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The Pioneer Log: Lewis & Clark College’s Student-Run Newspaper

Volume 83, Issue 9

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Pioneer Log

2014-11-21

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NEWS
2 THE PIONEER LOG NOVEMBER 21, 2014
STAFF
A certificatec loesn'mt ean we're finished
Editor-in-Chief'
CalebDiehl
A yeara fterr eceivintgh eS almoSn afeC ertificateL,C c ontinuetso workt owardas salmonfr iendlyc ampus
Managing Editor
Guadalupe Triana
BY JULIE OATFIELD Tryon Creek watershed. meaning they have a larger effect from local Salmon-Safe certified
EDITORIAL STAFFW RITER LC studt:nts were lnvolved on the ecosystem than their popu wmenes.
News throughout the certification pro lation numbers may show," she However, awareness of the
cess, from mapping important said, adding that eating less, LC's Salmon- afe status hasn't
John Rogers, Mcghan Zea Though Lewis & Clark began
areas in the original assess more sustainable salmon seemed to reach mudt further
working toward official almon
Opinion ment with tlhe Salmon-Safe is important to preserving than students already involved
Safe certification in 2012, the
team to forming their own the species. "But it's hard in the sciences and ustainability.
Taylor Knudson successful certification in 2013
projects around salmon to cut out a food that you
is gaining greater visibility this
LC Style preservatioo. Sections love, especially such a nu "It seems our school
school year.
of Bio 141 have also tritious one. o if people
Demi Glidden The certification proces earns a lot of cool cer
included almon-Safe are gonna buy it, buy it
involves working with the
Features information in lab conscientiously."
almon- afe organization to tifications trying to be
manuals to help To Clarke, an
K.ai}·aG ordon, Lacey Jacoby survey the grounds of universi
students learn more
ties, companies or even wineries green, but sometimes
about local c~col
Arts to identify ways to contribute to
Lauren Achee, Je se Merchant healthier salmon populations in ogy. they don't really let us
Biology major Fields Dining Hall,
the Pacific orthwest. Accord-
Lily Oarke ('16) to better label or know about it,"
Sports ing to the organization's website,
Maddie Lee, Peter Melling a certification is gained after ·a became inter advertise seafood
ested in the cer sources and provide When some students unfamiliar
team consisting of a team of a
Backdoor tification process seafood choices with the school's certification fi.rst
salmonid (salmon & trout) biolo
during her fust approved by third learned about its implications, they
DrakeMac&danc gists, hydrologists and pesticide
year on campus party reviewers, agreed it was an achievement.
experts conduct a site assessment
IllustrationE diton of "issues including irrigation ef She worked such as eafood Max Clary ('18) aid, "It seems
Maria trada, ficiency, stormwater management, on a project Watch. our school ears a lot of cool cer
Laura tnda focused on Di tifications trying to be green, but
pesticide reduction and streamside
rector sometimes they don't really let us
area management." The school
of Sus know about it," noting that there's
Photo Editor has made significant improve
tainabiliry little publicity or widespread infor
Hanna Gwmis ments in these area , especially
stores' & Outreach mation about our Salmon-Safe
Social Mediaa ndW ebM amieer" Thereh ave been Amy Dvorak campus.
Tyler WayneP atterson is excited by the level Sydney eabrook ('17) agreed
great opportunities always match of student involve with Clary, and said the certifica
the genetic ment throughout the tion's details "should be accessible
Copy Chief
Josh Freeman for studentst o learn, species in ,t certification process and information, but I don't think
the pack- ~ their initiative for new it should be something that's
researcha nd build a age,and projects. 'advertised' on a large-scale" or
Copy Editor
learned more "There have been great in-your-face manner. Clary and
Trushaa Castdino
varietyo f skills," about labels and opportunities for stu eabrook shared ideas of possible
CONTRIBUTORS seafood • dents to learn, research ways to communicate the salmon
neral. and buil a ariety o rt t tud nt , includ-
after the Oregon Department of
Staff Writers: the campus 1take skills," Dvorak said, especial ing triangular cards in the Bon,
Environmental Quality gave LC a
cant steps in protect ly as knowledge from the signs by the creeks or a possible
Ted Jamison, Julie Oatfield, 77,000 fi.nei n 2010 for channel
ing endangei:ed Salmon-Safe organization documentary screening in a public
Iris Shanks, Angelica True, ing chlorinated pool water into
Pacific salmon, and student research is info session.
John Trupon a nearby stream for the past 40
Clarke mentiions Though almon may not be the
years.
there are more most important thing in a busy
Ill traton: Although there aren't any
ways to sup student's mind,t his certification
salmonid species in the ravine
Photogtapben: John Hale, beneath the bridges on the port healthy can provide a basis for plenty of
BillyH al KoryA nderson undergraduate campus, they can populations in ments, Dvorak continuing research opportunities,
the wild. pointed out that the college has whether in biology, environmental
sometimes be found on the Law
"Salmon :are a keystone species, even had catered events with wine • studies, public policy or other fields.
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NEWS
NOVEMBER 21, 2014 3
THE PIONEER LOG
may _helpy ou?
How we
In spring 2015, the IT Desi<, Help Desk and IMS merge together
in order to create a one-stop place for LC's technology needs
BY ANGELICA TRUE and they were geared towards as &om lT who don't know how to Despite the struggle of adjust work on them on our own time
Staff Writer sisting faculty with instruction or do IM things, and there are a lot ing to their added responsibilitie , without [the customer] looking
personal problems." people &om IMS who don't know changing roles and new space dur over our shoulder."
After nearly 18 months of When Buchwald took the how to do IT things." ing the service desk's soft launch, Loyola believes that in time,
planning, preparation and renova position in 2012, he realized that the renovation was received as an both customers and workers will
tion, the new Information Tech there was a critical flaw with the "There are a lot of impxovement over the old system. adjust to the new design.
nology Service Desk is almost organization of the tech depart ''The help desk was just not a ''We're just like software,"
ready for its grand unveiling next ments: ''You really had to know people here from good place to be, neither for cus Loyola said. ''You have to go
semester. Th IT ervice Desk too much as a person to figure out tomers nor workers," former Help through beta testing and find out
merged the IT Main Office, the where to get help. The concept IT who don't know Desk worker Jack Carrick O 6) what the bugs and kinks are."
Help Desk and the Instructional behind this was to make it less said. "It was ju ta really unpleas
how to do IMS
Media ervices Desk to create a confusing." ant room. It's more professional
single point of access for techno While the consolidation project the way we deal with students'
things, arid there
logical assistance. was meant t9 simplify processes computers [here]. We can take
for users, the IT staff and manag computers to the back room and
are a lot: people
ers faced challenges: fundinga nd
"Previously, IT
logistics were both hurdles in the from I!v1Sw ho
redesign.
staff members
"I actually brought a consultant don't know how to
were expected to into my staff. We had this massive
do. IT things."
reorganization," Buchwald said.
be knowledgeable The consolidation was "difficult
because duties, titles, reporting Eventually, Buchwald hopes
only in their re lines and skills that people need that the reorganization will en
change, but the people don't hance the staff's knowledge and
spective
change." professionalism, and improve the
de partments. " Previously, IT staff members over.alls tructure of the depart
were expected to be knowledge ment. ''We had three different
able only in their respective areas in IT tha1tw ere all staffed
"Jn the past, each [office] had departments. ow, they must be by different people. We can now
a role in what it took care of. IMS proficient in all IT department consolidate all that staff, have full
was really the instructional part of know-how. tudent IT workers time staff and much more staff to
it; really geared toward ·the class are feeling the pressure to adapt to apply to service."
room," Chief Information Officer their new positions. Buchwald and IT staff also
Adam Buchwald said. "Whereas "J t's tough to make a transition hope that the consolidation and
the Hel Desk was nor academic, mid- chool ear," former IM additi n f tal le , ch • and
it was about personal issues, and worker Mark Loyola ('16) said. charging stations will attract more
then [there was] Client ervices "There are a lot of people here clients to the service desk. Madeleine Matheis ('17) and Katherine Burch ('18) work the
evening shift at the new Service Desk on the first floor of
Watzek.
