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Volume 88, Issue 5

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2017-04-14

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Vol. 88 No.5 . FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017 www.piolog.com
IA Symposium sparks controversy and protest
Inside, students and faculty engage Jessica·Vaughan
By HANNA MERZBACH
THE EVENING debate,"The other or on campus," Assistant Pro
Huddled Masses: Displacement fessor of International Affairs Kyle
in a Time of Crisis," held cinA pril Lascurettes said. "We are not giving
11, the second day of the 55th Annual the speaker a platform for her just to
International Affairs (IA) Symposium, espouse her own position. It is a de
caused great controversy throughout bate just like all these sessions are."
the Lewis & Clark and greater Portland "I implore you to please allow us
community. The debate brought to the to have the kind of conversation that
stage Galya Ruffer, the founder of the most of the people in this community
Center of Forced Migration Studies, so sorely need and so sorely planned,"
and Jessica M. Vaughan, the Director said Bob Mandel, Professor of Inter
of Poli'cyS tudies for the Center for Im national Affairs and faculty advisor
· migration Studies (CIS). for the IA Symposium at the begin
On April 7, it was brought to the at ning of the debate. All went silent,
tention of the IA Symposium co-chairs except for the echos of the protesters
and the 12-person steering committee chanting outside as the debate began.
that CIS, the organization Vaughan Speakers were given 20 minutes
works for, was labeled a white-na to present their positions. Ruffer
tionalist hate group by the Southern opened the debate.
Poverty Law Center. In addition, the "I think there is an important role
organization has been accused of dis for the United States to play in taking
seminating false information, some of leadership and doing our part to show
which the Trump administration has solidarity with the countries of the
used to back its positions on immigra global south by not blocking our ref
tion. ugee resettlement and enabling our
"The entire point of the symposium program to go ahead," Ruffer said,
is to explore alternative viewpoints rushing to finish her argument as she
on given topics and to expose Lewis •. LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG
& Clark students to arguments they "Symposium Controversy" Vaughan fields questions from Smith-Cannoy during the debate "The Huddled Masses: Displacement in a Time of Crisis"
aren't necessarily getting from each continued page 2 held in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
Protesters clalllor outside the Agnes ·Flanagan Chapel
• By JONAH SVIHUS
On April 11, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. inviting Jessica Vaughan, Director of "The purpose of the protest is to speak, Professor of History and Direc organizers and the college. Somebody
protesters, made up of both Policy Studies at the Center for Immi show marginalized communities and tor of Latin American Studies Elliott should do better due diligence."
Lewis & Clark students and the gration Studies (CIS) to speak at LC. the rest of the country that despite Young wrote an article in the Huffing ·As students were allowed into the
broader Portland community, picket CIS is a conservative think-tank re what the international symposium ton Post on Ap&il1 0. Chapel, campus safety officers blocked
ed the 55th International Affairs (IA) cently labeled by the Southern Poverty stu·dent group has decided, the larger "This view of the public as a angry the entrance to prohibit protesters
Symposium's event "The Huddled Law Center (SPLC) as a hate group. community of Portland does not con and hostile mob which can't be trusted who were not students from enter
Masses: Displacement in a Time of Gregory McKelvey, a third-year LC done or tolerate hate speech," McKel to have a respectfµl academic debate is ing. The protesters began organizing
Crisis." law student and organizer for Port vey said. "We also must recognize that both profoundly anti-democratic and chants, shouting, "say it loud, say it
The IA Symposium Steering Com land's Resistance, was upset with Jes when a college allows hate speech on elitist," Young wrote. "College cam clear, immigrants are welcome here."
mittee received heavy criticism after sica Vaughan's presence on campus. their campus, chaos can ensue which • puses should be places where contro "I think it's· bad to bring
is something nobody wants versial ideas are heard and debated, [Vaughan's] hate ·rhetoric into this
to see. Unfortunately, this perhaps even those of hate groups like community," another anonymous
is something the college the CIS. However, it is also the right of protester said. "However, we are also
seems to not care about." the public to engage in those debates, expressing our personal right to also
The event space was not just watch on a screen from anoth show that we are not going to allow
changed from the Coun er room." that hate rhetoric."
cil Chambers to the Agnes Starting at 6:oo p.m., protesters "I think it's a valid concern that we
Flanagan Chapel to accom appeared outside the Chapel. They are giving someone a place l:o-speak
modate a greater audience. held signs sharing their discontent hate and giving someone a safe space
The event was closed to with the situation: "Give me your for hate," Kennan Ashby '20 said.
the public; only me"uibers tired, your poor, your huddled mass "[Vaughan] is going to be challenged
of the LC community were es yearning to breath [sic] free, BUT on everything she says. I think it's val
allowed to attend and were CIS can f**** off"; "White supremacy id to protest, but I don't think that she
required to show ID at the is not up for debate"; "Don't be fooled, shouldn't be allowed to speak." •
door. A simulcast of the CIS is a hate group." At appr_pximately 7:30 p.m., the
event was shown in Coun Protesters passed out information fire alarm in Templeton was pulled,
cil Chambers. In an email al pamphlets, which included quotes forcing an evacuation of the building
penned by the IA Sympo from Vaughan. One such pamphlet and the simulcast in Council Cham
sium Steering Committee called Vaughan "a propagandist who bers. Approxinlately thirty minutes
and Co-Chairs, the decision spreads fake news that paints im later, the fire alarm was pulled in J.R.
was made "to preserve our migrants and refugees as dangerous Howard hall, also triggering an evac
academic environment as criminals and terrorists." uation.
a place of discussion and "I'm hoping that organizations By 8:45 p.m., the event was com
• BRADY ;"'NfONELLl/PIONEER LOG debate, rather than one -of posing as policy groups, who are ac ing to a close. Protesters attempted
Members of the LC and Portland community protest the April 11 debate featuring Gayla anger or hostility." tually really xenophobic and cultural to intercept Vaughan as she left the
Ruffer and Jessica Vaughan, picketing with signs against white supremacy and xenophobia. In a response to this bullies, don't get allowed SP.ace like . building; however, Vaughan was safe
decision as well as the de this," an anonymous protester said. ly escorted to her vehicle by campus
cision to allow Vaughan to "It kind of went under the radar of the safety officers.
IA Controversy Student Reflections Gorton Creek Falls DanceY Athlete Health
Students; faculty, and staff argue about Vaughan's Bridging the LC experience: Journalists' first and Waterfall expert Shawn Balker explores his last Student run concert brings·creativity for free. Taking a look at the health care system on campus
presence at ~is year's symposium. last impressions of life as a Pioneer. tumblestream of the season. for non-varsity athletes.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017
2 NEWS
On the inside: Controversial LCC ambodiar esearch
debate plays out in chapel
tea.mp repares
continued from page I
In her argument, Vaughan agreed
that the United States must play a vital By JONAH SVIHUS
role in dealing with the refugee crises.
However, the two speakers' arguments ON JUNE 6, PROFESSOR of so activity and helping families in poverty.
differed in that Vaughan advpcated for ciology Maryann Bylander will Smaller loans; with a smaller interest
the creation of safe-zones in the refu lead Peter Bradley '19, Andrea rate paid on the loan, allows families
gee's home country rather than asylum0 Blobel Perez '19 and Lacy Jacoby '17 and small businesses to expand sustain
sin other countries. • • to Cambodia to study perspectives in ably without risking losing·loaned mon
"To achieve a workable, effective microfinance and microlending and ey in a poor investment.
solution that affects as many people as gather research for their project "Loans In Cambodia, these microloans are
possible, we need to think beyond these That Change Lives: Interrogating Mi used for various projects. "Some people
so-called durable solutions, especially crocredit in Cambodia." use them for migration as well as small
beyond resettlement itself," Vaughan Bylander and the team of students projects and education," Bradley said.
said. are collaborating on a project that re The project originally applied for
After Vaughan stated her position, cently won the ASIANetwork Freeman a grant to conduct research in Nepal
moderator Heather Smith-Cannoy, Student-Faculty Fellows grant. This in 2016; however, the project was not
Associate Professor and Chair of Inter grant awards $20,000 "for a team of awarded the grant. As a result, Bylander
national Affairs, presented a question students and faculty from a member in decided to focus on her area of exper
to each speaker. Prior to the debate, stitution to conduct a summer project ' tise: Cambodia. "I am really excited to
Smith-Cannoy described what her role in East and Southeast Asia," according see [Bylander] outside the classroom
as moderator would be. to the ASIANetworkw ebsite. and work with her on a project," Perez
LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG
"I am going to try to do the best I can Elliot Young addresses Jessica Vaughan (not pictured) on issues regarding their dif The team decided to conduct re said.
to ask probing questions to both of the fering views on immigration and hate rhetoric. search in both Portland and in Cam Bylander has a wealth of experience
people that are up there on the podium," bodia to .understand different perspec working in Cambodia, with the majori
that whether immigrants commit more just the students. lJnfortunately, we
Smith-Cannoy said to the audience. "As tives in microfinance. ty of her published papers focusing on
or less crimes is unimportant. Loch- didn't have time'for more student ques
one of the people that teaches human "Microloans were touted as a pret research there. She also has experience
ner countered this by reading many of tions, but the student questions that
rights on this campus, I think I have an ty effective development solution, but working with PEPY (Protect the Earth,
Vaughan's Twitter posts related to this were heard were so thoughtful."
ethical obligation to take very seriously more recently there's been some cri Protect Yourself), a Cambodia-based ed
subject, leading to a debate about how_ Young's Huffington Post article •
the ideas that are being presented to us tiques as well," Bradley said. "Cambo ucation and youth leadership non-profit
Twitter works. stirred further debate among students
and subject them to the kind of scrutiny dia is a microcredit-saturated environ organization.
