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The Pioneer Log: Lewis & Clark College’s Student-Run Newspaper

Volume 92, Issue 1

Lewis & Clark College Student Newspaper

Pioneer Log Staff

2019-02-08

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Major shifts to Hoffman Gallery announced
Gallery Director Linda Tesner has been .Zaid off, ·marking a series of changes for LC's notable gallery
By ELSA SPAULDING hosted countless works of art from
globally-acclaimed artists such as Ke
MUCH TO THE surprise of re hinde Wiley, Sue Coe, Leon Golub and
turning students and faculty Hiroshi Sugimoto. Professional artists
members, long-time staff and art-owning institutions typically
member Linda Tesner has been laid lend different-works of art to galleries;
off and will no longer serve as Director curators of art galleries are the ones re
of Lewis & Clark College's Hoffman sponsible for negotiating, securing and
Gallery. For the past 20 years, Tesner finalizing these loans.
has been responsible for scheduling, "I think that this level of loans will
coordinating and curating shows by stu be very hard to secure with a part-time
dent, faculty and professional artists. faculty member and students running
In a statement sent to all c1,1rrent 'the gallery," T~sner said. "Lenders look
faculty members on Dec. 6, Bruce Sutt to the curator to know museu·m or gal
meier, the Dean of the Collegeo· f Arts & Jery standards and to adhere to them."
Sciences, explained that the LC art de Suttmeier has officially confirmed
partment has big plans for the Hoffman that a faculty member from the art
Gallery despite Tesner's sudden termi- department will step in to fill Tesner's
nation: • position next fall. The identity of this
"We are seeking a: more stu faculty member has yet to.b e revealed.
dent-centered gallery experience, and "This really is a change from one
we plan to have a faculty member lead director model to another, from a full
that process," Suttmeier said. "The Art BLAKE ASHBY/PIONEER LOG time staff member -to a faculty-led
department will be more involved, and The Hoffman Gallery is set to see a variety of changes in its staff, level of student engagement and overall curative mission. position," Suttmeier said in an article
students will be more engaged in a cre published by Oregon Public Broadcast
ative and dynamic gallery space." Matthew Johnston, these changes have ments around the college." ·art major, is generally supportive of ing. "What I hope that accomplishes is
Contrary to Suttmeier's statement, potential to strengthen the college's A committee will be formed specif the gallery's new focus but has several that the art department is more involved
Tesner said that the gallery has em relationship with local neighborhoods ically for planning events in the gallery doubts r~arding the diversity of exhi and that students are more involved."
phasized student and faculty work for and schools. and creating an effective model for bitions. For the remainder of her time at
years. "The main goal driving changes future planning. This committee will "I think that it'd be really cool to see LC, Tesner will continue to work on
"I have no idea what this shift in • to the Hoffman Gallery is to increase include faculty members from Watzek more student artwork displayed in the previously scheduled exhibitions for
·the Hoffman Gallery's focus will en student attendance but also to make Library, the art department and other public eye, but I also think that it's im the Hoffman Gallery and will serve as
tail," Tesner said. "I have always been the space serve the college community academic departments in addition to portant for art students to be exposed a consultant on senior theses within the
in favor of student and faculty focused more directly," Johnston said. "There's several student representatives. to what's going on outside of the Lewis art department. She will officiallyv acate
programming, which is what the histo a desire to use the gallery to connect For students who appreciate art, the & Clark bubble," Sanford said. her position at the end of the 2018-2019
ry of the gallery's exhibition schedule Lewis & Clark more strongly with the new focus on student and faculty led The Hoffman Gallery aims to be academic year.
reflects." local neighborhood, and there's a de projects presents a unique opportunity an accessible cultural resource, bring
According to Associate Professor sire for more to be done not just for the for campus-wide recognition of artistic ing both local and international art to Suttmeier was unavailable for com
of Art History and Department Chair art department but for different depart- talent. Samantha Sanford '21, a studio campus. In past years,. the space has ment with the Pioneer Log.
Waze Carpooling app aims to fix campus parking crisis
By CASSIDY HARRIS navigatiori system created and owned to other users with LC emails. "It has the same feel as Uber or Lyft pressed concern with the Jack ofstudent
by Google. SEED chose to use Waze SEED members Evelyn Hunsberg which is super popular, but it's with involvement and issues with advertis
NYONE WHO HAS been ·on Carpool specifically because it is free er '19, Naomi Goldman-Nagel '19 and people you know or could potentially ing ori the undergraduate campus and
Lewis & Clark's campus notic- to users and h_as a user-friendly and Ariel Moyal '19, were the driving forces know in your community," Dvorak said. is currently in the process of expanding
s two things: a commitment trustworthy navigation system. Waze behind bringing the app to the LC com '"There's more comfort and ease in that · the program to the LC Graduate and Law
to sustainability, and the massive Carpool works by having students, munity. They say their inspiration came you have familiarity in the people and campuses in an effort to engage more
overcrowding of the parking lots. staff and community members input from LC's commitment to sustainability where we're going." people to begin driving with the app.
The Students Engaged in Eco De their driving schedules and destination,. and as a possible solution· to the traffic The creators stressed .other benefits SEED leaders are optimistic about .
fense (SEED), alongside the Office which automatically connects them congestion on and around campus. of using Waze as opposed to other ride the carpooling program and its effects on
of Sustainability, Transportation with other users wishing to travel along Goldman-Nagel explained the bene sharing apps, mentioning that the app sustainability at LCa nd beyond.
and Parking, Facilities and the Dean the same route. Riders and drivers can fit of carpooling in regards to the parking creates a network of people connected "Now is a time when there are
of Students have established the use offer and request rides along their route problem. to LC and helps build a stronger com so many environmental atrocities,"
of a carpooling application to address and will receive notifications about "The parking crisis isn't really a munity of students and staff who would Hunsberger said. "This is just one little
the parking crisis and reduce carbon available rides which they can accept, crisis of not enough spots, it's about have otherwise never met on campus. step we can take, even though carpool
emissions on campus. deny or message regarding pickups and too many cars," Goldman-Nagel said. Ii:it he future, LC also plans on offering ing might seem like an inconvenience,
The application, Waze Carpool, was drop-offs. Although the app is public, a· "There are 1,200 available spots across coveted benefits to Waze users. One of we need to start taking steps like this to
invented in 2018 by the parent app _ user can input their LC email address the three campuses, that means that the biggest advantages to users of the change things in the world."
Waze Navigation and operates on a GPS • and filter their po~sible rides exclusively. there are more than 1,200 cars driving app is access to' 50 exclusive reserved Any questions and inquiries can
to campus every day - to reduce that parking spaces spread throughout cam be directed to seed@lclark.edu and
number because of carpooling would be pus. carpoolproject@lclark.edu.
extremely significant." Another possible incentive the cre
Lowering the number of cars on ators discussed were monetary rewards
campus through ridesharing, according ranging from $30 - $50 or Amazon gift
to Hunsberger, also reduces LC's carbon cards for those who complete the most
footprint and is more sustainable than rides each week. Currently, LC is offering
building extra lots to accommodate discounted parking passes for students
. commuters who need parking spaces. in carpools and a $50 Amazon gift card
Many students on campus already for those who sign up to carpool this
use sinlilar ridesharing apps, such as week.
Uber or Lyft. Other ridesharing apps Additionally, the app gives drivers
give you the choice of riding exclusively •t he option to either charge per mile or
with your group or, for a lower price, t_o waive the fee for gas, which provides
carpool with others. Director of Sustain drivers.with more clioicesa nd makes the
Download the Waze app, then scan
ability Amy Dvorak explained how the passenger price cheaper than other ride
the QR code to join the LC carpool
LEXIE BOREN /PIONEER LOG Waze app will compete with these pop sharing apps.
group.
The LC carpool group will allow students, faculty and staff to coordinate their rides. . ular choices available. The team working on the app ex-
ASLC election results Onions cause stress? LCs tudent exhibits art Ever Carradine feature Coach leaves for Willamatte
In response to ~o vacant seats on the Senate, News outlets often print misleading headlines Michael Luzadder's art featured at the "Visionary The LC alumni about her begin·nings as an actor Former offensive coordinator Isaac Parker left the
ASLC held a special election on Jan. 31. like this, confusing correlation and causation. Artist Showcase'.' at the Geodesic Collective gallery. and subsequent career. Pioneers to become Wil1amette's head coach.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2019
2 NEWS
Art community r~a~ts to changes at Hoffman
Photostory compiles community reaction to impending changes to the gallery and their implications
BLAKEA SHBY/ PIONEER LOG BLAKli:ASHBY/PIONEERL OG
JESS PERLITZ, ASSISTANT art. So instead I'm thinking about not only innovating the way that art BENDAVID, and Discovery last year. It has been
PROFESSOR OF ART & STUDIO this moment as a time for reinvigora is seen, understood, and dissemi ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF an incredible experience to work in
HEAD OF SCULPTURE tion. We've had some amazing exhi nated, curators are also connectors; ART HISTORY the gallery with both my Dante stu
bitions at the Hoffman Gallery, such connecting art historically and also dents and with my E&D students
"A professional gallery on our as the recent Allan Sekula and Open connecting it to current needs and "I regularly teach Sandow Birk's engaging original art works and the
campus has been an incredible re this End exhibitions ... A professional concerns, instigating much needed pictorial responses to the Divine artist who made them. A gallery is an
source. I would find it "kind of ironic gallery is such a vital resource for a conversations, opening up space for Comedy in my 'Visual Perspectives essential teaching tool and an inextri
to be working on a liberal arts cam liberal arts campus. Art is a powerful different ways of knowing and re on Dante' course. I taught his illumi cable part of a liberal arts education,"
pus and to be put in a positi.on where tool for conversations and the job of sponding to current times," Perlitz nations to the Qu'ran in Exploration David said over email.
we have to defend the importance.of a curator is a special one. They are said over email.
