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Volume 88, Issue 4

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2017-03-24

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Vol. 88 No.4 FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017 www.p1olog.com
LC presidential search conunittee instated to
replace Barry Glassner, Interin1 President Ellis
By HANNA MERZBACH
EARCH COMMITTEE has Clark in each of the this common respon e directly:
een a sembled to select a can three units," Bekar "We are well aware that the next
idate to fill tbe presidential said. president needs to have the ability to
po ition at Lewis & Clark currently These desired instill transparency in the governance
held by Interim President Da 'd Ellis traits are being of tile school and the next president
and formerly held by Barry Glassner. strongly prioritized needs to connect not just with tu
The committee i lead by co-chairs by the search com dents but with faculty, alumni and do
Jon Jaqua '70 and Jay Waldron-both mittee, as is demon nors," Waldron said.
members of the LC Board of Trustees. strated by the state The committee is unsure how long
The Presidential Search Committee ment of attributes tile search process will take. Lucki
members include one life trustee and posted on March 15 ly, they are confident in Ellis' ability
former board chair, five trustees, three on the LC website. to lead LC while the search is taking
faculty representatives, a staff repre It begins by stating, place, allowing them to take their time
sentative and a student representa "Lewis & Clark is finding the next president.
tive. Associate Professor of Economics seeking an inclusive, Although meetings are confiden
and Department Chair Clifford Bekar forward-thinking tial, the committee is working hard
is the faculty representative for the leader who can de to keep tile community informed,
College of Arts and Sciences, Dean of velop an infectious providing updates on the LC website
Diversity and Inclusion Janet Stever enthusiasm for the along witll a detailed description of
son is the staff representative and Tif college and bas the the role the president plays for poten
fany Farmer '17 is the student repre passion and person tial candidates.
sentative. -----~ al skills to inspire "We are trying to be very open
"There is faculty from each of the LEXIEB OREN/PIONEERL OG that enthusiasm in and transparent," Waldron said. "So,
three schools," Bekar said. "So, there Left to right: Presidential search committee members Clifford Bekar, Jay Waldron and student others, both on and all tbe school community constituents
is one from CAS, one from the grad representative Tiffany Farmer '17 discuss their preferable attributes for the new president. beyond the campus." will be kept informed, but the process
uate school and nne from the law This overarching has to be kept confidential because
school. The CAS elected a faculty rep questions regarding the qualities and Bekar is also actively addressing statement appears to. encompass many, if not most, people that would
and the other two were appointed by characteristics tbat students are look tile CAB faculty and letting tllem know many of the responses committee be potential candidates for president
the relative deans, the deans of the ing for in the next president. the search is underway. At a recent members are receiving from constit want tlleir names kept confidential
law school and the graduate school "Everyone's input is so important faculty meeting, he informed tllem uents. and they would not enter into the
appointed them." during this process because, at the end that they could email him or come by "I think transparency and hones search process if they thought any
Farmer, the student representative, of the day, I don't have voting rights his office to give their input and offer ty are very important. I don't like the thing would come out publically about
was nominated by Interim President when it comes to choosing a presi suggestions. He has already received fact that I saw him [Barry Glassner] what they are doing."
Ellis him elf. She is responsible for dent, but I bring all this information ample feedback. probably three times since becom The search committee welcome
student outreach and attending union to those meetings and say 'look. This is "The fa ulty i concerned tllat in a tudent h r " r tud nt u estions from an one and every
and student government meeting to what student are saying and everyone we get a leader that is f~iliar with Union (Q U) representative Jack one in the LCc ommunity. If you would
gain student input. Farmer and her is aying the same thing, so something the liberal arts, appreciates the liberal Levin '19 aid at the ASLCm eeting. like to suggest a candidate or provide
subcommittee are currently compil is not working'," Farmer said to stu arts, can bring the three units of tile Levin is not the only one priori input feel free to reach out to Farmer,
ing a urvey that will be released to dents at.the ASLC meeting on March school together and appreciates the tizing transparency in tile next pres Bekar, Waldron or any of tile other
the student body in April. It will ask 2. role that the faculty play at Lewis & ident. Co-chair Waldron addressed search committee representatives.
ASLC
IME holds workshop,
Cabinet
navigating interracial
Candidates
relationships
Debate
By GENEA GETIIG By JONAH SVIHUS
SOCIATED STUDENTS OF
ON MARCH 16, Inclusion and The lecture was given in a narrative Lewis & Clark (ASLC) Cabinet
Multicultural Engagement style. Williams began by discussing ebate were held on Wednes
(IME) hosted a lecture by their experience being in interracial day, March 22. There were eight non
Rick Williams titled "Navigating Ih relationships and finished by high ASLC members present. Student Body
terracial Relation hips" in the Frank lighting key things they learned, tak President-ial candidate Patrick Varner
Manor House. Williams identifies as ing intriguing twists and turns that '19 and Community Service and Re
mixed, Black, queer, trans, disabled, chased a number of other topics in the lations Coordinator candidate Violet
a poet, an activist and a workshop middle. Betters '20 were absent. Presidential
leader. They shared their unique "I feel like it was really a different candidate Maris a Valdez '18 em
per pective on interracial dating and kind of learning that I'm not super phasized tile need to create a better
the power dynamics that inherently u ed to because of the whiteness here. relationship between the tudent body
accompany it. Williams' lecture wa It was the type of learning where I'm and the board of trustees. She also
intersectional and multifaceted, di - learning from a person of color and proposed ll ing memes to increase
cussing topics from blatant racism, their experience," Posada said. "It's student body engagement with ASLC.
microaggression , disability and hair not like I'm learning from a book and Vice President candidate Zack
politics. through reading and stuff like like Johnson '19 was pressed by student
IME Student Ambassador Miguel that. I'm learning straight up from a Aiden Trigg-Hauger '19 on his abil
Po ada '19, after receiving great feed person's life." ity to advocate for students who are
back from a Facebook group dedi William 'experiences conveyed to searched by campus safety officers in
cated to people of color in Portland, the small audience a bank of plentiful, an arbitrary way.
decided to hold tile event focused but painful, knowledge. Prefacing the "I will not personally advocate for
on interracial relationship . Po ada beginning of their story about their any harsher punishment for [getting
aid that interracial relationships are first interracial relationship, Williams caught with] drugs on campus," John
a good topic "becau e it's not ome aid bluntly, "I did not realize they son said.
thing that I'm super familiar with, and were racist until we broke up." They Chief Justice candidate Natalie
I think it's important [to consider] for shared that this eemingly simple idea Souders '19 promised "know Y011'r-•--
dynamics in friend hips and beyond "/111erraciaRl elationships" rights forums" as welJ working on
that." co111i11upeadg e 2 Bl.AXEA SHBY/P IONEER LOG amending LC's Title IX policy.
LC Mixed Club College Issue Ecuador Adventures Derrick Austin Tennis Team
Ambrea Crawford organizes the club's first event, Proposed bans, tensions in college towns have Encounters with the natural and spiritual in The award-winning poet visits LCt o give a lengthy Women's tennis team starts final push for NWC
"Gro"fog up Mixed." affected likelihood of international college Cafiar. reading. playoffs.
applicants.
Seepage 2 Seepage4 Seepage 7 Seepage 9 See page 10

FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017
2 NEWS
Day of Giving
LC Mixed Club holds its first
regarded a success
event, growing up mixed
By BRADY ANTONELLI
FOR THE SECOND year, Lewis & can have things like symposia and club
Clark's Day of Giving has proved sports and why a lot of resources that
immensely successful. Because people look back on and say 'I really
of the genero ity of everal admini - love this about my scliool' are available
trator and faculty members, an anon to us."
ymous law donor, Interim President To others, it's a wider gesture of
David Ellis and the Board of Trustee , support. "Some give because they sup
LC was able to rai e well over $115,000 port the scliool that supported them,"
in just 24 hours. New ome aid. "Maybe t]ley received 1:1
Tbe very first Day of Giving wa in crucial scholarship and understand the
April 2016 with a goal of 1,000 dona need for more financial aid. Other give
tions from the LC community. Com because they believe in LC's mission
paratively, the first Day of Giving was and the innovative projects and pro
mall, with a total of $100,000 pledged grams that are shaping future leaders.
by a combination of members from the They see giving as an investment
Board of Trustees and non-trustees, the future. Giving is also a
and an extra $5,000 for the vote of confidence."
fulfillment of various quo LC tudents already
tas. pay tuition and fees, and
This year, tho e in cliarge of Day of
however, Giving take that into ac
members of the count. "It's important to
Board of Trust first note that when we ask
ees increased students to give, we are not look
GENEAG ETTIG/PIONEER LOG
pledged $115,000 ing for a particular dollar amount. ln the cozy Akin Hall common room, LC Mixed Club meets for the first time officially and discus es the issues of feeling
and several new faculty We understand they are already
out of place, belonging to two or more ethnicities and being asked to categorize oneself.
members pledged their paying tuition," said Newsome.
own money if more spe "What we hope is that studen·ts By GENEA GETTIG
cific goals were met. For participate in the act of giv can be going through either the same spoke about labels and identifying the
example, Dean of Stu ing. The act of giving is an ON MARCH 20, Mixed LC club, thing or similar things or they could self, as well as being hurt by a per on
dents Anna Gonzalez pledged act of support and an act of in collaboration with Inclusion have similar internal conflicts with close to a loved one due to her identity.
a total of $1,000 if at least 500 gratitude for the communi and Multicultural Engagement themselves." Crawford spoke about feeling split by
students and 51 student ty that SU pports (IME) and the Multicultural Engage Crawford discussed the commu her identities, and feeling almost as if
life staff members gave. CAYDENB ULLOCK/PIONEERL OG your education. ment Living-Learning Community, held nal environment she hoped the event she was at times betraying part of her
Many gifts have not Giving doesn't a panel and discussion titled "Growing would have. She wanted to see ~a lot of self.
yet been processed, making it impos i,ave to be any particular amount, just Up Mixed: Stories of Multiracial Wom interaction between people. There can Gardner describes being mixed as
sible to tally exactly how mucli money a meaningful amount. That's different en." The event featured the voices and be agreeing and disagreeing, or it's kind feeling as if she was "being pulled in
went to specific areas of the budget. for everyone. What matters most is the experiences of Diana Leonard, Assis oflike 'I see what you mean but I've per different directions" and. spoke about
"We don't yet know exactly how intention behind it." tant Professor of Psycliology, Domi sonally felt this way. . .' I just want it to the pain of "being forced to categorize
much the O'Leary Fund raised, but we For seniors, there's extra incentive to nique (Dom) Gardner, Area Director be like a big sharing circle basically." yourself."
do know that it's more than $50,000, give. "It is important for seniors to give for Platt-Howard, and Ambrea Craw This circle of understanding and Leonard did not hesitate when she
which makes it possible to endow," said becau e they are counted as alumni due ford '17. This event was created and run communication is precisely what even unwaveringly said, "It doesn't matter
Julia Newsome, Associate Director of to the cycle of the fiscal year," said Lexi mainly by Crawford, and was the first tuated. The deep couclies and cliairs what you look like or where you come
Annual Giving in an email correspon Kelley '17. A vote of confidence by new event hosted by her club, Mixed LC. et up in a circle and the sounds of stu from: all people have prejudice."
dence. alumni is very important in garnering Crawford, speaking about the newly dents nibbling on meringues and snick Leonard spoke of her frustration,
One of the major themes of this financial support from outside donors. formed club, described being "told by erdoodles put everyone at ease as they and stated that "People could see me
year's Day of Giving is the question of In the end, giving money to the a lot of faculty and staff that they wish listened to the panelists speak about as they wanted and I couldn't control
why you would give. There are many scliool isn't just about keeping a club by that they had this kind of thing when difficult topics sucli as racism, identity, that." Their thoughtful and analytical
different answers to that question. giving two dollars. The money given has they were in scliool," and described the culture, and prejudice. reflections upon their own Jives was met
For some, it comes down to the op a rippling effect. way in whicli she felt somewhat alone as Dom Gardner spoke about her ex by nods and smiles of the audience and
portunities that LC provides. "Tuition "Philanthropy is one of the most pow !!"mixedr ace student at Lewis & Clark. periences being mixed. She discus ed a palpable tenderne s shared by every
at Lewis & Clark cover about 75 per erful ways to make a difference in the Crawford said, "I don't want people both the love and prejudice exclianged, one in the room.
cent of the co t of educating a student world," said ewsome. "Every donor to think that they're alone. I want them as well as the loss and creation of cul When the topics gravitated toward
and the annual fund is what steps in to to Lewis & Clark enables the previous to understand that there are others who ture within her family. Diana Leonard
fill in the gap for things like that," said ly impossible. The LC education and '"Mixed LC'" co111i11upeadg e 3
Meagan Bradley '19, Phonathon Lead experience would look very different
Caller. "[The annual fund] is why we without our donors and community.