Before the debate took place, pro- and faculty after the event about the
that I think we are capable of in an ac ment because of the recent history of While in the country, the team will
fessor Elliot Young publicly stated his importance of open discourse, engaging
ademic institution and that's what I'm the country with the Khmer Rouge that be pursuing interview-based research
disapproval of the speaker and the opposing views and professionalism in
going to do." created instability. Then in the '90s the and photovoice research. "Photovoice
IA Symposium for hosting Vaughan academic opposition. Senior Lecturer in
Smith-Cannoy provided statistical UN came and there was a big opening is when you give out cameras to peo
in a Huffington Post article. Despite Social Sciences Cyrus Partovi sent out
evidence disproving the foundation of [in the economic landscape] that micro ple and give them a prompt to guide
Young's disapproval of the event even a mass email to some IA students and
Vaughan's argument that refugees, and financers filled. So it's a really big part their picture-taking," Bradley said. "It
taking place, he attended the debate certain LC faculty in response, criticiz
immigrants in general, negatively im of the economy there." creates a more collaborative prcrject...
along with members of the student ing Young for publicly "defaming" his IA
pact societies. Before the team departs, they plan it's another way to try and get at those
body. He came prepared with a.critique students.
Todd Lochner, Associate Professor on conducting interviews in the United perspectives of the people receiving the
of Vaughan and her organization, re- Lyell Asher, Associate Professor of
of Political Science, took a different ap States to understand some of the busi loans."
laying much of the evidence l!tilized in English, responded in the email chain,
proach to dismantling Vaughan's argu ness that are lending the money to fam With a wealth of contacts already
his previously-written Huffington Post that Young's, "suggestion that the IA
ment, citing proof of how her organiza ilies and business in Cambodia. One established, Bradley and Perez are con
article. • organizing committee provided Jessica
tion misrepresents data. Lochner closed company they plan on interviewing is fident that the research project will be a
Due to the length of Lochner and Vaughn with a 'safe space' is a ludicrous
·his argument by asking, ."If you are ag Kiva, an international microlending success. Their only obstacle will be the
Elliott's questions, students were given and defaming falsification."
nostic as to if immigrants are more or company. Their website claims they language barrier. "I wonder how the
little time with the microphone. Miguel Posada '19 released a person-
less likely to commit crimes, why would are the "world's first online lending language barrier is going to play out,"
"I would like to thank Heather, the al statement the day following the event,
you have focused on that in your testi platform connecting lende.rs to entre Perez said. "Even though the students
moderator, and Todd Lochner specif- stating that Elliot Young "HAD LITTLE
mony?" preneurs." we will work with in Cambodia speak
ically for their incredible, thoughtful TO NO CONSIDERATION FOR STU
Vaughan's reply stated her belief Microlending situates itself as a fea English, it's more about how you com
questions," co-chair Neuner said." Also, DENTS WHO ARE MORE DIRECTLY
sible option for increasing economic municate."
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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017
·NEWS
3
Pioneer Weekend LC hosts 55th annual
obscurity disappoints International Affairs
prospective students · Symposium
By HANNA MERZBACH
By HANNA MERZBACH
THE LEWIS & CLARK website recognized that a large majority of the LEWIS & CLARK'S 55th Annual
defines Pioneer Weekend, an program's students were of color, he ex International Affairs Symposium,
event held April 7 and 8, as "an plained why admissions cannot define "Population: . Transforming the
expense-paid opportunity to visit Le.w it as so. Global Landscape," ran over the course
is & Clark College for a select group of "The hard part for us is that it's not of three days, from April 10 to 12. The
admitted students. The purpose of the a program just for students of color," debates were held in the Council Cham
visit is to give [prospective students] a Rele said. "So, we have first-generation ber in Templeton Campus Center, aside
chance to explore what our college com students. We have non-first-generation from Tuesday's debates which took
munity has to offer." students. We have students of color. We place in Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
This year, 40 students received all have caucasian students. We·try to stay This symposium has been highly
costs-paid roundtrip transportation away from putting such criteria on it be acclaimed as the oldest student-run
from their home airports, arriving ei cause the selection for Pio Weekend was symposium in the nation. It featured six
ther Thursday night or Friday morn done on the basis of us meeting their full debates, ranging from issues of immi
ing and leaving Sunday morning. They need; it is a wide variety of students that gration and refugee crises to globaliza
stayed with host students, attended fall within that particular category." tion and population growth. However,
classes and information sessions and The Admissions office's goal is to this year, only five debates occurred,
embarked on Portland excursions. fold Pioneer Weekend directly into the because the first debate, "Kith or Kin?
These students were hosted in addition ASP on Saturday and prevent any sep The State's Role in Reproduction," was
LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG
to the 250 students signed up for the aration between the two groups. How cancelled due to one speaker's family Studentsw atch a debate in the AgnesF lanaganC hapel.
Admitted Students Program (ASP) on ever, this goal is easier said than done. emergency and the other's flight can Manyo f the eventsw ere attendedh eavilyb y LC students.
Saturday. While Pioneer Weekend stu "I think one thing that students cellation.
dents were enabled to attend ASP activ perhaps noticed was that all the oth The symposium featured issues
to involve_o ther departments through mobilized quickly and was able to secure
ities as well, they had a larger range of er admitted students showing up that of controversy; there was not a single
faculty moderator positions and the an even more suitable speaker within 48
activities organized specifically for them next morning that it felt a little bit like a debate in which the speakers simply
student hosts assigned to each speaker. hours: Shikha Dalmia, a journalist and
than the students attending ASP. shock to the system [sic]," Rele said. "In agreed with one another. For all of the
"The speakers get a tour of campus. senior analyst at the Reason Founda
This is one of three fly-in programs terms of visual representation, that Sat events, each speaker was allowed twen
They get very familiar with the stu tion.
the LC admissions department organiz urday group that came in did not look as ty minutes to state their argument and
dents, the international affairs program Dalmia spoke in the Monday night
es, the other two being LEAD in the fall diverse as the crew that we brought in." then the remaining 50 minutes were
and learn about this school as a whole," debate alongside Pete Hoekstra, the for
and Sci-Fly in early February. LEAD, A prospective student expressed her allocated to questions from the faculty
Mandel said. "Sometimes, what's fun is, mer representative of Michigan's 2nd
as the name suggests, is an applica feelings about the division between the moderator and audience.
by the end of it, they say, 'Are there any Congressional District. The topic was
tion-based program looking for leaders two groups: "Although the separation "We feel the field of international
faculty positions here?' They fall in love "Borders: Indispensable or Obsolete."
in one's school or community. Admis was not intentional, it was hard to miss. relations is filled with such controversy,
with the school." "I thought Shikha did an amazing
sions is upfront about the mission of I felt very isolated from the rest of the we want the students and the commit
The committee selected the topic job in defending her version of open
LEADo n the LC website, stating: "Pref admitted students because I didn't have tee to be able to see different points of
in late September and then moved on borders," International Affairs professor
erence will be given to students from my family with me and I wasn't white\ I view," faculty advisor and Professor of
to speaker research and outreach. The Heather Smith-Connoy said. "She mar
historically underrepresented back didn't get to meet one other student that International Affairs Bob Mandel said.
students looked for people that are not shalled some incredible data to show the
grounds including students of color wasn't apart of the fly-in program be "That makes it more challenging to get
only experts in the debate topic, but value and the wonderful contributions
and first generation prospective college cause I was too intimidated to approach the speakers because a lot of speakers
have a clear position and are able to ar •t hat immigrants make to our societies.
students." Howev- them." don't lik~ beiQg og the stage with some
ticulate that stance on the spot. I was very heartened by the comments
er, Nial Rele, the ''Although the separa Admissions one who disagrees with them."