During the renovation, IT added tables and chairs to give the
service desk a more comfortable feel.
Ph_olosb y Angelica Jr ue

OPINION
4 THE PIONEERL OG NOVEMBER2 1, 2014
Editorial
A new Social justice tour strivest o tell
the uncensored story of LC history
The first social justice tour was held on Nov. 10. PHOTO COURTESYO F JESSIKAC HI
BY CALEBD IEHL memory, we welcome Ted Rattray, drawing crowds of around 150, sion for thi sort of behavior. LC expand the tour, we can't be sure
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF our correspondent of 42 year and passed a.r e olution against didn't order the bombing, he said, that avoiding historical censor
ago, back on sraff to bring you violence exe'Ccisedb y governments and didn't deserve to be a target ship will be entirely possible under
rudent-led S?cial justice tour thi di patch: Bob Dylan blared or srudents anywhere. for tudents' frustration. admissions oversight. helcering
opened to the Lewis and Clark from a car stereo on Tuesday The big man, Pre ident John Today, some profe ors emeriti the tour under the admis ions
community Thursday, ov. 20, night, pril 24, 1972, as Rattray "Jack" Howard, arrived at Frank say that Howard calmly negoti umbrella was a necessary and pru
promising to enlighten u about joined 30 people outside Frank Manor around 10:30 p.m., fol ated with the demonstrators. The dent first cep, but hopefully, the
our history of activism, organiz Manor House. Thirty to 40 sru lowed by a crowd of around 100 historical record tells a differ- organizers will at ome point find
ing and dialogue, It includes such dents had shut themselves inside, people and a KG news camera. ent tale. tory after story in the a way to offer tours independent
gems as Martin Luther KingJr.'s demanding that the college take an orne srudents bailed through Pioneer Log, each by a differeric of this college of6ce.
visit here in 1961, and srudent official stance against the war in windows and the second-floor fue staff writer, characterizes Howard s the crowd outside the
occupations of the manor house. Viemarn. escape. Demonstrators opened a stem and wife to discipline. An manor dwindled, Rattray caught
The tours are sponsored by the Demonstration of this the door for Howard. Bruce Rice, undisputed fact is that the manor another bit of dial gue (th ugh
office of Inclusion and Multi magnirude were common fare at the pokesman for the protesters, house demonstration galvanized he mis ed the srudent's name). It
culrural Engagement and run in LC in the 1960s and '70s, electri emerged. "He's a very dramatic admini trators into doing nothing was the most concise on- cene
collaboration with admissions fied by ixon-era clandestine man," Rice said. "He's sworn that more than calling an all-campus criticism of Howard's tone: "Jesus,
(see more on Features p. 7). They troop movements and bombing if the people don't leave inside, dialogue. he can't do that to them." Forty-·
promise a valuable resource for campaigns in Cambodia. tan they will be expelled." The new social justice tour two years lacer, let's celebrate the
preserving LC history, provided all-college convocation on May 8, Sure enough, Howard remind includes every one of these faces. shining face LC srudents have pre
they continue to resist a public srudents heard ixon's press con ed demonsa:ators that college We applaud the organizers for sented to the world by standing up
relations veneer. ferences and response from two policy called for criminal trespass telling the true and complete story. for human right, while preserving
For a case srudy on historical professors. ASLC met six times, charges and academic suspen- Of course, if organizers the historical wares.
Letter to the Editor: PS,I
To the Editor: weren't thrilled co be packed like iPhone, whi,ch fell far short of the
RE: '.P I: Please stop it, y'all' sardines, shoulder-co-shoulder, iPhone 6. Instead of breaking out
First of all, I would be remiss with people they've never seen be the scotch tape and wasting paper,
if I didn't mention that, ip fact, fore in their lives, being expected we could have started forming
this was not the first year that to share their insecurities. ot that constructive criticisms for the
srudents have had co do the Think this isn't justifiable in some activi administration to take into consid
bout It course. A cour e that is ties, but in other, less emotional eration for next year.
online, done on one' own time, activities, this turned into more of .f cer the fact, it's easy co look
and only about an hour and a half a form of protest rather than ju t back on P I as a srudent and
long. It's imply unfair to bundle being uncomfortable. scoff, but th.e creators of P I still
this arguably helpful clas with the This was part of the reason have generations of first years to
Pioneer ucce s In tirute, which P I was seen as such a mess. educate on 1:besei ssues, something
was regrettably a disaster. o one would re pond, even on this year's subjects did not cake
I would concede that, though it the implest of questions. There into accounit. Maybe it was useless
was meant to be helpful, P I was wa a lack of participation in the for now, but a change in direction
. constructed for a younger group. rudents, due co preconceived for P I coul.d make it a success.
It felt like being back in high notions about the class; therefore And success for P I means a safer
school The re ult was a knee-jerk it was never given the chance to campus and happier students.
reaction to lander the course on show its potential. I would give it a thumbs down
social media and put up signs, The other reason, which I for now, but I would also give
rather than acrually being produc mentioned above, was that it wa students reaction to it a thumbs
tive in making the course better. constructed wrong. This was the down. If nothing else, it taught
I agree that the sessions were fust year of P I, because it was us an extremely valuable life skill:
sometimes filled with uncomfort made by our administrators for how to do something you don't
able silences. In my P I group, as LC srudents. This is the beta-test want co do.
with seemingly all of them, there ing pha e of the program with its incerely;
was not o:iuch talking. rudent intended audience. It's like the first Brady Antonelli

OPINION
s
NOVEMBER 21, 2014 THE PIOI\IEER LOG
Looking forward: a cal I to serve
VICTORIA DIAZ ing why)'d had access to what so ences, I found myself grappling one afternoon, she left me with impact in my own life. They drive
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR many others in my hometown did with the deeply rooted ideologies, words that have been ringing in me to be part of the movement to
Growing up, I wanted to not. Was it me? Was it my parents? social realities and narratives that my head ever since: "lf you ler end educational inequity.
escape. s the biracial daughter of Was it luck? I returned home allow systemiico ppression on imperfections stop you, no change Yi ;ars ago, all I wanted was to
divorced, immigrant parents grow during my senior year to work at tangible and subconscious levels. will be made. The most effective escape. ow, I know I need to go
ing up in Oakland, California, life my middle school with the goal I thought about my own life: my change comes from within." With back to my community and fight
was far from perfect. Because I of understanding what unlocked oppression, my privilege, and my her words in mind, I submitted the injustices that plague it. When
performed well academically,I saw these opportunities for me. s I role in perpetuating an oppressive my application to TFA. ystemic we eek to escape or ignore injus
education as my way out. led students in ELA classes and social reality. inequality is larger than any single tice, we perpetuate sy tern of op
By the time I got to high saw their glowing faces upon Like anyone who cares about program. If I wait for a single so pres ion. Disadvantaged areas are
school, I'd attended several receiving their highest scores, my education, I've read criticisms of lution, I am a part of the problem. not places to flee - they are places
schools. One in particular, KIPP belief in every student's ability to programs that work to eradicate For me, joining this work is in which we need to bring hope
Bridge, helped me develop as a academically ucceed was rein inequality, induding KIPP, the about being part of an inherently and optimism. I'm excited for the
student and a person and it gave forced. I thought that the solution charter chool I attended, and complicated solution. Everyday, as chance to do that with TFA.
