliation and repeat offenders,"
said Gonzalez, referencing national
reports. "They're high."
Feld-Gore spoke to this chal­
lenge as well: "If we see a pattern,
we do not want to re-traumatize
somebody by going through the
process again-and this is where it
gets a little delicate in that we have
to balance the safety of the com­
munity, too, with the safety of that
one individual. We try to convince
the survivor(s), 'We need to go
forward because the next person
coming is going to be traumatized,
too."'
Director of Campus Safety
Tim O'Dwyer also emphasized
strengthening the College's re­
sponse efforts.
"We ought to have trained in­
vestigators on retainer to do sexual
misconduct investigations," said
O'Dwyer.
There are resources but, as
Osmond explained, students' lack
of faith in the reporting process
means it is underutilized.
"I think that sometimes survi­
vors feel like there's nothing that
anyone can do for them," said
Rosengard. "I don't think that's
true and I don't think they sho:pld
'' As far as I'm concerned, people's reactions are
worse than the rape. They're so much worse. ''
[Survivors] should not be forced to
do anything they don't want to or
are not ready for."
Despite these intentions, it is
not only policy that dictates the
reality of sexual misconduct. The
social environment that students
have created and foster plays a
significant role in determining
whether survivors report sexual
misconduct.
"How that [first] person re­
sponds is critical in starting that
process of healing," Osmond
said, referring to the first external
contact a survivor makes. "If they
aren't believed, they are less likely
to tell another person-to get that
support that they need."
"As far as I'm concerned,
people's reactions are worse than
the rape. They're so much worse,"
Smith said.
Smith's experience opening up
to a friend illustrated this reality:
"I finally told one friend what had
happened. He immediately flipped Not only is combatting these
three barriers one of Osmond's
main concerns, but one of her
priorities is to respectfully balance
the confidentiality and wishes of
a student who has come forward
with the safety of the community.
Osmond hopes to see more
resources put toward prevention.
Other administrators shared
their ideas for improving college
policy for preventing and respond­
ing to sexual misconduct.
"I'd like to see a component [of
the policy] dealing with consent in­
tegrated more fully into the college
process," Rosengard said.
Gonzalez pointed out that,
despite the ar-ray of available
resources, students may not utilize
them until it is too late for preven­
tion: "I want students to know
their resources should something
happen. But you don't think it's
going to happen to you, so you
don't even think you need this
resource. And it shouldn't happen have to feel that way,"
Between the FSU, the QRC,
RAs, SARAs and the Counsel-
ing Center there is a wide range
of resources available on campus
that focus on both prevention and
response.
"I have worked with people
who are frustrated with the system
[at LC] and I understand that,"
Osmond said, noting the success
survivors have had with off-cam­
pus resources and support.
''As a SARA and as an Area
Director," Rosengard said, "I have
dealt with survivors who have.
identified along a wide range of
genders and sexes."
Osmond stressed the fact that
this issue applies to more than just
survivors: "It's not just a women's
thing, and it's not just a 'people
who are interested in this kind of
issue' thing: it's everybody's prob­
lem and it's a community respon­
sibility." ■
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MYTHS MANIFESTED ON CAMPUS: MISLED BELIEFS SURROUNDING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
BY CAMILLE CHRISTIE AND
CATLIN MCCARTNEY
STAFF WRITERS
People like to throw the
word "myth" around as if
it were synonymous with bullshit.
By definition myths are untrue, but
their narrative power keeps them
from being relegated to the reahn
of "lies." Humans love myths.
Myths and stories shape the way we
see our reality, guide our actions and
provide structures and explanations
for a chaotic world. Many people
are still unaware of the inaccura-
cies in our culturally accepted rape
myths, and while some people have
started to to realize their falsehood,
the myths are so deeply ingrained
A note on the article in our culture, news media and ev­
eryday lives that they are difficult to
combat, even for people who know
the truth-and even for students at
Lewis & Clark
This is precisely why we've made
it our mission to understand rape
myths and how they manifest in our
LC bubble. Debunking the myths
and understanding the true nature
of sexual assault is the first step in
planning actions for a safer world •
because it is a lot harder, if not
impossible, to finish a puzzle while
looking at the wrong picture. Build:
ing on a campus-wide conversation,
we would like to share our own
experiences and research regarding
sexual assault to help understand
the co-nsequences of two important
rape myths. The first myth we want to
debunk is that most sexual as-
sault is reported. According to the
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National
Network (RAINN), 54 percent
of sexual assault is not reported
to the police. Within the range
of sexual assault, the Bureau of
Justice Statistics has found that 64
percent of forcible penetrations
go unreported. Sexual assault and
rape are two of the most under­
reported violent crimes in America
and reporting rates at LC mimic na­
tional trends. Our Annual Campus
Security Report, mandated under
the Clery Act, lists thre:e forcible sex
offenses in 2009 and 2010, while six
were recorded in 2011. From our
experience, we can say these official
numbers do not come close to the assaults we are aware of, especially
for sexual assault ranging up to
forcible penetration. It was nearly
impossible for us to quantify the
number of unwanted interactions
we have seen at LC because they are
too diverse and numerous.
There are many .reasons why
sexual assault goes largely unre­
ported both nationally and at LC.•
Sometimes victims/survivors do
not recognize what happened to
them as sexual assault or feel as if
they should have acted differently.
Victims/survivors are afraid that
people will not believe them; that
the syste"m will not work in their
favor; that they will be blamed;
or any number of other distress­
ing reasons. All these fears are
compounded when there is a lack
A note on the cover 9
of clarity about the victims/survi­
vors' experiences in reporting their
assaults, To begin to address this
particular barrier, we have compiled
a graphic to briefly show what LC's
reporting process entails. For more
information, please talk to any of
the groups listed as resources or
search "Sexual Assault Misconduct
Policy" on the LC website.
