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Volume 92, Issue 4

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2018-11-02

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Vol. 91 No.4 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018 www.piolog.com
Candlelight vigil ntourns Pittsburgh victints
Students gather in Agnes Flanagan Chapel to pay respects for those who died in the synagogue shooting
By AMELIA EICHEL to light 13 candles in honor of the 11
Pittsburgh victims and two candles
0 VER 100 MEMBERS of the to honor all other victims of violence
Lewis & Clark community over the past week.
attended a candlelight vigil "As Jewish students on campus,
on Oct. 29 to mourn the loss of i1 we could not stand aside and silent
victims who were murdered in the ly mourn the loss of those who qied
Pittsburgh shooting on Oc . 27. during Shabbat Services," Student
Irving Younger, Melvin Wax, Co-Presidents of Lewis & Clark
Rose Mallinger, Bernice and Syl Hillel Rach·el Applebaum ·'19 and
van Simon, Jerry Rabinowitz, Joyce Elizabeth Goldsmith '19 said via
Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Daniel email. "When given the opportu
Stein and Cecil and David Rosenthal nity and the help and support of the
were shot and killed in an anti-Semitic Office of Spiritual Life, along with
attack on the Tree of Llfe Synagogue POX Hillel staff, to support those of
during Shabbat Services. Six others our community, we· wanted to show
were injured in the shooting. our peers that we are a strong Jewish
The vigil was organized by the community on campus."
Office of Spiritual Life and POX Jewish students led a recitation
Hillel, a Jewish organization on of the customary Jewish prayer for
campus. The Dean of Spiritual Life, mourning, the Mourner's Kaddish,
Mark Duntley, led the vigil. • and participants observed 11 min
"This is a solemn occasion, but utes of silence together in a circle, as
it's also an opportunity for us to their candles shone in the dimly lit
unite together with people who are chapel.
far away but may be very close in our "Hillel is so appreciative to Mark
thoughts and in our hearts," Duntley • Duntley for helping put together
said. ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER WG such a beautiful vigil," POX Hillel
LC President Wim Wiewel at Students light 13 candles, 11 for the victims of the shooting and 2 additional candles for all other victims of hate crimes. Director Hannah Sherman said.
tended the vigil with his wife and "We also want to thank university
shared his reflections on the tragedy. of hunger in Yemen, the bombs sent of life does involve an -incredible call to acting as citizens ... We have President, Wim Wiewel, for sharing
"As I thought about it over the to prominent American leaders over amount of suffering and • pain," the opportunity a week from tomor beautiful words. It is customary in
weekend and I was contemplating the past week and.the failed attempt Wiewel said. "We all experience this row (Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6) Jewish tradition, after someone dies,
what kind of a response I should of a shooter to enter an African ourselves personally, in our fami to express who we are and what we to say zichrono livracha, may their
. . . . make as president, as symbolic lead American community church in ly, or in the groups that we identify want for our world." memories be for a blessing. I was so
' er of the community, it was difficult Kentucky on Oct. 24 which led hilil with. But it should always be a call POX Hillel staff Hannah Sher moved to see such an overwhelming
because there have been so many to murder two African American to action, a call to reach out to those man, Elyssa Hurwitz and Hagit outpour of support from the entire
things going on that have been so people in a supermarket. that we love and care about, a ca:llt o Ojalvo, along with eight members of LC community. It gave me hope in a
horrible," Wiewel said. • "We have to accept that part investment in our community, and a , Hillel _student leadership, proceeded time of such sadness to see such sup
He referencep the children dying port for the Jewish people."
LC awarded-DOJ grant tp c6IT1baste xual assault violence
By MACKENZIE HERRING on campuses by supporting programs victim service agency," Osmond said. meet with students who experience doing beyond the Pioneer Success
that take a coordinated community "We chose the Portland Police Bureau unwanted sexual situations," Osmond Institute, there will be an increased
THE DEPARTMENTo f Justice's approach to edt1cation and prevention because we already had a relationship said. awareness among the· student body
Officeo f Violence agaip.st Wom of sexual assault on our college and ~th them, and Collins Safety because Charlie Ahlquist, Assistant Dean about howoapply for this grant and
en (OVW) awarded grants to 57 university campuses," Sullivan said in we have already worked with them in o( Student Rights and Responsibili end up not receiving it, Ahlquist said
colleges and universities across the the press release. the -past." . ties, hopes that the program will raise that he is thrilled that LC was one of
country to combat issues related to Although the grantees were an The program requires all appli awareness of available resources and the few recipients.
sexual assault and gender motivated nounced in August, Joe Becker, cants to have training programs for what is classified as harmful and inap "It's exciting that we were able to
violence on college campuses, and.as a Associate Vice President for Public campus safety and disciplinary per propriate behavior. put together the pieces and it will be
first time applicant, Lewis & Clark Col Affairs and Communications, said sonne1a nd resources for victinls already "One of my hopes is that by rolling awesome to see how it does end up
lege received one of the federal grants. that the reason the grant has not been in place. out a broader bystander intervention impacting our community," Ahlquist
The $297,889 awarded to LC will be mentioned on the LC website or in "(There are) certain requirements program, beyond what we are already said.
put towards improving the existing the faculty and staff newsletter, the for intervention and education train
bystander intervention program and Source, was due to the lengthy pro~ess ing for· students that are coming in,
spreading awarene·ss about resources of accepting the grant. and certain requirements for victim
available for victims. "It wasn't soct of officially accept services and for people who have
As part of the Grants to Enhance ed until last week, and until it was it been affected by sexual assault and
Culturally Specific Services for Vic didn't really make sense to move for other gender based violence. So what
tims of Sexual Assault, Domestic ward to the story ... That's the only they look for is that we hit all of those
• Violence, • Dating Violence, and reason," Becker said. points and we have a plan in place
Stalking Program, $18 million dol Associate Director for Health Pro to identify where we are doing those
lars was the combined total for all of motion, Melissa Osmond, said that in things and where we might have areas
the 2018 recipients, with LC being the addition to the process of accepting of improvement on those things."
only school in the state of Oregon to be the grant, a lot of time went into the With the grant money, LC plans on
awarded the grant.· grant's application, in. part becaus'e _s trengthening their bystander inter
The DOJ's office of Public Affairs of the focus the program has on "ex vention program and hiring a project
announced the grant recipients on ternal partners." These partners are coordinator to assist with the planning
Aug. 29. In the release, OVW Acting intended to be resources that can help process and implementation of other
Director Katharine Sullivan men the college in its effort to better handle instituted changes. Osmond has al
tioned how important the development incidents of sexual and gender based ready been working on the bystander
of the program is and congratulated all violence. program by increasing the number of
recipients, including new applicants "As a small campus, and a campus advocates. •
and those that have applied for the that doesn't have sworn law officers, "Over the summer I recruited and
grant in the past. we are required to partner with a local trained nine new sexual assault advo
"It is vital to keep our students safe law enforcement agency, and a sec cates who in the next week or two will
ond external partner requirement is a be live on the website and available to RAYAD EUSSEN/PJONEER LOG
Student hours cut ASLCu nappreciated "Sweeney Todd" at LC New PAME xhibit XC Conference
Transferring Bon Appetit workers cause cuts For a campus that prides itself on political The musical is to be played in the round: a unique Modem American Realism exhibit opens at Port The Northwest Conference Championships for
to student hours and relocation from Maggie's awareness, students largely ignore the experience that places the audience in the center land A1M1u seum. NCAA Division Ill cross country were hosted last
cafe: • responsibilities of ASLC. of the action. Saturday by Lewis & Clark.
See page 2 See page 4 See page 6 See page 9 Seepage /0

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018
2 -NEWS
Daryl Davis engages large crowd at Symposium
Davis educated students and staff about his strategy for befriending Klan members and changing minds
ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
Former KKKG rand Dragon,R ogerK elly,g aveD avish is robe and hood after Davisc onvincedh im to leavet he Klan. Davis answered Professors Elizabeth Safran and Reiko Hillyer and student's questions during a Q&A session.
By AMELIA EICHEL cannot let fear dictate who we are. If we together. When Kelly was promoted to your adversary a platform. Allow them ground next to a black man in Virginia in
see something that's wrong in our society, Imperial Wizard (the national leader of" to share their views ... This is how we 2017.
CCLAIMED BLUES musician, if we see something that's wrong in our the KKK), he began to invite Davis over to communicate. I see too much here in our "What did I do?" said Davis. "I said
Daryl Davis shared how he environment, we must address it." his house and to Klan rallies. country of people talking about each other 'Look, we've got to talk. Because there is
onvinced 200 Ku Klux Klan The first KKK member that Davis Davis proceeded to show a CNN clip of or talking at each other or talking 2ast no reason to behave like this."
members to give up their robes when engaged with was at a bar.in Maryland a reporter interviewing Roger Kellyi nside each other. I prefer to sit down and talk Davis took that man and his fiance
he came to campus on Oct. 23 for the in 1983; the man had just watched Davis of Daryl Davis's home. • with each other. Understand something: to the National Museum of African
21st annul)! Environmental Studies perform on the piano and he approached Referring to Davis, Kelly said in the 1 did not agree with what Roger Kelly American History and Culture.