BLAKEA SHBY/PIONEER LOG
AID EN TURLINGTON '19, a part of this institution anymore. She fantastic introduction to Portland art
GALLERY ATTENDANT & ART brings a voracity to curating these shows ists that I had no experience with prior.
HISTORY MAJOR that I don't know who else could bri~g Meeting them and working with Linda
. that same energy. When you have Lin- makes me want to be involved with the
"The Hoffman is a gallery space in da as both a boss and a teacher, you get art scene in Portland even more. The
and of itself and. to not have the itera close to her. You sort of begin to conflate Hoffman puts Lewis & Clark in conver
tion of the gallery that I've only known at The Hoffman Gallery with Linda herself. sation with the rest of the Portland art
LC these last four years is really foreign Last semester, meeting Mark R. scene in a way that I feel that if we didn't
to me. r"'m really sad that the gallery is Smith & Maria T.D. Inocencio from their have the gallery, that sort of connection
changing hands and that Linda won't be show Loss of Material-Evidence was a would be s·evered," Turlington said.
ANDREW BAKER '21, ART integral part of an art history education. to discuss art in its physical presence
HISTORY MAJOR Only so much theory can be taught in a in the Hoffman Gallery is something
classroom before it is necessary to see a unique and special to the Lewis and
"The access to art in a gallery is an work of art in person. Having the ability Clark campus," Baker said over email.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2019
NEWS 3
ASLC holds special election for two open seats
Nick Gothard '22 and Elsa Spaulding '22 elected to ASLC senate over former Vice President Zack Johnson '19
By MACKENZIE HERRING bridge those gaps you're going to solve
a lot of other problems so much ea.sier
GOING INTO THE spring 2019 because information just flows," Go
semester with two vacancies on thard said.
the senate, the Associated Stu Senator Nicole Dean '21 said that
dents of Lewis & Clark (ASLC) held a while she was excited for both Spauld
special election on Jan. 31. Out of the ing and Gothard's future contribution
three candidates, Nick Gothard '22, to ASLC, she was surprised tliat John
Elsa Spaulding '22 and Zack Johnson son was not elected.
'19, Gothard and Spaulding were elect "What I found interesting was tliat
ed to represent Lewis & Clark students both of the freshmen were elected and
on the ASLC senate. the majority of the senate is made up
In contrast to the school-wide of freshmen and we actually have no
elections held in the fall, spring elections seniors at all on senate and Zack (John
are less publicized because there are son) was a senibr who was running, witli
fewer vacancies. Director of Elections lots of experience," Dean said. "He's
Mary-Claire Spurgin '21 said that while been a senator before. He was actually
the processes for both fall and spring Vice President last year. I was kind of
elections differ, student representation surprised tliat Zack didn't get elected."
is still taken into account through the Johnson, who was first elected to
participation of their elected senators. senate his sophomore year, had served
"The mid-year elections happen on various committees, was appointed
when we have a vacancy in the senate the first Diversity Committee Chair and
• . . . we had two last week when two of had served as Vice President. He said he
our senators had to resign for different was familiar with the election process
reasons," Spurgin said. "The way those but wished that more substantial ques
work, instead of a ballot going out to the tions had been asked.
whole school, just the current sitting "The questions were limited, focus
members of senate are able to vote. We ing upon broad subjects and proposed
think that's a fair process because they future plans but never really investigat
ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
were elected to represent the student ing each oftlie candidates individually,"
body, so it's not like the students have Nick Gotliard '22, Elsa SpauJding '22 and Zack Johnson '19 introduce tliemselves and are asked questions before deliberation. Johnson said via email.
no say at all in the process. It's more Despite not. being elected, Joh,nson
cost effective as well as elections are among the senate. Spaulding, who had a lot of people in ASLC at tliis point, so candidates. Gothard said that since he mentioned that he was excited for botli
more costly to put on in terms of money covered the ASLC for tlie Pioneer Log I think that I was maybe a little more was elected, one of his primary focuses Spaulding and Gotliard and expects
and time." tliis past fall, said tliat tlie ASLC asked comfortable than my oilier candidates would be on transparency issues related that their experiences witli ASLCw ill be
After the students apply and submit rather difficult questions compared to by virtue of my experience with the or to the Board of Trustees and ASLC. positive ones.
a candidate statement, the candidates tlie ones that students asked at tlie Sen ganiz,i.tionb ut it definitely felt like there 'Tm still working to understand new "Though I'm disappointed I wasn't
are invited to an ASLC meeting where ate Debat~. were higher stakes because I was trying and current issues for.the student body elected back onto the Senate, I'm con
they introduce themselves shortly and "It's definitely a little intimidating," to appeal to ASLCo pposed to kids in the to address in the senate, I chose discon fident Elsa and" Nick will be wonder
then answer questions from the cabi ful additions to ASLC," Johnson said.
Spaulding said. "I felt a little nervous entire school." nect oetween the Board of Trustees and
net, senate and student group repre "I hope ASLC provides tliem with the
both when I came in and out of tlie After the deliberation took place, ASLC and ASLC and students to sort of
sentatives. Afterwards, tlie candidates same welcoming and thought-provoking
meeting, but I have been working with the results were announced to the be my focus because I think that if you
step out of th~ room for deliberat.ion atmosphere it did for me."
New "Health and Wellness" fee
to take effect next acadeniic year
By RILEY HANNA a solution to this lack of funding. She, statement on student frustrations with
like Hancock, believes that tliis fee is an additional cost via email. _
S OF THE BEGINNING of next necessary due to the rising demand for "While I fully understand why stu
cademic·year, it is confirmed an services. dents might object to having another fee
dditional "Student Health and "Last year, 22 percent of undergrad and to paying more than they already
Wellness Fee" will be incorporated into uate students utilized the counseling do, I'd remind them that at least by
tuition. This mandatory•fee will be $37 services," Dean said. "It is important paying this fee they can know that their
per student per semester. It will provide that students are health and well-
additional ·funding for the Counseling already waiting ness services are
The fee will be integrated
Center and Health Services to operat~ long enough to get being enhanced
at its current capacity and to possibly in to see their coun as a part of tuition, even and supported
even expand due to increased demand selor, we have a lot directly by these
if students _don ot use
for mental health services. of students with fees," Duntley
The ·implementation of this fee be dietary restrictions on-campus health and said. "It certain
came necessary because a donation who we want to ly will make me
wellness services.
of $200,000, given to the Health and keep healthy by uti sleep better at
Counseling Centers to help supplement lizing the dietitian, night knowing
their services five years ago, ran out as and adding another that we have not
of last year. For the 2018-2019 academ counseling position would make it even short-changed our students in terms of
ic year, the Associated Students of Lewis more efficient and effective for students mental health services and have found
& Clark (ASLC)a llocated $62,500 out of to get in and out of tlie Counseling Ser a way to solve a very real dilemma that
their budget for the services to remain vice." could have had dire consequences for
available and free of change for stu Dean understands tliat it is an extra our community."
dents. Despite this action, the Lewis & financial burden on top of tuition, but Hancock said that the vast majority
Clark administration needed to •find a tliere are many students who have tlie of funding for the health and wellness
permanent fix, as this was only a tempo extra income available to fund tliese services comes from the L&C General
rary solution for the lack of funds. necessary services. She believes tliat Fund. Thus tlie fee will not provide all of
The fee will be integrateo as a part while the fee might be a source of frus the necessary funding to keep these ser
of cost of tuition, even if students do tration for many, it would definitely vices afloat but will potentially increase
not use on-campus healtli and wellness benefit lower income students. services so more students can access
services. John Hancock, the.Associate Mark Duntley, Dean of Spiritual them. Therefore, according to Hancock,
Dean of Students for Health and Well life and Chair of the Student Healtli Duntley and Dean, this fee will benefit
ness and Chief Psychologist, discussed Advisory Board, additionally provided a our community as a whole.
the mandatory nature of the fee.
"There are some groups of students
at the college, because of their schol
arship coming in, where essentially,
the fee is waived," Hancock said. "For
almost all students, it will be a manda
tory fee."
Hancock expanded on the benefits
of every student paying the fee.
"If you think about it, this fee is
about all community members contrib
uting with the understanding that not
everybody is going to use our services
every year;" Hancock said. "It's kind of
like insurance, if you will. So with in
surance,' everyone contributes so peo
ple who need the services can access
them when tliey need them. This fee's
kind of the same thing."
ASLC Senator Nicole Dean '21
serves on tlie Student Health Board and
has been working with Hancock to find MICEAL MONROE-ALLSUP/PIONEER LOG

FRIDAY,F EBRUARY8 , 2019
OPINIONS
4
Onions in Bon food linked to high student stress
Psych! Correlation does ·not imply causation, though news organizations trick readers with dubious reporting
By AUSTIN SCHMIDBERGER of stress in an average week at LC,
compared to 11.1 percent at home.
