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Volume 86, Issue 2

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2016-03-04

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Vol. 86 No.2 FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2016 www.piolog.com
LC group
Diversity proposal keeps pushing
rethinks
for approval after early momentum
GenEd
By BRADY ANTONELLI
LEWIS & CLARK faculty mem By GEL.SEY PLAZA
bers are currently in the midst
of a multi-month review process FOR THE PAST several years, the
for a proposal to diversify faculty, and,
Lewis & Clark Curriculum Com
consequently, the student body.
mittee has been working on sev
LC has in the past bad a reputation
eral plans to try to implement chang
among both students and faculty of
es to the general education (GenEd)
being a predominantly white school,
requirements. However, the changes
and the propo al is designed as the
were never carried out. At LC, GenEd
next tep in creating a more racially
currently includes Exploration and
diverse campus and to ensure faculty
Discovery (E&D) and the distribu
and students of color feel welcomed.
tion requirements, which are foreign
Previously, there have been ef
language, creative arts, scientific and
forts to ensure racial diversity, but
quantitative reasoning, international
after racial issues brought up last
studies and physical education. The
fall a student respon e, it brought a
LC Curriculum Committee is currently
question of progress to the minds of
taking measures to start reforming the
students and faculty.
GenEd curriculum.
Elliott Young, Profes or of Histo
The GenEd clas es at LC are what
ry and the Director of Ethnic Studies,
the school thinks every student should
is one of 22 faculty members backing gain experience in before graduation.
the propo al as it makes its way to a
The school hopes that they will en
vote. As to the que tion of how much hance the skills applicable for students
the school has accompli bed in terms
to become leaders and make a differ
of racial diver ity on campus, he says
ence in the world. The GenEd classes
he has seen little accomplishment.
are also suppo ed to be an opportuni
"In terms of diversifying the fac
ty for everyone to study fields outside
ulty [there has been] not very much
their major. In recent years, however,
[progress]," Young said about LC's
a trend has been rising to move away
previous efforts to create diversity.
from distribution requirements and
The diversity issue does not stop at
toward something more integrated
faculty; there are also improvements MAGGTEC OIT/PIONEER LOG
that would highlight the connections
that ould ma o th ur • lum. FacuJ members chat before ameetin . At thi meetin ropo al for a lat r date.
between various disciplines.
"We've got two problems: holes
in the curriculum and we've got an be an administrative step forward in geted fund for increasing diversity, representatives are pushing forward Many ideas have come up to try to
modify the GenEd system. One such
overwhelmingly white faculty," Young diversifying both the population and people who are not currently giving to with the idea of trying to diversify the
idea is intersectionality. Curriculum
said. the intellect of the school. the school would be willing to give," school's curriculum as well as faculty
committee member Peter Drake says
In response to the issue of faculty "If we were to achieve some more Young said. and student body," Young said.
that more and more students want to
diversity, the main points of the pro diversity, what it would do is change The proposal, along with the "I think the student body needs
be taught bow to discuss controversial
posal are to revise the current Oppor the kinds of conversations we have in movement towards more diversity on to organize itself omehow, either
tunity hire policy, to establish a goal classes," Young said. "If you have a campus, will be much more effective through the existing student gov issues, such as those around gender,
race and class, for it is important to
of matching the racial demographic class that is all white discussing these if backed by students. During the Fall ernment or through organizations to
understand the intersection of differ
of the United States population in 20 issues of race and ethnicity, it is an emester, many issues came to light come up with concrete proposals of ent groups. Another uggestion is to
years and to create a Diversity Fund. impoveri~hed conversation if you only and were met by throngs of students how they want to see that pushed for
incorporate service into GenEd-from
In order to fillt he gaps in curriculum, have one black student or one Latino organizing against racism within the ward and to publicly make the faculty
serving the Portland community to
the proposals eeks to furber diversifyt he student in the room." community. and the community at large aware of
erving the world.
firsty ear Exploration& Discoveryc ourse Some questions are being raised "There was a group of students what they think," Young said. "I think
and also give hiring preference to pro by other faculty members, especially which was involved at the Manor students don't need to wait to be sur Rebecca Yant '19, who attended
one of the GenEd discussions, thinks
fessors in underrepresented fields, such regarding financing of certain aspects, House which has, from what I can veyed, they could organize themselves
that making something required, such
as AfricanA mericanS tudies or Latino/a including the creation of the Diversity tell, disintegrated, so we pre ented and make themselves heard. And I
as the GE classes, could take the fun
Studies. Fund. this proposal at a forum in the coun think that's part of learning how to be
and interest out of education.
If the proposal is passed, it will "We think that if there was a tar- cil chamber, and I think the SAAB democratic citizens."
"GenEd" continued on page 3
Sexual assault data released
By LEXI KELLEY the undergrad campus participated, • out later this semester, where the re
which is 25.4" of the population of sults will be broken down by gender.
ECENTLY,L EWIS & Clark re the student body. The survey included "We've got a baseline now,~ Me
ce1ved new information about the following categories: the respon lissa Osmond, Associate Director for
he prevalence of sexual assault dent demographics, an assessment of Health Promotion, stated. Part of
on campus. In the Spring 2015 semes campus climate, assessing unwanted Osmond's job is to prevent and re
ter, The Campus Climate Survey was sexual contact and sexual assault and spond to sexual assault on campus.
sent out to students at all three Lewis context and disclosure. She sees this survey as a platform
&C lark campuses. The survey focused MA lot of institutions are doing from which the school can begin to
on s_exuala ssaults on campus, the in research like this now,~ John Han make changes in its response and
formation students have available to cock, the Associate Dean of Students handling of sexual assault on cam
them, and how students think that for Health and Wellness and the pus. The survey allows for an analy
campus officials would respond to school's Chief Psychologist, said. sis of student understanding so that
such an event. LC is a member of the On Feb. 8, the initial results were changes to how the school educates
Higher Education Data Sharing Con made available to the community. students about sexual assauJt can be
sortium which offered this survey to This set of results includes the basic made for the better.
57 institutions. 54 of the 57 schools statistics for each of the previously A task force was recently created
surveyed were smaller schools with mentioned categories. The results featuring different constituents from
populations less than 3500 students, released at this time are the raw around campus, led by Osmond and
similar to LC. In total, 673 students at numbers. Further analysis will come "Survey• continued on page 2
CYANC OWAP/P!ONEER LOG
A SAAB story Primary Colors Race Abroad "Painting With" Coach Scouter
Seniors receive MB grant to open pop up art LC students endorse candidates and clarify the tudents share their experiences studying abroad Re,,jew of Animal Collective•s highly anticipated Anna Weiss, one or the founders of Locker Room .....
gallery in downtown Portland, where they plan to primary problems or primary season as people or color 10th album, their first since 2012's ~ntipede HZ Talk, Lalksa bout the websie and how it helps both
display artwork from LC students current and prospective athletes
Seepage 2 Seepage4 See page 6 See page 9 See page 10

FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2016
2 NEWS
Survey gives LC new
info regarding sexual
assaults on cainpus
Continuedfrom page 1 dents at LC are less confident in Cam
Cathy Busha, the Associate Dean of pus Officials to handle situations of
Student Engagement. While they exual assault as compared to students
are finalizing the members of the the at other universities.
group, 0 mond and Busha are begin "It's about perception," Hancock
ning the process of putting together a said in regards to the issue. "The tu
gender-based violence work group to dents need to know that whoever
help students who are victims of sexual comes forward will be taken seriously
assault. The results of this survey will by cam pus officials," s
help this task force to move forward "The reporting system is confusing 15
with their initiative and give them a and long," Hensley said. "The process \S
clearer picture of where LC need the is really painful for someone who just
)ti'.
most work. By next spring, they are needs emotional support." ,re
hoping to have a presentation for Pres Osmand stated that she would like
ident Barry Glassner and the Execu to hear thoughts from students about
tive Council to receive money from the what the school is doing well and what
Strategic Initiative Fund. The Strategic the school should work on in relation
Initiative Fund is a sum of money that to edocation and the process of han
goes to aiding different projects on dling a situation of sexual assault.
campus. The money can only be used Hancock expressed that be has
for that one year and is di tributed multiple colleagues on thi campus
among all three campuses. Some of the who focus on the issue of sexual assault
projects that Osmond's team hopes to on the LC campuses. These individu
MAGGIEC OIT/PIONEER LOG initiate include increasing the school's als include people like Osmond who
Tess Haratonik and Ellie Olitsky were awarded a SAABg rant, giving them funds to create a pop up art display downtown
education efforts and creating a by work to create a safer, better-educated
stander intervention training course. environment for all students. One of
SAAB recipients: a pop-up
"Bystander intervention train Osmond's main concerns is doing the
ing would be great," LC student Nick best job of helping victims of exual
Hensley said. assault.
In section four of the Campus Cli "We want to do the hest to support
you don't want to block
mate Survey, the results show that stu- our students," Osmond said.
,
Orlitsky and Haratonik prepare to open a pop-up art gallery
in downtown Portland to display themed student artwork ..
By JONAH SVIHUS to add up right away when researching rience has provided us with many in
the co ts of exhibition spaces. In late sights you do not learn in school, and
Lewis & Clark tudents Tess Hara December, we decided to pursue ap have provided us with business skills
tonik '16 and Ellie Olitsky '16 are plying for an Arts & Expre sions SAAB we weren't familiar with."
creating a pop-up art gallery with Grants." As far as the future of Haratonik
funding from the Student Academic Haratonik and Olitsky settled on and Olitsky's project, they have secured
Affairs Board (SAAB) in downtown creating a pop-up gallery in downtown a firm deadline in a space downtown.
Portland to exhibit student art. Portland in which all students at LC "We are in the proces of collecting
Haratonik and Olitsky are both art could display their work. submissions from the LC student body,
and art history major . They found the Haratonik and Olit k-y pent and we would love for all artists at LC
source for their SAABg rant in a deep months preparing their grant. to submit work regardless if you are an
need to get LC artists into new venues. "Our faculty advisor, Jess Perlitz, art major or not," Olitsky said. "The
"Ellie and I are both pa ionate was very helpful in our application pop up show will engage the theme of
about art and we wanted to find a way process," Haratonik said. "Once our bad habits, pet peeves, humiliations,
to bring LC arti t ' work into down application was in, we had to pres and chance encounters."
town Portland," Haratonik said. "We ent our proposal in front of the SAAB Orlitsky and Haratonik expressed
oftentimes feel secluded up here in the board the following week, where we excitement about their upcoming
art department building and we want expressed our enthusiasm, presented event.
ed to find a way to hold an event off our timeline of events, and presented "We want to cordially invite the en
campus and celebrate LC art by bring budget allocations we bad e ti mated." tire LC community to submit, partici
ing into the Portland community. We Je s Perlitz i an as i tant professor pate, and come to this exciting event!
al o knew we wanted to offer an op of art at LC and i al o the studio head Food, wine, and music!"
portunity for students who are not art of sculpture at the college. Ori it ky and Haratonik request that
majors but con ider them elve artists Reflecting on the application and applicants send 3-5 image of their
to present their work." presentation proce , Haratonik and work, including title, media, dimen
In order to accomplish the e goals, Olitsky tre sed the importance of de sion and a short artist's statement of
Haratonik and Olit ky realized they tails and cost analysi 1n their work. 150-300 words to popup@lclark.edu.
needed funds to rent a gallery down "We bad to collect a few different Submission deadline is Wednesday,
town. estimates from exhibition spaces we March 9.