Symposium.H e connected his strategy for him to talk about music. The man interview "We get to know one another, had to say during the time that I was "Two weeks later, he's getting
communicating across extreme difference revealed to Davist hat he was a member of we do different things, you know. It hasn't interviewing him. However, I agree with married to that Klanswoman fiancee,"
by sitting down and talking with your the KKK, and Davis eventually took that changed my view about the Klan, it's his right to say it." Davis continued. "We had developed a
adversary to any issue having to do with as an opportunity: he convinced the man pretty much cemented in my mind for After Davis published his book, he relationship. She asked me ifl would give
the environment. Davis also answered to connect him with the top KKKm ember years." Later on in the video, there is a continued to hang out with Kelly. her away at the wedding, he wanted that
questions regarding the debate about in the state of Maryland, Grand Dragon · clip of Kellyg iving a speech at a Klan rally "That caused that cement in his as well. I said okay."
whether deplatforming is an effectivew ay Roger Kelly. Davis decided then that he in which he talks about Davis: "I believe mind to get cracks in it because he began Davis told many more stories of hirri
to deal with hate speech. would conduct a series of interviews with in what he says and what he thinks that struggling with what I was telling him befriending Klan members, many of
"Why is that Klan robe still here in the Klan members across the co~try and I stand for. A lot of times we don't agree matching it up with what he believes," whom eventually decided to quit the KKK,
21st century?" Davis asked the audience. write a book about it. with everything, but at least he respects Davis said. "It didn't sit right and he 40 of whom gave their robes to Davis.
"Why do they still think the way they "I don't want to convert anybody, I me to sit down and listen to me and I'll began wondering and over time those "I think he has to be the most
think? It's because we have ignored them just want to know," Davis said. ·"once respect him and sit down and listen to cracks cracked the cement ... Just some charismatic person on Earth," Kaitlin
for so long. We dori't engage with them I know what the problem is, then I can him." years ago, Roger Kelly quit the Ku Klux Emmett '22 said.
... if they're willing to sit down and talk, figure out a solution to address it." Davis reiterated that last Kelly quote Klan." . "Discussion can open things up
that is a step in the right direction. Fear No black man had ever written a book and its importance. When he quit the Klan, Kelly between people," Zeya Berger-Hilliard
is the greatest weapon known to man ... for which they sought out KKKm embers "If you don't take anything else home disbanded his group:over 200 mem)::>ers '22 said. "I feel like you hear that all the
why do thesE_p!e ople still exist? Because and their perspectives. with you tonight, take that home with left the ·KJanb ecause of Davis's influence time, but I never would have thought that
they evoke fear. People don't want to Eventually Davis befriended the you. Apply it to your strategies about the on Kelly,w ho gave his robe and hood to people that I would assume to be so closed
confront them. If you see someone in a Grand Dragon. He invited Kelly to his environment or whatever. You're going Davis. minded {KKK members) would change
robe and hood walking down the street, gigs, to his house, introduced him to to have one perspective, somebody else Davis showed a video of the Imperial their mind. I guess (Davis) wouldn't have
you cross over to the other side. We his friends and they would have dinner is gonna have another perspective ... Give Wizard iri Vrrginia firing a gun at the made the same assumptions as I made."
Transferred Bon Appetit einployees
take shifts froin student workers
By MACKENZIE HERRING
STUDENT WORKERS at Maggie's,
the Bon Appetit-run coffee shop
on Lewis & Clark's campus, have
had major changes to their schedules
or been moved to different locations
due to a new influx of workers who have
contracts with Bon Appetit.
Jane*, a current employee at
Maggie's,' said that there are new Bon
Appetit workers coming to the coffee
shop due to a history of staffing issues.
'~Last year we were so woefully
understaffed, the student workers being
there became kind of normal," the
worker said. "Now that they are filing
the space with full-time employees, the
student workers are not as needed."
Jane mentioned that those student
workers are experiencing significant
alterations to their schedules or are not PIONEER LOG PHOTO ARCHIVE
being given any hours.at all. Maggie's cafe hired several student workers in the past, now their hours are being cut.
"I hope they can be moved to other
places, but ·it appears as if they are time when those people are there with only were given one shift each for the
having hours cut and in some cases, the other Bon Appetit employees there most part, and most of them now are
they aren't getting shifts at all," she said. may be less shifts available for. student laid off ... the dynamic of Maggie's has
Bon Appetit General Manager, workers," Baghoomian said. shifted a Jot."
-Ryan Jensen, said that while changes Jensen also said that s·ome students Hannah Salvo '19, one of the
are being made, they are mostly due to are choosing not to continue working at employees who had her hours cut at
openings in the schedule and that there Maggie's for personal reasons. Maggie's, said that there is a feeling of
are accommodations being made for "I think that there have been some uncertainty among the student workers
current student workers. culture changes over there. Some of and management.
"While we started the semester with the folks that have worked for us for a "Bon Appetit doesn't do a great job
big open time slots that we needed while ... it's no longer for them," Jensen at telling the managers what is going
to have filled, until we could hire said. "And again, we try to offer people on," Salvo said. "There is just a general
Bon Appetit employees to refill those different opportunities, locations and air of no one knows what's going on at
openings from last year, students were time slots to keep people working 'who Maggie's."
able to fill those in and now we are trying need to work but again it's up to each Jane said that in her ·opinion, the
to work with each individual student to individual if it's something they can and Bon Appetit management is treating the
find a time slot that works with their need to prioritize." student employees unfairly.
individual social and academic calendar Sue*, another current worker "I hope it pushes the school and
and whether that's at Maggie's, at the at Maggie's, said that someone she management into creating a space that
Dovecote or Fields catering," Jensen recently worked with has had her hours can employ all of the students and
said. cut completely, and that the culture of workers, without pushing anyone out,"
Ani Baghoomian, • Director of Maggie's has changed as a result of the Jane said. "The loyalty that the students
Operations, said that the inclusion of new Bon Appetit employees. at Maggie's have shown deserves
new Bon Appetit workers may mean "I know that there's new Bon Appetit recognition."
that there are less hours for student employees coming in apd that has
employees. resulted in a lot of student jobs being
"We are hiring full time Bon Appetit lost," Sue said. "They hired six new
employees, and that means at any given students to work this semester and they *Name changed by source request

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018
NEWS 3
NewGenEdplan underway
By GELSEY PLAZA could also get into questions of culture is important for our students to under
and power here in the U.S. The new stand and experience. The faculty feels,
THE GENERALE ducation Steering Creative and Literary Arts requirement in general, that these changes repre
Committee (GEST) .is continuing builds upon the current Creative Arts. sent an exciting improvement over the
the process for the transition to However, now it adds literature class- status quo. We are here to serve the
the new General Education (GE) re . es to it. Currently, the Creative Writing students,. and we feel that this new
quirements and its implementation. class counts towards the Creative Arts curriculum will help us to prepare
GEST "is planning to submit the final GenEd, but literature classes do not. students even better for leadership and
course schedules by Oct. 2019, and then Historical Perspectives is brand opportunities after graduation."
the newly revamped GE system will go new, and its goal is for students to de GEST Social Sciences representative
into effect for students coming in Fall velop critical familiarity with historical and Associate Professor of Rhetoric and
2020. . contexts prior to the conlemporary pe Media Studies and Director of Ethnic ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
In the new GE plan, "Words" and riod. Other components of the new Studies Kundai Chirindo believest hat the Senators and SAACr eprese_ntativel isten to the FAIS SR001 resolution on Kavanagh.
"Numbers," which is just the provi GE requirements will be Bibliographic faculty, staff, and students will see and
sional name, will replace the current Research in Writing (BRW) and Well better appreciate the integrated nature of
ASLC rejects Justice
Exploration and Discovery Core mod ness and Physical Education. BRW is LC's liberal arts curriculum, which would
el. ("Words" and "Numbers" are just for students to acquire proficiency in bring LC closer in line with the traditional
provisional names.) Students will be bibliographic research and writing prac understanding of a liberal arts education.
able to select among many options of tices as a mode of critical inquiry across "Sometimes I think people use the Kavanaugh approval
topics, working with faculty on their liberal arts. term 'General Education (requirements)'
areas of expertise. The "Words" course With the new GE requirements final to refer to coursework that they view as
is for students to acquire a foundation ized, this year GEST will be figuring out· parallel (and sometimes even opposed)
in critical reading, discussion, and writ the details of each requirement, such as: to one's major/disciplinary interests," By ELSA SPAULDING ly voted into effect by ASLC and will be
ing practices at the core of a liberal arts what are the very specific learning out Chirindo said over email. "What we now submitted to the offices of Brett Kavana
education. The "Numbers" course is for comes that they want for all students to refer to as 'Gen. Ed.' has long been un THE ASSOCIATED Students of ugh, all United States Federal Senators,
students to gain experience in quantita have in these requirements? derstood to be essential not inimical to a Lewis & Clark (ASLC)m et ~n Oct. all United States Federal House Mem
tive reasoning and the critical analysis In the student s.urvey data from last good edtJcation. From that perspective, 18 to discuss and vote on new leg bers, President Donald Trump, Attorney
of quantitative data. The "Words" and spring, students overwhelmingly said the so called "general education (and its islation to be enacted school wide, one of General Jeff Sessions, Kavanaugh accus
·"Numbers" will be just for first years they wanted to be sure that the GE re requirements)' is not just important - it which addressed the recent confirma ers Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah
and taken in the fall and spring semes quirements were clearly described in is essential to getting a good education. tion of Brett Kavanaugh to the United Ramirez, Julie Swetnick, and the entire
ters. what they were going.t o accomplish and To my mind, 'Gen. Ed' is a phrase in cur- States Supreme Court despite multiple student body at LC.