TITLES CAN BE misleading. 88.9 percent of students surveyed
In a time when "fake news" is ate at the Bon more than seven times
a constant buzzword, we may per week.· So, there appears to be a
tend to approach news with a certa-in correlation between too many onions
amount .of suspicion. This is especially in Bon food and high stress levels.
true when it comes from outlets and Now, there are several problems
individuals that we view as politically with this survey. With only nine
opposed to our own ·beliefs. However, student responses, the sample size is
misleading information from the media rather small, and the questions were
is a bipartisan problem and can easily intentionally biased toward a certain
be believed when it confirms our own result, with the first question being
bias s, especially when it claims to be "Do you think that there is often too
held to a scientific basis. much onion in Bon food?" witli "yes"
The title of this article serves as or "no" as the only possible answers.
an excellent example of this problem. Similar problems may exist in the
Perhaps it is not the most -believable, diita that news reports use when
but it would be nice to. scapegoat all of seeking to present a certain agenda.
our stress onto the Eon's onion-filled However, the largest problem here is
quesadillas. And, while problematic, the the resultant claim of a "link" shown.
title is not strictly false. In a survey filled by the data.
out by a sample of LC students, I found · Only a valid experimental study can
a correlation between perceived excess make claims of causation, yet so often
of onions at the Bon and high levels ·of in "the news headlines are suggesting •
stress. The existence of a link between causation based on observational
the two is obviously dubious, yet news studies. Take for example a Reuters
reports claiming to show equally article headlined "Tooth loss in
dubious connections are unfortunately elderly linked to mental impairment,"
abundant. As informed consumers· of and the Vox and Huffington Post
media, it is crucial that we know not headlines "Want to live longer, even if
only whether the data presented in you're poor? Then move to a big city
these kinds ·of stories is accurate but in California" and "Soda may cause
also whether it legitimately shows the violence in teens, study says."
causation that is claimed. While reports like these often go_o n
for a life of crime if they drink a can of
In learning to analyze the viability to discuss that the data they present
soda.
of causational claims, it is valuable is correlational, their headlines use
We need to be careful with what
to see what an example of a flawed ambiguous phrases like "may cause" or
we believe from the· news. When
study looks like. Con.sider the one I "linked," which suggest causation. The
presented with a claim, read past the
conducted. This survey found that average layperson scrolling through
headline, examine the methods by
88.9 percent of students thought online news he<1dlines is unlikely to
which data was collected and, most
there are too many onions in Bon understand that correlation does not
importantly, see if there are valid
food, compared to o percent for food equal causation and so may easily read
grounds for a causal claim. Otherwise
at their own homes. It also found that such headlines and walk away thinking,
you might be left thinking that all your
55.6 percent experience high levels for example, that their kid is headed
stress is caused by too many onions.
Voters, remember the ultim.ate
goal _in choosing 2020 ·Democrat
By MADELEINE ORONA discourse. What the article implies is political gains. Going into the 2020
BURGOS that we scrutinize these Democratic elections, we should move away from
candidates far too harshly for things such self-interest and focus on what
RECENTLY, a Facebook pbst far too insignificant to affect their can benefit that most people.
shared by former congressional potential service as president. We As ·a student it may be daunting
candidate Joan Greene hand the •r ifle to media outlets to to be up on every· single aspect of a
went viral for simply stating that, further shoot them down. In return, candidate's campaign and political
"Democratic nominees . are not the cult of personality we have history. As much as we must be
clay pigeons." In ~his post, Greene allowed to overtake our discourse conscientious of how. we critique a
explains that leading up to the 2020 provides a broom and pan to sweep candidate, we must give ourselves an
presidential election, more candidates their campaigns into the garbage. equal benefit of the doubt. We must
will be running on the Democratic The user reminds us that many give ourselves time to truly determine
platform and more will become targets voters did not wholeheartedly support what is important when going to the
of voter cynicism. President Trump or subscribe to voting booths in 2020. There is no way
"They .are going to launch his politics but elected him to put for us to know everything at all times.
themselvi:s, one by one, into the sky, a conservative agenda ahead of all That is simply the reality of humanity.
right into our line of vision," the post others. They shrugged off the sexual On the other hand, we must also
. said. "Our job is not 1:o shoot them assault allegations against him in understand that. even before the
down." order to have a president committed general election in 2020, we will be
Greene goes. on to elaborate on to outlawing abortion. They ignored faced with primary elections and
exactly what "shooting them down" his racist assertion that Mexican fierce campaigning from all sides.
entails. They implore us to take immigrants are rapists in order to Approaching tlie primary elections
caution wl)en being handed a rifle by gain tighter control over border we must understand that we will not
conservativ.es to immediately pluck security. They turned their gaze have nearly as many candidates to
them out of the sky as soon as they from his misogyny to keep a man oust the current president as we think
appear. The voting population is behind the desk of the Oval Office. we will. It is vital for us to realistically
given the responsibility 6f considering These decisions were made selfishly, evaluate a candidate's actions, their
the greater implications of how furthering restrictive policies and implications and, if present, their
our criticism functions and how it disregarding voters' needs as Trump apologies for those actions.
becomes part of a greater public supporters sacrificed morality for In the period between the 2018
midterms and the 2020 presidential
election, the electorate must take into
consideration· that we are not voting
strictly for ourselves. We have to
come back to reality and understand
that there is no bulletproof candidate.
It is hard to acknowledge that no one
candidate can embody every single
positive thing about the Democratic
party or the progressive agenda, but
it is an acknowledgment we have to
make until we can repair the damage
of the Trump aqministration. We have
to stop preoccupying ourselves with
how likable a candidate is·and start
consciously assessing how competent
tliey would be as a president. We
have to accept the hard truth that no
person is perfect. If voters focus too
heavily on finding a flawless 2020
Democratic nominee, the party will be
handin~out rifles to fire at candidates
CAYDENB ULLOCK/PIONEER LOG until, perhaps, no candidate remains.

FRIDAY, fEBRUARY 8, 2019
OPINIONS 5
All the news that's· fit to print, and be read online
LC students struggle to come to terms with no longer having access to physical copies of the NYT
By HANNA MERZBACH section. The mere act of carrying the wasted papers on campus is only
crossword helped foster immediate. rational. Similar moves have. been
LET ME JUST say. right off connections. It was not unheard of made by comparable institutions.
the bat that I am a New York for me to see someone I had never On average, ASLC spent
Times junkie, a diehard fan. spoken to in a class with a crossword anywhere from $12,000 to $17,000
I am one of those people that puts and lean over and say, "Did you get on NYT a year,- providing 200 to
it on a pedestal and equates it to 44 down?" 300 print copies a day during the
a holy text and its journalists to This whole system came to a school week. If we were looking to
otherworldly beings. As a journalist crashing halt. in November of last get "more bang for your buck," going
myself, writing for the NYT is the year, whent he AssociatedS tudentso f Lewis digital was definitely the right call:
ultimate goal - the ultimate sign of & Clark (ASLC) the entire LC
success in the journalism world. made a shocking community now
Nothing can replace the
At a young age, I perfected the announcement. has unlimited
art of going into Starbucks just to Beginning Dec. 3, feeling of drinking your access to all
read a p)1ysical copy, so one can all LC students, of the Times'
coffee while holding ·a
imagine my excitement when I came faculty and staff online services
to Lewis & Clark, were there was were to have full crisp NYT in your hands. for a total cost
once seemingly limitless copies of complimentary of $15,000 a
the NYT. Many of my best days on access to the year, equating
campus have begun at the Dovecote NIT website and to about $3.70
drinking my coffee while perusing all of its online per person.
The Times. I had a set routine: I features. Do not get me wrong; being This being said, the Times' motto
would flip through the news section the Times-lover I am, I was ecstatic is "all the news that's fit to print."
and then the international, glancing about this development. It was what Nothing can replace the feeling of
on any other stories that caught my followed that really struck home. drinking your coffee while holding
eye. Once I felt like I had done my "In anticipation of this exciting a crisp NYT in your hands. Scrolling
civic duty, I would flip to my favorite new offering and in an effort to through articles on an iPhone,
part, the reason I had gotten out of make LC more sustainable, ASLC while probably more efficient and
bed that morning: the crossword will be cutting back the number of sustainable; just does not have the
puzzle. print copies provided beginning in same effect.
I am not alone in my obsession; the Spring," the ASLC Community Returning to campus this
the Times crossword was once an Service & Relations Coordinator semester, it feels like something is
essential part of LC culture, a force said in an email to the student missing. I can almost hear the weeps
to be re_ckoned with. Ify.ou could find body. "If you cannot access the NYT of the empty Times holders in the
a crossword ·section after 12 p.m., online, be sure to seek out one of the Dovecote and Howard Hall as I walk
you were lucky. I cannot remember limited number of print copies from by. It is no secret that students here
how many times I grabbed a copy on outside Fields Dining Hall." have little school spirit; LC students
my way to class, only to realize later LC has been ranked one of the have few flags to rally behind, and CAYDEN BULLOCK/PIONEER LOG
that the crossword page had been most "green" schools nationwide now we have one fewer.
meticulously removed from the arts for years. Limiting the number of
Marria•ge _o f convenience: misconceptions of ISIS' s inception
To understand terrorist groups, we must look at the context of their developing stages and alliances
By ABDULRAHMAN AL challenges. The first challenge is to problem in the lack of understanding of that level of organization, several a sense of unity when both were
RAYYIS be academic and intellectual when of Islamic terrorism and the extent years of -work and planning was fueled with the desire of revenge
I am emotionally invested in the of the unintended cons~quences of certainly put to use. on the U.S. They found each other
GROWING UP IN Kurdistan, issues discussed in the classroom. Western intervention. Following the defeat of ISIS in Iraq complimentary as the Ba'athists
Iraq, I never thought I would The second challenge is to address There seem to be widespread. and Bashar Al-Assad's reassertion found purpose and total devotion
be sitting in an American misunderstandings • and run the misconceptions about the Islamic State of control of many Syrian· territories in the extremists and the extremists
classroom where I would be learning risk of being misunderstood when oflraq and Levant (ISIS) in the Western previously held by ISIS, the group has found organization and discipline
about the part of the world I call sharing opinions that do not fall world. The West been effectively in the Ba'athists. This was a perfect
home. Nevertheless, the experience into the Lewis & Clark norm. In continues to This suggests that crippled. Yet, it combination to create a deadly and
has been immensely valuable and this article, I aim to respond to an view ISIS as a remains a danger as barbaric yet a planned and strong
ISIS's growth started
informative, but it also has its incident in one of my International barbaric group of it has the potential to organization.