"Budgeting e timated costs of put could weigh our options, to create a The event will be held on March 30,
ting our ideas into effect was first pri minimum budget and a maximum 2016 from 6-10pm at The Cleaners,
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NEWS.
3
Health Center survey to
assess drug and alcohol
use, violence on campus
By NATALIE RICH Essentially, if the data proves that 22-27% response rate.
the school is lacking in certain areas as Despite the insistence of the impor
Af STUDENT who opened an far as student wellness, the Wellness tance of this survey, some students felt
mail entitled "Lewis & Clark Center can use that data to petition for less compelled to take it.
liege Student Health Survey" more funds from the school to allocate "I'm pessimistic about it," Halle Car
was met with a perhaps familiar line towards alleviating and preventing that rier '19 said. "I don't want them to know
of questioning: rate your personal lev problem. what I think."
els and history with regards to men The survey is also used to assess the In general, students seemed to ei
tal health, physical fitness, nutrition, effectiveness of programs. For example, ther ignore the survey or take it quickly
alcohol and substance use, violence, if high alcohol use among students is and apathetically.
disabilities and sexual health. On Feb. an identified problem, and the program "I did it, it wasn't bad," Zoe Mitchell
22, the NationalC ollege HealthA ssess subsequently implemented to address '19 said.
ment (NCHA) survey was sent out to that issue is successful, the survey To address the issue of anonymity,
all undergraduate, graduate, and law should reflect that. This is important to Osmond clarified that it is a confidential
students at Lewis & Clark. The survey, show to those on the Board of Trustees, process. The emails with the survey link
created by the American College Health which is in charge of allocating resourc on them are sent from the ACHA,s ince
Association, is designed to take stock of es in the future. LC sends them a blanket list of their
student health and behavior. In addition to LC's own raw data, entire student address book. LC cannot
"Schools choose to participate in every school receives a reference group see the answers given by any particular
this, and more than 300-400,000 peo report, which is a compilation report student, and the only direct confirma
ple have taken it," Associate Director of every school who participated in the tion they get of any student even tak
of Health Promotion Melissa Osmond same survey in the same time period. ing the survey is when the ACHAs ends
said. "We first started participating in That way, schools can see how their stu them the emails of the students who
2005, since 2010 we included law and dents' behavior compares to national won the random prize drawing.
grad [students]." trends. Though the survey may feel tedious
While there are other similar health "We like to celebrate the things we and unnecessary to ome students,
surveys, such as the survey given by the look good in," Osmond said. "I know Osmond hopes that students will take
Core Institute, which fucuses primarily that consistently our students report it anyway, stressing the information
on substance use and abuse, the NCHA a higher level of physical activity and gained from this survey is useful and
covers the most subjects. better nutrition than, say, the reference vital to getting funds for necessary pro
"We prefer NCHAb ecause it covers group does. Obviously there are outli grams.
a more broad spectrum of health areas," ers, but the general trend is that." "This information is important to
Osmond said. The preferred minimum response us," Osmond said. "By no means do I
"We use the surveys to get an idea of rate nationwide is approximately 25%. want to coerce anybody into taking the
where there are areas where we need to Osmond said that the Lewis & Clark survey, but it really does help us un
pay attention, such as if there's indica undergraduate campus average is 25- derstand the needs and unmet needs
tors around alcohol abuse of increases 30%, which she remarks, "is very high of students when it comes to health-re
in mental health issues," Osmond said. nationally." As for the graduate school, lated things on campus. Especially with
"We can use that data to help support the answer rate was originally quite low, counseling services. We know that's an
MADELEINEB ENTLEY/PIONEERL OG
asking for more resources in the area of but more recently they've reached just area of high demand, and we want to
The Student Health Center sent out the a survey to gather data on student habits
wellness." under 25%. The Law School reported a meet that demand."
Mayoral race pits LC graduate
GenEd committee is
against local political veteran
open to input from
Candidates Jules Bailey and Ted Wheeler lead the pack in faculty and students
the contest for who will become Portland's newest mayor
By LESLIE MUIR emphasis on confronting income in he aims to take on the state's largest
Continvedftom.,.,,,., cbaraeteorf LC.I wouldli b GenEd
equality may feel familiar. city.
I T a 'S n e T w I M m E a y F o O r, R a P n o d r tl t a h n e d ra to c e el h e a c s t step F s o a r r e Z l a e n a e d in D g u i n n d t o h n e r ' i 1 g 8 h , t t d h i e re s c e t io a n re . tice W s s h e e r e io le u r s t l a y k . e H s e e n h v e i l r p o e n d m f e o n u t n a d l p W ra a c lk wan " t O to f t t a en b t i e m er e t s a . i l J t dl U a d ss e e n s t C a I m D t J ig a h e t i r t c o r i c t h ic a a a nl g a e t t u o r 'n eo 6 f c L : C tt 8 h l e U e d np e g D e 1l c s0 l t a h n a d t
own,"Y ants aid." Howeverm, aking we c:anb e preparedto change the
already heated up. Current may "I would like a mayor who stands for the Wildwood, an organization to themN qUireds orto f breedsr esent [apletiw removedw] orld...
or Charlie Hales has said that he will up to corporate interests in Portland help maintain Forest Park Trails, as
ment.'" As of rightn ow.t hes uboommit
not seek re-election, meaning the and fight for a $15 per hour wage," well as having supported the Heron Due to the constantly chBDg tee is seekingi nput to start brain
field is wide open. With no incumbent Dundon said. "I'd like a mayor who Point Wetlands Rehabilitation Project
ing demographicast LC, the school stonning the goals that they want
candidate, local political figures are will collaborate with the activist com during its infancy. Wheeler publicly
mustm akes uret hati ts GenEdm od GenEdt o achieve. They are con
stepping up to fight for Portland's top munity and fight for racial justice, la denounced the Oregon Department
el is optimalf or thec ommunityL. C sidering the vision for howG enEd
spot. Although the race is not closed bor rights, and housing rights." of Environmental Quality saying they
must alsom aintaina certains tatus shoulde mpowers tudents,t hev alue
and many candidates are still offi However, some of his ideas to solve were "asleep at the wheel" after the re
of am:editations o the community tllat GenEds houldh ave, LC'sc ur
cially running, two have come to the them seem out of touch according to ports of toxic pollutants surrounding
will recognb:eth e school'•p oteDtial. rent identity,a nd howt his identity
forefront. Current city commissioner local NW Portland resident and LC Portland glass factories emerged star
Jules Bailey and State Treasurer Ted community member, River Lassoto tlingly late. T fe o n i n n , i t t h i e a Q tet n h k e u p. b r m oc t e 88 c O :o D r G z e :m nE t:l dl Jr 'e at eae wil B lc h im an ll g l e l i l n lel f m u p tu b l u e k y e e e a rs. t hat the
Wheeler are going head to head, run vitch. For countering the incredible . Recently, Wheeler has stated skep awallli a ,maDer. ,.,..;,Jlifttee ID wholec ommunitym Ullt be inwhid
ning two very different campaigns, amount of traffic Portland ha·s been ticism for Mayor Hales' new plan to
dilclaaproposal. in the coiwenationo n Genld-std,
both trying to distinguish himself as facing in recent years, Bailey suggests officially allow camping on sidewalks, This newly tbrmeda cl.llo1c1 .lb fill:ultys,t udentsa ndp arents.
s th ta e t e c m le e a n r t f s r o a n n tr d u n w n i e d r e s t p h r r e o a u d g h f u d n e d c r i a si i v s e a im tte p m le p m ti e n n g t in t g o e to a l s l e la c n o e n s g e li s k ti e o n th e in o L ne o s s s b a a y t in h g o t m ha e t l e t s h s i n s e i s s s no i t n th P e o w rt a la y n t d o . co F m or committehea dt heiri nt meetingO D -naer is e a lot of energya round
Peb.1 6. The subcommitteme em pneral educatioann. ctlh e commit
ing. Angeles, and that only alleviates com Caitlin Chappell '18, the new mayor ben inelude facu.1tyP eter Drab. tee wants to ham!stp eople'a_ ..
Jules Bailey, a Portland native, muting time for the wealthy. will need to address this issue head
Qlda Binfqr)\.&alaGalllandJim gyandjlllilhfato---•
graduated from Lewis & Clark with a Lassotovitch said, "I honestly don't on.
~811rdlllllt'1 ......... Ailati,s wiaa."llnliDlwl_....."Weare
degree in Environmental Studies and think this will help alleviate anything." "I'd like a mayor that would fight Boml,(S¥9) ...,, ....... , .. .,_,_ Jiiiatitch att his
International Af(airs in 2001. He fol Traffic has become an increasing for housing rights," Chappell said. on Pellow "16u d Baanah Swer a broadlya uppo
lowed that up with a stint at Princeton ly big issue, and can be felt by those "The homeless problem in Portland
before returning to the Portland area in the LC community who commute is big, and he should definitely make T no I . l i f ee ~ . o - m . u n d l . i - tt l . l e e e g p il a t l r v - t J c u r d fa yP a i 1 n i c l b ae .
as•a small business owner. In 2008 he to campus every day. For Sam Gens sure people have a safe place to sleep ---•41!'1~---
was elected to the Oregon House of ler '18, the commute to and from LC's at night." Wheeler is pushing for more
Representatives, and served as Mult campus is the most important aspect homeless shelters and beds to be put
nomah County Commissioner begin of his choosing mayoral candidate. in place across the city, although his
ning in June of 2014. Bailey is running "Improving the road system [is plans for doing so are absent from his
on the idea that be knows the city and most important]," Gensler said. "I official website and online profile.
knows the residents' problems, specif want to use my car on roads that won't Wheeler promotes the idea that
ically that he "knows first hand how destroy my tires." "Portland is an aging community." If
difficult it is to stretch a budget," ac Another unusual proposal is a the common adage from Portlandia
cording to his official website. He has push for a larger mounted police holds true that "this is where young
run a grassroots campaign, accepting force, which could be especially use people go to retire," then Wheeler
many small donations from donors ful if it came with a similar push for might know what he is talking about.
and even opting to gather the requisite more stagecoach robberies and saloon Wheeler's stated priorities are to keep
number of signatures of support to en brawls. aging people engaged civically and
ter the mayoral race instead of paying Ted Wheeler also makes a point to economically, while Bailey emphasiz
the alternative entrance fee. For the label himself as a progressive. Wheel es the need to help families live afford
growing number of college students er has been in statewide politics since ably in all sections of the city. This is a
in Portland who support presidential 2010 when he took over as State Trea message the young people of Portland,
candidate Bernie Sanders, this grass surer. He won re-election in 2012 and of whom many have not aged into fi
roots fundraising technique with an has held the position ever since. Now nancial stability yet, can get behind.

FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2016
4 OPINIONS
~ Sp~l;
Ulustrations by LESLIEM UIR
Students sound off on why they are voting for their presidential candidate of choice
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ern1e anilers
denied a college education or forced addreiat he vast inequalitieso f income phasizes diplomacy over intervention
to incur massive debt to obtain one. and wealthi n Americans ociety.T hey and regimec hange,c leansingo ur polit
An even more astounding national also address significant inequalities ical system of the cormpting influence
By ZANE DUNDON tenth of one percent in the U.S. holds al disgrace is the fact that,~ after the produced throughh istorical and con of big money, and much more. All of
iD mosta s much wealth as the bottomn ine implementation of the Affordable Care temporaryi nstitutionali7.erdic lsm that these are progressive policies that ad
ID ERNIE SANDERSi s not just the ty percent is not simply undesirable. It is Act, 29 million Americans still have no have produced poverty and neglect for dress the important issues afflicting our
most progressive and most hon a morally unacceptable crisis that must health insurance. Bernie's proposal for people of color in the U.S. People of col couritry and world in real, substantive
est presidential candidate of 2016. He's be addressed strongly and quickly with a single- ayer, Medicare ~or All syste or are more likely than white people to ways. However, the corporate media
one of the most progressive and honest changes that truly address the problem. live in poverty, to go into large amounts seems to never tire of reminding peo
presidential candidates in recent.Amer Bernie has proposed such changes. For of debt after college, and to lack health ple that "Bernie could never really do
ican history. I support Bernie Sand example, he has long pushed for an in insurance. Bernie recognizes that these all of this. He's just not being realistic.•
ers because he is not afraid to point a crease in the federal minimum wage racial disparities did not occur by ac This attitude, frequently expressed by
finger at the most pressing injustices from 7.25 per hour (a poverty wage cident. They were created through pundits, is ignorant of the very nature
of our time and, more importantly, even for full-time workers) to $15 per centuries of systemic oppression and of politics. A presidential candidate
is not afraid to fight for real progres hour, an amount that is a good start strengthened by contemporary racist should not compromise their goals
sive change to combat these injustices. towards ensuring that even the lowest policies that continue to disadvantage before they even get the opportunity
Many pundits have been caught off paid workers have enough to survive. people of color. One particularly import to fight for them. Bernie understands
guard by the incredible swell of grass Another of his proposals that has ant area in which the gap between treat perhaps better than anyone else how
roots support that stai:ted growing enjoyed large support, especially from ment of people of color and the treat difficult it will be to implement his nu
when Bernie announced his candidacy. young people,i s to make college tuition ment of white people is evident is the merous revolutionary changes in office.
But it should surprise no one that, in a free for every young person in the U.S. criminal justice system, from encoun That is why he never stops reminding
time of rapidly accelerating inequality Not only does this help disadvantaged ters with police on the street to prison his supporters that real change requires
. and disillusionment with mainstream young people get an education without policies. Bernie has proposed a number a political revolution in which millions
politicians, people would leap at the being driven into massive debt, but it of important changes to fix America's of people stand up and tell their gov
chance to campaign for a candidate also improves our entire society when racist criminal justice system ranging ernment that they are done accepting
who honestly diagnosed the problems more people receive higher education. from investing in community policing lies fed to them by politicians bought
of the country while proposing solu Many developed coµntries, including would guarantee healthcare for all peo and demilitarizing local police forces by corporate interests before they are
tions that would truly have an impact. Germany, rmland, Norway, and Swe ple while lowering overall costs. It is a to banning for-profit prisons and elimi even elected. Bernie Sanders represents
For his entire political career, Bernie den guarantee tuition-free higher ed national embarrassment that, out of ev nating mandatory minimum sentences. a different kind of politician and, if
has been speaking loudly and critically ucation and it is a disgrace that, in the ery major industrialized nation, the U.S. In addition to these policies, Bernie elected, he will mark an important step
about the perils of rapidly growing in rich~'t country in the world, we spend is the only one that does not guarantee has strong proposals for addressing the towards a different kind of politics, one
come and wealth inequality in the U.S. $6oo billion annually on our military health care to every citi1.ena s a right impending disaster of climate change, in which democracy is not just a slogan
In my opinion, the fact that the top one- while thousands of children are either All of these proposals from Bernie implementing a foreign policy that em- and the people's interests are put first.
Marco Rubio When it comes to education reform, Hillary Clinton
Rubio continues to stand strong. While
most people agree that college needs to
Rubio still leaves a glimmer of hope. be made more affordable, the common
By BRAD DAVIS While Rubio did not have a great policy proposals to cheapen it tend to By SAM PERSZVK
showing for Super Tuesday, he polled make long-term tuition costs rise. (Read
S ONE of the few vocal conser well enough to gain the support of my column in the last issue of this pa remove all illegal immigrants from the
vatives on this campus, students some delegates. The states that are per for a discussion on these tuition in AS ELECTION time inches country. As such, the polarized halves
onstantly stop me in the Bon, still in play (e.g., California and Flor creases.) Marco Rubia's plan is unique, closer, and Mr. Trump brings of the American electorate waste an ab
Maggie's, or Watzek to ask whom I'm ida) could provide a strong base for focusing on income-based repayment a mixture of comedy and fear surd amount of time being afraid of the
supporting for president. To set the re his nomination. Any extra leverage he after college. This incentivizes schools to most students at this school, the president "ruining the country," which
cord straight, my vote is for Marco Rubio. gains could be crucial in the event of a to place their students in jobs and train debate rages on over which presiden is 1.) Not legally possible because 2.)
Throughout this election cycle, sup brokered convention, where he could them to receive higher salaries in order tial candidate is best suited to run Congress and the rest of the political
porting the Republican party as a try to persuade delegates pledged to to increase school revenue. Additional this ever-fashionable country. Now, system exist to ruin it instead. Mean
young, college-aged conservative has Senator Cruz and Governor Kasich to ly, this helps students pursue careers with Trump, Sanders, and Clinton as while, people seem to ignore the great
been difficult While candidates were back his campaign. Ted Cruz's strongest their more interested in, like artistic or the clear front-runners, let's assume est power that the president does have:
maintaining platforms, a feeling of tired states have largely been decided, and non-profit work, that would ordinari (probably accurately) that they are to act as the leader and diplomat of the
Governor Kasich's odds at nomination ly be barred due to loan repayments. the only true candidates for this race. most powerful country in the world. As
are not too rosy. So, for anyone who Marco Rubio also has effective, pro This country is, as always, at a del easy as it is to let ourselves believe that
desires a non-Trump Republican nom active plans to reform immigration, icate and important point in history. internal change can really come from
inee, Rubio seems to be the only option. taxes, and health care that should lead Years of fighting overseas with an one person, we cannot afford to be so
Granted, this may not sound like to increased quality of life and less increasingly ambiguous enemy and naive any longer. Outside influence,
the most ringing endorsement, but I ened government expenditure than a decreasingly clear objective has however, is a different case altogether.
have firmly supported Rubio for presi in the status quo. However, Rubio is left the American populace tired of Voters must recognize the
dent from the earliest days of his cam not an ideal candidate in all forms. hearing about the struggles of far extreme importance of our president's
paign planning._ Most importantly, While he has campaigned as a mod off lands when they diplomatic
he holds a strong, sensible stance on erate in the primary, this image has cannot even manage to powers. As
national security and foreign policy. only been able to stick because of his find a job here at home. tired as this
Rubio seeks to eliminate the seques competition. ln fact, Rubio first gained The economy, though nation's pop
ter provisions that have strongly cur national office during the Tea Party largely recovered, is still ulace is of
tailed military readiness and wants to surge and continues to vote as a very a point of contention hearing about
extend the authority of our intelligence conservative legislator. Particularly among candidates and the outside
services to continue their practices in for students here, his stances on abor stress among citizens. world, the in
perpetuity. Rather than providing Iran tion, gay marriage, and other social Social inequality and a tern at ion a 1
with mQre money to funnel into its ag issues will make him a non-starter. growing wealth gap has system is be
gressive campaign to dominate the Mid If these issues are your highest con increasingly upset lower coming vastly
and stubborn nostalgia lingered as the dle East and deny human rights, Rubio cern in the election, you should not con and middle-class fam more import
country rapidly marches forward. Un would seek greater threats for a viola sider Marco Rubio for president. None ilies, and a generation ant to nations
fortunately, the current state of the Re tion of the nuclear agreement and to theless, Rubio is a distinguished and of debtors is struggling around the
publican primary leaves one wistful for discourage their funding of Hezbollah accomplished public servant with great to cope with the finan w o r I d .
these limited and ineffective policies. and Hamas. These policies, combined policy proposals who may be the only cial burden of an edu Countries,
In its place, the party slowly implodes with the development of a coalition Republican capable of beating Donald cation that seems ,to be and the politi
with the ascendency of Donald Trump force to liberate Iraq and Syria would Trump. If you are in an open primary, getting them nowhere. cians and citi
and every other candidate's half-heart be effective in bringing an end to the registered Republican, or no party pref Yet, like every elec zens inside of
ed criticisms of the mogul. Yet, Senator conflicts in Syria, Libya, and elsewhere. erence, then you should vote for Rubio. tion season, we are be- them, would
ing promised change. Let us stop love to pretend that their world is a
though, and ask ourselves, do we re bubble, and that relations between Iran
ally believe it? We should not. What and Saudi Arabia won't affect them, or
ails this country on the inside is not that tensions between Rus ia and Tur
something which can be fixed by key could never involve the U.S. But
electing a new face as Head of State. that is not the reality of our world any
The issues inside our nation drip from more. While domestic is ues remain
the cracks in our political, economic, hugely important, and while the pres
and educational institutions. Presi ident does act as an indicator for how
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor dents cannot seal tho e cracks alone. those problem might be addressed,
For a nation which seems to be the president's diplomatic powers will
Drake MacFarlane Brady Antonelli
so divided, with half of us screaming only become more important a time
News Editor Arts Editors Sports Editors for universal free education while goes on. And, with that in mind, Hillary
the other half draws up plans for a Clinton is this country's best option.