me the tools I needed to secure a was one of teaching style. Teach for America, the organiza I filled out n'ly application, the fac
full scholarship to a top boarding t Lewis & Clark, I've done a tion that gave me some of my es and voices of my past students VictoriaD iaz is a seniora t Lewis
school. During my senior year, I lot of research on teaching styles. most influenitial teachers and that and mentees were at the forefront and Clark Collegdeo ublem qjoringin
reflected on the great opportuni While studying the power of I hope to join myself. When I of mind, as were the Teach For Rhetorica ndM ediaS mdiesa ndP SY
ties I had been afforded, wonder- rhetorical and psychological influ- shared my concerns with my morn America teachers who made an
PHOTO COURTESYO F THE ARABICI NITIATIVE'SF ACEBOOKP AGE.
It's crucial that LeWis & Clark offer a
permanent Arabic language program
Of the top 25 liberal arts col East bas created a new demand Over 25 stud,ents showed up to for other students interested in in understanding the Middle East,
leges in the United States, 23 offer for Arabic speakers to help in gov the first lesson, and a steady flow learning Arabic and those return for not only our national security's
an Arabic language program. This ernment, think-tanks, and news of students continued to attend ing from Morocco to pursue the sake, but to help bring peaceful
not only indicates these colleges organizations, among other insti the unofficial, non-credit class. language is at Portland tate Uni resolutions to the conflict-ridden
are increasing understanding of tutions. Being able to speak Arabic There is a high enrollment rate versity. P U, which operates on a region. If LC offered Arabic, it
how crucial being proficient in provides a level of understanding even among the classes offered by quarter system that conflicts with would be doing the US a justice by
Arabic is for international rela and sensitivity of the region that various academic deparonents on our winter and summer breaks is empowering its student body with
tions and foreign policy today, the US urgently needs. The Arabic the region. Middle-East Poli- an impractical and inconvenient the tools to be the next generation
but also for competitive colleges Initiative has received unanimous tics, Modern I slam, Islamic Law option. tudents sacrifice a chunk of global thinkers and leaders,.....----.~· -
equipping their students with the support from the ASLC Senate, among other classes all have and of their day to commute back and With no other liberal arts colleges
tools they need to truly be the and has collected hundreds of sig have had uncharacteristically large forth, and consequently take fewer in the Pacific orthwest offering
next generation of global think natures from the student body in class sizes. tudents can receive a classes at LC. PSU is by no means Arabic, LC could also be a pioneer
ers and leaders. It is time Lewis & support of bringing Arabic to LC. comprehensive political, cultural a viable alternative. in this regard, and nonetheless,
Clark College does the same. Campaign aside, there is a and religious understanding of the More language options cor become an even more competitive
The student-run Arabic Initia clear interest in Arabic among region-but they lack the language relates to more opportunities college-and perhaps make it co
tive campaign seek to encour the student body. Last semester, skills to do ar1ythingw ith it. within international work, and can the top 25.
age the administration to offer the Muslim tudents ssocia LC does offer a beginner's Ara introduce students to a new inter hukran,
a permanent multi-year Arabic tion offered a short-term Arabic bic clas --ev,_ry other year, exclu est that can affect the career path The Arabic Initiative
program. The 9 /11 attacks and class taught by Wael Alomari, an sively for students studying abroad they take. If the past is any indica Middleeast@lclark.edu
sub equent wars in the Middle- AES student from audi Arabia. in Morocco. The only option tor, we need more people invested facebookc om/Arabiclnitiative

6FEATURES
THE PIONEER LOG NOVEMBER 21, 2014
ILLUSTRATIOBNY L AURAE STRADA
established, which can be a good you to know why your sig and boundaries, such as, "Please
or bad thi.ng. nificant other wants to be in an don't tell me about last night's
open relationship. In the end, escapade, because even though
if you don't want to be in an this is open, I don't like hearing
"Put everything
open relationship, no matter the about it from you."
out on the table: reason, make· that clear to yow: peak up if things aren't
partner. If they would rather working out as you planned.
Let all the fears break up then I would suggest This can be tough, but is the
just breaking up. Otherwise, most important. eparation is
and hopes out." you are going to drag yourself tough in general, and can cau e
through something even more a lot of miscommunication, hurt
Do) 'OIi also want to )ate other painful than just backing away. feeling and worry. o when
people? omething ari es, do not sit on
ID ? This may seem fairly obviou it. You are not going to see him
Ito.AD to you, but really think about it. "Open or her, and he or she won't be
Though college is supposedly able to give you a hug, so the
relationships are
where many people find their only thing to do is communi
DEAR ABROAD WORRIES, life partner, it is al o a time to about vvorking cate, communicate, communi
explore yourself and find out cate! When I went abroad, my
what type of people you like. together to make partner and I almost broke up
In order for my advice to be
You will never be in this type of a couple of times, o it's okay
most helpful to you, I have a
an environment again, so don't your partnership to have those conversations if
few questions for you to answer
be afraid to try yourself out. things aren't working for you at
first: exactly what you
This goes for making friends any point.
as well, in terms of being open Open relationships are about
How longh avey ou beeni n a want it to be."
to all kinds of people that may working cogether to make your
relationshipfo r?
cross your path while here. partnership exactly what you
This is important because
If you talk it out and do de want it to be. If you're honest,
what you decide can have an
IT?oufydo u want the same thing if cide to try it, then here are some and communicate frequently
impact on your relation hip
you wereg oinga broad? helpful tips: and openly, it will cause a lot
and your life. If this is a new
This an wer might have some Have a reaLI,h onest conversa less pain and hopefully give
relationship, changing the terms
clues about how you really feel tion with your significant other. you what you want. Otherwise,
could take it in a completely
about it, and it might also allow Put everything out on the what's the point?
different direction. If this is a
you to put yourself in his or her table: Let all the fears and hopes
long-term relationship, it can
shoe. out. This is the time. Your Queer,
definitely change the structure
It is also very important for Create some ground rules Mollie Whuppie
and integrity of what you have
Working to expand the E&B canon
BY LACEYJ ACOBY Unique to E&D is the collec met with the steering committee, and diversity,t hey often disagree Dultra and Powers are pleased
tion of common works-at least composed of faculty and staff, that about how-including which works with the results for this year, but
FEATUREESD ITOR
three but usually five or six-that addresses E&D policy issues. With to use--to accomplish that. what about the next? January
"What me sage doe it send to every fallE &D professor reaches. the teering committee's endorse In addition, sometimes profes approaches, when next fall's E&D
have the CORE be an exclu ive The professors reaching fall E&D ment, Dultra and achtsheim sors argue that a certain topic- lav teachers will be cho en, the entire
celebration of white, We tern meet the spring before to choose finallys poke with the fall2 014 ery, for example-is so important process will begin again. ince there
knowledge?" Emile Dultra (17), these works. The common works E&D faculty in order to advocate they feel they cannot do it justice. are no written requirements for
a repre entative for the Walk the usually come from the standard for changes. In particular, they They may feel they don't have diversity in the common works, the
Talk subcommittee that dealt with· Western intellectual tradition, and asked for at least one of two things: enough training or may simply be decisions for next year could be
"Diversifying cademic Curricu some students expressed concern at a work by an author outside the unsure how to talk to their students much different.