Boxelder bugs breed, take over campus
Navigating interra~ial
By DRAKE MACFARLANE
THE STINK BUGS that have in They entered the buildings through crack open in a window screen in order
relationships vaded our state have to move cracks and crannies during the Fall to to let them escape. Vacuuming them up
aside for the original - albeit escape the coming cold. Once inside, and tossing the vacuum bag is another
thankfully benign - Oregonian home they slept. Until now. option. Above all else, however, do not
Comi11uedfromp age I intruders, the boxelder bug. Students "They basically hibernate over the use insecticides.
may recognize the black and red in winter," George said. "Now they're "One, because it's not really very
is incredibly common throughout inter Williams also made it clear that it is sects, Boisea trivittata, that have start starting to wake up as the weather gets healthy. We certainly don't want stu
racial relationships. not the person of color's job to educate ed to appear in living spaces on warmer and they're looking to move dents spraying all kinds of cliemicals
Williams' general lesson to the au the white person in the relationship. campus. back outside." in [the building)," George said. "The
dience was to be aware of signs that Another thing that Williams clarified "These insects These critters try to escape to the other reason is if you do kill them, the
may signal trouble down the road. For for white people who would like to en new;" said William great outdoors in order to eat and carcasses are left inside the building
instance, a "warning bell" according to sure that their interracial relationship Sr. Professor of Nat breed. Thankfully, that means stu and then other bugs move in to eat the
Williams is when a white person does is positive and healthy was that, "You're ences Paulette Bierzy- dents don't have to worry about them carcasses. You end up with another bug
not want to talk about race. In fact, going to f*** up. Don't make it about Oylan Greer '17, a resident multiplying in their residences. Still, infestation."
they quote a classic line from one of you instead of focusing on the situa in the West appart if students find themselves overrun, The good news is that residents
their white partners when asked to talk tion." said, "There are so many there are a few options available. The should not expect to see them indoors
about race: "I can't talk about this now. Williams provided general rules to tles on the floors of West first is to simply pick them up and for much longer, as they continue to
Let's talk later." When this "later" never follow to be a white ally, sucli as calling I can't leave my room bare take them outside, whether it be escape outside. Still, there has been a
comes, this is a major red flag. out microaggressions if you see them They always die on their by hand, broom, shovel noticeable uptick in their numbers.
Williams talked about deeper, more happen to your partner and not speak backs, and it look like they're or other imple "Typically when it's a long, hot
painful things as their lecture went on. ing over or for your partner of color. screaniing. n ment. summer, like we had last summer, they
They gave the audience a look into "Open the door so I can step through," tend to hatcli and thrive a lot more and
the family pressures to assimilate, the said Williams. then move into the buildings,"
struggle of being black and learning Kellsy Nava '19 said, "I liked how George said. "So that's
about the politics of hair, and the pain they highlighted the fact that both POC Unlike the invasive, ag why we saw an erup-
. of truly loving a person who is ignorant and whites need to actively learn, espe ricultural pests that are the brown tion lasr-"'ye"'a:t-n -.
about race. cially if they want to be allies." marmorated stink bugs, Halyomorpha We may see
t an emotional peak in their nar Williams referred to a white friend halys, these boxelder bugs are harmless ' more as the
rative, Williams a ked the audience, "I of theirs who is a good model ally. Wil Portlanders like the rest of us. Although weath-
need to be able to peak, but if they're liams said that he immediately without they may be strange looking, they are gets
not going to be willing to listen how can question challenges problematic and not dangerous to humans in the slight
I ever be in a relationship with them?" racist situations, but "if I say 'ehh-' he
est.
To those seeking to make an interracial step back and lets me have a voice." "Boxelder bugs are harmless ·es out,
relationship work, Williams specifies While attendance was modest, Posa native insects that lay eggs and t again, it's
two thing that are important: appro da said that he felt it was successful in feed on maple trees (a close rel •n g, they're
priate ally hip (including education "bringing the concept [interracial re ative of the box elder)," Bierzy ng to get
about issues) and communication. lation hips] to the campu , introduc cliudek said. utside."
"You have to et aside time," Wil ing it, and being able to establi h it as Michel George, Associate Vice em, o
liam directed. "It i not on you to prove a concept throughout years to come." President for Facilities, aid, "They're er, for they
your white partner isn't racist; it's on He said that he hopes thi topic can be harmless. They don't bite; they don't do leave an od ....
them. Li ten to people if they say that "integrated into the learning proces of anything like that. They don't carry any Another wa
your white partner makes them uncom white and black and brown tudents [at
diseases." is to leave
fortable." LC]."

FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017
NEWS
3
New online ·campus LC Gender studies departn1ent
hosts syn1posiun1, Point of Access
Market implemented
By HANNA MERZBACH
By SHANI BERENHOLZ
THIS MONTH, a Craigslist-like end of the semester and that was also FROM MARCH8 through 10, Lew-
sharing platform for co!Jege stu my motivation." . is & Clark held its 36.th annual
dents called Campus Market was Holmgren and Senior Director of Gender Studies Symposium. This
made available at Lewi & Clark. It is a Sustainability and Communications year, it was titled "Point of Access" and
tru ted space for tudents to exchange Amy Dvorak run the Green Move-Out sought to examine the dynamics of re-
and sell unwanted items, create car as an effort to reduce waste at the end of ource distribution dynamics, regard
pools and Lit housing within the LC the school year. The two-day event of ing how some people are prioritized
community. fers a place for students to drop off their over others in ociety based on gender
Campus Market was created a an unwanted item -as opposed to throw and sexuality.
effort to reduce the carbon footprint ing them in the dumpster-or get items Students, faculty, staff, scholars
made by college tudents across the na for free. Holmgren believes the Campus and artists came together to participate
tion. The founder, Brad Stinson, got the Market will be another way to reduce in the three days of panel discu ions.
idea while getting his Bachelor's Degree waste at the end of the school year and The turnout for mo t of the events was
at Duke Univer ity. Stinson felt a need wants to open the platform to everyone significant, particularly for events that
for a more su tainable moveout system in the LC community. weren't scheduled during common-class ANAISGURROLA/PIONEELRO G
when he noticed that students would "I'm hoping that not only students times. Top: Felicia Vargas '17 present her thesis on abortion laws and poor access
get rid of their unwanted belongings by u e it but faculty and staff use it," said Point of Access hosted two keynote to contraception in Costa Rica. Bottom: Gabrielle Boyle leads a dance and
throwing them out. Holmgren. "I'm guessing they'll like speakers. On Friday, March 10, Author movement workshop is held in Gregg Pavillion.
"You would actually see these bulk the fact that it's a trusted way to share and Cultural Critic Roxane Gay enticed
items in the dump ter and it really just things. It's just going to make life easi the audience in the Agnes Flanagan
bothered me becau e I liked to be kind er to just interact with people who you Chapel with her brazen, witty humor
of aware of the carbon footprint I leave feel are in a community rather than a and insight into the issues of modern
behind," said Stin on. "I think that oth more stranger-danger ·kind of a feeling feminism, body image and sexuality.
ers should try to have that same men on Craigsli st." Eli Clare held a workshop in the
tality as well. So I tried to create this There are only a few listings right Gregg Pavilion on March 9 titled "Mov
virtual bulletin board to try and inspire now-a table and a set chairs, a car ing Beyond Pity and Inspiration: Dis
people to help reduce their carbon foot pool ride from Sellwood, paintings and ability as a Social Justice Issue." Clare
print and at the same time make a lit a queen size bed- ince there are only is a white, disabled, genderqueer writer,
tle money as well and it took off from a handful of people signed up. With speaker, activist and keynote present
there." Campus Market still new to LC, the site er. He discu ed the intric;ate issues of
Campus Market was established in needs more members to get the plat ableism, disability tereotypes, di crim
2015 and since its beginning at Duke form running. ination and lack of access to education,
University, other schools have started "To start off they simply vi it the employment and housing for disabled
reaching out to Stinson to get Campus website and sign up," said Stinson. people.
Market for "They have to use their tudent email "I think both Eli Clare and Roxane
their commu - - - address and Gay were incredible, and all of us [stu
y rr:=J dent co-chairs] are o grateful for being
nities. 4 The the reason why
company has we have things able to bring their amazing work to this
expanded doNnQ like that is be campus!" said Student Co-chair Bryn
c t u o o n l i l v e e g r e m s s it u i l e t s i a p n l d e ~ - - C - l - ' - ~ - ? c p m a e a u o k s p e e l e s w ur a e n w t t h h a to o t t P h a a r t r " y W t h '1 e e 8 y s . e b l o ec th te d em th b e o m di e b d e c o a u u r s e th e w m e e f e o l f t ANAISG URROLA/PIONEERL OG
across the g - have access acces in different ways - Eli's work standing the Transfeminine Aesthetic "I think there is still very much that
c re o c u t L n o t C r r y . D o i- f -i - + [ . j . .. a D Do D D D D 00 D O ' M- a t p o r u e s the s t M ud C a e r a n k m t e s t w u is s o m e r s l d to d f i o s a a r d b a v i l o l l i c p ty a e t o e r p ig l f e o h , r t a s a n a " m d n R d o o r q x e u a a e n c e e c r 's e a w ss c o i t b i r v k le , o e in x f p o S e r u r d i r e e v n r i v c t e a o s l . • s c u o S p m h p e i o n r r g t e l o h a u e y t r e d 3 t h !> s e t o r s a m is n . e s g D o e u f n r d h i e n e r g r p n u o e p e r t d p o l t a o r c o p e v la w e c r h e w e s h r o e e m lm t e h i o e n n y g e l y c i a n s n h a o o w s n u l y p y o e u r b r e h s i u g th p h e
Multimedia at certain through its humor, approachability and the question and answer portion of the best thing.ever and can't have negative
[fl frankness makes feminism accessible panel, an audience member asked Lo things contribute to them."
and Internal ljl ljl Q:Q _ill_ schools."
Communica- TT L.:J I [I EJ With the even without extensive prior experi renzini what impact her community had The audience responded very posi
tions Vanes- _,,,,... - -.. • ....,.. various free ence," Parry said. when she came out. tively to the paneli ts' theses, drawing
sa Holmgren ,___ _______________ _j and for sale On the last day of'Uie 2017 Gender "When I first came out as trans, l in students, faculty, staff and communi
Symposium, the student-run panel en came out as nonbinary and that was ty members.
discovered Campus Market while re- groups and housing pages on Facebook,
titled "Beauty, the Body, and Aesthetic something that was perplexing to my "I personally didn't know what to
earcbing for a free sharing platform. sharing platforms can be confusing
Expression" allowed LCs eniors to share family and caused a lot of tension be expect, besides perhaps some discus
Previously, Holmgren explored options and unreachable to all LC communi
their theses on LGBTQ+ rel11tedi ssues. tween u ," Lorenzini said. "I pushed it sions on the nature and effects of beau
like Switchboard, which is a campus ty members. With the help of Campus
The event featured moderator Brianne and it wasn't for a really long time that ty norms on women's per pectives,"
Craigslist-like web ite used by Reed Market, everyone with an @lclark.edu
MacEanruig '16 and panelists Clara Ir I decided to use she/her pronouns, Max Udas '20 said. "However, I was
College, Portland State University and email address can register on the site
Willamette University. and continue to make LC a sustainable ving '17, Frankie Lorenzini '17 and Neal choosing a more binary pre entation. somewhat surprised to find so much
Rock '17. It wa in that moment when I started talk about this topic with relation to the
However, no one was willing to community.
Irving's thesi called "Violence of feeling the support and understanding struggle of transwomen. I thought thi
pay for the expensive platform at LC. "I'm really hoping that with the
Holmgren wa determined to find Campus Market's help we ee a de- Being Seen: Recognition of Queerness from my family coming in which still was rather informative con idering the
omething free. crease in the carbon footprint that stu- and Non-normativity" examines the makes me feel really sad." usual lack of discussion surrounding
"You can make money by elling dents are leaving because they really do gender policing practice and "how Rock's thesis called "On the Pedes this area."
the creation of a 'normative' ae thet tal: The Infrahumanizing Nature of the • ln sum, the symposium is regarded
your things, you can hare your things have a tremendous footprint and a tre
for free with other and not throw mendous impact on the environment," ic works to hyper-visualize tho e that 'Goddess' Trend and Dehumanization by Parry as "a huge success." She added
deviate and make them ubject to the through Admiration" focu es on the that, "The advice I'd give to any future
thing in the dump ter at the end of the said Stinson. "That's really the real goal.
state." Irving focu ed on a personal ex terms "goddessing" and "pedestaling." co-chair of any sympo ium on campu
emester," aid Holmgren. "That wa I'm not in it for the profit or anything
perience she bad while doing her thesis "Lnt erms ofmy own experience with is to make sure go into it planning for
my bigge t impetus and that was the like that, I'm really just trying to build
founder's biggest impetus. He was sick a platform that's to make a little money, research and her belief that the struc being pedestaled, it is an overwhelming the long term- professor are generally
tured gender binary is rooted in white sense [in other people] to show that I very understanding about symposium
of seeing things in the dumpste,r at the but more importantly help the environ-
ment." European colonialism. was accepted but to a point where I was responsibilities, so reaching out to them
Lorenzini's thesis i titled "Putting only accepted in a certain way which about taking tests early or turning as
the Femme Back in Feminism: Under- was the 'fabulous gay boy'," Rock said. signments in early i a great approach."
