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Volume 85, Issue 5

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2015-12-04

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Vol. 85 No.5 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015 www.piolog.com
Campus activism ignites awareness
Second
By ALLIE MCRAITH, JOHN
forum
ROGERS, and MEGHAN ZEA
SEVENTEEN DAYS have passed
pushed
since a series of racist and threat
ening messages were posted near
or on Lewis & Clark College campus
through the social media platform Yik to next
Yak. The posts, originally published
on Tuesday, Nov.17, ignited outrage
within the LC community, resulting in
an all-day protest outside of J.R. How Spring
ard and Watzek the following day. The
protest was organized by a group of LC
students with group discussions and By MEGHAN ZEA
activities focusing on ways to diversify
curriculum and faculty, use social me I N TIIE WAKE of racist in
dia advantageously, and understand
cidents on Lewis &: Clark's
privilege.
campus this semester, Reed
Following the protest, a similarly
College and LC have postponed
racially-charged Yik Yak was posted
a forum about school relations
on Friday of that week. Then, early in
to show solidarity against rac
the morning of Nov. 21, Tanguy Mu
ism.
vuna, a 26-year old LC student from
On Sept. 27, an LC student
Rwanda and Dallaire scholar, was was allegedlyi nvolvedi n an in
attacked in the gardens below Frank
cident of sexual misconduct at
Manor House. He later reported to
a party on Reed's campus. The
Portland Police that three white males
event raised concerns and ques
of similar height and build aggres
tions about sexual misconduct
sively confronted him using racially
policy at the two campuses as
charged threats before restraining and
well as issues of police brutality.
physically attacking him. Muvuna es
An email from ASLCs tudent
caped without serious physical injury
body president Daniela Lopez
and returned to his dorm before con
'16, announced forum between
tacting school authorities, who in turn
LC and Reed. The first event
called the Portland Police. took place in LC's Smith Hall
Anna Gonzalez, Dean of Students,
on Nov. 16, where after open
expressed disappointment with how
Ing remarks, small groups met
the Portland Police handled the inci
to discuss topics such as Reed
dents, especially in regard to the Yik
and LC inter-collegiate policies,
Yakp osts.
"l feel both that they want to help
Campus Safety, bystander inter-
and I'm slightly frustrated," Gonzalez
ventioa, inter-colJesiat bond
said. "On the one hand, they say they
ing and nspect, and «mtlfeDt/
want to help and the investigation is
sexual mitcDnrluct.
ongoing, but on the other hand it is
Lopa-tbattbe forums
somewhat frustrating to me that oth
were the first step in 'beginning
er police in other states have worked JOHN ROGERS/PIONEERL OG KATIEK ELLY/PIONEERL OG to bridge the relationships be
with Yik Yak and gotten names ... I (TOP) Students occupy the Manor House on Nov. 23. (BOTTOML EFT) Dean Kodat engages with occupying students. tweenR .eedan d LC.
feel powerless sometimes because I (BOTTOMR IGHT) Students discuss racial tension on campus and make posters for deomonstration on Nov. 18 "Weh ad aw objectms for
want to help our students but without
the forum. One was to get ltll
knowing that name I don't know what
deJd!Im inafln&an d taJking with
else to do." working to develop a buddy system in ing was well-attended by LC commu cupy Frank Manor House, 'to do the Reedatudenatoaw e cand ewlop
The Lewis & Clark community was response to the attack and to assure nity members and leaders including work of the president, in the presi that ~and further that
notified of the attack at 3 a.m. that the safety of Black students on and off President Barry Glassner, who had dent's office.' On Tuesday morning at relationship.• Lopez aid. -some
same morning via the Provost's Of campus. largely been criticized for his per 9:30 a.m., a large group of students of tbae dialogues that were
fice. The response around campus was The annual interfaith gathering ceived absence from campus following and alumni entered the Frank Manor happening on separate campus
immediate. Beginningjust hours after was held that Sunday in the Agnes the Yik Yak posts. House, occupying both the first and es camel l1pthera aa eommwu
the assault, Lewis & Clark Black Lives Flanagan Chapel and was modified in By Monday Nov. 23, LC BLM second floor. ty [at the forum] and that was
Matter (LC BLM) members began light of the recent events. The gather- members had developed plans to oc- "LCBLM" continued on Page 3 a success in and of itaelf, being
that it WIii die first step for stu
New IME director offers stability to program dents to start talking with other
people that are in this commu
nity and recognising that Lewis
& Oark is notj ustt his school on
By PETER KRANITZ "[These events] not only sup "undisclosed reasons." Baptiste was
tbeHBJ.•
port and celebrate students of color, then chosen as her replacement and
Anna Lindberg '18 partic
ON DEC. 1, NATHAN Baptiste LGBTQIA+s tudents and First Gener Busha again became Interim Director
ipated in the first dialogue on
exited his position as Lewis & ation college students, but also those until Baptiste was to enter the position
LC's wnpuamd reported a pos
Clark's Senior Assistant Dean who may not identify with any of these in December.
itive expekience.
of Admissions to become the new Di communities, but seek to learn/un "I think it's safe to say that we were -rm
glad I decided to attend
rector of Inclusion and Multicultural learn and transform campus culture," all thrown for a loop when Tonya re
the Reed forum,• lindberg said.
Engagement (IME), replacing Asso Busha said. signed earlier this semester," IME
·1 liked being able to connect
ciate Dean of Student Engagement She added that IME collaborates Student Life Intern Karissa Tom, '16,
and minglew ith Reed students
(ADOSE)C athy Busba. with departments and individuals said. She said that students felt "aban
at the beginning.I went to the
IME assists in creating and sus across campus to create events that doned" by Daniels' sudden departure.
discussion group focusing on
taining an inclusive campus. The de promote inclusion. "It felt like we, the IME staff, had
campusc ulturea ndp olicy,a ndI
partment offers "events, activities, Busha began serving as Director of to really scramble in order to make up
Hkedh mringd ift'enmotp inions
speakers, trainings, and forums" to IME in July 2014. In Jan. 2015, Busha for lost time," Tom said. She said that
from studentlol f both schools
achieve that goal, according to Busha. was named ADOSEa nd became Inter the sudden transition allowed them
about what could be done to
These have included speakers such as im Director of IME while LC searched to reevaluate how to best achieve the
make LC a more welcoming
comic Harl Kondabolu, Black Lives for her replacement. In July 2015, goals of IME, placing a greater em
emironment for social events.
Matter panels, Alternative Fall Break ronya Daniels was named Director of phasis on collaboration with other de
trips, film showings and discussions IME and served for seven weeks be partments and students. "Reed"co ntinwdo n Page3
around social justice issues. fore leaving the position in Sept. for "IME" continued on Page 3
MAGGIEC OIT/PIONEERL OG
Riverside property sold Grande that stole Xmas Studying in Strasbourg Review of Jessica Jones Just keep swimming
LCs ells property previously used by Starbucks coffee cup controversy stirs up Studying abroad in Strasbourg, France: a city of Krysten Ritter gives outstanding performance First year swimmers are making a big splash at
sailing class, raising concerns among some consumer concern, issues about religious kebabs, culturally confused architecture, and some in new Netfiixs eries, Jessica Jones. team meets. These guppies have a bright future
students tolerance light militarization in the pool.
See page 2 Seepage 5 See page 6 See page 9 See page JO

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
2 NEWS
Sale of riverside property concerns students
(ABOVE)T he entrance to the Lewis & Clark Property along Riverside Drive. (TOP RIGHT) The site of the LC students annual
"river party" at the beginning of the year. (BOTIOM RIGHT) The Lewis & Clark docks which are in need of repair. The docks
are not used by the sailing team because wind is it not as favorable as it is at the Willamette Sailing Club.
JOHN ROGERS/PIONEERL OG
By JONAH SVIHUS 1976-1977 tax year under the Oregon dences between President Howard and dents in the sailing class. At the Board of the riverfront property.
tax law 307.130. When LC acquired the Glenn Gregg. Owning riverfront proper Trustees meeting; it was estimated that The property that LC owns is 100
0 N OCT. 16, THE Lewis & Clark property, it was purchased for $25,000. ty allowed LC to offer sailing classes at repairs and rebuilding of the current fa feet south of the Powers Marine Park
Board of Trustees approved the The property had an affordable price cilities on the riverfront property would which has become home to the popular
sale of the college's riverfront developed docks at and at a conve total to $75,000. "riverfront parties" normally held at the
property. the time that LC pur "Ij ust worry that actions nient location. When asked about the effect this beginning of the year.
At their most recent meeting, the chased it; however, like selling off our river Currently, LO would have on the LC sailing team, Steve Adamou ('15) has fond memo
Building and Grounds Committee of LC needed to im still uses the docks member Robin Gropp '16 believed that ries of being down by the river.
front property makes us
the Board of Trustees propositioned prove and repair the at the riverfront the sailing team wouldn't be affected at "None of my state school friends
subdividing the property into two lots docks in order to be more and more like every property for sail all. have anything like the memories I
(collectively about three-quarters of an used. other liberal arts school ing classes. Brad "[The sailing team] does not use the have," Adamou said. "I just worry that
acre) and selling each of these lots for The original mo Davis '18 enjoyed docks because there is better wind fur actions like selling off our riverfront
in America and that is not
approximately $500,000 each, accord tivation for purchas taking advantage ther north at Willamette Sailing Club, property makes us more and more like
ing to the ASLC Vice President Leann ing the riverfront the direction I would like of the sailing class and sailing at the Club allows us ac every other liberal arts school in Amer
Knapp '16. property was to pro to see this school take." es at LC. cess to other teams and resources, etc," ica and that is not the direction I would
The land that LC owns was ac vide a home for the "The dock and Gropp said. like to see this school take. Let's keep LC
quired during John Howard's term as burgeoning sailing Steve Adamou '15 facilities are awe While the revenue that the college weird," Adamou said.
president in 1974. President Howard, team which had won some, but in need could receive from the sale of the prop The river parties associated with the
closely advised by the Vice President of multiple tourna- of conditioning erty seems enticing - especially as the river will theoretically still be able to
Development Glenn Gregg, secured tax ments in the Northwest Intercollegiate and repair," Davis said. other uses for the property are limited continue due to their placement on the
exempt status for the land during the Sailing Association during the early The disrepair that Davis speaks of is -there are certain members of the com Powers Marine Park which is open 5
1970s, according to letter correspon- apparent to more people than the stu- munity who are worried about selling a.m. to midnight 365 days a year.
Speech and Debate currently ranks fifth in nation
By GEISEY PLAZA Camino College in California. LC is the
only school in the nation to have three
THE LEWIS & Clark debate team teams qualified at this point in the sea
currently ranks fifth in the nation, son.
according to the Nov. 17 rankings At the Linfield Mahaffey Memorial
relea ed by the National Parliamentary Speech and Debate Tournament, a re
Debate Association. cent tournament, all five teams made
Rankings change all the time as it to the elimination rounds, with Bone,
tournaments happen simultaneously Woods, McDonaugh, and Mathieson
around the country. LC held first in the moving on to finals.
nation when the Nov. 2 ranking were Working with a partner can some
released. Still, holding the number one times make it difficult to schedule one-
ranking for any period of time is sig on-one practices with the coache , but
nificant. Hundreds of schools compete Woods maintains that his partner Bone
in the parliamentary debate annually, i a source of up port and inspiration.
and it is u ually around November when "He has been a great mentor for me
competing teams begin to rise to the top. as I continue to transition into college
According to Forensics Director, Joseph debate and I wouldn't be close to where
Gantt, "Our performance to this point I am without him," Woods said.
indicates that we will be strong compet The speech competitors on LC's fo
itors at nationals in March." rensics team have also had many stand
LC's forensics team consists of out performances.
twelve and eleven debaters and speech Three competitors have qualified for
students, respectively. LC has three de the National Individual Events Tourna
bate teams that are presently ranked ment, the final big speech tournament
among the top 30 in the nation: Hannah that will take place in April 2016 at the
Mathieson '17 and Sarah McDonagh '18 University of Florida and at Ball State
are 6th, Carlton Bone '18 and William University in 1ndiana.