For the Distribution requirements, why they should be of value to them. . riculum design that expresses the value of allegations of sexual assault . Representatives from several student
each student must take at least one GEST does not want students to feel a broad based education." Senate Resolution Number FA18 unions were also present at the meeting
course in each section. The Distribution like they are just checking off boxes. GESTs tudent representative Gabriela SR001, drafted by ASLC senators Anni and used the dialogue to advocate for the
sections are: Natural Sciences, Creative There is one working group for every Lopez '19 thinks Gen Eds are important ka Jackson '22 ·and Celeste Kurnik '22, needs of their respective communities.
and Literary Arts, Global Contexts, new requirement, including "Words" because they unify a diverse student body states that the ASLC formally rejects . The Disabled Student Union (DSU)
Cultural Difference and Power, World and "Numbers." • and create an opportunity for the college Kavanaugh's confirmation. spoke in regard to the limited handicap
Language and Historical Perspectives. GEST Chair and Associate Professor to share with that student body their mot "This legislation expresses the feel accessibility on campus, and expressed
Instead of Categories A, B and C in the of Music and Director of Choral Activi to and values. ings of Lewis& Clark students surrounding concerns over the administration's lack
current Scientific Quantitative and Rea ties Kathy FitzGibbon said that all of the "I think, and l hope, that the chang the confirmationo f Brett Kavanaught o the of comprehensive action to address this
soning gen ed requirements, students students she has met with regarding GE es we are working on will allow both Supreme Court following his numerous problem. •
will now only need to take one course are very excited about the changes. students and faculty the opportunities sexual assault/misconduct accusations," "There's a lot of able-bodied people
in the Natural Sciences as a distribu "The only negative· comments I've to become more engaged in topics that Jackson said. at this school, and it's their privilege to
tion requirement. Furthermore, it will heard are from students who are sad will be of greater interest to both faculty The authors proposed this resolution, not understand how .severely impacted
not necessarily have to be a lab. Instead that it won't take effect until after they members and students," Lopez said. "I not to show distaste for Kavanaugh's disabled students are on this campus. "
of the current eight credits of Interna graduate," FitzGibbon said. "The fac also hope that the new Gen Eds will cre particular political leanings, but to for Disabled Student Union Representative
tional Studies, now students will have ulty has worked hard to articulate our ate greater connections between what is mally state that the community at Lewis Nicole Lewis '21 said.
four credits of Global Contexts and four LC identity and to design a new GE learned inside the classroom and how & Clark College has zero tolerance for The DSU hopes that the adminis
credits of Cultural Difference and Pow curriculum that will better reflect the that knowledge is applied to your fields of acts of sexual assault and misconduct. tration at LC will begin to prioritize
er. The latter could be internatiqnal, but institution we are and what we believe interest." "We wanted to clarify that for us accommodations for students with
this was nof a political issue, but a physical or mental disabilities.
human issue. Our decision to reject "Disabled students don't necessarily •
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation was feel that Lewis & Clark wants them to
concerned with his sexual assault/mis come back because there are so many •
conduct allegations, not his political things that inhibit them, like lack of
beliefs," Jackson said. support from student services and the
The official ASLC document for this administration not wanting to acknowl
resolution also notes that only about 2 edge their problems," Lewis said.
percent of all rape and related sexual Other senators from ASLC expressed
assault charges are determined to be concern over the lack of resources avail
false according to the Federal Bureau able to disabled students on campus and
of Investigation, and that the mem expressed interest in forming a Senate
bers of ASLC stand with and believe Partnership with the DSU.
the survivors of kavanaugh's alleged "The administration's general dis
crimes based on this statistic. regard for the concerns of disabled
"Our motivation behind this (reso students is really concerning;" ASLC
lution) is to show the students of Lewis Senator Jack Bishop '21 said.
& Clark that we support and believe This partnership would seek to·
survivors of sexual assault as a whole, provide assistance for disabled stu
not to make a political stance of any • dents whenever possible and advocate
kind." Kurnik said. for more accessibility on campus via
This resolution was unanimous- legislation and direct communication
with administrative officials.
CYAN C0WAP/PI0NEER LOG
Issue 3 Corrections
ASLC Talks Counseling Center and CAB events
Article incorrectly identified the meeting on Sept. 27 as the first ASLC
Senate meeting, it was their second. Also, the Senate was merely
informed of the student health fee change, it is not responsible for it,
the administration is.
Additionally, ASLC senator Sherlock Ortiz '20 misspoke in saying a
$37 fee covering counseling center costs would be rolled into tuition next
month. It wilrbe instituted in next year's tuition as a separate fee.
P,:esident Wim Wiewel Inaugur.ated on Oct 5.
President Wiewel was misquoted as referring to the Franh Manor House
as "just furniture storage" - he instead meant Corbett House.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018
OPIN-IONS
4
ASLC is underappreciated by the student body
For a campus that prides itself on political awareness, students largely ignore the responsibilites of ASLC
By ARIEL MCGEE such as homework, extracurriculars we have major responsibilities that
or filling out their ballot. The agenda directly affect the student body. For
AREAS OF SOCIAL science are of last week's Senate meeting is the example, ASLC is in charge of allocat
widely studied at Lewis and last thing on their mind; it takes time ing hundreds of thousands of dollars
Clark, which contributes to to be up to date on the happenings each year to student unions and clubs
a large portion of the student body of student gov- across campus.
who are generally aware of current ernment, and If you belong
events. However, it is important to sometimes col ... it might be worthwhile to to any of these
note 'that political apathy towards •lege students take af ew minutes each week • organizations,
representative bodies of government just do not ASLC is a vital
is becoming a defining factor to the have .any time to see what your student actor in your
American identity and to the identity to spare. How government is up ~o. ability to par
of LC students. ever, it might ticipate in any
Even though a large portion of LC be worthwhile of the events
·does seem concerned with the politi to take a few they host and
cal issues and debates circulating our minutes each week to see what your access any of the resources they pro
nation, I see this overarching politi student government has been up to. vide.
cal apathy affecting their interest in As Chief Justice of the Associated Additionally, ASLC has access to an
representative institutions at the ed Students of Lewis & Clar,k (ASLC), it account known as the 4300 account,
ucational level. Students have many is important to me that students un~ which can be used for emergencies
things to worry about on a daily basis derstand the role of ASLC because concerning students at LC. Last year,
the on-campus Counseling Service faced
major funding cuts due to a previous
donation that was expiring. After
paying close attention to the wishes and
concerns of the student body, the ASLC
Senate. decided that .the importance
of mental h_ealth at LC necessitated
the ability for the Counseling Service
to remain operational at a level their
funding cut would • not allow. After
writing legislation to gain control of RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOG
the 4300 account, the Senate decided to dine at the Bon Thursdays from 6-7 in general, are important institutions.
to take action p.m. in hopes Cabinet and Senate members are
into their own Cabinet and Senate members that students chosen by you, the student body, and
hands and voted will bring any it is important to know who we are
are chosen by you, the student
to fully fund questions or and how we can help you. It ·can be
the Counseling body, and it is important to concerns they tempting to join the general consensus
Service for the might have that student governments are pointless
know who we are ...
following 2018- about either hierarchies meant to entertain those
19 academic the admin- who enjoy power, but in my opinion
year. istration or that just simply is not the case.
In addition to financial responsibili ASLC itself. If you have any questions, concerns,
ty, ASLCi s also meant to be a direct link The aforementioned examples are or suggestions for me or ASLC as
between the student body and the ad just a few of the reasons why ASLC, a whole, please send an email to
ministration. ASLC has recently started and college-level student governments chiefjustice@lclark.edu.
LC community is not· adequately
represented on Board of Trustees
By SHERLOCK ORTIZ
NY AND ALL governing struc
ures should be appro.ached with
uspicion. The. Lewis & Clark
Board of Trustees is no exception.
_The Board of Trustees is a self
regulating, self-perpetuating body.
Future trustees are elected by other
trustees when a vacancy opens. A
brief glance at the list of trustees on
the school website will reveal that,
thankfully, the majority are graduates
of LC while others have had children
graduate Irom LC. However, there
is no requirement. of any kind to be
on the Board. In an interview, Vice
President, Chief of Staff, General
Counsel and Board Secretary David
Reese explained that "the Association
of Governing Boards (AGB) of
_ ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
Colleges and Universities establishes The Board of Trustees periodically gathers in the Frank Manor House Board Room.
best practices regard~ng governing
boards." The Board follows those
best practices and the non-profit advisory role, but, according to Reese, Yet, the administration is in the
laws of the State of Oregon. They are their perspective "is important." There habit of making decisions that impact
organized into committees that deal is no reason to believe that giving students 1n a semi-haphazard manner.
with different re·solutions that are students and faculty voting powers President Wiewel's Strategic Plan had
decided on and eventually brought would in fact run into these conflicts. little to no student input; I attended
to· the full Board,. which meets three As it stands, student representatives a meeting on Sept. 17 and there was
times per year in January, May and must wait to be called on during Board. _ only one other student there. It was
October. Board meetings are closed meetings to speak, leaving them with held from 11:30-12:30, a time most
to the public, and any resolutions little opportunity to provide input. students, including myself, have a class.
enacted are then left up to the school Where is the harm in letting those who While there I felt that my voice would
administration to enact. • know the school, are directly in touch _h ave little impact in any decisions.
