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Volume 86, Issue 5

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2016-04-22

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Vol. 86 No.5 FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016 www.piolog.com
LC grant
Beetlemania sweeps ~Natze-k,-now
sparks
with more legs and fe!wer guit~rs
student
By GEi.SEY PIAZA
BEETLES RANGING from the
protests
size of 0.3 millimdters to 6.7
centimeters are being show
cased in the Watzek Library atrium.
Alumnus Chaya Arabia '15 organized By LESLIE MUIR
this unique exhibit, called The Beetles
of Lewis & Clark, in which six speci THE MURDOCK Charitable
mens of beetles are displayed. Three
Trust has come under criticism
are from the family Curculionidae
recently for continuing to give
(weevils and bark beetles), one is from
financial donations to groups that
the family Ptiliidae (featherwing bee
have been labeled by critics as being
tles) and one is from the family Elate
anti-LGBTQ. This Vancouver, Wash
ridae (click beetles). It opened on
ington based institution has seen
March 28 and will be up until April 28.
protests outside of its main offices
Arabia majored in biology and
and online petitions signed by Pacific
minored in neuroscience at LC. She
Northwest residents asking them to
always thought beetles were very
cease financial support of such orga
beautiful, but she became interested
nizations. This outcry over their in
in studying them in Invertebrate Zo
vestments has spread to the Lewis &
ology [Inv Zoo] when Professor Greta
Clark campus as well, a/$t he Murdock
Binford shared her excitement about
Charitable Trust is one of the school's
beetle diversity.
larger longtime donors.
According to Binford, beetles are
Shortly after the trust's Feb. 24
in the largest order of life on earth
grant to the school for the research
Coleoptera. There are more than
of tY]pologyo f clouds was announced,
350,000 species of beetles. As a com scrutiny began over the appropriate
parison, there are 45,000 spider spe
ness of LC accepting money from an
cies and 5,416 species of mammals.
organization with outside ties to those
"Beetles live all over the world,"
that do not hold the same values as the
Binford said. "They bore into wood.
community. Members of the Queer
Some are huge. Some are predators.
Student Union (QSU) have voiced
Many have tightly co-evolved with
concern over this and have urged oth
plants. ome are colored like jew
ers t6 ign an online petition asking
els. We rely on them to recycle poop. • MOLLYK IEFER/PIONEER LOG
the school to divest from the Murdock
What'sn ot to like?" Beetles collected by Chaya Arabia '15 are on display in the Watzek library. They are included in LC's species database.
Charitable Trust, and any other orga
Arabia became curious about the
nization that does not share the com
beetles around her, particularly in caught my eye. This beetle is one of the to produce hig;h-resolution macro gy collection; Nathaniel J. Klimp~rt
munity's values, saying that accepting
how their morphological diversity has three families. of beetles that is high images. Throug;hout her fieldwork, '16 is working on the herbarium; So
their money is .showing passive sup
facilitated their success. lighted in the exhibit." she found 32 sp,ecies of beetles rep phia Horigan '16 is working on the
port for their supposed discriminatory
"For my independent project in The semester after her Inv Zoo resenting 12 bee,tle families. All of Coleoptera order collection; Emma
practices.
Inv Zoo, I examined beetle diversity course, Arabia designed a practicum these beetles are now a part of the Hoch-Schneider is working on botani
A peer counselor for the QSU,
along the stream in the Copeland ra that expanded her independent proj LC Natural History Collection, which cal specimens from the 19th and 20th
Samson Harmon '16, noted that this is
vine at Lewis & Clark," Arabia said. "I ect. She used five collecting methods includes over 500 beetle specimens century herbaria albums; and Angelia
an issue the school should think crit
collected beeUes at different lengths to sample the different beetle habitats from around the world. Romano '17 is working on the fern col
ically about before applying for such
away from the stream by using a col around campus. Arabia learned how Arabia ·collaborated with Alex lection. Together they are involved
grants.
lecting method that involves gathering to record and preserve beetle speci ander Young '15, who was studying in doing a combination of data entry,
"My feeling is that professors,
soil and fallen leaves." mens through her project. lichen diversity, and Parveneh Ab collection, specimen ID checking, re
departments, whoever, needs to be
Arabia's favorite beetles are the "Each specimen is essentially a baspour, the Sc:ience Librarian at organization, and an overall mapping
aware of where that money comes
featherwing beetles, which possess data point in time," Arabia said. "Each Watzek Library. Together, they cre out of what LC actually bas in the col
from, and how the school as a whole
unique wings that resemble feathers. specimen conl:ains collecting informa ated a database that links identifying lection.
is implicated when anti-LGBTQIA+
The featherwing beetle can be as tiny tion including when and where it was and collecting information. Their goal According to Klimpert, the LC her
people are the donors," said Harmon.
as 0.3 mm, or about the size of a grain found (date, location, and geographic is for students to be able to add to the barium is a unique resource in that
This individual grant for scientific
of sand. coordinates), the substrate on which it database and use it to inform research it has been unused for the past few
research was one of many that have
"I first learned about this family was found (i.e. Western cedar tree, or questions and hYJpotheses. years. The herbarium has over 1200
been requested and given by the Trust
when I found it among fallen leaves in soil), and who found it." There are curi;ent biology students specimens, some dating as far back as
to faculty throughout the past two de
Copeland Ravine," Arabia said. "As I Arabia had the opportunity to use working on LC's Natural History Col 1953. The specimens were all collect
cades for specific educational projects.
sifted through insects under a micro the Biology department's new macro lection. Kohl Kinning '16 is working ed by students and faculty.
These are in addition to the larger
scope, the beetle's fringed hind wings imaging system. She was then able on aspects of the, database; Charlotte "Many of the specimens were
sums of money given to LC by
to photograph the beetles she found Laube '16 is working on the mycolo- "Beetles" continued on page 3
"Murdock" continued page 3
Student info accidentally le1aked
By NATALIE RICH email to humorous gifs and memes. FERPA is th,e Family Education
A hashtag was even borne out of the Rights and Privacy Act, passed in
APPROXIMATELY 12:30 experience, as students called for the 1974. It ensures: a student's privacy
.m. on April 1, every person student to be "free" from the school. with regards to their academic re
ho uses a @lclark.edu email "I thought it could be an April cords. On the Lewis & Clark website,
address received a bizarre email.· A Fool's prank ... but I liked that the FERPA is listed as one of the Institu
student, it appeared, was withdraw student body showed a lot of support tional Policies, and one of the pieces of
ing from an indeterminate number of for the student," Jemma Goddard '19 information that LC may never release
classes and the email regarding that said. to the public is a student's Identifica
withdrawal process was mistakenly However, though many students tion Number. In what is·being dubbed
sent to all students, staff and alumni. had fun with the incident, the infor as "emailgate," thte student's ID num
An email chain quickly developed and mation about the student that was ber was listed next to their name. In
replies ranged from students ques sent out actually constituted a FERPA addition, LC is not permitted to share
tioning why they were receiving the violation, and it's not the first time. "FERPA" continued on page 3
• I
Parking Pass Plans The Fifth Estate? Transfer Students Summer Sounds Rowing Forward
LCa nnounces new parking rates and future plans The printed press suffers from a popularitys lump Why some students are transferring: some feel Drew Matlovksye xaminess ome essentialj ams to The crew team continues its successes in lhe .....
to improvet ransportation and reduce carbon as online media becomesa fifths ocietalp ower, cheated, many like the communityb ut are upset soundtrack your summer. regu\;,.rs eason and gears up for the NWCC ham
footprinto f driversi n coming semester. thus undervaluingt he printed word. with the administration for various reasons. pionship.
See page 2 See page 6 See ,page 7 See page 12 See page 14

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FRIDAY,A. PRIL 22, 2016
2 NEWS
More parking spaces and
LC students given
higher fees for next year
Peace grant to help
BY BRADY ANTONELLI stalls reserved for us, but we could po tion] and see. I think the idea of a park
tentially get 200 in the future if we need and-ride, given a lot of the limitations children in Cairo
BETWEEN THE hours of 10 a.m. them," Dvorak said. Lewis & Clark has when it comes to
and 2 p.m. on weekdays, students The main question students and fac the land around and trying to develope
and faculty living off-campus are ulty may ask is why they cannot build parking solutions, is a really intriguing
forced to compete with a horde of other a parking structure. "We're restricted to option and I think a lot of people will BY JONAH SVIHUS ing or what they don't provide for the
cars to find parking. To make matters . 475 parking stalls per student," Dvorak take a close look at it," he said . children, but I found that they are
wor e, "Classzilla" is officially going said. Regardless of whether or not it is an WlEN HAMDAN Alameri very supportive in terms of educa
to be of sophomore standing, which Marilyn Sbardellati, the LC Trans end-all solution, Dvorak, Sbardellati, 8 visited Egypt in his tion and healthcare - really in many
means they too will be able to buy park portation and Parking Program Manag and their team have set two goals. hildhood, he had an ex aspects," ~ameri said. •But one
ing passes. er has also been working closely to solve First, they want to reverse the in perience that shaped a large portion thing that me and my group decided
Fortunately, the ection of Lewis & the problem of parking overpopulation. centive . "The big picture goal that we of his time at Lewis & Clark College. to do was have a month of summer
Clark Facilities that handles Transpor "We're almost at our max. [A parking had with parking here is that our park "I was so shocked when seeing camp that brings the children to
tation and Parking has come up with a structure] would take us to the max and ing financing structure was all kind homeless people in cairo, • Alameri gether where they learn teamwork
way to change the payment structure then we would have spent millions of of flip-flopped, so people were really said reflecting on his trip to Egypt skills.•
in order to initiate a switch from sin dollar and eventually having the same incentivised Ito drive rather than take in the early 20008. "What makes The group of LC students will
gle-occupancy vehicles to spatially and problem," Sbardellati aid. the bus, just because the bus was more me more surprised is (that] many of travel to Cairo this summer to orga
environmentally friendly options such There will also be an added incen expensive than just driving by yourself those (people] are children. I felt so nize and create a summer camp for
as car-pooling, biking or public trans tive for biking and walking to campus, everyday," Dvorak said. "So one of the sad for them. I wanted to do some some of the orphaned children.
portation. though the details of which are not yet big things th.at we've.b een trying to do thing for them but I didn't know "11iefi rst thing we want to teach
This switch comes at a price for decided. "[The incentives may be] bike with this is lflip it around. That's why what to do." is leadership, the second is commu
tho~e intent on keeping their car on gear, or maybe transit passes. [We are] Trimet is the cheapest, then carpooling, It was at that moment that Ala nication, the third is goal-setting,•
campus, but not at as high of a price as trying to get people's feedback on what then driving alone." meri realized he needed to contnb Alameri said. "We are planning to
one may expect. For an annual parking would make sense to them, like what Second, tl~eyh ope to get 150 cars off ute something have it in a
pass on-campus, the price will be rising would be an incentive for you to not campus next year. "Right now some to the youth way that is not
". ..m any of those [people]
from $330 to $346. However, with that drive here if you could potentially bike times you're driving around looking for of Egypt. To boring, so we
revenue, the cost of a monthly Trimet or walk," said Dvorak. parking spaces, we've had students who make that are children.Ifelt so sad are planning to
bus pass will be cut in half to $25 per The ch~nges are too new to accurate were late to dass because they couldn't happen, he have trips for
for them. I wanted to <Jo
month instead of $50. ly gauge how much of the LC population find a place to park, or faculty and staff submitted a the children,
Furthermore, to keep the number of will be using the new transportation in even," Dvorak said. "So we're trying to project pro something for them." workshops,
car parked on campus low, there will centives, but Joe Gantt, Director of Fo get 150 cars off campus for next year. posal to a and commu•
be "park and ride" lot at the Portland rensics and Instructor, is optimistic. That's the goal." grant called nity speakers
Christian Center. north of the Burlin "[If I were to take public transpor The new parking system is a huge 100 Projects Hamdan Alameri to come to the
game Fred Meyer, which offers faculty . tation, it would take me] an hour and step towards their goals, but it may be for Peace at orphanage. We
and students the opportunity to pay a 45 minutes per day from the bus stop an uphill battle. LC in Fall 2015-The organization are trying to find people from dif
smaller parking fee and only have to nearest my house to the college. It's like "What we're trying to do with this 100 Projects for Peaee was started by ferent backgrounds like acting and
ride a shuttle 15 minutes to campus. three buses and two different Max stops next year, and we11d o more in the fol Kathryn W. Davis in 2007. doctors.•
• One of the staff members in charge is the quickest route," Gantt said. lowing years, is adjust the culture to •1 wsnt to use my 100th birthday Irtifa elaborated more on the dai
of instituting the changes is Senior Di With new and viable options though, make it easier for people to get here to help young people launch some ly schedule and planned events for
rector of Sustainability and Communi Gantt may soon consider other options without a car, rather than focusing on immediate initiatives - things that the children.
cations Amy Dvorak. "Right now [the than driving directly to school. "I still the cars specifically. We'll see if we can they can do during the summer of •A ctivities will include: art thera-
Portland Christian Center ha ] 100 have to evaluate [the park-and-ride op- do it," Dvorak said. 2007 - that will bring new think py, panels about how we lead, speak
ing to the prospects of peace in the ers from the community, teamwork
world,• Davis said in 2007. games and conflict negotiation
LC is given $10,000 every year role-playing." Irtifa said. "Each day
by 100 Projects for Peace to give to will end with journal reflections and
'SlUdent project. This year, CNlltl9ew riting, somedling that •
Alameri, along with his colleagues already in place by the charity. Each
Reham Bahauddin '16, Isabella Irti week we will have series of lessons,
fa '18, Jessica Rosenblatt '17 and games and hands on activities that
Burnley Truax '17 won the $10,000 will promote that day's theme. On
award. the final week of our project, all
'"Theg oal of our project is to cre groups will come together at the
ate an understanding of peace within camp for a reflection week. discus-
Egyptian youth affected by poverty, sions, open forums.and further con
homelessness and other forms of nections to the community"
injustice,• lrtifa said. "We hope the Both Irtifa and Alameri have sig
children we are working ,,ith will nificant e>.-periencei n working for
learn how to voice their opinions in charities and with children.
mutually respectful ways, learn ef •1 had worked with Mercy Corps
fective leadership skills, and learn this past summer to implement sum
how to set realistic and positive mer camp projects,• litifa said. "Ar.
goals. At the end of the day, we want tivities focused on food sustainabil
to teach children-that nothing is out ity, energy poverty, economic/social
of their reach." development and the importance of
Alameri. inspired by his trip as education. Through this experience
a child to Cairo, Egypt, contacted I learned about the be t methods of
Resala Charities to help set up a pro communication and'coTiaborationa s
gram that teaches orphaned children well as how to effectively build and
various skills that they otherwise implement projects with youth.•
would not be taught Alameri has worked with Resala
MAGGIEC OIT/PIONEER LOG •1 contacted the shelter, trying to charities for the past two years.
find what [Resala Charities] is miss- "Peace" continued on page 3
LC is adding more parking spaces, increasing prices for parking passes, and improving transporation options for the future.