Woods '19 are 8th, and Taylor Knudson Jacob Wisda '18 was named the top
'18 and Mikayla Parsons '18 are 26th. overall competitor out of over 400 stu MADELEINEB ENTLEY/PIONEERL OG
The debate team meets once a week dents at the San Francisco State tourna Speech and Debate team poses for group photo. The team practices together once a week and more on their own time.
together, but students participate in ment from Sept. 26-27.
practice rounds and have individual ses "Being named top speaker resonat
sions sporadically throughout the week. ed with me because it gave me some competitors at the Bradley tournament every day. It was definitely the best opportunity that a forensics education
"At times, it can be really hard to thing I could show to my team and from November 7-8. O'Donnell moved tournament experience I've ever had," fosters.
juggle my classwork and debate work," say I wouldn't have won without their on to semifinals in lnfonnative Speak Crossman said. "There is something different about
Mathieson said. "However, the debate support," Wisda said. "What makes me ing, while Crossman broke to quarterfi Director of Forensics, Joe Gantt, be traveling with students, collaborating
teams have some of my absolute best happiest about winning top speaker was nals in Prose Interpretation. lieves that these high rankings speak to about ideas and arguments, and work
friends on it, and I wouldn't trade it for that I could provide a representation of Many of the students, like Crossman, the talent, hard work, and dedication. ing together toward a higher goal,"
anything." Lewis & Clark Forensics that our team work multiple hours a week on each of "I am very excited to see what this Gantt said. "I get to share in some of
These three teams have qualified for could be proud of." their events, and even more before big team can do in the spring," Gantt said. their happiest moments, and I get to be
the season-ending National Parliamen At the most competitive speech pool tournaments. "They never cease to amaze me." a mentor when things have not gone as
tary Tournament of Excellence, which in the nation, Claire Crossman '17 and "I know most of us were working This is Gantt's fourth year as Direc well. I am a better scholar and person
will be held from Mar. 13-16, 2016, at El Decker O'Donnell '18 were standout with our coaches three hours a day, tor of Forensics, and he loves the unique working with them."

FRIDAY,D ECEMBER4 , 2015
NEWS 3
LCBLM initiates institutional shifts
Reed and
LC gov'ts
According to members Raymond we have al o held roundtable meetings
Fenton '16 and Emilie Dultra '16, "LC in the boardroom."'
BLM is a coalition of students triving As students continue their occupa
for racial justice ... [where] member tion of the Frank Manor House, a ques postpone
work in coordination to make deci tion continues to be asked: "Where's
sion based on the needs of black and Barry?" According to Presfclent Glass
other marginalized tudents on cam ner himself, he is doing his job, which forum 'til
pus. There are no leader as we oper often demands travel.
ate based on facilitation and horizontal "If the question is where am I, I am
structure. It is the cause 'systematic op all over the place," said Gia ner. "I'm
Spring '16
pression' that unites u all." working all sorts of different places and
Shortly after the sit-in began, Pres doing my job, which is a very bu y job.
ident Barry Glassner and Dean Cath Talk to my taff and my family, you'll
erine Gunther Kodat arrived and ad hear that I work pretty much all the Continuedf rom Page 1
This way students don't always feel
dres ed the group. President Glas ner time. Whenever I can I'm getting to
inclined to leave campus to party or be
spoke for a number of minute before gether with students. I was at the Bon
ocial."
departing to an unknown location. today, the other day. I don't get that op
The second event was scheduled to
Dean Kodat spoke as well, before itting portunity a lot but I like it when I can. A
BRADYA NTONELLI-/PIONEERL OG be on Reed's campus on Nov. 18, but
down and having individual conversa lot of my work is done on campus, a lot Tanguy Muvana speaks to student body and attackers about love and forgivenes . was cancelled after racist events on
tions with LC BLM members. is off-campus, and that's the nature of
LC's campus the day before. Instead
Accor:dingt o Fenton, Glas ner "ne being a college president."
of continuing the forum as planned,
glected [them] upstairs as [they] waited Dean Anna Gonzalez added, "I think not reached out to any of the student or sive, and equitable. We've made a lot LC students rallied together for a sit
with computers dedicated and prepared the question, 'Where's Barry?' is about ganizers from LC Black Lives Matter ... of progress in recent years and we're in. Instead of attending clas e , many
to work. Nonetheless [they] continued a level of communication that [the stu President Glassner does not care about focused now on even doing more and students joined together to show their
to work on the vision and initiatives like dents] feel may not have happened and his black students and has ignored us doing better," said Glassner. olidarity with Black students.
the Racial Justice and Equality Fund in I think also a level of the workings of for the past week - actually for as long For some, the changes come too According to ick Fiore, Vice Stu
small groups.• higher education that's not communi as I've been here [4 years]," Mohamed late. After learning of the attack, Sierra dent Body President at Reed College,
Ho11rsa fter the it-in had begun, LC cated ... I'm hoping that the students said. Faulkner '15, a black alumna, was sad after communicating with LC students
community members gathered in the are authentic about that question. I re The question now is what comes dened but not surprised by the news. they decided not to have the planned
Council Chamber to Listen and show ally am. I'm going to trust that they are." next, as at the time of press, students "My initial reaction to the instances
econd forum in order to show solidari
solidarity with Muvuna, who had draft Expectations of the President and were going on day eight occupying the of racism and violence at Lewis & Clark ty and support of LC students.
ed a statement. His message was one admini tration have been widely dis Frank Manor House. was fear, and deep sadness," said Faulk "I was in contact with some folks at
of Jove and forgiveness, both to the LC cussed over past weeks, with little con- "I'm seeing more engagement now, ner. "I was afraid because many people Lewis and Clark and we decided that it
community and to his attacker . sensus. more so than two years ago even with that I still cared about were still at Lew would be best to delay the original fo
"Whatever happened was becau e I "I know for sure when I was a stu Walk the Talk," said Gonzalez. "I think is & Clark. .. I was sad that a place that rum until another time,• Fiore said. "In
have the skin color. I never asked to be dent that I had no idea what the Pres part of it is a national movement, it's I called my home had escalated to this stead, on Wednesday, we just used the
born black. To be black is not a crime," ident does. I didn't even have any idea part of a national conversation about point... I'm glad action is being taken Student Union at Reed as a safe, open
Muvuna said. "It doesn't matter if you what the dean does," Glassner said. ". ..I race in America. We took it seriously now, but it's too late for how I feel about afe for folks to come by, get food, talk
are black, white or yellow. In my point get the ense that sometimes there are two years ago, we took it seriously last the institution, it's too late for alums to their peers about what was happen
of view, we are all brothers and si ters." some students who aren't as aware of year, but even more seriously this year." like me to really get over the way we're ing at LC."
As many students left campus for the the nature of Lewis & Clark. There are Fenton elaborates on LC BLM's fu treated." Fiore and the Reed Student Body
holiday break, a smaller group of sit-in three schools in Lewis & Clark, I'm the ture plans. President Glassner announced that President, Ashlin Hatch, read a letter of
participants remained. They spent the President of the entire institution. "This is a movement that is going to he, in conjunction with the Committee solidarity from the Reed Student Body
break "researching the structures and Dean Anna Gonzalez elaborated on continue after the emester, and hope on Diversity an·d Iriclusion (CDI), is
Senate at the demonstration that Lopez
history of executive power at Lewis & the division of roles in higher education. fully Jong past the end of the academic holding an open forum on Monday, Dec later sent to the LC student body.
Clark College, and focused [their] ef "Tbe faculty is in charge of curric year," Fenton said. "Systemic and in 7 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the South "As we continue the process of forg
forts on plans for outreach, in both the ulum and hiring the faculty with their stitutional racism cannot be solved in Campus Chapel to discuss and listen to ing stronger bonds between our two col
local and broader communities," Dultra Dean. The Dean of Students is in charge a single semester. While there are only all viewpoints. leges, we hope to prioritize thoughtful
said. of making sure that people know about two weeks left in the Fall term, our top "My expectation is that [the forum] engagement and critical dialogue about
Fenton, Black Student Union Presi the services for our students and the priority is still ensuring the safety of will be the best of Lewis & Clark and what it means to create inclusive living,
dent and LC BLM member, claims they 1>residenti m ch hi and hi job i tudents of color on campu and laying that we will have civil and really intel working, and learning environment ,"
spent a longer time in the Frank Manor to work with the Trustees to get us more the political and social foundation for ligent conversations. And that we're go the letter said.
House than any students have before. funding," Gonzalez said. pursuing larger structural changes in ing to ask lots of questions and probably Lopez maintains the forum set to
"Focus on community support Nima Mohamed '15, LC BLM mem 2016." come up with lots of answers. We have take place at Reed forum will be re
through the break, and the wide array of ber, has a different expectation of her President Glassner shares many of smart students. And we are going to do scheduled for a future date.
faces that we've seen in the boa~droom President. these sentiments. this together," Gonzalez said. "We wanted a robust number of
and lounges in the past two weeks," "I expect the president of the col " ...T here's a lot of work for all of us "I feel like it's so bad here that all the students be [at the Reed forum] from
Fenton said. "This is unprecedented. lege to collaborate with the student or to do. As individuals, as students and other good stuff that is being done is be different backgrounds," Lopez said. "It
Over that time this space bas become ganizers who have been occupying the instructors, as administrators, as insti ing erased. But we can always do better. was a decision on both of our parts [to
a familiar one, and as students have manor house for the past week to truly tutions, and our ultimate goal at Lewis There' always room for improvement," cancel the event]. We are in the process
rolled out their sleeping bags and blan 'hear our stories' and 'our call to action' & Clark is to make this institution even Gonzalez said. of replanning that which will probably
kets in front of the different fireplaces, as he said in his email. To date, he has more safe, welcoming, diverse, inclu- be next semester."
Decolonizing LC works
IME ainis to collaborate with
to change college name
LC coniniunity in the future
By NOAH FOSTER-KOTH ing program at LC, said that "naming
and representation are significant and,
Continuedfrom Page 1
Some Lewis & Clark College students for me, represent a piece of the work
"IME, like our students, is re-
a part of a new movement Deolonizing that institutions should take on should
ilient," Tom said. "Our programs
LC are rallying to get the name of the they wish to teach students to be re
such as the LEAP [peer] mentorship
college changed and faculty also feel sponsible civic leaders."
program [for tudents from under
uncomfortable with the colonization the She argues that LC's motto cele
represented communities] and Great
current name implies. brates genocide of native people.
Expectations [program for first gen
Because LC was named after Meri "Using the rhetoric of 'Exploration,'
eration tudents] have flourished and
wether Lewis and William Clark, two 'Discovery' and 'Pioneering' normalizes
have greatly benefitted tudents from
men who owned slaves and contributed misconceptions about history and law,
historically underrepresented and
to the colonization of Native American and celebrates the taking of this land
marginalized backgrounds." Tom
land, many feel angry from its indigenous
believe that Baptiste will be able to
improve upon the previous successes about the name. "As an African American, people by ma s mur
Khalil Anthony der, violence, threat
ofIME. ... I have to ask myself
Johnson, Pre-Doctoral of violence and force,"
Baptiste aid that he hopes to what it means to work at
Fellow in History, said Edmo said.
"serve as a tabilizing presence" as an institution named in
that the college's name Despite the issues,
the new Director. honor of a man who ded
"honors an unrepen with the name of the
"I am less concerned about mea tant slaveholder whose icated himself to the prin college and the motto,
suring potential changes in IME as
expedition unleashed ciple of white supremacy Johnson is skeptical
I am about listening to the needs of
current students," Baptiste said. He MAGGIEC OIT/PIONEER LOG genocidal consequenc and to the ownership of that there will be a
hopes to collaborate with students, The IME office hopes to collaborate with more LC departments and students es in the Pacific North my ancestors. n name change.
staff, and faculty to create events that west." KhalilA nthony Johnson "Faculty, -admin-
He added that the istrators, and alumni
will be relevant to and engaging for
name also carries im- may w~llb e attached to
the community. make the school a positive environ munity.
plications of slavery that occurred on the name LC would see no reason to ac
"Collaboration invariably leads to ment for all students. "IME exists becau e there is a
the Lewis and Clark expedition. commodate a minority who, like myself,
fresh ideas for bow thing are done, Busha expressed excitement very real need for the institution
"As an African American, each time find the name to be offensive, dishonor
as well as community buy-in, o I am about Baptiste entering the position to increasingly upport students of
I walk by the Statue of York I have to able, and marginalizing," Johnson said.
very much invested in collective orga and his ability to engage with the varying social identities for the devel
ask myself what it means to work at an "Folks usually don't cede the status quo
nizing," Bapti te said. community as a whole. opment of a greater sense of commu
institution named in honor of a man without a fight. And that's only the first
He hopes that collaboration will "His natural instinct is collabora nal belonging, ownership, and agen
who dedicated himself to the principle hurdle. According to estimates by NPR,
make LC a more welcoming and tion, so I anticipate that Nathan will cy for success in college," Baptiste
of white supremacy and to the owner colleges usually pay between one to four
supportive community for students continue IME's model of partnership said. "But this work is ineffective in
ship of my ancestors," Johnson said. "I million dollars to change their names."
of varied backgrounds. Baptiste also across campus and into the commu silos, o if you want to work with us
also have to ask myself if that rifle York In Johnson's personal opinion,
believes that his experience working nity," Busha said. to achieve this for everyone in our
carries was meant to spill the blood of changing the name to Albany college
for Admissions and as Coordinator of Baptiste encourages students to community, we welcome your part
American Indian people." would make the campus "symbolicallY.