Among the best practices, tliough, with its needs and what is most urgent, It felt patronizing to nold this--event _
the AGB _ "recommend(s) against affect its long-term administration? "asking for input" when it was poorly
having students, faculty and staff as Students spend almost all of their announced and held at an inconvenient
voting members, the concern being waking time on campus, professors time. The administration • is making
conflicts of interest and the indepen spend a significant amount of theirs, decisions on our behalf without asking
dence of tlie Board," Reese said. This whereas quite a few of trustees do not us what we want or tliink is best.
is understandable to an extent as the even live in Oregon. The Board of Trustees should have
allocation of the yearly budget is one The decisions the Board of Trustees at least two students and two faculty
of the many duties of the Board. Stu makes affect us all. They relate direct members who serve as voting repre
dents, faculty and staff could be. biased ly to the Strategic Plan President Wim sentatives to protect interests of those
to allocate more of the budget to orie Wiewel discussed in his inauguration who have to study, work and live oh
of the organizations, departments or speech. The Board handles massive campus. These representatives should
areas of campus they are the most in amounts of money that go into projects be elected by their respective bodies.
volved in. like school infrastructure, our study If everyone on campus has the right to
There are two non-voting faculty abroad programs and student financial vote in national elections, why do we
and student representatives from each aid. All of these are areas Wiewel wants not have a say in the immediate mat
of the three schools that represent LC to expand, yet on which we have no in-. ters surrounding our own lives and
on the Board. They serve merely an put as to which direction.· education?

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018
OPINIONS
5
Apocalypse now: climate report calls for action
As rising temperatu~es cause cataclysmic consequences, conservation should be a priority for policymakers
By ANDREW HAYES the National Climate Assessment balance of ecosystems, the ozone
(NCA), there has already been "a sub layer deteriorates and the sixth mass
FROM OCEANS engulfing islands stantial increase in most measures of extinction comes into fruition.
to increases in pestilence, Atlantic hurricane activity since the Best case scenario: international
wildfires, storm surges and early 1980s." • government bodies convene to finally
extinction rates, the predicted effects As glob.al warming causes the face. the proble·m of global warming
of a global rise of 2 degrees Celsius are Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets seriously, renewable energy sources
a concern that should strike fear in to deteriorate, the amount of avail become appropriately funded, indus
all people, Republican or Democrat, able freshwater will diminish. The trial consumptive practices undergo
wealthy or on welfare, in those who IPCC report states that "depending reform and perhaps humanity manages
deny human responsibility for rising on future socioeconomic conditions, to undo some of the effects of centuries
temperatures or those who avidly limiting global warming to 1.5 de of systematic destruction that have al
lobby for deeper environmental grees Celsius, compared to 2 degrees ready taken place on Earth.
concern. According to a recent report Celsius, may reduce the proportion However, according to the
by the International Panel on Climate of the world population exposed to a Washington Post, only two countries
Change (IPCC), prevei;iting global climate-change induced increase in fully comply with the standards of
warming from creating a rise above water stress by up to 50 percent." the 2015 Paris Agreement. President
1.5 degrees Celsius increase from pre Additionally, if temperatures ex Donald Trump's choice to withdraw
industrial times to 2040 is imperative ceed a 1.5 degrees Celsius increase, from the agreement and his support •
to reduce the possibilities of an the threat of net reductions in corn, for the coal and fossil fuel industries
ecological and human crisis. rice, wheat production and other ce suggest there is little reason to
Lewis & Clark prides itself on real crops may lead to a food crisis for think that human-influenced global
being a sustainable campus: we ·just nations worldwide, particularly in the warming will slow down. Whether
divested from fossil fuels and ended Global South. According to the Unit we will be able to keep global
our support- for one of the main ed Nations Department of Economic temperatures from rising above 2
contributors to the climate problem. and Social Affairs, the human popu degrees Celsius is a question only
However, change and influence at this lation is expected to rise to 9. 7 billion time and technology will be able to
level will do little to .cause meaningful by 2050, 2.4 billion above the current answer. The immensity of the cultural
changes and contributions to a future population. The food shortage; in and socioeconomic reforms necessary
solution. _ combination with rising populations, the looming crisis of the 2018 IPCC
The threat of rising sea levels due could result in a global famine much report is almost incomprehensible. ANNA DESMET/PIONEER LOG
to melting ice caps may not be partic more grave than the food crisis today. We can only hope that our world
ularly daunting to those who do not Worst • case scenario: the world leaders take their heads out of the
live in coastal regions, but the more lacks the available water and food sand and eonfront the fact that if they
immediate and inevitable increase in supplies to support the growing do not act now, their visions ofleading
the power and devastation of storm population, disease outbreaks the world to progress and equity may
surges may be.reason for more Amer worsen, islands and coastal cities lead us instead to the wasteland of
icans to rethink their apathy towards become submerged in the ocean, death and suffering that they have
rising climate change. According to wildfires and droughts destroy the been warned of time and time again.
Proxy wars in· Middle East could
create change, but also anxieties
By ABDULRAHMAN AL occurred in 2011 - the Arab Spring - freedom from strict laws, the conse
RAYYIS both the Saudi and Iranian governments quences might be as heavy as regime
felt extremely anxious about these revo change. _
THE PERSIANSA ND Arabs have a lutions. Both feared revolution in their The consequences of protests have
b:11tal a~d bloody history of con own countries and an influx of hostile already affected Iran and its crumbling
flicts dating back to 2700 RC. administrations governing former allies. currency. The current pattern of events
The current conflict between the Ar The overall effect of this conflict on shows Saudi dominance in~pired by a
abs and Persians is between Iran and the Middle East has been negative. It polarizing American foreign policy. A
Saudi Arabia in their ongoing struggle has hindered the development of several marginalized, Iran might be pushed to
to dominate the Middle East through . democracies in the region and exhaust take more extreme ·measures such as
proxy wars. Many of these proxy wars ed the economies of many countries. In engaging in a full-scale war with Sau
resemble those of the Cold War between addition, the two powers are not ready di Arabia, which raises concerns over
the United States and the Soviet Union. to lead the Middle East; both are facing chemical and nuclear warfare. Such a
This struggle is of a political, econom domestic issues and increasing opposi .war would create a refugee crisis that
ic and religious nature. The religious tion from the youth who are starting to the region simply cannot afford. How
. difference in particular makes the con demand basic rights such as freedom of ever, the risk of an all-out war remains
flict especially sensitive. The Iranians speech, voting and women's rights. slim due to the mutually destructive
are from the Shiite sect of Islam, while Recent protests in Iran and the nature of this conflict.
the Saudi Arabians are from the Sunni lifting of restrictions in Saudi Arabia One key player in this conflict is the
sect. Most of the Muslim world is Sun mark a new beginning of an expanding United States, who chose to be a closer
ni, leaving the periphery of the Middle movement of women's rights in both ally to Saudi Arabia for two reasons·: tol
East as a stronghold for Shiites, as seen countries, who are now, ironically, com erance oflsrael and a steady exchange of
in Persia. The conflict between Iran and peting to advance women's rights out of cash and weapons. On the other hand,
Saudi Arabia intensified after the fall of fear of domestic protests. It is no· secret Iran chose .to be aggressive toward Is
Saddam Hussein, who acted as a buffer that both governments are well aware rael. In the past, the West labeled the
between the two sects. of the effects of globalization ·on their extremism of Arab states based on their
Once the third Arab awakening youth, and if they do not respond tolerance oflsrael.
quickly to the demands for increased President T~mp's policy in the
region included making Saudi Arabia
a closer ally through arms deals and
marking Iran an enemy with the
termination of the nuclear deal. This
one-sided policy has pushed Saudi
Arabia to play a more aggressive
role in the region. Saudi Arabia has
grown to be the bully of the region,
which is creating resentment against
the Saudis in many other Arab states.
This resentment is created by a belief
that Saudi Arabia is disturbing the
domestic politics of its neighbors.
Meanwhile, Iran, who has been acting
as the opposition, is trying to win over
the Arab population with anti-Israel
rhetoric. However, the actions of both
countries remain damaging to most, if
not all countries in the Middle East.
The Middle East remains a widely
misunderstood region which makes the
discussion of these issues important. It
is especially relevant to American stu
dents as the American government is
heavily involved in Middle East. It is
important for the American youth to
understand the consequences of the
western intervention in Middle East and
look at examples to where the American
taxpayer money is landing. •
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018
6 FEATURES
ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
"Sweeney Todd" will be performed "in the round," a non traditional theater technique where the audience is in the middle of the action. This is a challenging choice, but creates a unique production experience.
''Sweeney Todd'' ·hosts dinner party at theatre
The demon barber of Fleet Street brings a classic horror musical to Palatine Hill Road this autumn
By MADO HAYES and Mrs. Lovett bakes them into pies. hidden offstage or beneath the stage. "This group of people have really a lot of hard work into this production.
There are various other subplots that Lingafelter said that all of thes.e staging loved working together," McBerry said. "I think that's something for the com
THE LEWIS & CLARK Theatre come together to create a complex decisions are part of an experiential "Even though it's difficult, that makes munity to be excited about," Lingafelter
and Music Departments will be narrative filled with dark humor. approach. it really delightful." • said. "Come and celebrate the talent
presenting a collaborative pro Lingafelter said that she was inter "I'm always interested in awakening Lingafelter said that the cast has put of the students and their hard work."
duction of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon ested in the ways in which ,the world of audiences to things that they take for
Barber of Fleet Street," a twisted musi the play resonates with today's culture, granted in the theater," Lingafelter said.
cal that has interesting connections to in terms of both the socioeconomic in "My hope is that you'll feel like you're
the issues being faced in today's society. equities and the deep questioning of the really a part of the world."