LC Mixed Club panel
<;indd iscussion
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FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017
4 OPINIONS
This Issue's College Issue: A decline in
international student college applications
Proposed bans, tensions in college towns have affected likelihood of international college applicants
By ZACK JOHNSON the credit for which can be attributed not necessarily a uniform trend across
respect to immigrant equity and al student application rate dropped.
to Trump himself - was constructed the nation, universities throughout
equality. Recent anti-immigrant sentiment
TO BE AN IMMIGRANT in any and maintained through the work of the country are truggling with inter
For those keen on economics, a de from political leaders throughout the
capacity within the United States many hardworking immigrant citizens, national tudent outreach and reten
clining population of international stu nation has finally metamorphosed
has never been an easy undertak the dimwitted excuse for a president tion, directly affecting the success of
dents does nothing but increase costs into a physical problem; int.ernational
ing. With the exclusion of perhaps the has persistently and systematically at each institution individually. President
within the American collegiate system. students are, unsurprisingly, eeking
rich British bureaucrats that founded tacked immigrants in our nation with Trump's recent travel bans - though
Unlike American citizens, internation alternative outlets for collegiate educa
our nation, the concept of immigration out the slightest care for their humanity declared unconstitutional by two courts
al students do not receive any federal tion in order to maintain their safety.
has confused our nation for centuries. whatsoever. Of the seemingly endless - coupled with recent white suprema
financial aid, meaning their partici Trump will only start to care when the
Our nation' history is rooted deeply failures of President Trump, the pin cist attacks at the University of Mary
pation in the American collegiate sys negative economic repercussion are
in the horrendous treatment of immi nacle is perhaps his ungodly treatment land - the third in three months - and
tem essentially - though not entirely revealed, but until then, the financial
grants; for hundreds of years, with each of immigrants; it is truly abysmal the George Washington University, along-
- co ts our nation's taxpayers next to afety of numerous colleges throughout
new group that immigrated to the na lengths to which Trump demeans and ide numerous racial and ethnic attacks
nothing. Trump - and his fantastically the nation remains a mystery. Shame
tion, the depres ingly poor treatment assails the immigrant population. that have occurred in colleges through
inept Secretary of Education Betsy De on those throughout the nation who
of immigrants was merely perpetuat The effects of Trump's assaults upon out the nation since Trump's election. It
Vos - ought to eriously consider the continue o berate the immigrant pop
ed in a vicious cycle. Immigrants built the immigrant population have only should be of no surprise to anybody that
financial repercussions of the declin ulation. Your lack of humanity is truly
our nation, yet many tiJI continue to begun to surface and wiJI undoubted the international community is looking
ing international student population. terrible. For it is you, not the immigrant
deny their importance and presence ly only continue to be revealed as time toward the United States with evere
This past academic year was the first in population, who is ruining our nation.
within it. For whatever reason, many moves along. The wide pread Day distrust and fear. The massive privileges
over a decade in which the internation-
prefer to illogicaJly blame - in true Without Immigrants protest exhibited that an American collegiate education
American fashion - the nation's prob the foundational importance that many has long provided have been essential
lems upon the immigrant population. immigrants uphold in our society. lt was ly overridden by the potential danger
From the bowels of America and as only when the daily activities of many of being in the nation as an immigrant,
cending into the White House, anti-im throughout the nation were directly even in the capacity of a student. During
migrant rhetoric continues to plague affected that an under tanding of the the dumpster fire that was Trump's
our nation to thls very day, and the pre ence and significanceo f immigrants first attempt at a travel ban, many in
situation eems to only be worsening. in our society truly became vi ible. ternational tudents already tudying
The utter lack of respect that Pres However, the ramification of in America were left entirely unsure
ident Trump holds for the immigrant Trump' anti-immigrant decrees have of whether or not even they could exit
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population i con istently astounding; also begun to reflect negatively upon an and reenter the nation. The simple fact -
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the man speaks with such a complete already struggling a pect of our ociety, that international students are avoid
lack of human decency toward immi that of the collegiate educational system. ing our nation's entire collegiate sys
grant that one is forced to question According to a recent study pub tem altogether for fear of safety is such
•
both his compassion and humanity lished by U.S. News, nearly 40 percent a di mal concept, and one that merely ..
SARAHB RADBURY/PIONEERL OG
as a political leader. ever mind that of American universities have reported reiterates the massive amount of work
Trump's busines "empire" - exclud declines in international student ap our nation still need to achieve with re
ing his multiple bankruptcy filings, plication over the last year. Though spect to immigrant equity and equality. Reflecting on _wom
On and off-campus housing issues
en's history month
By ABE FIELD Then why you may ask, is LC so di f ter living off campus, students have
f r nt? Why are student abl to move to think about the trade-off before
S MANY STUDENTS look for off campus so easily, and why do so deciding to move. For many students, By LEANNE GLIKBARG but also more support.
nexpensive places to live on many opt to do so? The answer, sim the convenience of living on campus I don't remember the first time
nd around campus, Campus ply, is that the cost of living on campus greatly outweighs the inconvenience of MARCH IS WOMEN'S I learned about "female empow
Living does not make it any easier or is twice that of living off campus. Ac tran portation, food preparation and History Month, and· erment" or the word "femini m,"
affordable to find on-campus housing. cording to the school website, the cost all of the other re ponsibilities that even though March will but it seems that I hear it more
Witl1 summer vacation quickly ap of getting a single room for a semester come with living in a hou e off campus. be more than half over by the and more every day. It is becom
proaching, Lewi & Clark tudents are is $3,839, including all living expenses According to a recent email from time this article is published, it ing an increasingly popular sub
tuck between a rock and a hard place except for food. Rental prices off cam The Bark, LC is looking into remodel is still a worthy topic. I am dis ject in the political arena in the
to find solutions to the housing·prob pu are reasonably priced, Kelly Valen ling some of the dorms for undergrad appointed that I have not heard United States and I think it has
lem on Palatine Hill. tine '18 ay . uate housing. The email adverti ed free more about it over the years con been quite a long time since I went
The campus housing represen "You could get a room on the hill pizza and a conversation with repre- sidering the importance of dis more than a day without hearing
tatives often take for granted the for between $400-500 per month plu entative from Campus Living along cussions about women's rights. one or both of those phrases. It is
availability of housing off campus, utilitie , which is good considering with Mahlum Architects and Anderson It was so under the radar this great that the ideas of female em
whether it be on Palatine Hill or in what you're paying for," Valentine said. Strickler, a Market and Financial Anal year that I almost missed it aside powerment and gender equality
the ~urrounding neighborhoods. For When you add room and board to ysis Consulting firm from Portland. from International Women's Day. are getting so much attention, but
many other small liberal arts colleges, gether, the cost of living on campus is The meeting was et in Smith Hall with To give a brief history of Wom there are still so many people who
the option to live off campus is not one around $2,500 more per eme ter than room and enough pizza for 50 people, en's History Month, we need to think this movement toward gen
that many (if any) students can afford. living off campus. but only eight student showed up. look back at the earliest Women's der equality is unnecessary and
Many schools, like Harvard University LC has a 154 page document called Day observance, held on. Febru who are stuck in the mindset that
in Boston, have almost their entire stu Price of one semester on cam "master plan" which can be found on ary 28, 1909 in New York and or feminists hate men or are crazy.
dent bod residin on the cam us. pus: $3,839 the school web ite. This document ganized by the Socialist Party of I was not always so sure about
Length of semester: 16 weeks contains information about what the America. It .is important to note bow I felt about the word "fem
including finals chool had hoped to accomplish since that the idea of celebrating wom inism• and I felt like if I used it
Price per month: $959.76 the document's release in 2008. On en's history is barely a decade old to describe myae)f, that I needed
14 flex (150): 2,684 page 125 in the ection about under er than women having the right to clarify by saying, "but I'm not
Total on campus/seme ter: graduate housing on campus, the to vote in the United States. On crazy like those feminists.• I did
$6,523 document says "replace with new res March 8, 1917, a demonstration not appreciate the importance of
Off campus housing: $2,400 idence hall" for all of the Forest hous of women textile workers began in female empowerment when I was
rent/utilities ing facilities. I found it interesting that the capital of the Russian Empire younger. When I reflect on those
Estimated food costs for off the oldest buildings on campus, both (then Petrograd, now St. Peters thoughts now, I think that a) wow,
campus living: $400/month Hartzfeld and Copeland, were not on burg) covering the whole city. This that's cringeworthy, b) it's crazy
this list. On top of that, it was interest was the beginning of the Russian bow far that I have come from that
Josh Fischera '18, a two year vet ing to see that the school bas planned Revolution. One week later, the time, and c) now I think female
eran of on-campu living who moved to replace all of these residence halls Emperor Nicholas II renounced empowerment is incredibly im
off campus this spring after studying since 2008, but since then no progress his throne and the provision portant and I wish that it had been
abroad in the fall, had a strong opinion has been made. al government granted Russian a bigger part of my life growing up.
-about on-campus housing. As students look for housing op women the right to vote. March Growing up, I remember my
"As much as I love waking up to portunities off and on campus and 8 was declared a national holiday mom instilling a major fear of be-
vomit outside my door and around the try to choose which option is the best in Soviet Russia in 1917 and was ing attacked by men on the street,
shower, as well as the symphony of in fit for them, whether economically or primarily celebrated by the so to the point that I had a lot of trou-
toxicated athlete showcasing their im logistically, they are offered very few cialist movement and communist ble feeling okay walking around
pressive vocal capacities far earlier in options. If Campus Living were to countries until 1975, when it was campus my freshman year. Even
the morning than I would like, off cam partially ubsidize housing for people adopted by the United Nations. though I had that fear (and to an
pus living is able to provide me witll a who have lived on campu for more International Women's Day extent, I still do) for a long time,
nicer, larger room, a full hou e to use, than two years, not only would other first took place two years after the I never thought that that was not
all for much le s than the cost of living tudents trying to find housing on Pal first Women's Day observance and something that I should b.~~'"°''-'
on campus," Fischera said. atine Hill beless pressed to find a place has been celebrated annually on prepared to deal w s ith o . 1 wish that
Living off campu gives students to live, but on campus life would bene March 8 ever since. This single-day instead of focusing much energy
like Fischera an opportunity to take a fit greatly from a larger upperclassmen celebration grew into a week. In on giving me anxiety about being
step away from the hustle and bustle of presence. 1978 - not even forty years ago - attacked, she had focused some of
the world witnessed its first Wom it on empowering me and educat-
academic life at LC in order to get ome
breathing room. One way Fischera en's History week. Almost decade ing me on women's issues. I hope
finds hi escape is through cooking. He later, in 1987, the world saw the that the next generation of parents
explains that "rather than face regular If you are interested in providing first month-long celebration of will focus more energy on empow-
women's history. It seems clear ering their daughters, as well as
and daily extortion at the hands of Bet feedback to Campus Living on the cur
just from this short history lesson educating tbeir sons about issues
ty upon entering the Bon, [he is] much rent student housing situation please
that women's issues and female em of gender inequality and how they
more equipped to deal with more mod take their survey at http://www.ches
powerment are· not only can help to make ,a difference.
erate financial drain at our local Fred data.com/aslsurveys/LC2o17j.
getting more attention,
Meyer supermarket."
ANNAS CHAll./PIONEER LOG Although the prices are much bet-

FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017
OPINIONS 5
Overhaul of the American healthcare system
threatens the progress made by the ACA
.