Speakers, oftentimes, decline invita that she made,"
Assistant Dean of aims to provide an A twelve-member student steering
Admissions and tion was not intention opportunity for the committee headed hy two co-chairs is tions because they do not want to share Prior to the event, the steering com
a stage with someone holding a direct mittee divided into subgroups to con
Coordinator of al, it was hard to miss. students to gain in responsible for selecting the theme,
ly-opposing viewpoint. Speakers can quer tasks such as advertising in the
Multicultural Re formation on diver debate and speakers. This year Sam
cruitment, · claims I felt very isolated from sity at LC, as well as Perszyk '18 and Sara Neuner '17 held be invited for a second time only after community and on social media. Stu
four years have passed since their at dents tabled in Howard the week before
that Pioneer Week the rest of the admitted on other issues. A the co-chair positions. The committee
tendance to ensure that students are ex the event to gain student awareness.
end does not have social was held by is primarily selected by the co-chairs
such a narrow fo- students because I didn't Inclusion ·and Mul in the spring after the symposium, posed to new content and speakers for With these extensive advertising meth
all of their time at LC. This year, Jack ods, the co-chairs had little fear about
cus. have my family with me ticultural Engage however, spots are saved for incoming
"Instead of ment (IME) Friday freshman and people overseas spring A. Goldstone is speaking at the sympo attendance problems.
having a race and and I wasn't white. " evening where pan semester. sium for the second time; he spoke six "We go to a really engaged and aware
years ago on demographic divides and school where people really like to go and
ethnicity focus or elists answered any "[The co-chairs] want people with
a first-generation Prospective Student questions the stti different personality traits, different this year on globalization. hear these people speak. Even at the
"In general, having 12 speakers who smaller events, there is a still a pretty
focus, it is a little dents had. Panelists strengths," Mandel said. "Some people
are all renowned in their field of study, good turnout," co-chair Perszyk said.
bit broader as a were chosen from are assertive and talkative and some
trying to get them all in the same place There was a bit of a black cloud
group," Rele said. "So, it's students who student union groups, although pro people are quiet and pensive. They !ook
at the same time and managing all of looming over the symposium this year.
we as a college are offering to meet their spective students were still surprised by for passion. It's a year-long commit
their different schedules is a logistic Controversy and protest were sparked
full demonstrated need. It' students the panel's lack of diversity. ment, so they want people who are will
nightmare, but it is very much worth it when the IA symposium committee de
who, through the admission process, Nonetheless, IME used the panel as ing to put in the time."
when you get the end result," co-chair cided to host Director of Policy Studies
have been identified as being really a way to make students aware of its ex International Affairs Symposium
Neuner said. at the Center for Immigration Studies
competitive applicants for a variety of istence as resource for them at LC. Practicum, the class composed by Man
The committee has been thrown (CIS) Jessica Vaughan, known for the
reasons." "The purpose of the panel is to create del, the co-chairs and the steering com
several curveballs this year, starting dissemination of hate speech and fake
Although it was not the admissions a safe space for the prospective students mittee is a two-credit course, however,
with a major speaker dropping out prior facts. Despite the protest, the sympo
office's intent, the group invited to Pio to ask questions that they would not the students put in far more work than
to spring break. Speakers have dropped sium was lauded as a success overall
neer Weekend was still largely made up otherwise feel comfortable asking," Ad is typical of two-credit courses. Those
out in previous years but never this late with a large turnout and a notably high
of students of color and low socioeco missions Fellow Alvaro Torres '18 said. involved are not limited to International
in the game. Fortunately, the committee level of student engagement.
nomic class. These prospective students "There are no faculty members present, Affairs ma·ors; the de artment strives
were coming to the campus holding the so Luz Aguirre '17 and Terrell Mwetta
assumption that they were being rec '19, who represent IME, along with my
ognized on a basis of merit. Seeing the self, representing the Admissions office,
diverse group of students assembled, lead the charge on this event."
it was not long before the students re By not allowing faculty or staff to
alized that their invitation had a lot to attend this event, admissions strived
do with their ethnicity and class as well. to give the students as real of an expe
"Maybe the directors of the program rience as possible. Although even Rele
weren't even aware that our group came agreed that the office could have been
out to be the minority [as compared more transparent about why the stu
to the ASP students], but the program dents were selected for the program, he
could've really benefited· from blunt believes the office still had the students'
ness: the invite could've clearly stated best interest in mind.
'we are flying you in because you, are "It's part of our mission as an office
Latin.a and we are making an effort to enroll every single year as diverse a
to make the campus more diverse.' I pool, representing as wide a variety of
would've respected that," a prospective lived experiences, as possible on our
student of color said. campus," Rele said. "As an institution,
Other schools have similar fly-in as a office, we are really dedicated to
programs, such as UCLA's" Raza Week bringing together a really talented,
end." Unlike LC, UCLA directly states diverse group of students every year.
in its invitation that the purpose of the While imperfect, we do our best to not
overnight stay is "to gain a better under only recruit, but retain, students from
standing of what it means to be a stu various backgrounds."
dent of color at UCLA."A lthough Rele

FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017
4 OPINIONS.
This Issue's College Issue: Lewis & Clark
- .
College's erroneous Campus Living survey
In this semester's final installment, Zack Johnson narrows his focus to LC's own controversies
By ZACK JOHNSON gling with a budget deficit in excess office had no role in the writing or cre
of hundreds of thousands of dollars. ation of the survey, and that the mis
THROUGHOUT THIS academic I opened the survey within a few take came from the - albeit unnamed
year, I have had the great plea hours of receiving the link via email. - research company that created the
sure of writing an entry for this The survey was somewhat lengthy but survey. She apologized multiple times
column in every issue of the Pioneer the information within it was highly in for the survey's offensive structure and 5}
Log. Writing about freedom of speech, teresting. The first section of the survey promised to contact the company di ~ -
,
international relations, racism, Islam was primarily identification questions rectly in order to correct future surveys.
ophobia and politics, among other con for the survey recipients. Class stand This opinion piece is not meant to aHr4diO'l
cerns, it has been wonderful connecting ing, on-and off-campus living status serve as some sort of witch hunt for
Q9D -;/
each of these issues to the American es and other personal identifiers were the administration of LC. Contrarily, it
collegiate environment. With the excep all requested in order to complete the was -written merely to call attention to
tion of one piece explaining the Lewis & survey. I felt comfortable responding the importance of conducting sound,
Clark Speech Code at the beginning of to each of the self-identification ques inoffensive, inclusive institutional re-·
Fall semester, my other column entries tions, though my mood quickly changed search. As the ·survey in question was
have excluded topics directly pertaining when I came to the -question regard likely funded through our tuition mon
to the LC community. It was not my ing gender identity. identification. ey, it is important that the survey itself
original intent to exclude LC from the The question posed in the survey - alongside that of the results - pos
column, there simply were not highly , was, "What is your gender?" The re itively benefit our campus community.
controversial issues on-campus about • sponses offered were the following: In the future, our college's administra
which an entire column entry could be "Male, Female, LGBTQIA+."A t first, I tors simply must do better. Although I
written. However, and rather unfortu wondered if the survey was just an of believe - somewhat begrudgingly -
nately, the last entry of this column will fensive spam email circulated as some that the mistake originated within the
be addressing a recent event LC, the sort of crude, derogatory joke. In my company who created the survey and·
content of which is rather disheartening. mind, there was no other explanation not from within the .college adminis
Our Office of Campus Living is for why an institutionally-funded sur tration, what sort of harebrained, me
currently underway in constructing a vey could have such an egregious and diocre research company are we con
Housing Masterplan - as it has been offensive error within it. The sexual sulting that would construct such poor
coined by the office itself - to address ities lesbian, gay, bisexual, and asex questions in the first place? It seems
the residential needs of the campus over ual have never, are not and never will quite perplexing that our college would
the next decade. Various forums, con be genders. The Q, which stands for subscribe to such a terrible research
ferences and meetings have been held Queer is not a gender either, nor is the company, and I • would be interest RAYAD EUSSEN/PIONEERL OG
- and although apparently open to the I, which stands for Intersex. How could ed in reviewing the selection process
student population, poorly advertised our college be so blatantly confused that resulted in said company being
as usual - to discern which avenue the on the differences between sexuality chosen for such an important survey.
college should pursue in assessing and and gender? Had not one administra It is not nearly enough to circulate
maintaining housing options for LC tor reviewed the survey before releas such an offensive survey and retroac
students in the future. On March 20, a ing it? It truly made no sense to me. tively apologize to the few students who
survey was circulated in the Bark - for I immediately reached out to the contact you with concern. The college
those of you who refrain from checking Bark via email, requesting information must take proactive steps in ensuring
your accounts for institutional emails, regarding who constructed the survey, another survey like this is not released.
the Bark is the online newsletter circu how such an large error could have I GallllOat nd will not settle for such hor
lated by the Office of Campus Living - been published without correction and rendous institutional mistakes in the
to the entire undergraduate population then sent to the entirety of the under future - nor should any of us - and
summarizing different options the col graduate student population and the I advise that the administration pur
lege was considering. A raffle with cash extent to which the Bark would apol sue a finer and less offensive pathway
prizes totaling $500 was also offered to ogize for their actions. I received a re toward spending our money on insti
students as an incentive for completing sponse shortly thereafter from Sandi tutional research, or at the very least,
the survey, a particularly interesting Bottemiller, the Director of Campus review the content of their institution
concept at a college currently strug- Living at LC. She explained that her al surveys before they are circulated.