The show will open on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. patriarchy and rape culture. The musical aspect of the production
in Fir Acres Theatre: The production is "Ultimately, it's about a world in adds another layer· pf complexity and
directed by Associate Professor of The which injustice and inequity have grown difficulty. The LC Theatre Department
atre Rebecca Lingafelter. The show will to such a point that no one CJlllb ehave puts on a mainstage show every
be performed "in the round" and feature in a good way," Lingafelter said. "Mo semester, but a musical is only chosen
a live orchestra conducted by Lance In rality has been thrown out the window." every four years, which means th_ate very
ouye, Assistant Professor of Music. One unusual aspect of the show is class will only get to see or be involved
The play tells the story of Sweeney that it will be performed "in the round," with one musical. Liam Beveridge '20,
Todd, a London barber who is which is a particular type of staging that who plays the role of Sweeney Todd,
wrongfully sent away to prison by . puts the audience in the middle of the said that this is his first experience
Judge Turpin, an evil judge who wants action. Scenographer and Associate· _doinga musical production.
to steal Todd's life and lure away his Professor of Theatre Michael Olich, "It gives me a lot more respect for
wife. Todd returns after 15 years and said that he and Lingafelter wanted to everyone who can do musicals because
meets Mrs. Lovett, the owner of a meat make the main stage feel like the black •i t's really challenging," Beveridge said.
pie shop below his barbershop. She box theater. "It's been a lot more foc1,1sedo n the
tells him that Turpin sexually assaulted . "There's no pretend sense of illusion technical elements of music than other
his wife, causing her to go mad and in the space," Olich said. "It's all just a productions I've been in where we're
poison herself, so Todd decides to take bare open stage that we can bring the just focused on the acting."
revenge on Turpin. This leads him world of the story into." Musical Director Susan McBerry
down a path of insanity and the two of There will ~so be a live orchestra has been working with the cast
them form a murderous partnership, performing on stage which will be members individually on their singing
ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
where Todd kills his barbershop clients visible to the audience, rather than . technique.
Amanda Tugangui '19, Aria Wfodmann '19, Isak Keller 'i:9 at a musical rehearsal.
Studen_t-run social justice zine
is .an accessible artistic outlet
~y.RILEY HANNA and marches taking place in Portland. to keep the content fresh. They are still
Furthermore, the back of the zine's first planning on releasing a journal at the
N • "ART RESISTANCE" is issue features a directory of restaurants end of the academic year, which will be
oming to Lewis & Clark. The owned by people of color, -with the a compilation of all of the zines. •
ollective,formerly known asthe caption "because who you support As of now, the group is able to release
Journal for Social Justice, is a student matters." 75 copies per edition.
The zme aspires to
created zine which showcases the "We felt that The group is· currently
creations of LC students, which is run by there was a discon showcase art, underfunded and
presidents and co-editors Andrea Lewis nect between stu doesn't have the means
cultural engagement,
'21 and Zoey Norling '21. Their mission dents and faculty to print more. Until
is to create an intersectional space that and the rest of Port politics and academics. the group is able to get
magnifies the typically unheard student land, and wanted to more funding, they are
voice on campus through art, academic _challenge students increasing accessibility -
pieces and tp.oughtful expression. The to get involved with the outside and in to the zine by posting submissions on
zine aspires to showcase a multitude ternal community," Andrea Lewis said. their Instagram, @lc_thecollective, and
of interests, such as art, cultural With that intention, the zine not orily plan to send digital copies to studeJJt
engagement, politics and academics. creates a space for social justice among unions in hopes that they will spread
Nicole Lewis '21 submitted her LC students, it also further connects it around. Furthermore, students are
writing in the first issue of the zine. them to the outside community in the encouraged to continue the.migration of
"This is the first time that any of my Portland area. the zine across campus, so all students
art has been published anywhere so it's When The Collective was known can appreciate it.
really amazing that the zine provides an as the Journal for Social Justice, the Copies of the -zine can be fo~
accessible platform for artists like me group released a large journal at the dispersed throughout campus. Students
... I'm excited to see where this zine is end of the year instead of continuous are encouraged to submit their work in
headed in the future and to continue zines. However, this journal mainly order to provide a stronger foundation
to collaborate with Zoey and Andrea," featured academic writing and failed to for the zine, which can hopefully lead to
Nicole Lewis said via email. reach the greater student population. more funding: If you want any of yo_ur
Alongside promoting the work of The Collective is, according to Andrea creations showcased in The Collective,
students, the zine provides a calendar Lewis and Norling, a "rebranding" of you can email your submission to
ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
of social justice events, workshops the Journal for Social·J ustice in order socialjustice@lclark.edu.
Presidents Andrea Lewis '21 and Zoey Norling '21 showcase the zine's latest edition.

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8 ARTS
''Sabrina'' returns in new -streaming serie-s
Reboot of classic comic series and_ '90s sitcom delivers chills and campy fun in equal measure
By NATALIE RICH Ambrose. Prudf!nce, played by Tati
Gabrielle, who with· every cut of her
THIS HALLOWEEN season, eyes and pouty sigh perfectly punc
streaming services came pre tuates the often formal language that
pared with new categories and the witches speak in, is perfectly cast.
original content. Hulu's service un And Ambrose, played by Chance Per
veiled their "Huluween" category, domo, flies through his scenes with
featuring their original movie "The whimsy and energy. For hardcore Sa
Body." Netflix released a horror series brina fans, Ambrose is a brand new
titled "The Haunting of Hil1 House" charact~r with a familiar backsto
in addition to a bizarre Halloween ry: he is a warlock on house arrest.
baking show called "The Curious Cre Originally this storyline belonged to
ations of Christine McConnell." How Salem, a talking cat, but in this grit
ever, it is their new series "The Chill ty remake there is no room for sassy
ing Adventures of Sabrina" that truly felines. Instead, Salem is an enigmatic
embodies the spooky season. • and powerful familiar, and Ambrose
For those seeking a remake of the takes on the role of the witty prison
early '90s sitcom "Sabrina the Teen er. In fact, the only dead weight in the
age Witch," or the Sabrina comics, show is Sabrina's mortal boyfriend,
don't watch. -The lead characters are Harvey Kinkle (Ross Lynch), who acts
still the Spellman women, but the sim as nothing more than a bland obstacle
ilarities stop there. The show, which for Sabrina. •
released on Netflix on Oct. 26, exists The show handles the. mixture of
in the same uniyerse as the CW show camp ~nd horror well, if you can get
"Riverdale," which is a dark, gritty past the ridiculous phrases like "Sa
reboot of the original comics. "Chill tan-willing" or "unholy hell!" Images
ing Adventures" is built on the same COURTESY OF-NETFLIX of Salem-esque witches hanged from a
themes. Sabrina Spellman, played Tati Gabrielle, Kiernan Shipka and Abigail_F.C owen star as witches in Netflix's new "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina." tree haunt the show, and flashing vi
• by Kiernan Shipka, is a half-witch, sions of the bloody ·and terrifying Sa
half-mortal being raised by her aunts behind to submit herself to the Dark laudable change for YA television. Sa-- accept the patriarchy of their unho tan remind the audience that there is
Zelda (Miranda Otto) and Hilda (Lucy Lord, so she flees the ceremony and brina and her friends start a feminist ly church, do what they can to help a very real and palpable foe ahead for
Davis),.after her parents' tragic death. forges her own path. group· at their school after her friend Sabrina in her quest for freedom of Sabrina, one who has been playing the
Sabrina is • almost 16, which means That choice is emblematic of one Susie, who is trans, is bullied by foot choice. game for much longer.
she must undergo a "dark baptism" of the most compelling aspects of the ball players. Miss Wardwell, Sabrina's Kiernan Shipka is formidable as Overall "The Chilling Adventures
wherein she signs her name into the show: Sabrina, as with· all the female mysterious teacher, is subject to no Sabrina, and all of the actors do well of Sabrina" is a fun spooky romp with
Book of the Beast and ·becomes a full characters, wants power on her own man, not even the campy and creepy in the balancing of the campy and the a surprisingly mature message about
witch and servant of Satan. Sabrina terms, not as given by a man. Most High Priest of their coven, Faustus legitimately terrifying. A few stand female empowerment. Who runs the
doesn't want to leave her mortal life of the cast is also female, which is a (Richard Coyle). Even her aunts, who outs among the cast are Prudence and (under)world? Witches.