Multicultural Recruitment at LC will reach out to IME to participate in nership."
Se-Ah-Dom Edmo, a faculty member more inclusive to black and Indigenous
provide him with insight into how to creating a positive and inclusive com-
at the Graduate School and the coordi people, thus positioning this institution
nator of the Indigenous Ways of Know- on a more noble side of history."

FRIDAY,D ECEMBER4 , 2015
4 OPINIONS
Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor reflect
on their time spent at the Pioneer Log
By ALLIE MCRAITH and have transformed many of our genera that means writing an article, or two, or
JOHN ROGERS tion into opinionated yet indecisive in your whole section ..
dividuals. How powerful are your words There have been days where we've
Well, it's been a helluva ride. As when you can delete a post or edit your questioned the future of the Pioneer
comment at any point? Putting your Log. With staff cycling through on a
we publish our final Pioneer
words in print requires thoughtfulness semester basis, it's challenging to main
Log issue of the eme ter -
and for the both of us, our final Pioneer and confidence. Once the ink hits the taiQ an organizational culture and di
page, it's no longer yours to alter. At a rection. The work is challenging and
Log issue ever - we wanted to take a
moment to catch our breaths and reflect school without a real journalism pro lacks monetary or academic incentive.
gram, much less a single broadcast jour Without a journalism program, student
on our tenures.
nalism professor, students have little journalists rely on one another to edu
Nothing about the Pioneer Log has
professional guidance when regarding cate themselves and that education is in
ever been straightforward. It's repu
journalistic practices and writing styles. no way comprehensive for such a high
tation is muddled; it's organizational
structure jerry-rigged; As such, writing or stakes game.
it's humour can be con The necessity of the working for the Pioneer There are very real consequences
tentious. The necessi Pioneer Log, howev Log presents a steep to the stories we publish. Realizing the
ty of the Pioneer Log, learning curve, one power the media has is an important
er, has always been that can be daunting lesson, even when that medium is a
however, has always
and sometimes teaches small liberal arts college paper with a
been traightforward. straightforward.
students just how per small print circulation. Being a part of
A phra e common
manent printed words the media for four years has taught us
ly uttered by tho e
offered the job of Edi- can be. numerous lessons, including being able
Our combined years spent working to take constructive criticism and grow
tor-in-Chief or Managing Editor at the
Pioneer Log is, "Well somebody's gotta' for the paper have had their ups and a thicker skin. After all, even the New
do it." It's true, omebody must do it. A downs. You could say that "It was the York Times has a daily corrections box.
newspaper is a ource of information, best of times, it was the worst of times." At the end of the day, we're proud of
a rallying point, a representation of As a writer, countless hours are spent what the Pioneer Log has accomplished
interviewing, fact checking, learning and how the newspaper has evolved this
the community it exists within. In to
day's politically correct culture, where Associated Press (AP) style shorthand, semester. We have high hopes for the
and lamenting over word choices and next generation of staffers. We would
freedom of speech and press is often a
contentious issue - especially for col headline suggestions. As a section edi like to thank the Lewis & Clark com
tor, countless hours are spent hunting munity for continuing to work and be
lege newspapers - students and faculty
down writers, imparting a few tidbits patient with us and challenge us to con
must have a place to speak. Even if no
about journalism and encouraging them stantly do better. The feedback we've
one chooses to utilize that place, it must
remain as a refuge and as a symbol. to write again despite the labyrinthine received this year, both positive and BRADY ANTONELLI/PIONEER LOG
When· leading the Pioneer Log, one editing and publishing process. As a negative, has been enormously helpful.
develops a tremendous amount of re leader, you are required to do a little After all, the work we do is about the Allie McRaith '16 (left) and John Rogers '15 (right), the dynamic duo of the Pioneer Log
spect for students and faculty who bit of everything to cross the finish line community, for the community. Thanks
choose to write and work for the paper. every week (now every other week) and for reading.
publish the best issue possible, even if
Social media and other online mediums
Letter to the Editor:
Clarifications on the Watzek library renovations
DEAR PIONEER Log Editors, reference and circulation functions are not about weakening or reducing in size repurpose some space that is currently ic Northwest in a few days through the
Thank you for the November much closer together is designed to our team oflibrarians. devoted to shelving print collections, we Summit service. This network aJJowst he
13th story on the Watzek Library provide simplified access to library as Regarding print materials in also hope to recoup space through more library to build and manage our collec
renovation planning efforts. This is an sistance and to Watzek: Retain efficiently organized staff work areas tions strategically, keeping core materi
exciting project that offers the oppor connect students While a strong local print ing space for the and denser storage of materials like mi als tailored to our programs on site and
tunity to make library and IT services and librarians. continued growth croforms. depending on other libraries for more
book collection remains
more accessible and enhance Watzek as We still plan to of Watzek book Regarding interlibrary loan: While tangential resources.
a place for study, research and creative have Librarians essential for our pro collection will be a strong local print book collection re As always, I welcome feedback from
activities. available on the grams, it is also important an e sential aspect mains essential for our programs, it is the L&C community on this process and
As the Director of Watzek Library, desk the same of the renovation also important to realize that no aca all aspects ofWatzek Library.
I'd like to offer three clarifications: hours as they are to realize that no academic plan. We also seek demic library exists as an island. Watzek
Regarding the merged reference/cir now. But when to expand space is part of an interdependent network of
library exists as an island. Mark Dahl
culation service point: The library has a librarians are not for archival and libraries whose shared print and dig
Director of the Aubrey R. Watzek Li
very strong team of librarians who assist available, student pecial collec- ital collections provide resources far
brary
students through classroom instruction, assistants will be able to provide basic tions materials, areas of growth in re beyond what any college or university
research consultations, and at the ref research help and refer students who cent years. While a shift towards digital could accumulate on its own. The L&C
erence desk. The transition to a newly need deeper assistance to a librarian for journals and reference sources and to a community can access almo t any book
configured library service point in which a consultation. This plan is definitely limited extent, ebooks, may allow us to held in an academic library in the Pacif-
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OPINIONS
5
Guest Opinion:
Canons, courses, and change, or what's the
curriculum got to do with it?
topics dealing with these communities. in an impressive range of disciplines
They looked troubled, dejected even. and interrusciplines, each one of which
Without knowing for certain how to has exposed them to a rustinct set of
interpret the anxiety on their faces, I questions and a specific way of finding
imagine it to be the look of people expe answers. In their single-pointed focus
riencing a crisis of confidence in some on what might be missing from their ed
thing they had once believed in; in this ucation, my students were failing to see
case, their education and their college. the tremendous ruversity of knowledge
Was the entire edifice to which they'd and perspectives they had achieved. Any
given so much time, effort, and money particular class may fall short when we
informed by a racism they had somehow question how it educates diversely. Thi
overlooked? can be the nature of disciplines. Howev
On the one hand, I understand their er, it is the very premise of a liberal arts
anxiety. They are right to question what education that the magic happens when
might be missing in their education; the various rustinct pieces that each dis
what they are learning and not learning, cipline represents begin to touch upon
and why; how the choices of their fac each other. They dialogue with each
ulty might be informed by unexamined other in mysterious synergies that are
biases which lead them to bring some unique to each person.
people and topics into the classroom, I do not mean to say that we should
and exclude others. These are great and not examine our curriculum for what
important questions. They poke at the might be lacking, excluded, or over
powerful organizational principles of looked. We should, and we will. It is
thought that we call canons. Canons are something that unites us, this belief
useful because they help us think about that the learning that takes place in our
and agree upon what is important to classrooms has rurect import for how we
know in any given ruscipline. But like think, how we treat each other, and how
any fixed and unchanging belief, canons we live. It's a beautiful thought. Not to
can be dangerous when unquestioned. mention the thrill it gives this literature
They can sustain biases across genera professor to hear students clamoring
tions. They can perpetuate the exclusion to read books by more authors, from
of those who have been left out of the different background and neglected
story, and should never have been. perspectives! For while we can't all visit
On the other hand; it saddened me otherness as much as we would like in
to see my students so dejected, so much the form of travel or even a diverse pool
in doubt about their education. I know of friends, we can all read, as widely as
these people. They are in 300- and we like. It is something to be celebrated,
By MOLLY ROBINSON KELLY also attacked on campus. While we don't bias is festering, if not in our institution 400-level French, so they speak a sec this wish for exposure to more diverse
know yet who rud any of these things, we then at least in our space, it is reason
ond language at a very high level. Many books.
IT'S BEEN QUITE A November. Just did realize one thing: this isn't the place able for us to wonder: is our curriculum of them have studied abroad in France What I do want to say is this: ques
a couple short weeks ago, comments we thought it was. doing what it is meant to do? The think or Senegal (some both), immersing tion what is missing in your education,
made on Yik Yak somewhere in our This realization has caused real ing goes like this: if we are educating our themselves in languages and cultures yes. This is a process that I hope you
geographical vicinity warned our little shock and pain, for faculty and staff students well, shouldn't acts like these, very rufferent from their own. In adru will carry beyond Lewis and Clark to
communjty that there was someone no less than students. Many of us have hallmarks of ignorance, intolerance, tion to this hard-won cultural and lin the rest of your lives; it should never
nearby, perhaps in our very midst, who • been here a long time, and have invest and firmly closed minds, be impossible guistic competency and their French end, and for that matter should never
took pleasure in provoking the shock ed quite a bit of ourselves in this place. for them to commit (if indeed the perpe majors and minors·, they have other rely on someone else's cooperation. As
and hurt of racist threats. Within a few As we grapple with the question of what trators of this crime are our students)? majors and minors in fields as varied long as you are here on campus, keep
days, we learned that a trio of some these recent events mean for us as an As I ruscussed these questions with as math, psychology, environmental working to bring perspectives that have
ones (the same ones? Maybe not?) had institution, it is only natural and fitting students in my classes, they dwelled on studies, history, art, chemistry, sociol been excluded into the light. But don't
moved beyond threats to real, physical that we have begun taking a critical the gaps in the courses they had taken. ogy, anthropology, international affairs, let the call to change the world that you
violence against a black student, accom look at our courses, our teaching, and Diversity was lacking, they said. When gender sturues, and economics. By the hear in your hearts make you discount
panied by terrifying verbal attacks. The our curriculum. After all, these things I asked what ruversity meant to them time they reach their senior year, most the knowledge and experience you've
very same night, another student who go to the heart of what we are about. in this context, they answered: works all LC students have rupped their toes worked so hard to acquire.
identified as of non-binary gender was Faced with evidence that such hateful by people of color, women, minorities;
The grande that stole Christinas: Miniinalist cups
Inake soine coffee consuiners red with rage
The Starbucks cup controversy probes common conceptions of religious freedom and tolerance
By LESLIE MUIR not putting elves on our coffee mugs or sive·winter designs that offend no one cup is entirely devoid of all aforemen even more neutral all-blue cup, which
putting up Redwood-sized trees in our and appeal only to cheer. Besides, what tioned symbols or baubles or anything could have proclaimed loudly to the
PEOPLE ARE MAD that beloved airports, are we as Americans really put could be more American than exploiting of interest at all is more of a design world, "Winter," which in these times
Starbucks, a bastion of coffee cap ting Christmas under attack? the festive season for extra profit on all problem than a communist-takeover might have also been a controversial
italism for the hipster crowd, took Putting aside the age old reasoning holiday themed goods? statement. This year's design doesn't so statement to make.