Bathroo~ rights: NC shakeup
By ZACK JOHNSON previous ordinances outlawing wage, a stark criticism toward the state for
employment and workplace discrimi their incredibly offensive bathroom bill.
0 N FEB 26, 2016, the City Coun nation within the state. Specifically, it · Conservative estimates cite a poten
cil of Charlotte, NC passed removed all protections for the LGBT+ tial $3.76 billion economic loss within
Ordinance 7056, a non-dis community with respect to the afore North Carolina over the next decade
crimination order banning the the dis mentioned non-discrimination rights. due to House Bill 2. Alongside this
crimination of citizens based upon sexu By a depressingly large margin of projected economic loss, thousands of
al orientation and gender identity within 82-26, the North Carolina House of jobs would be lost due to businesses
publicly owned spaces, public contract Representatives passed House Bill 2 on moving their manufacturing· elsewhere.
ing firms and vehicle services, such as March 23, 2016. Supported predomi Then-governor McCrory - the re
taxis or Ubers. Previously introduced the nantly by House Republicans, 11 House iteration of "then-governor" relevant
·previous year, the ordinance was struck Democrats nonetheless voted in ·sup here as he rightfully lost his reelection
down in 2015 as it made no reference port of the bill. In the Senate, the bill bid due to his terrible bill - was sued by
of protection for transgender citizens. passed 32-0, with all 11 Senate Demo the United States Department of Justice
The ordinance passed 7-4 with wide crats fleeing the buildjng in protest and on May 9, 2016. It would take nearly six
spread support throughout the state, refusing to· vote upon the legislation. months of legal battle before the state
and was to become law on April 1, 2016. Shortly thereafter, then-governor Pat legislature, under the guidance of a new
For reasons unbeknownst to those of McCrory - imagine bere the dad from governor, would repeal House Bill 2.
us with even slight interest in the well "Jimmy Neutron" but with a slightly Though the entire bill was not repealed,
being of our fellow citizens, the North worse haircut - signed the bill into law. the part specially pertaining to the bath
Carolina General Assembly - the state The backlash to House Bill 2 room mandate was repealed completely.
Senate and House of Representatives was both immediate and sweeping. It still remains a mystery to me the
- entered into a special session exactly Throughout the nation, countless com true purpose of House Bill 2. Perhaps
one month after the passage of Ordi mercial, religious and governmental North Carolinian lawmakers were tired
nance 7056 to deliberate over the con agencies released statements condemn of their state being famous only for their
tent of the bill. After only three hours of ing the state legislature and demand robust peanut and sweet potato exports
conference, the North Carolina H~use ing the law be repealed. Companies and instead wished to thrust themselves
of Representatives released House Bill throughout the nation - including into the market for horrendously offen
2, otherwise known as the Public Fa Paypal, Lionsgate, Westin, and Deut sive, personally obstructive and other
cilities Privacy & Security Act. The bill sche Bank, among a list of others - wise unneeded legislation. That is the
directly combatted much of Ordinance halted business expansion throughout only explanation I could fathom, though
7056, bluntly requiring that all public the state. The Presbyterian Church of even then ·it is difficult to speculate the
and governmental facilities segregate the United States, National Alliance of true motivations of such a comprehen
multiple-occupancy bathrooms by bio Baptists, North Carolina Synod of the sive assembly of bigoted idiots. It seems
logical sex - more specifically, the sex Evangelical Lutperan Church in Amer the North Carolina General Assembly
listed on one's birth certificate - rather ica and four bishops of the state's Epis simply wanted to rele.asel egislation that
than by the gender identity with which copal Church all released statements bluntly reconfirmed a concept the nation
citizens identify. In North Carolina, one condemning the state legislature and is already plenty aware: the perpetua
can legally change the biological sex list governor for the bill. The NBA, NCAA tion of horrendous and unfair treatment
ed on their birth certificate only once and NFL each individually spoke out toward the transgender community re
they have completed gender confirma against the bill, demanding the state re mains regrettably strong in America.
tion surgery; therefore, for many with verse the bill or forfeit sanctioned sport The repealing of House Bill 2 symbol
in the transgender community, it was a ing events within the state. Alongside izes a large step forward for the trans
direct attack upon not only their human condemnation from eight of the largest gender community in America, howev
rights, but the entirety of the human ex ·domestic newspapers, international er, the simple fact that the bill existed
istence. Furthermore, the bill nullified ly the entire European Union issued in the first place is problematic enough.

FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017
OPIN·IONS 5
Bridging the LC e~perience.: Journalists'
first and last impressions of life_ as a Pioneer
Outgoing Editor-in-Chief MacFarlane and freshman writer Orona Burgos reflect on their times at LC
By DRAKE MACFARLANE By MADELEINE ORONA BURGOS
COMMUNITY IS probably a phosis, transforming from a sclerotic WHEN I FIRST came to Lew But when I actually got to college,
word you have heard many times remnant of a long-dead Journalism is & Clark College, I really was shocked to see. that not only
across the Lewis & Clark campus. department into a fresh, entrepreneur wasn't sure .what to expect were professors understanding but
Perhaps you have heard it in a news ial and professional enterprise - and, - besides what had been told to me by they could actually treat you like a
letter, from an over-eager R.A or in a dare I say it, a community as well. teachers, family and memes about person with feelings! Homework this
desperate plea from an administrator. • Forged communities aside, as se sleep deprivation and caffeine ad first year was manageable, if not the
As for myself, I still recall as a first-year niors· in my cohort will recall, our four diction. I was expecting college to be least amount of homework I'd ever
student sitting at a lunch in Smith Hall years at LC have been dramatic and gruelling and horrendously stressful imagined I'd get. Even if it was a bit
with several administrators, talking controversy:ridden. Whether it be the on top of 24/7 partying and wait overwhelming at certain points over
about what the LC community means Walk the Talk movement that erupted ing until midnight to start a 10-page the semesters, there was no over
and how to address alleged LC apathy. in the late Fall 2013 or the recent pro paper. But when I went through my hanging sense of dread and futility
In my four years here at LC, the apa tests during the IA Symposium, our first month, or even just my first as there had been before. I actual
thetic circle of community has not been time here has been marked by strife and week, I was finding this to be less ly had time to do things I loved like
obviously squared - luckily for me, as division on a nigh yearly basis. Howev and less true of what the real college watching movies, drawing and liter
it turns out. In the absence of a mono er, during those times there have been experience is. Classes were relatively ally anything else that wasn't home
lithic college spirit and community, LC moments of great student activism, dis stress-free in relation to what I had work. I even picked up a few new
students like myself have the unique pelling for me the notion of LC apathy. been told they would be all throug-h hobbies like journalling just because I
opportunity and freedom to forge As a member of the Pioneer Log, I have out high school. It was almost like could! However, the biggest fear that
their own communities. Even existing had the chance to watch those moments a night and day difference, the likes I realized was unfounded was that I
communities, whether they be clubs, unfold page-by-page, to see commu of which were almost unbelievable. wouldn't have any friends. I made
dorms or anarcho-syndicalist collec nities form and Jeform in response to I went to a public high school better friends in my first semester of
tives, consistently change and. morph trying events. There, I see the strength with classes about the same size as school at LC than I did in the first year
over time with each successive gener of LC students and, cliche and potential those here at LC. We prided our of high school. Even if we can't hang
ation of LC students. For me, that dy irony aside, the power of our liberal arts selves of having API scores of 600+, out every weekend, I still feel some
namic community was the Pioneer Log. education. In our academic and social which we were told was higher than sense of connection even in the short
I have been a part of the Pioneer playground on Palatine Hill, we have the typical average of the district a·nd est interactions coming in and out of
Log since my first semester here at LC. been afforded the opportunity to fight, even our rival school. A]ong with the dining hall or in between classes.
I climbed the ranks, starting out as a to converse and to create communities that, we were inundated with state Even though I know my experi
plucky staff writer and eventually mak - ephemeral and indeiible alike. standardized tests nearly every quar ence as a first year college student at
ing my way to jaded leadership. I still For those hoping for a ready ter, as well tremendous pressure to LC isn't indicative of everyone else's,
recall the dark days of my first years made community, LC is not the place. take the PSATS, SAT, ACT and any I can honestly say this was the 'best
at LC, where the Pioneer Log suffered However, for those who wish to make and all other tests· that would have year I've had over my entire academic
from endemic attrition and consis sometliing new and to create their own . gotten us out of high school and into career. As the semester ends, I proj
tent financial stress. However, as Edi communities, LC is the destination. The college as fast as humanly possible. ect that my subsequent years here at
tor-in-Chief of the Pioneer Log for the . Pioneer Log was my home, just as oth0 I remember getting a cold or getting LC will be either about the same or
past three semesters, I have had the ers had theirs, from ASLC to KLC and sick in -general almost every other better than this year turned out -
unique opportunity to watch and en every;thing in between. For me, it will week and barely having the ener life-changingly wonderful.
courage the growth of a reformed com be bittersweet to leave LC and the Pi gy to make it through a school day
munity. I am proud to say that due to oneer Log behind. I know that my old without at least taking a nap in one
the effort of our seasoned editors and home will change, reform and evolve of the alcoves of the library. It made
legion of contributors, as well as with for the next generation of students. Yet, the exhaustion that would wash over
the support of both LC faculty and staff, understanding LC as I do, I am confi me at the end of every day just that
the Pioneer Log has grown by leaps and dent it will be left in good hands. much heavier every ti•me a teacher
bounds. It has undergone a metamor- said, "It only gets harder from here!"