Campus is abuzz over its n~ewest
residents: Orchard Mason Bees
By ALTHEA B~INGS of the project is "to support the growth Ma on bees was very deliberate.
and wellbeing of pollinators, to promote "Honeybees are not native to North
CAMPUS IS buzzing with activity. health and biodiver ity of the natural America," Hinerfield said. "Early colo
la mid February, local beekeeper areas around LC and in the region." nists brought them to North America.
and neigh- The bee There are about 4,000 species of bees
"There's been a lot of media houses were that are native to North America - most
borhood partner
Josh Hinerfield in- installedi n the of which are solitary bees 0ike orchard
stalled several bee coverage of how Colony Rose Garden, mason bees). There's been a lot of me
Collapse Disorder has rav Tamarack, the dia coverage of how Colony Collapse
"condos" around
campus. This ac- Campus Secu Disorder has ravaged populations of
tion was coordinat- aged populations of honey- rity office and honeybees. Well, native pollinators are
bees. Well, native pollina StewartH all. in danger as well."
ed by Arny Dvorak,
Senior Director of Orchard This p,roject is funded by Hinerfield.
sustainability and tors are in danger as well." mason bees He donates a small contribution to the
Communications Josh Hinerfield are a solitary college in exchange for hosting the bees.
for Lewis & Clark pecies who "I started raising Mason bees around
College. don't defend 2000," Hinerfield said. • The bees were
The species inhabiting the condos their nests in the same way that social so prolific that I needed to find a home
is Orchard Mason bees (Osmia lignaria bees and wasps would. They will not for my surplus bees. So, I started selling
propinqua), a species which is native to attack humans unless their nests are di them. Aft:erI recouped my out of pocket
the western United States and Canada rectly threatened. costs, I b1~ganc ontributing net proceeds
and are also known to be effective pol Many pollination restoration proj to area nonprofits." KAIW ARD/PIONEERL OG
linators. ects employ the use of honeybees, but For Hinerfield, the LC bee condos One of the new bee condos. Bee condos are located in three locations on campus.
As said by Dvorak via email, the goal in this case, the choice to use Orchard are a "plan bee" that doesn't sting.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
NE:ws
3
Murdock Trust has re~cord
Peace trip will ·help
of anti-LGBTQ donati4Dns
underprivileged
Continued from page 1 for the controversial Bathroom Bill. queer-friendly.
the Trust, such as $1 million in 1994 LC administrators knew that the "This school i,s invested in portray orphans in Cairo
towards Watzek Library, $1 million in Murdock Charitable Trust has also been ing a sanitized, queer-friendly, 'diverse'
2000 for the Boley Law Library, and giving money to organizations that have campus, o anything that might tarnish
$525,000 in 1991 for the Roger Sum values that do not align with the gener that image has to be removed or ig Continued from page 2 and what daily life would look liken
mer Science Program. Outside of their ally liberal campu , but Director of Cor nored," Harmon said. The project concerned some Irtifa added. "We had to plan for
donations to LC, they have also giv porate Foundation Relations, Erik Fast, While petitions have been circling members of the participants fami breaks, prayer times and lunches
en money to The Oregon Zoo, Oregon says that this is not the determining fac online over the past few weeks to urge lies due to political unrest in Egypt. to ensure that we are making this
Health and Sciences University, local tor in who the school accepts donations the school to divest from such compa "It was kind of frustrating for program the best it can be."
branche of The Boys and Girls Club, from. • nies, no correlat,ed efforts have been our families to accept that we are The team is looking forward to
environmental groups, private con "In any partnership with a founda established. Former student senator going to Egypt,"A lameri said. "But, the experience. They believe their
servative Christian organizations and tion donor, LC looks for the common Brad Davis '18 said that if students have this wintec, my friend and I visited efforts will have a long lasting ef
hundred of other organization , all middle ground," Fast aid. "If a foun grievances with anything that the insti the site and met the people and the fect on the children. They also look
for specific purposes within the orga dation looks at us and likes what we tution is doing, such as applying for and children at the orphanage.~ forward to what the children can
nization. Last year, students from the are doing in a specific area, that's the accepting grants from organizations, Another obstacle cited by the teach them about themselves.
University of Portland voiced concerns common ground where the college and they have a platform to do so. Alameri is the fact that most of the "What I am most excited for
in their tudent paper over their own the foundation can come together." He "Anyone can attend an ASLC meet group is not fluent in Arabic. is for the opportunity for all of us
school's acceptance of money from the described the nature of grants and how ing and voice their concerns during "Three of us are non-arabic to learn from one another,n Irtifa
Tru t. most given out to any organization are a time period given al: the end," Davis speakers and are not familiar with said.
Throughout this time the Murdock for pecific programs that do not neces said. "If a petitio1r1is going around on the culture and bow to deal with ·1 am so excited for this experi
Charitable Tru t has also given large sarily reflect support for the larger prac line, it can be even more helpful to at the new culture," Alameri said. ence and I hope that it will be re
sums of money to groups like the The tices of the group. tend a meeting and let your student sen ·we had to take into account warding for both the children and
Freedom Foundation, a group that is •we might not agree with everything ators know about the issue." that while we are there it will also us," Alameri said. ·But I am most
promoting cutting funding for educa they support, but we also don't expect So far students have taken to social be Ramadan so we knew we need excited about meeting ctu1dren and
tional programs in Oregon, The Dis that they agree with everything that we media to make their opinions about the ed to be mindful of when we ate, working with them and learning
covery Institute, an anti-climate change value," Fast said. Murdock Charitalble Trust known, and how much activity was expected from them - learning together."
foundation, and the Alliance Defending Members of the QSU understand have joined voic,es across the greater
Freedom, which supports programs for that the school has an interest in Northwest in asking the Trust itself to
gay conversion therapy and .recently maintaining a good relationship with stop giving money to other groups that Beetles from around
helped raise support in North Carolina their donors while still being een as have anti-LGBTQ interests.
campus in collection
Continued from page 1 cessing fungi fruiting body specimens
collected either on campus or in Port from campus, Tryon Creek, and Mt.
land, so it's a great way to see what LC Hood," Laube said. "What I enjoy the
campus might have looked like in past most about this experience is no matter
decades," Klimpert said. "Last semes how much I learn, there is always more
ter, I worked with Parvaneb Abbaspour I don't know. Every collecting trip I
and Greta Binford to reorganize tbe come back with questions. This whole
collection, update some of the storage experience has made me really interest
practices, and digitize much of the in ed in natural history collections. [Nat
formation. We hope to scan pictures of ural history collections] are a snapshot
the specimens and make all of this in in time of the organisms within our en
formation available to students online, vironment, and that knowledge alone
as well as continue to collect on campus is so important to understanding our
to preserve a snapshot of our botanical world and bow it is changing."
diversity." LC's Natural History team is more
Laube started working on the my focused on creating a strong coverage
cology, or fungi, collection last se of local taxa - both on campus and in
mester. She bad to teach berse~f a lot Tryon - instead of overall taxonomic
about fungi, for there is currently no LC breadth.
professor who specializes in mycology. The LC Natu.ral History team bas
Laube used local communities, such as been hard at work contributing to the
the Oregon Mycological Society, as well school's specimen collections. Take a
as online manuals. Still, it took a lot of peek at the beetle exhibit in the library.
different approaches to find out what And if after that you are seeking a little
worked best for her and this environ of a beetle adventure, chances are if you
ment. pick up a pile of leaves around campus,
CYANC OWAP/PIONEERL OG "I have been collecting and pro- you will find one.
FERP A violation resulted in a
chain of emails, will not leaal -to
lawsuit over student informcition
Continued from page 1 have caused," Ellis said. "User er information, Ellis spoke to the rights
correspondences relating to a student ror is impossible to prevent entirely. of the student to take legal action:
requesting actions such as withdraw However, IT continues to work with "Students who believe that their
al, as this tudent was. departments who wish to automate FERPA rights ha•veb een violated have
The Bark sent out an apology for work-flows to help them avoid these the right to contact the Family Policy
the incident, and offered LC IT's ex types of errors, and is working with Compliance Office at the Department
planation for how it happened: Google to see if there are technical of Education ("F'PCO"). There is no
"The withdrawal-process Google fixes to help prevent user error." private right of action for students un-
Group is used to inform the various A similar in- der FERPA.. .t hat
student support offices around cam cident occurred is, a student does
". .. this mistaken charac
pus when a student is expressing a last spring, not have the right
desire to withdraw," the statement wherein an ter translated to email be to sue the College
said. "One office completes a form email to a stu for a violation of
ing sent to everyone with
that initiates an email that is sent to dent's parents FERPA."
the other offices. This sharing of infor regarding un an@lclark.edu address ... Ellis also
mation streamlines the process for the specified issues added that he
which then resulted in a
student. While updating the member that would re wasn't aware of
ship of this Google Group last month, sult in the stu flurry of replies to all." any recent FPCO
an erroneous character was acciden dent being re complaints from
tally added as a user. When the with moved from his LC students, but
drawal process was used earlier today, or her residence The Bark mentioned that
thi mistaken character translated to hall was sent to there had "proba
email being sent to everyone with an all students, staff, and alum- bly been some in the
@lclark.edu address. People were ni. Though this did not mention the history of the College."
confused when they received the student's ID number or other sensi Most other students seemed unaf
email, which then resulted in a flurry tive information, an email regarding fected by the incident, commenting by
ofreplies to all." a student's mental health or personal large that while 1theyv aguely remem
David Ellis, Vice President, Sec issues violates their rigbt to privacy bered the event, and thought it was
retary and General Counsel for the as ensured by FERPA. Ironically, the funny, they bad almost no opinion on
.....
Office of General Counsel for LC, con email mentioned the student's right it.
firmed via email that the student was to privacy, and yet the entire school On the issue of legal action, God
MOLLYK JEFER/PIONEER LOG
informed quickly of the incident. received this email, thus eliminating dard said, "I mean, I guess I would be
"The College apologized for the any privacy. a little upset if it was me, but mistakes The LC Natural History Collection houses samples of numerous local speci s.
mistake and any inconvenience it may Since the emails contained private happen."

FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
4 NlEWS
Students share knowledge
at Festival of Scholar·s
LC hosted its third annual Festival of Scholars, showcasing
student academics in a lively and engaging environment
By GELSEY PLAZA ui:al history displays and I found that less of the paper itself," Bleifuss said.
exhibit fascinating. [But] I regret that I "Specifically,I 've been analyzing various
THE HALLS AND rooms of the did not find out what kale spray is." strategies hydlropower resistance move
academic buildings and Stamm Beija Flor '18, another member of ments have used/are using in Chile, and
buzzed with energy and excite the Festival Coordinating Committee, bow effective they are in light of the
ment, as students, staff, and facul said that the event overall was better country's larger political, economic, and
ty gathered to engage in a variety of advertised. The food trucks were also social contexts. I was there in January
events. On April 15, Lewis and Clark a great improvement from last year, conducting interviews. It was an incred
held its third annual Festival of Schol for they were a big hit among students. ible trip and iit is crazy to look back on
ars (FOS). Class was cancelled for this However, she also acknowledged the now. I've never put so much work into
school and community-wide, all-day lack of space in some classrooms. a single proje:ct, and it was nice to see KATA LPERIN/PTONEERL OG
event. Students prepared presentations, "Some rooms were so crowded that my thesis and my fellow [Environmen
Mailrooni digitizes
discussions, poster dis- audience members had to tal Studies] s1eniors'v arious capstones/
plays, musical and theater stand, sit on the floor, or projects comil[lgt ogether at the festival."
performances and science ". . .like walking stand outside the class Presenter Madelyn McMullen '16,
experiments to showcase into a candy room due to its fullness," whose preseDtation was titled Dollar package notifications
research and projects Flor aid. "This is both an ization: The :Switch from the Sucre to
they have been working shop full of issue and a blessing; pre- the U.S. Dollar in Ecuador under the
on all year or semester. knowledge" - senters are thankful that Economics and Power Panel, also real
There were three sessions so many people want to ly enjoyed talking about her thesis and and changes hours
throughout the day, one Sarah Moen '19 hear about what they have sharing her fuodings.
in the morning and two in to say. Unfortunately, due "The concept of dollarization is a
the afternoon, each with various panels to the lack of classroom space, not ev very interesting topic that I feel does not
and exhibits from the different academ eryone who wanted to attend could." receive enough attention in the interna
ic departments. Presenter Makayla Keydel '16, whose tional community," McMullen said. "I By ZACHARY LERMAN room will be able to spend more time
Art history professor Matthew John presentation was titled Is Math Real? feel like FOS was also a great chance to organizing and ensuring packages are
ston, who was a part of the Festival Co The Indispensability of Mathematics present my thesis to a broader audience. 0 N APRIL 4, a new system for not lost if they don't have to put a yel
ordinating Committee, was pleased with under the Morality and Reality Pan It made me really think about how I notifying students about their low slip in each box. The new system
the large number of students who con el, said that she found presenting very could clearly :show what I had found to packages was announced. A also encourages student to check their
tributed and attended the Festival. gratifying.· an audience that wasn't my thesis class whole scale upgrade would be taking email which is something many don't
"In the sessions I went to, I was also "It was fun to share my project and who knows the process almost too well." place, forcing students to come to the do enough. This is not only valuable for
impressed by the overall enthusiastic get people excited," Keydel said. "Pre Attendee Sarah Moen '19 thought mailroom for their packages at 2 p.m. college, but also future ca.reers."
mood that prevailed," Johnston said. senting papers anywhere is a great op the FOS was a great experience for ev onward instead of any time during the Stephanie Takashima, site manager
"I saw some really great work and I felt portunity to really solidify and refine the eryone who p,articipated, whether they day. This came as a surprise for most of the LC Mailroom, offered an expla
that it was taken seriously by the audi topic, so it was really helpful to me. And were a senior presenting their thesis or Lewis & Clark students who didn't nation for why the mailroom is going
ence." it's a huge honor." a freshman experiencing the festival for think such a large change would come through such a considerable change
A change from last year was having According to Lydia Bleifuss '16, the the first time. so late in the semester. at this point in the semester. She es
lunch outside of Howard. According to Festival of Scholars was an excellent "Personally, walking into Stamm's There have been mixed reactions timates that the new emailing system
Johnston, it was a nice break for both event. It was a great experience to en morning session felt like walking into from the students. One reason for this will benefit everybody in "three main
presenters and attendees to come to gage with friends' academic work and a candy shop full of knowledge," Moen mixed response has to do with the new cost categories: cost, technology, and
gether outside. However, as with last to share your ideas with someone while said. "Even if I was not particularly hassle that will arise from integ~ating efficiency".
year, it was hard to have enough rooms not worrying about him or her grading interested in the topic, the presenters the· package notification system into She estimates that LC will be saving
of an adequate size to fit people. you. This year, Bleifuss presented her were able to make their research easy to our emails. $2,200 per year after taking out the
"A lot of the talks I went to were thesis, which was a rewarding and excit understand and allowed me to retain the "You're already in the mailroom, so costs of paper and labels. The mailroom
standing-room-only, sometimes too ing experience. knowledge with the brief summaries of you can pick it up instead of having to staff will also be more efficient because
much so," Johnston said. "[However,] "Creating and articulating my poster their projects. Overall, I am looking for remember when you're checking your this system will take away the rigorous
I thought the quality of the work was allowed me to realize which ideas about ward to seeing the hard work that LC's email," Brynn Rova '19 said. Most stu process of printing a label, putting it on
excellent pretty much across the board, my topic have become the most promi graduating class of 2017 is going to do dents at LC are constantly bombarded a card, categorizing the card into a ref
but personally I have a soft spot for nat- nent and solidified in my mind, regard- [next year]." by emails from institutions around erence and finally putting it into mail
campus Oike professors, clubs, ASLC, boxes. This process will be shortened,
The Bark, etc.). This email overload can saving time and labor for students who
be overwhelming and adding another work in the mailroom.
important institution onto this list may On the technology front, the mail
not be the most loved idea. Another room is simply trying to keep up.
reason for the reluctance to embrace "Year to year from August of 2014 to
the new system may have due to do August 2015 our package volume went
with the good feelings associated with up 22 percent (roughly 1900 packages
being pleasantly surprised about get per month)," Takashima said. This sud
ting a package when walking down to den increase has Jed to a large overhaul
the mailroom. These pleasant trips will of the shelving and processing centers
now be taken away from students, as of the mail room.
they will be forced to look at a screen. Even though this change may come
However, as Larkin O'Shea '17 be as a surprise to LC students and doesn't
lieves, there are reasons to think that seem logical at this point in tlle semes
the new system of package notification ter, Takashima cites precedent for the
can be beneficial. change. •
"This new email system saves a lot "This new system is being used
trees," O'Shea said. "To have to put at various college mailrooms around
out those slips in each box and then tlle country and all tlle kids love it,"
they are simply thrown away is a huge Takashima said.
waste of paper. The new system will The mailroom staff hopes tllat the
JORDAN ST. PETER/PIONEER LOG not only save the environment, but also new system will be a benefit to all in tlle
Presenters after their presentation at the Festival of Scholars. Students had the chance to show their work to the community. money and time. Workers in the mail LC community.