all Christmas designs off of their holiday that not all humans on this planet pre Therefore, accepting the Starbucks much say, "Enjoy the Season" or "Hap
cups. Each year the trendy coffee chain scribe to one faith and that choosing cup and all of its flat, red spirit py Holidays," so much as it bland
releases a festive holiday cup design that one winter-time religious is part of living in ly states, "Holiday" and nothing
usually includes a greeting and a jumble practice to decorate America today. else. We should all be thankful
of images which all vaguely invoke hol the town with isn't The fact that Starbuck's rudn't
iday spirit. This year the corporation very fair or welcom the
has literally wiped the slate clean of all ing to people of all
baubles and bangles. Instead they have faiths, let's ruve
unrolled a line of minimali t red cups into semantics. a n
dressed solely in the one color, still Should cor-
garnished with the familiar green logo. porations deck the
Many self-proclaimed "lovers of Christ halls? Holiday cheer
mas" and Christian advocates have tak is always a great
en to social media to state their rusmay thing, so long as it
at what they ee as Starbucks taking doesn't infringe on
Christmas out of stores. other's religious prac-
This argument (although not before tices or lack thereof.
made at Starbucks specifically) har Some symbols are com
kens back to Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck monly recognized as
and Fox News's "War on Christmas" in just being about enjoy-
which these three rallied the support ing the winter months
of some American Christians to believe (such as snowflakes, frol
that the removal of Christmas specif icking woodland crea-
ic decorations from public places was tures, more snowflakes),
a sub equent afront on Christianity. and businesses should go
(Glenn Beck sees the communist flag to town decorating their
and the blood-red eyes of Satan staring wares with these images
back at him from his red cup of dou and hawking them to us all
ble-whip peppermint mocha.) in the guise of selling holi
The purposeful red and green-logo day spirit. Since it's also the
scheme is a rurect showing of Christmas Christian spirit to be accepting
colors, but accorrung to many social me of others and kind to all, it should be
dia post , this gesture isn't enough. By no problem to accept these all-inclu-

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
6 FEATURES
Studying abroad in Strasbourg, France
What it's like to live and go to school in one of the world's most beautiful and culturally diverse cities
By DRAKE MACFARLANE own, very special lanes and roads with places are like Starbucks. tre Dame de Strasbourg. This old bird transports clog traffic and police patrol
reckless abandon. Once classes are out, I go out with had its 1000th birthday this September the streets. For good reason, to be sure.
STRASBOURGI S a glorious smor On the way to school, I make my a few of my fellow friends and expats and has competed with Notre Dame After all, Strasbourg is the home to the
gasbord of contradictions, idio way past Place de la Republique, a gor to Le Chariot, a bar so 'hip' and 'bo de Paris for hundreds of years. Maybe Council of Europe and the European
syncrasies and cultural anachro geous circular park a block away from hemian' that it seems straight out of I'm biased, but I do prefer Strasbourg's Parliament, not to mention a slew of
nisms. This is due in part to it being in my home, surrounded by the Palais du Portland. I should also mention that cathedral: it's gothic,. taller, and has a foreign consulates and the like. Add in
Alsace, the oft-fought over love child of Rhin, the Bibliotheque Nationale de the symbol of Le Chariot is a covered kick-ass asymmetrical tower. the insane amount of people here for
France and Germany, but also because Strasbourg and the Theatre National de wagon, straight out of the Oregon Trail. Finally, after getting through waves the holiday season and it's a perfect
I'm convinced the people are crazy. No Strasbourg - all of which are Prussian Go figure. After having a few Alsatian of tourists and shoppers who clog the security nightmare. Although, it is ur
wonder I like it here. installations, now flying French colors, beers, I decide to go get tarte flambees "Christmas Cheer" filled arteries of real seeing squads of well-armed men
To better understand the surre despite the rampant germanic imagery for dinner. town, I finally find an open restaurant strolling about the Christmas Market.
al cultural blend that is Strasbourg, on their fa~des. Eventually, I tear past I might pass through Petite France which serves the coveted tarte flam Despite the anxiety in the air, the
France, I shall take you, dear reader, traffic and make my way to the sim district on the way. Contrary to what bees. Now, a tarte flambee is basically Strasbourgeois go about their days, just
through a day-in-the-life of yours tru ply massive University of Strasbourg the name may imply, Petite France is a thin-crust pizza, traditionally with as I have had to. I end my day with my
ly. campus. One of its major buildings, full of cute little half-timber houses, white sauce, onions, bits of bacon, host 'family', a family which consists of
I wake up early each morning to the the Faculte de Droit, looks like some all built the traditional Alsatian way, cheese, and sauerkraut. But don't you a young Al atian engineer named Ju
ound of a torrential downpour, the thing out of a Soviet architect's wildest as my native roommate is always quick ever dare call it a pizza out loud, lest lien, an Argentinian computer science
likes of which make native Portlanders dreams, which stands in stark contrast to point out. Once through this quarter, you find yourself thrown out of the Ph.D student named Esteban, and an
like myself shudder in fear. After mus from the older, Prussian buildings and I cross the circular river and enter the restaurant and exiled from Strasbourg. utterly French microbiology Ph.D stu
tering my courage, I brave the outdoors newer, French abodes. downtown island proper. This island Once pleasingly full, I go home, dent named Pauline. For dinner, I have
and exit my apartment building in the After hanging out at the Pangloss, is an unholy mix of French, German, stopping to wave at the legions of po Argentinian-style chnitzel, accompa
old Jewish neighborhood in orthern the building where I take most of my Alsatian, and what-have-you archi lice officers and assault-rifle wielding nied by stereotypically French cheeses,
Stra bourg. Surrounded by both im classes, I might head out to lunch tecture. In addition, the traditional soldiers along the way. Mind you, this as well as an Alsatian pi not gris. My day
posing Prussian architecture and a sea with my friends. Most of the time this Christmas Market or Marche Noel has benign, yet mildly militarized situa ends like the beginning: full of cultural
of yarmulkes alike, I grab my bike and boils down to getting "doner kebabs" commenced, and thus the whole i land tion has been the case in my quarter mixing and particularities.
survive the morning traffic. Strasbourg at Restaurant Volkan. Now these 'ke looks like the orth Pole exploded all since the Charlie Hebdo attacks. The And there you bave it, my Lewis
is called the bike capitol of Europe for babs' are not on a stick: instead, they over it. Full, log-cabin-like stalls fill the massive synagogue I live a block away & Clark friends. Come to Strasbourg
a reason: its bike culture makes Port are glorious sandwiches, created by a squares and passageways of the city, from is guarded day and night. How ometime and you'll find a place per
land look like Dallas. Helmet-less, wonderful, mustachioed Turk with ex each hawking their own merry wares. ever, since the November 13th attacks, haps even weirder than Portland. You
scarf-wearing bicyclists weave in and pertise. Mind you, our hangout isn't the The majority of these can be found in the hammer has come down. Protests might even find yourself wanting to
out of vehicular traffic and onto their only one in town: in Strasbourg kebab front of the iconic cathedral, the No- or manifestations are forbidden, troop stay.
PHOTOSC OURTESYO F DRAKEM ACFARLANE
How to safely master the winter break fling
The pros and cons of hooking up over winter break: The exes, something new, or the tinder strang-
By TYLER WAYNE If Facebook relationship status both are down a for a casual, fun and then maybe just find a college-aged
changes are an accurate indicator, easy fling. .. but you could be wrong. stranger.
PATTERSON
what has long been stereotyped is Try having someone tell you they love Tinder stranger, pro: With a lit
0 H, THE HOLIDAYS.H opefully true: most breakups happen between you during the second winter break tle investigation, you can reasonably
Thanksgiving and New Years. For session of Netflix-and-chill, four conclude that a tinder/scruff/grindr
most of you went back to your
many students returning home for var months after you broke up. match is safe. Ask mutual friends what
hometown for Thanksgiving,
ious breaks, it is a convenient time to Something new, pro: You are a new they know about them, or meet first in
draped in your new Portland-edge
breakup with your high school sweet person now. You've been enlightened a public place.
and with more worldly ideas (i.e. you
heart, since face-to-face is always pref by Portland and liberal arts rigor. Tinder stranger, con: ~- -
fought with your mom about Caitlyn
erable. Former high school classmates Never mind if it is all misguided cul downside to mutual f;iends, is that
Jenner and your uncle about ISIS.
will be around to swoop in with the ev tural snobbery - you need to show they could run their mouth. Also, re
Trust me, first-years, you'll get that
er-so-casual "how's it been going since the world the new you! Date a DJ. If member that there is probably a higher
whole informed dinner conversation
we last spoke?" after they've been you are 19, find yourself a bartender chance of running into them at a party.
thing down to a science in no time).
alerted to your singleness. who can sneak you in. Have you tried Whatever you choose, remember
You probably also whipped out a lo
So when you head back after finals, a cross-generational relationship? Be that everyone bas feelings - even
cation-based dating app to see what's
for what will be nearly a month, how cause it might be time for a daddy. Ba those who have bad a lot of sexual
new in the old neighborhood. Gays,
do you select and execute your hook sically your parents will be concerned, partners. Respect your sexual partners
you'll probably see some "straight"
ups? Do you resort to comfortable but you can as ert that the old you is if they get emotional for you. If they
boys from high school. Many of you
exes, try omething new knowing that dead. want to stay over when you expected
will remember why you left your
nobody at LC will hear about your en Something new, con: It is sort of them to leave, be respectful. If you
hometown in the first place.
deavor, or tinder away your Tuesday uncomfortable to jump into a new are really such a player fhat a hookup
On the other hand, if you are from
nights? scene or sex culture and not feel clum means nothing to you, than have the
somewhere loud and exciting, you
Let's weigh pros and cons. is easy. sy. If you feel insecure about your body courage to say bi the next time you see"'
probably are thrilled to be back. Now,
you can impress the local yuppies with Exes, pro: You already know how to Exes, con: Someone - it might be at the slightest social discomfort, then a hookup in public. Don't go running
your understanding of institutional please them, don't have to curate your you - will have one glass of wine too perhaps your ex is a safer bet. And if right to your group chat to shit talk the
oppression and various movements in appearance or personality too much many and get emotional. Trust me. finding you with a so-year-old man morning after, because they-deserve
before you see them and conversation You can be absolutely sure that you would give your mom a heart attack, respect.
art.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
FEATURES 7
Seniors: A bucket list before you leave LC forever
Two students' take on what needs to be done before you cross the stage for that expensive piece of paper
By ALLIE McRAITH and experience now that you're not forced MEMORIALIZE IT
JOHN ROGERS to eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Video tape a single day of your life
No one will ever forget those infamous as a Lewis & Clark senior. You might
BY THE TIME most seniors en Bon bowel movements. question why you would ever want such
ter their final semester at Lewis BONE a video, but you won't regret it 20 years
& Clark, they're doing their ab If you didn't get around to this fresh down the line. I personally guarantee
solute best to spend as little time as man or sophomore year, maybe give it a you that anyone 40+ would kill for a vid
possible on campus. Long gone are the shot now. Except you have to get more eo of their 'glory days'. Still don't believe
endless Bon sessions or the communal creative than a twin bed in Stewart. me? What would you give to have a video
bathrooms of Copeland. In some ways, DRINK documenting a day in your life as an 8th
senior year is awkward. Freshman year Drink a beer with a professor. You grader?
is but a distant memory, yet you may probably spent years daydreaming SNAP
not be feeling nostalgic either. about what life would be like when you If you have made it through all three
Despite how removed one might feel came of age - now that you've made it, and a half years without snapping a pic
from the hustle and bustle of under take advantage. It might seem awkward ture of Mt. Hood on a clear day, you are
classmen life, one might still be forced at first, but it will be sure to give you not doing it right. Again - see "bragging
to avoid eye contact as a freshman year bragging rights with your state school rights for state school friends."
hook-up walks past you in Howard. friends. Bonus points if you get drinks In a class taught by one of my favorite
You're itching to leave, yet cannot avoid at Tryon. psychology teachers, we learned that the
moments of panic as the 'rest of your SMOKE beginning and ending of events are most
life' looms ever closer. It's your last year Smoke with a professor (or better strongly remembered. Perhaps this list
at LC; here's a Bucket List we've made yet -_Camp-o?). It is legal after all. doesn't resonate with you or your expe
to help you make the very best of it: WALK (down memory lane) rience at LC but that's okay - make your
BON(e) Walk the residential side of cam own. It is completely reasonable to be
Spend an evening at the Bon. Put on pus on a rainy evening. Meandering anxious to begin new journeys, but know
that now-vintage LC t-shirt you've got through Copeland or Hartzfeld, you are that a day will come when you will miss
(and as a sub-bucket Listg oal - if you apt to find random stairways or bath something about this place. Do yourself
do not have one, buy one), scrounge up rooms evoking memories of late night a favor and make some new mems be
your old swipe card and lanyard (make mischief and angst from your days liv cause #texasforever (Where are my "Fri
MAYANA BONAPART/PIONEER LOG
sure to put it around your neck) and ing on campus. day Night Light" fans at? For those who
head to the hon. Spend a good hour NINJA slept on that show, consider it that the
or two reminiscing with friends and Midnight Ninja games still happen. last addition to the bucket list. And while ...k now that a day will come when you will miss
staring at first years you've never seen And rumor has it someone's nose was you're at it, get Netflix so you have some
before. You might even appreciate the broken, so the games can get intense. thing to do with your time post-thesis). something about this place.