PHOTO BYF LICKRU SER JEREMY MCWILLIAMS
Freshman Anna Schall gives her honest take on college
for the incoming Lewis & Cla-rk College class of 2021
By ANNA SCHALL temporary. It's just another stage of spend those years partying, study- . ways try to keep things in perspective. ture in mind. But you are barely an
life. Sure, many of the decisions you ing, sleeping or any combination of What you do in college is not going to adult. Y6u have no idea where life
DEAR PROSPECTIVES TUDENT, make in college matter - but many of the three, and whichever you chos~ is determine what happens in your life. will take you. Maybe you'll drop out.
those decisions aren't made in your fine. There is no one "right" way to go That's not to say that you shouldn't Maybe you'll go on to get a Master's •
first year. Keep in mind that you are through college. give it your best shot, or that yo_u or a PhD. Maybe you'll major in one
A year ago, I was in your place. still stuck here for four year~. You can My second pearl .of wisdom: Al- shouldn't make choices with your fu- thing only to get a job that has nothing
High school was nearly over. I sent to do with it. The point is, regardless
out graduation announcements. I said of what point in college you are at,
goodbye to my favorite teachers. I you have a lifetime of adventures and
planned ·out a few summer trips with choices awaiting you. Don't-sweat the
my friends in order to cling to some little things._
shred of normalcy before we inevita My final piece of advice for your
bly split up to go down our respective first year of college: make a ton of
paths in life. mistakes. High school is behind you
The summer before your first now. College is the time to branch out
year of college goes by _quicker than and start determining what kind of
you can imagine. One minute you're person you want to be. And the only
sitting in your living room shopping way you'Ii learn about yourself is by
online for the perfect twin XL bed putting yourself in situations you've
spread, and the next you have that never been in before and seeing what
bedspread tucked under your arm as happens. Be prepared to be embar
you take your first steps across cam rassed, but enjoy yourself.
pus, parents and few precious belong It won't always be pretty. Most
ings in tow. of the time, you're going to have to
You probably have a few expecta learn things the hard way. You'll learn
tions for college, whether you mean-to that drinking four shots of espresso
or not. Popular culture loves to give and skipping dinner before a night
the impression that it will be some of of binge drinking can result in los
the best years of your life - full of un ing your phone and throwing up in
breakable friendships, raging parties, your friend's bed. You'll learn that
intense Tomances, fleeting flings and going on a spontaneous weekend trip
spontaneous (read: reckless) decision to the Oregon coast with a bunch of
making. That's not to say that those acquaintances can result -in. some of
thing1! won't happen; doubtless , you the strongest friendships you've ever .
are going to dye your hair a stupid col had. You'll learn that some people are
or or throw up at the first party you right for you and others aren't, and
are invited to. But, as someone who's that that is okay. You'll have some of
nearly made it through her first two the best nights ever. You'll experience
semesters, I'd like to impart some some of the worst lows of your life.
wisdom about how to view the years You'll fail. You'll succeed. You'll learn
you'll be spending at this institution. the true value of a well-timed trip '
My first piece of advice to you, to Maggie's. And most importantly,
contrived though it may be, js this: you'll live through it.
college is what you make it. Don't feel But hey, what do I know? I've still
pressured to live your life a certain got three years left.
way just becruse that is what you feel
that you are expected to do. Wheth
er you like it or not, college is only PHOTO BYF LICKRU SER CHRIS PHAN

FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017
6 FEATURE·s
Budget debunked: reallocations remedy as
usual, larger trends threaten forecasting
By ALTHEA BILLINGS of most colleges. The less tuition de to take an interest rate swap under spending the 4.5 to 5 percent of the in two years. Another change included
pendent you are, the less true that is. the assumption that interest rates endowment, we're also ·s_pending . a consolidation in Dean Kodat's budget
I N THE FINAL WEEKS of the fall You're able to smooth ou.t with other wouldn't stay low for long. The then million and a half dollars a year to and leaving two staff positio"ns open
2016 semester, a special faculty things ... It's hard to respond quickly vice president and the investment pay the interest on that swap until we without plans for hiring, allowing the
meeting on the budget was held to here because 65 percent of our budget committee then took the proceeds can retire it. Interest rates have slow school to accrue what would amount
discuss priorities in light of the bud is people ... And the margin allows us from refinancing to pay the interest ly been coming up, and at the same to salary and benefits for those posi
getary shortfall. The budget process is to be thoughtful and to take our time for five years, but it hasn't turned out time as we've been paying that, tions. According to Finn, these mea
usually a project for the Dean, the Fi in getting ourselves realigned," Finn as planned. the market has not been, oth- sures put the school in a good posi
nancial Office and the faculty Budget said. "The nature of higher education "Interest rates are still too er than recently, d9ing really tion, monetarily, without too much
Advisory Committee (BAC), so it was is that the m_odelo f the way it exists low for us to be able to retire super well. So we're barely sacrifice.
odd that the faculty was included. The right now is really a struggle for ev that swap. So right earning what we're paying "Protecting the instructional mis
inclusion of the faculty, coupled with erybody other than Harvard, Prince now not only are we out which is a challenge," sion and the student experience, that's
five percent cuts across departments, ton, [and] Yale." Finn said. "The endow like the sacred cow. That is the last
was taken by many faculty members For those select colleges, in ment is sort of treading place we go. Which is why we're gonna
to be an omen of some sort. terest on the endowment and water while inflation is keep having more conversations with
While it is true there was a budget strong fundraising efforts going up." faculty about 'What are the priori
shortfall this school year, Chief Fi preclude dependence When Finn, the BAG ties? What are the things we should be
nancial Officer Alan Finn maintains on tuition. At LC, 4 and Dean Kodat held looking at in terms of outside of your
that these situations are pretty stan the open budgetary areas? What are the things that are re
dard. meet- ally important
Fall 2016 saw smaller enrollment i n g "Protecting the instruc to you in stu
numbers than expected, but "Classzil with the dent affairs?'"
tional mission and the
la," the oversized class from the faculty, Finn said.
2015-16 school year, lessened the their in student experience, that's The diffi-
impact of this year's shortfall. In fact, t en ti on culties in pro-.
like the sacred cow. That
every year a 2 percent net margin of was to jecting the en
tuition is reserved for these types of u n d e r - is the last place we go." rollment, and
ups and downs. stand the priorities by extension
When constructing the budget, the held by faculty, in the budget,
first step is to start big. Finn explains order to incorpo ' Alan Finn are common
this philosophy. rate them into tbe among most
"Let's put everything we wanna do budgeting process. higher ed insti
in the pot and then let's see what it "It's my philosophy that we should tutions. According to the Chronicle
looks like and then let's start taking talk to more people instead of fewer for Higher Education, four in ten pri
things out of the pot until we sort of people ... In my mind it's the start of vate colleges missed their enrollment
get ourselves where we need to be ... to 5 percent of the a new process. I think it just got off and tuition goals in 2016, and college
going into it, there's always sort of a interest on the en to a clunky start," Finn said. "Clearly enrollment as a whole has been down
hole that you have to fill." dowment goes to the message we heard back from the since 2012, according to new data
But, as Finn explains, that is quite ward funding the faculty was, things around faculty, the from the National Student Clearing
often the case in colleges like Lewis & operating budget, faculty searches, making sure we're house Research Center.
Clark. some of which pays keeping our salaries competitive, that This means that colleges are com
"There's also a way budgets work for scholarships and those are more important than peting for a waning pool of applicants,
in higher ed, because the life-blood endowed faculty posi some of the other things." and with the advent of the Common
is. our net tuition which is complete tions, but endowment Those priorities were App, enrollment has become increas-,
ly driven by our enrollment. And so, funding is limited. factored heavily into the ingly hard to predict.
especially the last few years, in higher "I think it was final budget. In the fi "We have models we use to model
ed everywhere, it's been much harder around 2010 or 2011, nal budget, the shortfall this behavior, and you're basing your
to predict what that fall class is going we refinanced all of our debt _is resolved through a few career on the behavior of 17-year-old
to look like." from a really low rate to a fixed changes. One change was men and women right? And that's
As an im;titution, LC is 85 per rate. And there were three of these reducing the reserved net pretty hard to predict because it's an
cent dependent on tuition, room and swaps that we were not able to tuition margin to 1.8 percent, emotional decision for a lot of people.
board, which while certainly high, is retire because of the valuations on putting 0.2 percent of what For whatever reason, you fall in love
not uncommon among most higher ed them. We woutd have lost a ton of would normally be set aside in with a place and it's hard to predict
institutions. money on it," Finn said. the 2 percent margin, back into that behavior," Finn said.