Peter Kranitz Molly Kiefer Peter Melling
fancy new wall and nervou ly cleans The president's most important role,
Ben Weinstein
their rifles, Bernie and Trump are far especially in an increasin_glyc onnected
more attractive candidates than Hil and interdependent world, is to act as
Feature Editors Opinion Editors Backdoor Editor VISuals Editor lary could ever be. They each cater to the repre entative of 0llr country over
Althea Billings Leslie Muir Daniel Elliott Molly Kiefer what tho e two extreme ide want to seas. How other countries perceive us
EmmaGn1lo Sydney Owada hear, and they do a damn good job of affects our trade, our economy, our
it, too. For Hillary Clinton, however, educational opportunitie , our technol
Social Media Managers Copy Editor/Design Chief Business Manager charisma is not a strength. Bernie and ogy, and the tability of the world as a
Tyler Wayne Patterson Susannah Whittle Brad Davis Trump have her soundly beat in that whole. Hillary, likeability aside, has
Rena Wang category. Whether it's the Benghazi already done quite a good job of help
debacle or that you simply do not like ing AnJerica in this field. As Secretary
her because you believe she is cold of State, she visited 112 different coun
Staff Writers Senior Staff Writers Photographers/Illustrators
and soulless, Hillary loses big-time tries, more than any of her predeces
Casandra Broadwin Sarah McDonagh Abe Field Kat Alperin on "likeability" for many Americans. sors. She spent tho e visits undoing the
Brad Davis SamPerszyk Noah Foster-Koth Madeleine Bentley However, when talking about the unilateral, often arrogant diplomacy of
Zane Dundon GelseyPwa Lexi Kelley Maggie Coit long-term future of the country, the the Bush administration, while working
Lesedi Khabele Natalie Rich Julie Oatfield CyanCowap flashy, image-attacking, often enrag to present a more personal and favor-..._
Steveas JohnTrupin Harrison Smith l.eahDameD ing rhetoric of the presidential race able view of the U.S. abroad. So, while
ZachLerman Susannah Whittle JonahSvillus llaya'Deuseen does not matter as much as you might us citizens focus on getting Congress
Drewl latlon'1 McKmnaT eiglaad ICaiWud believe. Presidents are rarely as pow to rebuild this country from· the in
erful as fearful citizens make them side, Hillary can help build the future
LCPioneen
out to be. Bernie cannot simply make of the country by focusing on w,hat she
education free, nor can Trumo reallv knows be.~t:.. wh~t'5:: oniha nn nntc.1rlo

FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2016
OPINIONS 5
As STEM fields grow, the liberal arts suffer
from financial neglect due to funding shifts
Colleges start to feel government pressure through funding distribution to favor STEM departments
By SYDNEY OWADA premiums to studies that conform to students to accept that job ecurity is the liberal arts. Furthermore, the un the more affordable version of chool
the stressed job market modernity has apparently only found within STEM ca equal distribution of funds would leave ing that neglects the liberal arts would
S A LIBERALa rts college, Lew molded. This is not to say that STEM reers, it ignores the ideals that a liberal public schools deficient in humanities create workers that are perhaps too
s & Clark is faced with the fields are a menace in comparison to arts education can instill within a stu sections and therefore private schools specialized and, as a result, deficient in
hallenge of graduating stu- humanities - they are in fact vital to dent that will make one overall suited would remain the main source of such areas such as problem solving and col
dents that will fulfill the liberal arts the well-roundedness of the student for the workforce, regardless of major. an education. Thus, due to expenses, laboration that are stre sed within the
requirements yet still manage to attain body at a liberal arts college (hence the Most liberal arts colleges trumpet their a liberal arts education would only be liberal arts. In order for such academ
well-paying job . Students eem to be _ general education requirements so near impact on students' problem-solving, obtained by those able to afford it; thls ic pathways to be accepted as well as
continually asked to choo e between and dear to the students of LC). Thls is collaborative, and creative skills, all of would create a ystem in which the made available, the stigma of not being
pur uing an education that caters a claim that liberal arts have been fre which prove to be valuable to employ well-off receive a more well-rounded a top-earner must be removed in order
to their own academic passions and quently and unsuitably belittled due ers. While STEM fields within liberal education in tandem with necessary to fully value what each person contrib
one that favors the current job mar to their obscure applications in the arts colleges are a part of this learning vocational skills. On the other hand, utes to a given job within the market.
ket, which is presently being pulled workforce and process, it is the
towards STEM (science, technology, lower salaries. technical skills
STEM fields are beginning
engineering, and mathematics) fields. When one within these pro
Due to their higher salaries and admits in con to overshadow liberal arts grams that are
capacity (or immediate job market ap versation that rewarded with
maJors in popularity as
plication, STEM fields are beginning one is a major in extra funding di
to over hadow liberal arts majors in the liberal arts, well as in the reception of verted from oth
popularity as well as in the reception the common re er departments
funding.
of funding. Public colleges in particular sponse is some within the col
feel pres ure from the general economy thing along the lege. A student's
as well a state politicians to increase lines of, "What area of focus, in
the production of STEM graduates, and can you do (job-wise) with that?" or, many cases, is therefore one of the only
many tate have implemented fund "You know that won't pay very much, differences between STEM Major A and
ing incentives for particular high-de right?" The humanities major is then Liberal Arts Major B. Sure, Major A can
mand degrees in public education. forced to justify these academic prefer enter a high-paying technical field, but
The result of these bonuses is that ences in a somewhat cliched monologue Major B does not have to be excluded
colleges are being forced to focus not of intellectual passion, not caring about completely from this process either.
only on completion rates, but students' money, and so on. Yet, it becomes diffi Informing students of popular job
jobs and earnings after graduation. cult to shake the slight twinge of buyers' fields and their attached salaries would
Although increased funding and regret once money is viewed as going be a positive resource overall and is
publicity is a positive plug for STEM hand in hand with future stability. The completely different from disadvantag
fields, it does not come without conse stress for success thus fuels the push to ing some majors by redirecting their
quent damage to other areas of study wards STEM majors, for liberal arts stu funds to STEM departments. Students
once treated with equal respect. Hu dents become victims of doubt as society are usually fully aware of the future
manities has been condemned as a sac looks down upon their personal choices paths their majors will take within the
rifice, a field pushed to the bottom of the and sources of academic enthusiasm. workforce and hould therefore not
totem pole in order to properly award While society pressures liberal arts be penalized for choosing one within
.P olls underrepresent young voters
KAT ALPERIN/PIONEER LOG
By LESLIE MUIR ca is being stifled by an easily recti ed council chambers and cheer for 80,000 people who turned out to is the most important thing that you
fied yet often ignored issue: voting. our favorite candidate. However, this vote, most of those 50 years and old can do to change the way things are
THERE IS an epidemic among We do not do it. anticipation and hype over the out er. If this trend continues throughout currently done in politics. As we head
us. College students be warned, This is a problem that is often come of a very contentious elections the primary cycle, and potentially out of the primary cycle and towards
the very thing that we hold lost in the hub-bub of election sea cycle does not translate into votes. more dangerously in the general elec the national conferences in which
near and dear to our hearts is threat son, especially on a politically active It is not that all young people do tions this ovember, the youth vote each party will determine their official
ened by our own inaction. Across the liberal arts campus. We get excited, not vote. It is not that most of us be will hardly make a dent in the de candidate, it is important to remem
nation and in our own backyard, our we buy Bernie Sanders bumper stick lieve that we will vote in the upcoming termination of our next President. ber that whether or not your party is
voice as the young people of Ameri ers, we watch the debates in crowd- elections, and if not in the primaries There are many reasons why this backing your first choice, voting in
then certainly in the general election trend might be happening. Within any direction will make your voice be
come November. The reality is that a the 18-29 age range, it may be many heard. In an election where some of
surprisingly large number of young people's first time voting. This can the candidates' brash and frankly in
voters do not turn out to the polls. For be daunting and even overwhelming, sulting styles instill fear in the heart
the past century, the lowest percentage leaving many to brood at home instead of half of the population, this is a
of voter turnout has been the age range of cast their support for one candidate. very important thing to keep in mind.
from 18-29. The econd lowest has For college students, voting ab entee We are young and idealistic. We
been the next age range up from 29- can be confounding and annoying de stick to our political beliefs and vote
39, and so on until you reach the high pending on the bureaucracy of their accordingly. Thi is what ma~es the
est percentage of voters, those 65 and home state, and getting the right dates youth vote so important and valuable
older. In the very heated 2008 elec down for returning a primary ballot in every election. If we settle into apa
tion, young voters only accounted for can be confusing. Another under-em thy, or allow the confusion of bureau
18% of the total voting population, this phasized issue, especially in very polit cracy to get us down, our voices will
in a year when the youth vote was sup ically active communities su h as LC, never amount to anything. The best
posed to make the difference. In this is apathy. An often-said statement, "I person for the job can't win if no one
election cycle when the youth are be just don't like anyone who is running," votes for them, and we have the num
ing so heavily focused on by the Demo may be true, but does that really help bers and the power to change that.
cratic ba e, the same hope that we can steer America in the direction that you Don't let this epidemic continue for
"rock the vote" is all but counted on. would like it to go? It may be corny, one more day, and go sign up for an
It is already not going as planned. but voting is truly the greatest gift we absentee ballot now, or figure out the
Take the Nevada Caucuses as an ex have living in a democratic nation. primary election day for Oregon
ample. Bernie Sanders easily had the Even if you're WTitingi n your own fa (May 17) or simply register to vote.
youth vote in the democratic cau vorite candidate, or leaning slightly in Make the difference that you've been
cus, topping 80% of polled support. a direction that you might not have talking about this election sea on.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FUCKR CREATIVE COMMONS USER THERESA THOMPSON However, Clinton won out of the only considered earlier, casting your vote Plea e vote.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2016
6 FEATURES
Studerits of color studying abroad come to
,,,
terms with different ideas of race and identity
Minority students face environments with foreign view of their racial identitites, find administrative support lacking
ByLESEDI vulnerable as a woman and also safer as
KHABELE-STEVENS a racialized woman but then even more
unsafe because I'm being racialized and
THERE IS NO DENYING that because I know what people think of
studying abroad is both rewarding when they think of an Asian woman."
and challenging for every student I also studied abroad in Morocco,
who participates, but to be a student of but my blackness invited different forms
color in an abroad program brings dif of racialization. Street harassment for
ferent rewards and discomforts. These me was always racialized due to stereo
differing experiences are not often talk types about black women and sexualitiy.