The Srnashing ·Pumpkins~ _"Adore,"tw o decades later
Scorned upon release, the band's overlookedfourth album is stronger than its reputation might suggest
By BRENDAN NAGLE guitar licks dripping with distortion, refused to shine? /What if the clouds
Billy Corgan's howling vocals, and Jim refused to rain? ... What if what is
TO LISTEN BACK to the Smash my Chamberlin's furiously distinctive isn't true? ... at i w at is isn't
ing Pumpkins' bizarre fourth . drumming. In their place is a sequence you?"), but the bratty, nihilistic edge
album "Adore" is to hear a band of ethereal synthesizer atrangements that we might expect is absent. He's
at a crossroads. They had just followed and loping drum-machine patterns. not asking merely to make a point,
up perhaps the greatest rock record "Adore'"s contrasts aren't merely . but asking because he's curious.
of the decade, "Siamese Dream," with sonic, however; Corgan is also exper "Crestfallen" • contains similar
an equal parts bloated and brilliant imenting lyrically, doing away with .questions and self-doubt. "Who am
28-track double album, "Mellon Collie much of the teenage angst character I?" he asks repeatedly, in various
and the Infinite Sadness," that in spite istic of his songwriting. While I could forms. The answer-is delivered in the
of its unwieldiness was somehow more never deny the pleasures of listening second-person, but undoubtedly ap
successful than its predecessor. Their to Corgan snarl that "God is empty plies to the speaker as well:, "And as
first three albums (including their de just like me," the somber tenderness you were/You'll be again/To mold like
but "Gish") form a linear progression, of most of "Adore"'s lyrics are a wel clay/To break like dirt." It's a· bleak
each an expansion of their blistering, come surprise. sentiment, surely, but there's some
guitar-heavy sound, but "Adore," with On top of the usual Pumpkins thing oddly comforting to it as well.
its electronic-tinged balladry, is some drama, the recording sessions_ for W.e're all just dirt, he reminds us, and
thing of a sonic left turn. Given the "Adore'.' were marred by the fatal wrapped up in the song's warm piano
sprawling nature of "Mellon Collie" overdose of touring keyboardist Jon lines such a humbling reminder feels
the band had little else to explore in athan Melvoin soothing rather
the hard-rock vein, leaving only one and the death of "Adore"'s contrasts· than disturbing.
option: to try something completely Corgan's inother. "Once Upon A
different. Unsurprisingly the album But where Cor aren't merely sonic, Time'.' and "For
disappointed fans and critics, but look gan's songwriting however; Corgan is Martha" are the
ing back-now, free of expectations, we and • performanc two songs most
also experimenting
can better recognize its value. es on previous obviously about
The Smashing Pumpkins were records could of lyrically. Corgan's mo,ther,
never strangers to slower songs ten be described and, again, they
or synthesizers - they've always as tortured, he bear a surpris
balanced heftier tracks with serene sounds almost at ing peacefulness COURTESYOFVIRGIN RECORDS
contemplations and experimental peace here, even amid such personal given their subject matter. In "Once remarkable grace. me real" he sings, the simplicity of
electronic textures. "Adore-,'' however, strife. On "Appels + Oranjes" he pos Upon A Time" he begins by crying out "Adore" is also the first Pumpkins the lyric belying its plain profun
is odd in that it does away with near es philosophical questions over a pro-· "Mother I'm tired" like a child look album to not feature drummer Ji)Jlmy ditf Leading with "To Sheila" m·ay
ly every element that had defined the pulsive drum-machine rhythm and ing to curl up and sleep in her lap. Chamberlin, kicked out of the band have been a mistake, as never again
Pumpkins to this point. Gone are the smooth synthesizers ("What if the sun He is clearly still haunted by her loss after his heroin addiction became an does the record.reach such a sublime
("Restless, still, I drive/Try to leave it impediment. Rather than find a new blending of acoustic and electronic.·
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ed by major chords, hinting perhaps pursue his interest in drum machines, its length. Though just o"ver half the
that though the words are anguished, almost exclusively using electronic runtime of "Mellon Collie," "Adore"
he's singing from a place of tesolu rhythms on the record. "Ava Adore" is can .be even more .challenging to
tion. This sus- probably the listen to all the way through. "Mel
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ARTS 9
PAM unveils Modern American Realism exhibit
The collection, opened under two weeks ago, showcases some of 20th century America's greatest artists
By TYLER SHORT there. Hopper paints pervasively, mak
ing us desire the brush of the breeze
S YOU WALK in the new Mod and the heat of the sun just.as µrgently
ern American Realism exhibit at as she does. •
he Portland Art Museum, you Closely related to Portland is the
will find parts of yourself there, both painting "Dalles Dam, Evening" by
known and-. unknown. The Smithso Robert Birmelin. The illusory land
nian's Sara Roby Foundation Collection scape exalts the dam, 93 miles from
presents tbe Portland community with Lewis & Clark, as a sight that needs to·
a rare opportunity to view artworks be seen. It reminds us of sunsets we
from some of the 20th century Amer have seen, the awe we have felt and the
ica's greatest artists. The new exhibit impressions we may be unable to artic
opened on Oct. 20, hosting 44 works • ulate. Even attempting to do so would
diverse in· style and theme that are feel wrong. Visually, this landscape
connected to the movement of Modern captures everything we would want to
American Realism. express - tbe enveloping comfort of
in tbe 20th century, visual art entered warm beauty. Wbo would have thought
a period of radical change, giving rise the dam location to be so alluring?
to controversial movements such as The Modern American Realism ex
Abstract Expressionism. This move hibit not only evokes associations from
ment, commonly associated with artists our own lives, but emotions from expe
like Jackson Pollock who made large riences that are not ours. Nevertheless,
splatter paintings, abandoned repre these emotions encapsulate us, and in •
sentation of the material world. Instead, that-moment of sur.render they feel like
it focused on interiority through pure our experiences all the same. .
freedom of expression, redefining the Mecklenburg commented on what
possibilities of art. By the 1950s, Ab the collection offers to the viewer.
stract Expressionism grew increasingly "I think you'll find that as much
popular, yet its radical ideas did not go -time as you have to give to them, you
unchallenged. will be well rewan:led," Mecklenburg
A group of artists, many of whom TYLER SHORT/PIONEER LOG said. "They will give back to you in
can be seen at the new exhibit, ·were Robert Birmelin's celebrated t975 painting "Dalles Dam, Evening" depicts the dam which is fewer than 100 miles away from LC. equal measure."
appalled by the movement, as it chal The exhibit will be on display
lenged everything they believed art of human experience. Realist artists essentially turn obser attention is Edward Hopper's "Cape through April 2019 and is a great op
should represent. They referred to At the exhibit's inaugural lecture, vation into revelation," Mecklenburg Cod Morning." Contained by the trap portunity to see the works of.acclaimed
-their group as "Reality" and created Virginia Mecklenburg, the chief cura said. "They create those 'ah-ha' mo pings of a house, we see a woman American artists. The Portland Art Muse
works that became classified under tor of tbe Smithsonian American Art ments for us that crystallize our ideas staring out a window into the morn um offers year-long student memberships
Modern Realism. Their approach to re Museum, described what these artists and our feelings." ing light. Her anxious yearning for for $17,m aking this collection, as well as
alisfn was not to merely depict what we sought to achieve. Upon entering the intimate exhibit, freedom is tangible and makes us the rest of the museum, very accessible
can see, but to reach towards the core "At the most fundamental level, one of tb~ first paintings that demands wonder who or what is holding her for the LC student body.
''Dreainboy''p roduces-
pr61nisingp odcast pjlot
By SANDY GROSSMAN • atmosphere that serves to effec
tively defamiliariz-e its audience with
I T'S TOUGH FOR me to recommend even the most mundane aspects of our
"_Dreamb oy,"· the latest podcast main character's day-to-day existence.
from production studio Night Vale Trips to the groc.ery store or walks. to
Presents. Although they have a stellar work are described with a surprisingly
track record, one that includes ·.some original, compelling style and under
great fictional content like "Welcome scored by the show's tr°iily incredible
to Nightvale" and "Alice Isn't Dead," soundtrack. The tunes range from sos
vouching for a first episode alone is al •b ubblegum pop to foreboding synth
ways risky. It's really impossible to say soundscapes, a unique mix that fits this
. whether or not the series will stick the unique production. Each piece works
landing. I can say for certain, however, •i n tandem with the sound effects and
that "Dreamboy" is a singular work; voice work to breath life into the story
one whose pilot certainly deserves being told.
some attention even if the subsequent I'll be disappointed if the series
episodes prove unable to hold it. never amounts to anything but a tone
The series centers on Dane, a New piece, as much as I've professed my
York musician who has decided to love for its "tone. "Welcome to Night
take some time off from his struggling vale" never really managed to grab my -
career and stay at his friend's place attention. While I love the concept of
in Cleveland. He's tired, he tells us - packaging cosmic horror as a series
"like, existentially tired." He's also a of banal radio dispatches, the way the
bit pretentious and, as the show thus show prioritised its unsettling mood
far consists entirely of his first-person to the exclusion of all else, particular-
narration, so is much of "Dreamboy"'s ly in its early episodes, didn't gel with
prose. While he never got on my nerves, me. Co-creators Dane Terry and Ellie
others may find him excessively twee. Heyman clearly took inspiration from
Not too 1ong after arriving in town, "Nightvale" when crafting "Dream
Dane gets a job at the local zoo and boy'"s aesthetic, but it remains to be
things take a strange turn. Or rather, seeµ whether they'll strike out on their
things continue to take strange ·turns. own narrative path going forward. Af-
From beginning to end, the half-hour ter a first episode as promising as this
episode is awash in an unnerving one, I'm hoping that they do.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018
.1 0. SPORTS.
Cross Country competes at LC's home course
NCAA Division III cross country championships for the Northwest Conference were held last Saturday
By LAUREN KEE_GAN yells of encouragement in the most nail
biting part of the race, and emerged
LEWIS & CIARK Cross Country at the end of the chute sweaty and
returned to their home course at breaililess.