lum" said. only reading works by dead, white Western intellectual tradition and/ about the subject. Since the works Greater student representa-
tudent movement initiated in men. •~ we wanted was to have a or a work addr,e sing inclusivity and require a unanimous decision, as tion could be the solution. With
2013 in response to racist incidents book that hadn't been written by a social justice. opposed to a vote, one or two the urgency of the Walk the Talk
on campus, Walk the Talk had a white person to be included in the Dultra and achtsheim's con individuals' discomfon can lead the movement gone, Dultra and Powers
number of goals, including curricu~ CORE," Dultra said. cerns were well received. 'The cur work to be excluded. think that a structured system for
!um changes. Hoping to achieve thisf Dultra riculum committee and the steering The result? Fall E&D professors student input could help maintain
''We definitely thought that it'd and Kayla achtsheim (15), the committee were eagerly receptive to have generally been left to incor long-term solutions. The details
be ideal to pursue the diversification student representatives of the ''Di hearing from them-there wasn't porate these topics and works into and format of this are yet to be
of the curriculum in several other versifying cademic Curriculum" • any resistance--and the reaching their own classes however they see determined.
departments, but we had to start subcommittee, met with Faculty faculty were als.oq uite happy to hear fit. The common works make up In the meantime, Dultra encour
somewhere. [Exploration & Discov Director for E&D, Paul Powers, and from them," Powers said. about half of the E&D syllabi,l eav ages students to make themselves
ery] is something that every Lewis then Chair of the Curriculum Com Dultra agre:ed:' 'I'm very happy ing the rest up to each professor's heard. ''To have more diverse
& Clark student has to experience," mittee, Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell that we were hc::arda nd taken seri interests and strengths. course offerings in different depart
Dultra said. Dultra and achtshcim then ously by professors, that they cared Although many professors ments, LC students-en masse
for what we said and truly engaged have done this, no standardization need to take ownership over their
us as equals and as adults." also means no accountability.' 'We academic experience and demand
According to Powers, the issue wanted non-hegemonic perspectives more participation in some of
of diversity in t:he common works • to be more than an option, or a post these decision-making bodies. LC is
comes up every year. So why didn't script," Dultra said. In addition, she ahead of other liberal arts colleges
this change happen earlier? worried that additional works may in many ways and in many academic
''I think we had lost sight of be "treated as the token authors that fields, but it doesn't mean.w e should
----""
the symbolic importance of the get rushed through." act satisfied if we are not, in fact,
common works," Powers said. In response to these discussions, satisfied"
Hearing from students helped them this fall's common works include The general feeling? Optimism
to realize that "asking all incoming ' arrative of the Llfe of Frederick with a healthy do e of practical
students to read the same things ... Douglass" by Frederick Douglass, concern. ''Whether the faculty and
carries a certain kind of weight, and as well as hakespeare's 'The Tem the students all agree about exactly
we want to signal that that includes pest." Perhaps a less obvious choice, how to go about it, where it belongs
a concern about this broad set of ''The Tempest," "addresses issues in the curriculum, how much is
issues." of difference and otherness," said enough and what's the right way to
Although E&D professors gen Powers. The other common works talk about it," said Powers, "we're
erally agree on ·the need for more are: Genesis, Exodus 1-24, Plato's all broadly on the same page about
complete common works and the ''Th.ree Dialogues" and Virginia saying that these are really impor
ILLUSTRATIOBNY L AURAE STRADA need to address topics of inclusion Woolf's " Room of One's Own." tant kinds of topics."

FEATURES
NOVEMBER 21, 2014 THE PIONEER LOG 7
THE DEPARTMENT OF INCLUSION AND MULTICULTURAL ENGAGEMENT EMPHASIZES LEWIS & CLARK'S
HISTORY OF STUDENT ACTIVISM WITH A TOUR THAT HIGHLIGHTS COLLECTIVE SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
The tour highlights three different times that students have occupied Frank Manor House.
rice. According to her, the social the individuals represented.
BY LACEYJ ACOBY
justice tours aim "to encourage IME gave the first social justice
FEATURESE DITOR current Lewis & Clark students co tour during the Lead Explore
feel a connection co the college's chieve Discoi,er Program on
"Dear friends, picture your- history." She also hopes it will ov. 10, alcerin1git slightly to bet
self back at Lewis & Clark. What "inspire current students to ace ter accommodate prospective stu
comes to mind? Punching out on their passions and to make a dents. The first: social justice tours
papers on manual typewriters? change or stand up for what [they] aimed at LC and the surrounding Julia Withers ('16), Gabriela Rodriguez ('16), and Gaby Seltzer
Vietnam War protests taking believe in." community (1nduding current stu ('16) prepare to lead the first round of social justice tours on
over the Manor House?" reads a The tour, which is organized dents, alumni, neighbors, faculty Nov. 10, 2014. Subsequent tours occured on Nov. 19 and 20.
Bier for the Class of 1974 40th geographically, focuses on LC's and admission staff) occurred on
I
reunion. The manual typewriters history of student activism and Thursday, ov: 20.
may be gone, but Lewis & Clark's civil rights demonstrations. High Tom hopes that a successful
emphasis on social justice remains. lights include "three student occu pilot event will lead co recurring
To teach the LC community pations of the Manor House, cwo tours. Although she and With-
about its history of engagement of which concerned the Vietnam ers will study albroad during the
with social justice, the Department war and one of which concerned spring, other students can volun
of Inclusion and Multicultural En complete divestment from com teer as tour guides. In addition,
gagement has created a tour that panies that were associated with Tom has shared the tour infor
highlights events in the College's apartheid in South Africa," Tom mation with smdencs working at
past. Inspired by an Alternative said. As she points out, all of the the admissions office and hopes
Tour at tanford University, Di demonstrations, events and speak they will incorporate the informa
rector of the Department of IME ers addressed in the tour were ini tion into tours for prospective
Cathy Busha and IME Program tiated "by undergraduate students students.
Manager Jessika Chi originally had just like us, so what's stopping us Ultimately, Tom hopes the
the idea for a social justice tour. &om acting?" social justice tours will "inspire
Karissa Tom (16) and Julia With The events in the social justice critical thought: about the way that
ers (16), program coordinators tour span from the 1950s up until we move in coHege and the way
for IME, then created the tour by a few weeks ago. Tom hopes that that we see ow:selves as students
conducting historical research and including more recent events of Lewis & Clark."
developing a mission. will help students see a modern
Tom, who also works as an connection and understand LC's
admissions ambassador (for continuing role in promoting so
merly known as tour guide), was cial justice. The tour also looks at
excited co combine her passions statues on campus, examining the
for campus tours and social jus- significance ~f both structure and

aARTS
THE PIONEER LOG NOVEMBER 21, 2014
BY IRISS HANKS
STAFFW RITER
The Pio:
Journie Ma-Johnson ('18)
The Groove:
Spring Awakening
First of all, take a moment
as you're reading this and look know why she is the way she is ...
sheltered lives that the children I'm also really into The Cure, ir
around. If you're within shouting like, why does she suddenly have
of " pring wakening" lead are vana, a lot of older bands like The Johnson's top two. he adds, "I
di tance of any of the talented boobs corning out of her chest?