Student examines the Republican healthcare program proposed prior to the March amendments
21
By ZACK JOHNSON opinion, simply cannot be overlooked. wealthy Republican lawmakers - who, the gains brought about by the ACA. will still be unable to deny coverage to
The ultimate and perhaps mo t unsurprisingly, have little to no expe Some of the highlights - if you Americans with pre-existing medical
THE MOST LAUDED and simul unforeseen failure of the ACA was the rience participating in the program could call such purposeful attacks upon conditions. They can, however, enforce
taneou ly criticized aspect of program's negative effect upon health - repealing the ACA has been a top low-income citizen, women and elderly a 30 percent penalty upon those who
President' Obama's eight years care premiums. A premium i essential priority of the Republican Party since Americans highlights - of the new Re have not maintained continuous health
as president was undoubtedly The Af ly the monthly amount a citizen pays 2010, when the ACAe xisted merely as a publican healthcare plan include the care coverage; the Continuous Cover
fordable Care Act, otherwise known a thei.r healthcare provider for coverage. House Bill 3962. President Trump coor slashing of Medicaid funding for all· age provision is essentially an alterna
Obamacare. A sweeping overhaul of the Under the ACA, premiums in 31 states dinated a large portion of hi campaign Americans who enroll after 2019, the tive avenue of persecuting American
American healthcare system, the ACA are expected to rise by double digit around the repealing and replacement ability for states to deny Medicaid fund with pre-existing medical conditions.
was the first nationwide healthcare re percentages over the next year. In Ari of the ACA, infamously offering no re ing for "essential health benefits" such These two aspects of the plan - albe
form program since 1965. Fully imple zona, however, there is expected to be placement plan - or even minutely as maternity coverage, prescription it truly only the former - are the only
mented in 2014, the ACA ha enrolled a more than a 100 percent increase in hinting at how the program would be drugs and mental health care screen redeemable aspect of the new health
over 23 million Americans in health the monthly premiums of in ured cit altered - throughout the entirety of ings to citizens after 2019 and the com care plan. That is perhaps the saddest
in urance programs in only three years izens. This consequence of the ACA, his campaign. Facts, ideas, or even a plete removal of cost-sharing subsidies concept of the entire plan: millions
and bas drastically reduced the overall easily used as unsound motivation to poorly construct for low-income of dollars are being wasted to create
uninsured population of the nation. For replace the entire system, is truly one of ed plan, howev For millions of Americans Americans after an entirely new healthcare plan that
millions of Americans throughout the the few failures of the overall program. er, are no longer 2019. Further provides fewer benefits to the Amer
nation, health insurance was a distant However, the rising premiums were an required by the throughout the nation, more, while the ican public than the previous attempt.
thought prior to passage of the ACA; immense error for the ACA, and one American public; health insurance was a plan removes the Projections hold that the new Re
mi11ions gained affordable health in cannot blame lawmakers for wanting a rude tweet at penalty tax placed publican healthcare program will in
surance for the first time under ACA, to improve that particular concept. Ro ie O'Donnell distant thought prior to upon Americans crease the uninsured population of the
and the life-saving significance of the Praised by many citizens nationwide and a sexist com passage of the ACA ... who refuse to nation by nearly 24 million over the
program, regardless of your political and oppo ed by a small collection of ment or two are purchase health next decade, radically affecting the fu
enough to win insurance, it si ture of our nation's health. The negative
Predators awarded you the presiden- multaneously· re ramifications of the new Republican
cy these days. Nevertheless, as Trump moves the penalty tax placed upon large plan are truly endless at this point, as
took office in January, the future of the business and corporations who refuse the program quite literally does nothing
American healthcare system - specif to offer affordable healthcare plans for to aid the millions of Americans who
in entertainm.ent ically what would become of the ACA their workers. A one-year moratorium need health insurance the most and
- remained a mystery to the nation. will also be placed upon federal funding require financial assistance in securing
Republican members of Congress, of healthcare clinics - such as Planned an insurance plan. By repealing and
By NATAIJE RICH formers..M idnighitn Paris is one of under the harebrained leadership of Parenthood - that offer abortion ser replacing the ACA, slashing Medicaid
my fiM>riteJ DOYieBsu. t the question Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, re vices to their J?atients.F' inally, Medicaid coverage and removing cost-sharing
vealed their proposed replacement coverage for long-term nursing home subsidies, the Republican lawmakers
THE accusations remains: la it poaible to appreciate
for the ACA on March 6. Rather than stays remain uncertain amidst rising have essentially issued death sentenc
beganp ouringo ut against someone's art while not concJoning
simply attempting to correct the fail premium hikes for those over 65, neg es to many American citizen . Should
Cosby, detailing de their actions off-screen? Is it okay
ures of the ACA, primarily that of ri - atively pinpointing the rapidly expand this bill pass and become law in the fu
cadeso f npe anda ssault,t hem edia that I love Midnight in Paris, or is
ing premiums, Republicans instead ing elderly population of the nation. ture, I hope each and every lawmaker
was shaken.• A merica'sD ad,• as it the fact that Woody A1lenb as been
turnedo ut. had been dngng, .. acx:uNd,- _ aemally •,..,Jting I proposed a widespread overhaul of Surprisingly, the new plan main understands that the potentially pre
the entire system. Coined "The Amer tains the provision allowing young ventable deaths of thousands of Amer
sauJtiaga ndg roping womens ince cbiJd iDdeliblyl inked to the film? F.s,
ican Healthcare Act," the plan differs adults to remain insured beneath their icans are directly linked to their care
the t960s, with DO repercumions. sentially, can art be sepanted from quite substantially from the ACA and parents in urance plan until the age of less, shameful and dangerou actions.
Any suits filed against him he settled the artist?
works to-remove nearly the entirety of 26. Furthermore, insurance companies
with money. Women who spoke out To most, the answer is clear
were silenced or -ignored. It wasn't ly yes. Manchester by the Sea did Students battle the post-fact world
unti1 the comedianH annibaBl u exceptionally well in the bm office
reS8 called Cosbya npist duringa and In award shows. Chris Brown
stand-up routine that peopleb epn aells out coneerts regu)erly.B ryan
By MADELEINEO RONAB URGO:, ed univer ities and younger siblings 3. Question your sources. Even though
taking a bard 1ook at Cosby's his Singer's X-Men films do jUlt • well
or friends in grades K-12 have their we are being inundated with clickbait
tory. AP.d isgusting as theae actions as they did before be was accused W ITH THE confirma- access to education stripped by this and a systematic silencing of the pre s,
were, they also provided an avenue of rape. As a society, we are willing
tion that Betsy De- administration. It i our duty to pick it is vital that a tudents we try to ob
for a dialogue about celebrity sexual to forgive the rich and famous for
Vos is indeed the next up the inevitable slack DeVos and tain information that is objective and
assault Cosby, though a particular no apparent reason other than they
bead of the Department of Trump will create. What can you do? close to unbia ed as possible. Healthy
ly horrific caae, is not the only male are rich and famoua.( An ezception
celebrity to use his power to assault being Nate Parker, star of Birth of a Education, many students are wor 1. Keep your textbooks. I know it's skepticism is perfectly acceptable.
ried that the future of their education tempting to sell them back, but we Ask around jf something eem too
women (and in some cases children) Nation, who was acquitted of rapei n
is in jeopardy. Tho e most at risk have to do all that we can to preserve prejudiced to be objective or if some
and get off scot-free. Cee Lo Green, coOegeb ut whose film did poorly as
appear to be students in the public higher level education for coming gen thing looks too ridiculous to be true.
Mike l'ylon, Kirk Douglas, Woody a result of the news breaking before
school system who depend on state erations. However, if you depend on 4. Support the di emination of infor
Allen, Roman Polanski, Chris Brown it premiered).
approved syllabi to structure their ed elling back your textbooks for money, mation. I do not know what kind of re
and Bryan Singer are just a small However, isn't a pel'IOD'sa rt a
ucation. Although this may not eem there are till ways you can contribute. strictions will be put on the pread of
sampling of the men who have been reflection of themselws? When an
as though it relates to academia in a 2. Index everything. If you ee an arti information under DeVos and Trump.
accused of physical and/or sexual vi actor makes a film, even though be post-fact world, it lays the founda cle, a study, a piece of history in a Buzz I do know that it is important that we
olence against women and children, is acting as a different character, he
tion of what students can expect from Feed article or in a tweet go directly help others consume information to
not even to mention the fact that our is still a person who benefits from
the in titution of education under to the ource and read it all the way educate them elves on what is going
president, Donald Trump, has been the film doing well. Investing in art Trump and, to a le ser extent, DeVo . through. If it eems trustworthy print on. Be active in spreading information
accused of marital rape and openly made by sexual predators and of DeVos bas already demonstrated it, download it, keep it somewhere you like guides on what to do if you are
admitted to groping women. fenders finandally and metaphori that she has little to no evident con can get to it. With DeVos's agenda it is d.etained at a protest, rules on how to
The argument was rekindled mlly forgives and IIOl'lll8lbetah eir cern for students who depend on the entirely po ible that historical figures properly evaluate a source, or how to
when, during Oscars season this ections. Giving awards to theee peo federal system of public school edu like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Brown help someone in need. If the sharing
winter, Manchester by the Sea be ple indirectly rewards them for what cation to be educated. Period. Prior Berets, the Black Panthers, Fred Ko of information among private citizens
gan garnering numerous awards. they do. Sometimes it's even more to her appointment, she was quoted rematsu, Fatima al-Fihri, Marsha P. is made illegal, share information
The movie it!lelf is irrelevant: what direct; sometimes theee offenses as saying that federal funded schools Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Storme anyway. If that is our last stand then
is important Is the lead ac:loarn d ewn makei t onto the screen. In Lo.st being required to meet the guidelines DeLarverie could be overlooked. o be it, at least we did something.
director, Ca8ey Affleck. Fresh Off Tango in Paris, the scene where of the Individuals with Disabilities
the Boat star Constanc:We u called Marlon Brando's character performs Education Act was "worth discussion."
outAfflecltonT wittero n Jan.2 4, al a sex act on Maria Schneider, was· She has al o displayed an ambivalent
legingt hat he assaultedt wo women planned wftboath er knowledgeo r
- at best - approach to upholding
duringp roductiono n his 2010 moc consent.a nd shot withouta&kingher Title IX legi lation on college cam
kumentaryr m Still Here.T he wom beforehand. The director, Bernardo
pus sexual assault, stating it would be
en in question both filed lawsuits Bertolucci even said that he didn't "premature" for her to ay whether or
after the incidentsa nd settled out want her to know what was going to not be would uphold it. Public school
of court. Wu attackedb oth Affleck happen because he wanted her reac teacher are al o facing extreme ad
himselfa nd the Oscars for continu tion as a woman, not as an actress. A verse effect of this predicted divorce
ing to give sexualo ffendersa wards woman was literally raped on-cam of fact from education. DeVo 's pro
for their art. She said, ""Menw ho era,a ndt he ensuingf ilmw as lauded posed policies eek to dismantle the
sexually harass women 4 OSCAR! by audiences and critics, winning tructure public school teachers have
Be gooda ctingp erformance matters some international awards. This is tried to bard to reform in favor of bet
more than humanity. human integ not okay. This should not be nor ter preparing their tudents for higher
rity! ... be Art isn"t about humani mal Celebrities who se,mally assault education. Where does that leave u ,
ty, right?" She followed with, "He's other people should face some sort at our private university? Where doe
running for an award that honors a of retribution, be it jail time if the that leave federally funded colleges?
craft whose purpose is examining victims choose to pre • charges, or Where does that leave students-still
the dignity of the human experience being blacklisted by Hollywood. Di in the public school sy tern? How can
& young women are d eply human." rectors. producers and other actors we trust any institution based in ac
Wu's tweets highlight the main should refu. e lo work with them. ademia for unbia ed cientific stud
isstte \\ith these incidents: Men \\itb We need to trust when victim testi ies, hi torical indexing and even any
power get away with using and abus fy that this has happened to them, ru information in general? What can we
ing women, and they continue to get opposed to listening to their attack as students do when objective fact is
rewarded for their art. Casey Affleck ers simplyb ecauset hey are famous. being stolen from us little by little?
is undeniably a talented actor and We need to stop supportingc eleb It eem hopeless, when in fact
director. Cee Lo Green and Chris rities who use their power to hurt there is still something we can do.
Browna re populars ingersa nd per- womena ndc hildren. We cannot sit idly by and watch as
our counterparts in federally fund-

FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017
6 FEATURES
Portland's Resistance leader Gregory
McKelvey on activism in the Trump era
By CAMERONC ROWELL McKelvey takes issues with the member of a ton of different marginal tween [Sanders] and Black Lives Matter gets cold called he probably doesn't
"Good protester vs. Bad Protester" ized communities, so I don't think it's groups which sort of catapulted me into know the answer," McKelveys aid about
I
N THE WAKEO F the Trump elec binary that has plagued recent move incumbent upon me to tell people that the Bernie Sanders crowd," McKelvey his life as a student.
tion, Portland's Resistance aims ments. One example is the Women's might of already reached that level in said. "There weren't many Black people "I'd say the majority have no idea
to connect the new anti-Trump March vs. the Inauguration Day pro their oppression to tell them-no don't in that crowd, especially here." what I do, or maybe they do and they
movement with those who have tests (J20). worry. I mean the biggest thing about McKelvey's first involvement with just don't say anything. Kids at LC Law
already been working towards social "This idea of, 'We are the good pro tile civil rights movement is that it's not activism came in a less tllan traditional School, kids at any school, don't watch
justice. testers, we did it right, you are unruly,' okay for a white person to tell a black way, while on vacation with his family the evening local news. But, my profes
Beginning as a Facebook page creat there's a lot of underlying racism, as person how to fight their own oppres in Athens, Greece as a high school stu sors see me on the evening local news a
ed by Lewis & Clark Law student Grego well as classicism and ageism even, that sion. When we have people out there dent in 2010. It was right in the midst lot and they have largely been support
ry McKelveyt wo days after the election, goes into that. But, I think that resis that feel so victimized by capitalism or of the far-right Greek government's ive and understanding on days where [I
Portland's Resistance (now with up tance is going to look like J20 plus the whatever system they view as margin planned austerity measures that result miss] class," he said.