Our second myth is "The
Stranger in the Dark." We under­
stand this myth to be the picture
and visual imagery associated
with our culture's dominant rape
narrative, This is the story of a
male stranger in a dark alley with
a weapon who uses physical force
to rape a woman, who was char­
acterized as having been "asking
for it." Most times sexual assaults
gain attention in news, TV or film
they tell the story of "The Stranger
in the Dark." But given national
data, "The Stranger in the Dark"
represents only a sliver of real life
incidents. Our intention is not to
discredit the experiences of these
survivors but to help people recog­
nize that these assaults, despite their
inordinate coverage, are not how
the majority of cases are perpetrat­
ed. This public perception of what
counts as sexual assault deters many
people from reporting assault or
intervening in risky situations.
According to RAINN, roughly
two-thirds of assaults are com­
mitted by someone known by the
victim, and this figure is even higher
for assaults on college campuses.
This myth falls short of describing
national sexual assaults, and it does
not ring true with our experiences
at LC. Of all the assaults we are
aware of, only one has been what
people picture as "rape"-in the
dark, forcible, male on female and
outdoors-but even in this case the
survivor knew the perpetrator.
"The Stranger in the Dark"
myth is one of the most danger-
ous barriers in beginning to deal
with sexual assault because it helps
ground a flawed argument that
women should to be constantly on
alert for a deranged stranger rapist
instead of creating a world i_n which
all men (and women and gender­
queer individuals) are expected to
act respectfully and understand
consent. This myth is also im­
portant to understand because it
validates victim blaming, When we
begin to understand sexual assault
as an intimate act perpetrated by an
acquaintance, friend or partner, we
are able to understand that victim
blaming is never acceptable. Con­
sent training and raising awareness
are more essential ingredients in
preventing sexual assault at LC than
advising women to blow a whistle,
shout "no" loudly or avoid going
out at night.
1erent gaps present in both articles. Unfortunately, not all expe­
e to be represented. We strongly encourage the LC community
rungs of consent in their interactions with others, regardless of
them and both their and your genders and sexual orientations. The Pioneer Log acknowledges that the photograph on the cover plays into the sim­
plified, media-endorsed porytrayal of sexual assault victims. We encourage readers
to critically evaluate their response to the image and its failure to represent the
diversity and reility of sexual assault. 10 THE PIONEER LOG APRIL 19, 2013
STYLE SOURCE
By Mary Gates
Behind the faceless Tweets from @lewisandclark, there's a terrific sense of style. Lewis & Clark's Director of Public Relations Lise Harwin
is in charge of pitching stories to reporters, writing for LC's website and maintaining social media accounts. When not busy promoting
the College, Harwin is off thrift shopping throughout the greater Portland area. She incorporates her unique purchases into a universal
style that she can wear on a night out, as well as to the office. "I feel like I have my own fashion identity, and I'm not afraid to express
it at work," said Harwin. Though she's always expressing her personal style, she keeps an essential blazer at her office "just in case."
LISE HARWIN
What do you usually
wear to work? • '
My general style. What I
wear to work is truly what
I wear in off-hours, too.
It's a blend of modern and
retro. I wear a lot of vi n­
tage clothes and I like to
mix it up with some more
modern pieces.
. What would you want to
see someone wear to a
job interview?
There's something about a
blazer. I~ always elevates
whatever you're wearing.
I prefer things not match
perfectly. I wouldn't go
for a head to two suit. I'd
probably wear a skirt and
a blazer and keep my ac­
cessories to a minimum.
Do you ever sacrifice
fashion for comfort?
I've got to the point where
I don't wear heels higher
than two inches. This
campus is slippery. Al­
though I can't err on the
side of fashion as much
as I'd want to, there are
times.at this job and past
jobs where I've had to do
on-camera interviews,
so I always keep a black
blazer in my office just in
case. What is work
inappropriate?
For me, no shoes higher
than two inches. I prefer
skirts that go to the knee
or below, and I try not to
wear things that are low­
cu·t. It's more about dress­
ing for your body than
anything, but trying to
min1mize cleavage is im-·
portant for all women .
What's your favorite
place to shop?
I thrift constantly. I'd say
a good 95 percent of my
wardrobe comes from
thrift shops. I really go to
all of them. When I thrift I
try to go to places where
there are a number of
thrift shops grouped to­
gether. It's less about a
store and more about an
area.
What do you think about
the fashion you see
around LC?
People around here are
smarter than I am with
their shoe choices. I see
people wearing a lot of
sturdy boots and I wonder
why I am wearing heels. I
think students think about
the conditions here more
than us in the office. APRIL 19, 2013 THE PIONEER LOG
PROGRAM A: APRIL 24 & 26
WOYZECK 7 P.M.
THE LONESOME WEST 8 P.M.
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE 9 P.M. PROGRAM B: APRIL 25 & 27
ITAL/AN-AMERICAN RECONCILIATION 7 P.M.
ANO BABY MAKES SEVEN 8 P.M.
WOYZECK
DIR. DEVAN WARDROP-SAXTON
W01zeck, a play written in the
1830s by German playwright
Georg Buchner, presented sev­
eral unique challenges to director
Devan Wardrop-Saxton and her
cast-Emily Osborn ('16), Henry
Kreiman ('15), Hannah Edelson
('16), Liz Horton ('14), Morgan
Mitchell ('16) and Kevin Bocek
('15).
The play was incomplete at
Buchner's death, so Wardrop-Sax­
ton is tasked with piecing the play
together and working with the
play's translation from German to
English. This allows her to put her
own stamp on the play, making
this performance a unique op­
portunity for attendees. Wardrop­
Saxton's theatrical interests lie in
directing and dramaturgy.