ed about, especially at Lewis & Clark. "Black pussy," "I like the black girls,"
Race and identity play out differ and other comments with the same sen
ently around the world forcing students timent were yelled at me and only me.
of color to face the ways in which their "It really felt like the conversations
identity is interpreted in other cultures. we had about sexual harassment were
For Karissa Tom '16, the shouts of for the white women," Tom said, not
"China," "Japan," and "Korea," be<;ame ing the difficulty of talking about sexual C P Y IO A N N E C E O R W W A G P /
the form of harassment she had to and racial harassment among our study
navigate on a daily basis while study abroad group.
ing abroad in Morocco in the Spring of Regardless of whether or not stu
2015. dents of color are having difficulty, there
"I knew that as a student of color, I needs to be space to talk about how their
was going to just be ap experiences differ.
proaching the abroad "I knew that as a Gabriela Rodriguez
experience 1 think '17 found her Salva
differently than a lot student of color, I doran American and
of [my] white peers," was going to just Hispanic identities to
Tom said. "I'm going be a positive aspect
to go to Morocco as a be approaching the of her experience in
person of color and as abroad experience New Zealand because culture of whatever country you're
an Asian American, she had space to talk going to go to and of the people of the
but once I'm there, I'm. I think differently about her identity. "Be country you're going to go but you need
going to be an Asian than a lot of [m y] "I'm really glad fore you leave to know about the people that are on the
pers F o o n r . " w omen partici white peers." t H h i e s r p e a nic w a s s t ud a e n n o t th o e n r t k h n e o w m o w m h e o n t t o s m af a te k r e w c a o r n d t s a c w t h w en it h I , " d T id o n m 't have one t c h o e n ver U sa n t i i t o e n d wi S th ta o te n s e , pro T gr o a m stu ," d T en o t m s o sa f i c d o . l or, do not read this
pating in study abroad the trip-someone said. "I know that my friends feel un person about you being a person of as a deterrence from studying abroad,
p ra r s o s g m ra e m nt s , ca e n x ua o l f h te a n Karissa Tom w re h la o t e I t c o o q u u ld it e c u n l a tu tu r r a a ll l y - c p o ro m b f l o e r m ta ." b le and then I feel like I'm the T co o l m or a a d n v d i s a e b d o . u " t [ O w t h h a e t r y m ou em 're b e th rs in o k f in t g h , e " s n t o u r d y w in il g l t a h b is r o b a e d . y T ou h r e r e e x a is c t s o e x m pe u r c ie h n c to e
be a scary reality. The ly. We supported each This is not to say that all students trip] don't have to be there for you all gain from studying abroad.
cariness of this reality can be intensi other on a whole other level-given that studying abroad are going to have a neg the time, but you are going to be talking "Do it," Rodriguez said. "It is truly
fied for female students of color because we have both experienced similar life ative experience. But I will assert that to them and that these aspects of your life-changing because it gives you the
of the intersections between the sexual events," Rodrigu z said. having space within your study abroad identity cannot be new to them when opportunity to exemplify who you real
ization and racialization of their bodies. Tom recounted a particular expe group to talk about how your experience you are in that country." ly are, what you like to do and how well
"Is there space in a conversation rience with a Moroccan student, who differs makes a large difference. We This means that people participat you adjust to new situations. An expe
about sexual harassment to talk about asserted that all Chinese names sound cannot control how the world, societies, ing with students of color and their trip rience abroad could teach you so much,
how I was completely desexualized and like "ching, chong ching, chong, chlng, and people see us, but there does need leaders need to be aware of differences. not only about yourself, but also about a
h li o k w e h p o a w in w fu e l i r t d h a th t a w t a m s a ? d " e T m om e f s e a e i l d . . . . " b A o n th d c M h o o r n o g c , c c a h n l n an g d , c L h e o w ng is " & w C it l h a i r n k a st u g d ro e u n p ts . o f to be structure amongst our peers to as cog " n I i f z a y n o t u t a h r a e t le c a u d l i t n u g r a a l p c r o o m gr p a e m te , n b cy e different culture. n
sert how we see ourselves.
"It was in those moments and in means more than just finding out the
East Asian Studies
LC Missed Connections has
Department changes
been a missed opportunity
narrie, curriculum
By TYLER WAYNE
PATTERSON
HAV E YOU EVER found love
or at the least a hook up-from
the Lewis & Clark Missed
Connections Facebook page? I'm
going to assume no. This make me
think the page has, ultimately, been a
failure.
If you are a regular po~ter (or view
er) of LC Mi sed Connections, and it
has never resulted in a romantic or
sexual encounter, you've missed an op
portunity. Otherwise, the site is noth
ing but a center for community-build
ing, jokes and flattery. Considering
that platonic versions of the page have
ceased to become near1 as popular, BRADYA NTONELLI/PIONEERW G
if the site doesn't result in connecting
students romantically or sexually, what fun and flattering, but that's it. are only matched with people after you
is the point? Many posts are ob oth have identified a positive interest
For those of you If you regularly viously written by the in the other user by swiping right on
who have never heard subject's friends as a their picture.
of LC Missed Connec see the person platonic way of boosting You might think I'm reading too
tions, the Facebook that you are writ a friend's self esteem. much into these posts. But there have
page is a space for But too many of the been failed attempts at platonic ver
students (or anyone, ing the missed more romantic or sexu sions of missed connections· in the
really) to anonymously connection about, al posts are written by past. If you weren't hoping to see a post
submit "mis ed con students who 1mow the about you from that cutie in your math
nections" about people or if you know identity of the person class, you wouldn't be on the Missed
they admire. The page's their name, is it they are writing about. Connections page. You'd be on a LC
posts range from tradi If you regularly see the shoutouts page.
tional, Craigslist-style really a missed person that you are Love is inherently vulnerable. Suc
missed connections connection? writing the missed con cessful relationships begin when you
post-where the post nection about, or if you put yourself in vulnerable situations,
er does not know the know their name, is it and do better if you continue to safe
name of the person really a missed connec ly place yourself out of your comfort
they desire-to friendly shoutouts of tion? If there is a spark, what is holding zone. If you can't muster up the cour
individuals or entire groups. The page back the poster from approaching the age to approach another person, you
has posted over 7,650 posts. postee? better stick to Tinder. But confidence .....
I was only the subject of one missed I know the answer to these ques is sexy, and if you can sense a spark,
connection (I know, I'm surprised it tions is obvious: the fear of rejection. you might be pleasantly surprised by
has been just one, too). The posts don't That's why Tinder has been so success putting yourself out there.
really lead to any connections; they're ful as a dating app. With Tinder, you

FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2016
FEATURES 7
Sole LC Arn1y Officer-in-Training Roy Taylor excited
to enlist upon graduation thanks to ROTC training
ROTC program unavailable at LC; Officers-in-Training turn to the University of Portland to take advantage of the opportunity
By LESLIE MUIR but graduated this last December leav sion-making skills that you gain from Professor Campion recalls that
ing Taylor as the only current member. this kind of program are invaluable," when ROTC first came to the campus
I T'S EASYT O SPOT Roy Taylor, '17 Taylor admits with a smile, "I Campion said. a few years ago, it had much more of
in the crowd outside of Watzek - have to commute to the U of P, and His own experience in ROTC an impact on the students. Football
he's one the one rocking army fa do training there a few days a week during his college years prepared players like Taylor were the main par
tigues. This isn't a fashion statement after my classes." The physical and him for a career in the Navy before ticipants. "There were a few football
though. When we meet at the back educational training that cadets re returning to academia and becoming players who had joined ... that's our
tables to discuss his participation in ceive at their home base on the North a professor. When asked how his na history. In World War I, the entire LC
the Reserve Officers Training Corps Portland University campus happens val experience better prepared him team enlisted," Campion notes.
(ROTC) program, he gets a few odd in the afternoons after their regularly to return to school, Campion noted, When asked what he's most excit
glances from passing students while scheduled Lewis & Clark classes. The "the life-and-death decisions that ed about for the future, Taylor says
we talk. work they do there does not count you make on a daily basis give you an with a smile that it is his upcoming
"Oh yeah, you get a lot of looks for credits at LC, enormous sense of enlistment. "I took some time off from
wearing [the uniform] on campus," which does not offi "The responsibility responsibility and school to get military training before,
cially have an ROTC critical thinking that and now I'm so excited to get back to
program but rather and decision mak you don't often get at the b se and be enlisted again."
a partnership with ing skills that you a young age. n With a hint of smile, Taylor adds,
the U of P, although Taylor agrees "I have job security going forward,"
gainfrom this kind
Taylor does receive about the benefits something that not all liberal arts stu
eight credits worth of of program are that cadets gain by dents can say.
practicum. However, invaluable." going through the While Taylor's uniform may at first
what he is working ROTC program. seem to be his most striking feature,
towards instead of LC David Campion "The amount of it becomes clear after speaking with
credits is a position discipline you have him for only a few minutes that his
as a commissioned officer in the army by the end is incredible. You learn sincerity and confidence are decidedly
upon graduation. This allows previous things you just couldn't anywhere the most notable aspects about him.
ROTC students to have a career in the else," he said. He says that his uniform makes him
military immediately after graduating One example of this is the military 'feel proud and that he wears it around
from college, and potentially for their history course offered by Professor campus happily, despite the odd looks.
entire working lives. For those who Campion at LC's campus, only open to Taylor says that it represents the pro
Roy Taylor, '17
wish to take this path, the extra work ROTC cadets in the program. gram and that he is a part of some
Taylor remarks. required during their college years can Taylor acknowledges that it can be thing bigger, and often not seen at LC.
It is the first thing that stands out be daunting, but ultimately very re difficult to train and do well in school. ROTC training might not be a big
about him when you pass by, but Tay warding. "The program was too bard for one attraction now, but Taylor hopes it
lor's participation in the army training Professor David Campion, chair student, and he dropped out. After a will continue to grow and-that more
program through the University of of the History Department, is the LC few others graduated, it's just me and of his classmates will join in. Taylor
Portland goes well beyond the outfit. administrative liaison to the Universi one other cadet," he said. emphasizes that the ROTC program is
Being a cadet in the federally fund ty of Portland program. He says that The program has had a hard time valuable and more accessible than one
ed program means a lot of work for the the quality of training that the cadets finding traction at LC as most students might think, even though it requires
students involved. Only one other ca receive helps them with their educa don't equate a private liberal arts de students to commute to a different
det, Joaquin Murillo '16, was enrolled tional pursuits. gree with go•vernment-funded military campus. "Anyone can do it," he says
in the partnership program this year, "The re ponsibility and deci- training. with a mile, and he mean it.