wards of 20,600 likes) was borne out of Women's March not J20 vs. the Wom alizing them, it's not your place to tell ed in a coun~vide strike and protest. On March 4 in Lake Oswego, a
several days of anti-Trump protests that en's March, "McKelveys aid. them, 'No, that's not where we're at "I just joined the p.rotest, not be computer store owner and racist in
happened in across America's cities. On multiple occasions, Portland's yet.'" cause I understood the intricacies of ternet troll belped organize a "March
I met McKelvey in a Miller class Resistance protests have been labeled Before Trump's election, McKelvey Greek government or anything, but 4 Trump," where conservatives and
room. Students passed by, leaving their as riots by the city, based on acts of had already been a familiar face in Port because those people looked cool and neo-nazis gathered to show support
early evening classes as I nervously vandalism associated with protest. The land activism, taking part in Black Lives were standing for something meaning for the Trump presidency. In response,
scrolled through his 1\vitter. McKelvey first of such was Thursday, November Matter demonstrations. Formerly, he ful," McKelveys aid. "I would sneak out ·many local activist groups, including
walked down the stairs wearing a suit 10, when 25 people were arrested in worked with groups like Don't Shoot from the hotel I was at with my parents· McKelvey and Portland's Resistance,
and bow tie; he's been very busy these response to vandalism in the Pearl Dis PDX, whose leader Teressa Raiford ran to go hang out with these protesters." came to counter-protest. In a video of
days. In addition to becoming one of trict and at a Toyota dealership. What a wri·te-in campaign for Multnomah Upon returning to Portland, the Oc the protest posted on 1\vitter by Port
the faces of Portland activism, he has went unnoticed, however, was that County Sheriff, losing to lone ballot in cupy Movement had just begun to take land Mercury reporter Doug Brown,
been working full time, and in the fi none of the 25 arrested that night were cumbent Michael Reese. McKelveya lso form, where McKelvey listened to and McKelvey jokingly demands for the
nal stretch of his law degree at LC Law charged for vandalism. became politically involved with the learned from older local activists. He Trump supporters to "Get back on the
School. Today, he's going to speak at an la response to the damage to busi Democratic Party as a del- then went on to study Political Science sidewalks," referring to requests po
LC Civil Disobedience workshop, facili nesses in tile Pearl, Portlan ' egate for former at Oregon State University, where he lice made a week prior at a downtown
tated by Professor Reiko Hillyer, as part Resistance started a fund t candidate and started to become more interested in protest against police use of excessive
of a series of weekly, unofficial classes repair the damage, rais both tile organizational and political force, that ended with arrests and po
directly addressing the history of radi ing over $55,000. Despit end of activism tllrough regular injus lice violence. At the pro-Trump march
cal activism, and the modem incarna raising money for tllese tices in the criminal justice system to though, police remained largely obser
tion of normalized far-right, neo-fascist repairs, McKelvey has wards people of color. vant. A photo later surfaced showing
ideology. routinely stressed tliat •obamar unning really inspired me . a Trump supporter posing for a photo
"November 8 and November 9 I was one shouldn't police otll a to feel empowereda s a Black man. But with riot police, with one of the police
protesting, and I had been doing a lot ers' activism. 11us meet also, while I was in college Trayvon officers wearing Trump's infamous red
of Black Lives Matter protests before tllat has beenc oatr iqg be- Martinw as murdered, and that's when Make America Great Again hat. The iro
hand. I knew how to protest and the sial, even tn I uw a came l really care about," ny wa not lost on McKelvey.
cops response and that kind of stuff,■ m,eral Mcl<elvey~ "I the opportunity "It's ridiculous, I mean I couldn't
McKelveys aid. "I wanted a centrali7.ed logotolawecbooliD ashington, D.C., even get that close to a riot cop," he said
location really, and to make sure that aot1& use I wanted to ,vith a dry laugh. "[Trump Supporters]
there were policies we were pushing tDtry d better my com- are always mad at us for being mean to
for and so we weren't just going q the cop , for protesting without a per
chaos in the streets for no r hool at LC, mit, and for blocking roads. And they
The tactics of McKelvey aril, __ aduate in did all of tho e things. I still support
land's Resistance blend gr left. • work their right to do it though."
i t activi m with that of pol" meets Despite the hypocrisy and privilege
On everal occasions, McK• .,0..,...,,,_,,_ displayed in the pro-Trump march,
ed to their aims of establishiDJi;,,J~-,.,>+ McKelvey maintained optimism. For
Party for the left." him, the counter-protest meant some
"Activists and politicians, activisli't thing more.
and politics in general ai:e always al' t peo "Some people said, 'Why would you
war," McKelvey said. "But, I think; me in show up to what they're doing?' And if
sort of a privilege to say I'm ignolW roba you think about it, if you're an immi
req
the political system. People d own grant. a tran gender person, a refugee,
upon these services. I mean, for ~ some a Black person, or anybody that's a part
pie, the Supreme Court could over "d who of these marginalized groups in the face
turn Roe v. Wade and that ever of Trump, the images on -TV of your
have a huge human impact, so s . his city coming out in support of Trump
can't completely ignore politics." , is al could change your life for tile worse,"
With that being said, Portland' s on his he said. "But what if it's people in your
Resistance .frequently goes beyond city tried to [come out for Trump], but
state sanctioned protest. They have were drowned out by many more peo
not ought permits when protesting, ple standing up for your rights. Even
a tactic that ha faced backlash from though some may not have the privilege
the increa ing presence of riot police, to be able to go out and protest, that
who have deployed tear gas, pepper could change your life for the "better,
spray, 1 -lethal rounds, as well as ti on, and that's worth sometlling. It's not
have thrown protesters, and in some if he enough, but it's worth something."
cases passersby, to the ground.
Adventures Abroad: Dublin pubs and alternative humor
By PETER KRANITZ ately irk us, like repeatedly saying that I hand made it clear that he was not a
was from Seattle despite my correcting bar employee. Nevertheless, he contin
D UBLINERSH AVEA unique way him numerous times. ued to tell him to leave. Eventually he
of interacting ,vith strangers: After a minute, his friend came back laughed and shook our hands, hanging
they f*** with them. It's often a from the restroom and sat down next around long enough to get in a few more
sort of jeering friendliness, a disingen to him at the table. He had a similarly veiled digs before scurrying off.
uous niceness that seems a little off. intense look, but talked a bit slower. This doesn't seem to only be a few
They're not necessarily being malicious. He exchanged some quick, eeming isolated incidences of jerks in bars
They just find your disarmed confusion ly rehearsed banter with hi bud dy, messing with Americans. lri h people
incredibly amusing. stared at me for a econd and said, outside of the capitol are significantly
One particularly memorabl~ exam "You look like the guy from Suits ... No! friendlier and hold a similar opinion of
ple happened early in the semester. A John Mayer. Definitely John Mayer." Dubliners. As a local ·man in Sligo, a city
small group of people from the Lewis & Caught off guard, and slightly flattered, in the west of Ireland, so eloquently put
Clark program went to Arthur's Pub, a I thanked him. He continued to only re it, "Dubliners are f***ing a**hol ." A
local spot known for their blues and jazz fer to me as John Mayer, and it became farmer from Mulagh, a rural town near
music. We sat down at a large table near clear that it was more mocking than Dublin, agreed, albeit in' less strong
the bar, one end of which was occupied complimentary. words, saying that, "People are much
by a man in his mid-twenties. Hearing After a few more similarly barbed friendlier outside of the city." Even one
our accents, he jumped into the conver comments aimed at the rest of the PHOTOC OURTF.SYO F PETER KRANITZ of my professors, a native Dubliner,
sation. group, the two men realized it was like Dubliners linger on a side street decorated with colorful graffiti confirmed my suspicions, specifically
"How about Donald Trump? He's a ly in their best interest to leave. As they saying that he often has a hard time
arrn behind his back before letting go It was crowded and there were no open
wanker. You guys know what a wanker were getting up, one of the LC students, telling when people are being genuine
and laughing. Guarda is the name of the tables, so we stood off to the side with
is?" He accompanied tliis with a hand missing the herbal comforts of home, or just polling his leg.
Irish police force. He relished the split our drinks. Again, a man in his mid
gesture to ensure that we did, in fact, asked them if tlley knew where to find This is not to say that everyone in
second of panic in our eyes before we twenties approached us.
know what a wanker is. We, of course, weed in Dublin. The first gave a vague Dublin sh,u-es the same off-putting
realized it was a joke. "I'm going to have to ask you to
agreed, and started chatting with him. answer. When he stopped speaking, sense of humor; there ari. plenty of
A similar incident happened a few leave, you can't wear shorts in here,"
He talked very quickly and had a sort the second put his hand on my friend's kind and polite people in the city. But if
weeks later at a different bar. Two he said, pointing at my friend's ex
of intense look in his eyes. He seemed shoulder. you're looking for a pleasant conversa
friends and I went to The Cobblestone, posed calves. The man clearly was not
friendly overall, but would occasionally "Sorry mate, I'm Guarda. You're tion with a stranger in a bar, maybe go
another local pub, on a Saturday night. a bouncer, and the pint of .beer in his
slip things into conversation to deliber- under arrest; he said, half twisting his to Cork instead.

FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017
FEATURES
Encounters with the natural and spiritual in Callar
By NOAH FOSTER-KOTH with a local healer who offered to per her patient's' symptoms, which she an Once the ritual was finished, the Ancient Caiiaris lived in a matriar
form a traditional cleansing ritual on nounces at the end of the healing pro healer was ready to read the cracked egg chal society, in which women were of
OUR FIRST DAY AT Caiiar re two members of our group, Amelia cess. ln some versions of the ritual, a to determine what kind of bad energies ten higher-ranking figures than the men
quired two members of our Jackson, '18, and Maddy Frawley, '18. Liveg uinea pig is opened instead of an her patient was afflicted with. that surrounded them. The metal brace
group to stick their heads under The ritual supposedly cleanses the pa egg, but the healer correctly assumed "She has a lot of nerves. A little gas,• lets and other decorations that adorned
open flames as part of a healing ritu tient of their negative energies, but it's that our group wasn't emotionally ready the healer said. "She has bad energies, the woman at the center of the c~t
al. The second day was more restful: not a gentle process: both girls were to see a cuy disemboweled, and used but she's cured now." The complete indicate that she held a higher rank in
we visited an ancient monument with sprayed with fire and smacked around eggs and leaves instead. healing ritual lasts about eight minutes, society than the 10 men she was buried
mass graves and colos al with a bundle of After cracking so the healer only repeated it for one with. When she died, tradition demand
stone faces. plants during th e "She wants to blow the the egg, the healer more student, Maddy. She then per ed that her followers drink poison and
Shortly after arriving ceremony. used a candle and formed a short version on the rest of our allow themselves to be buried alongside
in Caiiar The Ca.iiari flame over you," our host a spray bottle of group, commanding us to rub cleansing her - hence the 10 other skeletons that
on Fri people are often flammable liquid oil on ourselves without swatting us surrounded her in her tomb at Ingapir
day, we secretive about explained. "But you need to ignite a bundle with eggs, leaves or gas jets. According ca. This arrangement, as well as the val
met their traditional to wrap your hair." of leafy plants. to Caiiari folklore, the rit\lal helps the ue placed on female authority, re.fleets
customs, but I The little spray Earth Mother drive out the bad spirits the importance of the Earth Mother, or
have this healer's bottle generated and dark energies that may have afflict Pacha Mama, in Caiiari traditions.
permission to describe the first cleans an impressive fireball before the healer ed us. Pacha Mama is the local name for
ing ritual in this article. extinguished the flames and continued The day after our cleansing, we vis Earth Mother, the same deity that the
The healer began by handing a with the ritual. She swatted the student ited an ancient Caiiari ruin, which also healer prayed to when she drove out
single candle to Amelia, her first pa with the singed bundle of leaves, which illustrated the importance of the Earth Amelia and Maddy's bad energies the
tient. Amelia then moved the candle helped to drive out Amelia's negative Mother deity in Caiiari culture. The previous day. The ancient Caiiari be
across her body before returning it to energy. ruin is called Ingapirca, meaning the lieved that the Pacha Mama would
the healer, who directed her to blow The healer paused, not sure whether Inca Wall, J:;,uta large part of the ruin allow the sacrificed men to be reborn
on the candle three times before ignit- she should continue with the next step was originally after they were
ing it and placing it on the altar with of the healing process. She consulted constructed by entombed with
four more candles. with our host in Spanish, who translat the native Caiiari "She has a lot of nerves. A their leader,
The healer then took a fresh ed for the rest of us. people before the which is why they
little gas," the healer said.
egg and vigorously rubbed it all "She wants to blow the flame over Inca invaded Ec buried their dead
over Amelia's body while pray you,• our host explained. "But you need uador in the 16th "She has bad energies, in the fetal posi
ing to the Earth Mother, asking to wrap your hair." century. One of tion.
but she's cured now."
for her help in driving out her The healer covered Amelia's head the most macabre Not only are
patient's bad energies. When with a sweater before picking up the and fascinating the man-made
the healer was satisfied, spray bottle again and issuing several discoveries at In- structures at In
she directed Amelia to hefty blasts of fire across her patient's gapirca is dated from 900 A.O., well gapirca impressive; the natural rock
blow on the egg and body. Blindfolded, Amelia twitched before the Incas conquered the area's formations surrounding the ruins are
took it back to the whenever the fiery jets got too close to original inhabitants. just as remarkable. One cliffside has
altar, where she her arms or face. Then the healer knelt Our guide informs us that one of the earned the title, "Face of the Inca," be
cracked it into down and deliberately ignited the straw tomb at Ingapirca contained eleven cause the shrubs, rocks and lichen have
a jar and read mat at Amelia's feet. skeletons in a strange circular forma grown in such a way that they form a
the egg white "Stomp it out! Stomp it out!" she or tion. Ten of the skeletons were curled remarkable likeness of a man's face.
to determine dered. Amelia was happy to comply. up in fetal positions and arranged in _ The likeness is especially remarkable
After the healer uncovered Amelia's a ring around ,the eleventh, which was considering that the placement of the
head, she sprayed the flames over her adorned with jewelry and placed in the eyebrow-like plants, stubbly shrubs and
patient's hands and gave her a pun middle of the other bodie . In many an wrinkly rock lines are caused by nature
gent oil to rub on her face, stomach cient Ecuadorian ocieties, the central - or Pacha Mama, if you prefer - rath
and back. Then the healer ended the figure of such a tomb would have been er than by man. When it comes to visual
ritual by placing an urn full of smok a male ruler, but the archaeologists who wonders, the human constructions in
ing embers at Amelia's feet, so that the analyzed the tomb at Ingapirca have Caiiar are remarkable, but the natural
sweet-smelling smoke could waft over concluded that the dominant figure in world is always more impres ive.
her body. this grave site was a woman.