Why do students choose LC?
Word of the week:
An informal look into what brought us all together
By LESLIE MUIR
ING TO A liberal arts school
n be taken to mean you are
fter the "liberal arts experi By MCKENNA TEIG LAND more familiar here in the States, but a
ence," but what does that even entail? relatively common thread throughout
The college's promotional material will ILE AUSTRALIA might these definitions is the idea that a 'nug
tell you in flouncy jargon about all of be well known for its multi get' is something small and/or apart
the academic ways in which this label ude of creatures that like to from some larger thing. That is, it is not
matters: small class sizes, research op try and kill us humans, the evils of gi uncommon to hear someone (probably
portunities with professors, a required ant poisonous spiders and man-eating older) say, 'nugget of truth,' or 'nugget
exploration of every field of study. All of plants may have a rival when it comes of knowledge,' as though this nugget of
these combine to produce a well-round to hallmarks of the Outback: ridiculous information is something to be revered,
ed graduate who will go on to do great slang. Anyone who has visited Australia respected, and taken seriously.
things and start a non-profit to save the (or its awkwarda dopted second cousin, I find it amusing how a word that
world and blab blab blab. But what was New Zealand), knows that it is home to sounds so cute and innocent, and man
it about Lewis & Clark that specifically a wide array of notoriousiy off-the-wall ages to retain a colloquial quality (no
appealed to us? terminology tailored to their culture. doubt left over from its many previous
This question has plagued me as I've So, one should not be surprised to learn slang definitions), is used when refer
LEAH DARNELL/ PIONEER LOG
wandered around campus for the past that the word 'nugget' has ring to something as
year and a half, and even more press terms to describe our community. community. In total, I had 17 answers moat of its origins in either important as knowl
ingly so in the past few weeks. Going My short collection of words includ- of "friendly," a word that wasn't even on Australia or New 7.ealand. edge. What, then,
from classes full of quiet and well read ed descriptors that I theorized might my list, as well as many other pleasant For example, 'nugget' as should we take away
fellow humanities majors, to events at apply well to our student body, such as adjectives to describe the personality a verb is cited by the Oxford from this realization
Olin filled with students armed with "science-focused," "academically easy of the population, ignoring our school's EnglishD ictionaryto mean that we use such a
graphing calculators, to shows at the or challenging," "global focus," as well academic interests or aesthetics of the 'To steal (an unbranded ridiculous word for
Rusty Nail Co-op, to seeing student as the ones listed in this article. Many student body. It seemed that for the calf),. though this meaning aomething IO pdzed?
athletes constantly dressed ready for students read through the list of terms, students I asked, the personality of the bas sinceb een linked to the Are we imdwrtenli)
a workout, it's been hard to figure out and all paused quizzically before an community was the mo§t outstanding idea of eomething being sageating that being
what our school's identity actually is. swering. This is it, I thought every time, factor they noticed when first consid rare'.N ugget'•• aaunlilts a leamed individual
Did everyone decide to attend LC the group consensus to the question ering LC. I was curious if LC admin one entry u •• type of shoe is not to be tum 80
based on the strength and reputation of I've been grappling with for months is istrators aware of this factor as much or bootp olish,o riainabDlaYek •.B othof Rfioully? Perhaps. Perhaps 'llugget'
their intended major or extracurricular on the tip of their tongues. as the students were, so I explored the tiler fflMJring.asn , eompleb,lyumelat sbould1S¥1t a___...tllll•an
activity? Or did they find their passion The very first responder of the day school's main website to find out. On .edandhianelyspeci&c,e o ailmed lli1l bot fun with.o ur eclueadoaDi ld
after a few semesters? It can be hard looked at me and said plainly, "None the" About Us" page, one of the initial that, ..a an thankt llclled ownU 8lllr dat Im_.. 8111tr1u -lhe a-n d -be ·
to tell which segment of the academic of these are correct." Panic set in as I promotional materials a prospective for that. It ia almoll•l tbouatblie ward playful ..... tlail WOidi a ....
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population stands out the most as one thought about what I had possibly done student might read, the first two things 'DDglll' ...... of Aubel,, tocbectinonlllf~oarotha'Wlllds
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walks through campus. Over one fifth wrong. She continued to tell me, "I just stated as being draws for attending the IINlf:allllllnl.----••.laai
of LC students receive a degree in the thought we were a friendly place." A school are one) our community and tbinp
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social sciences, such as political science, few heads nodded around her, and a two) our location. Areas of academic mewnpfot-eedupoo ....,_..
history, languages, literature and more. boy spoke up to say, "I thought it was strength, our international programs Now.6 -e.-e. t'IOUpo1f ee atrlet
Psychology is the second biggest degree • a respectful place." These were not the and our commitment to research and -- ftcel)yaefini'---"- ........ -
awarded here, but this doesn't get to answers I had intended to receive, but academic discovery are listed further ftlllllll: -~ tad
the heart of it. Are we an "artsy" school I figured my follow-up question still down on the page. Even our adminis
(possibly even a little bit "fartsy" too), applied in the same way. trators do not think of those areas as
an athletic one, one with an environ I asked, "And do you still think being the biggest defining reasons why
mental focus (a different way of saying that's true about the LC population?" one might choose to attend LC.
"hippie"), or academically rigorous? There was a loaded silence this time Looking back on my own time at LC
And which one of these did students before the same male student respond and trying to remember what I thought
think we were before deciding to join ed. "I mean, with the recent violence about the college before deciding to
the LC community? and threats on campus I think we're enroll, these answers begin to make
To figure this out, an informal less so." The first responder added on sense. At a more traditional institution,
mini-survey of the highest order was immediately, "But our response to that even of the liberal arts variety, the
required. I donned my important jour violence shows bow friendly of a com academic intensity or student popu
nalist attire and set out with my trusty munity and caring we are. Personally, I lation's aesthetics might matter more.
clipboard to get to the bottom of this. still believe that." As the LC community continues to go
On Nov. 24, I spent the day shuffling Throughout the rest of the day, I through a period of self-reflection and a
around campus trying to get 40 to 50 heard similar responses numerous rebuilding process with Jove and inclu
respon es from random tudents as to times. Rarely did students want to sion at the center of it, these values of
what they thought we were all about. I use the suggested descriptive words caring and respect and friendliness can
began by showing students, generally I showed, but instead answered with be seen ve.ryo penly throughout campus
in large groups wherever I could stop adjectives of endearment and compli and will continue to define us as we
them, a pre-written list of potential mentary statements about the school move forward.

FRIDAY,D ECEMBER 4, 2015
8 ARTS
Spiritualized: A look back Reliving a decade of
LCD Soundsystem
Harrison Smith remembers a seminal album of our generation
By HARRISON SMITH I
A retrospective guide to the critically
"Childi s the father of the man"
-Brian Wilson, 1966 aclaimed Dance-Punk band that redefined
p ritualized•
"She's like heroin to me" modern music as we know it
-The Gun Club, 1981
MY CONSTANT inner mono
logue spends much of it's time
- like most music fans, I pre s st
sume - ricocheting lyrics off the walls
of my brain. Although much of it is mis
heard Fall Out Boy from three years ago
or a distant echo of Fetty Wap's screech,
some of it tickles the more complex cor
tices of my lobes, and unlike the former
(which are banished, screaming all the
way down to the seventh layer of my
mental hell) they are given a little bit of
extra thought.
If the lines survive this or continue
to confound me, they get a special place
in one of my two mental Lyrical Hall of
Fames. The first houses lyrics of dense,
poetic acclaim, where Leonard Cohen
and Destroyer selections are stacked
upon Nick Drake and Parquet Courts
records. The second houses lyrics of
plain-spoken poignancy, where the likes 70mln
of Black Flag, Rivers Cuomo, Jonathan
Richman are kept. These artists remain example of his fascination with combin But. .. it just isn't! It's a straightforward
unafraid to crush the listener with the ing the simple and the complex. rock song! If he doesn't think the sappy
truths that we suppress and hide away, In a minimalist sense, this record is concept of "coming together" as people
and cast aside the poetry they view as an exercise in limitation. Yet this sim isn't a bunch of bullshit, he must genu
artifice in favor of unpretentious clarity plicity is evidently paradoxical, clear inely. .. believe it? Enough so to attach it
in song. Jason Spaceman, ex-frontman ly displayed on the album art's small as a positive chant on a song that seems
of the legendary Spacemen 3 and mas print: "1 tablet, 70 minutes." Even for to be about depression and/or suicide?
termind of space rock project Spiritual devoted music nerds like myself, 70 I don't know about you, but this level of
ized, is one of these humans. Could you minutes is a long fucking time. Sonical basic earnesty is practically mindblow
really expect anything but artful earnes ly, this record contains indulgences into ing to this cynical millenial. Spaceman
ty and childlike simplicity from a man free jazz on the track "The Individual," isn't a naive, bright-eyed Jonathan
who adopts the name Spaceman? Didn't breathtaking string arrangements on Richman, or a vein-popping bluntness By BEN WEINSTEIN Can, Faust, and Swans were among
we all want to be astronauts as children many songs, lush reverbed-out guitars, that is Henry Rollins. He speaks mostly the bands referenced on "Losing My
anyway? a genius take on Pachelbel's most fa in melancholic generalities; "I just don't WERE THERE; we were Edge". However, LCD Soundsystem's
Lyrically, Spaceman deals with mous composition and a 17-minute long know what to do / All of my thoughts there as LCD Soundsystem music managed to use the repetition
highly personal material, but cleverly closing track ("Cop Shoot Cop"). But are of you, " or "I don't even miss you eleased three of the best al that bands had experimented with in
dodges the all-too-easy trap of cryptic somehow, Spaceman is able to massage / But that's cause I'm fucked up" or bums of our generation, we were there the past and make it sound human.
lyricism with a much more powerful all of these varying "I've gotta drink you as they skyrocketed to a festival-head Although its songs were rhythmically
and unpretentious universal approach. sounds and structures right off my mind liner level of fame, and we were there mechanical, "Sound of Silver" resonat
In a 2004 interview with the music into a single tablet, In a minimalist / I've been told when they decided to never make mu ed emotionally with anyone who would
website NoRipCord, he claims "the into a single "rock" al sense, this record is tliis will heal given sic again. Why were we there? Because let the album into their life. Touching
only difference between gospel music bum that would fit un time." Yet due to being an LCD Soundsystem fan means upon everything from loss of loved
and pop music is that you replace the der the classic (albeit an exercise in limita the impressive com far more than casually enjoying their ones ("Someone Great") to the beauti
word 'Jesus' with 'baby'." Besides the annoying) adage "sex, tion. plexities of his ar- music. It means letting this band into ful highs and regrettable lows of home
fact that Spaceman also seems to cre drugs, rock n' roll," rangements, and his your life, and, at times, define your life. ("New York, I Love You But You're
ate pop music with the same reverence pleasing even the most total dedication to It means dancing and crying your way Bringing Me Down"), the album is an
and grandiosity as gospel music, the generic dadrock fans. a lyrical simplicity, through their discography to get out unexpectedly emotional journey. "All
way he sings lyrics like "There's a hole "I Think I'm In Love" meditates on the it never feels contrived. Although these weeks of emotional and physical stress. My Friends", the LP's breathtaking cen
in my arm where all the money goes / feelings of drug-induced hallucinations statements aren't deeply specific, the It means watching, teary-eyed, as the terpiece, is a piano-led commentary on
Jesus Christ died for nothin', I suppose" of love and the feeling of real love via re way Spaceman sings them feels wholly band launches into their career-ending aging and friendship that sits among
feels like he's preaching to a congrega petitive psychedelic vocals and a warm authentic, almost as if specifics are sim rendition of "New York, I Love You But the band's best work. The songs are
tion of beat-up, broken junkies. But like bass riff over droning synthesizers and ply a muddying ingredient to a raw and You're Bringing Me Down" live in New all capable of being tearjerkers, but if I
his usage of Jesus, his usage of heroin chorus-y guitars in unison. "All of My tearful concoction. York City. LCD Soundsystem might be may borrow the name of a 1984 hit sin
in his songs doubles as a gritty, honest Thoughts" examines . indecision and In space, it is silent. There is no hus done, but to many of us they will never gle you'll be dancing with tears in your
metaphor for a self-destructive desire conflicted emotions, flipping back and tle and bustle, no chattering or buzzif!g die. eyes.