"I found myself really wanting
to step outside moments to watch
them happen instead of being in
them," she said.
The play is based on real events
and focuses on the struggles of a
soldier. The play's events, Ward­
rop-Saxton said, revolve around
the "interaction between authority
and absolute nothing, and how
that basically drives [the soldier] to
commit these terrible acts." The
terrible acts to which she refers
are ones especially relevant to
modern issues, such as the recent
debate regarding mass shootings
and responsibility.
"That's kind of the theme of
things ... when somebody who
is already over the edge, how
responsible are they for the crimes
that they commit, and how much
responsibility do people who
stand by and watch have as well."
Wardrop-Saxton asserts that the
play has continued relevancy and
emotional resonance today.
"Once you figure out how to
engage with it, it's a really strong
story. It still speaks to people."
THE LONESOME
WEST
DIR. ASHER ELY
Director Asher Ely's produc­
tion The Lonesome West deals with
the intricacies of expectations­
both the ones we hold of others
and the ones that are held of us.
Set in Leenane, a western Irish
town, the play focuses on the
characters' responses to the hard­
ships and unexpected, difficult
circumstances of family death and THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) 9 P.M.
crime. Described by Ely, the play
is "at its center ... about betrayal,
depression, family and redemp­
tion."
In spite of these complicated
themes, Ely assures that the play
will be hilarious and thoroughly
enjoyable.
The play demonstrates how
author Martin McDonagh "seam­
lessly blends comedy with more
serious, darker elements," a trait
that appealed to Ely as a director
and will appeal to the audience
as well. This approach may be
familiar to audience members,
since glimpses of it are present in
McDonagh's other plays and his
well-known works in screenwrit­
ing and directing, In Bruges and
Seven Psychopaths.
This play has allowed Ely and
actors Trey Danis ('16), Andrea
Hite ('14), Tyne Clifton ('16) and
Isaac Campbell-Smith ('14) to
explore "making very funny and
interesting choices in terms of
both physical and psychological
action," as well as opportunities
to design sets .and character styles.
The creative efforts of Ely and
the cast make this a show not to
be mis_sed.
HOW I LEARNED
TO DRIVE
DIR. !RENE HANDLEY
Irene Handley's project How
I Learned to Drive explores the
unsettling relationship between a
young girl and her uncle over the
years. The play jumps non-chron­
ologically as we try to understand
the effects of this weird, creepy
relationship and how it came to be
in the fus t place.
In describing her interest in
the play, Handley said, "It's really
beautifully written, and I think it
provides really beautiful acting
challenges for young actors."
The two primary characters
are played by Kenzie Batali ('15)
and Robert Amico ('15), with ad­
ditional performances from Tyler
Wayne Patterson ('16) and Enanda
Wellington ('16).
The challenges of the produc­
tion extend beyond the cast's
work, as it asks viewers to ap­
proach this controversial relation­
ship with an eye for its intricacy.
Through Amico's character and
his relationship with Batali's, the
play exposes to the audience the
complexity of pedophiliac and
incestuous relationships.
"I think that's kind of the
nature of what the play is really trying to get at," said Handley.
"[It is] saying, 'Look, these people
aren't obviously monsters. There's
a reason why they have the power
to do this, and that's because
they're very charming people."
The human depiction of a
character we are inclined to villain­
ize may be difficult for audience
members, but the lessons about
humanity and relationships that
How I Learned to Drive offers are
important for modern viewers to
consider.
ITALIAN­
AMERICAN •
RECOf' ✓CI LIATION
DIR. NATE COHEN
John Patrick Shanley's Italian­
American Reconciliation, directed by
Nate Cohen, revolves around a
man'_s efforts to reconcile with his
challenging wife and his friend's
help in doing so. The cast includes
Brandon Cieslak ('15), Emily
Hodgson ('15) and Christopher
Chew ('15), and the show will
feature live music from student
musician Shohei Kobayashi ('13).
Thematicallly, the play explores
people's capacity for love and con­
nections as well as what it means
to be a man and how masculine
identity is constructed. The play
pairs an emphasis on emotional
honesty and realism with quick,
witty humor.
"I feel like a lot of times with
theatre, we get sort of caught up
in the art and the stage and the
beauty and the morals ... This is
just, it's just about a couple of
people who have feelings and
the· need to express them," said
Cohen.
The play seeks to take theatri­
cal expression back to the human
level, exploring vulnerability,
intimacy and audience connection
by placing focus on the actors as
opposed to the ambiance. Cohen's
interpretation of the script's ele­
ments shows this prioritization
of the people above the material
circumstances, like the omission
of the play's original setting of
Little Italy.
The play's content and the
cast's "huge amount of hyper­
honesty" required for the perfor­
mance will be rewards in and of
themselves fo:r the audience.
"It's really sweet at the end ...
The quote that's sort of [Shan­
ley's] best quote is that everything
that's worthwhile takes a little
more courage than you currently
have-a deep breath and a leap." \ ;
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ANO BABY MAKES
SEVEN
DIR. JOSEPH REED
Joseph Reed's production And
Bary Makes Seven examines the
complexities of what he described
as a "queer family." The play re­
volves around the relationship two
women and a man have together.
The balance of relationships and
sexualities is one that Reed ex­
plores along with his cast-David
Oehler ('13), Mary Weaver ('14)
and Samantha Shafer ('15).
The already complicated
household is confronted with
change when one of the women_
becomes pregnant with the male
character's baby. This gives the
family an opportunity to confront
several issues, including the two
women's "childlike expressions
of self and needs ... [and] ways
that they address needs that they
otherwise wouldn't be able to,"
which manifest themselves as a
French boy, a boy raised by dogs
and a child genius. These ad­
ditional characters offer Weaver
and Shafer the chance to explore
"generational and gender-based
drag." It is from these additional
three characters/ family members
that the play derives its title.