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8
Red Hot Chili Peppers bring a rusty Arts
perfromance, kooky atmosphere calendar
The people sitting next to
By DYLAN GREER By AVA BURTON
me showed up right before
T HE AUDIE CE at a Red Hot the second opening act,
Chili Peppers concert is a Jot like Trombone Shorty, got on Rodin: The Human Eq,erience
what I imagine the audience at a stage. It was a mother with Now through Sunday April 16,
Trump rally would be: overwhelmingly two children. She eyed me Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park
white, with biker tattoos and facial like I was a threat. Maybe Ave
hair in abundance. Ages ranged from it was the leather jacket? "The Portland Art Museum is pleased
indoctrinated children to people who Despite her protective to present Rodin: The Hwnan
had to consult their doctor before maternal instinct, she Experience-Selections from the Iris
engaging in strenuous activities. decided to stand as far from and 8. Gerald Cantor Collections,
"I'm excited too,n a middle aged man me as possible allowing her an exhibition or 52 bromes by the
wearing a leather RHCP vest whispers kids to be mere inches away. groundbreaking French ac:ulptor
to me in line at will call. I don't know I thought this was an odd Auguste Rodin. 1be exhibition, which
what I did to elicit a summation of thi decision, but 1 focused on opensJanwuy21, 2017,is beings taged
man's emotional state. Trombone Shorty walking in Portland tocommemoratethe tooth
out on stage. annivemly of the artist's death.•
They were dis He was incredible. His
appointingly clothed and trombone sang in the
same range as him, and Travis w.m --••Sound
there was no evidence whenever he lifted the Friday March 24, 7:30 p.m. Arlene
that Anthony Kiedis was instrument to his Sdmb!r Concert Hall 1037 SW
lip , you could Broadway St
using his sock as a penis see the other 9l'he P.mmy Award-winning
sheath. band members choreographer tabs bis r d a a m nce c rew,
prepare. The Shaping Sound, Oil the with a
New Orleans bnmd-new aliowA, fter the CUrtain,
. The Moda Center is large and I band flew follows a maD's creatne journey
am awkward, so finding my eat was through a set that fuDowingth edellb of bis true love..
a challenge. I managed it about four included a cover of
minutes before the first opening act. It Green Day's "Brain
was Jack Irons, the original drummer Stew,n and had the ApaOW
for the Red Hot Chili Peppers before entire audience on their was a middle-aged white Friday March 24, 8 p.m. Woncler
leaving - and a drummer for Pearl Jam feet. This was the true highlight man. They were disappointingly Ballroom 128 NE RaaellSt ,
- again before leaving. His show, called of the night. clothed and there was no evidence that "ComplliDg her fint IIOllp - •
the" Jack Irons Experience," es entially Then, after the mother had switched Anthony Kiedis was using his sock as a music. teenager OD a acbooJh all piano,
amounts to loud drum played over a positions with her children and was penis sheath. Overall, the experience, including Obel's darkly hatimate 9DUDd
recorded synth while trippy videos are now standing, uncomfortably, next to However, when his hirt came off the masterful stage and lighting design marries iastnnnent and wlce in
projected on a screen behind him. It was me, the Red Hot Chili Peppers came on "Dark ecessities," Kiedis' voice was great. However, the Chili Peppers meJanc:botliacrm ony. Her first album,
two hours before the Chili Peppers and on stage. The first few song were reached a level that was altogether were forgettable and the seventeen ~ gold in 2011,
the tadium was mostly empty. It was forgettable. Anthony Kiedi ' voice adequate, and when coupled with song set list· seemed entirely too short with bauoting tnlcb 90CIDdtracking
cool at first, the kick was loud enough to was flat, and he sounded like he was Flea's always-superb bass playing and for a band with this many hits. It episodes of 1V lhowas uch as Grey's
shake your sternum and the projection one of the many teenagers around the Josh Klinghoffer's effervescent grunge was a show that seemed destined to Analomy.•
matched both the emotion and beat of world who try and cover hi songs. The guitar, created a feeling that the whole disappoint, and apart from Trombone
Jack Irons' drumming. However, it got drummer, Chad Smith -who we might night was leading up to this moment. Shorty, I would not recommend it to a
dull fast and throughout the experience I as well refer to as Will Ferrell -seemed It culminated in a beautiful rendition friend, especially for an average ticket Jain
had two competing thoughts; Jack Irons old and the sports memorabilia he of "Under the Bridge," which, while price of $88. Sunday Man:b 26, 9 p.m. Douglas Fir
is a damn good drummer, and I'm bored. had on only enforced the fact that he out of place in Portland, was made Lounp 830 E. Burnside St
"TlaeP arisiana inpr's debut album,
·Music video festival presents entertainment 1.anaka-wbich means ·childhood"
in her mother's natiYe Malagasy
chronides her journey through
adolescenl'e. Her song "Come,"
from international producers to local artists
oompoaed at age 16, turned her into an
overnight &eDllation..
By ANNA SCHALL the number of beard-and-black-beanie guard, as I had assumed that all the videos screen warmed me, r1I have to admit
combos in the crowd, passing time until were produced by local filmmakers. that I was drawn to many of the videos Pawlnpr
" DON'T YOUw onder sometimes a young man stepped forward below the What was even more shocking was from California O know, I know, take Tuesday March 28, 7 p.m. Crystal
'Bout sound and visionr screen. He introduced himself as Dustin that a whopping seven videos came that as you will). My personal favorite Ballroom 1332 W. Burnside St
-David Bowie, "Sound and Morrow, a local filmmaker and author, from outside of the U.S., from places as from California was the music video for •Passenger is an English singer
Vision." Low. as well as a professor in the Department obscure as Frederiksberg, Denmark. The "Casual Party" by Band of Horses. The songwriter and musician. His most
The rain had died down to a fine mist of Theatre at Pprtland State University. level of talent required to be presented song itself criticizes the idea of the "casual ucxiessfuls ingle, "Let Her Go", has
by the time we approached the theater, He also introduced B h fi.ifth 'd . was evident; party,• dwellingo n the seemingly endless, topped the charts in many countries."
Y t e eo zt was
giving the famous neon sign an extra his co-founder Vl no video left its meaningless conversations that take place
blinding been. I read the marquee as of the event, Kat clear that this festival had audience bored and expressing one's hope to leave every
we passed below it: PORTLANDM USIC Audick, a Portland- b . if Th or disappointed. second. The concept of the music video LaithAl-s.adi
no arrzer genre. e
VIDEO FESTIVAL The grandeur of tlie based director O By the fifth video compliments the song perfectly; we see Friday Man:h31, 7:30 p.m. Mismssippi
Hollywood Theater never fails to make and production first video was a somber it was clear that the band members as guests at a house Studios 3939 N. MiSRISippiA ve
one feel as if they are venturing out in designer. With song set to b u r b a n- this festival had no party with a variety of strange monsters. •A finalist on season 10 orNBCT'sh e
the early twentieth century, about to a brief but SU barrier of genre. It illustrates perhaps the exact opposite Voice, Laith Al-&tadi won the nation's
witness the miracle of technology that n o n e t h e I es s based drama; the fifth The first video was of the sort of party the song discusses, heart, with praise from coach Adam
is cinema. My·g oosebumps had not yet inspiring David , • ky 'd fi a somber song set celebrating odd friends and strange party Levine as an 'incredible guitar player,
was a gzmmzc eo or
faded as we stood in the concession line, Bowie quote, the Vl to suburban-based activities, which is what makes it such an increch'bles inger.•
intent on helping ourselves to some of fifth annual music a rap song featuring Killer drama; the fifth excellent pairing for the song.
the best popcorn in Portland and a hearty video showcase M'k was a gimmicky Of the international videos, one stood
e. __________
sampling of whatever they had on tap for began. l video for a rap song out in particular: "Kubrick" by Stig of AIIWoag
the night. The selection of featuring Killer the Dump, a rapper from London. As ThundayM ar.3 0 & Friday March 31,
We settled into our seats in the front videos was unexpectedly diverse. Of the Mike. a self-proclaimed Kubrick fanatic, this 7 p.m. & 9!30 p.m. Newmark Theater
comer of the theater. Between long twenty-four music videos, only nine came Although the excitement of seeing video made me swoon. As one can infer 1111S W Broadway
sips of marionberry cider 1 counted from Portland - a fact that caughf me off one's city represented on the silver from the title, the song is a tribute to •AH Wong made history with the
Stanley Kubrick. Surprisingly, the form release or her Netflix special. Ali
of a rap does a level of justice to the Wong: Baby Cobra, by becoming the
cold, methodical style that Kubrick was first comedian to record a stand-up
known for. The lyrics are loaded with show while seven months pregnant.
references for the die-hard fan, and the (Update: She's now mother to a baby
video pays homage to a wide selection of girl!) Wong returns to the stage-sans
the director's films. Each scene featured preggo belly-birthing punchlines and
the rapper as a character from a Kubrick baby jokes a-plenty. Thinp aren't
movie: from 'Gomer Pyle' in Full, Metal lowing down for Wong: she's got a
Jacket to Jack Torrance in The Shining. new 'IV show, American Housewife,
Kubrick fan or not, the video had everyone premiering on ABCt his fall."
in the audience laughing, if solely due to
the incessant mugging of the artist for the
camera. Tech 9ne
Al the end of the night, a few Sunday April 2, 8 p.m. Roseland
members of the crews for the videos Theater 8 W 6th Ave
stepped forward and answered some •Aaron Dontez Yates, better known as
questions for the audience, although a Tech N9ne (pronounced "Tech Nine"),
majority of the artists and producers is an Ameriran rapper, songwriter,
were not in attendance. Regard! , the reoor<l . pro<lucer. actor, and
night offered a rare opportunity to get entregreneur. In 1999, he and bu iness
exposed to a wide genre of music in the partner Travis O'Guin founded the
most immersive way possible. lf you find record label Strange Music. He has
yourself bored around this time next year, sold over two million albums and
do yourself a favor and pop over to the has had his music featuredi n film,
Hollywood Theater for the sixth annual television, and videog ames. In 2009,
Portland Music Video Festival. The cider he won the LeftF ieldW oodiea warda t ..._
alone was worth it. the MTV-UW oodieA wards.•
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FRIDAY MARCH 24, 2017
ARTS 9
Arts 2015 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize vvinner
calendar Derrick Austin reads at Manor House
BY AVA BURTON
BY CARMEL COMPANIOTI
ReginaSpeldor
Sunday April 2, 7 p.m. Keller Audi D URJNG HIS POETRYr eading at
torium 222 SW C2ayS t the Manor House on March 15,
•spektor'ss ongs havea ppearedin Derrick Austin revealed him
TV shows and movies including elf to be an incredibly approachable,
Orange Is The New Black.Grey's friendly guy. He demonstrated his hu
Anatomy, Weeds, How I Met Your mor and wit, as well as his thoughtful
Mother, Veronica Mars, The Good ness in many side-notes and tangents,
Wife and (500) Days of Summer. in addition to the complex observa
Spektor played for tbe Obamas tions about life that come alive in his
and guests at the White Howle .and poetry. la the Foreword of his debut
performed as part of philanthropic collection Trouble the Water, Lew
campaigns for Tibet, Docton With is & Clark's very own Morgan S. Odell
out Borders, and many more." Profe or of Humanities Mary Szybist J
writes: "These poems are so alive, so
J
good, so full of wit and charm and or ,]
row and tenderness and grace .. ." Each :l
Black Violin of Austin's poems grapple with many
Monday April 3, 7:30 p.m. Arlene of the paradoxes that make up o much
Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW of human experience-those concern
Broadway St ing the emotional, the artistic, and the
·Black Violin is an American hip identity. His collection also has a wide .1
bop duo from Florida composed variety of ubject matters, ranging from 1
of two classically trained string in pop-culture, to art history and mythol
strumentalists, Kevin Sylvester and ogy, to is ues regarding race, sexual
Wilner Baptiste, who go by the stage ity, identity, memory, love and spiri
names Kev Marcus and Wu B." tuality. He links the e varied ubjects
with the eadle ly fruitful metaphor of d
water, while also grounding the work
with a focu on and awareness of the
A Fiction Reading by Michael human body. Szybist has pointed out
Oodaatje how, for Austin, spiritual salvation is
Wednesday April 5, 6 p.m. Gregg not separate from bodily salvation. la
Pavilion thi collection, the body is linked to it
"Michael Ondaatje is one of the all-spirituality, identity and sensuality.
world's foremost writers - his art Szybist selected Austin's collection
istry and aesthetic have influenced, as the winner of the 2015 A. Poulin, Jr.
an entire generation of writers and Poetry Prize. After an introduction by
readers. Although he is best known Associate Professor Jerry Harp, Aus
as a novelist, Ondaatje·s work also tin thanked the crowd for being part MORGANF RIES/PIONEER LOG
encompasses poetry, memoir, of his first vi it to Portland. Above all, Austin also finds way to interact pean art. Growing up, Austin wanted to to "truth" in Austin's poems began an
and film, and reveals a passion for however, he wanted to than"kS zybist for with vi ual art - another area of great be a hi toriaa-especially in the area of interesting di cu ion about art and
defying conventional form. His picking his book out of all the other sub personal interest for him - while al o art, fa hion, and religion. He does not creativity. The first dealt with Austin'
transcendent novel The English Pa mi ions in the competition and thus commenting on race. In "Sweet Boys" do visual art work himself, but finds a sources of inspiration and whether
tient explores the stories of people changing hi life. He then leapt into and "Sweet Talk," Austin takes inspira way to interact with it through his poet or not his poems were based on real
history fails to reveal by intersect the reading, commenting: "It's time to tion from Kara Walker's visual art in ry. Rather than describing exactly what events. After playfully responding that
ing four diverse lives at-the end of read poems before I get too emotional." stallation" A Subtlety, or The Marvelou he ees in a given work, he pays atten "a lot ain't real," Austin went on to dis
World War II. This bestselling novel Austin read a total of 18 poems, in Sugar Baby." Walker's piece was made tion to the experience and sensibility cuss how much more important emo
was later made into an Academy cluding "Bow Down" - titled after Be up of a black female Sphinx made out of the viewer, and even imaginatively tional truth is than literal truth. For
Award-winning film." yoace's song from Lemonade - that of white sugar. Surrounding the Sphinx reworks and changes what he sees. He example, the poems in his collection
deals with question about ma culinity,
were sculptures of black boys made of also finds Renai ance art particular about the "grandfather figure," such
power and submission. Austin prefaced
molasses and brown sugar. The piece ly compelling because it tends to tell as the one 'suffering from Alzheimer's
his reading of "Torch Song" - a drag
became infamous for the ways white clearer narrative stories, and forces him in "Summertime," were created from a
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story queen's anthem - with a story about a viewers interacted disrespectfully with to pay attention to "Where I am, and conflation of both bis mother's father,
Friday April 7, 7 p.m. Council friend of bis who says that people can the figures. In the poems, Austin dis where I'm not." He, as an African Amer who died of cancer, and bis father's fa
Chamber not call themselves poets until they've cusses the historical erasure of slav ican queer poet, would have never been ther, who died in the military. Austin
"Fonner scientist Galen Erso written a poem about Persephone. Au - ery and the personified experience of an individual imagined by Renaissance finds the emotional truths to be more
lives on a farm with his wife and tin, on the other hand, joked that you these figures, writing: "their bodies painters. He finds himself aware of direct, important and interesting, thus
young daughter Jyn. His peaceful "can't call yourself a poet until you've now magical -/ burning, dismembered, where someone like him would or would working to creatively pull different ex
existence comes crashing down written a poem about a drag queen." singing - to make the myth / easy." not fit into the narratives of old, white periences together in order to get to the
when the evil Orson Krennic takes Here, and in "O-P-U-1.rE-N-C-E," we Even though these poems were influ European painters, and uses that idea powerful emotional truth that lies be
him away from his beloved family. can see how Austin weaves together im enced by modern art, Austin has always as inspiration in much of his writing. neath. The second question was about
Many years later, Galen is now the ages and inspiration from his favorite been drawn to Renaissance-era Euro- Two audience questions related the poem "5. Etching of Adam and
Empire's lead engineer fort he most films-in this case, "Paris is Burning." Eve," which discusses a work of art that
powerful weapon in the galaxy, the
doesn't actually exist. Austin discussed
Death Star. Knowing that her father
how he loves bringing together inex
bolds the key to its destruction, a act amalgamations of images collected
vengeful Jyn joins forces with a spy
ana from art and media. He wishes he could
other resislance flgbbn to l!Jteal paint, but alas, cannot and instead com
the space station's plans for tbe
bines images in his poems that are able
RebeAl lliance..
to "talk back" to art. The image of Adam
and Eve, specifically, was derived from
CoMPOYSout.r <!ttf. an image in the movie "I Am Love."
While answering a question about
Radiohead his use of vivid settings in many of his
Sunday April 9, 7:30 p.m. Moda
poems, Austin described some of the
Center
symbolic importance of water in his po
•Radiobead are an English rock
ems. The two main settings in which his
band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire,
poems take place are Florida - and the
formed in 1985. The ba,nd consists
Gulf of Mexico - and European cities
of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood,
around the Mediterranean Sea. For him,
F.dO 'Brien, Colin Greenwood, and
water was the force by which he could
Phil Selway. Radiobead have sold
connect the ~o widely different places.
more than 30 million albums world
Throughout his collection, he finds a
wide, including their latest album A
way to connect the dynamic properties
Moon Shaped Pool, the band's ninth
of water with many of the poem's sto
studio album, which dropped last
ries. Most notable during the reading
summer and was nominated for two
were the poems Austin read from his
Grammys.~
sub-collection cycle entitled "City of
Rivers." lo these poems, water in the
form of rivers becomes a fluid metapho ____ _
Twin Peaks, lDnds
for cycles, renewal, anxiety and hope.
Tuesday Apn1 u, 5:00 p.m. & 9:30
Austin concluded the night with an
p.m. Doug Fir Lounge
an wer to a question about his writing
"Give Twin Peaks an inch and they'll·
methods. He said that his biggest hur
take a stretch of the road. Hav- •
dle now - and the main difference in
ing careened across America and
his work pre-book release and post
beyond, sharing their staggering
book release - is his past work. Before
energy, the band made their third
he released the book, he joked that all
album the bestw ay they know how:
he had to toatend with was the entire
by themselves. The same group that
ty of his literary prede~ors. O\ ,
producefi the scuzzy squalor of their
he has to contend with his past self,
debut Sunken, had legions of fans
work and habits. More than anything,
screaming along to their anthemic
he does not want to write Trouble the
sophomore effort, Wild Onion, now
Water pW. What's next is still a mys
swings ands erenadesw ith DownI n
tery, but there is little doubt that Austin
Heaven. ..•
will be able to once again enthrall us all.

FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017
SPORTS
10
Women's Tennis continues strong season
The nationally-ranked Pioneers look to close out the season with a second consecutive trip to nationals
BY CASEY PICKARD dynamic in which a 1>layerc an focus Kelly, Legarza, Eliazo and Incerpi
purely on the game. all won their singles matches. Legarza's
UEWlS & CLARK'Sw omen's The singles sets were equally suc win was a remarkable turnaround con
tennis team is continuing their cessful for the Pios. Plawska, Lezargo, sidering she had lost to her opponent
egacy a one of the top dogs in Eliarzo and Chloe Sermet '20 each won only a week before. Eliazo remained
the NWC a they have effectively won their set with Ta h Hood '20 achieving undefeated against her opponent. In
all of their matches ince the beginning the econd win in her career and Adri addition, one of the mo t interest-
of the Fall 2016 emester, carrying over enne Fox '18 coring the ninth point of ing matches of the day was between
their winning streak into the Spring the Pio 9-0 win. Plawska and Linfield's Ella Riddle.
2017 semester. LC's 6-3 win at the Scotford Tenni Riddle unfortunately beat her in their
One of those winning highlights Center on Feb. 19 was the match that top singles match 6-3 and 6-3. Tash
include the Pio 9-0 win against Willa pull the Pios to rank 18th in the ITA Hood '20 happened to lose as well. An
mette on Feb. 17. Beginnfog with victo Divi ion III and third overall in the unfortunate curve to tlie Pio 'streak,
ry in the first three doubles matches of west region. Grabbing the first two although a losses were unable to de
the day were doubles Kacey lncerpi '18 points of the game wa Incerpi and tour LC's competition.
and Jo ie Legarza '20, then Wiktoria Legarza. Incerpi al o won her single "I am uper proud of the girls," said
Plawska '17 and Chri tine Eliazo '18, match against Whitman. head coach Patrick Dreves. "It's awe
and finally Caroline Hennes '20 and Another accomplishment achieved some to have atalie Kelly back in the
Carla Thomas '19. Each double swept by LC was hosting the orthwest Con mix after basketball, and she clinched
their match with a winning core of 8. ference tournament, which meant that the match for us."
Henn admitted that he was very the Pio were on their way to winning Finishing off the day was Eliazo and
nervous although "Carla made it really their first conference title ince 1979. Plaw ka, who won their doubles match
run and relaxing," she said. Those In order to host the tournament next 8-7 (10-5) against Llnfield's Kopecka
relation hip to have with a doubles year, however, LC will have to win and Clayeux.
partner create for a comfortable quite a few more games. PHOTOCOURTESYOFWIKTORIAP l.AWSKA
Wiktoria Plawska '17 and Kacey Incerpi '18 pose with the NWC trophy.
Women's Tennis team has strong outing but can't get the win against Whitman and Willamette
BY BEN SOLEIM throughout the team thi year." performer from last season. However, ketball season, cannot be overstated, to Whitman with a dominant 9-0
Having won both the conference positives still remain for the young with the two- port standout having thrashing of Willamette. This wa a
FTER THREE AND a half hours tournament and regular season titles Pio's. gone 3-0 since her return. The most much-needed victory as they get ready
nd running over 9.8 miles, last year, the Pio entered the 2017 In doubles, the lineups have notable victory was a dual-clinching for the mo t important part of the
ccording to her Fitbit, Lewis season ranked 13th nationally among cbanged a lot throughout the eason triumph over Michelle Ly of Llnfield. eason.
& Clark's Women's tennis number DIii schools. After getting out to a with Incerpi and Josie Lagarza '20 Other impressive performances "Even though we can't win the
one, Wiktoria Plawska '17, dug deep hot start with wins over Willamette, being the team's mo t con i tent include lncerpi who has put togeth- conference title, we can till win the
to hold off Whitman' number one, Pacific and Whitworth, they had their partnership. The Pio undi puted er an impressive 5-1 record while tournament," Incerpi explained. "That
Andrea Gu, 7-5 5-7 7-5. Unfortunately, 18-match orthwest Conference win number one, Incerpi and Lagarza have rotating between the third and fourth is our new goal."
Plawska's epic effort and that of her streak snapped in a surprising loss to accumulated an impressive 5-2 record, spot in the lineup. It al o appear that A conference tournament win
teammates would not be enough, as Linfield 6-3. The Pios would rebound highlighted by a victory over the na Plawska's three-set victory over Whit would give LC their second con ecutive
the 27th ranked Pios eventually fell 5-4 by winning three straight contests tion's 21st ranked doubles team from man could be a turning point in her trip to nationals. The all-important
to their Walla Walla-ha ed rivals in the again, including a 5-4 revenge match Whitman. Christine Eliazo '18 ha al o season, following a difficult midseason tournament will begin April 22 at
match of the ea on. The pivotal lo against the Wildcats. However, their been impressive, boa ting a combined tretch. Whitman College.
dropped their overall record to 3-2, aU loss to Whitman halted their momen record of 7-0 between three different "Coming back from a few lo es
but ending their hopes of repeating as tum, forcing them to reprioritize their partnerships. Most notably a strong and winning a really in ten e match is
conference champion . goals. early sea on 5-0 record alongside huge," Plaw ka explained. "My coaches
"The season overall has been up The Pios always knew defending Plawska as LC's number two team. were really helpful, strategizing every
and down," said Kacey lncerpi '18. their title was going to be difficult, lo singles: The return of Natalie point and encouraging me."
"We have struggled for consistency having1ost three of their top six Kelly '18 following the end of the ba - The Pios followed up their loss
Athlete Spotlight: Frances Swanson
Cross Country and Track and Field runner Frances Swanson sits down to discuss her years at LC.
BY ZACHARY LERMAN. of a liberal arts education and DIil
sports?
FRANCES SWANSO '17 is an
athlete who participates on both FS:J think that being a DIil
the track and cro s-country athlete has actually really helped my
teams. She has won many honors academics partially bi:cause there
during her four years at Lewis & Clark. are a lot of role model on the team
I at down with her to learn about her since freshman year who are very se
life as a student athlete. riou about their academics and did
very well. So I had people to look up
Zachary Lennan: What do you to who had a lot success in academ
prefer to do more, Track or Cros ics and Cross Country. I also think
Country? Why? it's really helpful for me to have a
schedule becau e it help to manage
Frances Swanson: This is always my time and it gives me really nice
the big que tion .... r don't kno"". I've break during the day that ultimately
always been more of a Cro s Country gives me more energy. So I actually
runner because I really enjoy trail runs think it's been really important for
and being outside just cause I find it to my academics, in tead of taking
be more relaxing and more interesting away from it.
but I've tarted to really like Track
cause its kind of just a different experi ZL:What is your favorite mem
ence, like a totally different experience ory of being in Cross countryffrack
during the race. So I like both. at LC?