to be loved. The opening mantra of the forth between an instrumental jam with or whjstling or clattering of the Earth to When James Murphy released LCD From the very first moments of the
album deals in this highly personal and a horn seizure and a quiet vocal confes pester us with commotion. The space Soundsystem's first single "Losing My band's third and final album, 201o's
highly universal style with: "All I want sion from Spaceman himself over a sub man drifts, isolated and alone in his Edge" in 2002, few would have guessed "This ls Happening", there was no
in life's a little love to take the pain dued, ringing melody. monumental silence. But when he sings, that his project would end up being one doubt that Murphy and Co. had recap
away." Anytime I bring this record up If I hadn't heard the track "Come space becomes sound. The individual of the most important bands of our gen tured the magic of "Sound of Silver".
in conversation with another music fan Together" I would assume that Space and the universe are in harmony. We eration. The nearly eight-minute track "Dance Yrself Clean," the record's first
this phrase is always inevitably sung by man would be playing a little joke on the can hear him, loud and clear. was a slow burner carried by a pulsating track, became an immediate favorite
either party. Spaceman's choice to apply Beatles, a sarcastic title given to a high synth, featuring Murphy sing-talking thanks to its mesmerizing percussion
this no-metaphor, all-emotion lyrics to ly experimental and non-poppy track. LISTEN NOW/ 10 his way through among other things and nail-biting buildup. "This Is Hap
Pachelbel is probably the most obvious
a comprehensive list of the records he pening" is filled with some of LCD
liked to DJ with. "I had everything be Soundsystem's most memorable re
Death Grips ''The Money Store'' fore anyone," he brags, debuting the corded moments: the infectious guitar
tongue-in-cheek attitude that would be riff of" All I Want," the space-like syn th
present on every nearly LCD release to sound of "I Can Change," Murphy's
come. However, beneath all his witty laugh-out-loud lyricism on "Pow Pow."
BY CADE MILLER strong sonically. Moreover, they have mally pop-like their music can be. Sure, lyricism was a very sincere commen "Home," the album's last song, feels like
managed to keep their hands firmly no one would ever fathom calling "The tary on' not only the New York City DJ the perfect way to bookend LCD's ca
scene, but how ephemeral "coolness" reer; the career of a band that wa home
, , THE MONEYS tore" is a gener around the music media's throat with Money Store" pop music, but listen
ation-defining record. While their constant stream of subversive beyond Flatlander's abrasive, jagged is, whatever that means. As their career to many. Unfortunately, whatever our
Death Grips' discography can antics and contrarian release process. synthesizers, Zach Hill's heavy-metal progressed, the band's infectious in ideaof"home" is rarely lasts forever.
be seen as one big heap of genre-meld Death Grips are the true punks of our drumming, and MC Ride's absolutely strumentation would be what attracted LCD Soundsystem's decision to
ing, brain-melting madness, "The Mon generation: remaining in the shadows insane excuse for "rapping," and you most of their fans; Murphy's hilarious break up in 2011 after a farewell show
ey Store" stands out among the rest for despite being deeply mired in the age of have a verse, chorus, verse song struc yet emotional lyricism would be what at Madison Square Garden was.puzzling
two reasons: it was the band's breakout information while upsetting (and also ture (with a few bridges thrown in made them fall in Jove. to many. They seemed to be only get
release that brought them much praise influencing) the mainstream by mak here and there for good measure). On Of course, much of LCD Soundsys ting more uccessful, both critica]Jy and
and critical acclaim from nearly every ing whatever they want and releasing "The Money Store," Death Grips make tem's appeal did come from their hyp commercially, and "This ls Happening"
major music publication - Pitchfork it whenever they want. Remember how music that, despite all of its anger and notizing and rhythmcentric blend of was the band's highest charting album
gave it an 8.7 and Best New Music and Beyonce dropped her self-titled visual abrasiveness, is quite catchy. So, if you punk rock and dance music. Their by a good margin. There was no drama
TheNeedleDrop gave it a perfect 10 - album out of the blue on the internet? haven't listened to Death Grips before 2005 eponymous debut ranged from between band members, no problems
and it was their first and only release on Death Grips has been doing that since now, do yourself a favor and give "The electro-punk screamers ("Movement") with drug abuse, no fighting with their
a major record label. The fact that mu the release of "No Love Deep Web" Money Store" a listen. Even if you hate to nine-minute, groove-filled tracks record label. Why, then, does a band
sic as abrasive, aggressive, visceral and in 2012. Remember when "Yeezus" the music, you won't regret the experi with equal debt owed to both Talking like L1:D Soundsystem call it quits at
unabashedly ugly as Death Grips' can dropped and everyone was freaking out ence; Death Grips perpetually challenge Heads and Daft Punk ("Yeah".) "LCD what seems like the peak of their ca
not only receive widespread adoration because of how harsh and abrasive a lot the futility oflabels. Call them hip-hop, Soundsystem" was one of the most reer?
but also be picked up by a major record of the instrumentals sounded? Kanye call them experimental - they are more promising debut records of the decade, "I want to have kids and I want to
label such as Epic is nothing short of a has stated publicly that he likes Death than the sum of their parts. They are, and two short years later they outdid have a life," said Murphy. And just like
miracle. Grips and is influenced by them. . without a doubt, one of the most sin themselves on the now-classic "Sound that, the band ended as sincerely as il
Yet, here we are - three years and But one of the most surprising gular and influential groups releasing of Silver". started, leaving a wake of three genious
four records later (with a fifth on its things about this band - and, specifi music today. The band's sophomore LP found albums and a generation of changed lis
way), and Death Grips are still going cally, "The Money Store" - is how for- Murphy embracing his love of driving, teners.
repetitive songs; it was no surprise that

FRIDAYD, ECEMBER4 , 2015
ARTS 9
''Jessica Jones'' brightens Marvel Universe
Krysten Ritter delivers a sharp, insighful performance in Netflix's new comic book adaptation series
ByRAFAELSWIT lain to date. He's as horrifying as he
is human, he's as funny as he is cruel,
W
HEN NETFLIX released and he's a hell of a lot of fun. Jessica's
"Daredevil" in April of this best friend, Trish (Rachael Taylor),
year, they changed the game serves as an excellent counterbalance
of comic book television adaptations. to Jessica and many of the show's
They created a dark, compelling, char best moments occur between the two.
acter-driven story that few have been The beautiful thing though, is that all
able to achieve in the realm of tradition of the ensemble characters have their
al broadcast television. Netflix sets the own problems as well. Too often we
bar high with "Daredevil," and "Jessi see shows focus on the conflict with
ca Jones" leaps over that bar, landing the main character, but• Jessica Jones"
not-so-gracefully, but with purpose. isn't afraid to give its upporting cast
Set in Marvel's Cinematic Universe depth and humanity. Not having all
(MCU), "Jes ica Jone " inhabits the conflict framed through the lens of the
same disheveled corner of fictional New titular character creates a refreshing
York as "Daredevil": Hell's Kitchen. And viewing experience.
while "Daredevil" is far more concerned The show is also wonderfully shot
with the overall fate of the city, •J essica and beautifully lit. It makes brilliant
Jones" revels in the plights of its individ use of tight shots, close ups, camera
uals. stability, and shot framing to deal with
Jessica Jones, played by Krysten Rit themes of control; quite appropriate
ter, is a private investigator, an orphan, for a story whose main antagonist can
a self-described asshole, and an alcohol control minds. Additionally, the light
ic. Oh, and she has super strength. The ing erves to always appropriately set
series' inaugural season follows Jes ica the mood and polish shots into beauti
as she attempts to take down Killgrave ful works of art on their own.
(David Tennant), a delusional, love-ob PHOTO COURTESYO F NETFUX Dark, ruthless, and thought-provok
sessed fashion snob with the power to Krysten Ritter leads a stellar ensemble in Netflix's thought-provoking new adaptation of Marvel's • Jessica Jones" ing, "Jessica Jones" is arguably the best
control minds. comic book adaptation to come to the
Though part of the MCU, "Jessica tions mo tly serve to ground the series runners manage to create an unlovable strength lies: its characters. Jessica small screen. Marvel is starting to carve
Jones" focuses on its own unique sto in the world viewers have already come anti-hero that everyone can empathize Jones is the titular character, but the out a dark niche in the corner of its uni
ry for the most part. Luke Cage (Mike to know and love." Jessica Jones" makes with. Jessica i abrasive to everyone she show isn't just about her; she has a stel verse for its adult fans who want more
Colter), who will be starring in his own the right choice keeping the majority of meets, is constantly drunk, and has at lar en ernble cast backing her up. The than the action porn that we get from
Netflix show in 2016, is introduced early the MCU in its peripheries; the show is tachment issues. But she's also notably writers certainly focus on Jessica, but movies like "Thor" and "The Aveng
on and serves as a dynamic and compel strong enough on its own, and I imag traumatized by her experiences with they do a fantastic job of giving the au ers" or televi ion shows like "Agents of
ling character throughout the season. ine that an overexposure to other parts Killgrave that occurred before the pilot. dience a full look at the entire ensemble. Shield." If you're looking for an action
His significant presence indicates future of the universe would only bog down its Through insight into the adversity she's Killgrave gets a hell of a lot of screen fix, this show probably isn't for you.
crossovers between the two shows. narrative. faced, viewers gain a new understanding time and we get a lot of insight into But if you want a classic comic book
I was pleasantly surprised that Dare The show is excellent from the get of her behavior, and can't help but sym his backstory as the season progresses. story that is as deeply concerned with
devil himself didn't make an appear go, delivering one of the more riveting pathize with and root for her. On top of Through Tennant's truly disturbing per humanity as it punching holes through
ance, though we do see some crossover pilots I've ever seen. The show creates all that, Ritter delivers a genuine and formance and some great writing, we ac walls, "Jessica Jones" is just a few
supporting characters. We also ee some tension early and sustains it throughout nuanced performance that is measured tually come to empathize with Killgrave. clicks away.
small references to "The Incident" as the episode in its entirety. The writing even when her character isn't. I would venture to say that Killgrave Season One of "Jessica Jones" is
we did in "Daredevil," but these men- is nothing if not fantastic as the show- That is where most of the show's is probably Marvel's best cinematic vii- streaming now on Netflix.
The third and final installment of Dance Extra
heltt.
"The Cat Was Not a Firefighter" be
Short story segment: "In Which Doug Keeps On Keepin' On" Thislbl.o year's~h ~-1-
co a ration m
g1.0
By MCKENNA TEIGIAND er 0uid more," Doug muttered into shuffled in, Dianne remaining uncom
his cup of recently purchased de fortably close to Doug the entire time.