The Pamplin Society of Fellows selects Professor Kimberly
Brodkin to receive the 2016 Teacher of the Year award
PROFFBSORK imberlyB rodkinr e
ceived the PamplinS ocietyo f Fel
lows Teachero f the Yeara ward
on April2 0. Brodkint eaches classes for
the GenderS tudies program,E thnic
Studies program,a nd Historyd epart
ment. She also seives as the faculty
director for the annualG enderS tudies
Symposium and the annual RayW ar
ren Sympo ium on Race and Ethnic
Studies. AssistantP rofessoro f Anthro
pology SepidehB ajracharyaA. ssistant
Professor of ChemistryC aseyJ ones,
Associate Professoro f PhilosophyJ oel
Martinez and Assistant Professoro f Bi
ology TamilyW eissman-Unniw ere also
nominatedf or the award.T he award
1s basedo n teachinge xcellencea nd is
given based on student support.A ll LC
professors are eligible for the award.
STERLINGS TOLL/PIONEERL OG

FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
OPII'JIONS 5
Do you hate Lewis & (jlark College? Dollate.
Why you should fix the problems that you have with the school by giving your money and support
Pomona College's cool $2.1 billion.
By DRAKE Like it or not, large endowments al
MACFARLANE low colleges and universities to offer
better grants, bestow greater merit
IN THE wake of the successful and need-based financial aid, build
Day of Giving, the issue of dona new facilities, improve the com
tions and institutional advance pensation of their workers and hire
ment have thrust their way into our more qualified and diverse faculty.
already busy lives here at Lewis & Focusing on that last point, there
Clark. I'm sure many of you are fa has been a massh'.e push recently
miliar with the feeling of incredulity to promote diversity in both staff
when asked to donate to an institu and faculty. That's easier said than
tion that we're already paying tens of done, of course. One major stick
thousands of dollars to attend. Is it ing point is wage . It suffices to say
not preposterou to ask recent alums. that diverse, qualified and available
and current students already stacked candidates are in high demand, yet
with debt to fork over yet more cash are in comparably short supply. The
to their alma mater? At least, that is basic rules of economics apply here:
the argument it's in the
I've heard best interest
and believed. for talent
However, de- ed, diverse
spite my afore candidates
It's about showing rating
mentioned to seek out
qualms about agencies that we, the students institutions
donating to which will
of LC, care about improving
LC, I gave offer them
them a gift just the institution. better com
the other day. pensation.
My opinion on LC's
this issue has budget is
changed, much tight to say
to my previous the least.
selfs chagrin. Our endow
The bottom line is this: for private ment has recovered a bit since for LEWIS& CLARK//PIONEERL OG
institutions, endowments are criti mer President Michael Mooney lost dress this multiifaceted issue, in part do is donate. we· can earmark our donations we give, the more pres
cal. LC's endowment, as of 2014, was the orphanage on a horse race, but it by leaning on the new Diversity Fund donations, small as they may be. In tigious our institution. This in turn
$224,361,159. A fifth of a billion dol still isn't quite sufficient. According - funded by, guess what, donors. the end, it's about volume: on such a can lead to bigger donors. Messed up
lars seems like plenty, right? Wrong. to comments made at the last fac
So what can we do about it? We micro-level, a thousand donations of as it is, this is a game where the only
Our rival, Reed College, whose un ulty meeting, our professors make certainly don't have the magnitude $0.01 mean more than a single dona winning move is to play. Consider
official school motto is "Commu 10 percent less on average than our of cash needed to rectify this issue. tion of $10. It's about showing rating ing this, our path is clear: it's time to
nism, Atheism and F£ee Love," has competitors. Wby would they work Short of one of us becoming the agencies that we, the students of LC, put our money where our mouth is.
a tidy $545.2 million in the bank. at LC when all we can offer them is next Bill Gates, there aren't any easy care about improving the institutlon.
That's chump change compared to peanuts? The recently passed Facul solutions. One tangible thing we can To ratings organizations, the more
other liberal arts schools, such as ty Diversity Proposal attempts to ad-
An open letter add~essed <~ordiallyt o Donald Trump·
What one student would say to the front-running JRepublican candidate if she could and now she can.
The truth is, I'm not convinced the ocean, and screwed over mil to a specific group of "dangerous" In closing, Mr. Trump, I am not
By NATALIE RICH you're really a conservative. I be lions of people. I'm not here to pass people who he blamed for the Ger voting for you. Neither am I voting
lieve that you believe in what you judgement on whether or not glo man people's unemployment. The for Cruz or Kasich. It's the equiva
say about Muslims, Mexicans, wom balization is ethical, or pragmatic, Hitler analogy isn't original, but it lent of choosing among arsenic, cy
MR. TRUMP: You don't en, and black people, but at the heart but it's a reality that the people you applies. Jews were not to blame for anide or strychnine. But I fear for
know me. You'll likely of your politics, I think you're more appeal to the German the world in which you are winning
never know me. And I'm moderate than your supporters. The are those economic because to me, it means that we
allright with that. Giddy, even. But minute any of your opponents or a who would collapse, have lost our way. Some say that if
The truth is , I'm not convinced
gone are the days where I could newsperson asks you about your do be hurt and Mex you win, it's what we deserve. But I
laugh bitterly when I heard your mestic or foreign policies, you start most. But, that you're really a conservative. icans and think we can do better. I think that
name in conjunction with the Pres- . spewing random rhetoric and avoid to speak Muslims the America that you promise to
idential election. And gone are the question. It's skmful, really, how directly to are not Make Great Again is one that, with
the days when I could try to ig you manage to avoid losing support your sup- to blame or without you, is moving towards
nore your racism and misogyny. despite never detailing policies porters: for the inclusivity and acceptance, not
Here's the thing, Mr. Trump: that you would enact as President. Trump is not the answer to your job losses in the blue-collar sec fear-mongering and discrimination.
you're winning. At the time this will That being said, I should address problems, and brown people are tor, or violence in the country.
be published, you will have won at . your supporters. I will admit, your not the enemy .. In the 1920s, Ger
least 19 out of 31 primaries. Peo popularity has made me realize that many wa in ruins. World War One
ple are turning out in droves to see there is an unheard electorate in our had ruined its e:conomy and ravaged
you speak. You dominate the new country: middle-class, blue-collar its population, and the people were
with your catchy soundbites calling workers whose way of life is dying destitute. An enthusiastic, passion
Mexicans "rapists" and support out. Globalization ki~led the Mid ate speaker began g a i n i n g
ing banning Muslim immigration. west: the automakers and corpora- support by sayiing that he could fix
So I'm forced to take you seriously, ~m,n,n-1rn,......_tions all took the economy, get Ger- mans their
even though every fiber of my be ~,~--their busi- jobs back, and "makeG er many HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY?
ing wants to deny your legitimacy. great again." To do this,he pointed
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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
6 OPINIONS
The Fourth Estate is ~;ubverted by the
modern me·dia it helped to create
Print media suffers from {fie popularity of the internet, online media becomes a fifth societal power
By SYDNEY OWADA Journalism is ideally independent of
the other E tates, though not entire
I DULGE I the image of a break ly subversive due to the necessity of
fast table strewn with the daily maintaining a respectable foothold
new paper, a reclining man en within these sections of society. Yet,
joying hi steamy morning coffee the press has the flexibility to either
with his nose buried in the latest challenge or support the other pow
storie and kids eating up the com ers; each organization's particular
ics ection. Visualize the cliche of stance is supported by the fact that the
the paperboy's wheels whirring as press has well established foundation
he bicycles through the neighbor within print media. These foundations
hood, chucking papers onto porches are tangible and widespread as phys
(and not always making bis mark). ical forms of the news are circulated
Thi is the romanticized view of the through society, headlines catching
printednew paper'splaceinsociety. the eye at each distribution tand and
ow distributors work through the grocery store line. The paper is there
night, car tuffed full of newspapers, in full view. There is no need to go out
driving long hours to make the daily of your way to search for a story on
delivery to their subscribers. Back in your phone; the print media has done
the newsroom, there is the constant that for you by assailing all distribu
proce s of generating print-worthy tion points for your convenience.
stories and journalists striving to pur For centuries, print media has
sue the truth and inform the public. been at the forefront of the exposition,
The newspaper as a form of tangible excavation, and explanation of soci
mass media requires this method of ety' daily i ues. A simplified version
circulation in order to fully penetrate of American history would credit the
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society with the· most recent takes printing press with the foundation of
on events of lo- our country due holds a similar sway a it influences
cal, national, and Newspapers may soon the large role it policy-making proces es, grassroots Emotional
global scale. Print had in circulating movements, and even fundraising.
papers are a vehi be engulfed by their colonial opm1on Nevertheless, the convenience and
cle for full immer newer, sleeker counter despite the gov inexpensiveness of the Internet cre correctness is
sion into societal ernment's many ates the possibility of a full shift to
affair , keeping part: the Internet. attempts to sup online content in the name of cutting
readers up to date press independent costs. While th1?g rowing middle class,
with world rela- papers. However, literacy rates, and infiltration of tech the new political
tions and views. the increased de nology allows for the popularity of on
The place of print pendence on tech- line media to swell, revenue for print
media extends further than the arm nology in the expansion of media has papers plunges and competition from
chair of a suburbia viewed through a turned this centuries-old process into internet media tightens its grip on sur correctness
nostalgic lens. Printed press has hi - an industry warped by the reliance on viving print publishers. The result has
torically carried so much power it ha ound bite-Ii ·e bun of information been bankruptcy, cutbacks, and, since
become the Fourth E tate of the realm. that give way to the shallow under 2001, a fifth of U.S. journalists exiting By LESLIE MUIR potentially offensive or insensitive
However, despite the newspaper's standing of a deeper story. This is not the mainstream industry (Bureau of towards certain groups of society.
g o a d t o o p a i o t l o f n n F r s h i o l s s l u u f n h r t i e o o a e o a h z g r a r e y d u u e a m t a n b e T a t o t t s i d r k e h t l r h o n a t t i f t h f a i y o e o e i e c h l e o n o i o t e v r a r z n a t i i f n - u g n h a o a n e l o e t r I E F s r c a r a r t l n f w r i n l t s a i e o o o n s l l d e h m , o t m t u d e t s p e u u h i p e e a n z e p i i i a r d n r a p a r p t t t o , n a n n r t e ( n e i t l t r o h i f t o g t l m a c e s e e s i n i h w j d f e n n e r o t e s t n t d o e e . a p o n o s a r d . n e E u o i u s y v a t l m r g ' t m s a s n c r T r s I i n p a i s n t n t t t i h a i t o t a h r : j o i n b t n a a g i t u o v d i h t t i e o o i e o l l a e s r u s e a e s i a r n n t t r c , a o s f i o r h e n s t y l h m e g n n h c o d y e b e t e x i o , a e a l i o e f n o w e y v e c f l w b c I t g f i t m t t e h s h e n s r h o y t o y i l e o r p a h o t n e n y t e a l t y a i i r e n a l e l h i i g c f j t k c e e t s h r w p o g o s e u s g h n c p e g e r e r l n l o o o i t e r m a m f s r f r n i e i r f o v t t o p e o t r o n n y . l a w g e f e d r r n d w e t i o t t g e t d h s e r i e w f u e h n n n s t o a i l o i i o d r s h e n y e a s s a s f , f j t b s s c a i t o a d a t i p i I E r o o n o e s n n e p t h n n l i n i o s r u m r l g a d a t i i d d i l w t i n e t r r t l l l n s i i a t h h i d o o n m e r n v y a a e t t g i n e s e t g s e a e i n y r s . o d e t o s l c u o t o c i p c t ; u h f T u i e s f u r f t e e s r i o a r h e m l . t n h d n a e t t 1 a o t l h f a a h h u l r e s a i t s n T 9 u s i t t i u e e s r s d i r u e 6 g h F m w e l o - e c f d n y 0 h t i d g i F l n o i e u s h e f d , s y f u t r o s m c t o d t o t h e o i h e i d h d h c u p t i m l a r u d m a a i o i e n r g o p E t s a t z p r e t v i i u o o r o f o u e h l e s p n s t o e o n i l c r n o f t e j s o e l u i a t p t g t o i m i i o n n E u o e m a g n t t n r u r w c p e y c d r n o l i y s a m d e c h n p , r m e t i l i p l t e a u t s d l e t o s r n c o o i y o i a t e u l c e e w s r t e f s n w t a c s n k t e l s n u u . h e y e c e s t a e d n o e n r c s d w u r u t T e t r f w e e n i h e r e h r p o c c s s t e h w d s d a s e s w h e r p t u c t a a i u p c r h h r s e a g e b l s i n o o i c c v a o t n e i p n p l y i d y r s e h c p i b f o t v e k t i h i s h i e t t t l i I b m a f r n e h h h s o v i e e n a r t s a t t i i d g h d s e e e g e r s s , s l b p c o w u s l d a b o i m p l o L p i m o t o n e r u s o e u l f h v a o i e e g i f s d i r l r o e m b n r n a x o t l i s S t j y s n h c o t t l h o g r o r n e o h f a o e e e e r u . u r l d o i i m u l v f a m s b n n r W p o f s S a m i e v m n b e g o c a n i p e t a i p o a t l e b r u a e r t n g d e p s e l s r s l e r t r t s r d o i a i i t a i s s i e s a n h a e o o s y i r t e f n m a s f a l t e t e t n o n u t u l h w i s b t n t p t y r - c r . l n g h a m i i i h - s t e i : s r s l i t d ; k a p r e e i ) e n i e o i t t a . l n e s a h t f p b n y e H d v v y m t o o s d a a e n f o a t i e T i e o r w o h l s a r c d t r n f e s i a w t s o w h i r e o n i n e t d l c r l m w n i h i e m h e e c t o h n s t s f a d e s s h e i e h f k o h e c l l t g o t n d t e o o a h i r i s h r t h i e f o m f m h r o n c n e o t e t f a e r c l p s g w r e i u a l e c l h a u f u t a a , x a p l t r o u a i l t d e o p r i t t l e a h d l o i l s v i i l o b p p i e ( , t l t t n e i n n o t h a w e . u s e o n n s r c o c a t e l c o s s r a c g a t e o n u r t c t b h t ? u t t e y v . l u t t t o h i i n o i g h h i t t i s t r m n a o h h n o e u h a a f a s t - n g n y o e e g s e t t s r , E t b s l f h l e e s s w a f u p i i h o o u o a r n a s i k c o c a ' g r i e r e l v v s i e l d e u y n i I e i t w a l a t f l r l n g h y n t i o a o l i t u c o a l n o e i k n j r n c M a a n a r a r l u v t g i o s m e d n p n p o l g n e s o u r O s d e d u c c . t d r e r o a o o o w b b a b n T a s e e g f b p u r b l m e t e t r c s o e i I a a , e r l n i o i n c , t O . e r n o r n w i f e n u t o r m t . m o g W n c g a r y e i N e t a t r t t i n y d A s p o r e n t A h s d a e o r , o h l e i i n e r o L n a r a l a s w i p m e e T t n t s n n s c s r h m a c g e a g t d a i s i o h n h u v s a i i i r a n i t l n t i a l i n t a r w s h t o t r s i a s s t d u n ' e m e o e e n k t s s o f h r d c r e u e i r e e a t t p c r a s w l h n e k a r h s r o l a e e o m w e e i l e a v s l a n m n s o a f s i t y o p h o n t o e w t s g a c i i p e t e r e m c w n r d i h i i e i c o r x a s a t c g i y e d t e s e s l t l e s c • s o b T v s a a e c e i d t e d s n a a t a n n v o x n u o o i h m a l f s i o o e m p o i i w k g i l d r a l c s ~ n u t t r u i d t g e h h p n e m e n e w g i f s r n s e e a g n n t r h e d s e o r r s o o g t c u t e b , o s i t m h o m a p i i e y t e n f o o i n l a c t s i o s a a m . e n h n n t i s n o p t h u n n r h t e t d e m e o e r · d Y t n e o t s n s a v i I m e e , f e c a t r d s e a T a d l l o l w r u o d f l l l c . s E m i o k t n n i e n h i a h s w i D i a d . s p g n S n c n e l o o h e t h g a u d g h o h f r s d f e a a r s a o u t s i t o r b o v h s s a t r t t s m K i u o a e e e i t e h w g i e n o i d n s s f n n r r n e l o u g n t a n o i f d d e a g h c s y ' o d u s i , a i t w c h n n " n , f p i w g n s u t o f g i p e h i h h d l f s s a n r 2 e e n K e o a s s y t 0 i w t o o r i t u t i a o o o o c 1 n o o i p m t n i e n n a n 3 a n h e o u n t t l a i d s l g . s o h n e e e s e n s t r t l . ,
ment, and the general population), ilar to that of the Fourth Estate at the the way they ty, includingo ur own how emotional
but to keep them in check as well. time of its emergence in society and are expressed. and political
1ontc Lesbian at Lewis & Clark, can correctness
liberal-politi really imbibe. can coexist.