actors or mu icians who per That was something that was hard appalling-or at lea c, difficult miths, but I'm really inco metal, think that every person ha felt
formed in " pring wakening" for me because when I asked my co imagine. Portraying them which they don't have in pring that way at some point in their
believably ,n cage?I t seems like wakening." life."
the past couple of weekends, you mom where babie came from she
a challenge, co say the least. Ma These tastes fall right in with For me, I alway put it on
should definitely shout "Good rented a video called 'The Miracle
job!" at them. Done? Okay, you of Life' or something." Johnson wa. able to break down the movement of the production: before I have a hard test coming
the specific:sa nd connect with her " lot of it is uppo ed to look up and I'm feeling totally fucked."
can keep reading now. he continues "Once I was
This week' Pio i Journie Ma able to think of it as a song about on a deeper level. kind of punk rock and angscy Or ''I Don't Do adness": "I've
De pite the major difference the choreographer wanted us co struggled with a lot of the same
John on ('18), who played Wendla a girl who is a king her mom to
between L : Life and turn of the bring a lot of our own energy inco things that Moritz's character
Bergmann, the female lead of give her more-give her knowl
century Germany, the music of it o a lot of the choreography struggled with in that song, so
the show. Despite the ease with edge (she's reaching out the only
" pring wakening" mainly falls wa given mostly as an outline that scene is really beautiful and
which he performed the part of way she knows how to)-then it
under the allt-rockg enre, with a not too exact." really rough for me, but also really
Wendla, Ma-Johnson had trouble wa easier. It's about trying to find
few dips into punk and folk, and The music does a lot co make cathartic."
connecting co ome of the mu ic the parts of yourself that match
was much easier for Ma-Johnson the show relacable to tho e of u There i a song in there for
at fuse. your character, then amplifying
"'Marna Who Bore Me"' is tho e parts.," Ma-Johnson aid. co connect m. ''Whenever I wanna who don't know much about (or everyone, so if you couldn't make
have a good time I'll put on pop care for) mu ical theater. Take the show, check out the music and
about a girl wanting to know how Particularly on a sex-savy
babi arc made, and b wants co campu like Lewi lark, the musi b 1 t f " otall ·uck ," on o p r • ', Pi .
•
ChristopNheorl anl'nst ersltaerl appoints
1TH TWO DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS AND A CO F ING PLOT, INTERSTELLAR FAILST O LIVE UP TO THE HYPE
Effll then,l betci sn'tm uch
to ho1do ruo· hole.
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ARTS9
NOVEMBER 21, 2014 THE PIONEER LOG
GWARen tertaian.sPt ortlanshdo w
work. onetheless, when· I saw going in the spirit of the last
BY JULIE OATFIELD
they were in town I bought a founding me:mber, the group c~
STAFFW RITER
ticket, happy for an above-average lenged the cmwds that GWAR,
study break. "the greatest: band to ever exist,"
''Why are you putting your The band kept a powerful could make any crappy song a
phone in a Ziploc?'' I a ked the presence on stage from the get-go, piece of rock and roll art. everal
guy next to me in the croweded the surprisingly melodic noise people shouted dares to rework
Ro eland Theater on ov. 11. He well-balanced between aggression the Pet hop Boy , and the instru
paused in incredulous silence. ''Is and playfulness. Multiple male ments immediately bla ted into a
COMPILEDB YL AURENA CH~E
this your first GWAR show?!" I vocali ts chased each other around headbanging;-worthy rendition of
responded that it was, to which he stage, in outfits ranging from a ''West End Girls." ARTSE DITOR
let out half a laugh and said "Aw, mutant lizard to a skimpy furry I paid something like 30 for
if you got a nice phone or some loincloth, to a Viking-yak creature some cool music, and walked our
thing you're crewed, dude." whose udder shot out even more with funky fresh new riffs flow
That guy wa on to omething. blood over the audience. That is, ing with the blood pounding in
I'd come prepared to hear metal until Vulvatron, the band's ne~ my ears. I'm gues ing 20 worth
be made fun of in the greatest way female singer, took her place atop of water and coloring alone had
po ible, to wirne s battles with a speaker to continue dousing the oaked into my clothes.
ridiculou props between riffs. crowd in liquid ejected from her GWAR comes around to
I was a little less ready for fake enormous plastic chest. Portland ofuen, a the sixth and
blood to hoot in my eye from The former leader, Oderu seventh-timers sharing front row
the torn arm ocket of a pizza rungus (Dave Brockie), was with me mentioned. o if you're PHOTOC OURTESYO F CREATIVCEO MMONS
delivery alien with vagina dentata honored in an on-stage interlude into anything from rock 'n' roll co
for a face. Plain and simple, it was involving a march carrying his chee y horror movies, don't miss E1iday, Nov.2 1
awesome. iconic weapon and numerous out when their pace hip lands
I knew a bit about their im visits to a time machine beside return to PDX. urpri es and fun Queer Spirits//I)ivine C1'(lationA rt
age, but incredibly little about the guitarist. ome say Oderus experiences abound. For example,
the band's mu ic before I went. passed away earlier this year after I'd had a paycheck in my jacket Show
A YouTube video of GWAR a heroin overdose, but 1r. Ziploc pocket, and explaining the half
covering Kansas' "Carry On My beside me was practically bawling, melred, tie-dyed document to the 8 a..m. to 10 p.n1., Stamm Dining
Wayward on" had entertained insisting he was only missing for guy at the bank the next day was
l{oom
me to the extent that I hardly a while. pretty amu ing.
bothered searching their original Anxious to keep the show
Saturday, Nov.2 2
Percussion Ensemble Children's
Coneert
3 Evans Recital Hall
}).01,
S1mday, Nov. 23
Piano Faculty Recital
3 a.m., Evans Auditorium
Senior Recital: .AmyW aters
7:30 p.m. Evans Auditorium
"Diamonds Hollering" thick drum of the earth below and
BYT EDJ AMISON A beautiful drone with what the droning of sirens as incessant
STAFFW RITER must be synthesized strings-per promise of the bombers above.
haps real-strings? A bowed bass "Death Whisper of the Monday, o . 24
over which a viola laments in its Heron"
ARTISTW: HITE FIR
lowest register or cello in its high I've never raked my fingers t
TAPEL: AKES EEDSV OL. Karaoke from Hell
e t. This track is so tenor. against the chalkboard for this
3: WHEN MY BLUE "Bone-Thoughts" long before--usually it's just a 10 p.m., Dante's
MOON TURNST O Is there a goat in the back joke but I thti.nkI 'm committed by
GOLD AGAIN ground? Bird song perhaps? this point. Yeah, straight shackles 1 S.W. Third Ave., Portland, OR
Regardless, the incessant patter of now. This bird is dying right in my
GENREE: XPERIMENTAL
the piano alternating two simple arms and I don't even have the
FOLK
chords is sweet enough to send rears to grace its wings proper.