PAPERS HAD BEEN signed, keys caf coffee. It tasted bitter, but Doug They stood in the living room in i
copied, belongings transported, didn't mind. He liked bitter things. lence for a while, the dingy walls and
and spiders removed. Doug had "I'm sorry, what was that, dear?" Di cramped corners a refreshing remind
done it: he had bought a new house. anne asked, placing one pasty, wrinkled er of mediocrity for Doug. It was clear,
Sure, it had some creaky floorboards. hand on the young man's shoulder. though, that Dianne did not feel the
Sure, the kitchen cabinets were a tad She gave it a slight squeeze and Doug same way. For once, though, she did
too "retro" for his modern ensibil underscored a bullet on his mental not say anything. Then, Doug heard a
ities. And sure, it needed more ten list of "Reasons to Get out of Dianne's sound. Then, Doug remembered that
der loving care than the victim of a House IMMEDIATELY." The night he had irresponsibly left his arsonist
long-time abusive relationship. But before, Doug had accidentally walked cat to his own devices. Dave was not to
Doug had bought a home (decided in on Dianne changing into her paja be trusted. But there were no matches.
ly not red) and was ready to move on mas. Despite her embarrassed pro Doug heard the sound again. "Do
with hi life. Even though the charred testations, Doug had had a feeling you hear dripping?" Dianne asked,
front door of his old hou e still stood, that this had not been an accident. turning towards the tiny doorway
Doug felt a sense of closure; the en Doug removed his face from the that lead to the even tinier basement.
tirety of the remains were to be demol steaming cardboard cup. "I aid: fairly "This place is old. It's prob
i hed and cleaned up within the week. certain he'd rather employ the writ ably just a leak somewhere."
Dianne, however, was le s at ease er more.• The writer, of cour e, was "But it's not raining."
with this latest development. It had Dave's publicist back at the animal Doug left Dianne in the living room,
been three weeks since Doug's cat had shelter. The volunteer was in charge remembering all too well that Dave had
burned his house down, and two weeks of tracking the inspiring tale of Dave's not wanted to leave Dianne's, that he
and six and three-quarters of tho e transformation from street animal had not come clo e to setting any fires
days had been spent in refuge at the to lovable pet, and Doug feared that for two weeks and six and three-quar
aging woman's own home. While Dave the destruction of his house would ters days, and that he had not had his t1ie' ··"""'"""'·''.""
movement
had settled into a pampered lifestyle draw forth the man from his comput litter box changed in four. Doug's kid with elsoreog -Eva Goellner' 16
of Friskies and jangling toys (though er cave. Doug did not like the writer. neys began to sink at the exact moment rapller'. thec lanee
he wa annoyed that he couldn't, for "Oh, then Dave will probably get his foot found water. He looked up. th metamor,.
all nine lives of him, find any match what he wants ...w . You two losing your "Dave." phosing to include
es, and Doug had kept a clo e eye on home to such an unfortunate stroke The cat was perched on top of the concepts from multiple minds as op
his wallet), Doug mis ed sleeping in a of bad luck and all...." Dave purred old, rickety water heater, a monkey posedt o one.
bedroom that wasn't stuck in the past while Dianne spoke. Doug glared at wrench resting beneath his front paws, Collaboratioanl sog ives rise to an
as a twelve-year-old's girlish refuge. him like the younger sibling does the black fur failing to cover up the almosti nfinites treamo f inspirationas
And that twelve year old had been when the older still has some of their glint of the metal. But Doug had been dancersa ndc horeographecornss tantly
twelve in the 1950s. Dianne was a crea ice cream cone left and they don't. here before. Dave was not trying to feede acho ther' ideas.
ture who generally objected to change. "Yeah, well, that's that. It'll be what hide the evidence. "You broke my wa 'Ibisy ear' unique qualityo f mutu•
Needless to ay, as they all stood ever it'll be," Doug said, as he inserted a ter heater, Dave," Doug said, stepping alism not only experiencedin chore
gathered on the porch, Doug was ready brand new key into the old, worn lock, back up the stairs so as to avoid the ographert o dancer relationshipab, ut
to waltz in and try Life, Ver ion 1.2, but turned the rusting knob, and opened the rising water. He sighed and closed his --,cbonograpbea .. well; cbo
Dave would have objected if he could front door. The wood scraped against the eyes. He counted to ten. When he got tberefottb a"8d ie oppor
talk. Dianne al o would have object floor, but Doug didn't cringe. The sound to ten, he opened bis eyes. And Doug ... t1aerc oPcecw
ed, and she could talk, so she did. "Are was music to his ears. Almost immedi only had one thing to say to his cat:
you sure you're ready to leave, Doug? ately, Doug bolted inside the house and "What the hell, man?"
You and Dave don't have to go so soon. disappeared. Knowing that there was no
Stay a while longer. I think Dave's en way that there were any matches in the McKenna Teig/and is a sophomore
joyed his time at my place very much." practically empty house, Doug did not studying English and Psychology.
"Fairly certain he enjoyed the light- pursue his cat. Instead, he and Dianne

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
10 SPORTS
Swimming makes a big splash in
UPCOMING the Northwest Conference
WINTER
EVENTS
The first-year sw.immers get in gear as the first half of the season wraps up
DEC.-JAN.
ning the 200 yard free tyle relay again t
Puget Sound (with a time of 1:32.73)
and the women fini hing econd in the
HOME 400 yard free tyle relay versu Whit
man (4:32-48) and third in the 200
yard freestyle relay at the orthwest In
Men's Basketball
vite (1:42.59). These relay teams, made
up of both rookies and veterans, are an
excellent indicator of how the team has
LC vs. Augustana (Ill.)
gelled together since the start of the sea
Sunday,Dec.20
son, with teammates frequently finish
s:3op.m. ing within a few seconds of each other,
despite their di parity in experience.
Many of the older ptayer have also
LC vs. Redlands made great contributions. Zac Oser '17
Saturday,Jan.9 had two wins again t Puget Sound (in
the 50 and 100 yard freestyle with
2p.rn.
times of 22.88 and 50.77), while Libby
Bissen '16 and Lucia Brammer '18 took
second place in the 100 yard breast
LC vs. George Fox
stroke (1:15.98) and the 400 yard in
Friday,J an. 8
dividual medley (5:10-46) at the Whit
8p.m. worth dual meet, respectively.
"There were numerous lifetime best
times and almost every swim was a
Women's Basketball season-best. Our student-athletes were
PHOTOSC OURTESYO F LC PIONEERS without question the most enthusiastic
in s·upporting their teammates through
LC vs. George Fox The women's swim team dives into action at the Puget Sound dual meet on Nov. 7, where the LC swimmers won eight events. the whole session," said Fantz, admir
Frldayl.lall.8 ing the performanc.e both teams put on
at the Northwest Invite.
8p.m.
This invite, a two-day meet with
By PETER MELLING three first-year athletes led the team in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle at Whit
34 events and well over 100 athletes,
individual finishes. These swimmers, worth), while Gerrior bas two (100 yard
R.OAD Af ER A SUCCESSFULs eries of August Bergh '19, Eleanor Gerrior '19 butterfly versus Whitworth and Puget closed out the fall season for the swim
ming teams. They faced competition
ual meets and invitationals, the and Kassie Kometani Sound) and Bergh ha,s
from within the NWC and the Cascade
Men~B asketball en's and women's swimming '19, had eight top-five one (200 yard freestyle Collegiate Conference, a National As
teams will begin their winter break. finishes between them, "Our student-athletes against Pacific Luther
sociation of Intercollegiate Athletics
This year, the team enters in the break with Bergh securing were without question an)," along with several
(NAIA)c onference not usually encoun
LC@ Evergreen State in a good position, with significant second place in three the most enthusiastic second-place finishes. tered in the Pios' swim meets. Out of
Wedn.iay, Dec. 9 contributions from their first-year ath events and fourth place in supporting their "I loved seeing the nine colleges present, the women's
letes and several great finishes in their in one, Gerrior clinch event wins from our
;.30p.m.. events. How have they been able to put ing the best leg time teammates through first-years. They're out team placed sixth in the invite, while the
men's squad finished seventh.
together their first half performance, at the 500 yard free the whole session" to a great start to their
Now that the first half of the season
and how will they prepare for th sec style relay (24.87) and Chri~ Fantz collegiate careers," is over, the swimming Pios look for
ond part of the season? Kometani getting third said Head Coach Chris
ward to the second half of their season,
One of the keys to the squads' prog place in one event and fourth place in Fantz.
starting on Jan. 22 in a road dual meet
ress has been how quickly the under two. This was not the first time these These great performances by the
against Linfield. This break should give
classmen have become accumulated to three led the team in placing either, as underclassmen have brought even more
the Pios plenty of time to rest them
their competition in the Northwest Con Kometani already has five wins (100 and competitiveness to the team overall.
selves and reflect on what they've ac
LC@ PugetS ound ference. In the last event of the first half, 200 yard freestyle versus Puget Sound, The Pios' relay teams have stepped up complished over the past two months.
SaturdayJ, an.9 the Northwest Invite in Salem, Oregon, 50 yard freestyle against Whitman, and their game as well, with the men win-
6p.m.
Chopping a path towards the MLS Cup
LC@Linfteld
Tuesday,J an. 12
8p.m. The Portland Timbers return to the playoffs and get to the championship in style
LC @ Pacific Lutheraµ first round, the Timbers found them
Friday,J an.15 selves locked into an 11-round penalty
shootout against one of the oldest clubs
8p.m.
in the league, Sporting Kansas City. Af
ter maintaining a stalemate, Portland
ultimately clinched on a penalty kick
Women'sB asketball
and deflection from Kwarasey against
Kansas City's goalkeeper. In the confer
LC @ Claremont-M-S ence semi-final, Portland defeated the
Vancouver Whitecaps by an aggregate
Tuesday,D ec. 29
score of 2-0, scoring both of those two
5p.m. goals in the second leg match in Van
couver. The first game of that series
was particularly defense-heavy, with
LC@Pomona-Pitzer Jake Gleeson of the Timbers putting
Wednesday,D ec. 30 up three saves and David Ousted of the
Whitecaps netting six saves. Portland
2p.m.
then moved on to face FC Dallas, the
Western Conference's top seed, in the
LC@atVanguard conference champion hip. The Timbers
exploded for three goals in a 3-1 victory
Friday,J an. 1 against Dallas in leg one, and battled
2p.m. Dallas to a 2-2 draw in leg two (with
both Adi and Melano scoring goals),
PHOTOC OURTESYO F RAYTERRJLL winning the round by an aggregate
LC@ PugetS ound
score of 5-3. In getting past Kansas City,
The Timbers Army gathers at Providence Park earlier this season, as the team marches towards the MLS Playoffs.
Satmday,J an. 9 Vancouver and Dallas, Portland can
complete their ascent from their United
4-p.m.
Soccer Leagues period, and earn their
By PETER MELLING Argentine star Lucas Melano from Club three goals in the 25 games he started right to be amongst the premier teams
Atletico Lanus, Nat Borchers from Real as a midfielder. in theMLS.