Frances Swanson runs for a cro country meet this past fall.
ZL: Any notable pre-race rituals? FS: I mean there are so many
but every year during cross-coun- run around. I also had an amazing FS: For me, I love competition and ZL: What do you hope to leave be-
FS: Yea, I always drink a bunch of try we go to the coast, as like a little cro s-country coach in high school and I love having a competitive outlet cause hind for the LC track and cross-country
coffee two hours before the race and pre-season retreat. It's always a really she was so passionate about running, when school gets stressful, it's always teams?
then while I'm doing that I like to listen fun time to get to know the team that she really instilled that in me. nice to really work toward ometliing
to MIA's album, "Matangi." Yeah, so year and we all go on little runs and that's kind of unrelated but ultimately FS: What I really tried to do as
!just listen to the whole album, while jump in the ocean. It's a really fun, ZL: Do you have a favorite place makes me feel good. Let's see, I think captain of the Cross Country team last
just kind of relaxing and drinking cof relaxing time to just hang out with the to run? a lot of the skills that I've gotten in year was really trying to make it about
fee and then like an hour before I start team when it's sunny here and when running and like being on a team, the relationship between_t he runners.
warming up with the team. we don't have school. FS: I love to run in Tryon, that's my like pu bing yourself and working The reason why we all run on a team
favorite place here. It's amazing that with your teammates and trying to be and competitively is i>ec_auswe e're like
ZL: How do you relax after a race? ZL: How did you di cover your love it's only minutes from campus. I really consistent in your running and not a "run family.• Some of my best friends
for running? have gotten to love our track. Whenev burning out are all things that I try from college I have made on the Cross
FS: Usually, it's not a choice cause er you're tired, you can just look up and and u e in my everyday life. .. I mean I Country and track teams and that is
I feel really tired. I u ually like to eat FS: So I've ran since middle it's kind of surrounded by trees, which think one of the biggest things for me ultimately the most important thing
a burrito. It was a tradition for Kori school but I really wasn't into it till my I love. I also like to run at home in the with running is about etting goals and we can be doing is really building tho e
Groenveld '18 who's studying abroad in ophomore year of high school and it Bay Area in San Rafael, Calif. trying to work hard to achieve those relation hips, being kind to each other,
Spain right now but she's on the Cross was mainly because if I was spending goal . That's something that's really laughing with each other and support
Country and Track teams. After every my time doing this, I should take it ZL: People often say competitive important for everyday life because the ing each other because ultimately that
ingle cross country race we would go -seriously. Also in the Bay Area there sports can teach you skill that you goal you set are individual in a lot of is what we are really going to take away
to Baha Fresh and get a burrito ... and are also ju t really beautiful running can apply in everyday life, has running ways. You're not really going by other from running in college. You might
probably more coffee. and hiking trails. So I really got into competitively taught you anything im people's standards. You're setting goal remember a PR or awe ome races but
running once I got a car and I could portant that you can apply to everyday that you can reasonably achieve but I think the most important thing i the
ZL: How do you balance the rigors drive to different trailheads and just life? with hard work. "run family."

FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017
SPORTS
11·
Upcoming
Intramural soccer teams battle it out
Sports Events
until the season finale
"Los Chappos" win the recreational league trophy after an undefeated season
Friday, March 24
BY BEN SOLEIM The soccer league this year consisted
of 10 teams which were broken into
IT'S 9:30 0 a cold night at Gri - two five-team divisions. Competing
Men'sG olf
wold field. Usually, hy this time, within their divi ion, the four teams
vs UT-Dallas Texas Cup the floodlights would have turned • with the best records after four games
off, instead, they illuminate the turf advance to a knockout style tour
@ The Golf Club that ha been transformed into three nament. The games themselves are
Twin Creeks, Allen, Tex. separate soccer fields. On the furthest played seven versus seven with a much
field, Pablo Osuna '18 breaks free down smaller pitch than the standard size.
the left-hand side. Putting a low cros Two·20-minute halve are broken apart
Saturday, March 25 into the box, the ball ricochets off an by a hort five-minute halftime.
unexpecting defenders shin and into Despite the formal rules, what
the open goal. 0 una sprints to the attracts many LC students is the op
Softball other side of the field and celebrates in portunity to play against your friends.
front of his teammate like he just won Most importantly, to beat them and
George F.oxv s. LC
the world cup. never let them forget it.
12:00 p.m. The joy on display has become com "If you win on Sunday, you get to
monplace for those at Lewi & Clark' talk crap until Wednesday," Pablo Os
2:00p.m.
co-ed intramural una '18 explained. "If
soccer league. Taking "I look forward you win on Wednes PHOTO COURTESYP ABLOO SUNA
"Los Chappos• poses for a photo after their undefeated season.
place at Griswold field day, you get to talk
Baseball to intramurals all from Chavez, earning a 5-3 victory. the full length of the pitch.
every Wednesday and crap until Sunday.
Wh_µet he final was hotly contested, "I didn't score any goals, but I got a
Pacific vs. LC Sunday night from year long." It's is a beautiful and
and featured many tense moments, it is couple shots on target,• said Barrows.
February to March, vicious cycle."
li:OOp.m. the light-hearted nature of the contests While most of the participants don't
the league offers Oscar Chavez '18 This year's
that keeps players coming back. take it too seriously, some may go in
3:00p.m. LC students a unique combination of intramural season came down to a
"I love the comraderie with my the opposite direction.
high-level competition in a fun and laid final between two undefeated teams,
teammates," Brendan Barrows '18 "The biggest thing at intramurals is
back environment. known respectively as Los Chappo
explained. "The games are relaxed the rock paper scissors with the cap
"I look forward to intramurals all and Sporting Harambarry. Down 3-2
and you can try things you normally tains," argued Osuna. "Whoever wins
year long," 0 car Chavez '18 explained. with seven minutes remaining, Los
Have a greatb reak! wouldn't try in a real game." gets to decide who wears the smelly
"You get to go back to when you were Chappos pulled off an epic comeback.
Barrows isn't kidding either. While pennies."
a kid. Playing soccer in the streets with Los Chapos were spurred by two goals
playing goalkeeper, he would routinely Osuna would like to let everyone
your friends." from Josh Cavanaugh '17 and one goal
dribble out and take shots from nearly know that he was undefeated.
Softball has a difficult first half of the season
Pioneers show improvement throughout the course of the season at the halfway point of their spring season
BY CASEY PICKARD
LEWIS & ClARK'S Women's
Softball team struck a 3-0 win
after a losing streak of eight Don'gt et hooked
games starting at the beginning of
the season. It was an unexpected, but
certainly welcome, win resulting in Phishinagtt ackos reo n ther ise!
many firsts for the LC's softball players
Protecyto urp ersonainl formation!
and a sweeping victory. The winning
game took place on Saturday, March
12 against the Puget Sound Logger
after it was postponed due to some
bad weather earlier in the 2017 spring
semester.
The softball players to make their
first RBIs of the season.included Lind
ey Yearman '18, along with Jenai Rojo
'18 and Emily Drevdalll '20.
"We were able to have successful
at-bats all game long," said Yearrnan.
"Even if we didn't get on base, we still
hit at-bats and moved our runners,
which gave us a lot of opportunities
with runners in scoring position to get Kaili Akimseu '19 throws a pitch down the stretch at LC.
ome runs on the board." Meaning
that the hits of the game contributed to However, on the same game day, score was Drevdahl, as the Pio's were
LC's 3-0 finish. the LC Pios were not able to beat the only able to make five hits from then
Kalin Rooney '17 also played a Puget Sound Loggers twice. Although on. Lisa Kumasaka '20 took advantage
major role in obtaining the Pio's first Savannah Dickson '20 started as the of the hlt to score the LC's sole point.
win of the season, as the March 15 first pitcher of the game, she was There ce.rtainly was a lack of hits in the
game was the first complete game she· swapped for Kaili Akimseu '20 after game, but LC still managed to leave
had played all season. Yearman added recording only two outs, although she nine loggers stranded.
that "Kalin pitched amazingly and our let tllree runners go on four hits. The Pios play their next game at
defense made a lot of great plays. "By "Offensively we again put ourselves home against the George Fox Bruins
the fourth inning, Ateisha Norton in a lot of good positions to score on March 25.
'19 was able to reach home base and runs," said Yearman. "Unfortunately,
score when Rojo batted, then doubled we weren't able to capitalize as much
down to second base. This was an on those opportunities this time.•
The Pio who was able to bring in
"Offensively we again
the run resulting in the finishing 3-1
put ourselves in a lot of
good positions to score
runs."
--~-----~-
Lindsey Yearman '18
example of how the Pio's cored their
point through hits. Next reaching a
base was Ariel Trinidad '20, who hit
a single right before Zoe Juarez '20
wa swapped at the bat for Yearman. Pleasvei sitth eI nof rmotioSne curiwtye bsitfeo rf urtheinro f rmotioonn
Yearman ultimately gave the LC team
howto reporat suspectepdh ishinsgc ama ndh owb estt or ecover
a 2-0 lead after hitting a ingle.
The bases were loaded with Log ify ouo, rs omeonyeo uk nowb.e comeas v ictimo f a phishinsgc orn
ger at the first half of the fifth inning
when Rooney made a eason-high
record of six strikeouts. This struck out oo.lclorledu/tt/securtty
Katelyn Web ter of the Puget ound
Logger , finally leaving the Loggers
with 11 tranded runners, and fini hing
3-0.

. . .
• . .
FRIDAY,M ARCH 24, 2017
12
Are you a Sad Boi?
Black hole sun won't you come, and wash away the pain ...
By DREW MATLOVSKY in black suits while having their "Waiting for Godot" - Samuel into outer space" -
portraits done, consume absurd Beckett Spiritual.ized
WHAT IS a Sad Boi? Known amounts of opium and then often Really anything by Duetoseksi "Transatlanticism"
as a Goth, a moody Hipster, wonder why they can't look more "A couple chapters skimmed in Being - Death Cab for
an existentialist, emo and beautiful. and Nothingness" - Sartre Cutie
many more - a Sad Boi encompasses After the subsequent "goth" "Mrs Dalloway" - Virginia Woolf "Mellon Collie and
all these qualities. It can be a girl, a pha e, Sad Boiz would return "Half empty bottle of Red Wine" by the Infinite Sadness"
boy or anything in between, you just shortly. In 1995 "Infinite Jest" by Charles Schwab - Smashing Pumpkins
need to cherish your hatred of living. David Foster Wallace was published, • American Psycho" - Bret Easton "Depression Cherry" -
Sad Boiz (the plural of Sad Boi) a reminder that being a Sad Boi can Ellis Beach House
can be historically traced back to be postmodern too. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" - "How It Feels to Be
anc.ient Greece, in which the first Hunter S. Thompson Something On" - Sunny
ever Sad Boi, Sisyphus, attempted LIST OF ESSENTIAL "Howl" - Ginsberg Day Real Estate
to roll a boulder up a hill. To his
painful delight, the boulder would SAD BOI ITEMS Movies: If you checked ...
never reach the top, and Sisyphus
- Eraserhead
would have to start over again, thus How many have you experienced? -Eyes Wide Shut Zero - Seriously? Have you not You're not a sad boi. Sorry, you'rejti t
fulfilling his cycle of self loathing. Put a check next to each one to keep -Donnie Darko read / listened / seen any of these? a little angsty sometimes :( Maybe
The movement was later cemented track? Find out if you truly are a Sad -American Beauty OK I understand if you don't have you had a good AP English teacher,
during the fifth century. Coinciding Boi! - Apocalypse Now time to listen to a seventy-two and read a couple of these books in
with the fall of the Roman Empire, minute "Swans" album, but not even class.
- Ghost World
"Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger "Catcher in the Rye?" What kind of
Books: - No Country for Old Men
was released. The book popularized high-school did you go to? Did you 15-20 Sad Boi:
the movement, and reminded people "The Stranger" - Albert Camus - High Fidelity even go to high school? I would say congratulations, but that
that the only way to have fun is by "Catcher in the Rye" - J.D. Salinger - Perks of Being a Wallflower would kinda defeat the purpose.
riding on a circus wheel. "Crying of the Lot 49" - Thomas 0-5 - Occasionally Moody:
Sad Boiz appeared again in the Pynchon Music: We all get am sad sometimes, that's 20+ Schopenhauer's own:
Victorian Era, partly due to the "My unfinished screenplay" "Kyoto" - Yung Lean ok so do you! "After your death you will be what
popularity of "The Picture of Dorian Unfortunately, Me "To be Kind" - Swans you were before your birth."
Grey" by Oscar Wilde, a book that "Infinite Jest" - David Foster Morrissey B-Sides 5-10 - Buddying Nihilist
depicts men who lounge around Wallace "Ladie and Gentlemen we are floating
"Metamorphosis" - Franz Kafka
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