LABELC:A BIN FLOOR me to sleep. Tuesday, o . 25
ESOTERICA "Glassgrey" The Label:
(COLUMBUS,O H) The purring comfort of your Cabin Floor Esoterica claims oah Gunderson with pecial gu t
mother's hair dryer when it's blow they have be:en "releasing strange
WEB:
ing in the next room and you're sounds on cassettes since January Rocky Votolato
CABINFLOORESOTERICA.
laying face down on her bed. A 2009." trange is right-they have
BANDCAMP.COM 8 p.m., Aladdin Theater
warmth that continually preads poetry and s,hort scory readings
from behind your ears down on tape from a 1960 recording of
your back, and you kind of hiver Piero Heliczer co one of Ed and
Mission Statement: though tt's not cold at all, is it? ers in 1991. Do you know those
When it comes to new music, "WhereK ingsE at Dandelions" poets? I didnt. All of the tapes are Wednesday,Nov.2 6
we all have our go-to Pitchforks, Yeah this is all right-you've home-dubbed in real time, which
Tumblr , Twitters, tinkers bing got me cradled now berween explains why they are released in Jamestown Revival
bong blah blah ... My point is the gentle pawing of keys and such small batches. Cabin Floor
that it's been done. Whatever the steady pull of bows against is explicit in stating: "100% of 9p.m., Doug Fir Restaurant, Bar &
your source, stay true-but this is strings. Abrasive perhaps, but in a digital sales go co the artists." How
an excavation. My goal: cassette wool blanket kinda way, ya dig? It's honorable! Sometimes their tapes Lounge -..J
tapes-p~e, DIY archaeology. one big, heavy transaction until come in handmade wooden boxes
the piano overpowers completely. filled with stamps and postcards
Thi week I wanted to give "Crouched on Blue Wood" and what looks like actual dead
you a pJay-by-playo f my thoughts ow, it's 1940. ow, I am gras . I'm not kidding, and I kind
while listening to side-A of this lying face up on the Carnberwell of want these. This statement
tape. I did nor realize how weird Green in London with the stars covers mucb of what Cabin Floor
this would get. Enjoy. all looming and expectant and the Esoterica ha.s to offer.

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SPORTS
10 THE PIONEER LOG NOVEMBER 21, 2014
~V"'°"SHArar·s
T h e n e t n t h e p e e d a
S U S S O S W
CROSS-COUNTRY SENIORS S·HARE THEIR INSIGHTS AS THEIR SEAS6N WRAPS UP
COMPILID BY PETERM El.lJNG way they played out was com- downa solitaryp ath watchingth e Susan Heinselman (' 15) I hope that our team will
SPORTSE DITOR pletely different. The fust year, earths pin bene,1tyho urf eet. " My yearbook quote would be continue the tradition of distance
we had a ton of injuries and won Every year after our Horne Robert Service'sp oem Grin. running being a lifestyle, not just
Following theit final season against all odds by two points. Invite, everyone jump in the river My fondest memory from LC a sport. I feel like running teaches
of Lewis & Clark cross-country, The second year, we absolutely (keep in mind this is late OctoberQ cross country is our coast trip . you self-discipline and per ever
eight seniors reflect on yearbook dominated, with one of the lowest and everyone cheers each other During precamp we go to a house ance, [which] enriches your life in
quotes, favorite memories, theit winning point totals in history. on while the others are swimming on the coast, cram in all3 0+ of every respect.
legacies and post-graduation It wa an amazing experience to out to "our ro,ck." It is so exciting us, and just run, explore, and have I plan to spend a few years
plans. be a pan of tho e championship to be pan of s,uch a huge support bonding time. working in China and then [I'll]
teams. I learned so much from my group and watch everyone go for I hope to leave behind a smile _I head to grad school.
Kory Andersen ('15) older teammates. it. guess, tha~ a bard question.
"1he Trial of Miles; Miles of I hope to leave my dorky sense I hope to leave behind the Post graduation, I plan on hik Marin Olson ('15)
Trials. "Learn to appreciate every of humor, quiet confidence and sense that we nm XC for the ing the Kings trail in Sweden, and Pizz.a!!
moment, even the hard times. In most of all, a killer love for racing. people and our love of nmning then going to the peace corps. My fondest memory is icing
the bigger scheme of things, all Also, viva Browning f16) will on top of competition. after a long run in the ocean. This
have to put someone else at the
those unique moments add up to Katie Keith ('15) happened several times and was
top of her hit list.
make a truly special path. Brendy Hale ('15) ''I learnedt hat co11rawgea s not always amazing!
I am pursuing a master's and
Competition-wise, my favorite "Yo11'gveo t thep laydo11ginhy o11r the absenceo f fear, b11tth e tri11mph fter only running one ea on
potentially a Ph.Din applied
moment was in my second year pocket, nowb uild the sandcastle" overi t. The brave1 11ains not he who I can't take much credit for leaving
math, hopefully focu ing on
when we pulled an upset and took -Eric Wilm11r,t ometbing behind in the pro
something physics-related. doesn otf eel afraid,b ut he whoc on
gram, but I can comment on the
econd in the orthwest Con My favorite memory is that
querst hatf ear. " - elsonM andela
wonderful people joining and leav
ference. In general though, the first PB&] in the Copeland E-10s
Reed Bunnell ('15) My fondest memory is run- ing the team. I have never known
be t moment were the bus rides, lounge fuse day of pre-camp
''I guessI 111n1o t wearing ning at the C Division III such a welcoming, supportive, and
hanging out in the locker room, freshman yeair.H eavy on the·
ational Cross-Country race
and the countless runs spent with anyp ants todt!J!"- Spongebob dam's, heavy on the rnuckers. positive group of people! Leaving
in Indiana in 2012. I had never
the guys. There's no team like this. Squarepants I really hope to leave behind the team, I can only think about
seen such enthusiastic crowds
I'm just happy to have helped There are o many good pplebot and Frunklin! how glad I am that I could take
at a cross-country race before!
to create a really close team envi memories, which makes it hard to Hopefully, I'll record another part in it my senior year.
Middlebury College loaded two
ronment. I am also glad that I was choo e, but I'd have to say either album with the Goddamn Band I plan to apply to medical
charter buse full of fans dres ed
able to help the young guys get pre-camp at the coa tor Evan and and play some gigs this summer, school within a few years after
in full-on partan uniforms.
theit bearings and to have raised Amelia' face swap. before heading off to the Peace working in a research lab.
the men's tea.m'se xpectations. My ultimate goal is to leave orps.
In the ummer, I'm going to behind a group of inspired team
continue working for the City of mates ready to take conference Peter Innes ('15)
Gre ham's rban Renewal De next year and who all know what
run like the river
partment, and in the fall, I'll start and how to get to the Original
run like the wind
graduate school in Urban and Hot Cake House.
burning lotus
Regional Planning. I don't know Besides defeating the Galactic
fire within
where I'll be going quite yet, but Empire in my Millennium Falcon
My favorite memory of my
likely back east. and getting my ears podded, I
time on the team i playing uper
plan to play music with my band
mash Bros 64 at the guys'
Ali Brauer ('15) Mug poon and teach music.
hou e in our boxers.
"To give anything less than your
I hope to leave behind the
Lily Clarke ('15)
best is to sacrifice the gift. "-Steve
competition!
"RJ1nninigs a roadt o se!f
Prefontaine After this year, I'm going
My fondest memory is a ti awarenesas nd reliance-y ou can to live and study beetles in the
between the two Conference titles pushy o11rse!tfo extre111aensd learn Colorado Rockies durit:1gt he sum
The cross-country team poses for their "family photo" after the
we won back-to-back my fresh the harshr ealityo f your p1!Jsical mer; stay there and ski during the
Lewis & Clark Invitational.
man and sophomore year . The and 111entlaiml itationso r costq 11iet!J winter.