cal commen MNow, I
tator and for- think Sean
mer talking Hannity is 99
bead on Fox percent polit-
News Channel, Sally Kohn, has ically wrong, but his emotional
expressed this the best. Her TED correctness is strikingly impres
Talk on the idea of "emotional sive, and that's why people listen
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor correctnessff is one of the shortest to him. Because you can·t get any
DrakeM acFarlane Brady Antonelli and best videos that has crossed one to agree with you if they don ·t
my internet feed in a long time. even listen to you first," said Kohn.
News Editor Arts Editors Sports Edi rs Kohn makes the argument for The notion that when people are
Peter Kranitz Molly Kiefer Peter MelliJng keeping political correctnes alive not using politically correct lan
Ben Weinstein and well, but to keep in mind how guage or holding culturally sensi
we behave towards one another in tive ideas and that we need to ed
Features Editors Opinion Editors Backdoor Editor Visuals Editor the process. She uses the example ucate one another instead of shut
of working \\ith an entirely con them up entirely comes tonrrtmi4,.-~
Althea Billings Leslie Muir Daniel Elliott Molly Kiefer servative staff and viewership at Regardless of how successful this
Emma Grillo Sydney Owada Fox News, but still being treated ever is or how open-minded that
with respect and kindness de approach is either, it supports the
Social Media Managers Copy Editor/Design Chief Business M ager
spite their differing political and concept of compassion that is so
Tyler Wayne Patterson Susannah Whittle Brad Da social leanings. Kohn said that lacking in our discussions in class-
Rena Wang she learned from none other than es, in society and even in politics.
Sean Hannity how to be emotion Emotional correctness means
StaffWriters Senior Staff Writers Photographers filustrators ally correct to staff and peers, that ~e can open up a dialogue
even while disagreeing on TV. with differing views expressed
Tim Cable Emma Hoch-SChnieder Abe Field Madeleine Bentley Jordan St. Peter This is a message that I think ev while being kind to one another.
Zachary Lennan Sterling Stoll Noah Foster-Koth MaggieC oit Sterling Stoll ery community, including our own As we work towards being a more
Drew Matlovsky Alvaro Torres GelseyPla7.a CyanCowap LC Pioneers at Lewis & Clark, can really imbibe. politically correct school commu
Harrison Puterbaugh Sam Wellander Natalie Rich Leah Darnell Being nice to one another is some nity and society, it is just as im
JonahSvihus times difficult when opinions are portant to be Memotionallyc orrect"
McKenna Teigland raised that are different than our as well. One should follow the oth
own, especially when in certain er and then maybe we'll all feel
circumstances, the opinions are like we are welcomed and belong.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
FEATURES 7
Classzilla pushes some first-years to transfer,
many cite inaccessible resources as motivation
Freshmen weigh their options as the school year comes to a close; LC draws the short straw
By NOAH FOSTER-KOTH ter and has already moved back to his
home in New York, where he is looking
L EWIS & CLARK'S2 016 freshman for work as a bike messenger. He says
cla is the largest in the school's his econd semester was off to a worse
history, earning the nickname start than the first.
"Clas zilla" from students and staff. "I felt like I was wasting time, mon
But Clas zilla is about to shrink sub ey and energy, along with degrading
tantially, as many fre hman tudents my academic image ... I was unable to
have made plan to leave LC next year. cope with my personal problems along
Freshman Lucy Stordahl was origi with school work. I had to choose one
nally attracted to LC because of its lo and the choice was clear," Cavanaugh
cation in the Pacific Northwest, as well said.
as the fact that both of her parents are Cavanaugh said that he original
LC alumni. Stordahl's mother majored ly enrolled in LC because "I was en
in English, while her father was a mu ticed by the 24/7 counseling service I
sic major. Stordahl has yet Jo choose remember being advertised, but that
her major, but she aid, "I like the sci was not the case.• Cavanaugh was also
ences better than math or English." attracted to LC's "supposed diversity"
Stordahl wants to study "some but says that "coming from New York,
thing that ends in -ology, probably 0 LC is very white."
biology.• She said that if she could go .. "Our school likes to put on a mask,"
through the school selection process -e::=::::-. Cavanaugh said in an interview con
over again, she would "pick a school ducted over email. "We like to say that
that was bigger and had a more ad we're eco-friendly, when our Designat
van " c W ed h s e c n i e I n v ce is i p te ro d g , r I a m w . i " s h I had gone A C:::::::--. e a d re S tt m e o b k u i t n ts g . A W re e a s li k a e re t o li t s t a e y re d th a w t it e h v e c r i y g
and talked to students who weren't one can be a part of the conversation,
being paid to show me the chool," c::::--,, l but when depression and anxiety seem
Stordahl said. "I wish I had gone to the to be the driving forces in your life, it
Bon and talked to people who actually is bard to join in on public discussions.
have real experiences and aren't going I feel that I was lied to and deceived
to glamorize them at all.• A C:::::::::--, into enrolling in Lewis and Clark."
"I've al o been kind of disappointed Cavanaugh said that he has "no
in ome of the structures here at LC," clue" what be will do next year. "I
Stordahl aid. "Living in Copeland, - c:::::?:::::. did not expect or plan to be in this
we didn't have washing machines in ituation," Cavanaugh said. "It feels
my wing for months, and the show odd leaving your peers with no real
ers were flooded. You're paying for all MOLLYK JEFER/PIONEERL OG plan for the future. I hope to return
these amenities and you're not getting Walla, Washington. She said that LC Portland and realized that she want therapy. to school next year and I have been
any of them ... It's kind of frustrating.• was her second choice after Whitman. ed to pursue a career in occupational "I'm going back home mainly for thinking about Portland State Univer
Next year, Stordahl plans to take Initially, LC appealed to West be therapy. educational purpo es. What I want to sity over LC, partially because it is a
cla es at a community college until cause of its small size and tudent ac "I want to be an occupational ther study isn't offered here," West said. bigger school."
she has enough credits to be a junior. tivism groups. "I was really intrigued apist that specializes in in-patient Financial considerations also con Cavanaugh said that he also expe
"I live in California, and the Univer by the Feminist Student Union and the care," West said. "If someone expe tributed to West's deci ion to transfer rienced difficulties during the enroll
sity of California schools want you to Black Student Union and all that stuff. riences li evere physical accident, I to a public college. "I figured I could ment periods at LC. "In my two semes
tran fer as a junior,• Stordahl said. Last semester, the FSU stopp~d hold would work with them in their home save a lot of money going to a state ters worth of class enrollments at LC,
Like Stordahl, freshman Michaela ing community meeting , and. I was to help them adapt and cope with their school, and then use that money to pay I had many problems signing up for
West is returning to her home state pretty di appointed." injury." for graduate school," We t said. four classes that I was interested in,
of Utah for chool next year. During West originally thought that she We t will finish her second emes West and Stordahl will both finish because of scheduling conflicts or get
her initial college selection process, wanted to study Sociology and Anthro ter at LC before transferring to the their second semester at LC and return ting last priority."
West was denied admission to her pology. However, during her freshman University of Utah in Salt Lake City. to their home states this summer. By "I love the people at LC," Cavana
first choice, Whitman College in Walla year at LC, she attended a friend's She said that the University of Utah contrast, freshman Gabe Cavanaugh ugh said. "I just wish I could feel the
occupational therapy appointment in has a "great prog:ram" for occupational dropped out of LC earlier this semes- same way about the school as a whole."
Cuba spring break trip recap
Participants in the Cuba spring break trip research sustainability and renew
able energy efforts, foreign investments play a role in rural eco-development
left over after sugarcane extraction,
and the invasive marubu weed. Biofuel
would decrease Cuba's reliance on for
eign energy sources a weU as decrease
atmospheric contam,inants.
One of the commitments of the Cu
ban government made in 2014 was to
increase energy ireliabilityi n rural com
munities that w;ere not connected to a
larger grid. To see how and where this
was happening, we traveled to Vii'iale ,
the tobacco capital of Cuba.
Vii'iales, while very touristy, does
not have consistent access to energy. To STERLINGS TOLL/PIONEERL OG
combat this issue, the government in
stalled solar heaters and solar panels on LC Ink: Sophia Aron
many of the buildings.
By talking to a restaurant manager
and an employee in his restaurant, we Intricate thigh tattoo conveys both affection and
learned about the use of solar power
attachment to deceased grandmother
in their community. Solar beaters are
EMMAH OCH·SCHNEIDER/PIONEERL OG popular among restaurants and hotels
A hou e in Viiiales with a solar panel in tallation demonstrates new wave of to offset the large co ts of water heat By STERLING STOLL mother.
"When I was younger, mLKI"andrna
• environmental consciou nes in Cuba. ing. We also talked about the negative
health impacts of burning oil and gas THOUGH TATTOOS are a vi would give me her old jewelry boxes
By 2014, the Cuban government set a goal near populated areas, and the benefits ual form of self-expression, the from her collection. ..E ach of the boxes
EMMA HOCH-SCHNEIDER, of producing 2496 of its energy through that renewable energy, ucb as solar and orie behind them can be very had a story along with it, a piece of her
ALVARO TORRES and SAM renewable sources by 2030. Currently, wind, provide. personal. Because of this, many people pa t that she wanted me to remember.
WELLANDER it is at 796. Cuba' future in renewable energy is get tattoos in private places where not The floral pattern is taken from her old
Recently, large foreign companies not only interesting, but dynamic. With everyone can see them. For Sophia Aron leather pouch that was given to me after
OVER SPRI G BREAK,t he three have been investing in Cuba's renewable the ending of the U.S. trade embargo, '18, the location of her tattoo was some she pa sed"
future. One such company is Biopower. Cuba will only become more and more thing she carefully con idered. "I wa pending a lot of time tak
of u had the amazing experi
Biopower is part of a UK based compa acce sible to U.S. citizen , potentially Aron got her tattoo on her outer left ing ca of her and we bonded over our
ence to travel to Havana, Cuba,
to r earch Cuba's renewable energy ny that holtls 49% of its shares, while creating a large eco-tourism industry. thigh in February of 2015. shared experiences and truggles, which
the Cuban government holds a majority "I decided to get a tattoo that would were once kept as family secrets," Aron
initiatives. Our research wa funded
stake of 51%. We had the opportunity to To find out more about our in some way depict my relationship said. "The blooming flowers repre ent .
by the LC Renewable Energy Fund, to
talk with several employees at Biopower project, come to our presenta with my late grandmother," Aron said. how our relationship flouri bed at the
which any students interested in re
newable energy can apply. As part of while in Havana. With the intent of cre tion on Friday, April 22nd in She described the tattoo as a timeline of end of her life."
ating five biofuel (an energy source from her relationship with her grandmother, Aron chose thi discrete location for"
our Cuba class, we became interested in Howard 302 at 3pm or con
vegetation) plants within 15 years, Bio starting from the base. The base of her tattoo to control who can see it.
Cuba's energy aims through their recent tact Emma Hoch-Schneider at
power focuses on Cuba's existing natu Aron's tattoo is a small jewelry box that "I can show it if I want to, but I can
strides in environmental legislation. In ral resources, such as bagas e, the fiber ehochschneider@lc1ark.edu. refers to times spent with her grand- also hide it."

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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
.8 FEATURES
Assistance animals and service dogs provide
necessary support fo1· residential students
Animals enable students to live a full life on campus, but they car?,b e hard to officially register
By EMMA GRILLO classrooms or dining facilities. "She has a bunch of different tasks she11
"This has been a problem for me," help me with, from medical alert to
The Lewis & Clark community is Hera Dewan '19 said about her assis making a physical space barrier around
no stranger to animals. Commu tance cat Thomas Jefferson (TJ). "I me."
nity members bring their pets to pend long hours at work or in class A service dog, under the ADA regu
campu to play and walk, and during away from him and I feel like I need lations, is "any dog that is individually
final there is the infamous puppy hour, him more than I am allowed to have trained to do work or perform tasks for
where stud en ts can relieve stress by him. But I am also grateful to have him the benefit of an individual with a dis
romping with little fuzz balls before they at all." ability, including a physical, sensory,
resign back to the library. To get an assistance animal regis psychiatric, intellectual, or other men
However, thi semester students tered, the student must fill out paper tal disability." Before bringing Lanie to
may have noticed an influx in animal work from the school as well as present campus, Farinksy fastidiously read leg
that do not leave campus at the end of a letter from a therapist explaining why islature on the federal, state and local
the day. Instead, these animals retire to an assistance animal is integral for the level.
their homes in dorm rooms, where they student's well-being. "It's really important to know what
spend their days and nights performing "It was probably in all, like a two rights I have," Farinsky said.
integral tasks for their handlers, stu month process from start to end," Ash Although Lanie normally wears a
dent who require their service. said about.getting Captain Cicero reg vest when she is working, service dogs
On the LC campus, there are cur istered. "I was definitely in the middle do not have to il>eid entified by anything.
rently two types of regi tered animals range there just because If people are curious
that exist to perfo.rm a service for their I did already have a ther "It's nice, it;s about a service animal's
handlers. One is an a sistance animal, apist who I have been pre ence, they are only al
like having my
often colloquially referred to as an seeing for a long time off lowed to ask the handler
"emotional support animal." The oth campus." life back." ilf the animal is a service
er i a ervice animal, such as a dog or Dewan too cited the a1nimal,a nd if the animal
miniature horse. These two categories lengthy process, noting i:s currently performing a
denote va tly different tasks that the that she had to wait to Katya Farinsky service. If both an wers
animals are meant to perform, as well get health care in Oregon atre yes, the service •d og
as va tly different regulations to which before she could even find a may accompany their han
the animals and their handlers must therapist to begin talking about an as dler almost ar1ywbere save burn units
comply. sistance animal. and certain restricted military locations.