BDSM club looks to the future to continue to provide
members with a safe environment in which to practice
Founder and president Kim Lantz plans to bring new opportunities and a larger community for students to participate in BDSM
By SARAH MCDONAGH
LEWIS & CLARK'S BDSM club is
looking forward to a productive
semester. Founder and president
Kim Lantz '18 has multiple plans for
outreach, on-campu engagement and
intra-club support and community.
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tation is any sexual act or relationship
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sensual sadomasochism. Technically,
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the practices of Bondage and Disciplin
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and Sadism and Masochism (SM). The
breadth of the acronym's terminology
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opinions about what qualifies as BDSM
in practice, but the community seeks to
provide a large umbrella under which
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safe practices and community. make establish ing the club
met only two times
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to make the BDSM club more visible
on the LC campus for di became so pop more acceptable," Lantz on campus, primarily through social
alogue about BDSMp rac said.
media.
tices and to dispel mis ular, I definite The club is not only Aside from LC, meetings
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and does not receive space for students to prac th ested in BDSM but don't the Portland area
funding. Any events or acceptable" tice BDSMo n-campus. e " P T o h r e tl r a e n ~ 1 a s re d a e . f i- have official BDSM
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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2016
ARTS
8
Is
Spotify: it worth it? Parquet Courts
What it would take for us to stop pirating and start paying
comes to PDX
The obvious answer for many peo
ple, especially the younger, tech-savvy
generation, is to download files onto
BY HAR.RISON SMITH ended in an earsplitting scrape
their devices. This seems like a pret
of sonic nails on a chalkboard.
ty good deal, except for the fact that
it is illegal, and more so than dealing ,,~u SEEM like such Amongst the new tracks de
an advanced civiliui buted at the show, they seemed to
with the morality of pirating music,
tion, Portland, and yet experiment more with genre than
the real-world consequences suck.
you still have this 'moat.' I mean, ever before. "Berlin Got Blurry"
I've tried all of these methods for
you've bad curbside composting harks back to their twangy soutliern
acquiring music, and the most costly
for like 15 years... But I guess ev roots, mixed with a parse organ hit
by far was when I got caught for pi
eryone has to screw up sometimes.~ that is just so John Cale it hurts.
rating music online. I was threatened
The "moat' that Parquet Courts' They opened with the refreshingly
with a few thousand dollar fine, before
frontman Andrew Savage was be hilarious hardcore track "No, No,
paying to cancel my internet service
rating was a divider segregating the No" from their most recent and crit
account and reopening an entirely new
underage post-punks in the crowd ically maligned release "Monastic
one. Before my downloading days, I
from the over- Llving.• Others
was an avid library listener, check
age post-dad- (w hich I can ·t
ing out hundreds of CDs in just a few
punks. This ~- pair \.\itb names
months (also illegally ripping some of
harangue yet) flirted with
the albums, which is still not great). ;/. .
garnered sev '-~!~)stad\ium-~rock
And of course, I was once a middle
eral whoops delayed vocals,
schooler just like everyone else, who
and affirma synthesizer
payed iTunes an exorbitant amount
tions from us solos, low and
of money to own a few popular songs
young-uns, dirty cowpunk
LESLIE MUIR/PIONEER LOG that I had heard on the Top 40 radio
to participate in the streaming activity station. Using a Spotify Premium ac and a solitary tremolo strum
"[expletive ming. If you
BY LESLIE MUIR at all (most notably, The Beatles, until count for the past year has surprisingly
removed] listen to their
recently when a settlement was reached been the cheapest option I have tried.
you" from the earlier Pave-
DAVID LOWERY is suing Spo with Apple Music), and other artists, It's a nice perk that using a stream
adults. This ment -es q u e
tify for $150 million over art such as good ol' Chance, release most of ing service such as Spotify helps alle set the mood tracks ("Yr No
Taylor is S t w ift c o w p r y o r t i e g h a t n o in p f - r e i d n ge in m e t n h t e . t c h a e n i ' r t w be o n rk e f a i s t f f r r e o e m E P t s h a e n d ro m ya i l x t t i a e p s e g s i a v n e d n b v e ia y t o e n t d h e k e g e u p i i l n t g o a f r t p is ir t a s ti i n n g b u m s u in s e ic s , s b ( u to t for the rest PHCYl'OO OURTESYO F AURJEI.Jl!NG UICHARD Stoner~, "N
of the night: Dakota"), these
Wall Street Journal condemning mu out by Spotify due some degree), Spotify
silly and upbeat, yet with an un sonic developments are quite un
sic streaming sites, such as Spotify, to their own use "I was threatened with is just a better deal. If
that cut artists out of supposedly sub of sampled music. you really do not want dercurrent of intensity. Austin like anything they've done so far.
stantial profits. Spotify doesn't even None of this tells afew thousand dollar to pay for a Premium Brown, the other songwriter of Besides the new tracks, Parquet
the band. quipped nihilistic clas Courts really came through with
have my favorite Chance the Rapper us whether or not fine, before paying account, you can still
sics such ~• "Let Donald Trump the classics. The highest points of
album up. So should we still use it? pirating music on get a free account and
To be fair, online piracy does cut line goes against to cancel my internet have slightly more run the _country. We're all done the night were their rollicking one
for anyway.· We're just done." two punches of tlie cynical "Mas
artists out of profits. The LA Times our personal account and open an control over your mu After the sprightly local group ter of My Craft" into the start and
reports that in the United States, 20 moral codes and entirely new one." sic than on your Pan The Woolen Men, Parquet Courts stop fun of "Borrowed Time,• and
million people use peer-to-peer file ethics, and I'm . dora radio station. played their Texan/New Yorker the hyperspeed sunpunk of "Light
sharing sites to get music, and 7.7 mil not here to hash Spotify is essen- blend of art-punk for a surpris up Gold II" into tlie minimalist
l m io e n a n p s e t o h p a l t e t u h s e e m on u l s i i n c e i n s d tr u e s a t m ry i n ra g k . e T d h i i n s t I h 'm at d m e o b r a e t e c o u u r t i . o us about wheth music. Whether t i N al e ly tf li t x h , e o r N an et y f li o x t he o r f t i h n e g i l r y s l o o o n n g - t s o e - t b : e 2 f 1 o u tr r a a c l k b s u m sp a c n ar n e i e n r g . T th h r e u y st e e r v s e n o f p l " a S y u e n d b t a h th ei i r n g s m A a n s i h m a b l i . t •
a cool $15 billion worldwide last year, er, out of all music providing me monthly-pay streaming ervice will be During-the course of theft show, ...Stt>l\eda nd Starving,•w hich had
which compared to the peak earnings in diums, Spotify truly is the best bet. a sustainable way to compensate art it became apparent to me how previously been avoided due to
1999 of $39 billion, also means they're Buying all of the music in any given ists as pirating technology and acces prominent the influences of the Jhe fratboy interest it had piqued.
down 38%. Online music piracy has a personal library would be ridiculous. sibility evolves, I cannot say. The way
seminal krautrock band Neu! and They closed the whole thing down
lot to do with this, but musicians and People's music collections are simply we listen to the music we love is bound the more noisy sides to The Velvet with the epic 6-minute slow burn
producers, like Taylor Swift and Da too extensive these days to assume that to continue evolving, and maybe Spo Underground really were. "Dust' er "Uncast Shadow of a Southern
vid Lowery, see streaming sites such every track was honest-to-God paid for tify will soon be irrelevant. You can (a track featured on their upcom Myth,• and damn if I didn't go
as Spotify as the next wave of unfair directly. Checking out the same amount always cancel your account next year
ing release "Human Performance") hoarse screaming that final refrain.
profit losses. Some artists choose not from a library would also be difficult. if something better has come along.
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ARTS 9
Animal Collective.'s ''Painting With'': Review
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BY DANIEL ELLIOTT received with more than a little appre
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hension by its listeners at large; and for a
Af MAL COLLECTIVE really its enthusiasm, I salute "Painting With." n
ave been around forever. To Yet it is the re-listen, the greatest J,
ink, they used to be a bunch of ally ever known to an Animal Collective ib
teenagers going to a Waldorf school and album, that makes "Painting With" ul .el
playing strange, textured, genre-less timately fail to really impress. Many an
mu ic out the back porches of Baltimore AnCo project has been, on first Ji ten, a
county homes and starting their own re little hard to get into. But on subsequent
cord label. Now they are in their mid- visits, it is the deep subtlety, the grand
3os, cattered across the better part of buildup, the character and uncategoriz
two continents, raising families of their able unique sound that brings one to
own and releasing what is now their not only like Animal Collective,b ut love
10th studio album, "Painting With." them unconditionally. "Painting With,"
I found myself, above everything, as complex as it is, never really breaks
finding a lot of difficulty saying any down into omethiog digestible and it
thing concrete about this album. Maybe never makes for a cohesive journey from
it's just the back and forth cuts that split the start of the album to the finish. Little
up every lyric into a trochaic cacopho islands of really great moments, like the
ny of sampling, but I cannot help but last minute and a half of "Lying in the
feel like listening to this album is a lit Grass" and the beginning of "Vertical,"
tle bit like sitting in a room with Avey as well as a few other choice songs make
Tare and Panda Bear and having them it worth listening to, especially if you
take turns shouting at you. It's unapol were an Animal Collective fan already.
ogetic, it's busy, it's loud, and at times, The jumble of sampled vocals and blar
overwhelming. To be fair, if "Paint ing electronic sound effects, however,
ing With" is a shouting match, then never quite unravel into anything spec
earlier albums of theirs, like "Spirit tacular or eye-opening. I just hope the
They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished" boys of Animal Collective stick around
were rusty nails being grated against a PHOTO COURTESYO F SWIMFINFAN/CREATIVEC OMMONS the music scene to give it another shot,
chalkboard. Those albums were quite has a lot of good stuff going on within hereat album despite the writhing and and Beach Houses where laid back chill because it was still a fun project, and a
beautiful, in their own your-friends it, audio beratemeots aside. The singles complicated ma sofa middle section. A jams and irony-coated tunes (shout hell of a lot better than "Centipede Hz."