Written in 1984, the play also
explores the challenges of gay
fatherhood in the midst of the
beginning of the AIDS crisis.
Both in terms of his perceived
qualification for parenting and his
potential non-presence as a father,
Oehler's character is faced with
challenges brought in by the baby.
With these themes and the
play's unique character offerings,
Reed hopes to "emphasize [the
challenging of traditional bound­
aries] and to allow the audience to
come away with an understanding
of families as not just those that
we're born into or those that are
found in marriage ... but also fami­
lies that are created by friends."
THOM PAIN
(BASED ON
NOTHING)
DIR. MATTHEW TRATOS , ,,
ILLUSTRATION BY KELSEY GRAY
Thom Pain (based on nothing)
is perhaps best summarized by
director and performer Matthew
Tratos: "Mine's a weird one."
The show consists of two
main narratives told by Tratos'
character, with additional asides to
the audience and direct audience
interaction.
"Big picture: it is just a general
story about life, and it's a kind
of existentialist, absurdist look at
it," said Tratos. "There's a lot of
crazy things that we can't control
about our lives, and it's £illed with
a lot of different pain and struggle
and hardship. But also, even
within this pain and struggle and
hardship ... there's a lot of beauty
behind it."
This pain and struggle in
Tratos' character posed challenges
as to how to convey it, since the
play's moments of greatest emo­
tional significance come from the
submission and suppression of
feelings rather than the expres­
sion of them. Assisted by Jahnavi
Caldwell-Green ('12), Tratos has
stripped down his performance
and shaped his onstage presence
towards being human instead of
an actor. The process of self­
directing, even with Caldwell­
Green's assistance, has been a
challenge in communicating
vision and voice to let Tratos and
Caldwell-Green come together as
true collaborators.
The play appealed to Tratos
because of "[Eno's] flat-out ability
to synthesize and put forth the
human condition into words in'
such a beautiful way," and this
skillful crafting will come through
to the audience. As Tratos said,
"[Eno] is writing human experi­
ence." Though the play contains
this essence of humanity to which
we can all relate, ita nature does
distance viewers.
"If I do the show correctly,
everyone in the audience should
constantly be on the edge of their
seats wondering what the hell is
actually going_on," said Tratos.
"If people are confused, then the
show is probably [on] the right
track."
This confusion is part of
Tratos' larger goal as an actor and
director. "I want for people to go
and talk about it, think about it
and ruminate about it, and then
draw some connections to it." 12 ARTS THE PIONEER LOG
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Anderson is tuned in on Fridays from 9 to 10 p.m. and is frequently joined by special guests.
Piolog: What makes your
show special?
Oxford 100 is DOPE! We
do all original material for an
hour each show, which I think is
unprecedented in the history of
KLC. I play a bunch of stuff that
I've recorded over the course of
the week as well as my guests'
music and live performances that
we create right in the studio. So, if
you have something no one else
has ever heard before, come on the show!
What do you do?
Fool around and make great
music. We basically have a good
time and try and bring everyone
in to show off what they do well.
We sing, freestyle, tell stories, read
poetry and innovate the way we
use language!
What artists are featured?
Zwill is a personal favorite
of mine. He's a local rapper on
campus that I play all the time for these three reasons: I like his good
vibes, he makes original stuff each
week and he's me. I love rap-as
long as it's·not talking about
bitches and guns all the time-and
I play instruments as well and sing
a cappella. So, basically any music
that has had a lot of love put into
it, I'm sold! That's what I like to
• play on the show.
Who are your special guests
and how do you choose them?
I have special guests all the
Cyclops Recap straddles line between
future and past in
country and rock
BY CJ MACLEOD
STAFF WRITER
Embodying the mantra of
"Fuck nostalgia. Live the truth.
Truth is feeling. Truth is sound.
Truth is motion. I am believing. I
am seeing. I am moving. TRUTH
IS FOREVER" is San Francisco's
Tim Presley. In a town full of
prolific songwriters, Presley-and
his project White Fence-may be
the hardest working.
Releasing four White Fence
LPs, one split LP and countless
singles and cassettes over the past
three years, it seems Presley need
only sneeze for a song to come
out. Originally meant to tie up
loose ends from his three 2012
releases, White Fence's newest re­
lease, (ye/ops Reap, feels simultane­
ously familiar and foreign, offering
a glimpse into the.ever-shifting
psych-pop of Presley.
Coming from the garage-psych
haven of SF, (yclops Reap at times
radiates the psych energy of SF contemporaries like Ty
Segall or Thee Oh Sees,
but it most often stands
on its own, packed with
an almost country-
like tinge. Fuzzed-out
guitars, airy vocals and
tape-hiss make the
record play like Brian
Jones' wet dream.
Tracks like "Live On Gene­
vieve" swirl about with a Jones-ian
beauty while Presley relays sweet,
simple sentiments with his feath­
ery vocal delivery.
Not all tracks contain the same
mawkish vibe as "Live On Gen­
evieve," however. "Pink Gorilla"
is a lesson in fuzz. Slathered in
a heaping dose of feedback, the
piece runs in a mid-'90s Brian
Jonestown Massacre vein, a ·com­
pliment of the highest caliber.
Other songs, like "Run By
_The Same," with its slide guitar
and harmonica, cast a Byrds-like
shadow, that inhabites the no
man's land between straight coun-
ADVERTISEMENT try and rock.
While the above comparisons
may make it seem like (ye/ops Reap
is stuck in t.he past and completely
derivative of artists that came be­
fore, that's simply not true. Each
song builds from its predecessors
and somehow creates something
entirely new that is weirder and
stranger than what came before.