The most commonly registered ani Both Ash and Dewan found their as For Farinsky, a member of the
mals on campus are assistance animals. sistance animals after they had learned Women's Rowiingt eam, this means that
According to Student Support Services, about the option of having an a sistance Lanie accompanies her to practice and
there are currently about 12 assistance animal on campus, but for Brooke Al regattas as well.
animals living in campus housing. An exander '18, her assistance dog Bungee "My coach, when I first told him,
assi tance animal can be any animal and her were life-long friends before he it was immediately 'great, how can we
that is up on its shots, free of fleas, and was an a sistance animal. make this work,'" Farinsky said. "I am
can safely live in campus housing. On "I've had Bungee since I was nine .... forever grateful for Sam [Taylor, head
the LC campus, they range from dogs Bungee has provided a lifetime of love Women's Rowing coach] for that."
and cat to, in the case of Mariah Ash and support for me but he has only Farinsky lives in a quad in Spruce
'18, a ferret. technically been an emotional support Hall with two other roommates. Lanie
"Ferrets in particular are kind of ec animal inc January of thi year," Al mo ed in with h r thi m t r. MADELEINEB ENTLEY/PIONEERL OG
centric," Ash aid, looking down at Cap exander said. "Everyone's adjusted really well," Katya Farinsky takes her service dog, Lanie, for a walk. The vest reminds passerby
tain Cicero, her registered assistance The other type of registered animals Farinsky aid. that Lanie is working and should not be bothered.
animal. " ome people have no clue what on campus, service dogs, are much more In the classroom Farinsky is aware
he is." rare than a istance animal . According of the extra attention that Lanie attracts. rinsky freedom on campus tha~ she did vice dogs perform very different ser
Captain Cicero wa on a leash the to Student Support Services, there are "~I try and make a space gap of a not previously have. In the Bon, Farin vices for their handlers, it is clear that
first time we met, which he must remain currently only two service dogs on the seat on each side just to give us a little sky used to eat at the round tables in the they are incredibly important to the stu
on whenever he leave Ash's dorm room LC campuses, with both of the graduate bit of protection," Farinsky said about corner with her back against the wall dents who benefit from them.
in Holmes. This is one of the regulations schools included. Katya Farinsky '19 is the classroom. "There's the occasion and spend her mealtimes on high alert. "He's just a joy to have around," Ash
that assistance animals must comply the handler of Lanie, one of the two er al hand that tries to reach out and pet "Now [Lanie] does that for me," Farin said of Captain Cicero.
with: they are meant to live in the room vice dogs on the LC campus. her, but I mean word gets around, it's a sky said. "It's nice, it's like having my Farinsky agrees. "It's really amazing
of their handler and only leave for ex "When she's working, she has a very small school." life back." what [Lanie's] done for me," Farinsky
ercise. This means they cannot go into high standard to bold to," Farinsky said. Having a service dog has given Fa- While assistance animals and s~r- said.
Q&A with President Glassn~er
BY MCKENNA TIEGLAND warding? position of Lewis & Clark - with three
schools, each committed to helping
BG: The most challenging thing, the students develop the knowledge and
most difficult thing for me, i when skills they need for global leadership -
something unfortunate happens to a as unique. In a way, though, it was fa
member of our community. When I miliar to me, because at USC I worked
see a student in some ort of distres - with students, faculty, and staff at a
physical or emotional- especially if it. College of Arts and Sciences as well as
is not omething that is in my power a range of graduate and professional
to ·readily fix. But, I'm thankful that schools. But JI had never encountered
we have a strong community here, one such a high ccincentration of dedicated
MAGGIEC OIT/PIONEERL OG
that supports each other in difficult faculty who work so closely with their
PIONEER LOG: What does an times. That includes peer support, of students-in the lab, in the classroom,
average day as the President of course, as well as help from our dedi and in the community. When I stepped
Lewis & Clark College look like cated staff and faculty. And I can help on this stunning campus and met the
for you? direct resources to assist in the short people here, I was booked. And I knew ..,..
and long-term: I had something to contribute in mak
BARRYG LASSNER:T his one is easy in ing us a first choice for where students
the en e that there is no average day. Most rewarding to me are the per want to go to school, where faculty
But I ee that as a good thing. Some sonal achievements and community want to teach and research, and where F-tt::uw ~ aroundt m m;ulJisylJ .. a .. b . ic llll 1 tl b re a M i i ' di t o h m e E - n-
day I might have the opportunity to engagement of our tudents. To· see alumni and donors want to provide world, one misshapenp hrasea t glish one( "when pigs fly, does not.
share one meal with students in Fields their growth over a few years time--ac support. a time. 'l1list ime we headt o 1bailand But, I think thatt herei s aomething
a n n o d r a a t n a o t r h e e s r t a m ur e a a n l t w i i n t h d o a w p n o t t o e w nt n ia l P o d r o t a a d lu e m m n ic i a w lly h o a n c d o m pe e r s b o a n c a k U a y n - d .t o r e h f e le a c r t t o h n e PL: H you could tell the Lewis & f a o c r o w m ha m t on 4 E f n a g n l t i a s s h t i i d c i a o l m ly88 . M 81) o ' s t t w n i a st t O iv D e J ty o , b to e o s , a w i h d i a c b h o m ut a y it a s lso lend • to • • e -
land or attend a cholarship luncheon how valuable their experiences with Clark Colle:ge student body any English speakers b8"ep robablyb eard sopbistic:ated tone. Whatever you want
in Stamm. In between, there might be our faculty and programs have been, thing (within the realm of your the saying" whenp igs fly"a t leasto nce • not only just never gonna happen, but
calls and meetings with deans, donors, to see alumni and friends support position as President), what
in their life. While that's fine and dan it's never gonna happen one afternoon.
and faculty. In the evening, I might be that work with their connections and would it be and why? dy, I would like to make a motion to Then, to add insult to injmy, even after
hosting or participating in an event on mentorship. To ee alumni and friends adopt the Thai version.t ransliterated as you die and are rebom as an entirely
campus, say a student production. On upport Lewis & Clark through gifts BG: Make the most of your time here •Chadi na donbai, • or ..O ne afternoon in new being, it's still not gonna happen. I
another day, I might be meeting with and donations. it goes by fastrer than you think it will
your next reiocarnation." just like to imagine what that one after
one of the committees of the Board of -invest fully in al1 that it has to offer. While both idioms essentially mean noon looks like where you're reincarnat
T on ru s D te i e v er o si r t y th e a n c d h a I i n r c o lu f s th io e n C o an m d m t i h tt e e n e C PL la : r W k h C a o t l le b g r e o ? u ght you to Lewi & y B o e u a c a t l i r v e e a d in y yo k u n r o w de e y p o u p u l r i s k u e i t a o n f d w a h r a e t ~ w I i t l ' d s e n s e t v e d r r e g a o m nn s a t h o a r p p " e N n, a " h ~ , m ot a n in t yo th u e r ed a A n l d l r y m ou s a t y il i l n c g a i n s ' t t h g a e t t w I w ha o t u y ld o u li k w e a f n o t r .
attending an athletic event, or a func good at, but also push yourself out Thai version of the idiom is somehow a this article to serve as a formal petition
tion put on by our law school or grad BG: When I learned about the opportu side your comfort zone. That's where touch more lively. I mean, there's always to replace the American colloquial use
uate chool. nity at Lewis & Clark, I was intrigued. some of the best learning happens and what my dad says: ~only on Thursdays.' of the ..w hen pigs fly" idiom with the
Betsy and I had been visiting Portland where you can learn to appreciate the
But I dunno; he's kinda weird. The Thai significantly more entertaining Tttai
PL: What do you find most chal regularly from Los Angeles, and we al passions and diverse backgrounds of
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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
FEATURES 9
CAS Dean Kodat recounts her days as a reporter
Former Baltimore Sun reporter Catherine Kodat remembers her life in the newsroom of the 1980s
,,I By ALTHEA BILLINGS Times-Mirror Corporation, now the Tri
bune Company.
REMEMBER once driving into a "Looking back, it felt like the be
hurricane on the eastern shore. ginning of the end. It was this privately
It was predicted that there was owned paper that because it was private
going to be this amazing storm, and they ly owned by a family in the city had a real
wanted direct coverage of it, so I had to sense of duty to the city and to the state of
get up before dawn and get in my car and Maryland. [It then] moved into a corpo
drive in, which was kind of crazy. I can't rate ownership where the main concern
believe my editors asked me to do it." . was generating profits for the sharehold
This may not ound like the voice of ers of this large conglomeration," Kodat
a college dean, but, before becoming the said.
new dean of the College of Arts and Sci Soon after the sale went through, the
ences, Catherine Kodat was a reporter for union contract came up for review, and a
the Baltimore Sun from 1980 to 1987. strike was staged. Kodat remembers this
Kodat began working at the Balti as difficult.
more Sun in 1980, in the Circulation de "It was not a long strike, but it was in
partment while still an undergraduate at its own way traumatic. If you have this
the University of Baltimore. The benefit regular routine that you've been doing
of this po ition was that it required Kodat for seven or eight years where you go
to join the union, the Newspaper Guild, into work every day, a place where you
which wa an AFL-CIO affiliate. feel like family, where even your editors
"If you became a member of the feel like family, to then be told, nope you
union, one of the agreements that the can't go in, you can't work, here's your
union had with management was that picket assignment," Kodat said. "It was
whenever there was a job that opened really tough. I remember my editor at
up anywhere in the building, a union the time, Rebecca Corbett, was the Metro
member would get first consideration editor, a really good friend of mine, but
for moving forward," Kodat. said. This MAGGIEc orr /PIONEER LOG because she was management, she had to
allowed Kodat to move up, and in her go into work, aind I couldn't bring myself
senior year of college, a job in the news quickly to listen for a ignal 13, which area is looking like it's starting to become "Still to this day there is no city that I to yell at her when she was driving in."
room opened up. was officer in distress, and to pay atten a drug market. Don't just take the cop's know as well as Baltimore," Kodat said. The strike happened about a month
"It's a very old po ition, it used to be tion when there was a signal 13 because it word for it, you need to do your own re "I had to look at the map, plot it out and before Kodat was planning on leaving the
called "copy boy" back in the days when usually meant that there was something porting.' So it was marked up with fires memorize where I was going to go, and Sun, but in the wake of it she decided to
newsrooms were all men, and it was ba going down." and murders and homicides, rapes, all then just get in the car and go. And that turn in her resignation early.
sically just a glorified gopher. You would Kodat became a cop reporter at a par from my years of doing cops," Kodat said. just gives you a sense of the place and the During her time at the Sun, Kodat
get coffee for people, you would run er ticularly interesting time. Kodat was a co,p reporter for around people and what their issues are and how was witness to increasing change in the
rands, it dates all the way back to when "I was doing cops for about two-and two and a half years, and notes that it al a place is unique, how different cities city.
a newspaper was entirely a paper-flow a-half years. That was in the middle of ways surprised her how forthcoming the manage their problems." "Baltimore was in many ways a south
system with these little baskets on the the 'Sos in Baltimore, in the middle of the cops would be with information. After seven years at .the Sun, Kodat ern city," Kodat said. While she was a re
desks," Kodat said. cocaine, crack cocaine epidemic. There "At the very beginning it always sur decided to return to graduate school at porter in Baltimore, the city elected its
Six months later, a po ition as an ed were some really horrific crimes that I prised me that nine times out of ten, they Boston University to study literature. first black mayor. "The power structure
itorial assistant opened up, and Kodat covered, ome really awful murders." would tell me [what was going on]. ... If "Aspects of the job were really won in the city was majority white, but the
took it. As a cop reporter, Kodat spent time you're in public service... it's incumbent derful, I learned a lot in a really short city itself was majority black. That trans
"I took dictation from reporters who in the police headquarters, but also had on you to understand that you are a pub amount of time, but by the time I got to formation happened over the course of
were in the field and I did the weather ta to chase stories herself. lic servant, and the role of a reporter, if be in my late twenties, early thirties, I the 'Sos while I was there. It was really
ble. That was a great time to be working. "When I became a cop reporter ... the reporter is doing her job correctly, is had just gotten married, the newsroom, important to watch it and see it and un
It was th Reagan-Cart r campaign, and when stuff was happening, there was to be a public servant also," Kodat said. that kind of work, you have to be really derstand it. "
we had reporters in the field covering the nothing that could replace being on the "To serve the public, to tell them the flexible. You need to be able to get up In addition to the changing racial
campaign." scene. I had a little - it was·m y first car, it news, to tell them what's going on, so and go somewhere at four o'clock in the structures in Baltimore, Kodat was wit
Midway through 1981, a job as a re was a little Volkswagen Bug, and I had an that they can make informed decision morning or get sent somewhere at a mo ness to the beginning of computerization
porter finally opened up. atlas, a Baltimore city atlas, that I got into about how they waint to live, the kinds of ment's notice," Kodat said. and modernization, and of the trends
"Reporting, when I was in the news the habit of marking," Kodat said. people they want to elect, the laws that It was around this time that the that govern contemporary journalism.
room in the 'Sos, was, and I think it prob This was a habit inherited by another they want to see pa. ed or changed." news market in Baltimore was chang Despite all the change in journalism and
ably still is, very hierarchical, you started reporter. After working as a cop reporter, Ko ing. The Sun's competitor, the Baltimore in her own life, she still enjoys the daily
out at the bottom and you worked your "He told me 'One thing you're go dat progressed to a general assignment News-American, which was a Hearst paper.
way up, and the bottom was cops," Ko ing to want to do is start to mark places reporter, specializing in neighborhood chain paper, folded in the Kodat's final "I still read the New York Times ev
dat said. "I had to learn all the 10 codes, where things happen. It's the only way issues, and then became a rewrite per year at the Baltimore Sun. Additionally, ery day, and when I can get the paper
which the officers use to talk back and you're going to know if there's patterns, son. In this position, Kodat would take the Baltimore Sun aind its two papers, the edition, there's something very satisfying
forth with each other. I learned very like if a particular place has a higher than notes from reporters in the field and as Morning Sun and the Evening Sun, were about spreading it out on the kitchen ta
normal incidence of arson, or if a certain semble them into stories. bought by a multi-media corporation, the ble when I'm having my coffee."
Peek into the Watzek Archives
✓
Watzek Special Collections holds archival documents about the Lewis and Clark
expeditions, as well as a printing press from the 1800s
By NATALIE RICH Lewis and Clark literature] wasn't cho dormant for years. Two years ago, Selley
sen because of the name of the college, found it and got it fixed. It is now ful
T O MOST students, the Special it was chosen becau e there was no one ly functional and students in Professor
Collection section of Watzek in the orthwest who was collecting Szybist's senior poetry class are permit
Library is a mystery. The room, that material ... the collections we chose ted to use the press to print their own
while centrally located, is closed off by supported local interest. A lot of times poems through a process called "broad
fire-resistant, bulletproof doors and its you see these holes, nobody's collecting side printing."
dim interior lighting pro- these voices. You don't "They're single, individual leaf po
vides a darker contrast "We're more want to collect something ems .. ." Selley said. "A cross between
against the rest of library. that the person down the an artist's work, a poet's work, and the
However, according to than happy road is collecting." printer's work."