Affairs classes, which shows a bigger savages who used during the invasion of become something Priso:n camps such as Bucca
the American more gruesome and Camp and Abu Ghraib have been
Iraq and not after it,
withdrawal from more advanced, the center of extremist news and
Iraq to their as believed by many similarly to how Al propaganda for jihad. In fact, these
advantage to Qaeda developed camps have increased the amount
people.
invaqe large parts into the more of terror in soine cases rather than
of two failed gruesome and decrease it as many of the people
states: Syria and advanced ISIS. To imprisoned were innocent and
Iraq. While there . understand the had no associ?,tion with the more
\ I / is no doubt that ISIS's actions have dangers of this group, it is important extreme and radical groups. While
been among the most barbaric and to take a look at its components, the U.S. invasion of Iraq had many
gruesome in our modern history, which in turn gives us an insider positive outcomes such as more
they control a very powerful and look at ISIS's motivations. protection for the Kurds and Shias
calculated organization which ISIS certainly includes some and the removal of the Iraqi dictator:
should be undersfood and discussed fantasy searchers and bloodthirsty Saddam Hussein. It also had some
to prevent the growth of future maniacs from all around the world, mistakes such as the prison camps
radical groups. • but the majority of its members have which have essentially faired
The beginning of ISIS has been been Islamic radicals and previous in containing terrorism as they
under much debate. Several articles Ba'athist party members who focused on containing individuals
by the WashingtoJ;J. Post, the New were the leading force in Iraq for rather than the ideology. Perhaps
York Post a:nd the Guardian suggest almost five decades. This unlikely a different approach than prison
that ISIS's history goes back to alliance of convenience formed in camps should be taken in the future
/
2004 in Bucca Camp. At this camp, Camp Bucca in southern Iraq as to eliminate terrorists from a given
I Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi and other both groups were put in terrorism society.
incarcerated ISIS commanders containment groups. Howeve_r, the My belief behind this article is
started the early networking phase two have been natural enemies for to support global and intellectual
of the group in the infamous Bucca many years as the Ba'athist regime conversation both in our classrooms
Camp run by American troops has led many crackdowns on Islamic and in our daily lives. This way, we
in Iraq. This suggests that ISIS's radicals. Thus, the relationship could truly make our college a place
growth started during the invasion between the two can be described as where different perspectives and
of Iraq and not after it, as believed a. marriage of conven·ience. ideas meet each other.
MiCEAL MUNROE-ALLSUP/PIONEER LOG by many people. To_c reate a group ISIS and the Ba'athists found

FRIDAY,F EBRUARY8 , 2019
6 FEATURES
Local gallery showcases art student's work
Lesser-known artists offered opportunities to display art pieces at the 'Visionary Artist Showcase"
By RILEY HANNA of unique stuff you wouldn't get to see building and stretching the canvasses.
elsewhere." • Putting that many hours into one
THE COMBINATION of Luzadder describes his artistic piece· of art is something he finds
blacklight, people spinning style as visionary art and mystical deeply rewarding.
poi and using other flow tools painting and takes great inspiration Prior tci the showcase, Luzadder
and a Jive DJ blasting psychedelic from artists such as Jonathan Salter, had never seen his pamtmgs
electronic music gave the "Visionary a mystic painter, and Hilma af Klint, underneath a blacklight, which
Artist Showcase" a surreal ambiance. an abstract artist. He began seriously completely changed the color palette
The event was hosted on Jan. 31 at creating art his sophomore year by accentuating orange tones and
the Geodesic Collective in southeast of high school and ever since then giving the paintings a sort of neon
Portland, an art and performance has made the act of creating things, . quality. He found this to be fun,
space. Michael Luzadder '21 especially painting, a focal point of his especially in interactions with others
showcased some of his paintings at life. where he held up a flashlight to the
the event, which was his first ever Luzadder has made painting a part paintings to· show the original color
galley showing. of his daily routine and describes the palette versus their appearance under
Luzadder had been to the space feeling he gets from painting for long blacklight.
before while visiting with some friends periods of time as a "flow state." In fact, Luzadder found his
and looking at artwork and spoke "I usually like to paint for two interactions with others at the gallery
to the owners of the gallery. In their to three hours (a day) a:nd more if to be the most rewarding part of this
conversation, the owners expressed I can because it takes a while to get experience.
interest in showcasing his artwork -in into that space where things are "All of the work that I put into those
a public event. flowing naturally, and it's not mental paintings, I don't do it for anyone else
"What's really cool about the decisions anymore," Luzadder said. really," Luzadder said. "It's all for
gallery space is that they're really "It's just guided by intuition. In total, • myself, in a very plain manner. But, I
open to having new artists in the in a week I paint maybe 15 hours." really enjoyed seeing other people talk
space and having all different types of Luzadder displayed seven about it, talk to me about it and get
artists," Luzadder said. "So they really paintings at the gallery, two of which excited about it."
reach out to a really broad community are massive pieces he created for his Luzadder's art will be displayed in the
and a lot of people who might not Painting I and Painting II class finals .. Geodesic Collective gallery for the next
have other gallery opportunities to He estimated that just for one of his month. Dates and times when the gallery
PHOTO COURTESY OF NICOLE DEAN show their work. You get to see a lot large pieces,. he put over 60 hours of is open to the public are on the Geodesic
work into not only painting tliem, but CollectiveF acebook page.
Luzadder recieves recognition alongside other young artists at local Portland gallery.
Swainp troupe seeks to promote
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• •. • ;"\: ='' Members oftlie Swamp improv group, called "Swampers,".bond over shared experiences and a passion for performance arts.
\ - :: By AUDREY BARRETT socially and politically," Clark-Gaynor Juda-Nelson said the group is a
said. supportive space for her.
l AT HEN MORGANC lark-Gaynor '19 The troupe isn't comprised only of "We've all had pretty similar
V V was continuously overshadowed "theater people"; in' fact, ·many of them experiences of being women ... and
by a male performer in their improv were not experienced in theater, not to it's really cool to have a group where
classes at Lewis & Clark, they decided to mention irnprov. Clark-Gaynor invited there's no male influence because they
take tlie issue into tlieir own hands and friends and acquaintances to join tlie definitely bring a different energy to the
founded tlie Swamp Improv troupe in group based on how tliey thought people group," Juda-Nelson said.
fall 2018. Since tlien, the group has met would interact on stage togetlier. "(Male influence) can be really
regularly for private practices and per Kessa Juda-Nelson '21, who is close positive, but it also can make me feel
formances to make space for non-males friends with Clark-Gaynor, said it was like I need to step back a little bit, just
to be leaders on stage. intimidating to be on stage as someone because of what I've learned as a woman
"The Swamp is essentially a group of who had never done improv before. growing up in society," Juda-Nelson
people who are not men and are doing "We would do individual games said. "So I think being able to be loud
improv togetlier with an intentional where it'd be you and one other person -and take up space is the most beneficial
focus on gender performance in just up there (on stage) and that was to me."
everyday life and how that translates terrifying," Juda-Nelson said. "Once I For now, the Swamp's performances
into gender performance in improv saw other people make mistakes, and I are private.
comedy," Clark-Gaynor said. would make mistakes and people would "A lot of the people in (Swamp)
As a sophomore, Clark-Gaynor still be really supportive, it got a lot aren't seasoned performers, and so
didn't feel like their voice was heard in easier." they just want really close folks to see
the co-ed irnprov troupe. One male actor . Lily Houlton '19 had a little bit of them do tliis really vulnerable tliing,"
in particular tended to take center stage. experience coming in, but she said the Clark-Gaynor said. "But I tliink we're
"It was just him doing stand-up with Swamp is a unique space. going to get more shows going this se
all of the women being like trees in the "It's definitely different in the group mester and they might be less private."
background," they said. of either women or nonbinary pe.ople is Members of the group are focused on
Clark-Gaynor recalled an experience _veryc areful about initiating things, and the process of improv and the personal -
when they proposed a joke based on a it can be hard to come out of the role of growth inspired in tliis space.
swamp, but no one listened to them. support and instead being like, I have an • "It's a very collaborative space, and
When a guy said the same thing, idea and I'm gonna move the scene for tliat was kind of the whole point, wa&j.o •
everyone was excited about it. ward," she said. build a collective sense of humor and to
"I named this group the Swamp as Clark-Gaynor agreed. be listening to other people and building
kind of a reclamationt Clark-Gaynor "It's. hard for us to make decisions the scene that way," Houlton said.
said. in a scene for the whole group because Weekly sessions have impacted
The "Swampers" bond over the, we've all been socialized to just be participants' lives offstage as well.
shared experience of growing up and supportive to other people," thtY said. "I think I've gained confidence _j_n
being socialized as women in our Both Juda-Nelson and ctark-Gaynor expressing myself, in saying what I need
society. That being said, tlie group also find the group to· be an empowering to say," Juda-Nelson said. "This has
welcomes those who identify as non experience. built trust tliat there are good humans. I
binary, since Swamp essentially is a "We're learning about gender and knew that already, but just to experience
non-male space. humor and how to be a funny person that every week when I go, that I can _
"I think it's important to note that we who's not a man, and take up space in say sometliing wrong or do sometliing
have some non~binary folks in the group a way that you can't if you're not a man, weird and people aren't going to shun
that were and are socially expected to but doing it boldly," Clark-Gaynor said. me for it. I tliink that's started to seep
be women, since they've been feminized "That's my favorite part." into my life outside of the group as well."