The charm of the album lies
in its idiosyncrasies. Guitar lines
that start and go nowhere, random
seconds of feedback and ab_rupt
stops and starts, rather than being
annoying, lend a sense of endear­
ing honesry to the record and
ultimately help Presley fulfill the
mantra with which he operates.
Registration is now open.
Su1nmer Sessions at Lewis & Clark ollege
Session I May 20-June 28
Session II July 1-August 9 go.lclark.edu/college/summer time. In fact, the 100 in Oxford
1 00's name comes from my goal
of having 100 guests on the show
before the end of our run. We
love to have anyCme who wants to
stop by, even if I haven't met you
yet. So far, we've had 23 guests
in our four-show run, so I think
we're pretty well on our way. And
of course, the 100th guest is going
to be President Obama.
Do you have any recurring
themes/things that happen
every week?
We keep it real fresh every
week, considering that we play
all original material. But we have
two constants: the first is "I Take
Requests," a project I'm doing
where anyone (that means you)
sends me a song and I have to
rap over it. I write it, record it
and play it during the show. So
far, I've done student-produced APRIL 19, 2013
beats, Saudi Arabian jams, "Build
Me Up Buttercup" and the theme
song from Bever!J Hillbillies, among
otl1ers. The second constant is the
"Oxford English Dictionary" seg­
ment, where we take a word and
ask people, in six words or less, to
define what that word means to
them. We all have different defini­
tions for tl1e important words in
life, but we never really stop to
think about what they are, so the
goal of this segment is to get you
thinking ... what does "thinking"
mean to you? Six words or less!
Where did you get the inspi­
ration for your show?
If there's one thing I value in
the music-making process, it's col­
laboration. I wanted a place where
all my musical friends could hang
out and jam together each Friday
'cause I know tl1at's what I love to
do on the weekends.
ART s
CULTURE
CALENDAR
Sunday, April 21
Cappel/a Nova and Womens Chorus Spring Concert
Admission is free for LC students with ID for this show featuring
North African dance rhythms. See it in Evans Hall at 3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 23
Senior Fiction Readings
Senior English majors will present readings of original fiction works
in the Frank Manor House at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 24
Is Al?Jone Listening? An Investigation into Contemporary Theatre Sound
Nick Erickson ('13) presents his thesis work on the role of sound in
theatre. From the presence of sound in production to its uses and
influences, Erickson's project highlights the many effects of sound
in contemporary theatre. The presentation will be free in Fir Acres
Theatre at 5 p.m.
Thursday, April 25
Prometheus Bound by Aescf?yl11s: A Theoretical Design
Presented by A. Ian Mannix ('13), this senior theatre project explores
a potential design concept for the tragedy Prometheus Bound by Aeschy­
lus. See it for free in Fir Acres Theatre at 5 p.m.
Friday, April 26
No Strings Attached
Senior Taylor Finch's contribution to the Theatre Thesis Festival
compares aspects of contemporary puppetry with traditional pup­
petry and includes the use of puppets to demonstrate concepts. It will
be free in Fir Acres Theatre at 5 p.m.
Friday, April 26
Portland Art M11settm
Admission is free tl1e fourth Friday of every month from 5-8 p.m.
See exhibits such as this month's Ceramics of the Islamic World and
the work of Folken de Jong.
1219 S.W Park Ave.
Friday, April 26
Stumptown Comics Festival Kickoff Parry
Put on by Things From Another World, the parry will feature guests
from the comics festival along with music by Switch from Dangerous
Kids and Bobby Roberts from Welcome To That Whole Thing. Free
food and admission, beginning at 7 p.m.
2916 NE. BroadwqyAve.
Saturday, April 27
The Waiting Room
Senior Brian Cutler's original play explores the shaping role of a per­
son's past and its ability to continually influence someone over time. It
will be free in Fir Acres Theatre at 2 p.m.
Saturday, April 27
Lets Talk About Our Feelings
This original play written by Corey O'Hara ('13) explores the existen­
tial srruggles of a former narwhal adjusting to his new life. See it for
free at 4:30 p.m. in Fir Acres Theatre.
-Grayson Arango & Becca Lill -APRIL 19, 2013 THE PIONEER LOG
PHOTO OF THE W E E K
PHOTOC
TONY CHRENKA ('14)
Angelic Revelations, and Other Divine Interactions -2013 (Movie still) ARTS 13
Crowers, not show-ers:
An interview with
Local Natives
BY GUADALUPE TRIANA
FEATURES EDITOR
After a wait for what seemed
like eternity for Los Angeles-b~sed
indie band Local Natives' sopho­
more release, fans were stoked
when teasers of the upcoming
album were posted to their web­
site. The hype was easily visible
through tons of YouTube com­
ments and Facebook posts. After
their 2010 debut, Gorilla Manor,
_the band gained a solid fanbase
that would eventually lead them to
play for a second time well known
music festivals, such as Coachella,
Bonnaroo and South by South­
west (SXSW). During SXSW,
Local Natives played different day
parties that included the Cedar
Courtyard day party, which was a
packed backyard-style venue that
lead singer, keyboardist and guitar­
ist Kelcey Ayer said was one of
his "favorite days down there-
"I don't think
you're sure of
anything ever, so
anytime something
goes really well, it's
" great.
everyone was feeling good."
Just by looking at the cover
art on Hummingbird (2013), fans
wouldn't be able to tell if they
were listening to a hardcore metal
band, a dreamy, shoegaze pop
band from the U.K. or the same
melodically captivating indie band
from Gorilla Manoi'. However,
Local Natives do a great job of
capturing the spirit of dreaming
and the darkness of falling into a
serious reality with the artwork on
their new somber 11-track album.