Zach Selley, Associate to help with Selley and Hannah In addition to the printing press,
Head of Special Collec Crumme are two of the Selley reiterated that while everything
tions for the College Ar research inqui "two-and-a-half" employ in the Special Collections and Archives JORDANS f. PETER/PIONEERL OG
chives, this should not be ries or thesis ees in the Special Collec is for the students, c:ertain pieces are too History of the Expedition Uf!der the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark
the case. tions section (the third fragile to be used. One such piece is a
"It's a resource for the information, to employee is only part rare 1814 edition of a journal detailing
students," said Selley. support your time, hence, "a half"). the Lewis and Clark expedition that was
"We're more than hap Crumme is a new hire, published by the g;overnment. Special
py to help with research classes." having only been at LC Collections has one of the nine known
inquiries or thesis infor since Thursday, April 14, copies, and the map, inside it is too frag
mation, to support your Zach Selley 2016. Before, Crumme ile to remove, so students can't access
cla es." worked at the National Ar that piece directly. However, almost
Lewi & Clark's Special Collections chives of Great Britain, designing and everything else is available for seniors
section in Watzek has been developed curating an exhibition around Shake writing their theses, students doing
over the last 25 years. Before that, the speare's death and the documents about projects, or just curious scholars.
Special Collections consisted primari him. As for the future:, Crumme was cau
ly of Latin texts that served as supple The duties of Special Collections em tious to reveal anything specific.
ments for students who were studying ployees include building and developing "I'm working on some things, I don't
the language. Since then, the Special collections. This involves purchasing want to say what yet ... I'm interested
Collections department cho e everal pieces for the collection, or working in expanding our literary collections,
focal points to build the Archives upon. with a professor to build the collection. o I'm thinking about a few Northwest
"Primarily, [the collection hold ] all One such professor is Mary Szybist, authors and approaching them to ee
of the literature and material related Professor of English. The Special Col if they're interested in donating their
to the Lewis and Clark expedition, and lections room is borne to a beautiful drafts to the archives," she said.
we've expanded out into other orth printing press, a Chandler Price press The Special CollE!Ctioniss open from .....
west history, US hi tory, and literature made in the 1800s. It was gifted by the 8 a.m. to s p.m. almost every weekday.
and poetry. So, we have one of the larg son of William Stafford, who "'.as a fa "Come by if you need help," said Sel
est fine press and poetry collections in mous poet and teacher at LC. The press ley. "Or if you just need a really quiet JORDANS f. PETER/PIONE6R LOG
the United States," Selley said. "[The was acquired in the eighties, then sat place to study." A Chandler Price printing press made in the 19th century.

FRIDAY,A PRIL 22, 2016
ARTS
10
#FreeKesha: the pop stai~'s ongoing fight for justice
Fans and musicians unite in support of the singer following rape allegations against her producer
BY LESLIE MUIR sha to begin recording new music.
Online petitions began appearing
POOR KESHA. as early as 2013 for Dr. Luke to allow
From the cover of her albums Kesha to begin making music inde
it can be hard to tell that the pendently from him. The "Free Kes
messy looking party girl behind the ha" movement gained traction on so
boozy pop singles "Tik Tok" and "Your cial media, culminating witli protests
Love Is My Drug" is actually a real outside of the courthouse during the
woman trying to maintain a career in a February trial. Many musicians have
tooth-and-nail industry. That's been ex come out in support of Kesha, most
tra hard for her this past year while her notably Lady Gaga dedicating her per
producer, Dr. Luke, bas been effective formance at this year's Oscars to the
ly stopping any recording, touring, or pop singer and Taylor Swift's donation
self-promoting that she could be doing. of $250,000 to help witli Kesha's "fi
The reason? In 2014, Kesha Rose nancial needs during tliis trying time."
Sebert, or Kesha, It has been a tough year for the
brought a lawsuit feather-clad pop
He has openly de-
against her produc icon. Kesha recently
er, Lukasz Sebastian nied that any of her reported entering
Gottwald, alleging rehab for an eating
allegations are true
that he had sexu disorder that al
ally, physically and and going as far as to legedly formed due
emotionally abused to Dr. Luke's emo
her. The lawsuit countersue in 2014 for tional abuse. The
claims that he has defamation,for what parent company,
been ctmtrolling her Sony, who owns the
he believed was "tanta-
artistic persona and record label has re
mount to extortion." fu ed to terminate
stifling her creativ-
ity for years. It also the binding contract
accuses him of con- themselves, saying
stant emotional and that tliey do not have
verbal abuse, as well as sexual abuse tlie autliority to do so. The lawsuit it
that included, at one point, drugging self could be dismissed by an unmoved
her with Flunitrazepam, also known as judge witliin the next month or it could
roofies. According to the lawsuit, the drag on while evidence is collected by
popstar wishes to sever all ties to her botli sides and tlie case dwindles out of
producer, breaking a detailed contract the spotlight and is lo t in judicial pro
between them, a well as from the re cedures. Supporters of artistic freedom
cord label, Kemosabe, which he runs. and women's rights have continued to
Dr. Luke ha done everything in his sign the online petition imploring the
power to prevent this from happening. powers tliat be to free Kesha from tlie
He has openly denied that any of her contract tliat has kept her locked out
allegations are true and going as far as of her own career for over a year now.
to countersue in 2014 for defamation, Kesha bas taken to social media to
for what he believed was "tantamount voice her anguish over tlie issue, one
to extortion." He has since denied her of the only platforms not controlled in
the right to record new music, tour, or her life by Dr. Luke. On Feb. 24, she
promote her albums, which, accord posted on Facebook about the ordeal.
ing to Kesha, has "effectively ended" "All I ever wanted was to make
her music career-especially in such music without being afraid, scared
a fast-paced internet age where new or abused. This case has never been
artists appear constantly. On Feb. 19, about a renegotiation of my record rnol l y kiefe,
a New York judge denied a court in contract. This is about being free
junction that would have allowed Ke- from my abuser," tlie singer wrote.
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FRIDAYA, PRIL 22, 2016
ARTS 11
Frarikie Cosmos tweets Portland
Basement puts
to a beautiful, sweaty concert
fan favorites
BY BEN WEINSTEIN
THERE WAS something heart
first at Analog
warming about attending a old
out Frankie Cosmos show in
Portland, 2,894.5 miles away from her
home in New YoirkC ity (if Google Maps
BY HARRISON PlITER- hensive as to how much of the set is to be trusted). It felt like the least
BAUGH would consist of Promise Everything, intimate an intimate gathering could
which - though enjoyable - traded be, a principle equally applicable to
BASEMENTS CURRENT North the angsty melodic hardcore of previ her recent jump in success as a whole.
ous releases for a more reserved, tim She has crossed the country, released
American tour comes after
id sound. Any anxiety was ill-placed. a critically lauded record, and sold
some prolonged apprehen-
The 45 minute set progressed like a out multiple venues in the process -
sion a to the direction of the band.
greatest hits compilation. Highlights standard accomjplishments for a band
Officially broken up since the This is
included the frenzied, percussive on the rise - yet her music still feels
Goodbye tour and the release of the
"Yoke" and the particularly screamy like a close, comfiding friend. It's this
much-lauded Colourmeinkindness
JPlan to be Surprised." Basement inter ection between newfound suc
in 2012, it seemed certain that the
made a smart choice to put what is cess and familiar, comforting presence
moody Ipswich natives would never
arguably their most well-known song, that caused me to tear up as Frankie
set foot on United States soil, and
~Covet,"t owards the end of the set, Cosmos (the alias of Greta Kline) ser
American fans were left to inferior alt
keeping energy high as what felt like enaded a devotional Portland crowd.
rock and infinite replays of the band's
the entire audience shouted the lyrics. Without being overly dramatic, I
two (fantastic) studio albums.
I also felt that Basement had some think it's fair to :·ay that seeing how far
It came as a shock, then, when
of the best-engineered sound I had Kline's project has come within the past
lead vocalist Andrew Fisher tweeted
heard at such a show in a very long few years has been staggering. When
a sin1ple "Hi." from the band's official
time. The sounds of each instrument she released Frankie Cosmos' debut
page in 2014. The time since then has
and the vocals worked together studio album "Zentropy" in 2014, wit
seen the release of the EP Further
instead of competing to be heard, and nessing the Ba111dcamp-bornm usician
Sl-1',t he full-length album Promise
Everything, and the unprecedented the band avoided the all-too-common sign to the increasingly trendy label
mistake of turning amps up loud Double Double Whammy was a shock
news of a North American tour. Cue
enough to cause distortion and harm in itself. Now, as she sell out venues
the collective orgasm of thousands of
impoverished fans. Even standing in the clarity of the sound. I was also across the country in support of her new
especially impressed with Andrew record "Next Thing," I've reached an
line outside the Analog Cafe last week.
I could hardly believe I was actually Fisher's ability to petform the entire other level of bo,th pride and disbelief.
et in a flannel shirt and hat - typical After solid sets from Double Dou
about to see them - I had long since
of the Analog and characteristically ble Whammy labelmates Yowler and
abandoned all hope.
reserved Portland mosh pits, the Eskinteaux (the latter of which played
However, following two
space near the stage must have been in Frankie Cosmos as well), Kline and
not-q1.1ite-noteworthyo pening acts,
90 degrees, and the evaporated sweat her three bandmates wasted no time
the dream came true. True to their
aloof reputation, Basement took in the air almost perfectly mimicked in launching into tracks off her newly
the stage with no sound check, no a fog machine. Basement concluded released LP. Tracks like "Fool," "ls It PHOTO COURTESYO F DOCUMENTI GTHIRTYDAYS
welcoming words from Fisher, only their show without an encore, meet Possible / Sleep Song," and "Sappho" screw up the moong for guitar, vo songs, crowd and band alike were
the unmistakable opening notes of and-greet, or even a thanks, which felt are among the melodically strongest cals, bass, keys and drums so badly. melting into pools on the beer-soaked
J m W u h s o le le ." Thi f s o p l- atte 'I m f 0 o 9 f D le t t i ti n n u g e t d h e in-line . with their history of · i - n - curious s th o e n i g r s so sh u e n d h a tr s a n r s e l l a e t a e s d e d p e t r h f u e s c tl f y a r i , n t a o n d a the T A h n e a l b o a g n ' d s s p c e o r r s c e h v i e n r g e d h e d a e t si a p n i d te b b l o ad th A in n to a lo t g h e f lo r o e r f , r e l s a h rg in e g ly P re o a r d tl y a n t d o s n p ig ri h n t t .
throughout the set, which worked return again? Time alone will tell, but live setting. Although the band's rela der issues (Kline pent much of the However, we all stayed, entranced
very well for the energy of the show, for any fan of the band, the genre, tively sintple sound sparks occasional time between songs talking about her by Frankie Cosmos' relatable woes,
creatinga euphoricm omentum or general good times, Basement criticism from those who can't stom soiled underwear) to deliver a rough figuring that even if the Analog did
throughout. Like many, I wasa ppre- deserves a spot high on the list of ach twee, it seems to be their greatest ly 20 song set. By the time they con have some type of air conditioning, her
bands to see. ally on tour. After -all, one can only cluded with several pre -"Next Thing" music would be melting us anyways.
Experimental noise pop band reimagines cult TV show soundtrack
Xiu Xiu's ''Plays the Music of Twin Peaks" proves that when it comes to art, things can always get weirder
in inter-dimensional-nightmare-dys
topia-future-hell. Since its release, the
album has garnered a 7.7 rating from
Pitchfork (the self-proclaimed "Most
Trusted Voice in Music") who noted
"not only do they capture the haunted
spirit of the show, they also provide
Xiu Xiu fans with one of their strongest
releases in while" - a sentiment which
I strongly echo.
Stewart himself has shared stories
of being obses ed with "Twin Peaks" as
a college student (when he went so far
as to physically destroy his VCR to re
trieve the final tape of the series, which
had become lodged in the machine and
would not play). Stewart also refers
to Badalamenti's score as an original
inspiration behind Xiu Xiu's sonic ide
ology: "The music of Twin Peaks is ev
erything that we aspire to as musicians
and is everything that we want to listen
to as music fans," Stewart told IndieW
ire. "It is romantic. It is terrifying. It is
beautiful. It is unnervingly sexual"
Darker, louder and freakier than
the original score, "Plays the Music of
Twin Peaks" is one ofXiu Xiu's most
listenable albums yet - without com
promising any of their weirdness. To
name just one example, Stewart--rcee>r;:ici~si~t•ii..--
Leland Palmer's psychotic break with
BY MOLLY KIEFER quite nuanced enough to "get" most whenever I want to think dark thoughts to say, whatever our intentions at the
an even more psychotic ~endition of
of the work ofXiu Xiu's frontman, while waiting for the Tri Met. start, after watching "Twin Peaks" our
My FIRST EXPOSURE to Xiu Jamie Stewart. For example, the track My introduction to Xiu Xiu hap lives were forever changed. the 1940s tune "Mairzy Doats." I would
highly recommend checking it out to
Xiu was back in 2013 when "Black Dick" from "Angel Guts: Red pened the same year that my roommate So naturally when I found out that
anyone jonesing for some new high
a high school ex mailed me Classroom," which features Stewart and I watched David Xiu Xiu was releasing
quality, high-intensity Twin Peaks con-
a very redemptive mixtape, which whisper-screaming the words "black Lynch's "Twin P1laks" "It is terrifying. an LP reimagining
track.Ii ted onic gems such as "The dick" repeatedly over stripped-down for the very first time. Angelo Badalamenti's tent to tide things over until the reboot
It is beautiful. next year - or just some fresh material
Leanover" by the Glasgow's now de drums, and boasts a music video that We'd heard the buzz award-winning score, I
to listen to when that YouTube playlist
funct art-rock cult sensation, Life With premiered on Porn Hub rather than around Lynch's surreal It is unnervingly lost my mind. The album,
of"heavy breathing interspersed with
out Buildings, "Dancepack" by Justin YouTube. However, my current and cult classic drama, and "Plays the Music of Twin
sexual." the sounds of glass smashing on the
Vernon's ethereal indie side-project, musically literate bae (who, unlike me, were looking for an ac Peaks," relea ed on April
driveway of your childhood home"
Volcano Choir, "Open" by the Canadi has been known to derive aesthetic tivity that could simul 16, has been surrounded
an-Danish gender bending R&Bd uo, pleasure from listening to recordings taneously drown out Jamie Stewart by media hype, because finally loses sparkle.