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2019
FEATURES 7
Middle Bridal Veil Falls retains lush beauty
Iconic waterfall system preserved from major damage from the Eagle Creek Fire in September of 2017
By SHAWN "SHAGGY'' resulted in widespread trail closure and private property owned by the Bridal is miami* - a thundering, multi-tiered of whitewater. plunging forcefully into
BOLKER increased crowding in the areas that Veil Lodge to access the _waterfall. It cascade. To access the middle falls, the cavernous gorge. At lower flows,
remain open, Middle Bridal Veil Falls is essential to contact the lodge before cross the Historic Columbia River Gorge the creek exposes a small rocky beach
MIDDLE BRIDAL Veil. Falls has evaded these impacts. The canyon going to this waterfall in order to avoid Highway and take a small path that where one can sit and soak in the
is a hidden beauty in the remains lush and untrampled by the penalties associated with trespassing. cuts into the woods surroundings.
Columbia River Gorge, hordes of visitors that flock to nearby If the lodge grants permission, right before the road Remnants of past
roaring in solitude amongst towering Lower Bridal Veil Falls. The primary begin hiking from the parking lot at crosses over Bridal Civilization feels far logging can also be
basalt cliffs cloaked in moss. Although reason for the Middle Falls' secrecy is Lower Bridal Veil Falls. If time allows, Veil Creek. away as you walk· seen at the falls as an
damages from the Eagle Creek Fire have that one must .cross a small portion of the lower falls is also worth a look as it Follow this path old cable spans the
as it dips down along the cascading gorge, hanging over
to· creek level and creek surrounded by the waterfall's deep
meanders upstream pool. More falls and
through a pristine towering evergreens cascades lie upstream,
rainforest setting. and carpets of ferns. including spectacular
Despite being less Upper Bridal Veil
than a quarter Falls possibly
mile from the busy the most miami* in
highway, civilization feels far away as the Gorge. However, I would advise
you Wjilk along the cascading creek against climbing above the Middle Falls
surrounded by towering evergreens and to access others upstream as there is
carpets of ferns. Continuing upstream, no trail and the canyon is hazardous
the trail can get muddy and hard to beyond this 'point, especially due to
follow in spots, but as long as you stay post-fire landslide risk. Upon spending
near the creek it is impossible to get some time at this hidden waterfall,
lost. Soon, the canyon narrows and retrace your steps back to the parking lot.
basaltic formations tower overhead.
Upon r-ounding a corner, the middle
falls come into view - a frothy ribbon
.. SHAWN BOLKER/PIONEER LOG
Located off the Historic Colombia River Scene Highway,_this scenic location offers many hiking options and inspiring scenery.·
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FRIDAY,F EBRUARY8 ,_2019
8 ARTS
LC alum continues success· with Hulu shows
Ever Carradine '96 reflects on her formative years spent studying in Lewis & Clark's Fir Acres Theatre
By NATALIE RICH and television. A friend's father was an
agent, and he brought her in for an au
, , HANDMAID'S Tale" and dition, which led to her being signed
"Marvel's Runaways" ac with the agency. Carradine earned
tress Ever Carradine '96 early gigs on television shows like
did not come to Lewis & Clark to study "Diagnosis Murder" and "Veronica's
theatre. In fact, her father, Robert Car Closet." She continued to work in tele
radine, didn't originally want her to vision and film thrcmghout the 2000s
pursue acting. and up to today; currently, she stars in
"He didn't want me to have to han two shows produced for Hulu as Jan
dle the struggles that come with the et Stein in "Marvel's Runaways" and
industry," she said. Naomi Putnam in "The Handmaid's
A "third generation actor," Tale."
Carradine hails from the prominent Janet Stein and Naomi Putnam
Carradine acting family, meaning she are very different characters, but as a
grew up in the film and television seasoned actress, Carradine does not
world, yet she began her time at LC find oscillating between them to be too
as a sociology/anthropology major difffcult.
(SOAN). However, she quickly found "Once you rehearse, once you put
herself drawn back to the .t heatre. the clothes on, it becomes real," she
To Carradine, SOAN and theatre, said.
while very different disciplines, were • Specifically, her role as a Wife in
similar in that they both explored "The Handmaid's Tale" is supported
human nature. In her sophomore year, by the costume. The costumes in the
Carradine was cast in a production _of show are now iconic, from the red
"A Piec;e of My Heart," a play about cloaks of the Handmaids to the teal
American nurses in Vietnam. She dresses worn by the Wives.
switc)led to a theatre major after Carradine cited· a few different
that, preferring to act in the .B lack factors that she feels boosted her
Box Theatre over the Mainstage success. For one, thanks to her role in
PHOTO COURTESY OF HULU
because she felt that at the time more Naomi Putnam (Ever Carradine '96) walks with Yvonne Strahovski (Serena Waterford) in Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale." "The Sisters Rosensweig," Carradine
contemporary or experimental works was eligible for a Screen Actors Guild
were put on there. the production process. It was a happy her own," Weeks said. "I wasn't sure at approached graduation. She had been (SAG) card. That, plus getting signed
Carradine went on to perform time." . -iirst if Ever was going to be the actor to cast in a production of"The Sisters Ro by an agency so early in her career,
in several LC shows, including "Our Professor-Weeks recalled the audi play the role, I called her back a couple sensweig" at Portland Repertory The helped her be considered for certain
Country's Good," a play about prison tion process for "Our Country's Good,". of different times, and I finally decided atre before she graduated, the opening roles. Going to a liberal arts college
camps in Australia. This show was wherein Carradine's character, Liz that she was the right person. And that of which coincided with graduation helped her search for and eventually
directed by Associate Professor of Morden, required particular talent to was a good casting decision, she was weekend. After that run, she was of find her true passion. She offered this
Theatre and current Department Chair embody. excellent." • fered an audition for a production of advice to LC students -and artists of
Stephen Weeks, who had arrived at LC "The character of Liz Morden, she "(Stephen) really breathed life into "Three Tall Women" at the same com all kinds as to how to succeed in the
in 1995 and still teaches to this day. speaks in a heavy Cockney accent, so the Theatre department," Carradine pany but felt that if she accepted the industry ..
"Ever's a terrific person," Weeks it's a dialogue part, and also it's a very said. role, she would never leave Portland. "Make art, make bad movies, make
said. "I so much enjoyed working with emotionally trying role, there's a nice As many college seniors do, Carra Instead, she moved back to Los good movies ... make things with your
her, she was great all the way through • arc by which that character comes into dine weighed plan for the future as she Angeles and started.her career in film friends. You need people around you."
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANNAPURNA PICTURES
Lakeith Stanfield as Cash, a telemarketer caught up in a dystopian conspiracy in Boots Riiey's film "Sorry To Bother You."
For your consideration: three
filnis neglected by the·Aca.deniy.
By SANDY GROSSMAN With that in mind, here are a few films at the Golden Globes, even after all the -
far more deserving of the Best Picture talk of writer-director Bo Burnham's
I NEVER THOUGHT much of nomination, films that, -while not remarkable talent, it still didn't make
"Green Book" upon release, nor did perfect, are all memorable in a way that the cut. That really is a shame given
• I make any kind of effort to see it. "Green Book" never was. what a harrowing; uncomfortable, and
Frankly, I didn't expect anyone else wonderfully refreshing piece that it
to either. The movie, which follows "Sorry to Both~r You" was. While it's got the bones of a pret
the developing friendship between ty typical coming"of-age tale, it builds
an • African-American pianist and Director Boots Riley's story of a from them a potent story about giowing
his Italian-American driver during a telemarketer in dystopian Oakland has up today that never stoops to moralize
journey through a segregated South, such an incredibly original premise ex about social media or "kids these days
seemed like the kind of movie released ecuted with such a singular aesthetic always on their phi;:mes."
10 years too late. It was a strange vision, that it deserves the ·nomination
anachronism in · a world where most for sheer creativity alone. While it was "Hereditary"
audiences expect more nuance from • far from perfect, ending on a note as
their movies than "all the races should unsettling as it is Twilight-Zone-hokey, The Oscars have historically been un
just get along." • it dealt with themes of racial and eco kind to genre films and, while that is less
After watching it recently, I can nomic exploitation with a power and true now than in years past, the pres
safely say that, sometimes, you should urgency "Green Book" never even ap tige drama still reigns supreme. Family
just go with your gut and stay home. proached. drama / demonic possession flick "He
But, as it is in the running for this reditary" tells an incredibly unique and
year's Best Picture, -it is clear that the "Eighth Grade" well-realized story while never bothering
Academy Award voters disagree. While to hide its horror roots. It, just like every
it isn't the most critically0panned I was confused when I didn'.t see thing mentioned, is a far more deserving
movie in the running-that honor "Eighth Grade" on the list of this year's contender for the Best Picture slot and
going to "Bohemian Rhapsody"-it nominations. Even after Elsie Fisher's will stick with me long after I have for
is the most aggressively forgettable. gut punch of a lead performance won gotten "Green Book" entirely.