will-hate-your-ipod-auto-shuffle kind "FloriDada" and "Golden Gals" stand kind of pop-y, jumpy tune pervades the out to vaporwave) are found on every
of way, and certainly worth a listen. out as fun tracks that work extraordi album, and practicalJy every song on street comer and Pitchfork article, it is 6.5 somethings out of 10
lo the same vein, "Painting With" narily well to open and close out the re the record has energy and immediate perhaps not surprising that such an un
cord and, in a way, tie it down into a co- impact. Io a time of Father John Mistys flinchiogly excited and peppy album is
LC Orchestra stuns
On ''Malibu,'' Anderson .Paak
Flanagan Chapel
proves that he's here to stay
BY SYDNEY OWADA 85: I. Adagio - Moderato," featuring
cellist Nicholas Krieg. The backdrop of Following appearances on Dr. Dre's "Compton," .Paak
CONVERSATION between vi this piece is the conclusion of the First
lla, cello, and piano filled Fla World War, tbus the piece is an out showcases solo capabilities on genre-defying sophomore LP
agan Chapel at the start of the pouring of grief from the composer for
Lewis & Clark Orchestra's performance, his country (England) in the wake of
and Claude Debussy's "Piano Trio in G this tragedy. Though the piece's theme BY SUSANNAH WHIITLE enabled bis creativity. Despite his of beats from oeo-soul quartet Hiatus
Major, L.3" (Spencer Mackey, violin; is simple and hardly harmonized, the reservations, .Paak is unquestionably Kaiyote, as well as The Mohawks' wide
Nicholas Krieg, cello; Samantha Mac LC Orchestra superbly conveys this IT'S BEEN A BIG year for Anderson celebratory, confidently asserting his ly-sampled 1968 track, "The Champ."
farlane, piano) served as an exquisite sorrow in its performance. While the .Paak. From notable work on Dr. recent professional victories through In a January interview with NPR,
opening for the concert. Each instru cello dominates the beginning, the rest Dre's 2015 album, "Compton," to out the whole of the album. Standout .Paak explained the exploratory nature
ment wove itself between the other two of the strings compliment this solitary appearances on producer TOKiMONS track "The Season I Carry Me" finds a of bis writing process: "I just try to
in a dialogue in which violin responded song with an equally lonely crescendo. TA's forthcoming LP, "Fovere," the LA guardedly.optimistic .Paak simultane express the art and work to get better,
to cello and piano with sweeping notes. Bass notes add to the grave undertones based artist seems poised to become a ously basking in and blowing off bis to learn more, and get sharper and
As the piano formed the foundation of and the weight of war is heavy upon the household name. It's no wonder why: newfound success: "Went from playing inspire and put things out that people
the piece, the strings built a pinnacle brass and wind instruments, though .Paak's songwriting bas never been as community ball to balling with the ma • are going to feel good about - feel
that, once reached, in some moments strong as it is on his second full-length jors/ (Oh, what you major?) ... / I call good and sexy, and the things I feel
caused the eyes of the ...t he Lewis & Clark the winds carry light album, "Malibu,• released last month plays, remove labels / And fuck fame, when I'm making it.• Though .Paak
performers to close in Orchestra superbly ness into the piece. to wide critical acclaim. At once breezy that killed all my favorite entertainers.• occasionally treads overdone lyrical
a bliss that was sure Io a few instanc and insistent, the project reveals the Like Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a territory, be distinguishes himself as
ly felt by the audience conveys this sorrow es, the strings add rapper at his most vulnerable, with Butterfly," "Malibu" plays with genre, a perceptive and intuitive songwriter,
witnessing such art in its performance. a brief sharpness to lyrical themes ranging from strained and is driven primarily by free-flow- one whose verses are as easy as they
istry. Completion of the legato upsurge of _relationships to police brutality to am ing funk and R&B. Flying syncopated are revelatory. The album closes with
the piece was signaled the rest of the group. bivalence about bis difficult upbringing verses in "Am I Wrong" demonstrate the excellent (and unabashedly corny)
by a lingering pause that allowed the The cello leads into the final impas in Southern California. .Paak's maturation as a composer, "The Dreamer," on which .Paak honors
final note to reverberate off the chapel sioned crescendo and, when all else Largely autobiographical, "Malibu" while gorgeous vocal arrangements in bis home state and reflects on a past
walls, leaving the audience in breathless quiets, the cello remains, carrying presents a self-aware .Paak at a pivotal "Room in Here" showcase bis knack for defined by the improbability of success,
anticipation for the rest of the show. the piece through its somber descent moment in bis career: in the face of writing lush hooks. Warm and conver reminding bis listeners, "I'm a product
The rest of the orchestra was intro in low, pondering notes to the finish. sudden mainstream recognition, be sational, the album is a collaborative of the tube and the free lunch / Living
duced in Leonard Bernstein's "Overture For its final piece, the orchestra is forced to grapple with his roots and effort, studded with performances from room, watching old reruns." It's a well
to Candide," a fast-paced and some returns to a more playful and dramat consider the years of uncertainty that established artists like Schoolboy Q worn, but nonetheless hopeful message
what short piece that mixed fanfare ically classic composition: Wolfgang have simultaneously exhausted and and Talib Kweli and making heavy use - and it's certainly worth the listen.
bursts with whimsically meandering Amadeus Mozart's "Symphony No. 35
notes. Delicate and quick violin sections in d Major ('Haffner')," composed of a
gave way to more legato sections that total of four movements. The first and
swelled with the joining of more strings, fourth movements carry most of the
brass, and winds. A switching between piece's excitement, whereas the second
trings and wind created a playful and and third are of a more passive nature;
well-managed balance throughout the the orchestra does a fine job of stay
piece, these being accompanied by more ing true to these intended dynamics
shifts between fanfare bursts (complete throughout. Great precision is demon
with the excited crashing of cymbals) strated by the strings in the first move
and frantic strings. An impressive cre- ment while bursts from the brass and
cendo paired with an increase in tempo winds add emphasis by complementing
carried the orchestra to the satisfyingly the ofter sections. The strings continue
loud and emphatic end of the piece. to be supported well by the wind and
In a drastic departure from the brass in truments in the econd move
previous piece, the orchestra transi ment, the refined staccato of the violin
tioned into George Walker's "Lyric for dance into a legato ectioo with the re t
Strings," a piece who e melancholy of the group. The string wim togeth
melody is voiced chiefly by its five vi er within the third movement and are
olins and mimicked by the cello and partnered by the brass and winds that
bass. The strings flow in and out of a occasionally punch through the trings
harmony that obviously mirrors the to give way to a legato ection that
composer's lamentation of his grand loops back to the staccato sections sim
mother's death (the woman to whom ilar to those of the second movement.
the piece is dedicated). These static The LC Orchestra performs a strong
moments follow an overall linear char finish with the fourth movement, which
acter, taking the audience through two provides a lively and definitive conclu
climaxes that return to a finish that sion in a final burstofenergy. This served
reflects the earlier pulse of the piece. as a well-marked and excellently deliv
The somber tone continued as the ered punctuation point to the evening of
night moved on to Edward Elgar's fine music and exquisite performance.
"Concerto for Cello in E Minor, Op. PHOTO COURTESYO F AMIR AZIZ/CREATIVEC OMMONS

FRIDAYM, ARCH 4, 2016
SPORTS
10
The scouting game enters the digi
UPCOMING
EVENTS
tal age with Locker Room Talk
HOME
Annie Weis' website emerges as an excellent resource for student-athletes
Baseball
valuable information to help them bet
LC vs. I.infield ter select their university.
Saturday,Mar.5 Locker Room Talk also provides an
advice blog-column for student-ath
Huston SportsC omplex
letes about the recruiting process, and
na.m. offers consulting services. Weis also
2p.m. runs the site's social media accounts,
which include a Facebook, Instagram
and a Twitter. Each highlights stories of
Sunday,M ar.6 coaches who have excelled or struggled,
focusing on a variety of sports, as well
Huston SportsC omplex
as stories about recruiting and coaching
12p.m. in general.
While certain sports like football
and basketball often receive more me
LC vs. Whitworth
dia coverage than other sports, one
Monday,M ar.7 of the goals of Locker Room Talk is to
Huston SportsC omplex provide equally valuable information
for student-athletes regardless of their
3p.m.
sport. Weis, who played field hockey in
college, said, "It is equally as important
Womens Tennis to us to have a student that finds the
right fit on a football program as it is for
a student to find the right fit on a volley
LC vs. Willamette ball program."
Particularly for students at LC, or
Saturday,Mar.5
prospective students, this focus on pro
Tennis Dome grams of all sizes and visibility is im
12p.m. portant.
There are always some concerns
about a site that relies on anonymous
ROAD sources for much of its content. Weis is
RAYAD EUSSEN/PIONEERL OG confident, however, that Locker Room
Talk offers a great deal of value to pro
Golf spective and current students.
"At this point in time," Weis said.
By JOHN TRUPIN in the first place. The process can leave as to which classes they should target or
"There really is no other platform for
LC@ UPSI nvitational many students feeling unsure about avoid.
students to do this. We find this incred
COLLEGE RECRUITING has long their situation and their choices. Weis and her two fellow founders
BremertonW, A ibly empowering."
been more favorable to the re What if student-athletes had a way were student-athletes at Skidmore Col
For current LC students interested
GoldM ountain cruiter than the recruit. When to learn about their potential coaches lege, a Division III institution like Lewis
in looking at the site and perhaps con
SaturdayM, ar.5 student-athletes seek to take their tal and programs and recruit them right & Clark. While Weis enjoyed her college tributing to lockerroomtalk.com, Weis
ents to the collegiate level, there is often back? That's the vision of Annie Weis, experience at a student-athlete at Skid
encouraged that students let their voic
a process of wooing that goes on. Not one of the founders of Locker Room more, she said, "I honestly felt lost ... I
es be heard. By providing students with
unlike a dating show, the prospective Talk, a website that began as a class essentially made up my recruiting pro
accurate information on coaches, hope
Sunday,M ar.6 student-athlete will, depending on their project but has grown into a larger ser cess as I did it in high school and really fully Locker Room Talk will help more
talent level, be recruited by coaches vice to provide assistance for current wish I had more guidance on what to
8a.m. from different universities, each trying and potential college student-athletes. do, when to do it, etc." student-athletes select programs they
can fit in with. Providing recruits with
to sell their experience as the most valu The site itself functions very similar By giving student-athletes the abili
an accurate view of the future they are
able to the student-athlete. Eventually, ly to sites like Rate My Teacher and ty to see how the pitches being made by
Track& F ield signing up for seems like a fair goal, and
each youth will select their university, Rate My Professor, where students can coaches stack up to the players' reviews,
hopefully Locker Room Talk can deliver
often times largely on the word of the submit anonymous reviews of their in Locker Room Talk hopes to provide
on that directive.
LC@ PugetS oundQ uad coach whose job it is to get them there structors to give future students insight current and future college athletes with
BakerS tadium
Tacoma.WA Softball swings into action for the spring
SaturdayM ar.5
ua.m.