Tipping off for a brand new season
PIONEER BASKETBALL MAKES A BIG STATEMENT AT THE BON APPETIT TIPOFF CLASSIC
records from last year (17-9 and
77-74 vs. Evergreen tate Univer 26 points and closing the gap ro
13-12, re pectively). Both teams
sity Geoducks), while the women one point.
will return to the court on the
split both tbeit games (51-44 win The Pio rose to the occa
road against Warner Pacific Uni
vs. chreiner University Mountain ion in theit contests, producing
versity, with the men playing on
eers, and 53-48 lo s vs. Montclair standout performance . Leading
ov. 21 and the women playing
State nive:tsityR ed Hawk ). the women in point wa Ayi at
Intensity colored the Pios folabi fl 7), who scored 18 on ov. 25.
throughout all of their games. o points again t the Mountaineers UPCOMING
lead remained afe at any time, a and 16 points against the Red
EVENTS
the men nairrowly emerged from Hawks. he also led the team in
late stalemate against the Cente rebounds against chreiner with
HOME
nary, winning the game on a Can I 0, earning her first double-double
nen Roberson fl 7) three-point of the sea on. Men's Basketball
buzzer beater. Even though the nother tandout performance LC vs. Concordia
men maintained their lead against wa that of the orthwe t Con Saturday, Nov. 22
Evergreen ' rate, they had to halt ference Men's Basketball thlete
NWC Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week, Jason Luhnow ('16) 7p.m.
an impressi;ver esurgence from the of the Week,Jason Luhnow f16).
rises for a jumpshot against against George Fox Unive~sity
Geoducks. He had 25 points with seven re
ROAD
BY PETER MELLING off their regular season at the The women battled back from bounds and two assists against the
Women's Basketball
SPORTSE DITOR Bon ppetit Tipoff Classic last defensive battle and a first-half Gents, and 14 points with eight
weekend and made a considerable deficit to beat chreiner Univer rebound and five a sises versus LC D Warner Pacific
We're out of the locker room impact. The Pioneer men won sity. ven in their loss to Mont the Geoduck . Tuesday, Nov. 25
and onto the court. Both the both of their games (71-69 vs. clair tate, they almost completed Both the men's and women's 7p.m.
men's and women's teams tipped Centenary University Gents, and a second-half comeback, scoring quad look to improve upon theit

SPORTS11
NOVEMBER 21, 2014 THE PIOl'JEER LOG
LCa thletesR oepkea ndR etzlafpf ioneerr ecyclingb usiness
farms were switching from rectan
gular to circular irrigation system ,
and Ilu"\1w as born.
Retzlaff was a natural busines
parmer in Roepke's plan. The two
IRM
had ventured on their fuse entre
preneurial enterprise in their first
year. With Jonathan Goldstein
PS), they drafted a bu ines plan
for a website that would com-
BY MADDIEL EE
pare financial aid pac,kages from
SPORTS EDITOR different schools for high school
eoior , and then calculate an ac
Football and baseball player curate cost of attendance for each.
tein Retzlaff (16), thrower and They submitted their propo al
former football player Erich Ro to the then-named enture Com
epke Cl6 ), and their three business petition, which became the I+ L
parmers, Hunter Meece {'15), Kyle eed Fund last spring. They were
Roepke and Trent Martin, were eliminated early on, and attributed
awarded an Incubator+ Launch their dirnioation to a substantial
eed Fund Grant on Oct. 17. hole in their business plan: neither
They are eligible for up to 20,000 of them knew how to make a
chi year in order to fund their website. .Erich Roepke (left) and Stein Retzlaff (right) are not only varsity athletes, but also business partners.
venture. Two year later, Roepke and
Their company, Intrepid Re Retzlaff were equipped with more beginning that they wanted to preneurship Center, Retzlaff and their name to Rodeo Recycling.
source Management, LLC, erve business knowledge. Roepke is apply for an l + L eed Fund for Roepke relied on their instincts, Roepke found his farm on Google
as the middleman for selling used an officer of the entrepreneurship additional resources. The fund connections and people skills. Earth and called him to a k to buy
irrigation pipe . They eek out club, and Retzlaff is a member was adapted from the Venture "We've been pretty lucky," his irrigation pipes.
farms all over Oregon--often by and an economics major. They competition :andw as launched in Retzlaff said. "It's a lot of trial The man asked if Roepke had
u ing Google Earth-that have teamed up with Meece, Roepke's pring 2014. and error, and there's been very seen his advertisement or seen
changed to new irrigation systems. brother Kyle Roepke and RoepKe's IRM was one of six teams to little error." the pipes driving down the road.
They buy their irrigation pipes and high school friend Trent Martin to receive l+L .;eed Fund this fall De pite their immensely busy Roepke told him he had spotted
sell for a profit. launch IRM. Along with the opportunity to schedules and the time commit them on Google Earth.
"We've been profiting over 100 While the presence of an en pitch for funding, the recipients ment var icy athletics demand, "He was just silent for a
percent," Retzlaff said. trepreneurship center in a liberal are given me111toringc,o nsultation they have found value in quali second," Roepke said, "and then
The idea came to fruition after arts institution is currently a topic and resources from the Entrepre ties they have devdoped through he said, 'Well that's a new fucking
long hours of keeping starlings for debate, Roepke value the neurship Center. They are eligible athletics. rodeo then, ain't it?"
off blueberry fidds this summer. resources and opportunities the for funding as long as their busi "It's [about] being quick and While the name didn't stick, "a
Roepke's job gave him a lot of center has given him. ness endures .. adaptable," Roepeke ·said. "It has a new rodeo" is one way to de cribe
time alone with his thoughts. "I can go to Lewis & Clark Currently, IRM is working direct correlation with sport ." what Roepke and Retzlaff do.
Roepke started a scrap metal and I can get a degree in philo o with Michael Kaplan, Managing From reaching out to a wide They come at entrepreneurship
recycling bu iness in high school phy and [Meece) can get a degree director of tl1e enter for Euntre variety of people all over the state, from a unique angle, a very acces
an f, n a alurnin in re· ·ou sru ·e an we're preneurship, and Brian Detweiler they have met with a lot charac sible approach. They don't dre s
tion pipes could be sold for much already making more money in BedeR cademic Director of the ters, from stock brokers to bull like businessmen; they auend
more than teel.,a nd were ea ier to school than most people make in Center for Euntrepreneurship, to riders. meetings in Aaond button-downs
cran port since aluminum is al o the first three years they get out improve the efficiency and endur Roepke tell the story of a and b ots. But they're smart,
lighter. He paired this knowledge of schoo~" he said. ance of their business modd. retired profe ional bull rider who savvy and pas ionate about what
with hi ob ervation that many The IRM team knew from the Before working with the Entre- almost inspired them to change they do.
LC double dual meet goes swimmingly
were led by Monica "Momo" with a non-conference matchup
Castro p 5), who placed econd against Mill College and College
in the women's 100-yard butterfly of Idallo at Zehntbauer Pavilion.
with a 1:02.48 time. The eoior
leader·of the young Pio women
al o grabbed fourth place in the
50 yard freestyle, with a time of
26.31. spen J hnson (17) al o toacbAlie's
had strong day, nagging econd in
the 100-yard breaststroke.
torner
For LC's men, a young team
took to the pool f, r the first time
at home as well, and for five of
the 10 members of the team, it
Weeklyw isdomfr om
wa • their first time swimming in
front of a home crowd in col LC'sf avol'itSet rengh
lege. While it was a disappoint andC ondtttoblnCgo aoh
ing day for the team as a whole,
there were bright individual
Monica "Moma" Castro placed second in the women's 100-yard butterfly this weekend. performance for me men a well.