CAYDEN BOLWCK/PIONEER WG
"[85 percent dependence] is true At the time, a decision was made the CAS budget, to be reassessed
Katherine Dunn, author of·"Geek Love" exhibit on
display in W atzek, includes fan response to_n ovel
By SHANI BERENHOLZ fit in, which appealed to many young Certainly, this exhibit will appeal sion as an author. With the copious amount of mate
er readers in the late 'Sos and '90s. In to aspiring authors as it gives a rare "It shows her prewriting process, rials in -the Katherine Dunn Collection
THE NEW EXHIBIT in Watzek fact, Geek Love inspired an intense re glimpse into the life of a developing her writing process and her fan re regarding~h er writing process and her
Library on the award-winning sponse from some its readers. Mirabile writer. Archives Assistant and English sponse which is something you don't life, visitors of the exhibit can gather an
author Katherine Dunn is any describes this reader response as cult major Sydney Owada '19 also worked usually get in an archive," Owada said. overall sense of the novel and draw on
thing but ordinary, which is probably like devotion that makes the novel a cult closely with Crumme to select objects "You can really go in depth into a study. Dunn's inspirations that led to the pub
how Dunn would have wanted it to classic. for the exhibit and worked on captions. You can't usually get to read a book and lishing of Geek Love.
be. Dunn's career-starting novel Geek "I think "[cult fiction] is more in She notes that the collection provides get to see the drafts and the letters that
Love, published in 1989, is centered terms of how the works are received an interesting look at Dunn's progres- make the draft the final thing."
around Portland and more specifically by the audience," Mirabile said. "So it
a nostalgia for an older, grittier Port seems as though there sort of develops
land that continues to disappear ·as the an intense readership around certain
city becomes increasingly gentrified. works of fiction."
The exhibit portrays Dunn's fascina The exhibit showcases a large
tion with the strange subcultures that amount of material evidence of cult-like
surround the city. One of the main at responses, such as the creepy baby dolls
tractions of the exhibit includes a digital that readers sent to Dunn which are
display where people can locate places characters from the novel. There's also
in the book on a map of Portland. a lot of artwork, fanfiction and letters in
Visiting Assistant Professor of En the exhibit that Dunn preserved from
glish Michael Mirabile, who works with her readers.
20th century American fiction, provid "It includes a lot of fan mail that
ed historical contexts to situate some tells Dunn how important the novel was
of the items in the exhibit and looked to individual readers-from both ran
at Geek Love as an example of "cult fic dom read.e_rsa nd authors with whom
tion." she worked," Crumme said. "A big
"In particular, since the novel kind component of the cult following was
of deals with things that are sort of out writers who thought Katherine Dunn's
side the narrow definition of what we novel was sort of innovative and spoke
would call normality, the title that we 'lo them."
put over the exhibit as a whole was 'The Some of these writers included Brett
Horror of Normalcy,'" Mirabile said. East Ellis, author of American Psycho
"And I think Portland represented a re and Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight
sistance against mainstream culture to Club. The collection is unique because
[Dunn]." it ·not only expiates the "cult fiction"
The novel follows a family who ex aspect of the novel, but also Dunn's
periments with drugs to create their correspondence, other facets of Dunn's
own "freak show" of specially modi life and her writing process through the IMAGEC OURTESYO F LC DIGITALA RCHIVES
fied children. Dunn's story embraces multiple handwritten drafts of Geek - Fan art by Kelly Wine sent to Katherine Dunn depicting character_Crystal Lil "geeking" - a·p erformance that ends in biting
the timeless idea that it's okay not to Love. the head off a live chicken.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017
FEATURES
By NOAH FOSTER-KOTH of Middle Earth, instead of a national of the specimens in Cajas are esti
park close to the equator. mated to be over 300 years old. If
''BLEAK" AND "wintry" ar • Much of the flora and fauna found these estimates .are correct, the trees
en't usually descriptions elsewhere in Ecuador cannot endure here could be older the nation of Ec
that apply tp my experi the cold temperatures at Cajas. How uador itself, which first achieved in7
ences in Ecuador. The jungles of the ever, the plant life that does grow dependence from Spain a mere 195
Amazon region were oppressively here has developed several remark years ago.
hot, and the cities of Quito, Cuenca able coping mechanisms in order to Before Ecuador became its own
and Cafiar have all been warm and survive. One of the most success nation in 1822 (and long before
sunny most of ful and bizarre plants that grows in Cajas was declared a national park in
the time. How Cajas is the pol 1996), the Cafiari and other indige
ever, I barely "These trees have also ylepis, or qui nous people traveled through the re
saw the sun at noa tree. gion to transport goods from city to
earned the nickname
all during my The name city. The frigid temperatures claimed
group's visit to "tourist trees," because "quinoa tree" the lives of many traders, and not
Cajas National is misleading many plants and animals could sur
their skin is constantly
Park, a bitter because this vive the chilly tundra either. Today,
ly cold patch of peeling off in fl.a key red tree doesn't three stone crosses are erected at the
tundra located grow quinoa at entrance of the park in memory of
chunks, much like the skin
30 miles west of all; the nalJl.e those who lost thei lives traveling
my warm home of a sunburnt tourist." comes from through the area in the past.
in Cuenca. the distinctive Looking at the stone crosses, I
The average ruddy-brown shudder at the thought of perishing
temperature in Cajas is between 8 bark that covers their trunks, which alone in this frigid wilderness. It may
and 12 degrees Celsius (or between is the color of red quinoa. Quinoa have been painful when my sunburn
46-4 and 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit), trees constantly shed their bark so peeled like the bark of a· quinoa tree;
which feels especially nippy after that mushrooms and other parasitic but at least I didn't freeze next to the
spending three months in the balmy fungi cannot grow on them and sap park's icy lagoons.
suns of Cuenca. It's no surprise that their nutrients. Consequently, these
the park used to be dominated by trees have also earned the nickname
colossal glaciers, which melted into "tourist trees," because their skin is Top: View of a oody of water in the
silver lagoons millions of years ago. constantly peeling off in flaky red tundra of Cajas National Park.
Instead of ice and snow, the region chunks, much like the skin of a sun
is now dominated by beige shrub burnt tourist. I imagine I would find Middle: Quinoa trees, otherwise known
bery and spo"ngy mosses. The char this name funnier if I hadn't recently as "tourist trees" because of their red,
coal-grey rock formations surround recovered from a sunburn myself. peeling bark.
ing the park are ensconced in a thick The survival tactics of these qui
layer of clouds. I feel as though I'm noa trees have worked remarkably Bottom: Dramatic landscape in Cajas
walking through some far-off corner well: our guide informs us that some National Park.
NOAH FOSTER-KOTH/PIONEERW G
Gorton Creek Falls: Treasure in the Eastern Gorge
By SHAWN BOLKER slides over a series of small, yet
pretty ten foot cascades. Although
M ANY DON'T expect much the official trail ends here, the real
from the eastern end of the falls still lies another half mile or so
gorge. Most are content upstream. From here on out, pick
with the highly concentrated water the most feasible route and rock hop
fall areas around Multnomah an·d • upstream. Some sections are steep
Cascade Locks, then turn around and would be challenging at high
to make a beeline back to Portland. water but the o,verall climb isn't too
Hidden treasures await those who difficult.
dare to explore the canyons east of Gorton Creek Falls can be heard
Cascade Locks, one of these being before it can be seen. Its deep roar
Gorton Creek Falls. Tucked away can be heard above ·the gurgling
in a steep-walled basaltic canyon, creek as one turns the corner to
Gorton Creek veils and plunges well catch a first glimpse of it's mesmer
over 100 feet amidst a pristine for izing veil. Upon reaching the falls,
est draped in moss. Below the falls, a rocky beach allows one to stand
the stream continues its mad dash • directly in front of the towering
to the Columbia as it leaps and cas plunge. Vertical cliffs prevent any
cades around car-sized boulders, exploration further upstream. After
cloaked in •t hick moss. Although savoring some rare solitude in the
the hike to the falls involves a fair gorge, backtrack to the trailhead.