The squad blasts past the competition in February, start up conference season
Softball
first-years that have joined us this year,
LC@ PacificL utheran and it has made an immediate impact
SoftbalFl ield on our team. They have brought depth
to nearly every position, and added
TacomaW, A
pitching which is what we so desperate
SaturdayM, ar.5 ly needed. Not only does their physical
talent help us, but their personalities
1ap.m.
and their passion have really been a
2p.m. great combination to our group of re
turners," said Coach Cyrus.
Among this group of rookies are
SUndayM ar.6
Zoe Juarez '19 (.471 BA/.526 OBPf.529
12p.m. SLG) and Emily Drevdahl '19 (two
home runs, ten RBI's and three SB's).
2p.m.
As for the pitching c.ircle,D revdahJ and
and Kady Bruce '19 have put up 4.11 and
4.10 ERA's with 2.74 and 3.07 K/G, re
spectively.
The team's cohesion and depth
looks to be a formidable strength, espe
cially going into the tough NWC. "The
NWC in softball is always tough, and
PHOTO COURTESYO F LC PIONEERS it seems like it gets tougher every year.
Two teams, from our conference alone,
Tiana Rosario '17 prepares to catch the ball and gets ready to apply the tag at second base in a game against Linfield.
have the won the National Cham ion
ship in the last 5 years (Pacific Lutheran
in 2012 and Linfield in 2011), so each
game is a battle. There really aren't any
By PETER MELLING cle and in all positions, which we really been a tremendous improvement from
teams that you can take lightly. Our
haven't had in the past. We swing the last season. As a sophomore, she has
THE SOFTBALLP IONEERS have bats very well and have a 'good mix come back with a different attitude goal is to reach the NWC Tournament
for the 1st time in program history.
returned to take on the 2016 _ture in our lineup of speed and power. and work ethic, and it's really showing
That means we will need to be in the top
season, amid the arrival of sev So, we're pretty excited to see where on the field. She's currently hitting in
4 of our 8 teams," said Coach Cyrus. The
en first-year players and an incredi the season takes us," said Head Coach our lead off spot, and leads our team in
squad has an excellent grouping of vet
bly tough Northwest Conference. As Shawna Cyrus. nearly every offensive category through
erans and rookies this year, and even if
of March 1, the team is 5-7 and 0-4 in The team has translated this depth our first 8 games," said Coach Cyrus.
they do not achieve their goals this sea
conference play. The Pios look to build into convincing wins and stats early in Salavea currently boasts a .495 batting
son, they will have built the foundation
upon their progress from last season, the season, including two 23-run games average, a .489 on-base percentage, and
for future successes.
and turn the program into a contender against Walla Walla, a team batting av a .625 slugging percentage. She also has
The Softball Pios will take the field
for years to come. erage of .357 and 20 stolen bases. three stolen bases and eight runs batted
again this weekend, in a three-garrfu
One of Pios' biggest strengths has The maturation of the returners has in.
road series against Pacific Lutheran (9-
been the depth of their roster. also played a large role in the team's Another one of the Pios' facets is
"We have depth in our pitching cir- early success. "Paige Salavea '18 has their influx of young talent. "We have 7
5, 1-3 in conference).

FRIDAYM, ARCH4 , 2016
S·PORTS 11
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Meet the new Athlete of the Month:
PIONEER.
TENNIS
tennis star Summer Garrison '18
LEADERBORAD
Garrison continues her upward surge through women's tennis' spring season 2016
By PETER MELLING MEN
IN HER FIRST two seasons with (3-2)
Lewis & Clark's tennis team, she
has been named to the Northwest SINGLES
Conference All-Conference fir t-team, II
HarrisonC ollins' 18
earned Intercollegiate Tenni As ocia It
tion All-America honors, been the first 4-1
Pioneer to go to the NCAAD ivision III h
Women's Tenni Tournament and re )
ceived the Pioneer ·Female Athlete of DOUBLES
the Year award. Amid all of these ac BrendenB arrows' 18
colades, Summer Garri on '18 is only q
GordonB arrows' 18
getting started.
Garrison started playing tenni 3-2 vi
when she was eight years old. Her affin
ity for the sport came from her parents ,n
and siblings, following their move to WOMEN 6,
Ojai, California. "My brother was in ice (6-o) "V
hockey and my sister (Aurora Garri on
'16) was in ballet. Once we moved to
Southern California, we all started play SINGLES s
ing tennis, and we were like, 'why not?'" ChristineE liazo' 18 a
aid Garrison. 0
6-o
After three year of varsity tennis in :v
high chool, which included trip with :i,
C th u e b I a n , te P r e n r a u t io an n d al B T o e l n iv n i i a , s F h e e d e s r e a t t i a o b n o u to t KAIW ARD/PIONEER LOG DOUBLES , ~ ,. I
AuroraG arrison' 16
finding a college. "I came to LC becau e el
Summer Garrison '18 gets ready to smack the ball over the net in her warm-ups during practice at the LC Tennis Dome.
my ister was here. I visited her here, as SummerG arrison' 18 s
well as the coaches. I knew I wanted to
4-0
play tennis in college, and it eemed like fc
a really cool team," said Garrison. 4-0 singles record and her 4-0 doubles currently sits atop the NWC, and looks "I'll usually have about two or two and a IS
Garrison ha blossomed in LC's record with her sister, Aurora Garrison. to take the NWC Championship for the half bagels. It's a nice bit of carbs" said NWC ATHLETF.8 :S
tennis' environment, and credits Head
The Garrison sisters are amongst a first time in the history of the program. Garrison. OFTHEWEEK
Coach Pat Dreves' player development strong core of athletes for women's ten Garrison is confident in the team's Summer Garrison has not limited P'
sldlls for helping her out. "I enjoy that nis, which includes Christine Eliazo '16 chances this season. "I think we could her tennis activities to the team. She bas ill
tennis isn't everything, and winning (6-o in singles), Claudia Lew '18 (5-0 in go to nationals this year. The one main also started teaching lessons and hit Feb. 16 t
isn't everything. Pat is very relaxed and el
singles) and Wi.ktoria Plawska '17 (4-0 team we faced last season (Whitman ting balls for ldds at the Tennis Dome. SummerG arrison' 18
i genuine about elf-improvement," in singles). The team's performances in College), lost the Lawless twins (Court "That's really fun, even if I don't do it as Ul
said Garrison.
doubles have also impressed, with the ney and Morgan Lawless), so I think we a full-time thing. Maybe just coaching
The team's atmosphere has engen e,
pairing of Plawska and Kacey Incerpi could go to nationals," said Garrison. on weekends will be really cool," said Mar.I
dered a strong sense of team chemistry '18 going 3-1, while the Incerpi/Aurora The team's strong comradery has Garrison. Summer Garrison's contribu )V
for all of the athletes, an it ha allowe Aurora. '16
Garrison pairing has gone 2-0. Overall, also played a role in Garrison's pregame tions, both at the matches and outside ~
the team to get off to one the best starts
the team is 28-8 in singles matches, and ritual. The team bonds over a box of ba practice, will continue to push the team
in their history (6-o in the orthwest
13-5 in doubles. This core of athletes gels before each home and road match. forward through the NWC competition.
Conference), which includes Garrison's
The top of the baseball order leads off and
BASEBALL
gets on base for the brand new season SCHEDULE
HOME
The baseball Pioneers get ready for the Northwest Conference grind in March
Linfield
By PETER MELLING Mar.5-6
THE BOYSA RE back in town! The
baseball Pioneer have returned Whitworth
to the diamond for the 2016 sea Mar.7
son, ready to capitalize on the progress
made last eason and on the arrival of
20 rooldes. As of March 1, the team is Willamette
6-7, and 2-1 in Northwest Conference Mar.19-2O
play. What does the rest of the sea on
hold for the Pio , a they work their way
through the NWC? Whibnan
The undercla men have proved
Apr. 2-3
to be a boon for the squad. Connor
Eggleston '18 currently leads the team
in RBI with 11, while Cooper Lar on PacificL utheran
'19 leads all underclassmen with a .371
(Senior Day)
batting average. Spencer Gutterman
'18 and Larson lead the first- and ec Apr. 16-17
ond-year athlete with on-base per
centages of .500 and .456, respectively.
R.OAD
Undercla men have also done well
on the mound. Nathan Klein '19 leads
the first-years in ERA with 2.91 in 21.2
Pacific( Ore.)
innings pitched, and leads the entire
team in strikeouts per game with 6.23. PHOTO COURTESYO F LC PIONEERS Mar.19-2O,Apr.12
Klein isn't the only standout rookie Christian Macdonald '16 (left) gets a slick double play started while Bradley Lezak '16 covers the bole against Linfield College.
pitcher, as Robert Reaser "19 has built
Tuscon lnvitanonal
up a 3.98 ERA over 10.2 innings.
The veteran athletes have also im Mar.22-23
proved upon their successes from pre man College in their first home series three losses. With February behind them, the
vious years. Aldra Abderrahman '17 and took a three-game weekend series The final game of the trip, against team hopes to continue their hot streak
and Nick Lockwood '17 lead the team against Puget Sound on the road. Whittier College, featured an impres into March. Their first home series of Whitworth
in batting average (with a minimum of Even though the team went 1-3 sive six-run ninth inning from the Pios. the month will be this weekend, against Mar.25-26
20 at-bats) with ,400 and .371 averages, against Bates and Whittier in their Starting on walks to Connor Sick '17 Linfield (9-5, 3-3 in conference). The
respectively. Abderrahman al o leads Whittier, California road trip, they still and Jacob Burton '17, the rally took team will play a slate of conference op
the team in on-base percentage with scored 28 runs, and saw quality pitch bold when Michael Pangelinan '19 bit a ponents until Spring Break (Whitworth Willamette
ing performances in their win against sacrifice groundout and Ryan Ericksen College, Pacific University (Ore.) and
.514. Ben Beck '17 leads the team with Apr.5 ,
three stolen bases, and Drake Gilliland Bates (Klein went six innings, with four '19 reached on a error, scoring Sick. Ab Willamette University), at which point
'17 has three saves. strikeouts and two earned runs, while derrahman then singled in Burton, and they'll go on a non-conference road trip
The Pios have put these improve Blake Howell '16 put up three shutout Christian Macdonald '16 walked. The to Tucson, Arizona for the Tucson Invi GeorgeF ox .....
ments to good use throughout Feb innings). rally reached its cresendo when Lock tational on March 22 and 23. This looks Apr. 9-10
ruary. The team's 6-7 record over the The offense also kept up over the wood hit a grand slam, plating all of the to be a breakout season for the baseball
past month has been their best start in road trip. The team hit .314 in their win runners. Even though the Pios still lost, Pios, as they prepare to make a strong
over a decade. The team swept Whit- against Bates College, and 0.277 in the they put up an impressive fight. statement in the NWC.

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