"Strength:.---1-
Trevor chapiro PS) raced for
fourm place in the 500 and 1,000-
There'sn o
BYJ OHN TRUPIN OR. J\11f our dual meets scheduled originally intended to compete. yard freestyle.
STAFFW RITER this weekend were c mbined into Against \Vhitman, the men's team For both team , there are op
substituWfo r
a double dual on unday, ho ted fell by a core of 140-42, while the porcuoitie ahead. The conference
The heavy wind and snow by LC. This gave the young Pio women's team lo t 122-72. ersus is split heavily between a top few and no excuse
of Friday night ddayed the first neer swimmers a chance to race Whitworth, the re ult was similar, teams and team that have had
home s,viol meet of the year against some of the top teams in with the men's team falling 147-35 slow starts, meaning the Pios on for the lacko f
for the Lewis & Clark men's and the orthwcst Conference. and the women' quad being both team have the chance to
women's teams. LC was scheduled In a unique etup, all four outscored 133-61. move up a great deal in the cand it."
for a dual meet again t Whionan chool warn again t one another The women's team began this ings. Both the men's and women's
C llege on Friday and Whitworth simultaneously, yet the scores for year with a large quad and a great teams will look for their first vic
College and Pacific University each team only were pitted against deal of excitement. ln their first corie of the ea on as they take to
were to face off in Forest Grove, that of the school that were home race of the sea on, the Pios the pool Friday, ov. 21 at 6 p.m.

12 THE PIONEER LOG NOVEMBER 21, 2014
The SnowpocafypTseh at Wasni Edition
Snowp6calypse2 : ElectricB oogalooS trikesL C
... BY DRAKEM ACFARLANE
BACKDOORE DITOR
The door to the bunker has
been sealed shut for over a week •
now. This i a message to the
outside world.
. On the eve of nowpocalypse
2: Electric Boogaloo, President
Gacry Blassner, his advisors and
this writer ealed themselves in
the Cold Wac-era bunker hidden
underneath Frank Manor House.
Built during the J.R. Howard
Pre idency, this bunker is filled to
the brim with supplies needed for
survival, uch as water, whiskey
and pam. In theory, this bunker
was meant to keep the Pre idem
alive and the college functioning
in case of oviet invasion.
In theory, that is. In practice, ILLUSTRATIOB YS KYH ARRIS
things have gone to hell in a College." "It1 abouit the legitimacy and need: hunger. Fighting over Spam ing about the Bon seem trite, in
hand basket. The Great Leader ha conclud continuation of our administra can and the last cup of chai hindsight."
Renaming the bunker ed that Reed currently control the tion. With those commies gone, tea commenced, with the Great Horrors like this persist as des
·rankistan and pronouncing w ather and cart d a weather ac the repopula6on of Frankiscan Leader's allies on one side and a perate and insane _administrators
himself rear Leader, former with Lewis & Clark, resulting in a can commeo,ce without their collection of Boacd of Trustees try to cope with oowpocalypse.
President Gacry Blas ner had this second Soowpocalypse. As fat as treasonous thoughts contaminat member on the other. The Great o Internet, no Boo Appetit food
to say to the pre urnably post the Great Leader is concerned, LC ing the gene JPOOl," former Dean Leader triumphed, but at great and no tudents and faculty to
apocalyptic world: at large has been destroyed by the of rudents, Grand Premier cost. The dead were later used for oversee have left these creatures
"My fellow Pioneers: We have Communist menace that is Reed. of Public Rellations Georgette sustenance. without purpose. They've manu
been arcacked by an outside force, All those who opposed the Romero said. "We.n eed a legion "Those trustees were a bit facrured an insane reality and have
but the administration continues Great Leader's explanation were of true soldiers to fight the Reed chewy," former Dean of the Col locked themselves within it.
to function. This force struck us branded Reed sympathizers and menace." lege, Head Secrew:iat Jershusha This writer sends a desperate
with a weapon of mass weather climate change deniers. These s supplies dwindled, however, Bedweiler-Detell said. ''But it was plea co whoever has survived this
destruction. cayi ndoors, stay dissident survivors were swiftly these repopulation measures took all for the greater good of the horrifying world: don't open the
safe and remember: it was Reed .dealt with. a back seat to a more present college. It makes all the complain- bunker.
We will rebuild:L C unclerreacttso snow for once
BY DANIEL ELLIOTT that among the undergraduate ''You know how they ace-the to come to class and learn. Bless for our ability to adapt to the
STAFFW RITER population of the college, not a Bon holds am event on a Monday their souls, I really don't know weather. When you live in one of
single srudent freaked out over the evening and the host talks a little how they do it." the harshest climates known on
weather. too loud and tells jokes that ace earth, where the weather is always
Portland, Oregon, a city known a little too corny, and they won't "Situated in the different from day co day and very
for its hearty attirude cowards "Portland, Oregon, scop complaining about it for unpredictable, you leacn co just
hacsb weather, was hit by the weeks. But tb~s time it was totally hills, the university deal with it. So it was narural for
a city known for
hardest snowstorm of death the different. obody overreacted at me co just deal," she said.
city has ever seen in the pa t ix its hearty attitude all." and its students During these dark times, a bea-
months. ''It was insane," Interim coo of hope has revealed itsel£
experienced the
According to meteorologist towards harsh Dean of the College Jershusha group of srudents using the power
and pretty-face Mark el on, a Bedweiler-Detell said. ''We hould of social media have organized
worst of Arctic
record breaking one-thirteenth of weather, have been calllingi n the Ameri- a relief effort in the hopes of
an inch of snow was seen in the can Red Cros.s, declaring a state apocalypse, and restoring LC co its pre-winter di-
past week. ''Well actually it was was hit by the of emergencf! You know that saster glory, aQ-dg etting srudents'
more like a sad slushie-rain than when Portlaniders get shaken by they totally lives back co normal.
hardest snowstorm
snow, but yeah, did you feel that cold weather, things have gotten Calling themselves " _nQ_"'P_0ca- .
wind? Colder than my second of death the city erious. I heard horror scories you underreacted to it." lyp e 2k14: We Will Rebuild," they
wife." couldn't ima~~ne,o f our brave have been seen around campu ,
owhere were the effects has ever seen in the little academicians slipping on scraping thin layer of ice off the
of chi untamed blizzard more lightly icy bridge and having co Marissa Lovingscon, a second- benches and picking up ign that
pronounced than the Lewis & past six months." walk through the cold for a whole year and sociology-anthropology were knocked over by the wind.
Clark campu . iruated in the hills, five minutes! But our srudenc major offered an explanation as Their hour are long and hard,
the univer icy and its srudencs "Of any group, it is college faced slippery staircases head on, to why the school was so reason- and there is certainly ; lot of work
experienced the worst of the kids that we would expect co uffered through the cold wind able and enduring during those ahead of them, but it warms the
Arctic apocalyp e, and they totally overreact to this kind of thing." and overcame~t he de ire to bank trying times: "I'm a Californian, hearts of our nation to hear of
underreacted. Professor of Sociology Robert all their procrastination on the and so are most of the under- young people surviving through
Experts were shocked co find "gold in da bank" Goldman said. possibility of a snow day in order graduate here. We're known such disaster.
>!<ThBe ackdoor is a work of humor and fiction.