amount of scrambling, it isn't too
long and the falls are never crowd
ed - a major relief from the overrun Driving Directions: From Port
Multnomah Falls. land, take I-84 E for 52.4 miles
The journey up Gorton Creek be to exit 51 signed for Wyeth . .At
gins at Wyeth Trailhead. Follow the the stop sign upon exiting, turn
wide trail up and along the stream, right and then right again onto
ignoring any junctions. The path is Herman Creek Road. Continue for
flat, easy and pleasant as it. winds 0.2 miles and turn left into Wyeth
along the babbling' creek. In about Campground. Keep right and fol-·
half a mile, the canyon squeezes low hiking signs to the trailhead.
tighter and dainty Emerald Falls
SHAWNB OLKER/PIONEERW G comes into view. Here, the stream

FRIDAY APRIL 14 2017
8 ARTS
Calvin Harris shoots for critical
cred on star-studded pair of singles
BY BRENDAN NAGLE to make platinum albums. Beyond the his way over the bubbly disco beat, pick with the coveted title of "Best New
fact that he has upped his cool factor ing up right about where he left off on Track." And what is especially impres
CALVIN HARRIS knows how to via his collaborators, Harris lias en his similarly-styled 2015 collaboration sive is that he has been able to repair his
make a pop song. Since 2012, tirely revitalized his sound by trading with Jamie xx, "I Know There's Gon critical reputation, while also remaining
Harris has been an omnipresent in the EDM-pop which made him an na Be (Good Times)." As with "Slide," commercially viable. Both "Slide" and
force in the world of pop music. His international star for breezy, '70s dis however, Harris is the one pulling the "Heatstroke" have been remarkably suc
breakout album, 18 Months, boasted co-indebted electrofunk. The sunny strings, constructing the perfect play cessful, each occupying singles charts
nine singles. in the U.K Top 10, break backdrop Harris crafts is unfamiliar ground for his collaborators to shine. around the world. Whether Harris' new
ing a record held previously by the territory for his helpers-both artists So far, Harris' strategy seems to be found pop awakening will last remains
King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Since tend to prefer minor chords to bounc working. He's starting to see some of the to be seen. But regardless, with "Slide"
then, his fusion of EDM and electro ing funk basslines. But somehow he critical respect which he was never able and "Heatstroke" he has already stuck
pop has dominated pop charts and manages to make Ocean's melancholic to experience before. Even ·Pitchfork, it to his critics. Calvin Harris has my
Top 40. radio stations worldwide. His •c rooning and Quavo and Offset's triplet grandmaster of snobby music publica respect, and he should have yours too.
new batch of singles, however, have flows sound perfectly at home together. tions, is taking notice, bestowing "Slide"·
him in completely uncharted territory. ThoughJnany would be content to gloss
Despite his enormous hoard of over Harris' contributions and instead
commercial accolades, Calvin Harris focus on the showstopping perfor
has never been considered "cool." He's mances of Frank and Migos, Harris de
the type of artist that inspires scoffs serves some acknowledgement. "Slide"
from self-proclaimed connoisseurs of shows his capabilities as a behind the
"real" music (i.e. Pitchfork readers). scenes pop mastermind; not only did
At this point in his career, the triple he write the song, but he played every
platinum-selling musician has become instrument (eight in total, according CALVIN HARRIS
somewhat of a punching bag for mu to the credits) and handled all produc
sic snobs; he's seen as someone who tion. "Slide" is a slap in the face to the
sits behind his laptop and makes shal hordes of musical elitists who love to
low, generic pop music for the masses. hate Calvin Harris. It proves that he is
He has been forced to learn the same more than a laptop hitmaker praying
lesson as so many artists before him: on the unrefined musical palettes of
selling records doesn't always elic Top 40 consumers; he can make "real"
it respect. But now, on the strength music with "real" instruments too.
of two new singles, Harris is fighting Following the release of "Slide,"
for the Pitchfork-credibility which an important question remained: was
has been out of his reach for so long. the new Calvin Harris here to stay? Or
"Slide," released in late February, is was "Slide" just a one-off experiment
already the runaway candidate for 2017 to prove the haters wrong? And then
Song of the Summer, and it's still only a few weeks ago came "Heatstroke."
April. Harris has made many a Song Following a largely sinlilar formula to
of the Summer in his career, but none "Slide," "Heatstroke" brings together FT, f:R:ANK OCEAj',I
;. MHfos
quite like "Slide." His first step was another eclectic cast of collaborators
to enlist the help of Frank Ocean and to help Harris in his sunny dance-pop
Migos (minus Takeoff), probably the crusade. Pharrell Williams and Ariana
two artists most suited to aid him on Grande each contribute catchy hooks,
his quest for critical reverence. Both are but the star of this show is undoubtedly PHOTOF ROMS ONY
critical darlings.who have also managed Young Thug. He screeches and wriggles "Slide" is the first of two stellar singles Harris has released so far this year.
Disney's new Beauty and the Beast prQves
both offensively bad and terribly offensive
BY ZACK JOHNSON be a farce. My sister and I already look it work for Beauty and the Beast also? an "exclusively gay moment" involving
very much alike, but the angle at which The film, much to my chagrin, only a prominent character within the film.
THERE HAV E BEEN several cin both of our mouths hung agape in dis got worse from there. The narrative That character was LeFou, and the "ex
ematic experiences in my twenty gust were nearly identical. We looked of the animated film was P,eppered clusively gay moment" was a split-sec
years of existence on this Earth to each other with almost meme-es with additional storylines not found ond scene of LeFou and another man
that left particularly memorable im que faces, wondering what sort of rub in the original film. Confusing, un interlocking hands during a dance_
pressions on my life. With the excep bish we were watching. Watson rigidly called for and entirely-unneeded plot sequence in the film's final minutes.
tion of Gravity, starring Sandra Bull bopped throughout a quaint village set twists were interwoven with the orig Throughout the rest of the film,
ock - but she's in space - they haye ting, providing forced facial expressions inal plot line, creating a jumbled mess the feeblemfnded and otherwise inept
been almost entirely negative. I have and plank-like movements alongside of trash. Furthermore, and perhaps henchman of Gaston - who in the orig
seen many mediocre, questionable and her computerized song. Within seconds most shockingly, the new film featured inal animated feature was portrayed as
otherwise bland films in my day, but of the film's opening, I thought to my substantial changes to lyrics within a simple dimwitted follower of the an
prior to last week, the most disheart self, "Why does Hollywood continue the original songs from the animated tagonist - is depicted as an effeminate
eningly awful movie I had seen was to cast untalented singers in roles that feature. These additional songs and mess of emotional distress. This linking
the rigidly danced, poorly autotuned, require singing?" I then remembered, newly added lyrics mixed quite under of LeFou's effeminacy with physical
badly choreographed and sadly acted Hollywood directors will cast any some whelmingly with the originals, and de and mental weakness, his pining over
white nonsense also known as La La ~hat famous white person who can tracted heavily from the overall film, the heterosexual Gaston and his du
Land. Even that garbage film, howev half-squeal an off-pitch C-note and pay as if that were not already apparent. tiful obedience to Gaston throughout
er, was surpassed by what I now con them millions for their mediocre work, Prior to the film's release, Disney the film bluntly perpetuate offensive
sider - truly without hyperbole - to just as long as tickets can be sold. It was thrust into controversy when the and historically stereotypical construc
be perhaps the single worst movie worked for La La Land, why couldn't film's director revealed there was to be tions of gay men and homosexuality.
ever released: Disney's new live-ac What's better than commodifying the
tion feature, Beauty and the Beast. LGBT+ community in order to boost
I had the displeasure of attending ticket sales? Perhaps commodifying the
Beauty and the Beast with my sister most harmful and offensive stereotypes
over spring break. Sharing. a mutual of homosexuality within a children's
attachment to the animated world of film while simultaneously cloaking the
Disney, we were both initially extremely offensiveness beneath a guise of pro
excited to see a live-action version of the gressiveness. Having seen the film, I
same film we revered so highly as chil can personally attest to the horrible
dren. We expected there to be wonderful and insinuative. portrayal of gay men
singing, elaborate musical numbers and
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within Beauty and the Beast. This was
a close mirroring of many of the most fa .• ~'~"~) \',, undoubtedly the worst and most harm
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ater A d s i m th m e e li d g , h t t h s e i s n m th u e g g f l u e l d ly -i p n a H ck e e rs d h t e h y e 's , ~ • ~~ ~ ~ .·/' ~ ~ " 1 1 , • ~ · 1 11,,• : • : . · ,· . • , _ • : ~ : i F n o g r i D m i p sn ac e t y , u w po h n o s m e y n s u e m lf e a ro n u d s m a y n d s i s s u te b r . •
bars were produced from her purse, ·and stantial pro-LGBT+ actions cannot be
the smell of sfale, overly buttered pop overlooked, I was truly shocked at just
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corn filled my nostrils, I couldn't help how poorly they could allow homosex
but feel a certain nostalgia sitting in the f} '·· • (( \ uality to be portrayed within this film.
theater, as one does anytime they revisit For those looking for a cinemat
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a memorable film from their childhood. ic travesty of monumental propor
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After three years worth of lack tions, one whose only redeeming fac
luster advertisements for annoy tor was the credits themselves, please
ing and otherwise unseeable films, see Beauty and the Beast. For those
the Disney logo flashed upon the searching for a film whose entire ex
large theater screen and the ethere istence transcends even the "so bad
al theme music blared, signaling the • it's good" genre of film, calling into
start of the film. My body was ready. .....-- question the very sanctity of American
. From a small French cottage burst filmmaking, please enjoy all 139 min
.