The cover art, which was designed by the band themselves, features
the image of three-fourths of
the band and a fallen Ayer with
a clenched mouth. The guys are
surrounded by bright, blue clouds
that immediately hint at the es­
sence of the direction in which
Local Natives are taking their
music.
Now with an emotionally-in­
vested sound and only four mem­
bers, after bassist Andy Hamm
parted ways, Ayer describes the
touring experience with Hum­
mingbird.
"There's nothing really out of
the ordinary," said Ayer. "The en­
ergy, though-it feels really great.
It's been up for this record and we
can really feel that, which is great."
The band began their exten­
sive, nearly sold-out touring cycle
with a show at Fitzgerald's in
Houston and will continue to tour
through Nov. 20; when they have
a show booked in Paris.
"I mean, I think any band
hopes for that, and it's been re­
ally amazing to see [the sold out
shows]. I don't think you're sure
of anything, ever, so anytime
something goes really well, it's
great," said Ayer.
Hummingbird, which has been
described by critics as a darker and
more lyrically dense album than
their debut, is described by Ayer
as an album that reflects where the
band is at this point in its life and
how they have changed as people.
"I think the sound is a lot
more of a 'grower,' but it seems
like [the fans] are growing with
us and maturing with us. Anyone
longing for maybe even what we
did on Gorilla Manor -I would
love for them to [gr9w with us as
well, but] you can't force people
to like it," Ayer said. "There are so
many people out there that have
responded well."
You can catch Local Natives on
their North American tour here in
Portland this upcoming Thursday April
25 at the Crystal Ballroom.
Students showcase tal~2nt in Semele
Rita Ombaka ('14) (left) as Cadmus, King ofThebes, and Erika
Peregrine ('13) (right) as Prince Athamas.
BY TIFFANY WANG
STAFF WRITER
Semele's music director Susan
McBerry is used to running her
semester-long Opera Workshop
with limited resources. Evans Music Auditorium is simply not
equipped to handle the complexi­
ties of a large stage production,
and operas are notoriously hard
to execute well without a cast of
seasoned professional singers. Although the facility's technical
capabilities remain an issue, in
some ways the stars truly aligned
for last week's productions of
Handel's Semele.
In previous years, McBerry has
stitched together segments of two
or three operas to better accom­
modate the types of voices she
had to work with. "There's often
not the right person for every
role," she admits.
This semester, however, a mi­
nor _change to Opera Workshop's
meeting time and a bit of luck
with the cast"s personal sched­
ules gave McBerry everyone she
needed for a full production of
S emele. "I knew I had singers who
could do all the leads," she says.
"This piece was screaming to be
done this year, with this cast."
Indeed, all fourteen cast mem­
. bers are enrolled in private voice lessons in the Music Department.
Everyone performs in at least o~e
of the department's three choirs,
and a number of them sing in an
a capella group as well. The cast's
"This piece was
screaming to be
done this year,
with this cast."
vocal ability was on full display
during Friday evening's perfor­
mance-they were confident and
expressive, and sang without even
the slightest hint of an accidental
misstep.
Despite the talent of this group, it would be a disservice to
downplay the level of prepara­
tion and commitment required of
them.
While cast members of a main­
stage production could expect to
rehearse as a group for up to 12
hours per week, the Semele cast
only had three hours together
each we~k. According to McBerry,
much of what the audience saw­
memorization and blocking-was
the result of "students preparing
themselves outside rehearsal time.
It took~ lot of personal sacrifice."
Enrollment in the Opera
Workshop means a semester of
hard work, but it is still a com­
mitment the cast members highly
recommend. Rita Ombaka ('14),
Semele's Cadmus, called the pro­
duction "an incredible bonding
experience ... and a chance to learn
from your castmates." ..
14 ARTS
LAURA NASH
Why are you studying art, and
why did you choose your spe­
cific medium? •
I decided to study art in order to
balance my academic life. I am a
double major-East Asian studies
and studio art-and I thought that
it would be a good idea to balance
a language and· text-based major
with a visually-based major. As an
t,Ulderclassman, thinking about my
art projects helped me fall asleep.
That is not true anymore. Think­
ing about [my] senior project does
not help me fall asleep.
I chose drawing mostly because
of Debra [Beers] (our drawing
teacher and my senior project
advisor). I knew that my focus
wouldn't really affect what project
I chose to work on. In the end,
I just really wanted to work with
Debra.
What is your favorite part of
the process in your art?
My favorite part of the process is
conceptualization, because every­
thing always comes togetl1er in my
head. It doesn't always work out .in
practice.
What's it like preparing for a
gallery opening?
Stressful. Art made merely for
class assignments never has to be
perfect because mistakes are part
of the process. And once you fin­
ish an assignment, no matter what
it turns out like, good or bad,
you can move on to the next one.
Witl1 [my] senior project, mistakes
were still part of me process, but
resolving mistakes had to be part
of the process as well.
What does it feel like when you
make something you're proud of?
Redeeming and validating.
What/who is your inspiration?
I am often inspired by the things
that I read. A young adult fantasy
series called Abarat has figured
into a lot of the pieces I have
made over tl1e last four years. The
author, Clive Barker, also illus­
trated this series \v-ith extremely
vibrant paintings of his bizarre
characters and settings.
If you could wake up tomorrow
as a professional artist, with any and all resources imagin­
able and absolutely no limita­
tions whatsoever, what would
you make?
I want to come up with a really
good answer to this question, but
it is Spring Break, and it is sunny
outside, and I just raced twice, so
my brain isn't working very well.
My boyfriend suggested that I take
a spaceship to the moon and paint
a giant picture on the moon that
can be seen from Earth. I can't
top that.