Mciver Park in Estacada, Ore. on The men's team finished with a
·Saturday, Oct. 27 to host the Northwest cumulative score of 183 and a total
Conference (NWC) Championships time of 2:27:49. The runners' finishing
for NCAA Division III cross country. placement was Richardson in 5th place,
Conference hosting rotates each ·season Matt White '21 in 32nd place, Elliot Jones
between the nine teams in the NWC. '22 in 59th place, Connor Robertson '22
136 runners went bead-to-bead for in 62nd place, and Jack Hyde.'22 in 63rd
the conference title, 73 in the women's place.
race and 63 in the men's race. The "Relatively, the race was good for
women's race is six kilometers long, how the team is structured," White said.
consisting of two tliree-kilometer ioops, "We have a lot of injuries and illnesses
and the men's race is eight kilometers, this year. I had mono in July right at
consisting of two three-kilometer loops the peak of my training, right as I was
plus a two-kilometer loop. bitting 70-mile weeks. I had to take a
The tension in the air was palpable ii10nth off for that, so I'm doing the best
as the runners lined up in the starting with what I've got right now."
blocks for the race. After the starting The women's team finished with
gun sounded from across the field, the a cumulative score of 218 and a
stampede of runners moved like a wall total time of 2:09:29. The runners'
and funneled into the course, hurdling finishing placement was Genevieve
grassy potholes and hornets nests as Serna '21 in 26th place, Samantha
needed. Bowen '20 in 38th place, Etta Moen
As the runners circled back after the '21 in 41st place, Alexandra Coons '21 LAUREN KEEGAN/PIONEER LOG
The men's cross country team commence their sprint at tlie start line. They finished with a cumulative _scoreo f 183 on this course.
first loop, teammates.cheered each other in 57th place, Adalynn Griesser '22
on from the sidelines, reciting chants in 62nd place, Marcella Chavez '21 in
and touting school spirit. Some even 69th place and Katie Hull '19 in 71st iliis conference. NWC. Runners placing eighth through back and it helped him, he didn't have to
laid on their stomachs in the dewy grass, place. "It was a big accomplishment for fourteenth places are awarded Second work on catching them and that was an
pounding the ground with their fists. Serna describes the importance of me," Serna said. "I've been in the top Team_ All-Conference, and runners advantage for him.''
Sean Richardson '20 was LC's top being tactical and focused during the tliree consistently but being the top one placing first through seventh places are His time was 26:20:4, which is on
finisher on the men's team. "Having a race. was an extra push, you could say.''. awarded First Team All-Conference. the slower end of bis times.
lot of friends there is definitely helpful," "I knew my time wasn't the best, After the race, all the teams Richardson was awarded the title ''It was a slow course," Ric4ardson
Richardson said. "That's definitely but when you're racing in conference, assembled for the awards ceremony. of First Team All-Conference for bis said. "I think everyone's times ~ere
something that motivates me and pushes you're trying to go more for placing There were awards on both the men's fifth place finish. This is his second slower. It was a tough course with
me. I could definitely hear my mom, she and (catching) people," Serna said. and the women's teams. Runner of the consecutive year earning the title after difficult footing, I stumbled' a couple of
was so loud.'' "I actually had race mentality which Year is awarded to the first place finisher, placing seventh overall in ilie 2017 times."
After the final loop, the runners I've been struggling with this season. Freshman of the Year is awarded to ilie season. LC Cross Country is competing in
began their descent in ilie finishing Instead of just running a race, I first finishing freshman and Coach of the "Sean established himself early the regional championships hosted by
chute lined with orange and black flags. actually raced a race." Year is awarded to the best coach, which and came through," Head coach Keith Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash.
The runners were hit with a barrage of Serna was LC's top female runner is voted on by all the coaches· in the Woodard said. "The lead runners sat on Nov.10.
Paul Alle·n, lllalllmpth of Pacific
Northwest sports, dies at age 65
By NICHOLAS NERLI
PAUL GARDNER ALLEN, the
billionaire philanthropist,
investor and co-founder of. the
Microsoft Corporation, died Oct. 15 at
the.age of 65 due to complications from
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
In 1975, alongside fellow co-founder
Bill Gates, Allen established Microsoft,
the company that revolutionized
software for microcomputers, later
termed personal computers. After leaving
Microsoft,A llen was a titanic figure in the
Pacific Northwest-business community,
contributing to numerous development
plans and nonprofits. Allen owned
the Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle
Seahawks and was widely credited for times and competed in the NBA Finals Education and Athletics
salvagingi lie professional sports scene in in 1990 and 1992. Allen also owned Athletic Trainer Mark Pietrok recalls the
Portland and Seattle. His generosity and the NFL's Seattle Seahawks and was a relationship between LC and the Trail
reputation as a dreamer greatly benefited major shareholder in the MLS's Seattle Blazers, as well as benefits the college
the Pacific Northwest, impacting the Sounders FC franchise. Despite his receiyed. -
technology, humanitarianism and prominent role in Pacific Northwest "Eventually, the Trail Blazers needed
athletics of the region. sports,. Allen was known for relatively their own place. There were a lot of
Allen's interests included an end to quiet ownership, , staying out of the little side perks to having the Blazers
elephant poaching, investment in_s cience spotlight and making an effort to keep on campus, and the college got a lot of
education and celebration of the arts. He away from any media attention. For media attention because the team used
supported brain and artificial intelligence Allen, team ownership was a hobby and our facilities," Pietrok said.
research and funded Seattle's Experience a way to build community among sports Pietrok also notes the importance of
Music Project, today called the Museum fans. Allen's investment in Pacific Northwest
of Pop Culture. Lewis & Clark has a long-standing sports, as well as his selfless philanthropy
During the 1990s, Allen purchased a relationship wiili the Portland Trail throughout Portland.
large portion of land in the South Lake Blazers. During the 1990s, prior to having "Owning sports teams was Paul
Union district of Seattle, hoping to create their own facility, the team practiced at Allen's great hobby. I think a lot of
a massive park modeled after New York's Pamplin Sports Center after making a people don't realize how philanthropic
Central Park. The plan was eventually deal with the college administration. The be was and the amount of charity work
defeated by city administrators, and Blazers franchise bought the first wood that goes on in the Blazers organization,"
today South Lake Union is an important floor ever laid in Pamplin, a former NCAA Pietrok said. "These teams are big money
business district home to Amazon, the Final Four floor tliat was shipped from its operations that require millions and
Gates Foundation and Google's Seattle home in Seattle. After Allen constructed millions of dollars, which also drops
office. the team its own practice facility,t he Trail millions and millions of dollars into
In 1988, Allen bought the National Blazers maintained a frequent presence communities."
Basketball Association's Portland Trail on campus, often playing fundraising Jody Allen, Paul Allen's sister,
Blazers after fears the team would be scrimmages for charities associated with controls her late brother's estate, which
leaving the Pacific Northwest. Later, in LC. Over the years, Pamplin-has hosted includes ownership of the Portland Trail
2007, Allen's privately-held company several NBAt eams who rent the gym for Blazers and Seattle Seahawks. Allen's
Vulcan Inc. purchased the Rose Garden practices, including Michael Jordan's death may signify an end to regional
(today called Moda Center) as a Chicago Bulls and, most recently, the investment, and while the details of his
major investment for the Trail Blazers Dallas Mavericks. estate have yet to be released, his passing
franchise. Since taking the helm, Alle~'s Senior Associate Director of Physical is a grievous loss.
Trail Blazers made the NBA playoffs 19

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018
SPORTS 11
Men's Soccer levels up, faces tougher competition
LC rrien' s club soccer elevates their game play since entering the harder Cascade Collegiate League
Fox Pfund Pulliam '20 said. "U' of O is preventing sex discrimination in col
By AMELIA EICHEL
the best team in the league and wins leges, requires colleges to spend an
FfER TWO YEARS of winning almost every year so we were expecting equ~l amount of money on men's and
the league in the second divi- to be on the defensive but we managed women's NCAA spmts. Since LC only
ion, Lewis & Clark Men's Club to create two has a men's football
Soccer decided to move up to the first goals and team, they balance
"We've all worked hard to
division in the Cascade Collegiate Soc force them spending by only
cer League, pitting them against the to equalize." get to the top division and having a women's
best teams in the region who have many The team NCAA soccer team
more resources than they do. played U of now it's 07! us to prove that and making men's
"We've all worked hard to get to the 0 in Eugene we belong there." soccer a club ·sport.
top division and now it's on us to prove on - Oct.10 ''We have a bud
that we belong there," team captain and lost. get of $2,450 that
Will Hahne '20 said, "The competition "Th·es·e· Will Hahne '20 we need to stretch
is a good bit tougher, as expected, but other teams for the Cascade Col-
nothing we can't handle." have coaches and.they have a team phi legiate Soccer League fee, equipment
They began the season with a 3-1 loss losophy of how they defend and attack like balls, cones, pinnies, and first aid,
against University of Portland on Oct. and who's going to be where at what transportation, and the entrance fee of
6 and came back with a 2-2 tie against time, so it leaves us playing catch-up a spring tournament hosted by OSU,"
University of Oregon the next day. and trying to rely on individual talent; Pfund Pulliam said. ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
"The game against U of O on Sun we have a· lot of that," Pfund Pulliam The budget does not cover a coach's Sam Jacobs '21 gets into position to defend an advance from the opposing team.
day left us feeling pretty good about said. • salary, so the captains Pfund' Pulliam,
our chances this season," team captain Title IX, a civil rights law aimed at Hahne, and John Cabrera '21 handle
scheduling, practices, and game prepa
ration.
"Our practice time is perhaps the
biggest issue with being a club," Pfund
Pulliam said.