THE PORTLANDT imbers, in spite Salt Lake, and Adam Larsen Kwarasey There were also some breakout per _TheT imbers will play in their first
o~ issues with inconsistencies in from Ghana. The Timbers also tried to formances· by members of the team. MLS Cup in franchise history, against
their win-loss record and in play expedite the return of Diego Valeri and Fanendo Adi scored 19 goals over the Columbus Crew SC, who will be play
er performance, managed to get back to Will Johnson from injuries they suf course of the season, and Alvas Pow ing in their first MLS Cup sfnce their
LC @ PacificL utheran t a h n e d p g l o a y a o ll f t f h s e fo w r a th y e t o f i t r h s e t t M im L e S s C in u c p e . 2 H 0 o 1 w 3 f w e e re ll d , a la s st B s o e r a c s h o e n rs . T an h d es e M m el o a v n e o s c p o a n id tr i o b f f e in ll th m ro a u in g t h a o in u e t d th s e t r s o e n a g s on d e a f n e d n si i v n e t o p u l g a h y c R h e a d m -B p u io ll n s s h in ip 2 0 a 0 g 8 a . in T st h is t h i e s a N n e e w x c Y it o in r g k
.FridayJ, an. 15 did they manage this return to form? uted four and two goals, respectively. situations. Thanks to four wins in their shift away from the traditional powers
6p.m. After a less-than-impress.ive 2014 Melano also added three assists, and last six regular season games (mixed in in the MLS, like Sporting Kansas City
season in a stacked MLS Western Con Kwarasey made 90 saves (which was a with one loss and one draw), the Tim and the Los Angeles Galaxy. The MLS
ference (12-9-13), the Timbers decid huge boost for team that struggled de bers finished third in the Western Con Cup match will be hosted at Columbus'
ed to make some significant moves in fensively all throughout last season). ference and qualified for the playoffs. Mapfre Stadium, and will take place on
regards to their roster. They acquired The returns of Valeri and Johnson also The playoffs have had many excit Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. with television coverage
• boosted the team, with Valeri scoring ing moments for Timbers Army. In the on ESPN.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
SPORTS 11
Markel Leonard aims to take
PIONEHll
Pioneer basketball to new heights
BASJ.<El'BALL
STATISTICS ,.,
December's Athlete of the Month relfects on his journey to Lewis & Clark
2015-16
crete, his grandfather continued to push
his limits. As Leonard remembers with
a smile, "we would practice until the
streetlights came on." "Without him," MEN u,
Leonard tells me, "I wouldn't have the
(2-4) 1)
skillset that I have today." I
Leonard attended alesian High
School while he was growing up in Rich PortlandS tate 0
mond. Starting on the varsity team as i':
85-101
a sophomore, Leonard started getting 1t
calls from Division I school who came
prepared to give him a scholarship to at Valley Forge n,
tend and play. In 2012, his junior year at
Salesian, Leonard's team won the Cali 65-94 o·
fornia State Championship and Leonard n,
collected numerous individual awards, Johnson & Wales ti
including ESPN Player of the Week. g
His senior year, Leonard set the school 86-94 'r
record for the second all time wins in m
four seasons, second only to a dual sport I
Redlands \'
athlete. l'
The point guard po ition in basket 62-66 rt
ball i one of the most important on the cc
court. He mu t make split second deci u
sions in order to decide who gets the ball, UC Santa Cruz t
so they must be a leader on and off the 70-73 ti:
court. Leonard fits this position perfect ir
ly. Coach Dinari Foreman says,""Markel
PHOTOC OURTESYO F LC PIONEERS is a natural leader who is re-learning Saint John's ' 1 . o
Markel Leonard, a tranfer student from California, plays point guard for LC. He is prepared to lead the men's team to victory. how to play free without looking over his a
79-8<>
shoulder." Leonard takes his mentality
on the basketball court to the classroom ti
By ABE FIELD Pioneers as their starting point guard, damage on the court," says Leonard of as weU. He tells me, "I'm always in at li1
hoping to lead Lewis & Clark to their Iverson. tack mode, being proactive in class and I
ON A MOONLESS morning at first NCAA tournament berth since Leonard's grandfather trained him going to officeh ours." Although he is not
5:00am, spiders spin their dew 2007. with the perfect foundation to be a point the tallest.player on the court, he makes .]
covered webs in trees along Ter Leonard has been playing basket guard. After he finished his homework, up for his size with his court presence. :n
williger Blvd. Tbe air is frigid. As the ball since he was five years old. Raised Markel's grandmother would watch him Since the start of the season, Leon JC
fog begins to roU off of Pamplin Sports by his mother and her parents, Leonard shoot free throws or jump shots in his ard has started three of the Pioneer's
t(
Center, Markel Leonard and the Pio learned the art of the game from a very backyard. "I must have taken more than first four games, averaging 28.8 min- 1
,,
neer Basketball team make their way young age. One of his first memories of 200 shots each day with her," Markel utes per game. Already, he has made an
to the gym for their morning practice. the game is sitting on his grandfather's adds. From the moment Markel could impact for the team with 9.8 points per ,a
As a transfer junior from Richmond, couch watching the Philadelphia 76ers dribble, his grandfather pushed him to game and 15a ssists on the season. Leon
California, Leonard is just now getting lead by Allen Iverson against the Los "play up," or play-with the older-kids - ard'scontributionswillcontinuetopush
used to the cold Portland winter, but he Angeles Lakers lead by Kobe Bryant instead of those who were his age. Al- the team forward as they try to return to
already has a great sense for the basket in the 2001 N:BAf inals. "It was so fun though the older guys were bigger and the Northwest Conference champion
ball court. This fall, Leonard joins the watching someone smaller do so much would knock Markel down to the con- ship game.
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By CARLY CHEWVITZ their second game against Valley Forge averaged 12 points a game while Harri 11 rebounds. "What I know about this n
College and won 94-65. Jason Lunhow son sits at 7.5. team is that we're going to continue to "
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W:H WINTER Break drawing '16 led the game with six assists, three Though the women are still work fight, and I'm pumped we get another e
ear, Lewis & Clark's basket steals, and 24 points overall, higher ing for a win, they have been within 10 chance to get better," says Leith. .,, t'
II teams are reaching the than his game average of 18.8. "We points of their opponents at almost ev Despite both teams dealing with iJ
peak of their season. The men's team started a little slow and had some first ery game this season. Their closest game losses thus far, their spirits continue to IE
holds a record of 2-4, while the wom game nerves, but to be able to go out was played against New Hope Christian stay high as they head into winter train ·I
en's team is still searching for a win this and have everyone contribute like they College, with the Pioneers just six points ing and games throughout December. 'O
season. As training reaches it's hardest did is a great sign for this team," says away from winning their season open Tbe women have 19 games left to score a A
point over this next month, what can.w e Lunhow. ing game. LC held the lead for the first win, while the men are left with 20. Both
expect from each team going forward in Tbe freshman class also pulled the half of the game, with a score of 47-42 teams will continue their season tonight JI
their seasons? team ahead against Valley Forge. First at halftime. Miyah Leith '18 scored at Whitworth University, followed by AT ti;
Tbe men's team began their sea on year players Adrian Romero and Ku 17 points within that half alone, right Whitman tomorrow. The men's final LCPIONBBRS.OOII! is
with a loss at Portland State Universi pa'a Harrison scored 12 and 10 points around her game average of 17.8. Over game before the break is a trip to Ever
ty, but picked up speed heading into for the Pioneers' victory. Romero has all, she scored 23 points and grabbed _green State next Wednesday, Dec. 9.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
12
Students demand: Where's Barry?
The
Tensions mount and rumors build in Lewis & Clark President's abscence
night
By DANIEL ELLIOTI Pacific Ocean, helping to broker a last
minute peace agreement between the
STUDENTSA CROSSc ampus have Chinese and Japanese governments before
been spending their Thanksgiving over the petroleum rich Senkaku
break attempting to find College Islands. "He was indispensible in our
President, Barry Glassner. He has been coming to an agreement about the
missing from· his office since Tuesday, ownership of the islands." said Sbinzo finals~
Nov. 24th when students began Abe, prime minister of Japan. Chinese
occupying the manor house in light prime minister Li Keqiang also sang
of racist threats, Racially motivated Barry's praises, saying, "With the drop
assult, and discrimination on campus. in the value of the Yuan, and, I mean 'Twas the night before.finals,
Glassner's secretary noted his I've realJyj ust bad a rough week, it bas And all through the dorm;
absence, saying "I thought it was been tense around the embassy. But All the children were "studying" -
strange when he didn't swing by the Barry really helped 'Zo and I work out This was totally the norm!
office in the morning. He usually the rough spots. He was a blessing. I The laptops were dropped
comes in around 8:30 a.m. I help really can't imagine what would have By the desks without care,
him fix up his tie - he always gets his happened had be just stayed on bis In hopes that E&D
windsor knot wrong, bless him - then Liberal Arts campus instead of coming Would not be there.
we all get together, sing a few songs here."
of encouragement, pass a few stories Still another source said Barry was The students were passed out
around the office, and then he breaks not even in this realm, and spent bis All on their floors;
for lunch. I knew something was wrong Thanksgiving week scaling the cliffs The drunken ones could not even
when the Bon didn't receive it's usual of Mt. Zzuk'torag of the Fifth infernal Reach their doors.
request for a six pack of Danimals plane, before plunging the blade of And I in my sweatpants,
brand drinkable yogurt around 2:30 in Arw'agal into the heart of bis mortal Listening to Drake,
the afternoon." nemesis, Gorok the Destroyer, thereby Had lost track of the time,
There have been conflicting reports saving the multiverse from a thousand 'Twas my fifth study break!
as to the exact whereabouts of Mr. years of trans-dimensional tyranny.
Glassner. One source close to the The most recent report, however, When out on the Manor
president claimed that Mr. Glassner stated that Professor and President There arose such a clatter
had good reason to miss the student Barry Glassner was actually just hiding I crawled from my bed
protests; he was out roaming the in another office, on the other side of To see what 'twas the matter.
streets of East Portland, Thanksgiving campus, to get away from the protests Outside of my window
turkeys in band, attempting to end and students concerned for their I could make out a.figure,
hunger for the unfortunate children of physical safety and ability to learn in It was Barry in a red robe,
Gresham on Thanksgiving weekend. an open and accepting environment. M.£,c trAOU•¥ltM Dancing with vigor.
A second source claimed that Barry, Reguardless, it was certainly a busy
Artistic recreation of Barry Glassner, bard at work, at his unknown location
esteemed President and professor week for the president, on the eve of "Now Anna Gonzalez!
of sociology, was actually across the the holidays Now ol' Cam-Po Nick!
On, Betty! On, Broide!
Long-standing statues provoke petition
On, all my ol' clique!"
For Barry was Santa:
Beard, belly and all.
Some say beauty is in the globe-shaped cranium of the beholder, others disagree
It was quite shocking -
he wasn't even three feet tall!
By ALTHEA BILLINGS side of campus and there they are, He came to the rooftops with a great
these beings of balance and structural "Ho! Hot Hor
ANEW PETITION campaign integrity, and it just hurts that that is Him and his peppermint e-cigarette
bas arisen on campus this something I'll never be," Cassatt said. to blow.
week with a mixed reception, But BIZNESS has faced other He carried a sack
when students began to protest an roadblocks in their quest as well. Full of presents rotund
unassuming affront, the statues in Local art enthusiast and amateur art For Lewis and Clark
front of the Hoffman Gallery. These critic Pablo PiCatso was brought in by Was in need of new funds.
statues were intended to represent BIZNESS to examine the statues and
the figures of Meriwether Lewis and give bis opinion. When asked about He handed out presents
William Clark, the school's namesake, the decision to bring in this critic, To the students With glee,
abstractly, with their forms comprised Seurat reflects on the experience as a For he knew during finals
of different aspects of their roles in mixed bag. They'd be much less carefree;
the Corps of Discovery. "It wasn't what we expected, that's In the dorm rooms, the lounges, the
What were the student's for sure," Seurat said. "It was a little Hallways and more,
objections? That these statues feline oriented, although that begs He gave them all gifts
represented an unachievable body the question of what it was we were That he knew they'd deplore.
type, one oppressive to those that don't expecting from someone with the last
look that particular way. A new on name PiCatso." The boxes were red
campus group, entitled Body Image PiCatso rated the piece four And surprisingly cheery,
Zeal Necessitates Effective Solutions whisker-wiggles out of five on bis But on second glance,
Society, or BIZNESS for short, took blog, calling it "purr-dy", while also The new toys weren't so merry.
up the cause and the protest. promoting on campus bis upcoming For inside my package
"It's ridiculous and it's offensive," art show, "Not Just Cat Puns" debuting There lay such a gift;
BIZNESS leader George Seurat said of at a gallery in Milwaukee this January. I couldn't believe it -
the statues. "Not everybody has a globe After this setback, the BIZNESS Our fucking tuition slip!
for a bead, and I think administration people were understandably dejected,
knows that." but have not given up their fight The numbers rolled
The administrative response to the to have the statues removed. To From zero to zero and more;
BIZNESSp rotest bas not been perhaps display their discontent, BIZNESS In that moment I knetv
what the members desired. President bung mirrors all over the statues, I'd become very poor.
Barry Glassner released a statement chalking a message on the ground to
saying ". .. while we appreciate and accompany it, "Can you see yourself?" Barry sprang to his Prius,
value students' concerns with the art The demonstration was certainly To his team gave a cheer,
installations on our campus, these provoking thought until the mirrors He was done for the day,
statues have been with us for fives of reflected the sunlight onto a nearby It was time for a light beer.
years, and cannot be removed anytime pine tree, which subsequently went up But I heard him exclaim,
someone sneezes at it." in flames. Ere he drove out of sight
BIZNESS member (or "person" as When asked for comment, "Merry Christmas to all;
they are called within the organization) Glassner said "This ... this BIZNESS is I have authored or co-authored 9
Mary Cassatt is appalled by the getting out of control. Someone's got Books, including "The Culture of Fear,"
statues, certainly, but also by the Jack to take care of BIZNESS." Which is available now at Powell's, ....
of attention this kind of offense get. It may be worth noting that Barnes & Noble, Amazon -and the
DANIEL ELUOTI / PIONEER LOG "Every Tuesday and Thursday I Glassner himself is seven feet tall with Price is just right!"
"Inspiring, sensational, a tour de force" all things people could say about the statue walk to Miller from the residential birds for bands.
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