Please explain your senior proj­
ect, what you're doing, how you
got there,and a lil' summary of
what it'll be like installing it in
the gallery this week.
I made and altered art books. I
have known that I have wanted to
do someming involving language
for my senior project since I
declared my art major. Originally, I
was planning on majoring in Eng­
lish but changed my mind when I
realized that it wasn't possible to
major in creative writing. I also de­
cided that if I wane to write in the
future, I want to have educational
experiences in areas other than
English, so that I can write about
someming other than writing. So
instead of writing about writing, I
chose to make art about writing.
So I have cut, painted, pasted,
illustrated, etc. seven art books
and two bo'.'es, all illustrating my
experiences of reading as a child.
I was the kid who constantly, and
I mean constantly, had a book.
Sometimes I got in trouble for
reading in class under tl1e desk,
because I was too enth.ralled to
put it away for the length of the
school day.
Do you think you'll continue to
pursue art in the future, and if
so, how?
Definitely. I have always had the
urge to make things. I get sort of
twitchy if I don't make anything
for a while, so even if I don't
pursue it professionally, it \v-ill still
be part of my life. Right now I
am tl1inking about illustrating as
a career. Maybe technical illustra­
tion. But we'll see.
Final thoughts?
I am so excited to be DONE with
my project and happy w-ith the THE PIONEER LOG
final product. What a relief!
NOAH JOHNS
Why are you studying art, and
why did you choose your spe­
cific medium?
I'm a studio art major, English
minor. Technically, I'm a ceram-
ics focus, but I probably consider
myself more of a sculptor at this
point tl1an a ceramic artist. I didn't
really do any art in high school,
and I came here minking I would
study ENVS. I took Ceramics I
my second s,~mester sophomore
year and really enjoyed tl1e pro­
cess: beginning wim some kind
of abstract idea and then physi­
cally rendering that idea. It's cool;
as an art major I can do kind of
whatever I want. I like the tangible
gratification that I get from mak­
ing someming physical.
What was your piece for the
senior show?
My piece for the senior show is
called Obsession Is a Word I Kno111.
It's a big installation/perfor
piece in the back. It's about
and being an art major and
to figure out where I can go
mat.
Can you elaborate on the £
ing and experience of ha
gallery opening?
It's really overwhelming. I sp
my entire S rin BY LINDSEY BOSSE
STAFF WRITER
lery building and my room. See­
ing it all come together was scary.
It's hard to know when someming
is done. Usually I just show stuff
in class to my peers, but this was
different. I wanted it to be perfect.
I did/ am doing an ongoing per­
formance as a component of me
piece, which was the weirdest part.
I wanted to be able to hang out
with my friends at tl1e opening,
but I gave myself this obligation
to perform. I was really nervous.
What does it feel like when you
make something you're proud of?
That's kind of hard to answer.
I'd like to think that everyming
I make and show to people is
something that I should be proud
of, but it doesn't really work that
way. I look back at the stuff I
made three years ago and it's so
embarrassing. I have all these ideas
that seem profound or important
at the time, but as I learn more
and do more they begin to seem
kind of trite. I want people to APRIL 19, 2013
understand my thought, but that
doesn't always come across. I
think the piece in the s.enior show
is the best ming I've ever made
because I'm not trying to force
some idea on my viewers with it. I
want people to be able to interact
with the space and form their
own conclusions, have their own
experience. It feels good watching
people go inside and come out
with some kind of opinion.
What was your favorite step in
the process?
Well, my piece was kind of a one­
step process. It was fun seeing the
book come togemer and mak-
ing me early decisions about the
piece, but that week of building
was awesome. I had a great group
of friends mat would stop by and
hang out, had people to help me
when I needed it and got to have
the gallery to myself for a while. I
went a little crazy and I got frus­
trated a bunch, but I had fun.
Final tho\lghts?
Big thank you to Carlos for help­
ing with the lights, door, etc; Sam
for helping me put on that awful
roof; Jenny for helping make the
book and anyone and everyone
else for stopping by and checking
out the show! Congrats to Spencer
and Sam on Blackfish Gallery and
all the other art majors for a great
year. -APRIL 19, 2013
Ii A 13-game winning streak, a
conference record of 10-0 and an
overall record of 13-1 is what
Borris ('13) leaves Lewis & Clark
this year. The only senior on
women's tennis team, Borris
her best season yet with
ttiore to come in the Northwest
Conference Tournament. She will
.. be competing with the rest of the
team this weekend, and their first •
game is against Whitworth.
Borris is a Hispanic studies
and psychology major, and plans
to sti'ck around in Portland for the
summer to teach tennis at a kid's
·tamp. "I also intend on meet­
illg·cme of my friends to travel
around Southeast Asia in Novem­
,1,'j'said Borris. The Texas born
senior was drawn to Portland
after realizing that out of all the
schools she apj,ilied to, LC was the
fir for her. Sh_@'istudied abroad in
Chile the spring semester of her
junior year, making a conscious
decision to miss a year of tennis.
This year, the women's tennis
team finished with a record of
15-4 ~J"l'i-1 in conference. They
have finished the conference
season with a 9-game winning_
streak and finished second behind
Whitman. Borris ends her tennis
career with tl1e best season the
·Portland tory of the Seattle Mariners.
This would make sense, seeing as
Seattle is three hours away from • Portland and MLB. tv blacks out posess1on Mariners games. However, in the
six montl1s that I have been in
Portland, I have yet to see any
THE CITY'S significant presence of M's fans. I
NEUTRALITY FOR can think of only about five times
that I have seen Mariners apparel
THE MLB in Portland. Even going into thrift
shops and bookstores, I could not
BY PETER MELLING find any Mariners hats, shirts or
STAFF WRITER books. Also, I have never seen any
Mariners merchandise on homes
Because there is no baseball or public spaces. Why are the
team in Portland, there is conten- Mariners so absent from what is
tion as to what Major League technically their territory?