Rhye and - mo t notably - "I Luv The consisting only of prolonged scream the noise of the mice not only does everyone
Valley Oh!" by the avant-garde noise ing) assures me that Stewart and his scurrying through the [expletive removed]ing 10/10 would recommend as a tool to
outfit, Xiu Xiu. artistic accomplices are "musical ge walls of Pondo, aind provide a good ex love "Twin Peaks", but Xiu Xiu and sabotage your local frat party
I'll be the first one to admit that my niuses." Either way, the more accessi cuse to consume vast quantities of Fred David Lynch are a match made ip
experimental/lo-fl sensibilities are not ble Xiu Xiu tracks are definitely my jam Meyer brand-Swedish fish. Needless heaven. Or, more likely, a match made

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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
ARTS
12
The sounds of the ·summer
With the school year winding down and the heating turning up, we look at some choice summer songs
BY DREW MATLOVSKY of boundless adventure for those who reverb, and laid-back vocals. Neon
still can. It's a collection of feelings, Indian's "Deadbeat Summer" is pure
LET'S GO SURFIN' now/ Every thoughts, and moments, that define stJrfin's afari relaxation at its finest.
body's learning how/ Come on the sum mer, the ethos of those three
and safari with me. With three months too great to be described "Cha.makay" by Blood Orange
THEB EACHB OYS
lines and a couple of chords, the Beach with words. The ineffable beauty, and
Boys "Surfin Safari" would go on to sadness, the summer brings has been All good things must come to an
define the "sound" of summer. It didn't channeled into poetry, art, and more end. Dev Hynes, the man behind Blood
matter that the Beach Boys weren't the importantly for us, music. It's a rare Orange, knows this well. "Chamakay"
first to tinker with the rockabilly-blues talent, and a statue of true wit, for is the end of the summer, the peaceful
music they sold so well to white audi those who can distill this collection of feeling of watching the day end. His
ences. They had everything they need human expression into song. As we accompanying music video detailing
ed for the perfect summer song. "Surfin move forward, let's take a look at some a sunset, further adds to this sense of
Safari" was light and upbeat, detailing of the better sum mer songs, tho e conclusion. Hynes's is joined by Caro
California beaches and the ubiquitous that aren't necessarily ubiquitous with line Polachek, her and Dev sharing the
freedom that summer brings. It was a popularity. vocals, and the story told. Reas uring
sound that would capture a generation, each other of their relationship, and
and propel the Beach Boys to stardom. "The House That Heaven Built" the loneliness of being apart, unfolds
The Beach Boys had created the by Japandroids in "Chamakay", leading to the eventual
template for the "summer single," a end of the ong, and their relationship.
new idea record companie and A&R When they love you, and they will/ Dev and Caroline's story are certainly
execs hoped to cash in on and it didn't Tell 'em all they'll love in my shadow a stand in for the ubiquitous summer
take long for other artists to start fling, but the importance of "Cha
capitalizing on the Beach Boys' success. "House that Heaven Built" proves makay" lies in the production. Dev
Martha and the Vandals made motown you can accomplish greatness with very creates a lush atmosphere, the winding
magic with "Dancing in the Street" '64, little. A two man operation, Brian King down a day, as reverb and echo provide
Alice Cooper turned up the distortion turns up the distortion on his guitar, the basis for this calming sensibility.
for "School's Out Forever" '72 and in sticking to a few chords and David It's classic Prince, and as a saxophone
July of 1989, the Beastie Boys sampled Prowse slams the bass pedal on his enters the fray, it's a soulful end, a
their hearts out on "Hey Ladies." All of drum kit, creating a deadly combi reminder of time spent, and an end to
these tracks topped the charts; proof nation. It's a song that should not be something magical.
of the commercial benefits of distilling listened to, but screamed: belted from
nopoly on nostalgia. Penned by Jim Jim Steineman uses well, encapsulat
those three magical months into music. the rooftops, howled in front of speak "Mr. Tambourine Man" by Bob
Steinman, "Bat out of Hell" was the the ing the a summer days of his youth,
As we move closer to the present, ers and wailed from your car stereo. If Dylan
defining album of the 1970s, it's prog and the feeling, the painful feeling, of
the tradition continues. Katy Perry's the summer is the feeling of boundless
rock root and sweeping nine minute lost love.
"California Gurls" (2010) again refer energy, then "The House that Heaven "Mr. Tambourine Man", by
operas the epitome of Rock n' Roll
ences the summer sound of the Beach Built" is your mantra, your war song, singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, is the
grandeur. Oh, and how beautiful it was. "Deadbeat Summer" by Neon
Boys. The title is a letter away from your piece of music that encompasses crowning achievement of summer
There will hardly ever come an album Indian
a Beach Boys single and Katy Perry's these moments. "And if they try to songs. Hunter S. Thomp on dedicates
as audacious and grandiose as "Bat
repeated exclamations about California slow you down" King chants, "Tell em Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a
Out of Hell." It worked, and the lyrics Deadbeat Summer/ It's just a dead
beaches are certainly a call backs to the all to go to hell." It's a reaffirmation journey of Thom on finding himself
certainly helped too, detailing teenage beat summer ...
1960s musicians. that nothing, and no one, will be stand and searching for the American dream
lust. Stienman covers breakups, girl
From the Beach Boys to the Beastie in your way. A DIY-punk aesthetic, to this song, and it's of little surprise
friends, high school, and the summer. "Deadbeat Summer" by Alan
Boys, these musicians have produced and the notion that with youth comes why. Mr. Tambourine Man depicts a
The jingle-jangle of sleigh bells begins Palomo, better known as eon Indian,
music that is quintessentially summer. freedom, "House that Heaven Built" is journey, one in which the Dylan goes
the musical portion of"You Took The thelo-fi synth pop band from Texas, is
So what defines this "summer sound"? a celebration of both. It's a party song to discover himself, following the en
Words Right out of My Mouth," a able to wonderfully capture the sheer
It's certainly not something described in all of the right ways. As Nas would chanting sound of a tambourine player.
snippet from a ]playp receding it A laziness that the summer can encap
by labels or genres. It's music that previously state, "The world is yours," He continues to follow him, this siren
chorus of voices envelopes the song, sulate. This is not a song for those who
evokes a feeling. It's the feeling of dirt and if so, as Brian King bellows on the growing into Dylan's muse, his source
the ebb and flow of the choir surround enjoy hiking on the weekends, instead
and sweat from playing baseball in the last chorus, "Tell em all to go to hell." of inspiration. Often confused as a drug
ing Meatloaf's emphatic cries of a past this is for those who view the summer
park. It's thet.aste of a cold beer on trip, "Mr. Tambouring Man" a story of
summer love. His fascination with her, as three months of inactivity, a sheer
a hot summer day and it's the sense "You Took the Words Right Out fascination, of finding something you
"you took the words right out of my laissez faire attitude, where everything
of awe and wonder, seeing the stars of My Mouth" by Meatloaf are pas ionate about, and sticking to it.
mouth," and further regret, "I swear goes, and where the world does not ex
light up for the very first time. It's It's a story of exploration, of following
it's true I was just about to say I love tend far beyond the reach of the couch
the beautiful feeling of hope, that the On a hot summer night/ would you your heart's every desire, and leaving
you," form a mixed memory; the pain and or pizza box. It's a break from all
summer might just last forever, the offer your throat to the wolf with the the vapidity of the world for a day. It's
of losing her, and the joy of that hot the commitments of school, work and
days endless, and ripe with possibility. Red Roses? the ultimate adventure song, and the
summer night, when they first met. life, and a chance to relax, and escape
It's the wistful nostalgia for those who ultimate summer ong too, a reminder
Nostalgia is a powerful tool, and one into the sphere of video game synths,
are too old to enjoy it, and the feeling Meatloaf might just have a mo- that the summer can be a time to finds
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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
SPORTS 13
The seniors walk off i11to the spring sunset
Baseball and Softball's seniors reflect on their time with the Pioneers and their future plans
J
By PETER MELLING
THE CURTAIN has fallen on the
2016 season for Pioneer Baseball
and Softball. They played their
last series this past weekend, wrap
ping up long campaigns for both teams.
Following their final eries of games,
the seven Baseball and two Softball se
niors of the took time to reflect on their
memories of playing at LC, their future
plans, and what they hope to leave for
future Pios.
Pioneer Log: What is your fondest
memory from your years on LC
Baseball/Softball?
Aaron Landecker '16: My favorite mem
ory would be winning our fall inter
squad competitions four years in a row.
Blake HoweU '16: Nothing beats all the
road trips and the memories that were
created on those trips, but my favorite
baseball memory is beating Linfield this
year in game one of the series.
Bradley Lezak '16: Chris getting game
winning hit and Troop throwing com
plete game win on senior day would be
my favorite memories.
Carter Bagley '16: Winning our senior
PHOTOSC OURTESYO F LC PIONEERS,G RAPHICSB YP ETER MELLING
day game against Pacific Lutheran Uni
Tbe ensemble of the Baseball and Softball seniors, represented in the prime of their four year careers as Lewis & Clark Pioneers, honored in Topps-style card form.
versity. It was the most fun game of my
LC career and the way we competed as
team was a culmination of eve.rything
we had been working for over the last
believe you are. Physical Therapy as a PT aide. I will
four years.
BL: My favorite team is the Los Angeles CB: Believe in yourself, in coach, and be studying for the MCAT,w hich I will
BL: I hope to leave behind a tradition Dodgers, and Yasiel Puig is my favorite in the team. The pieces are in place to take in September.
Christian Macdonald '16: My fondest
of hard work and determination to suc player. be a great team, you just have to believe
memory from LC baseball was when we
ceed. in the process and compete your ass off CM: After graduation I plan to move
took a 24-hour bus drive to Tucson and
CB: My favorite !team is the Boston Red every day. Be sure to enjoy each and ev to Redondo Beach, California, where I
on the way back the bus broke down
CB: I hope to leave behind the culture Sox, and my favorite player is Brock ery moment because it's over in a blink. will be working at Northrop Grumman.
and we were stuck at a gas station in the
and level of competitiveness of LC Base Holt. I will also be planning to get married to
middle of Nevada for nearly 17 hours.
ball that we have worked hard to erect. CM: The advice I would give to future my fiance Katelyn.
We passed the time by playing a lot of
CM: My favorite, MLB team is the Mil LC baseball players would be to believe
wiffle ball.
CM: I hope to leave behind a strong cul waukee Brewers, and favorite player is in the great team that we are trying to HOP: I plan on moving back home to
ture of hard work, perseverance, deter Jonathon Lucroy. build here at LC. Arizona. I am also planning on attend
Hannah Dal Pra '16: I know it won't
mination, and brotherhood. ing a PA school next year.
be the the hits, the wins, and the ac
JT: My favorite player is Felix Hernan HOP: I know it sounds cheesy and ev
tual softball I will remember 10 years
HOP: I hope to leave behind a better dez. My favorite team would be the Se eryone says this, but enjoy every minute JT: I plant to keep working in Portland,
from now. But I know I will remember
and more cohesive team. Haley, Jill, attle Mariners, my hometown team. you have on the field. I'm going to miss hopefully remaining here at LC as an
my passion and love for the game. I
and I wanted to leave the program as it more than I can put into words. Admissions Counselor, or working with
will remember my teammates and the
seniors better than we found it when we PL: What advice would you give youth.
amazing friendships I've made. I will
joined as freshman. future LC Baseball/Softball play JT: Don't be satisfied with being best
remember the competitiveness, com
ers? team at LC in 20 years. Keep pushing PL: If you were to pick out a year
radery, and the energy that comes with
JT: I want to leave behind a group of one another to be better. book quote for yourself, what
the game. Those are my fondest memo
players with a belief in the program, AL: My advice would be: don't have any would itbe?
ries of LC Softball.
Coach Flynn, and one another. regrets. Leave it all on the field. PL: What are your post-grad
plans? AL: "You never know who's watching."
John Trupin '16: My favorite memory
PL: Who is your favorite MLB BH: Enjoy these times because it goes
would be getting the complete game
player/team? by faster than you think. Have no re AL: I hope to continue to be around the BH: "Why !':lot?"
win on senior day this year.
grets and do that by leaving everything game I love, by becoming a coach on
AL: My favorite baseball player is my on the field every time you take the some level. BL: "Do today what others won't so to
PL: What do you hope to leave be
brother Adam Landecker, who played field. Lastly, remember why you play morrow you can do what others can't."
hind?
in the Pittsburgh Pirates Organization the game because it is easy to get lost BH: I will be attending Law School next
for a few years. in the business side of baseball and lo e fall, but I have not decided on which CB: "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut
AL: I want to leave behind a culture of
the fun of the game. school yet. once in a while."
perseverance and hardwork.
BH: My favorite player is Hall of Farn
er Greg Maddux. My favorite team is BL: My piece olf advice is to enjoy the BL: Hopefully work at the NIH or CM: "My name is actually spelt with a
BH: I hope to leave behind a mentality
the Tijuana Taros, they're not an MLB process, not put: too much pressure on OHSU while I apply to medical school. 'little D.'"
of never giving up no matter what ob
team, but they are a great professional yourselves and to take it all in because it
stacle stands in your path on and off the
organization! doesn't last forever. CB: I will be working at Northlake JT: "Shoot your shot."
field and never settling for what others
PHOTOSC OURTESYO F LCP IONEERS
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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
14 SPORTS
Crew gears for their great race
lip
UPCOMING
EVENTS Excitement builds as Crew preps for Northwest Conference Championships
HOME Finally, the JV four, a boat made up
of athletes who were brand new to the
sport in the beginning of the year, de
Track & Field
feated PLU in the first race and UPS in
the second, with times of 8:26 and 8:34,
respectively. They might be novices in
NWC Championship
title, but they certainly don't look like it.
Eldon Fix Track "They've been killing it," said LaVigne.
Friday, Apr. 22 After a full week of hard training, the
Pios are now tapering in preparation for
(Throws & Trials)
the Northwest Conference Champion
Saturday, Apr. 23 ships. The Pio "are gunning for PLU
(Main Events) pretty heavily. ..a nd have a chance of
getting it." LaVigne expressed her ex
9:3oa.m.
citement for a chance to overtake PLU
1oa.m. in the regatta, which will also feature
UPS, Willamette Unversity, and Pacific
University.
Women's Tennis The excitement for the Pios goes fur
ther than just Northwest domination.
The weekend after the Northwest Con
LC vs. Whitworth
ference Championships, the Pios will
NWC Semifinals compete at the Western Jntercollegiate
• LC Tennis Dome Rowing A$sociation Championship
(WIRA) for a shot at making the CAA
Saturday,Apr.23
ational Championships. It certainly i
1oa.m. an exciting team to be involved with the
women's rowing team, and if you're not
a fan yet, it's time to hop on board.
NWCFinals On the men's side, the Pios are find
TBA ing success a well. Stacked up against
some tough Northwest competition, the
KAIW ARD/PIONEERL OG Pios placed second in the varsity eight
"ROAD behind PLU, with a time of 6:32. The
The women's varsity eight gets ready to row their race at the Charlie Brown Regatta during the fall half of their season. varsity four finished six second behind
UPS, clocking in at 7:07, and the second
Men's Tennis
varsity four finished at 7:56, again be
hind the Loggers. The JV four took sec
ByTIMCABLE ready for action with this weekend's more fire," said LaVigne. The Pios rode ond to UPS with a time 8:11, and the JV
LC@ Pacific (Ore.) Northwest Conference Championships. their hot start to finish a full boat length eight placed behind UPS with a time of
NWCS emifinals EN YOU'VE ranked in the The Pios competed at American ahead of the University of Puget Sound. 7:04. The men's novice four took second
op 15 nationally, second in Lake two weekends ago, and the wom They finished with a time of 6:53, de behind Puget Sound, finishing at 7:42.
Walla Walla, WA
the Northwest, and beat your en's varsity stacked up well against feating UPS for the first time in recent After eight months of training,
Saturday,Apr.23 longtime rivals for the first tim~ in re some excellent competition. First up memory. countless hours of hard work and sweat,
2p.m. cent memory, you have every right to be was Pacific Lutheran University, who The Pios are a strong crew up and the Pios seem poised to take advantage
excited, and deserve some appreciation just edged out the Pios. "It was a good down the roster, part of the reason they of the opportunity they have waited on
and attention. The Lewis & Clark wom fight, but we lost it in the sprint at the are finding so much success. The second for so long. These next few weeks might
en' rowing team is in the midst of one end," said Ryan La igne '1 . he Pios varsity boat stayed competitive with be filled with prepping for finals and fin
TBA of the best seasons seen on Palatine Hill finished with a time of 6:58. PLU, posting a time of 7=23i n their first ishing up papers for most of us, but the
in a long time. A strong couple of previ The second race offered a shot at race. In 2V second race, the Pios beat crew teams will be taking full advantage
ous regattas, a weekend off, and another redemption, and the Pios were ready UPS's 3V team but fell short against the of the opportunities to show what they
Golf great week of practice have the Pioneers for it. "We came off the start with a lot UPS 2V, finishing with a time of 7=23. can do. It's an exciting time, indeed!
NWCC hampionship
Saturday,Apr2.3 Tennis seniors leave it all on the clay court
Sunday,A pr.2 4
SunriverO, R
The seniors refiect on the four years they have spent on the Pioneer Tennis team
CrosswateGr C
1oa.m.
legendary blown-up picture of my face
in the dome.
Rowing
KR: I really want to leave behind a pro
NWCC hampionship gram that's in better shape than it was
when I came in.
Saturday,Apr.23
VancouverLake,WA PL: What i your favorite tennis
1oa.m. racket?
AG: My favorite tennis racket is the
WIRAC hampionships Babolat Pure Drive.
Saturday,A pr.3 0
KR:I 'll take anything that keeps the ball
Sunday, May 1 in the court.
Lake Natoma, Calif.
PL: What advice would you give
1oa.m.
current and future LC Tennis
players?
Track & Field
AG: Have fun playing tennis, get to
(Post-NWC Events) know your teammates and the rest will
fall into place.
OSU High Performance
KR: My advice would be to have a short
Friday, Apr. 29 PHOTOSC OURTESYO F LC PIONEERS term memory on the court. That's al
Oregon State UD iversity ways been important for us.
(Left): Aurora Garrison '16 gets ready to smack the ball ovE!rt he net against her opponent during the sea on. (Right): Kevin -
4p.m. Ross '16 sizes up his opponent's serve in his legendary comeback against Whitman this season. PL: What are your post-gra
plans?
Oregon Twilight
By PETER MELLING team tournament. Pioneer Log: What is your fondest AG: I'm going to .Germany for the sum
Friday, May 6 The men's team had a similar break memory from LC Tennis? mer, and then possibly grad school. I
University of Oregon H THE semester wind through season, going 10-2 in the noto have to decide by May.
5p.m. g down, both the men's riously-tough TWC,e arning third place Aurora Garrison '16: It would probably
nd women's Tennis teams in the conference and the three- eed in be having dinner at Kevin Ross' house KR:I 'll hopefully be doing something in
wrapped up historic regular seasons. the NWC playoffs (#30 in the ITA's na this last Spring Break. a city.
Linfield Open The women Pioneers finished 12-0 tional rankings and #6 in the regional
in the Northwest Conference (#18 in rankings). Their playoffs will be hosted Kevin Ross '16: My favorite memory is PL: If you were to choose your
Saturday, May 7
the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's at Whitman College. beating Whitman for the the first time own yearbook quote, what would
McMinnvillie, OR national rankings and #3 in the regional Following the end of these mo in over nine years. itbe?
3p.m. rankings), which is the best record the mentous regular eason and extended
team bas achieved since their streak of playoff prep, two of the eniors took PL: What do you hope to leave be AG: "Don't cry becau e it's over, smil
nine straight Women' Conference of the time to reflect and write about their hind? because it happened."
Independent Colleges Championship memories of playing at LC, their future
from 1971-9.T hey'll host the NWC play plans, and what they hope to leave for AG: I hope to leave behind a doubled KR: "If wishes were fishes we'd all
offs as the one-seed team in the four- future Pios. budget! Also, I'd like to leave behind the swim."

FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
SPORTS
15
Teeing off on the last leg of the
NORTHWEST
NWC championship tournament CONFERENCE
PIAYOFF
LEADERBORAD
Golf gets ready to wrap up their 2015-16 season at the Crosswater Golf Course
By PETER MELLING MEN'S
NOW THAT THE spring is in full
swing, the men's and women's Whitworth -15
golf teams are getting ready to Willamette - 15
close out their season at the orthwest
Conference Championship in Sunri
Pacific Lutheran -12
ver, Oregon. Both squads will look to George Fox -9.5
close out the season high on the leader
Linfield -7. 5
boards, as the men's team is in seventh
place with five points, and the women's Puget Sound -6
team is in fourth place with 11 points. Lewis & Clark -5
This will be the end of a long journey
Wbitman-2
that has taken Golf both the fall and
spring seasons to complete. Pacific (Ore.) -o
The Golf Pioneers will be entering
the NWC Championship on a bit of a
WOMEN'S
hot streak. At the Willamette Spring
Thaw on April 16 and 17, the women
finished in first place with 308 points
George Fox - 15
(20 over par) and the men netted fifth
place with 319 points (64 over par). Five Whitman-14
members of the women's squad (first Whitworth - 12
place Annie Mccutchan '19, tied for
Lewis & Clark - 11
third place Claire Burke '17 and Mady
Rhodenbaugh '19 and tied for eighth Pacific Lutheran -8
place Jane Almeida '19 and Sofia Vigil Linfield-6
'17) finished in the top 10 of the tour
Pacific (Ore.) -4
nament. The men al o had a top 10 fin
PHOTOC OURTESYO F LC PIONEERS
i her, with Desmond Maisel '16 netting Puget Sound -2
eighth place. Drew Groshong '17 swings his sand wedge club to drive th.e golf ball out of a pesky sand trap earlier in the season.
Willamette -o
It will be of the utmo t importance
for both teams to capitalize on their
Spring Thaw succe ses at the NWC LC IN THE CHASE
Championship. The NWC determines who are set to join the a great core group • place at the University of Puget Sound talented rookies and the maturation of
the champion by combining point to- of golfers. This upcoing season is going Logger Invitattional and tied with Jacob the veteran athletes. The NWC Champi
- tals from three events spread through to be competitive and fun to watch," Bell '19 for third place at the Pioneer In onship starts on April 23 at Crosswater . FALLC LASSIC
out the fall and spring sea ons (the Fall said Head Coach Dave Andrews, in an vitational). Golf Course in Sunriver, Oregon and Men's-2
Classic, the Spring Clas ic and the NWC interview with LCPioneers.com at the The NWC Championship will also continues on April 24.
Championship). Throughout the first start of the sea on. The team has cer be a transitional event for Golf. It will Should they qualify, athletes will Women's-5
two event , the women's team trails tainly been fun to watch, given the solid be the first championship tournament have the option of going to the NCAA
conference-leading George Fox Univer performances from both rookies, like for the rookies on both teams (three Division III Championships, with the
SPRINGC LASSIC
sity by four points. The men's team has Rhodenbaugh (who has consistently men and six women), and it will be the women going to Bay Oaks Country
a omewhat more arduous task, as they fini h in n ti a £ ur i lu • , T a m n en' -3
trail first place Whitworth University by received the NWC Athlete of the Week men's squad. This championship meet traveling to Midvale Country Club and Women's-6
10 points. on March 1) and veterans, like Drew will repre ent: the start of a new era for Mendon Golf Course in Rochester, New
"We have a strong recruiting cla , Groshong '17 (who finished in fourth Pioneer golf, one spearheaded by these York.
Sailing towards soine rough coinpetition at
CHAMPIONSHIP
SCHEDULE
Eldon Fix Track in the season's final event
FRIDAY -APR. 2~
Track & Field hosts the Northwest Conference Championship ·this weekend
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
By ABE FIELD Hammer
Javelin
pJ THE TRACK & Field team
prepares for the Northwest Con
erence Championship meet this 2-4:4op.m.
Friday and Saturday, they are all look
Long Jump
ing back on a rewarding, successful
season together. As one of the largest High Jump
teams at Lewis & Clark, Track & Field Hurdles
is also one of the most successful, with
SC Finals
many of their athletes taking part in
this final event.
Many of the athletes on all of the
4:30 -8:35 p.m.
team's specialization groups have set
personal bests in their events this sea- Trials
on, and they continue to outperform
themselves every week. Not only are the
SAnJR.DAY -APR. 23
Pioneers breaking their own records,
they are also competing well against
other schools. Last week at George Fox 10:30 a.m. -1 p.m.
University, Frances Swanson '17 placed
Shot Put
first in the steeplechase with a time of
12:03:12, beating her opponents by 47 Discus
seconds. Kori Groenveld '18 finished
Pole Vault
second in the 5,000 meter race with a
time of 18:26:69, only five seconds out Triple Jump
of first place.
"The best race of my season was the
Linfield Invitational, I won the steeple 12 - 12:20 p.m.
chase and I got a personal record by 15 PHOTOSC OURTESYO F LC PIONEERS 400MRelays
seconds. This race was against Division (Left): Jeanie Mullins '16 leaps forward in the longjumJp. (Right): Kori Groenveld '18 launches herself above a hurdle. 1500MRuns
I and Division II schools. That was also
12 seconds off of the school record for
the steeplechase and that's the record 12:35 - 2:40 p.m.
I'm going for now," said Groenveld. from the school record. lot of great team environment. We're at 9:30 a.m. with throwing events and Hurdles
Groenveld spoke about her expecta "I'm going to try my hardest to get tough competitors, but we also have a goes until 8:35 p.m. for qualifying tri
tions for the upcoming races. She will this record. It's definitely in reach be lot of fun:" als. Saturday will be the main day for Dashes
be the only athlete in the race to take fore I graduate," Groenveld said. Groenveld is not the only Pio to cede the Championship meet, starting at Runs
part in two events; the steeplechase, "I want to run the hardest and most high in the NWC Championship. Blake 10:30 a.m. with throwing and jumping
and the 10,000 meter race, where she fun races as much as possible. I also Slattengren '18 is ceded third in the 5K events and goes until 3:30 p.m., when
/ is ceded second. After placing first in qualified for the 5k race but that would and second in the 10K race, Jeff Mullins the award ceremony starts. This will be 2:55-3p.m. ...
the steeplechase at the Linfield Invita mean racing 11m iles in 24 hours on the '18 will race in the 1500 meter dash and the last track meet of the season, so it 16ooM Relays
tional, Groenveld got a personal record track and I am not going to do that," Frances Swanson is ceded third in the is a great opportunity for students to
time by 15 seconds, a ti('1e of 11:36.T hat Groenveld said, with a laugh. "We have 1500 meter dash. come out and support our Track & Field
time, she tells me, is 12 seconds away a great team environment this year; a The Championship meet will begin team.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
"The backdoor is proudly sponsored by College Republicans; republioans@lclark.edu
Student keeps up with all the clubs she
signed up for at Pio Fair last September
By LESLIE MUIR the heck." "It's an OK class load. I'm fine. powdered Adderall pills. percent increase in attendance
Break is, in addition to the Everything's fine. It's fine." Break "She's collapsed only once from at every meeting since she
STUDENT has managed to clubs and sleep study, currently said as she poiured half a Redbull exhaustion," said nurse Jackie of joined.
keep up with every club she taking Historical Materials, Organic can into the coffee and stirred in two Health and Student Services. "We Break has stayed active in the
igned up for during last Chemistry, thesis and a studio art recommended to her that she slow Penultimate Frisbee Team, the
term's Pio Fair, the Pioneer Log class on the side for fun. down and come in for some check Women's Footsieball Team and
has learned. Anita Break '17 has "I accidentally walked into a thesis ups, but then she started showing the competitive unicycling team,
a_ttended 26 weeks of club meetings, meeting for the chemistry up every week at the same time and all despite the seasons ending and
becoming the first student since 1947 department, and I figured taking notes. After about a practices ceasing four months ago.
to accomplish this feat. I should go ahead y -~-- month she started bringing Break has also been a big part of
"They kept asking me if I wanted and get started," ' snacks and facilitating political groups on campu since the
to join and they all just seemed so discussions on Pio Fair, keeping many of them alive
nice. I kept getting emails from all ~~e ju~~o~e!:id, ~ Wednesdays." as the ole member after everyone
of these clubs and I could have just sips from r _, ,"' Other institutions el e topped attending in October.
asked to be taken off the listservs, a Nalgene across campus have Women for Trump, Hip Youths for
V
but I felt bad about turning them full of Bon praised Break's Hillary and the Official Bernie is Bae
down," Break said. She has politely Coffee. punctual Fan Club have all disbanded, but
continued to attend the meetings and attendance, Break continues to host gatherings
events of 63 clubs throughout the as ASLC has in case anyone ever wanted to attend.
school year, with at least 12 meetings reported Pio Log ources say she joined
- a day in the evenings, during meals a so the Barry Gia ner Club too, which
and through close-captioned Skype turned out to be a giant game of hide
calls in class. and seek played across campus while
The work and practice required the person who is "it" sits quietly
for all of these organizations has left behind a portable closed office door.
Break with little time for homework As for the summer, Break says
or leep, although even her lack of she's excited to have some time off.
sleep is an extracurricular. "I'll probably just sit around and
"A guy at one booth a ked me if I like read, and probab,ly write a little,
wanted to take part in his sleep study and like, take some me time. Like
through the Psychology Department, starting that blog I wanted to do and
which requires that I get three hours working part-time, maybe full-time
a sleep a night while jungle noises and joining the softball team and
and My Chemical Romance play at babysitting and joining a book club
full volume. I already had a lot on my and cooking, and painting the house
plate but, well, the guy just made so and volunteering at the shelter and
much eye-contact and, well, I don't starting my reading for next term so
get that much sleep anyway, and that I can just relax, you know?"
MCR is a solid band so I figured what.
.... 1 ki•f~r
LC to secede all college territory from
Multnomah county, join the state of California
By DREW MATLOVSKY their state for a more accommodating unfortunately unable to show up to
atmosphere for all of our Emilys. • the meeting."
,, FUCK IT," said Barry LC, which is currently located in The Pioneer Log reached out to
Glassner, "Everyone's Multnomah County, is hoping to find various students on campus to see
already from the Bay Area a district in California to join. "We're how they would[f eel about potentially
anyway". trying to be included in San Francisco changing state affiliation.
Working with the California county lines,• President Barry "I don't really think it's going to be
Governor's Office, and local Oregon Glassner said. "But like most students any different" said Emma Gladstone
state and county officials, Lewis & on our campus, we could settle for '17 from Pleasanton, located in the
Clark College has officially petitioned Richmond or Freemont, and just tell Baaeee Area. ~It will probably feel
for the campus to be included within everyone we're from the Bae Area. It's Like I'm back at home, with a bunch
the Golden State's borders. not like they know the region right?" of stuck-up rich Californian kids who
"Honestly, I don't see why we Mr. Glassner further said, "As long think they're special, just with no In
hadn't done this sooner," said Anna as we don't get placed in Stockton or and-Out."
Gonzalez, Dean of students. "With the Sacramento, we should be good." Emily Welliington '19 was quick
hot spring days recently, the campus to point out of some of the positive
=
has already turned into an L.A. -style "Last year we accepted factors of a potential change. "If we california
liberal arts paradise.• Gonzalez also changed states to California, students • = oregon
added that the extensive presence of 2,214 thousand students won't feel like hypocrites when they
flower crowns, acoustic guitars and named Emily who came complain about gentrification after
Coachella hype on campus were all moving to Portland. We'd all be
from Palo Alto and
considered "positive factors" for LC's moving within state!"
decision to secede from Oregon and were either Biology or While state officials mull over
join the sunshine state. a potential exclusion of LC College
Psychology majors."
Citing a disproportionate number from the state: borders of Oregon,
of students hailing from a small prospective students are weighing in
region in California known as the on this news. The Pioneer Log spoke
"Bay Area,• the LC Admission Office Erica Johnson with several prospective students
hopes changing states will make new who recently toured the college. "I
students feel more welcome. don't think I'll go here if they join
"Last year we accepted 2,214 Administrators at LC have reached California," said Emily Macfarlane,
students named Emily who came from out to Oregon students in an effort a potential bio>logym ajor from San
Palo Alto and were either Biology to bridge any issues that might arise Rafael. "I wanna go to Lewis & Clark
or Psychology majors.• said Erica during this transition process. "We because it's in Portland, which is a
Johnson, Director of Admission. value our non-Californian students' radically different environment than
"With the majority of our students opinions," said Gonzalez. "However, San Francisco. Like, They don't even
from California, it makes sense to join she had a prior commitment and was have cable cars here."
*The Bockdoor is a work of humor and fiction