_ "Our season is in the fall, which
means we have to compete with Foot
bail and Women's Soccer for field space
on top of the other club sports, River
dale High School, and the adult flag
football league that plays at Griswold.
Jim Tursi, the Women's Soccer coach,
is our faculty representative and is
our biggest source of support from the
school. He generously gives us half of
the field during Women's Soccer prac
ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
t.ices on Thursdays so that we can
Toby Luongo '21 keeps his eyes on the prize as he rushes towar!1t he opposing goal.
practice as well."
Most of the men's soccer players
two hours of practice time a week, and in a fun and low stakes environment."
also play a modified form of indoor
that is not enough time to compete The team lost 4-1 against Portland
soccer called futsal on Wednesdays and
against the bigger schools ·like U of 0 State University Oct. 21. The team will
Sundays. One of the centerbacks, John
and OSU at a high level," Rauen said. ·play a home game against Oregon State
Rauen '21 is also the intr,1mural coordi
ARRAN HASHIM/PIONEER LOG "Because of the situation we are in, in University at 8 p.rn on Nov 3, and they
nator for futsal.
Wyatt Richards '21 looks 1;Qt eama_tes as he plays the b,dl on t_b.ee dg~ of the pitch. trarnurals gives all the guys on the team have an away game against PSU on Nov.
"We are unfortunately only given
a chance to get more touches on the ball 4 at 10 a.m.
Ultiinate frisbee starts training, dreains of Nationals
\.
By JULIA WARLING tends to struggle to create those types (
of communities and so we're something E
FRISBEE FLIES OUT of the that really attracts lower classmen be I]
mist. It is Monday, 6 a.m. The cause of that."·
. un has not yet risen, but ulti- This ye·ar, Artemis has attracted
mate frisbee players of all shapes and more than 15 new players, including 'I
j
sizes are already spread across the field, McKenzie Wingard '21.
preparing for a productive practice. "I was really looking to try some
The women's team, Artemis, and thing new. I've played other sports for
the men's team, Bacchus, are the two a long time and I had some friends that
clµb ultimate frisbee teams that com were already playing and drew me into
pete for Lewis & Clark. With the com "it," Wingard said. "I really appreciate
·1
petitive season in the spring and the the friendships I've made with the oth
off-season in the fall, there is plenty of er players on Artemis. They're super J
opportunity for growth. Additionally, fun, a super nice group and I'm glad to
since the teams are not ·on the varsity be part ofit." she said.
level, anyone is welcome to join. The relaxed level of commitment in
Marco Dregni '19, one of the Bac the fall semester and the welcoming na
chus team captains, commented on ture of the teams presents an amazing
how ultimate differs from varsity level opportunity to get exercise and make
sports. friends, as well as construct a base for
"(Ultimate frisbee) doesn't require the competition season in spring. An
the same kind of commitment as var other goal for the teams this year is to
sity athletics, but still is very compet _ create a better relationship between Ar
itive," Dregni said. "It's a really good temis and Bacchus, which has not been
community ... I like being able to play a as strong in the past."
competitive sport that I can continue to The ultimate teams, both women's
play once I get out of college." and men's, held a· meeting discuss- •
Caley Moon '20, one of the Arte ing what gender equity should like
mis captains, also admir_es the sense throughout athletics, not just ultimate
of community within the LC ultimate frisbee. JO TABACEK PIONEER LOG
teams. ' "I think frisbee - especially ai: Lew Bacchus, men's ultimate team, practices at Griswold Stadium. They are currently in their off season, preparing for spring.
"'I think my favorite part is really is & Clark - is really paving theway for
that community that I have . . . I also other sports, almost as an example for
think it's 'kind of a ·standout at Lewis what gender equity should look like," to see." not just one gender ... it's cool to have a With discs in hand and cleats on
& Clark because of the way it operates Moon said. "I think the Bacchus boys Dregni also discussed the new effort community that's bigger than just peo feet, Artemis and Bacchus are ready to_
and how accepting it is," Moon said. and _us( sic) were really open to having to strengthen the relationship between ple of your own gender and gef to play ,work hard with dreams of Nationals in
"I think Lewis & Clark is a school that that conversation, which was awesome the two teams. with those people and hang out with mind.
"It's pretty nice to have a team that's them outside offrisbee." Dregni said.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018
12
The Backdoor is a work of humor and fiction
MADDI MASTERSON/PIONEER LOG
Classmate receives Oscar for
pretending not to notice you-
By MADELEINE FELLOWS know her best. Or thought they did. "A lot of LC students could have
.Poole's bio lab partner, Lisa Sanders won for the same role," Barnes said "I
EVERY YEAR, the Academy '20, recalls seeing the starlet in Howard personally was snubbe_d. I mean, one
Awards celebrate actors for Hall between classes. tinie I was in the quiet section for four
their convincing and often "We made eye contact," Sanders hours with this guy Tyler before I final
heart-wrenching.performances. To win said, with tears welling up in her eyes. ly nodded at him on the way back from
an Oscar is to achieve an incredible "I just knew it was her. And she walked the bathroom. We were in an a cappella
creative feat and to become a part of a right past me without so much as a nod. group together."
legacy of outstanding artists.-Recently, I thought to myself, 'She's done.it again! In her speech, Poole thanked her
Lewis & Clark student Tiffany Poole '19, A genius!' Sorry, I get emotional." • noise-cancelling headphones and the
•w as honored with the award for Best "She takes method acting to a whole idea that burning bridges is somehow a
Actress for her performance in "Pre new level," a source close to Poole said. form of self-care. "First I just did it to
tending Not to Notice You in Passing." "I mean, I'm her professor and her ad pretend I didn't notice guys I'd hooked
Critics have lauded PoClle's per visor. And yet, whenever we see each up with;" Poole said in her speech.
formance as "a tour de force!" and "a other in -Maggie's, she glances at me "But then it became. a way of life. I'm a
masterpiece!" She was certified fresh on with a blank stare like I'm a piece of fur walking performance piece now. I can't
Rotten Tomatoes. Ken at the Dovecote niture. Yet it's all chit chat and 'how's stop. Someone please help me. Oh God,
calls her "the next Meryl Streep." You your son?' during office hours. Her per please. Make it stop."
might have given a group presentation· .formance in 'Pretending Not To Notice Other nominees in the Best Actress
with her or borrowed her notes, but you You In Passing' is so realistic. I'm terri category include stars from the films:
definitely recognized her at Sizzle Pie fied of her. And I'm a groWijm an." "Woman Who Mispronounces Word
that one time when she looked away While her performance has gener and Keeps Talking," "Girl Who Effort
instantly and laughed way too loudly at ated substantial praise, not everyone is lessly Steps Onto Bus After Running
sometliing her friend was saying. such a huge fan of the award-winning for Two Blocks to Catch It," and "Wom
We at The Backdoor got the exclu actress. The Backdoor sat down with an Who Tells Homeless Person She
sive. We sat down with the people who Dominic Barnes '21 to find out more. Doesn't Have Any Money."
The Pioneer and the Penduluni:
haunted happenings on cainpus
By SHERLOCK ORTIZ have you, and you need to fill out the mind and see a light on in the Manor
• Common App again to be considered House. Wim Wiewel waves at you from
THE COLORS are black and or- for admission. the window and asks if you'd like to do
ange. People constantly talk When you stay in the library late at nate. Donate something, anything. Your
about bones. Emaciated husks night, keep an eye on the_statues.by the bones would be useful.
pace the same ground over and over, stairs. They like to stalk unaware and Your roommate disappeared three
walking to class and back. Banshee . tired students. If you make a noise they • days ago. You finally bring it up to your
screams are heard from _ will shush you so RA and she calls Campo. A search finds
Hartzfeld, spectral sob Your reflection waves bard you will nev a group of students in Tryon in the mid-
bing in Waztek. It seems er speak above a . die of a cult ritual. They are surrounded
at you before sinki.ng
people do not care what whisper again. by kombucha bottles and edible wrap
time of year it is, they into the.murky depths. You walk past pers. They claim they were seeking an
will make it Halloween. the Reflecting answer to the age old question: Where
You walk past the re Pool on the way is Barry Glassner? .
flecting pool on the way to your dorm. There's a person in the quiet sec
to class. Your reflection Even though it is a tion working on an essay. He has not
waves at you before sinking into the cloudy day and there is a light drizzle, stopped since '87. Occasionally he walks
murky depths. the pool remains glassy, and it shows through the stacks. Literally through
"Oh we don't use umbrellas .here," a sunny day with a beautiful blue sky. the stacks.
someone says. "What do you do when Two of your friends who graduated last You see someone taking a nap on
it rains?" you ask. "Oh, it doesn't rain year wave from the other side. Their ric the Academic Quad during a sunny day.
here," they reply. You go outside and tus smiles seem too large. Perhaps you When you remark to your friend that
stare at-the sky. The clouds are gone, do not want to graduate after all. you wish you could enjoy the sun, the
and it is filled with the crying souls of There's a cloud of smoke that slowly sleeper awakes and starts swearing at
students who did not get into an -Ivy wanders campus since the DSAs were you as the clouds move in. "Why'd you
League. removed. It descends on specific stu have to remind them?" she says.
You're sure that you took CORE. dents and shrouds them. You see them You thank Mt. Hood for every sunny
106, but it's not on your transcript. You smile and breathe in relief before they day. The dormant eldritch horror ac
check with the Registrar and they tell • vanish into the grey. knowledges your gratitude, and delays
you the course has been removed, as You take a night walk to clear your our annihilation. RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOG