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Volume 88, Issue 2

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2017-02-24

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Vol. 88 No.2 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017 www.piolog.com
Civil Disobedience Workshop holds second session, LC Hosts
professors discuss philosophy of organizing dissent Listening
Forum
By ALIX SOLIMAN
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N FEB. 16, the Lewis & Clark Tbe Ethnic Studies Department look back to previous movements that forward in Trump's America? The
Civil Disobedience Workshop stated that this workshop is "a re employed civil disobedience as well as workshop takes place every Thursday
had its econd e sion, "Phi sponse to the danger our country and look forward as we develop new tactics in Miller from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
losophy and Civil Disobedience." Tbe the world faces in the wake of Donald that respond to our reality.n until April 27. By ALIX SOLIMAN
event was facilitated by Associate Pro Trump's unconstitutional and illegal In effect, the facilitators aspire to The session began 'in a lecture for- O
fe s or of Philosophy and Department actions as president. ln order to effec address the question stirring in th.e mat with Odenbaugh and Martinez ex N THURSDAYa nd Saturday,
Chair Jay Odenbaugh, Director of the tively oppose Trump's agenda, we will liberal social sphere: How do we move plaining the philosophical and ethical the Committee on Diversity
Symbolic and Quantitative Re- ::----~ theories for thinking about . and lnclusion, The Office of
ource Center (SQRC)a nd Lead civil disobedience, activism, the Provost, the Campus Activities
er of Portland Tenants United beliefs and motivation for Board (CAB), the Office of Inclusion
(PTU) Margot Black and Associ action. Black followed by giv and Multicultural Engagement (IME)
ate Professor of Philo ophy Joel ing concrete, local examples and the law school diversity commit
Martinez. of direct action and civil dis tee co-sponsored a listening forum
The workshop as a whole is obedience she has worked to led by facilitator Lee Mun Wah and
facilitated by profes ors of their organize with PTU. John Lens en of StirFry Seminars &
own volition and open to stu Martinez said at the be Consulting.
dents as well as the public to ginning of the session, "most . A spread of wraps, potato chips and
participate. Approximately 40 theorists about civil disobe cookies was provided from 11:00 a.m.
people attended the ession on dience don't think you have to 12:00 p.m., and the forum ran from
Thur day. a general overriding duty to 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. On Thursday,
"This is voluntary, and it's obey the law. Most think you it was held in the Agnes Flanagan
because everybody cares about have pro tanto duty; it can be Chapel and on Saturday it was held in
providing not just resources for overridden. The reason for the Legal Research Center on the law
each other, but mutual support," this is that morality and law campus.
said Martinez. come apart.fl Attendees were given the tools to
"I think the fact that profes Despite the workshop's learn how to conduct mindful inter
sors are willing to donate their propo ed framework in ventions, practice mindful listening
time to share their expertise which tlie leaders "employ a and responding, open up or clo e
about such a pertinent issue and Freyrian pedagogy that seeks down conversations, respond empa
that students are willing to listen to empower all participants thetically, re-frame perceptions and
and partake in the discussion in the class, rather than a build community.
shows that the LC community teacher-centered model that Dean of Diversity and lnclusion
truly values learning not just as MORGANF RIES/PIONEERL OG assumes the teacher has all Janet Steverson said, "I was disap
a way to effect social change, but Faculty, staff, students, and members of the wider Portland community listen as Professors the answers," there was min- pointed that the Saturday facilitator
also as an intrinsic good,n said Jay Odenbaugh and Joel Martinez consider the gap between morality and law. focused primarily on challenges re
all Goldman '20. .. Workshop·• continued page 2 latin to race ethnicity and ender
rather than the pectrum of diversity
LC proposes new transportation options, which encompasses sexual orienta
tion, gender identity, ability and reli
gion, among other characteristics."
Lee, the facilitator on Saturday,
the future of the Pioneer Express in question
sees himself as a jack-of-all-trades. He
is a Chinese American diversity train
er, filmmaker, poet, author, educator
By SHANI BERENHOIZ and therapist. Throughout the event,
he made known his di taste for im
H THE NEW Sellwood or some commute from Sellwood," lions for campus, but the talks haven't the lack of interest in the park-and personal panel discu sions conducted
ridge now open to bu es, Adam Fractor '17, ASLC President really gone that far, especially with ride shuttle. by only a few speakers and attended
e Lewis & Clark commu said. "So we know that there's inter what happened last year there were "It saves money and I can read on by multitudes of passive listeners. He
nity expressed interest in creating a ests in Southeast. The past two ASLC more pressing issues on campus. So it on my way to work," Gadberry said. prefers all participants to be active.
commuter shuttle from campus to Presidents have talked about trying we're readdressing this because park "It's been very underwhelming and we
Sellwood. Prior to Spring 2009, to bring a shuttle to ing is a big problem on campus." don't know why. We think it's a great "70 percent of white
there wa a Sellwood shuttle- Southeast and There are 1,300 parking spaces on deal but the interest is just not there. people don't have a
buses were banned from the ~y expanding the campus, making it difficult for com It's sad. We thought it was going to be
person of color as a
bridge during the 2009 Sell transporta muters to find parking spots. The a big success. We thought we would
wood bridge replacement tion op- park-and-ride shuttle was created have to tum people away." good friend"
project. by Transportation and Park In response to ASLC's proposal,
On Feb. 1, cabinet mem ing as a solution to the Transportation and Parking is willing Lee Mun Wah
ber from the Associated parking problem; how to start a discussion with the Trans
Students of Lewis & Clark ever, the park-and-ride portation and Parking Advisory Com The activities he conducted were inti
(ASLC) met with officials lot in Hillsdale has mittee (TPAC)-a committee includ mate. The faculty, staff and students
from Transportation and been unsuccessful ing faculty, staff and students from in attendance were told to partner
Parking to talk about the with just 10 out of the three schools. Currently, TPAC up with someone 'different' than
possibility of expanding the the 100 spots be doesn't have any plans in the works them who they did not already know.
Pioneer Express (Pio) to ing used by faculty for a Sellwood shuttle. However, park For the remainder of the forum, this
Southeast Portland. Sena and staff. ing and transportation issues are go would be the person that they would
tors from ASLC proposed Ian Gadberry, ing to be discussed during upcoming speak and listen to.
that instead of having a Events Prepara meetings this week, Feb. 20-27. If stu "I think when people see how beau
park-and-ride shuttle in tion and Trans dents feel strongly about these issues tiful a connection they can make today
Hillsdale, the money for portation Co they are welcomed to participate in is, they realize that at any given mo
that route could be better ordinator and TPAC meetings. ment, they can make community, n Lee
spent on a shuttle to Sell. a park-and "We were discussing options that said. "At any given moment, we can
wood. ride shut- were thrown out there with ASLC," get to know someone different than
"A lot of Lewis & Clark tle user Marilyn Sbardellati, LC Parking and us. All we have to do is get up. All we
students at this point know him - Transportation Program Manager have to do is turn around."
that Southeast is a growing self, is said. "One of them was having a uni Lee said, "70 percent of white peo
new neighborhood and a disap versal pass where instead of having ple don't have a person of color as a
Jot of students like to go to point-
Sellwood on the weekends ed with "Transportation" conri1111epda ge 3 "listening Forums" comi1111epda ge 2·
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Campus Sex Crimes General Education Phishing Attacks Father's "Hands" Baseball Prevails
Several differing avenues for survivors to report Subcommittee of General F.ducation shares its Pbisbiog threatens cyber security, baits students Brendan Nagle tackles "Hands,· the new single by The baseball team came out swinging to win their
sexc rimes creates misleading statistics initiati\•e for general education reform and catches sensitive information Awful Records figurehead Father. series against crosstown rivals George Fox over
the weekend.
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FRIDAY,F EBRUARY2 4, 2017
NEWS
2
Workshop facilitators Listening Forum promotes skills
for better communication
provide exrunples of
effective protests
011ri11uedfropma ge I
pass, resist arrest, contempt court and
imal group discu ion during the phi verbally hara landlords. However,
losophy ion on Thur day due to they will not engage in physical alterca
time con traints. tions or destroy property.
"I feel like there should be more in "It's till the beginning of the work-
teraction. The presenters did a lot of the hop, but I feel like it went well today.
talking, but we should find out who' I feel like what Margot talked about
here, wh they're here, so they can be and what Jay and I talked about reall
interacting with the pr enters in a way fit together in a lot of ways - Portland
that they·re getting something out of Tenan nited has really thought out
it," said Martinez. "Tl's great that tbi is , hat they're doing, and that wa our
organized, but we're kind of working it m ge," aid Martinez. "We need to
out a we go along." plan out what we're doing, not just in
"1 wi h we had more conversation, in the sen e of who's going to do what, but
a n , a lot more di cu ion with peo why we're doing what, e·re doing."
ple who were in th.e room, other than "I think that [the session] was in
PHOTOB YP HILLIPPEM ATTHEWS
m elf or Joel or Margaret," Oden sightful, and I think the balance be
Diversity Train r Lee Mun Wah speaks out about building community by overcoming prejudice and Ii teaing actively.
baugh said. "But I thought good i ues tween the philosophical grounding and
were raised and interesting question why we do these things and how we ju - Co,11irwefdr om pa e I Participants began to open up more of the best cro -cultural communica
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the attendees; some avoided eye contact potentially dangerous people simply by better equipped to, and will engage in,
SOC coordinator or fidgeted with their clothing. asking them questions that he refers productive conversations across these
"We did a partner listening exercise, it to as "The Art of Mindful lnquiry" and differences." Steverson also hopes
was with someone I've never met before, trying to understand that person's feel that the community members who at
which was kind of scary but really cool. ings. tended will pass on what they learned
preparesf or club It felt like we were really able to listen to Some of these questions include from the seminar to their peers.
each other," said Maya Litauer Chan '19. ~What hurt or angered you about what Relating his seminar to the current
•A lot of these skills are really useful in happened?" and "How does it affect sociopolitical climate in the U.S. to
alkx:atWns cla es, but also in clubs, and even just you now?" Lee and his associates at day, Lee said, "Perhaps the greatest
talking with your friends and people that tir •ry minar and nsulting be- question for this country is: do we
you have relationships with. It' a good lieve that asking the right questions want to hear the truth? And if we do
thing." and truly listening to a person with a look at the truth ... what are we willing
In following activities, partners took different (and perhaps contrary) worl to change?"