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FRIDAY,F EBRUARY8 , 2019
ARTS 9
Valentine's Day mix from the editors with love
A play list for our readers and writers, aiming to bring sincere affection to an oft-polarizing holiday
Bob Dylan -"I'll Be Your Baby gentle sounds of the song remind me of Bruce Springsteen -"Born To Run"
Tonight" swimming in the warm night, laughing I'm skipping over the more obvious
• This song holds so many beautiful with my boyfriend. Pay attention-to the choice in Springsteen's catalog, title-wise
memories, and I will forever associate it lyrics of tl1el ast stanza; they are perfectly (that would have to be "Valentine's Day''),
with all the feelings young love brings. • romantic. (By Tyler Short) but how could one pass up this exhilarat
The simplistic yet powerful lyrics com ing ode to young, amorous idealism? One •
bined with Dylan's uniquely haunting The Shangri-Las -"Give Him A of rock'n'roll's most impassioned roman
voice take me back to the time in my life Great Big Kiss" tics, Bruce's magnum opus is this 1975
where I hadn't a care in the world, and '6os girl groups are an underexplored antllem, a celebration of fiery love in the
fleeting moments felt absolutely endless. and underappreciated source for love face of American depravity. Amid blazing
• For me, there isn't another song that songs, from The Ronettes, to The Crys engines and squealing tires, he cries out
evokes the same feeling of absolute ten tals, to The Chiffons. I'm going with this to his beloved, "I want to know if love is
derness. (By Riley Hanna) song by The Shangri-Las which is an wild/Babe I want to know if love is real"
old-fashioned, playful ode to whichever - and, I mean, don't _wea ll? (By
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - endearingly cm.sty boy is the curre.nt the Brendan Nagle)
"(I Had) The Time Of My Life" object of your affection. It has possibly
Yes it's cheesy, yes -it's slightly over one of the best first lines of any song. Leonard Cohen -"Suzanne"
done. But we all know that the lift at the There's no better music for pining, or per This song has a very dreamy and
end of "Dirty Dancing" is the height of haps getting up the gumption to go talk to romantic vibe to it, and it depicts an un
the best semi-plotless summer dance/ someone. (By Catherine Cinguina) spoken intimacy between people in love.
romance flick out there. It'll make you Part of that intimacy is also a vulnerabil
want to take that special someone out on Queen -"It's Late" ity that feels natural and .unafraid, which
the floor - or boogie by yourself if you're I tllink this song beautifully reflects you can really only express with someone
like me - and just enjoy cliche romantic the difficulty of initiating something you love. (By Madeleine Orona Burgos)
finale ensemble routines (I don't judge). worthwhile in tlle presence of tlle self
(By Sydney Owada) doubt and fear tllat accompanies the Nina Simone -"I Put A Spell On
situation. The song then proves how You"
''What Could Be Better" from the feelings of pride, and at the same·time Dubbed the high priestess of soul,
Broadway musical "Bright Star" inadequacy, impair a relationship de- Nina Simone's hoarse, haunting voice
As the resident theatre nerd at the Pi •s pite it being loving and genuine. The and lyrics speak to her bold and unwav
oneer Log, I felt it was my duty to add a song ends witll feelings of suspicion, ering objection to being treated wrong.
love song from a musical to this playlist. botll poised at one another and inter For me, Simone's fluctuating raspiness
While there are certainly eligible songs nally. By asking "What game are you combined witll the tenor sax conveys
LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG
from more famous musicals ("Helpless" playing?" and "Did I live my life right?" the sense of fury·that relationships can
from "Hamilton" and "Crazier Than You" the song gets at the universal, struc The Avalanches -"Close To You" find true love, or tragedy?" is a rather bring when the . rose-tint fades, reality
from "The Addams Family," for exam tural and ultimately tragic issues that The ideal Valentine's Day is kinda fitting lyric considering the direction my strikes and you realize you have to fight '
ple) there is something so touchingly come along with a person loving anoth sweet but mostly funky. Love is all about first love weni:. Ah, hubris. (By Lauren for love. Sinlone concocts what many in
hopeful about "What Could Be Better." er person. I love how much this song fun! (By Miceal Munroe-Allsup) Keegan) 1965 considered the "devil's music," using
When I first heard this song, I was im says about people and their intentions. witchcraft to tell her lover how she feels
mediately transported back to the feel It's the most genuine and honest song Billy Joel -"Just The Way You Are" Daniel Caesar -"Best Part (feat. and delivering this enduring blues ballad
ing of first love. The two young singers about love tllat I'm familiar with. (By It's a timeless classic, pe1fect for H.E.R.)" to us. (ByA lix Soliman)
are lost in each other, and the bluegrass Mackenzie Herring) admiring tllat special someone and re By far one of my favorite R&B hits
underscoring of this song makes it feel minding yourself how lucky you must be. of the modern era. This song puts the Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton -
less dramatic and more real than most Bright Eyes -"First Day Of My Life" Or, if you're alone this Valentine's Day, it's feeling oflove into words. It tells some "Islands In The Stream"
Broadway songs. The rest of "Bright Star" My pick is a tribute to my years filled worth taking four minutes to appreciate one what you might not be able to say This song has everytlling: 'Sos love
may be much less optimistic, but this with teenage angst. It's a tribute to being Phil Woods' incredible saxophone solo. to them otherwise. In any relationship ballad corniness, convoluted metaphors,
song beautifully captures the unique joy newly-licensed and driving around after Either way, this is the love song everybody tllis song characterizes what your part Hemingway references, two pop coun
of falling in love for the first time. What school in tlle rain, blasting this album.and should have in their Billy Joel repertoire, ner means to you and does it in a way try legends joined in harmony ... Love is
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can be better than that? (By Natalie Rich) being as dramatic as possib1e - a time ideal for reminiscing on the p!3-5.at nd sa that is smootll and emotional. A hit that pretty goofy and that's what makes this
when ev~ry single little thing felt like the voring the present. (By Nie Nerli) could easily be the favored song of any song so fantastic. It's easy to picture a
Miguel -"Adorn" end of the world. Even now when I hear romance. (By J'juan White) teen in 1983 flinging themselves on their
Such a sweet song that I somehow this song, I am instantly hit by a flood The Apache Relay -"Katie Queen bed in lovelorn anguish only to dance to
never get tired of. It reminds me of mid of emotions and have to remind myself, Of Tennessee" Prince -"I,Wanna Be Your Lover" it at their wedding some years later in
dle school dances and buying roses or "You are not 16 anymore. Calm down." This song absolutely reeks of teenage Moments after singing "I wanna be shoulder pads, I assume. That is a sen
canay for my friends. There are very few While I am no longer tllat same angsty romance. Its lyrics highlight the pure joy the only one you come for" in tllis 1979 timent tllat lives on, and it makes this
songs that make me feel warm and fuzzy teenager (o r a teenager at all, for that and elation one feels when experiencing single, Prince elaborates on the extent song perfect for loudly singing in tlle car
and this is definitely one of them. (By matter), Conor Oberst's melody still has their first love, and the compulsive drive of his desire: "I wanna be your brotller / or anytime you see a-stream. I can attest
Joanne Sally Mero) an undeniably powerful effect on me. (By to be with them across space and time. I wanna be your mother and your sister, tlle other hikers will love it. (By Altllea
Hanna Merzbach) The upbeat tempo punctuated by the too." While this may at first read as an Billings)
Julee Cruise -"Rockin' Back Inside , ascending swell of the violin remind me .incestuous a_ssertion, it's really a long
My Heart" Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong of high school lunches and cross country ing to receive all tlle love that his object
I found my first love last summer and -"Dream A Little Dream Of Me" practices with my first love in tlle Cali of desire can possibly give. No matter Scan this QR
"Floating Into The Night" by Julee Cmise A timeless love song tllat pulls all of fornia sun, especially because he shared what type of feeling you want to express code to access
was the album I had on repeat at the time. my heartstrings. The beautifully written tllis song with me many moons ago. I this Valentine's Day, however - tender
the Spotify
"Rockin' Back Inside My Heart," specifi lyrics and the sweet jazz melody combine usually detest jaunty tunes such as this, . romance, platonic affection, unadul
cally, evokes the naive beauty of falling to make the perfect song for dancing to, but I've made an exception in the name terated lust - a Prince-less playlist is playlist
in love. Cruise's ethereal vocals and the kissing to and loving to. (By Lexie Boren) of love. "What shall be our destiny? To sacrilege. (By Ben Weinstein)·
Unorthodox Valentine's Day films for adventurous lovers
When the ordinary rom-com starts to feel stale, turn to these flicks for vampiric, complex and zany romance
By BRENDAN NAGLE era. The always excellent Walter Matthau "Trouble Every Day" (2001)
plays Henry Grallam, a wealthy man
"Moonstruck" (1987) child who has managed to blow his entire Not for the faint of l;ieart, this erot
inheritance fund, and, unwilling to give ic horror film from French master
, , WHEN THE moon hits your up his luxurious lifestyle, is now faced Claire Denis is one of the more viscerally
eye like a big pizza pie/ with two options: suicide or marriage to upsetting works ever put to film. Newly-
That's amore." So sings a wealthy bride. An opportunity pres- weds Shane (Vincent Gallo) and June
De;m Martin in tlle iconic love song that ents itself iri the form of Henrietta Lowell Brown (Tricia Vessey) travel to Par-
opens this 1987 romantic comedy, and (Elaine May, who also writes and directs), is, ostensibly on honeymoon, but we
"Moonstruck" seems to-have sprung a kind-hearted but dangerously ditzy bot- • slowly learn that Shane has another
directly from those words. Under the anist who also happens to be sitting on a reason for making this trip. As he digs
influence of a shining full moon, an heap of inherited cash. deeper into his past, a vampiric plot
Italian-American family in New York Henry is one of cinema's most mem- of a deeply troubling nature begins to
find themselves entangled in a series of • orable dopes - a man of despicable unfold.
romantic knots as the film shrewdly e~ moral character and preposterous imbe- - Denis doesn't typically shy away
amines love from a multitude of angles. cility, but one who nonetheless manages from transgression, but her ellipti-
At its center is the superstitious to grab a hold oftlle viewer's sympathy. cal, tactile style of filmmaking tends
Loretta (Ch~r, in an Oscar-winning PHOTO COURTESY OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MEYER STUDIOS INC. Famously, tlle original cut was near- towards the gentle and serene, even
performance), a widow convinced that Nicolas Cage and Cher co-star in "Moonstruck," which explores the plurality 9f love. ly three hours long and considerably when dealing in subject matter-drat
her failure to have a "real" wedding darker than tlle version we have today, is less so. Conversely, "Trouble Ev
Jed to her first husband's premature especially with regard to Henry, but Par- ery Day" is often revoltingly violent,
death via bus accident. Her boyfriend and sparks fly. ways that love impacts us: pain and amount, already frustrated with May for taking the sexuality implicit in vam
Johnny (Danny Aiello)-is a nice man Meanwhile Loretta's parents, joy, bliss and despair. That this film going so far overbudget, seized control pire stories and literalizing it to a
who has done all the right things - Cosmo and Rose (played by Vincent is so thoughtful in its approach to ro of the picture and pared it down signifi- grotesque degree - carnality meets
proposing .on his knees, agreeing to Gardenia and Olympia Dukakis, both mance makes it a perfect Valentine's cantly. We will likely never know the true cannibalism. '-
a real wedding, etc. - but one whom of whom were nominated for Academy Day watch, and it's uproariously fun nature of that lost footage, but the film in Why, then, might this blood-
Loretta freely admits she doesn't truly Awards), are mired. in their own prob ny to boot. • its current form is still a scathing social soaked flick suit a holiday dedicated
love. She followed her romantic in lems, as their marriage threatens to commentary and one oftlle strongest en- to cushy romance? The answer can
stincts the first time around, and that fall apart. ' "A New Leaf'' (1971) tries in the American rom-com tradition. be found beneath the layers of vora-
only got her hurt - better to play it T.he romantic light of the moon Valentine's Day viewers of all types cious gore and animalistic brutality, -
safe than risk more pain. That is un toµches everyone differently, and ul Following in the vein of the Howard will find something to like here, as tlle where lies an oddly moving look at
til she runs into Johnny's estranged timately the film is not attempting to Hawks films of the late '30s, "A New Leaf' ending canbe read either as satirical hor- the intersection of love and lust and a
brother Ronny (Nicolas Cage), a show one right way to love, but rather is one of the truly great screwball come ror or as affirmation that even the most legitinrnte, albeit perverse, rom"anticism
one-handed baker full of fiery passion, . it's exploring and embracing tlle various dies made after the classical Hollywood unlikely of people can find true love. - that is, if you can stomach it.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2019
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10
Academic excellence is the norm for LC Swim
For the seventh consecutive year, both squads reach CSCAA All-American status for academic success
By ANNIE ERICKSON Intern, the Special Olympics Liaison
for the Student-Athlete Advisory
LEWIS & CLARK STUDENTS are Committee, a ·New Student Orientation
expected to excel academically Leader and of course a member of the
and capitalize on opportunities to LC swim team.
contribute to the community. Student "Time management is a huge thing,
athletes are no -exception, but they also especially being part of a team," Khong
have the added difficulty of dedicating said. "Blocking out times to study and
themselves to both their academics meeting· up with other students to do
and athletics. This ·balancing of school homework is very important."
and sport seems to be an art perfected August Bergh '19 is another example
by both the men's and women's swim of a student-athlete on the swim team
team. For the past seven years, at least who has excelled academically. Bergh
one or both of the_t wo swim teams have is a physics major that has participated
been placed on the College Swimming & in semester-long physics projects and
.:. Diving Coaches Association of America even interned at NASA during the
Scholar All-America (CSCAA) list, as summer of 2017. He appreciates how
reported by the LC Pioneers website. the swim team has assisted him in his
Both teams were elected to the success.
CSCAA lis_t.I n order to be considered "One of the things I appreciate most
for this list, the athletic team must have about my teammates is that we all take
a cumulative grade point average of at a lot of pride in the things we do outside
·1east 3.0 and consist of varsity athletes of swimming," Bergh said. "We try to be
that are eligible to compete. supportive of each other in all aspects
The LC Pioneers w~site reported of our lives and academics is a part of
that in spring 2018, the men's swim that."
team achieved a grade point average Although individual commitment
LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG
of 3.36, which was is crucial, the Coach Sarit Gluz meets with team at the end of the pool after a workout. The team heads to NWC Championships this weekend.
the second highest "Time management is swim team has the
in the Northwest a huge thing, especially added strength of pool," Khong said. professors know if we are missing a and complete work like the rest of our
Conference. They a community that Sarit Gluz '09, an assistant swim class for travel." peers," Khong said. "Being a part of this
were again selected being part of a team." encourages academic coach, is also tlie Athletic Academic Head Swim Coach Chris Fantz is team is a privilege and if our academics
in the fall of 2018 success and effort led Coordinator. It is her responsibility impressed, but not at all surprised with are not up· to par then we risk the
with an average of by both the captains to check in with student-athletes and the Scholar All-American selection. chances of being eligible to compete and
3.19. The women's and coaches. ensure they are doing all that they can "They (the swimmers) are super practice."
team earned a 3.20 Erin Khong '21 Throughout the to succeed in the classroom. Along with focused on their academic pursuits and The swim teams .have consistently
average for both fall year, the captains of other sports teams, Gluz helps facilitate connected to their studies," Fantz said. earned both the respect of LC and
and spring. the teams hold study the swim teams' work with tutors across "We're proud of this group and the way a broader national community.
Swimmer Erin Khong '21 is halls, allowing the swimmers to work on academic departments and teaching they make the most.of their time in this Hopefully, their academic excellence
extensively involved at LC and believes academics cohesively in the same way assistants in several labs. community." will continue this semester as they
that time management is key to ·her they do in training. "Going •t o practice is like having Above all else, the swill) team conclude their swimming season. The
success as a student-athlete. She is a "We hold these study halls to make mini-meets with her (Gluz)," Khong understands that being an athlete at LC Northwest Conference championships
biology major and .mathematics minor sure we are held accountable for our said. "She is always making sure that does not translate to devoting any less begin Feb. 7 and their last meet of the
on a pre-med track. In addition, she academics and it's just a really nice way we are getting our homework done of themselves to their academics. season is the University of Puget Sound
is a Student Rights & Responsibilities to have fun and bond outside of the and making sure we are letting our "We are ·expected to attend classes Finale Feb. 16.
Trainers~ tips for tackling New Year's fitness goals
A key component of getting into great shape is knowing how to properly care for your physical health
By ANNEKE BANDA
RIUGHLY A MONTH into the
new year, many students may be
t.ayings trong on their resolutions
or struggling to follow through. If fitness
is one of your goals and you are looking
for advice on how to stay consistent,
._ turning to the athletic trainers in Pamplin
is an accessible and productive option.
Assistant Athletic Trainer Tara
Boatman has been with the Pioneer
training staff since 2004. Not only did
she graduate from Concordia University
with a degree in Biology and Sports
Medicine, but she was also a student
athlete herself.
She provided advice for those who are
just beginning to exercise. LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG LEXIE BOREN?PIONEER LOG
Pamplin's selection of free weights are available for student, staff and faculty use. Students can use lifting racks for a large variety of strengbt training exercises.
"Start small, work your way up,"
Boatman said. "Don't try to run a 5K
strength training into your routine. starting out I would do upper body on
if you've never run a 5K before. Make
"Strength training is important no one day and then lower body on another
realistic goals and increase those goals
matter what you do," Boatman said. "It's day."
• weekly until y.oug et to where you want to
good for overall health and bone health, Student assistant trainer Samantha
be. You can't just start at zero and expect
physical health, mental health." Yorke '19, explained bow she is able
to run a marathon the next day."
Boatman also emphasized the to balance both her school and work
While this may seem straightforward,
importance of stretching, a commonly schedule, wW!es till finding time to focus
not everyone has the same fitness goals.
overlooked practice. on her own personal fitness goals.
"Everybody
"In any program "Finding a routine that works for you
is different," "In any program that
that you are going to and your schedule is the most important
Boatman said.
you are going to develop, develop, incorporate part of staying consistent in working out,"
"Some people
stretching, strength Yorke said. "For me, I have class at 10:20
want to run, incorporate stretching,
training, and some sort a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
other people strength training.,,- of cardio," Boatman so I use that time in the morning to
don't like to run.
said. "I would stretch workout. I start with cardio to get warm,
Some people like
every day just as normally 10-15 minutes on the spin bike
to bike, other
a general health or elliptical. Mondays I focus more on my
people don't like Assistant Trainer maintenance." upper body, Wednesdays lower body and
r a i n d d in g don a ' t b l i i k k e e Tara Boatman Boatman described Fridays I do a mix of both. I always finish A student uses the rowi . n g machine to exercise their arm L s EX an JE d B u O p RE p N e / r P IO b N o E d E y R . LOG
her own personal my workouts with core work, stretching
running so they
routine. and foam rolling."
want to get in a pool. I would start the or three weeks and expect to see a Whether it is in the morning before
"I do cardio three times a week and Like most things, seeing results
same, no matter what they're doing." difference," Boatman said. "It's easier if classes, right after classes or even later .
strength training twice a week and that's requires time, commitment and
In addition to setting feasible goals, you set a routine. Set a specifict ime every in the evening after work, it is possible to
probably a good place to start for most consistency.
Boatman also recommends incorporating day where you have an opportunity." devote time to your physical health.
people," Boatman said. "If you are just "You can't just di;, work for two

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2019
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Offensive coo·rdin3.tor leaves for Willamette
With the resignation of coach Isaac Parker, the football team has hired Joe Bushman to take the lead
By BERKELEY NEUMAN slowed down the team, as Joe Bushman
has been ·hired as the new offensive
FrER BREAKING a 33 game coordinator. Bushman was the former
osing streak and beating their head coach at Clackamas High School, a
ival, Willamette University, state championship-winning program.
two years in a row, the Lewis & Clark He discussed his plan to integrate
football team seemed to be in an era of himself into the LC community.
hopeful rebuilding. However, just when "I think being respectful of what's
they thought they were pulling out of a been done in the past and not to try and
tunnel, they Jost offensive coordinator come in (sic) and change everything, but
Isaac Parker to Willamette in winter instead look for ways to help," Bushman
2018. The offensive coordinator is said. "For me, it's about relationships,
responsible for directing the offense, getting to know people, letting people
making him one of the most important know that you care about them and
coaches in the entire staff. then hopefully with that comes some
Although the program has hired acceptance. We're all working together
a new offensive coordinator, Joe for the same thing."
Bushman, the loss of coach Parker has Bushman has -known LC's head
still deeply affected the team. football coach Jay Locey for a long time
Coach Parker's leave came as a and he has already made an impact on
surprise to many players on the team. many players and has big plans for the
Kalae Wong '19, an offensive lineman Pioneer's offense.
on the team, was coached by Parker for "(Bushman) will be a great fit,"
three years. • Locey saia. "He has already established
"The departure of coach Parker has a great rapport with· our players. He's
affected me very much," Wong said via great with people, demands a lot and
email. "Coach Parker and I had a strong brings an up-tempo offense and is
bond on and off the field and he has gifted at developing team chemistry and
taught me so much over my last three developing quarterbacks. We're really
years here at Lewis & Clark. Coach excited about him being a part of what
Parker helped me become not only a we're building here." LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG
The new offensive coordinator, Joe Bushman, previously coached at Clackamas High School and_i s bringing an upbeat style.
better football player but also a better The players also have high hopes for
student and a better person. I feel like the new coach and the direction that he
it has hurt the team in a negative way is taking the offense in. John Thoma '21, Thoma said. "Last year the offense was The Pioneers wiil inevitably play Bushman said. "I think that sometimes
especially on the offensive side of the is a quarterback on the team and has very passive and even with our lack of Willamette again in fall 2019, now when you do that you stress yourself
ball because he has helped this football already met with Bushman about the aggressive play style, we were able to put with a more personal rivalry, yet coach out. Instead, I've always been in the
program create an identity for ourselves upcoming season. a lot of points up against good defenses. Bushman is not approaching this game mindset that we are going to get ready
this past few seasons." "I think the positive changes that The new mentality will make it harder any differently than the rest. the same way and believe in what we are
While the Joss of a coach that has· can be made with our new coach is the for other defenses to game plan against "I've never really gotten, personally, doing every week and it really doesn't__.,✓'­
been a part of the program for so long fact our offense will be more aggressive us and which gives us a Jot of advantages too much into making one game way matter who we are.playing."
can be a major setback, it has not and put more pressure on defenses," that should help us win games." more important than the other,"
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FRIDAY,F EBRUARY8 , 2019
12
oor
Missed Connection: I'm in
Io·ve with the Watzek Owl
in Netflix and chilling to the Ted Bundy
tapes? I don't even want to think about
dating anyone I'm actually friends with,
because when that breakup inevitably
shatters my entire social network, I'm
not sure I'll be able to recover. Just like
(J
that, the pool of available candidates
has shrunken to a sad little puddle 0
that'll evaporate next time the sun
comes out. Finally, I've opened my
eyes to someone who'd been there all
along, someone I see almost every day
of this repetitive and mundane brick
wall existence. You certainly don't mind
if I spend Friday nights in the library,
and you never judge my greasy ponytail
-and tired eyes. This message goes out to
a special someone-you know who you
are.
. Ode to the Watzek Owl
Old but ageless, creature of the
stacks, you
Enchant me with your gaze
unending, eyes
That reflect only knowledge and
not lies.
From your high perch, into my
heart you flew.
PHOTO ART BY LAUREN KEEGAN The plumage of those wings,
By AUDREY BARRETT as National Cheap Candy Day. I'd roll gleaming bright blue,
up to Fred Meyer, pockets heavy with A sight to behold; how do you,
GROUNDHOG DAY just passed. cash, and cop 15 Pixy Stix for the price so wise,
You know what that means: of five. But after slamming back seven Bewitch my young soul more than
next week is my grandfather's or eight, the sugar got to my head, and any guys.
Wt clay. -Thei:tff nci're importantly, 1t's the thoughts started to spin: Is there ·To Watzek's knowledge, you are my
almost Valentine's Day. anyone out there for me on Valentine's one clue.
For the past two decades, I've spent Day? Or will I be a slave to my unhealthy
every Feb. 14 alone, polishing off the coping mechanisms forever?! Guide me to elusive answers
Fun Dip and chocolate hearts that I'd almost given up hope, especially I seek,
classmates dropped i'nto my Valentine's after coming to this bereft campus. Questions of the heart I cannot
box. Spider-Man themed stickers told It seems everyone is emotionally but ask,
me I was a "web-slingin' sweetheart" unavailable, afraid of commitment or Are you entranced by this sonnet
and Spongebob gave me heart eyes from just on the dating sc;ene so they can I wrote?
the interior of a cheap, mass-produced retire their Tinder account. If you do
cardstock Valentine card. find someone you like, odds are.one of Into my eyes I beseech you to peek;
But then, one year, my fifth grade your friends has already hooked up with If you like what you see, then
teacher decided we were too old for them and now it's just weird because here's a task:
decorated shoe boxes and tiny notes you've heard too many stories. Was that Meet me on V-Day in the ol'
sealed with little heart-shaped stickers the one who lowkey sexually harassed Dovecote?
that inevitably fell off. Feb. 14 fell by you? The one who kept sending you
. the wayside, and I instead dreamed of snaps of him pissing off of roofs? Or was Signed,
L
the day after, known to single people it that guy with a problematic interest Secret Admirer <3
specialty drinkware. different account of his experience.
"So many .students are coming up "Every night at home when we sat
to the counter and asking if we have down for dinner, we hold hands and
LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG any chalices or tumblers," Barstow say grace, s_ince my parents are, like,
Cracking open a cold one with the boys in your dorm doesn't quite compare to slamming down whiskey neats with Grandpa. said. "At brunch last weekend, I had super Catholic," Vining said. "Now
three different students ask if I had a that I'm 21, they Jet me drink wine with
flute they could use. I didn't even know them. So, of course, I was a little out-9f
Students transition to drinking there was a cup called that, so I sent practice with how to drink responsibly,
them to Evans for the instrument." which led to me getting a little sloshed
LC's bookstore has responded· by and whipping out my Juul at the table.
with frien.ds over parents, family . increasing the size and variety of their The conversation I had with nfymom
drinkware selection, however, it should about that was worse than an SRR
be noted that martini glasses will be meeting."
out of stock until early next week due At this point in the interview,
By ROBIN ROIANOV sometimes even weeks. Carraway did note that he was to unplanned popularity. Vining became visibly emotional
"You can always get a sense of certain things would go back to normal Students have been vocal about and had to step out of the room for a
S THE NEW semester begins what's going on around herehy digging soon. their experiences during this trying few moments. When he returnea, he
nd Lewis & Clark students through the recycling- bins," John "Kids these days can only deal with time. Mary Wallace '20 claims that the continued his story through tear-filled
egrudgingly return to campus, Carraway, LC's Head of Maintenance, so many wine hangovers," Carraway whole problem is exaggerated. eyes. "You know what the worst part
they • are tasked with the annual said. "This s,emester, there has been said. "I really don't know what the big is?" Vining said. "When I got back to
transition from sipping wine with the a huge increase in wine bottles, and Bon Appetit also reported the deal is," Wallace said. "My mom is LC, I was so used to drinking with my
parents to crushing brews with the the number of shotgunnecj beers has change in behavior among students. a bartender, so drinking with her is parents that I accidentally Jet a 'Bless
bros. Although some handle the change greatly decreased, perfectly reflecting According to Bon Appetit'-s Assistant just like hanging out with my friends, us, 0 Lord' slip as I was about to sip my
with ease, others are less graceful and the difference in home life and dorm Manager Ellie Barstow, many students except she always has nicer liquor." first beer. Now the Pioneer Christian
often suffer for the first seve~al days, life." have been requesting all sorts of Jesse Vining '19 gave a very· Fellowship won't stop emaiiing me."