Baseball team best represents Then it became obvious.
ilie Portland market. Is Portland Seattle went 14 years before their
owned by ilie Mariners to the first winning season. Then, in
norili, ilie nationwide presence of 2001, iliey had a 116-win sea-
ilie Yankees and Red Sox, or the son iliat ended in ilie American
vaguely close Giants and Ns? League Championship Series and
According to ilie MLB, ilie departures of future Hall of
Portland is wiiliin ilie terri- Fame stars Ken Griffey,Jr., Randy THE PIONEER LOG SPORTS. 1s
Johnson and Alex Rodriguez. closest major league team and the are the best-selling caps at that
With such a problematic history, affiliates of the minor league team location. Considering that I had
it is not surprising that there is are not represented in Portland, seen a lot of caps and jackets for
not much of an existing Mari- what teams can call Portland their both teams around Portland, this
ners fanbase or a demand for own? _ inf~rmation was no surprise. A
an increased Mariner presence In answering this question, I trip to Powell's confirmed this
in Portland (despite the 7-year, went to the next closest teams: trend, as I saw over a shelf of
$135 million extension of all- the San Francisco Giants and the Yankee books and almost an
star piteher Felix Hernandez). Oakland Athletics. These teams entire shelf of Dodger and Red
But what about the former af- have illustrious histories, moved Sox books. The,re were plenty of
filiates o( the Triple-A Portland to the West Coast in 1958 and Giants books, but no Ns books
Beavers? 1968, respectively-long before or Mariners books (not including
I also considered the San the founding of the Mariners- biographies). The evidence from
Diego Padres and the Minne- and have had recent success (the Lids, Powell's and my time on the
sota Twins, which were affiliates Giants have won two of the last streets led me to an interesting
of Portland's old minor league three World Series and the Ns are conclusion.
team. I have yet to see any mer- coming off a division title). Giants Portland is a neutral city for
chandise for these two teams in and Ns merchandise is all over the MLB, but it has leanings to-
Portland, even in sporting goods Portland, on the streets and in· wards ilie Giants and ilie Athlet-
stores. The Beavers iliemselves stores. When I went to ilie Lids at ics. While iliese two teams might
also have little representation, Lloyd CenteF, one of ilie employ- not claim Portland as "official
but wiili ilie considerable resis- ees told me that ilie Giants and Ns territory," it is obvious iliat iliese
tance to new stadium measures caps sell more units ilian Mariners two teams, and several other
(which eventually forced iliem headgear. storied clubs, have a greater stake
to move to Tucson, Ariz.), That employee also told me in ilie Portland market ilian ilie
iliat should be expected. If ilie iliat Yankees and Dodgers hats Mariners. . . . . . •
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Professor gets laid,
cancels final
Associate Professor of Liberal
Studies Stanley Sunderton
surprised his upper division
lecture Monday morning by
announcing that instead of the
planned cumulative final, their
allotted final period would
be spent watching movies. "I
hope someone has a netflix
account!," Sunderton told the
stunned class.
According to a mass email
sent out to his family, col­
leagues and acquaintances,
and obtained by Backdoor, last
Saturday April 13 at around
2:35 p.m., Sunderton and his
girlfriend of 12 years, Lisa
DeLoomer, copulated after
pausing the fifth episode of
Ken Burns's acclaimed docu­
mentary The Civil War.
Several students confirmed
that Sunderton "couldn't stop
giggling" all throughout his
lecture. One also added that
his friend, who takes Intro to
Liberal Studies with Sunderton on Monday after­
noons, also noticed uptick in
the curmudgeonly professor's
mood.
"Has coffee always tasted
this good?" Professor Sun­
derton asked the class, inter­
rupting his hastily composed
lecture on friendship and the
joys of strawberries.
The exam, according to the
syllabus obtained by Back­
door, was going to be "beyond
cumulative," covering not only
all the material in class, but
all the material covered in all
three of the course's prerequ i­
sites. The now-cancelled exam
was to include passage iden­
tification, formula derivation,
trivia and a timed 1,000-1,500
word essay on the prompt,
"What do you think I honestly
think of you?"
"It was mostly sexual
frustration," said Sunderton,
reflecting on his rigorous
courses. Sunderton was in a bit of a "dry spell."
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Backdoor is a work of humor and fiction, created by Isaac, Caitlin, Kevin, David, Justin & Jake.
Contact the editor at jakesimonds@lclark.edu to have the jokes explained. APRIL 19, 2013
Rejected
Students
Weekend:
2013
Lewis & Clark rejected
2,334 students last year.
We didn't want to, but
there were some rea I
dumb ones. Rejection is
difficult for both sides,
and we never quite know
how to move forward. As
an act of gratitude, th is
year we'll be holding our
first annual Rejected Stu­
dents Weekend. This is a
big project, and we need
your help. Chances are,
th is weekend you' II be
accosted by one of these
2,000 losers. Remember,
you're representing LC,
so best behavior!
Here are a couple Fre­
quently Asked Questions
we get from the Rejecties,
and how you can answer
them.
Q: During my E&D visit,
I heard a lot of big words
like "liberalism," "hege­
mony" and "attendance."
Can I sti 11 learn about
that stuff?
A: *Free T-Shirt!* It
says, "What does hege­
moAy mean anyways?''
So now people will
tell you what it means.
Hopefully.
Q: How can I possibly go
vegan anywhere else?
A: Tha~'s a good question.
Chew it over with your
*Complimentary*
bushel of bananas!
If they keep asking ques­
tions, drop them off at
OMSI for the weekend.