SBy JONAH SVIHUS turns being the listener and the speak dview are the best ways to build bridg ~When I'm di couraged, not feel
TUDENT Organizations Com specific and constrained to two events er, telling the more profound details of es between people and frameworks ing hopeful for us, wondering 'oh my
mittee (SOC) Coordinator Alden in the year, which are appeals and al their life and answering questions such of thought. Lee noted how "anger is a God, what's it going to take,'" Lee said
Chatfield '18 recently created locations," Chatfield said. "Beyond that as "what do people miss when they see result of unrecognized hurt," implying he recalls what a woman said to him
change within the allocation process point, I am largely an advisor for other you?" and "how do you feel about the that if we as a society can work towards at the Women's march to give him
to make ure clubs have access to ade members of the ASLC Cabinet in re way people treat you?" Some partici understanding the pain people feel, the hope; "They came to bury us, but they
quate funding in a timely manner. gards to clubs. l work very clo ely with pants shared tears with their partner - a violence will decline. forgot that we were seeds.•
StirFry is celebrated for having one
SOC is the governing body responsi Mari sa Valdez ['18], our treasurer, and complete stranger up until thi event.
ble for di tributing funds obtained from the Director of Student Activities Jason ADVERTISEMENT
the student body fee to all student or Feiner."
ganizations on campus. Under the lead The biggest change Chatfield made to
ership of former SOC Coordinator Piper SOC involved shifting the due date for
Riley '16, SOC allocated over 750,000 allocation application to earlier in the
to over 100 organizations. Under Ri spring semester.
ley' tutelage, Chatfield gained valuable "Previously, applications were due
in ight and understanding of the alloca after pring break in April," Chatfield
tion proc said. • Application are now due March
Chatfield held tenure on a subcom 24, , hich is the Friday before spring
mittee designated to rewrite and update break."
the bylaws within SOC, allowing him to Chatfield expres ed concern over ........... .................... ..........
maximize efficiency and productivity club leaders procrastinating on their ..... :•. . .::!!!I!!::::::.!:::... ..... .
within the organization. applications. "Some club leaders may ·-;. ::::-:. . :,: :;;:;:::5:·::::m:m::-;: .•
OC A C s o h o e r d w in a a s to t r e p in p i F n a g l l i 2 n 0 t 1 o 6 , h i C s h r a o t l f e ie a l s d c o h ff o o b s e e c a t u o s ' e p u t t h e [t y h e a r a e p p b l u ic a y t i a o n n d p w ro r c i e ti s n s g ] .: : : • · . : 1 : · . . · ·s ·i . m· : - - ·: ;- : . i· . . i . ·.; : ·.i : i . : .i . : .i : . : i. : . i. : i . : .a : . . : i . : .i_ : . .m : . u ._ . : .i = . .i_ : . f : . i : i = .. i ,.. : i . : . i .. : f _ ._ f ._ i . i _. m . . .. : . .s . . ...
c fe a l t t e d co s n y f s i t d e e m n t o i f n c l m ub a n a a p g p i e n a g l s t . h e compli a in b t u h d e g e w t o i r s l d n . o t O t u h r e p m ro o c s t ex n c e it e i ng i t t h a i t n e g · ..· ... = - ....i ·. i .. · i . i .. ·. i..· n .- .. . . ...- : ... .· . ... .· J ...· i .. - i -..i .. ·. i... i ·. i...· i ..i..· i ...i -. i..·.i ... i · .. i .· i . i .- i ..i .· m ...-.. i ·.ii .i . ,.. . . . 1.f.... ..
"What I did, which is different than a required review ession SOC before ·::=::::====· ·:::::- =:· ·::::. :
what bad happened in previous years, [a club] can submit [their] application." OVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 0. . . ..... ... . . ... . . . . . ....... . .. u . .0... . . . . . . . .... .... . . . s
was encourage club who were on the By having the applications due before .. _
C fe o n m ce m a i b t o te u e t a a p n p d e a g ls e t t o a g o g t r o a n th t e t F h i r n o a u n g c h e s b p e . r b in e g tt b e r r e a p k r , e p C a h r a e t d f ie a ld n d h o o p r e g s a n cl i u ze b d s w fo il r l ·5 . i.. i. . .i .. . m... ._ ... . & _ .. ._ . ._ i.! _. ..i _. . i. . .. . .. . .. ... . . m . i~ . i .. i .. i ~ . ii . r . . . . , ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . .:. . . · . .. .. ..· . . .. . . . . .·. ..
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them," Chatfield said. This allowed OC their meeting with SO . The earlier ap •==== ....
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greater flexibility in distributing money plication due date does not conflict with ::..-•:::::· -..
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during the allocations proc finals or theses presentation . This is ..
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After club appeals were over, Chat something Chatfield made sure to con-
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field entered an advisory role on cabi ider, as his cabinet i made up almost
net. entirely of seniors.
Coordinator, my role is pretty Chatfield stressed the importance Accepting Applications For:
of communication and cooperation be
Spring 2018 Progrom::. ond Year in Munich
tween tudent organizations and OC.
"If any clubs want to specifically meet
with me, no matter what amount of
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money they are asking for, I'll meet with
them," Chatfield said. " ommunica
tion is important, especially with newer
clubs "ho are not a familiar wi.th the R p blc
proc . It can be very rea uring to talk
to omeone who know the proc and
can help them through it."
SOC has already received allocation
applications from multiple club on
campus, leaving Chatfield optimi tic
about this year's allocations proce .
"Il may not seem like it' that ahead
of schedule, but I am pleasantly ur
prised," Chatfield aid. "I hadn't expect
STERLINGS TOLL/PIONEERL OG ed anything 'till March, honestly."

FRIDAY,F EBRUARY2 4, 2017
NEWS 3
Different procedures for report- ASLC Senate positions filledf or furst time this
ing on-campuss exual assault semester, discussions of campus issues continue
causes diverging statistics By JONAH SVIHUS
T
HE ASSOCIATED Students of
Lewis & Clark Senate met in
Thayer on Feb. 17 to discuss
By ARIEL MOYEL
various issues on campus, inform the
ASLCc abinet on the status of the ad hoc
CCORDJNG to the 2015 Associ According to the 2016 Daily Crime
committee on diversity and to confirm
tion of American Universities Log, there were three cases of sexual as
Jaweal Hakoum '20 as the final member
urvey, 1 in 4 women experience sault in April three in September, three
of the Senate. There was no legislation
sexual assault on college campu es. The in October and one in December. This is
brought to the floor.
true prevalence of sexual assaults, how only looking at cases that were reported
Black Student Union representative
ever, is not definitively known due to during the Fall and Spring semesters.
Michelle Waters '19 updated the Senate
the deeply personal and traumatic na Therefore, this crime log show ten
on future events ho ted by the BSU. On
ture of these crimes. cases a oppo ed to the one publicly re
Feb. 24 the BSU will be showing the film
At Lewis & Clark, thi fear of report ported case that shO\, up in the Crime
Moonlight in Council Chambers at 7 :oo
ing may be even more acute because of Statistics.
p.m. The BSU is also screening Hidden
the small student population size on These crimes are often reported "to
Figures on March 17. .
campu . Furthermore, alternative path members of the Title IX team or to fac
Waters also discu ed the BSU's frus
wa for r porting sex crime influences ulty and staff, who in turn are required
tration with non-black tudents reciting
whether or not they appear in latisti . to report to the Title IX Coordinator,"
derogatory words while singing along
That said reported cas are public in said Atkinson. Title IX requires school
with popular music. "I'm furiou with
formation, to address sexual assaults and take MORGANF RLES/PIONEERL OG
One sexual assault was reported on tep to ensure the tudent' safety. non-black students having the audacity Senator Natalie Souders '19hard at work. Souders i currently con idering augmen
campus in 2016 in the Crime Statistics Each reported case on the Daily Crime to just openly ay the a-word as if it's tation to the exual asault policy.
something that' another lyric,• Waters
·report published by Campus Safety. Log had one ongoing or clo ed Title IX
said. "I think that people really need to ests tltat you would like me to bring up gram during the week of Feb. 27.
realize the importance of the historical with Melissa Osmond in regards to this ASL President Adam Fractor
11N4 WOMEN context in which you are saying such situation." '17 updated the enate on the cabinet
words. I think you need to hold your ASLCA dvisor Harold McNaron com meeting with the Executive Council.
selves accountable in regards to such mented on Sen. Lee's concerns. "My Members of the Executive Council in
0 0 0 matters. Maybe even have a dialogue understanding is tltat across the nation, clude Interim President David Ellis,
students that come into college witlt Vice President and Provost Jane Atkin
within your own communitie . I think it
mental health diagnoses has gone up," son, Treasurer Alan Finn and the deans
should not be happening. It's infuriat
McNaron said. "Most professionals ac of the three colleges.
ing to believe we are at different levels
tually believe that tltis has been good. "The cabinet will be talking with
of understanding."
That means that [these students] are them about transportation and parking
ASLCV ice President Nick LeSage '17
getting care and they are having access survey plan," Fractor said. "We will also
addressed the Senate in regards to Wa
to mental health professionals who can bring up the ad hoc committee and our
ters' concerns. "B sure to talk to your make tho e diagno es. I'm not saying progress with that. r also want to dis
own constituencies," LeSage said, "and
you shouldn't be concerned, I just want cuss divesting from fossil fuels, which
even your own friend group ." ed to throw that in as one of the reasons i omethiog that SEED brought to u ,
Sen. Souders presented her contin why the numbers are up nationally and which is Students Engaged in Eco-De
ued efforts in restructuring the sexual at LC." Mc aron closed his remarks by fense.•
assault policy. Souders discussed her supporting Sen. Lee"inh is investigation. Advisor McNaroo's closing comments
efforts in communicating with tudent In Sen. Zack Johnson's report on the on the meeting included an announce
Rights and Respon ibiliti Director ad hoc Committee on Diversity, he re ment about the committee to select a
EXPERIENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT ON COLLEGE Charlie Ahlquist. ported a po itive meeting with Dean of new president of LC. The committee is
CAMPUSES IN THE U.S. "Any time you do anything with the Diversity and Inclusion Janet Steverson populated by Interim President David
exual assault policy there are going to and Director of Inclusion and Multi Ellis, various members of the Board of
RAYAD EU EN/PlO E.ERL OG be unintended con equences,• Souders cultural Engagement Nathan Baptiste. Trustees, Chair of the Economics de
said. "We need to make ure we mini- Johnson reported that Steverson and partment Cliff Bekar and cp- resident
mize th u n Bapti te encouraged a student applica of BSU l'i.ffao Far-rner 'l.8 dolaron
This number does not tell the whole investigation, even without a police re Souders' plans on bringing the dis tion proce as opposed to a voting pro encliur mu.au;,= 1 e\ at
tory, however. According to Vice Pres port. The depth of the investigation i
cussion to the Registrar's office to get cess to decide members of the Diversity to reach out to the committee to voice
ident and Provost Jane Atkinson, this dependent on the survivor's wi hes. At their perspective on potting a exual a - Committee. their thoughts and concerns regarding
report only Ii ts "crimes that have been kinson also explained that all employ sault record on an off: nder' tran cript. "We are currently deciding whther the selection of a new presideo t.
reported to and documented by Cam ees are mandated reporters except staff "Honestly, the argument again l this we want it to be a very organic experi McNaron also announced that Inter
pus Safety 'On a police investigation re for health and counseling, clergy, Om is that we don't ·want to ruin people's ence by which we don't have a quota for im President Ellis will pick an lnterim
port." Sexual assaults, , hich cover any budspersoa Valerie White and tudents certain populations on campus, or de Dean of the ollege of Arts and Sciences
lives," Souder concluded.
coerced or non-consen ual exual act, trained as Se ual ult Respon Ad cide wheth r we want to say there has by March 25,
Sen. Violet Betters '20 reported a
are notoriously underreported to the vocat . to be certain number of - for example VP Le age closed the meeting by
vegan coo tituent upset with the vegan
police. Maya Litauer han '19, a Femini t - racial, ethnic, religious, or ideological reiterating the key points of di I.a ion
options at the Trail Room. VP LeSage
. The Daily Crime Log provide§ addi Student Union member, aid "this se minoriti on campus," Johnson said. in the oate. He reported that ba'rlie
gave Better the contact information for
tional information: any crim that in mester and last, no one reported an Jolinson also expressed concern Ahlquist will attend a senate meeting on
Michael Bucuvala , Director of Catering
volves Campu Safety is reported on the assault to our Sexual Assault Response about having properly-trained m m March 9 to discu s change ,,~thin the
for Bon Appetite.
Campus Safety homepage regardless of Advocates, as far as I know." bers of the Diversity Committee handle tudent Academic Affairs Board. "SAAB
Sen. Torin Lee '17 took i ue with
whether the survivor folio, up with There are many avenues for reporting concern raised by tudeats. Johnson i by for the most tangible asset that
the Portland Police Department. This these crimes, and these avenues often Associate Director of Health Promotion called th member of the committee ASLC offer to tuden , " Le age aid.
log i federally mandated to keep the do not handle the case in the same way. Melissa O mood' report on mental "student confidantes." "It is incredibly important."
community informed, a i the Annual It i hard to g{ean a com pre hen ive pic health at the chool. Lee plans on meet "When we are creating a position Le age also reported the status of
S curity Report, which is a comprehen- ture of what the rates of exual assault ing with Osmond in order to discuss that requires both anonymity and the the r olution calling for the resci ion
what is being done about mental health ability to be an active listener to stu of President Trump's executive order
ive compilation of all the crimes that are ob curing how the campus can bet
on campus. Lee also wants to meet with dent concerns, there has to be a specific regarding immigration. "I seat a copy
involve the college each year. ter support its students.
members of the student body, facul-. training program by which the student to Senator Wyden, Senator Merkley,
ty, and health services to see what can confidantes will be set apart from be Repre eotative Blumenauer, Represen
be done. "I want [the Senate] to know ing a friend or just an average student,• tative Walden and President Trump,"
I am going into tlti ," Lee said. "Please Johnson said. He is meeting with Me LeSage said. "They each got a letter in
let me know if you have specific inter- lissa Osmond to discuss a training pro- the mail regarding the resolution."
ALSC considers
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as something viable." if they have an intern hip at OHSU and
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guarantee students a way to till get we can't replace Trimet. • ...

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017
4 OPINIONS
It's a brave. new world for journalism: Press
feeling the pressure from the White House
Madeleine Drona Burgos addresses how treatment of media has changed, and how to fight fake news
this doubt of the press's efficacy, those NPR stated was that abcnews.com is
By MADELEINE ORONA who follow him blindly are rever a legitimate news ite, while abcnew .
BURGOS berating hi words to ·their families, com.co is not, de pite its similar look.
their friends which then causes more
S WE VENTURE forward into people to doubt the press. In a press 2. Read their "about us" section.
the first year under our new conference on Feb. 16, Trump said Language in this section of a legiti
dministration, we are being that he will be speaking directly to the mate news source is straightforward
inundated every day with headlines people because what he calls "political and to the point. Language in less than
that frighten us. The journalists re media" i "dishonest." However, often legitimate news sources i u ually
porting the e frightening headlines this may not even be real dishonesty; overblown or flashy. Legitimate news
almost eem to be ju t as angry as it may just be a news outlet which dis sources will al o have in-depth infor
those they want to inform. Perhaps it agrees with him or exposes the factual mation about the company that runs
is because they are constantly pushed inaccuracy of hi staffs tatemeot . it, leadership, it mis ion statement
to the side by White House official This seems to indirectly target liber and what kind of ethics it upholds.
and their upporters. Recently, Jake al or left-leaning news outlets rather
Turx, White House correspondent than address any of the wildly prej 3. Look at WHAT i quoted in a
for the mall Orthodox Jewish pub udiced reporting of con ervative or tory. Mo t news ource quote other
lication Ami Magazine, experienced right-leaning news outlets. But re outlet and experts in the information
thi fir thand. In an attempt to a k gardle of the political stance of any that they are pre enting in a tory. 1f
Trump what he intend to do about one publication, Gallup reported that it' a story on omething particularly
the 48 reported bomb threat on Jew as of S pt. 2016 only 32 percent of controversial or relevant to current
ish center throughout the nation, American had "trust or confidence events there will be a lot of quotation .
be was told to "sit down" becau e be in the mas media 'to report the news
did not a k a "fair question." When fully, accurately, and fairly."" How can 4. Look at WHO is quoted in a
Turx tried to object to the complete we regain tru t in the mass media? story. re tho e being quoted reputa
ly irrelevant answer Trump did give, How can we assure our elves that ble? Can you evaluate their credibility
he was told "quiet, quiet, quiet," and the information we are consuming through a quick Google search? If it
that he had lied when he told White is true, or even remotely unbiased? i , it may have been quoted in other places like Twitter and Facebook call in article of various subject matter
Hou e official would be "straight and ational Public Radio released publications with its source also ref- ing it out a untrue, it most likely i . that aren't like the article.you found it
simple." Trump then went on to say a Ii t of checks that consumers can erenced. • in, it may not be the image it presents
that Turx should have relied on the perform while reading or listening 6. Rever e image search. The pho itself to be in that particular story.
endor ement he received from Net to new to determine its legitimacy: 5. Check the comments. Man tos in an article should be related to This being said, journalists and
anyahu, "in tead of having to get up misleading tories are hared on vari what the article is about. If the pho the general industry of media and in
and a k a very in ulting question like 1. Pay attention to the domain or ou social media platform with head tos in an article don't look as though formation should not give up simply
that." He then concluded his diatribe RL. Establi bed new outlets own lines that will grab a reader's atten they're repre entative of what the because there are blocks in the road.
by /i Ing, "j~t shows you about the their websites and have a standard tion, but not entirely tell you of what article is about, put them through a Journalist must per evere and con
pre , but that's the way the press i ." layout. However, websites with end the body of the article consists. NPR rever e Google image search. Right tinue to work hard to inform the public
While it is not only Trump causing ings such a .com.co should be subject state that if people haring the e click on the image and earch for it in with objective facts whenever they can.
to deeper fact checking. The example eemingly outrageou articles on Google Images. If the picture appears
This Issue's College Issue: Religious freedolll at LC
-••"l11h"I tf:rtr ? llth11lorr "" 1
' 'By ZACK JOHNSO the man whose sole job is protecting off campus for religious expression. itive reception of their faith, students an anti-Semitic note slipped beneath
R and upholding the Constitution - re Last semester, The Pioneer Log at ideologically similar colleges are his door, while the other, a Muslim
ELIGIOUS AFFILIATIO is, at cently launched his own attack upon published a piece entitled "Religious experiencing religious persecution. student, found racial and religious
its finest, one of the strongest minority religions within our nation. students on liberal campus find com Recently, students at the Univer- threats spray painted on his door,
uniting forces in many com It i easy to question the impor munity," which detailed the experi ity of Texas at Austin, University of as well as a wastika spray-paint
munities t)lroughout the world. In tance of religion in the lives of one's ences of three students on campus Central Florida and Rutgers Univer ed on the door across the hallway.
its darkest and most confused state, peers if one chooses to remove them and their journey through faith in sity were greeted with anti-Islam Last semester at Reed College, the
however, it plague our Earth with selves from any ingular associa college. Representing Muslim, Jew ic fliers posted on their campuses. Student Body Pre ident circulated
bate, genocide and holocaust. lo many tion with organized faith. At Lewis ish and Christian faiths, the tudents Sporting an image of the Twin Tow an email to the entire student body
areas· of the United State , a particu & Clark, our religiously unaffiliated de cribed that, once initial miscon ers and an American flag, the posters that read, "Hasidic Jews are like the
larly unpleasant environment exists campus proves consistent in its pro ceptions from other students were proclaimed, "Imagine a Muslim-free Jewish version of ISIS." While he
for those not practicing the popular motion of secular ideologies. There is addressed and clarified, they experi America" before providing websites attempted to apologize - and simul
faith of those around them. Far too no stressing of faith or religion upon enced mostly welcoming and tolerant for students to connect with American taneously blame his friends- for bis
many citizens in our nation hypocrit our campus, nor any mentioning of support from their peers in the prac Vanguard, a white upremacist group. tatement, the damage had been done.
ically believe that the Constitution what tudents ought to believe reli ticing of their religion. The e idyllic lo late January, two students at Beloit In the week following the recent
protects strictly their own freedom giously. Student organizations aid experience , however, are not shared College, a private liberal arts college presidential election, anti-Semitic,
to worship, simultaneously attack in connecting students of a myriad by many students throughout our in Wi consin, were subjected to per raci t and homophobic graffiti were
ing, defaming and misconstruing the of faiths with similarly aligning stu nation, and although students at our sonal attacks upon their faith. One of strewn across two eparate bathrooms
faiths of others. Even Ollr president- dents and offer avenues both on and "liberal" college may experience pos- the two, a Jewish student, received on Reed's campus. A statement was
released from the President of Reed
College promising swift justice for the
perpetrators, should they be discov
ered. Students and faculty on campu
were shocked, as were many on the
LC campus, that the sickening arms
of anti-Semitism could pos ibly infil
trate such a progressive community
as that of Reed. Yet, how surprised
can we truly be when leaders such
as the Student Body Presoident were
sending out a horrendous anti-Semit
ic sentiment? It i shockingly unsur
prising that when a student in such a
prominent leader hip po ition freely
disseminate such disgusting infor
mation to the entire student body, oth
er tudents - potentially tho e who
may have agreed with the anti-Sem
itism - may find their own violent
cau e validated and act accordingly.
We must understand that for stu
dents to ucceed within the collegiate
environment, they must be able to ac
cess every aspect of th.eir unique pel'
sonhood. For many, that means the
unobstructed and encouraged practic
ing of their religion. Though religious
relations on campus at LC are not
particularly contentiou , many tu
dent are struggling throughout the
nation. Continued support for the free
expre sion of all religion upon college
campu es hould not only be required,
it is a oece sity for the academic and
ocial succe s of many tudents.

FRIDAY,F EBRUARY2 4, 2017
OPINIONS 5
Lewis & Clark College of Arts & Sciences to
select model for general education
The Subcommittee of General Education shares its initiative for general education reform
By KATE RUBICK than English and Physical Education: partments and programs ("Distribu
E tion") and course(s) collectively owned Explorare, Discere,
ARLIER THIS MONTH we 1. Strands: General education takes by the faculty and that satisfy noth
learned that the tart of spring place in the departments and there is ing but general education ("Core").
would be delayed another six no Core class. ln thi model, thematic
weeks because a certain creature saw connections are drawn between cours All CAS faculty have had the op Sociare: It has th·e
its hadow on Gobbler's Knob on es in the existing curriculum. Students portunity to consider these models in
Feb. 2. Groundhog Day also marked are required to take courses from differ detail and to confer with one another,
an anniversary of orts for Lewi & ent divisions that all touch on a theme. and are now weighingt he pros and cons
power to topple
Clark, for on Groundhog Day 2016 the Whether these themes, or strands, would as they prepare to vote. Factors play
faculty of the College of Arts & Sci be d vi d by faculty or by tuden will ing into the deci ion-making include:
ences embarked on an initiative to be decided if this model is adopted.
con ider general education reform. Which model will the faculty be governm.ents
The initiative began with the forma 2. "INGE," Integrated Gen Ed: This able to enthusiastically get behind?
tion of the Subcommittee on General model involves developing a suite of Where in the curriculum bould
Education (SoGE), which provides an courses (not part of the existing cur- general education be hou ed (in
opportunity for academic de-
By SOPHIA FREUDEN in the education sy tern begets the
faculty, staff partments or
C Identity Statement same deficiency in civil society.
and tuden to elsewhere)? AN AMERICAN student An even bigger concern is how
come together Which f international affairs and dissent fits into my own society
to discuss GE. model h th ussian, a sessing where and how that may be fhanging.
The group, led best potential authoritarian ocieties draw their The U.S. was born out of a fit of
fearlessly by to fulfill the trength from has been a long dissent. Nearly 250 years later,
ociate Pro lewis & Clark is a commUDityo f cre 1. Maateredm odes of criticali nquuy two charges for time focal point of mine. Safe in that dissent is still present in the
fessor of Biology ative, inclepeDdent iDdividuaJs wbo throughw riting;c oncludingq uantita Gen Ed (namely my liberal democracy, it was often fundamental mechanics of both
Greta Binford, share a curiositya bout the lWJl'ladn d tiw, qualitativea nde cientifica nalysis; the LC Identity too easy to dispassionately explore our government and civil society.
has convened at a desiret o effectp osime change.O ften acquiringa nd evaluatingm dence Statement and this question from afar. With the The powerful tradition of dissent is
Maggie's mo t thinkingo f themselves 88 global citi- also the accred prospect of a nascent authoritari being challenged in unprecedent
Tuesday eve- 7.eDS and envimomentaslt ewardo&u.r 2. Stum::betdb emaelweass scholars, itation standard an movement in the United States, ed ways, however. The ascent of
nings (except students leek deeperu ndentandmgo f researcbena. ndu tists to achievea 2.C.9 defined by however, this Trumpism-real
in summer and their place IIJlODth is earth. TheyC XJllle highd egreeo f facilityi n theira reaso f the Northwest question is now I owe my ability to ly just a glorified,
during breaks), to 'Lewis & Clark to preparef or Slltis interest Commission on uncomfortably spray-tanned
and reports back fying careers, community ~ Colleges and relevant. think critically - my take on authori
to the Curricu and the lifelong work of self-creation. 3. Gainedc onfidencet o rangea croM Universities)? My pedagog· ability to dissent - to tarianism-marks
lum Committee, Lewis Ir:C lark. in turn, aims to help diaciplinelbl oth individuaByandin ical experiences the biggest af
who in turn has them in these tasb. We broaden stu collaboratioa One chal- in Russia suggest LC. front on Ameri-
kept the CAS dents' perspectives by exposing them lenge in evalu that education can dissent since
faculty in the to the historical, cultural and acientific 4- Engagedc onstrud:ive)ywitchu l ating the mod is a significant Abraham Lincoln
loop. The first contexts of current issues. Challenged turald ifferencea ndp ower els is that the source of strength suspended the
goal was to artic by the mentorshipo f their dedicated specifics of how for both liberal and authoritarian writ of habeas corpus in 1863.
ulate an identity lbldeDlaat me I Q they might be societies. I currently serve as an Trump's dispute with UC
tatement and implemented re Eng1i b Teaching A istant at a Berkeley highlights that educa
goal that would them to achieve breadth, depth, and main to be een. university in Kazan, Russia on tional institutions are not immune
serve as a guide versatility In re.sponding to complea 6. EncouD12rewdo ndera nd grappled Once the vote behalf of the Fulbright Program. from the administration's appar
for curricular problems.L ewis& Clark is a place to withe xperiencetsh at aren ot about takes place on The Russian education system ent distaste for dissent. Due to my
design. Over the expand and tab cbances: we do not seekinga nswers Tuesday, April mirrors broader Russian society experiences in Russia, J foresee
year, SOGE, the shelters tudentsb ut support them 88 4, the work of in that collectivism is the prevail universities potentially becom
CC and the CAS they interrogate both their OWD aa-, 7. Pradieedh abitso f self-carec, om populating the ing ideology. In Russia, hierarchy ing targets for those who oppose
Faculty at-large sumptions and the societal contexts in munity,a nd well-being cha en model must be respected, standards must dissent in the U.S. LC and other
(in consulta whlch they formed. We seek to inspire with real cours be met and it is better to cOnform liberal arts institutions in par
tion with many them to live their lives deliberately, 8. Reflectedc riticallyO D their liberal es and path than to differ. In the classroom, ticular are innately at odds \Yith
other campus becoming thougbtfu] and passion educationa nd its purpose in the con ways will begin this means that students and ed authoritarianism due to the k.inds
stakeholders) ate participants in a diverse world. temporary 'WOl'ld. in earnest. We ucators alike follow orders from of values these institutions are
ha e produced: Upon graduation we would hope that this their superiors without question. founded upon. These same values
like our students to have: brief introduc Such an education system allows have been cited throughout history
The LC tion will provide little room for discussion and, per to halt the action of hostile gov
Identity you with enough haps more importantly, dissent. ernments and, at times, to topple
Statement. The identity state riculum) that are not discipline-specif background so that you will be able to This could not be more the op them.
ment and enumerated goals for ic but are d igned explicitly to m et jump in with u later this pring and posite of my experience at Lewi I owe my ability to think criti
LC tudents were approved by the goals of general education. Gen next year as we begin to flesh out the & Clark, where dissent is in many cally-my ability to dissent-to LC.
the CAS Faculty on Dec. 6, 2016. eral education requirements would be details. SoGE meeting Tuesdays at 5 ways the cornerstone of critical In the years to come, I will contin
A shortlist of potential GE mod satisfied by taking all of the e cours p.m. at Maggie's, continue to be the best thought. Because universities in ue to draw on this ability to fight
els 0arge scale tructures for d - es. The design of these courses, a venue for ·tudents and staff members fluence citizens' outlooks whole injustices sure to come. I can only
livering GE), of which the CAS well as pathway for taking them, will to get involved in these discussions, o generations at a time, it concerns hope that current students and fel
Faculty will vote to adopt one be decided if thi model i adopted. we will look forward to eeingyou there. me that thi dearth of dissent per low alumni realize what a gift they
at their April 4 2017 meeting. sist in the Russian education sys have been given and do the same.
1
3. "DisCo" Distribution + Core: This tem. l see a direct link between the
The three GE model currently un is the model most similar to the gen Kate Rubick is an Instruction Services health of Russian civil society and
der consideration are a follows. All eral education requirements we cur Librarian for Watzek library. This how dissent fits into the education Sophia Freuden '16 is an LC
include the potential to retain space rently have in place. It fulfill general statement was submitted on behalf of system here. This lack of dissent alumna.
for requirements such a demonstrat education requirements through a the Subcommittee on General Educa
ing proficiency in a language other combination of courses owned by de- tion.
Grammys hit a sour note with controversial choices
By ANNA DESMET and soul-baring and we all got Grammy website, Beyonce has the belittle the accompli hments of ei about. In 2014 Rob Kenner, a Grammy
I to see another ide to you that eighth-most Grammy awards of any ther Adele or B yonce. But the artists voter, told Complex, "I refrained from
N TERMS of Things-Someone you don't always let u ee. And artist, behind music greats like Stevie honored at th Grammys are over voting in heavy metal and classical
Do es n 't-Wa nt-to-H ear-After we appreciate that. And all u Wonder and John Williams. She i al o whelmingly white (and male), a are because I know very little about tho e
They've-G iven-an-A, ard-Away, artists here adore you. You are the most nominated female artist ever. the voters. Kel ey McKinney of Fu ion genres. But J could have if I wanted
"l can't po ibly accept thi award," is our light. And the way that you Howe er, most of Beyonce' Gram report , "Since 2000, 42.5 percent of to and that strikes me as a piubl~m."
in the top thre , after only "F"ck you, make me and my friends feel, my award are titled Like" Best [Genre] the nominees in the Album of the Year To Adele' credit, 25 gro ed much
man," and "I never actually applied, the way you make my black [Action]," from 2013's "Best Tradi category have been white men, and more than Beyonce' ,Lemonade. Us
o .. ." Yet thi i what Adele said in her friend feel, i empowering. tional R&B Performance" to 2017' th y have won 53 percent of the time." Weekly ay that though the two al
acceptance speech afterwinningAlbum And you make them tand up "Best Urban Contemporary Album." McKinney also tat that ince 1959, bums sold imilar numbers in 2016,
of the Year at the 2017 Grammy Award for them elves. And I love ou. Adele, meanwhile, ha won •Best Al 196 white men, 54 white women, 39 25 had an "8.01 million units" head
Show on Feb. 12. She goes on to say that l always have and I always will. bum of the Year" and "Best Record of men of color and finally 27 women of tart in 2015. At the end of the day,
the "artist of her life" i Beyonce, who the Year" twi-cea nd "Best Song of the color have been nominated for Album it is none other than Adele who voic
also competed for Album of the Year. Unfortunately, the Grammy Award Year" three times. Adele is a wonder of the Year. #Grammyssowhite is now e our thought on Beyonce' lo :
In fact, Adele pent mo t of Sha" is now in the spotlight for ad ful artist. But I'm also less impres ed a popular twitter handle and help Billboard reports her saying, "I felt
her speech gushing about Be ministering a broken system. It' with her new ongs now than I was in quantify the many problems with the like it was her time to win. What the
yonce. The NY Times tran- clearly a failure when even the win 2013, mostly becau e they all ound award how. 1\vo "industry heavy f*ck does she have to do to win al
cribed her peech. Adele said: ner points out unfair gameplay. But similar to me. Even the titles of her al weights," anonymous but important bum of the year?" Thi should act
at fir t glance, Adele win over Be bums are familiar, quaint and lacking voter told Billboard, "The voting bloc as a reminder that it's n_ot Beyonce
The Lemonade album, is ju t yonce i just a minor fluke and is not any creative power. This doesn't seem is still too white, too old and too male." who needs to change, but tbe faulty
so monumental. Beyonce, it' representative as a whole. Adele bas to concern Grammy voters, however. What'.s more, there is nothing stopping system that refuses to reward her.
so monumental. And so well won 15 Grammy awards while Beyon Yet again, the problem is in ti Grammy voters from voting for every
thought out, and so beautiful ce has won 22. And, according to the tutiona1 racism. This i n't meant to thing, even genres they know very little

FRIDAY,F EBRUARY2 4, 2017
6 FEATURES
Phishing cyber attacks J>ait students, catch
sensitive user information through email
BY DRAKE MACFARIANE very short and had a link to a malicious
site that looked identica.1t o WebAdvi
,, LlWIS & CLARK didn't get sor," Odom said. "All of the graphics, all
hacked. lndividuals did," of the links even to take you back to the
dam Buchwald, Chief rn main page and everything [was] com
formation Officer of LC's IT Depart pletely accurate. lf you weren't paying
ment, said on the subject of the recent attention, you would innocently just go
phisbing attempts. As of the time of there ... you could easily be fooled into
publishing, there have been two major just logging in. Which of course natu
campus-wide phishing attempts during rally, they're taking your useraame and
spring semester 2017: the first after the password at that time.•
announcement of David Ellis a Interim Regardless of the method, there are
President on Jan. 19 and the econd on ways for users to protect themselves.
Feb. 15, shortly after the campus-wide J:legular changing of passwords is nec
password reset. essary, but other methods, like two-fac
"Here's what really made the hair on tor authentication, are usually effective.
my arm stand up: within hours of the Two-factor authentication requires a
announcement of the announcement of u er to not only enter in their password
our interim president, that phish was when logging in, but al o to add in an
delivered to over 3500 recipients here," other, separate factor, such as a code
Jessica Odom, Information Security sent to a phone via SMS or through
Officer of IT, said on the subject of the the insertion of a USB key. Although
original phishing attempt. two-factor authentication can be set up
Phishing attempts, where cyber easily on one's own, it can be difficult or
criminals seek to teal information ganization-wide.
from individuals through email scam As Buchwald noted, "It comes down
and other methods, are nothing new for to a cost issue. Information ecurity is
most large organizations. However, for always expensive, always takes a lot of
educational institutions like LC, these work, but has great payoffs."
attempts are both novel and precisely However, even two-factor authenti
targeted. cation via SMS is not always sufficient.
Unlike the stereotypical Nigerian "The SMS technology is not actually
Prince scam or other obvious phi bing as secure as we think it is. I can spoof
attempts, the latest ones have incorpo your number and receive your second
rated information about the LC institu factor," Odom said.
tion itself in order to be more convinc In the end; it comes down to the
ing to pofential victims. For example, individual, as well as security educa
the Feb. 15 attempt included a malicious tion. Even with education and vigilance
link to a fake WebAdvi or site, meant to CYANC OWAP/PIONEERL OG though, phishing can still be difficult to
trick victim into mistakenly inputting combat.
their login credentials, giving phishers "We have to train individuafs how
access to their accounts. seasonal and we are in the height of tax tempts directed at LC. The term for these more successful to not get tricked. Here's the hard part:
"Higher educa.tion is now a target, season " Buchwald explained. "What "When we see a phishing attack that and targeted attempts is "spearpbish the success of pbishing rates around the
and we weren't necessarily a target be they try to do is get enough W-2 infor is targeted at the school, the first step we ing," where criminals utilize precise country is about 40 percent," Buchwald
fore. What we're really known for is mation to go file taxes on your behalf take i to send out a mass email warn attacks in lieu of mass email scams in· said. "You can drop that down to around
we're o'(>l:nT. hat sort of our nature; we and get your return. It's a clever little ing students of the attempt. Once this is order to steal user information. 12 percent with large education cam
want t ~ tJfJenl ll'Y<Jp\J!llicB,ru clh cl game th y've bad." done, we will start to figureo ut the ori There-ve 1l'l)'s this'is done. paigns where you spend a lot of effort.
said. "We're always in thi tension of IT has identified and i currently gin of the attempt and possibly the mo First, phishers may send out one or two But no one's gotten it down to zero.
how can we allow academic freedom tracking two rP addresses that have tive behind it. If we have sufficient proof targeted emails in order to "get one There is always someone who just says
and not lock things down. That allows been linked to the phishers. that the site i solely being u ed to phish perso'1 to bite and then they compro 'I'm gonna click on this. It's a button and
a few more gaps that they're tarting to "We know where they're connecting we can submit a request for the domain mise that account ... Then they start the I want to hit a button."
learn to take advantage of." from. There's two £P addresses that we to be taken down,· Pilp Trouerbach '18 big phishing campaign where they send Trouerbach echoed Buchwald.
IT has engaged with local authori were following for quite ome time and said, a computer science major working out thousands of emails to people from "Phishing has always been a huge issue
ties, the FBI and even the IRS and have they did not change," Buchwald said. under Odom. within," Buchwald said. in the security community because it
found that LC is not alone in being tar "That tells me they are not a very so However, the frequency of normal Another method is "spoofing," where relies on the one aspect that cannot be
geted. But, why now, of all times? Be phisticated hacker. Which means we're phishing attacks doesn't always merit criminals compromise an unrelated ac patched or fixed: human beings."
lower hanging fruit. rt doesn't take the this response. Indeed, as Buchwald not count and make it look like an LC ac
cause it is tax season. The goal for phish
ers is to steal contact information, social uper secret phi bing knowledge of how ed, "We have phishing attempts go on all count in order to start their phisbing For tho e interested in learning
security numbers and the like in order to et up the technology. It' actually the time .... [O]ver the last two months, campaign. Alternatively, they may al o more about internet security and how
to pose as someone else, file their taxes just tricking someone. It's social engi we've bad about a dozen of them. You completely copy the look and feel of one to better protect themselves, check out
for them and steal their tax return. neering. The lowest form and the easiest didn't know about them, because they of our trusted sites, such as what hap ITs webpage on info security at www.
"Thi i very targeted at W-2 infor to pull off." weren't everyone, they were pockets and pened with the fake WebAdvisor email /c/ark.edu/information_technology/
mation. These phishing attempts are Lower hanging fruit or not, IT has a we always alert the people who got that on Feb.15. security/awareness/.
et procedure for handling phishing at- phishing email." "This message [that wa sent] was
Biology Professor Greta Binford and Julie Oatfield
'17 travel to Costa Rica to study arachnid Inorphology
BYEJ\{MAGRILLO The two-week-long program focused on plethora of one-on-one support from
teaching students skills that they can professors while working on their re
ILE MANY tudents and continue to use in their biological re search projects.
acuity spent their winter search. "Being able to share that with stu
reak relaxing with family "The goals are to take students and ... dents and open their eyes to what's
and friends, Biology Professor Greta really immerse them in arachnid diver there, if you just look a little more close
Binford and Julie Oatfield '17 were in sity and the biology of arachnids, and ly, is really fun," Binford said.
Costa Rica, studying arachnids with a to help them practice framing ques Students could either develop their
group of professors and students from tions around arachnids, own research projects
around the world. about any aspect of "[The]p rofessors or work on those de
Binford and Oatfield were tudying arachnids really, and veloped by professors,
on a program put on by the Organiza then help them figure were like top-notch collecting specimens,
tion for Tropical Studie , a consortium out how to craft proj pioneers in the field, running in-nature ex
based in Costa Rica that provides op ects where they can col periments and doing
portunities for biology education and lect data to help to an so I kind of felt like I dissections for the ma
research around the world. swer their question ," was in one of those jority of the two-week
This specific program focused on Binford said. period.
the ecology and evolution of arachnids, The program was movies where it was "Some students had
a subject that both Binford and Oatfield geared toward graduate like chock-full of things that were like
are quite passionate about. students, but any un almost publishable,"
"We're still discovering a lot of the dergraduate students A-list celebrities" Oatfield said. "That
key internal morphology, but also ex PHUIU COURTESYO F DR. EILEEN HEBETS who were qualified was a huge part of this
Julie Oatfield
ternal morphology that's involved in Prof. Greta Binford and students examine and sort pecimens at the field station were encouraged to ap research thing. Some
sensory systems· [in arachnids]," Bin ply. That's how Oatfield found out about of the work you did through professors,
ford said. ~we're till discovering really arachnid ecology and evolution. Binford in tho e conversations." • the program, through an email forward they were going to publish soon, and
basic aspect of it, which is a lot of what studies venom, while other professors Oatfield especially appreciated the ed to her by Binford. you might get an acknowledgment, so
makes arachnology fun - there's still so focused on animal communications, high quality of the profes ors on the "I didn't pay much attention to it at it's kind of ~citing."
much to di cover." ultra-structures, pider webs, and bio program. first, but then I remembered that there This year was the second iteration of
Morphology is a branch of biology diversity. "[The) professors were like top had been arachnids mentioned in some the arachnid trip, and Binford is already
that deals with the form of living or "The team of faculty was really great; notch pioneers in the field, so I kind of email, and I wa like, 'Oh, maybe that's planning for another round in three
gani ms, and with the relationships be and so we'd sit around over dinner and felt like I was in one of those movies what I'll do over my winter break.' It years. Oatfield's advice to interested
t\ een their structures. talk about unanswered questions and where it was like chock-full of A-list ce was a really weird, tiny opportunity," students?
The program was led by five facul biology and how we might be able to lebrities," Oatfield said. Oatfield said. "Read random emails to get random ..._
ty professors, including Binford. Each answer them using arachnids," Binford The program took place at a field There were 13 students on the trip, opportunities, because you never know
professor represented a different part of said. "So the students got to participate station in Costa Rica called "La Selva." and live professors, so students got a what's gonna be super cool!"

FRIDAY,F EBRUARY2 4, 2017
FEATURES
BY NOAH-FOSTER-KOTH my head as my group and I march
E through the undergrowth. Out of
VER SI CE I WAS a child, my the corner of my eye, I spot a deep
imagination has populated hole underneath a tree that probably
dark places with threatening hides a lizard or a toad. Well, I think
creatures and monsters. Of course, to myself, this seems like a pretty
most of the time the creatures in the good place to find a-
dark only existed in my imagination. The tarantula sees me well before
In the jungles of Ecuador, however, a I see him. He's outside of his hole,
vast menagerie of creatures really do and his beady eyes shine white in the
exist beyond the meager light of my reflection of my headlamp. I tell my
headlamp, and my imagination is not group that there's a tarantula near
powerful enough to comprehend how by, not masking my fear as well as I
diverse and maca- had hoped. The hairy
bre they all are. arachnid scurries •
rt is about sev The frogs we're back into its den be
en o'clock at night, after are hard to fore any of us can try
and the other Lew to capture it (and to
is & Clark students find, tucked away be fair, we weren't
and I are earching like tiny croutons exactly eager to try).
for live specimens A few days later,
of frogs, lizards, in the tossed salad however, Ernesto
beetles and arach of green plants and uccessfully captures
nids to capture, another specimen,
study and then re rotting leaves that this one even larg
lease back into the make up the jungle er than the last. One
wild. Our biology of our guides bolds
professor, Ernesto fl.001'. it upside down in
Arbelaez, is partic its hand, giving us a
ularly eager to doc- good look at its long
• ument the jungle's frog population, fangs, already dripping with venom .
because new species of frog are dis Ernesto eagerly informs us that
covered o frequently in Ecuador this tarantula is only a small speci
that ome of them don't even have men.
sci en ti fie name yet. "This is a male," he says, "The fe
I poke through the foliage, search male are 30 to 40 percent bigger."
ing in vain for at least one amphibian Considering that this "small" male is
to bring back to the research tation. about the size of my hand, I'm glad
The frogs we're after are hard to find, we didn't encounter any of his sis
tucked away like tiny croutons in the ters.
tossed salad of green plants and rot "They eat mice, they eat snakes,
ting leaves that make up the jungle they eat young fer-de-lances," Er
floor. Insects, ho, ever, are in abun nesto adds. Fer-de-lances are some
dance. The distinctive, high pitched of the most venomous snakes in t~e ,.,
11
whine of a mosquito's wings makes Amazon, but this tarantula eats thet,V , '.ii
me glad for my' thick head net, and babies for breakfast.
moths and other flying pests occa Our group finds a few frogs -
sionally dive towards the light given my friend Charlotte Hurst has the
off by my headlamp. most success after Ernesto - but the
The Ecuadorian jungle is a brutal arachnid are inescapable. They ex-.
place, and nowhere is that brutali ist in countless variations: hairy ones
ty more apparent than in the insect that look frightening but are mostly
world. On one of our hikes, I encoun harmless, .t9-{e'!t n,E,i. ,tlvt d~M- .,1 ,,,
tered the di embodied head and legs their ancestral c.ab 1 f.,la ~. g Jnim
of a dead rhinoceros beetle that were ones that create communal webs that
still kicking and writhing. The poor I have to take care not to walk into.
beetle's torso had been torn off, bat "We're in el reino de la araiias, •
NOAH FOSTER-KOTH/PIONEER LOG the neuron in its severed bead were Ernesto tells us later. "The kingdom
Clockwise from top: 1. Ecuadorian rainforest offers beautiful vistas still firing and fighting to protect a of spiders."
and a multitude of creatures. 2. The underside of a spider found on the life that had long ince been lost.
night expedition. 3. Sophomore Noah Foster-Koth sports a large spider I try to keep that image out of
on his chin in the Ecuadorian jangle.
Latourell Falls Loop: The more you look, the more you see
High basalt cliffs and surrounding area are peppered with memorable falls and worthy vistas
BY SHAWN BOLKER take the other path leading uphill from gap with considerable force, slamming
the parking lot, they can encounter mossy into the pool below. A bridge spans the
S THE FLRSI'M AJOR fall on the forest, a rushing creek, a 100+ foot upper creek directly in front of this falls, pro
Historic Columbia River High falls, scenic gorge vie, and even ... some viding scenic (yet wet) views. One can
vay, Latourell Falls provides a solitude! All in a moder go behind this falls as
stunning welcome for first-time visitors. ate 2.4 mile loop. The sheer size of the well. The cave behind
Here, Latourell Creek pours off a sJ.."h)i' gh Upon heading uphill Upper Latourell Falls
lab of layered basalt in a towering and from the parking area, basalt cliff that sur is an example of a pa
elegant plunge. The heer size of the ba one is treated to unique rounds the falls rises leosol, soil buried be
salt cliff that surrounds the falls rises to views of the lower falls tween stronger layers
cathedral-like proportions and embrac as the path makes its way to cathedral-like of volcanic deposits,
es awestruck visitors. Colorful lichen up and around the mas- proportions and that has been exposed
adorn the urrounding cliffs, providing ive cliff. Although the by water erosion and
a textured backdrop to the white, icy trail gains a lot of eleva- embraces awestruck has collapsed, allowing
plunge. If one can bear a good soaking, it tion, the climb isn't too visitors_ a cave to form.
is possible to climb behind the falls for an strenuous. Upon reach- From here, the trail
even more extreme view of the falling wa ing the brink of the lower continues along the
ter and its overwhelming amphitheater. fall , the path meanders along cascading opposite ide of the creek to a lookout
All of this can be reached via a short Latourell Creek for about a half mile until where one can gaze across the Columbia
and direct troll from the parking area. the upper falls com into view. This fall River. If it has rained enough recently,
Most visitors take this simple 1valka nd is interesting as it starts as a wide, frothy tall ephemeral waterfalls can be seen
hop back in their cars - off to the next cascade that funnels into a tight notch plunging into the river from cliffs on the
fall! However, if one instead chooses to in the cliff. The stream 0ows out of this Washington side. From here, the trail
winds into the woods and descends back
ADVERTISEMENT down to the road. Turn right here and
walk back the parking area via a mossy
bridge that spans Latourell Creek.
Learn more about
information security
at lclark.edu/infor
rnation~technology/
security/ awarenes
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FRIDAY,F EBRUARY2 4, 2017
ARTS
8
Mac DeMarco releases nevv tracks, but is Arts
he a different beast or the srune old dog? calendar
BY AVA BURTON
BY ALEX COHEN and heartbreak, and as a result the Moonlight
song sounds even more formulaic. Friday Feb. 24, 7 p.m. 01unci1C Jiambers
ECENTLY AND without much Lyrically, however, Mac definitely "Lewis & Clark's exclusive screening of
anfare, everyone's favorite seems to have (slightly) shifted away Moonlight ls generouslyp resented by the
ap-toothed indie rocker Mac from singing exclusively about romance Campus .ActivitiesB oanl, Black Student
DeMarco released two tracks off bis or his love of cigarettes. He seems Union, Queer Student Union and Student
Adivities..
forthcoming album This Old Dog conscious of the fact that his music is,
{out May 5). Titled "My Old Man" at least to him, changing, and be still
Get Kronk Not. Drunlt w/ FONat,
and "This Old Dog," each is a glimpse wants to remember bis roots: "This old
Danee Partfl
into DeMarco's changing lifestyle: the dog ain't about to forget/ All we've bad
Friday Feb. 24, 9-u:3Qp.m. Tamarack
fir t demos of the tracks were finished and all that's next," he sings on "This
"Youd on't have to be drunk to get KRONK
just as be moved from ew York to Old Dog" almost to allay our fears
presented by COMing YOUR way BIG B01
Los Angeles. Unljke previous albums, & WolFfkid HAUS in conjunction with
where DeMarco claims to "just write, For an artist who is the Forest Area Staff. We bring to you the
record, and put it out; no problem," marketing this album biggestD ance PARTYto ever hit the forest
the demands of his move to L.A. forced dorm complex.P OSTS ONGR EQUE51'S•.
him to spend more time working on as a transition from his
each track. That's not necessarily a previous works, I was a Oregon Sflml>honv: Bltlar'•
bad thing, though, a he points out Emf1ma Variations
in a recent press release; "When that little disheartened on my Satu1'daFle/b .a s, Monday Ftbruary 27.
happens, you really get to know the first listen. 'J:30 p.m. Arlene Schnmer OJncert Hall
songs. It was a different vibe." 1037SW B"1Qdway $23
Yet it's hard to distinguish a '"l'wo brilliant masterworks make for an
"different vibe" on the e tracks from about his changing music. Sadly, the extraordinary musical experiell<'e. Each
DeMarco's mo t recent albums, Salad theme of change which is prevalent in variation in Elgar's most popular work is
an emotionalt ribute to friends and wally.
Days and Another One. For an artist both songs ju t doesn't match up with
And acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Kahane
who is marketing this album as a what one actually hears. It' almost
returns to perform Schwnann's thrilling
transition from his previous works, I as if Mac has convinced himself that
tour-de--foroe."
was a littl.e disheartened on my first bis music has changed dynamically,
listen to both tracks. "My Old Man" or that he's in some liminal state of
StunQ,toum Manli Gras am7
begins with an interesting synthesizer change, yet he still remains trapped in Saturday Feb. as, 3 p.m. -lO p.m. Paris
pattern, which got my hopes up that his san:ie old ways. 7b«Jtn 6 SW :,dAve,jree
this song would be a real departure For all of my issues with the tracks, •Join us for our inaugural Stmnptown
from his past works. As soon as they are hard not to like. I'll admit, Mardi Gras and let the good times roll!
DeMarco begins strumming his Mac has his own style of music, and he Bring your jewel tone costumes, masks,
acoustic guitar and singing, however, consistently does it well His voice still and good friendst o kicko fftbe best indoor/
the song begins to feel like it could've sounds great and the songs are both outdoor party of 20171•
fit anywhere on Another One, and I pleasant to listen to. We will have to
felt a little disappointed. "This Old wait and see if DeMarco truly delivers AccrdemuAwardsPartr,
Dog" is, if anything, more guilty of on his promise of a new direction with Sunday Feb.2 6, 4p.m. OJundlaiambtrs
this: DeMarco croons over his acoustic his album, but neither track released so •J oin the Campus Activities Board for
their annual AcademyA wardsP arty In the
guitar while singing about change, love far demonstrates this claim.
Cound) Oiamber!"
Cyan Cowap / Pioneer Log
Atlanta rapper, Father, delivers new Laobr&ClarlcOrehab'U amcert
Sunday Feb. 26. 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m .
... :flrlllagcm-Olaplf
"1be Lewis & Oarlc On:hestra presents
track with a style and a flow all its own its first concert of the Spring stme9ter.
The 2016 concerto competition winners:
Asia Wooten, Spencer Mackey and Reid
Womacka re the reabftd eoloistsf or this
pertormance.•
The single ."Hands" brings with it nonchalant cool and graphic storytelling
B'uelv..•. . £rperimenml Mwrle
Group
BY BRENDAN NAGLE might be perceived. This is part of Tuesday Feb. 28, 1:50 -3: 20 p.m. Evans
Father's allure: be isn't trying to Hall
LGARilY delivered with ound cool, which is in turn what "The Evergreen Experimental Music
onchalance eem to be make him o cool. "Hand " could Ensemblep resents a concert of music for
atber's modus operandi. lo be a big braggadocian statement, eJectroniai and voice. Program: Hot Air
the past, the Atlanta rapper (and declaring his willingness to fight (Michael Kowalski,1 98<>):f or voice and
founder of oddball hip-hop label anyone who messes with him. But 2 cbannel playbadt Vowelscape (Chris
Awful Records) has rapped about mass those aggressive, combative lines are Mercer, 2016 ): for four voices and real
shootings, ob cene erotic encounters, delivered in such a deadpan manner, time ~thesis Lingua-Palatal1 2 (Michael
and even suicide-but always with and over a beat featuring what sounds Edgerton, 2016): for four \'Oices and
such casualness that it can be difficult like a toy xylophone, that one is forced amplification An Untitled Poem (Aron
to even notice. His most recent single, to wonder how much is serious and Chandra. 2012): for &ix voices and :2
channel playback The Song of the Birds:
"Hand ," is no different. The subject how much is tongue-in-cheek. This i
Clement Janequin Motet: Guillaume de
matter i exceedingly violent. The a line which Father tends to toe often;
Machaut LivingR oomM IL'li(cS tory): John
majority of Father's two verses is he eems to thrive in this gray area CageG eographicaFl ugue:E rnst Toch."
spent issuing a warning to any who between sincerity and ab urdity.
choo e to get in his way: "We got them Battle of the Bands 1l017
.45's, them .38's, and some shotgun The uniqueness of his Saturday March 4, 8 p.m. Stamm
shells/ And if you see, you better shoot
sound primarily comes
to kill/'Cause I would rather go to Ff/th Annual BrazUlian Carnaval
Hell than to go to jail.• But reading from his commitment BallPDX
the lyrics is an entirely different to individuality, and Sana-day March 4, 9 p.m. - 2 p.m.
experience than hearing Father spit .BossanovaB aDroom7, ltl E BurnsideSt ,
them. His smooth, almost monotone to expressing that $15 advancet ickets
flow is hypnotizing as it glides over the ·+ AuthenticR· io DrumsC amavalB and:
bard-hitting beat. One can easily get individuality regardless BloooA legria!
lost in it. The apathetic way in which of how it might be + IncredibleD ancers
he delivers these violent, threatening +Guests
lines is so unexpected that it i perceived. + Dj Digo Spinlng the IIIOlt danceable
nmes,S amba,B razilianF unk,F orro,a nd
omewhatjarring. This, in addition to
more!"
the playful, gameboy-esque melodies To accentuate the absurdity of
from producer Meltycanon, leave "Hand ," after two minutes of mock
A Poetry Reading by L&CAlumnus
us with a strange juxtaposition of intimidation, Father closes the song
Roadie Mqffett
whimsicality and crudene . Thi with 15 lines of what i e sentially
Tuesday March 7, 6 p.m. Frank Manor
dichotomy is one which Father nonsensical free-association. His
House
explores often, and it's a large part of masterful flow i in full effect as he "RosalieM offett is the author oHune •
what makes him so unique. spews, "I'm the man, I'm a scam, I'm Eden, winner of 'llie ,/oumal/Wbeeler
Father ha little interest in a brand/Lil Honda, Benihana, Jane prize, forthcoming from OSU Press in
precedent. Growing up be never had Fonda/Corporation, Mitsubi hi, Sony 2017. Her poems and essaysh ave appeared
much interest in music; most of bis Pictures." It's almost as if be wants to in Tm House, AGNT, Ploughshares,
attention , as devoted to comic books bow us that he is in on the joke. That KenyonR eview,t he anthology" Gathered:
and cartoons. Thus his influences he knows the song is ridiculous, but Contemporary Quaker Poets; and
HANDS
are primarily non-musical, which also that he knows that he is talented elsewhere."
is apparent when listening to hi enough to do whatever be wants and
music. He must be drawing influence make it sound good. "Hands" is in Moonlight Coqfessions
from other sources because there the same vein as the bulk of Father's Friday Mc1rchw , 10 p.m. 7l"OiR/ oom
is no other mu ic that sounds like previous work. It isn't bringing too "Apocalips Poetry Collective & the
Black Student Union present Moonlight
Father. Ultimately, though, the many nev elements to the table. That
Confessions, a night oJ Jazz and
uniqueness of his sound primarily being said, he hasn't lost-any of the
PerformanceA rt.•
comes from his commitment to charm which brought him to fame in
individuality, and to expressing that the first place, and he shows no signs
individuality regardless of how it of losing it anytime soon.
Courtesy of Awful Records

FRIDAY,F EBRUARY2 4, 2017
ARTS
9
English trio The Staves bring their captivating;
harniony-filled folk music to Wonder Ballrooni
BY HANNA MERZBACH harp-playing. This, however, is not a sisters' stage presence was phenomenal Tom Jones, The CivilW ars and Bon Iver. fn accordance with their newest sin
I critique of Davis' performance (which and their performance well-versed, with The trio entranced the audience \vith gle entitled "Tired as Fuck," the girls
DISCOVEREDT HE Staves, an En was near flawless) but instead a critique their similar voices harmonizing beau their witty banter and genuine commen were selling pillowcases and eye masks
glish folk-rock sister trio, earlier of the ballroom's layout as a whole. tifully together (the fact that they are tary. Their adorable English accents at the merchandise stand, along with
thi year through a documentary Luckily, when The Staves began sisters may have something to do with and drinking of earl-grey tea onstage the more traditional t-sbirt/record.
they were featured in: "Austin to Bos playing, the entire ballroom went silent. that). The girls have been touring since only added to this entrancement. At one They were also accepting donations
ton." This film followed four bands Accompanied by drummer Dave Power, 2010 and are all aged between 27 and point, the eldest sister, Emily, remarked, for RefugePoint, an organization fo
(The Staves, Ben Howard, Nathaniel Emily, Jessica and Milly Staveley-Tay 34. Before they started headlining their "We are really lucky to play music for cused on providing permanent shel
Rateliff and Bear's Den) on a two-week lor took the audience by storm. The own tours, they performed alongside a living which isn't even a real thing." ters for refugees, as Emily announced
long tour in which they traveled midway through the show.
aero the country in five vin The sisters alternated
tage VW cam per van . Alt hough between in trumeots (key
I do not define myself a a folk board , guitars, bliss gui
lover, [ was immediately hooked tars, etc.), although Milly
by The Staves' charm and cha and Jessica, the youngest
ri ma. I soon found myself pur and middle i ter , predom
cha ing a 15 tick t (the cheap- inantly sang lead vocal .
e t ticket J have bought in ag , "I was urprised by all the
I might add) to their concert on diverse sounds they could
Feb. 18 at the Wonder Ballroom. make, using the microphones
Mikaela Davis, a songwrit in all different ways. I didn't
er and harpist, opened for The realize that wasn't all just
Staves. Davis approaches the producing in the studio,"
harp unconventionally; h said Hannah Van Dusen '20.
pla th in trum at "~th a These harmonizing tech
pul e or rhythm as is often niques were extremely evident
done \,~th a guitar. As some in The Stav~ final songs. Jo
one who has never seen a solo their first finale (before the
haFpi t performance live, 1 encore), th i ters layered dif
wa immediately captivated. ferent live recordings of their
ami Zimmerman '19, one of voices to create an echo effect.
many Lewi & Clark students They then gradually faded out,
at the concert, described Da leaving the audience with chill
vi as "a beautiful angel that and begging for an encore. The
came down from the heav sisters soon returned to the
en to bl u with her harp." stage to sing their biggest bit:
Unfortunately, the back "Mexico." lo tead of being
ground roar of the ballroom's spread out aero the stage a
bar area overtook the softly-spo they had been the entire show,
ken solo artist at times and often they gathered around one mi'-1
made it difficult for the audience crophone in the center of the
to focu . The buzzing, upbeat . stage. The trio sang largely a
atmosphere in the bar located in cappella with a touch of guitar,
the back of the ballroom clashed leaving the audience in awe
with Davi ' gentle, slow-paced HANNAM ERZBACH/PIONEERL OG after the performance ended.
Wit, prowess and
power personified at
Angel Olsen show
BYEVALOVE riety of musical genres to create her
own unique ound, but she also creates
WAYS TIP YOUR bartend song that tell stories reflective of a
rs," Angel Olsen said as she complex human experience. People re
eeted the crowd of the Crys late to her, and she coo tantly deliver .
tal Ballroom after opening with " ev Seeing Olsen perform live was a
er Be Mine.• Her band was suited up dream of nearly three years finally
with bolo ties, and together they de seen to fruition. Throughout her open
liver d a powerful set that was m - er, Chris Cohen' performance, I could
merizing and full of energy. Watch barely stand still. He was great, but like
ing Angel Olsen perform live is like my friends and the other attendees can
drinking a cup of warm milk. You feel surely relate to, the anticipation of Ol
at home and you're left wanting more. sen' performance made it difficult to
01 ea kept the crowd engaged and appreciate his sound. While talented
entertained between songs with her and undoubtedly an engaging mu ician
dry sen e of humor and a large body of if performing as a head1iner rather than
sarca tic commentary: "I used to be a as an opener, it was difficult to enjoy his
cheerleader. But I , as a bitch and bad t knm~og the powerhouse vocalist,
a bad attitude so r quit. Then I decided guitarist, and bada babe who wa to
I wanted to be in a rock and roll band. come. Standing fourth row, I constant
They're basically the same thing." Ol ly pretended Olsen was serenading me
sen's sen of humor is as off-beat a and l soaked up every minute of it. Her
her mu ic, which fu folky-Americaoa encore con i ted of three songs: "In
with grunge-rock vibes. Her heavy use tern," "Woman," and "Total Control,"
of reverb gives her already haunting, but everybody was left wanting more
yodely voice a heavy and bewitching when he was finally done. 01 en' mu-
di tortion. 01 en's set included ome ic is like a drug. Once you start listening
popular favorites, uch as "High Five," you can't top. And even more so, once
"Shut Up Ki Me," "Forgiven/For you've een her live, all you want is to
gotten• and "Give It Up." Her voice get the opportunity for a ecood round.
i even more striking live than what Soon 01 n will be taking tages far
we get when we Ii ten to her albums. larger than the Crystal Ballroom. Whil 0
Her voice d livered with rich under 01 n i a relatively new artist, rising to ..
ton and an unapologetic power. fame over the past few years, he' al
With guitar in hand for all but one of ready carving out a place for herself in
her ong , 01 n boldly claimed the po the music world and in our hearts. She
sition of inger and guitarist, and right peaksforallofu when he ing in"lf
fully so. Her effortless and commanding It' Alive It will~ that •rve learned that
tage presence, in conjunction ,~th her no one ever really is the only one." Ol
pow rful vocal , ucceeded in bringing sen' mu ic not only mak u feel con
the audience from an entranced stand nected to her, but connected to others,
still to a raging, dancing panic and ev too. Loving Angel 01 en i like instanta
erything in between. Olsen's ability to neously joining a community of individ
engage "~th the audience and evoke ual who are addicted to mu ic, art and
such a wide range of emotions illumi life. Olsen remind us that sometimes
nat her versatility a an artist. ot heartbreak is just a way for u to find
only does she successfully merge a va- new people, or music, to connect to. ANNAD ESMET/PIONEERL OG
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FRIDAY,F EBRUARY2 4, 2017
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Men's basketball seniors look back on their
years at Lewis and Clark
BY ABE FIELD and hajping them out along the way.
THEIR DEFEAT this Jones: I hope to leave behind a good
t weekend against WiUa example for guy behind me to follow,
tte, the Lewis and Clark on and off the court.
men's basketball team has been elim
itated from playoff contention for the Roberson: l hope J leave behind a
second year in a row. With this defeat, hard worker, a good leader, and some
this years seniors look back on their LC one who bad a lot of fun with many great
basektball careers as they walk off the teams.
hardwood at Pamplin Sports Center for
the last time. What are your past-graduation
plans?
What is your fondest memory from
Lewis & Clark basketball? Leonard: I'm thinking about going
to play professional basketball oversea
Markel Leonard: I would say for ome years. Then I'll explore more
beating Wesley and Wooster this year opportunities within my major. I always
wa a great memory for me. Our team wanted to work for like ESP and be a
played some great basketball during media broadcaster.
that time. Myself and the team really
enjoyed those two wins that week. Jones: Pharmacy School.
Alex Jones: Freshman year, beat Roberson: Graduating with Com
ing Whitman and Whitworth at home in puter Science/Math degree and hopeful
the last conference games of the yea.r to ly finding a job and possibly grad school.
make it to playoffs.
Who has been the most influential
Cannen Roberson: Beating Whit person, player or coach, who you met
man in the conference semifinals. It was at LC?
super exciting and incredibly fun to be
able to play in that type of environment. Leonard: The most influential per
son that I met at LC was Derek Foster.
if you could play with or against He was my mentor and orneone that I
any NBA player current or past who always asked for guidance throughout
would it be and why? the years here at LC. He gave me life
advice, basketball tip and was just an
Leonard: I would want to play overall gceat person that I looked up to
against Allen Iverson because that was and want to be like one day.
the person I looked up to.my entire bas
ketball career. I would want to play with Jones: Most influential person has
Kyrie Irving o he could teach me all of definitely been Coach Schaumburg. He's
his secrets and knowledge on how to be had a huge impact on where I'm at to
an effective guard. day.
Jones: I would definitely want Roberson: Coach Joe has been
to pl y agai Harper b ck in an incredible mentor and friend to me
the day! Tb y say you learn by playing during my time at Lewi & Clark.
again t the best.
if you were to haue a yearbook
R ber on: Beating Whitman in quote, what would it be?
the co r.r ence emifinals. It was super
exciting and incredibly fun to be able to Leonard: ~Everything happens for
play In that type of environment. a reason"
What is one thing that you hope to Jones: "Kill' em with kinda "
leave behind?
Roberson: "Fate loves the fearless!"
Leonard: l hope that all the young
er guys on the team remember me as
being a good teammate and mentor to
them. I had a great time watching all of
them go through their ups and down Clockwisef rom top: Markel Leonard '17, AlexJ one '17, and Cannen Roberson '17 playing in their enior season for LC.
·Swimming starts season with record-breaking nieet
Joint team effort and passionate teammates combine for a resounding win and strong start to season
BY CASEY PICKARD she's definitely something pecial that does not even fully represent the suc
T our team had that I don't think a lot of cess of the swim team at this meet
HE LEWIS & CLARK swim teams get to experience." con idering the fact that the team not
team started out the year with In the theme of breaking Pio re only maintained their placement in
a record-breaking meet at the cords, Matt Jackson '20 broke, and the league, but also broke a total of
Northwe t Conference champion then re-broke the Pfoneer 200 meter seven LC swim records and maintain
ships. The meet lasted three days, Breastroke record, finalizing his time ing their overall placement as a team
ending with the Day 3 Finals on Feb. at 2:10.23. He was then followed by in the league.
12th. felJow men' team wimmers Zac Oser
Claire Greene '20, a new mem '17 and August Bergh '19. 0 er, fin
ber of the Pios de cribed the meet ished eighth overall in his 200 meter
and ultimate win as, "a very confi Brea troke, and Bergh finished elev
dence boo ting ... uniting experience." enth with a time of 16:51.75 in his
Greene continued, "All of us have 1,650 meter Freestyle.
worked so hard togetber ... we felt like "The men's team was o amped up
a really unified team after that win." on aturday," said Greene. "It inspired Follow Pioneer
When Greene was asked about who us. I think training together with the
both team is to our advantage, and we Athletics from!tom-e -
get to learn off of each other because - -
"All of us have worked both teams are very different." at anytime!
so hard together ...w e felt PHO'l'O COURTESYO F LC PIONEERS Both the men and women's swim
team train, travel and attend the same
like a really unified team Kevin Fox '18 wims the 200 meter freestyle at the conference championships. meet together, allowing for a dynam
after that win. ' ic team experience. Go to lcpioneers.coma nd
through all the very hard practices and her 200 meter Butterfly, beating her After a tremendou weekend, the click LIVEi n the menu
Claire Greene '20 focus on our end goal which is improv preliminary time by one second. confidence and pride within the team
ing as a team and as individuals." International student Natsuha Ka continues to grow. bar to see a full schedule of
may have influenced her, a it is her Ka sie Kometani '19, one of tho e jii finished with a time of 18:40.23 on "Our team broke four school re LC varsity sporting events
fir t year on the team, she an wered, peers senior lo Greene, placed run her 1,650 meter Freestyle, !anding her cords in finals tonight and everyone
"All of our upperclassmen have taught ner-up in the 100 meter Freestyle. tenth place overall in the finals. who advanced from this morning availablef or online viewing.
u a lot other than just the basics of Landing her in the top-two finish of "She's the best teammate ever,~ swam faster. The support they give
where to go at a meet and what the or the meet. Then, sophomore standing Greene said. "She's so positive all the each other is tremendous," said swim
der of events is but al o hO\ to push Katie Kulp fini hed with a 2:12.57 on time everybody's going to miss her. ... coach Chris Frantz. This statement

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Baseball team's offense too much for George Fox
Pioneers come back from a tough start to the season and win the series against their crosstown rivals
BY ABE FIELD
THE OCCASIO AL ray OF s '
uts through the Portland fog on
alatine Rill, the Pioneer base
ball team started their season amidst
rain delays and cancelled games. As
the Pioneers took the field once again,
the team has bad a tough tart to the
Upcoming
season, losing their first three games of
the eason against Whitworth, Willa sports events
mette and Puget Sound. The team got
hut out in their first two games, losing
to Whitworth 4-0 and Willamette 9-0.
The team's nine runs tbi season came Feb.2 3
against against Puget Sound on Feb. 12, Women's Basketball
but to no avail, as the Loggers edged
NorthwestC onference
them with a final score of 10-9.
Akira Abderrahman '17, the desig Semifinals
nated hitter for the Pioneers, said "[The
team] just didn't play good baseball @ Puget Sound
against Willamette,• he said. "They are
on our level, talent wise, and just string
together clutch hits."
When a keel about the clo e game Feb.2 5
against Puget Sound, Abderrahman
Men's and Women's Golf
said, "Our bats came alive and I think it
pointed us in the right direction for de Kellen Ocbi '19 throws out a runner from second base agaist George Fox. PHOTOC OURTESYL C PIONEERS @ Stone Creek Country
velopment." In the second game of the series, the the season looking so promising. The every position," said Abderrahman '17. Club, Oregon City, Ore.
The development and practice team was lead by Connor Sick and Tom- bats were on fire and the pitchers were "If a guy is struggling, we now have the
worked. ln their first home series, LC's my Massari who batted in 3 RBI's each. staying competitive and keeping us in option to put in a really talented young
offense blossomed and bashed the Bru Andrew Yarak '20 pitched 4.2 innings in games," Abderraliman '17 said. er guy in his spot." Track and Field n
ins for 29 runs off of 43 bits over the relief and struck out three on his way to This fall, the Pioneers' recruiting ef- As the season goes on, the Pioneers
course of three games. The Pioneers earning the win for the Pioneers. forts lead to five new rookies joining the will look to their young bench in order SPU Qualifier a
took the best of three series with George "I cannot remember any team in re- team. to keep their t~ healthy. Seattle, WA T
Fox with two wins on Sunday, Feb. 19. cent LCb aseball history that bas started "They have created more depth at
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017
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Uh oh! We're broke! LC files for
If it ain't broke ... well you know. LC's been in debt
since before they built the transcontinental railroad.
See how the current crisis will effect you!
By DREW MATLOVSKY with Pio at sports games for students, just
Wf • Additional toaster at the Bon incase you really
T HAPPENED? sold to Crossroads wanted to live on
wis & Clark College, • Pioneer Log budget slashed campus for anoth
second-best small since who needs real news in this er two years
liberal arts college in Portland era anyway? • Students will now
Oregon, is in debt. Several rea- •Meals limited to the free donuts empower them
son caused this unfortunate handed out outside Howard selves by choosing
situation for the school, includ- • Tenure-track professor posi which textbooks
ing, the rising cost of streamers tions cut and replaced with Khan they want to buy
for student clubs, the purchase Academy Youtube Videos for class. You de
of a grotesquely expensive and • Upper-level administrators cide what's on the
sometimes functional printer for salaries slashed and wasteful syllabus!
Watzek and the ex-President's spending diminished to reduce Useless pizza
ineffectual leadership for the the deficit and provide-hahajust parties for campus
past six years that failed to put kidding. Why would that ever events limited to
the school on the map in a high- happen? only twice a week
ly competitive market. We break • Bon Appetit will switch to 100
~ the various way your life at percent cage free eggs in 2018 be
LC is subject to change: cause that's what really matters
right now
• Only 5 minutes of petting time • LC plans to build more housing
In d your help
Timeline of Lewis &
partner! Clark's financial woes
A Message From "The Prez" and
ByDREW
hounddog, David Ellis Himself
MATWVSKY 2009 -For $15 million, school fi
nally completes B3RRY G Series
By DAVID ELLIS say you and me deputize a 1867 - Lewis & Clark ironical robot to replace the current pres-
ly decides to name school after ident •
couple of those Hardy boys
themselves
(Dutifully transcribed b and make a run for it -
2011 - Due to increasing costs,
Drew Matlov ky) . Let's go knock em over,
H Stud! I know stealing 1869 - LC realizes they should LC decides to cut STEM depart
probably have built a school ments, to focus on what really
OWDY Y'ALL! Glad ain't the most morally
closer to civilization makes money around here
you're with me today. The right thing I've done
name's Ellis, David Ellis. - no sir. But we got
1900 - School changes 2013 -School enters the "denial"
But, you can just call me the Lone our legs tied to the train
name to Albany college to stage of the five stages of grief
Ranger from my good ole cat tracks on an express tick
confuse people trying to
tle days. I've been around these et to Albany. We ain't got
find the east coast. 2014 - LC admits its last normal
parts a little while now and I can time to be good Christians
sized class
tell you we're in tough shape. about this. With the mon
1936 -Administrators
Sheffield and those Reedie boys ey we'll get from this score
invest entire spending 2017-Jan.15, G Series robot mal
a'cross the river sure hit us hard we won't have to hold up
portfolio in hydrogen functions requiring human host
when they stole our pup, Pio, and no more wagon trains.
blimps to resume duties as president
knocked over our safe in Frank We'll be able to pay off
Manor House. Shucks Partner! - those damn Reedies,
We can't let them stand for this! get our good boy Pio 1937 - May 6, The Hinden 2017 - LC mistakenly files for
burg crashes chapter 12, causing thousands of
back, and probably
"But don't worry Partner, dollars in legal fees.
have enough money to
good ol' Ellis has got a run LC into the ground 1959 - Rock 'n Roll is banned
from campus for being "too
way out of this sticky in another 5-7 years.
noisy." Administration loses on
Whad'ya say Partner?
situation." potentially hundreds of thou-
You with me?
sands of future alumni dona-
We ain't got a dime between us -Deputy David Ellis, tions
- and we sure as hell gotta pay Sheriff of Multnomah
2007 -LC decides to heavily
back Jeeves and those folks at County,
invest in the subprime loan
the railroad company if we wan Wrestling
housing market
na keep the lights on come win Champion against
ter. J'm sorry I'm draggin' ya into Shuc.ky
2008 -The housing mar
this stud, but we're drowning out 'The Snake" San
crashes
here with water up to our heads chez and
and not a way out. But don't wor Interim Presi-
ry Partner, good ol' Ellis has got dent of Lewis &
a way out of this sticky situation. Clark
Old man ~reston's got a safe of College
golden bars from all the business
The Bockdaor is a work of dank humor and
he's got runnin' those Blue-Star Meticurous/~d rawn, imagineda nd uisualized fiction. You're welcome, America. - DM
Dough-Nut shops 'round town. I by Anna Schall