Hermione Granger - otherwise known utes of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. ·
as Emma Watson - singing in such a For those wishing to instead enjoy life,
clearly autotuned voice it appeared to please do not see Beauty and the Beast.
RAYAD EUSSEN/PIONEERL OG

FRIDAY, APRIL 14 2017
ARTS 9
Dance Y brings povverful concepts to life
By HANNA MERZBACH
THE FIRST performance of Lewis
& Clark's spring dance show,
Dance Y, was held yesterday
on Thursday, April 13. Tonight, the
second show will be held from 7-8
p.m. in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel.
•U nlike the fall dance show,
Dance X, which is run by the theatre
department, Dance Y is entirely
student-run. Production Manager
Chloe Thomas '18 further elaborated
on the difference between the two
shows.
"I was inspired by this_
documentary I watched
about the Higgs boson
particle and I kept
hearing this phrase when
I was looking up Higgs
boson: 'It's the breaking
of symmetry that allows
everything to come into
being."
Lily Kazanoff '17, Elizabeth Muir '17, Genie Rose '20, and Amanda Maxfield '20 perform. HANNAM ERZBACH/PIONEERL OG
Chloe Thomas
song doesn't have lyrics," Rex said. "I boson: 'It's the breaking of symmetry college. They all go through rough
"Dance X you have to buy a ticket also decided to go with a more modern that allows everything to come .into patches, and help each other through
for and Dance Y is• totally free and style with hip-hop elements instead of being,"' . Thomas said. "So, I just them," Celebrezze said. "The title
open to the public," Thomas said. "It's my usual hip-hop dance with modern started working off of this . phrase comes from the song lyrics; they feel
not like this big commitment of this elements. This will also be my first all rather than the actual idea of what the 'buried' from time to time by their
night of crazy dance; it's these shorter female piece." particle is. I work a lot with shapes problems, but help dig each other out,
pieces, but they are still art. It's a little "Fiendish," Hannah Prutton's and instigation." so to speak."
more accessible." '17 piece, follows Rex's. Since she is Sydney Owada's '19 piece" /un/ify" The last piece, "It's a Vending
This year, there are six dance graduating this year, Dance Y was follows. This was Owada's first time as Machine Piece" by Lili Kaz '20,
pieces. Choreographers range from Prutton's last chance to choreograph a choreographer in either Dance Y or takes a more comedic stance. "My'
novices choreographing for the at LC. As the title suggests, this dance Dance X, although she has performed piece is centered around a vending
first time to seniors with years of follows a creepy progression that is in every show since starting at LC. machine transaction," Kaz said. "It's
·experience. Ian Rex's '17 piece "Delta" increasingly fiendish. "Our dance plays with the idea of a translation into movement of an
opens the .show. Rex is one of the few Production Manager being individuals that make up a larger exchange most of us have experienced
theatre majors with a concentration in Thomas' piece is next,. entitled whole," Owada said. "Though we may and don't feel the need to talk about.
dance. He has been a part of Dance X "yrtemmySSymmetry." This is be different, there are moments of I'd like to say it's a meta-commentary
since his freshman year and Dance Y Thomas' second time choreographing; similarities that make us seem united on the embodiment of capitalism, but
his sophomore year, choreographing her dance is based on symmetry, or even if we are not completely united in it's also just straight absurd."
twice. the break'ing of it. every aspect." Since each piece is only three to five
"My piece this semester is "I was inspired by this documentary The second-to-last piece, "Buried," minutes long, the entire show runs for
cc;,mpletely different from what I've I watched about the Higgs boson was choreographed by Emma less than hour. This makes the event
ever choreographed. For the first particle, and I kept hearing this Celebrezze '20. "The general premise even more accessible to the student
time in my choreographing career, my phrase when I was looking up Higgs is four friends who are freshmen in body, along with its being free.
A preview of KLC radio's annual "Sunburn"
LC music festival promises a lively lineup, if not clear skies and strong sunrays
By BREND.AN NAGLE "Look At Wrist," which became an style entirely his own, and devoid of With a deadpan flow that makes it
underground hit, Father has continued many obvious musical influences. difficult to differentiate what's a joke
S THE SCHOOL year winds to gain steam with recent singles His beats tend to be minimal - often and what isn't, he strikes a difficult
down, many .Lewis & Clark "Hands" and "Heartthrob." The de facto the same two- or three- note melody balance between playful vulgarity and
tudents are desperate for leader of the oddball side ~f Atlanta looped for the entire song - but they poignancy. There's no doubt this will be
something to relieve the stress of seven trap music, Father has developed a still manage to get stuck in your head. an entertaining show.
months of diligent school work. One
last weekend of fun, before catastrophe
strikes in the form of final exams.
Luckily for them, KLC Radio's year
end festival will return to LC! Sunburn
will take place on Saturday, April 15 in
Stamm.Dining Room, located on the top
floor of Templeton. The festivities will
begin with Suntan, a daytime warm up
at the Co-op in preparation for the big
show later in the evening. Suntan starts
at 12:30 p.m. and will feature student
bands as well as local and touring
acts. The performing artists include:
Famsmary, Sliitbird, HOAGIE, Walter
Etc, Rene Aguilar-Weber, Boreen, and
Wine and Coffee. In addition to the
live music, KLC will have face painting
stations, egg toss, and all kinds of other
fun activities available.
After Suntan, make your way over
to Stamm for Sunburn, starting at 8:30
p.m. This year's headliners are:
Duckwrth:
Fresh off tour in support of Anderson
.Paak, the South Central LA native will
bring his eclectic style of hip-hop/RnB
to LC. With a wide range of influences
that include Kanye West, Bad Brains
and Andre 3000, Duckwrth creates
an exciting blend of hip-hop indebted
to the past, but always with an eye on
the future. His music fuses so many
different styles and eras-'7os funk, 'Bos
synthpop, 'gos house, modern trap-and
yet it still sounds entirely singular and
unique. You won't want to miss him.
Father:
As president and founder of the
independent label Awful Records,
Father has forged his own way his
entire career. And his music certainly
reflects that. Known primarily for his
collaboration with ILoveMakonnen,
ANNA DESMET/PIONEERLOG

FRIDAY,A PRIL 14, 2017
SPORTS
10
BY CASEY PICKARD
LEWIS & CLARK'S track and
fielq team had some major
achievements this season.·
Three Pioneer track athletes placed
in the SPU final qualifier at the Feb.
25 meet in Seattle, WA In the wom
en's 400 meter dash, Alaina King
'19 posted a 57.63 time and placed
second, with les·s than one second
behind the first place finisher. In
the men's 400 meter dash, Bryce
Johnson '19 placed fourth crossing
the finish line with a time of 50.74
seconds. Finally, although unable to
beat her prelirn time of 8.18 seconds,
Nicole Godbout '20 placed third in
the wo!J1en's6 0 meter dash posting
a time of 8.29. Similar to King, God
bout placed second with less than a
second ):,ehindt he first place finisher
in the 200 meter dash.
The next; most exciting meet for
the Pios was the March 25 meet in
Salem, Ore. at the Willamette In
vitational. Johnson started off the
weekend by beating his personal best
time by posting a time of 50.31 sec
onds in the men's 400 meter dash.
Next, Frances Swanson '17 achieved PHOTO COURTESYO F LC PIONEERS
Bryce Johnson '19 lines up for a race. He posted a personal best of 50.31 seconds in the men's 400 meter dash on March 25 at Willamette University.
her -fastest time ever by with a time
of 4:45. 76 which placed her at sixth in petition finished with six LC track and vitational in McMinnville, Ore. on April inches (38.90m) throw. _ Taylor '19 will compete on April 11 and
the 1500 meter. After that, Jeff Mullins field athletes landing as top 10 finishers. 1.S ean Richardson '20 clocked a time of The entire team will be competing 12 in the NWC Championships Multi-
'18 achieved his best time of the year At the March 28 competition in 15:34.58 at the men's 5000 meter and for the LC Invite on April 18. Noah Av- Events at Pacific University.
Forest Grove, three Pioneer athletes won·b y about nine seconds. Continuing ery '19, David Lovitz '17 and Morgan
with a 4:05.77 in the men's 1,500 meter.
To finish off the runners, Miguel Haro qualified for the Northwest Conference the freshmen's ·streak of finishing in the
Ruiz '20 set a career-best time by post Championships in April. Noah Avery top 10 this season and also beating her
ing a time of 1:58.53 in the men's 800 '19 seemed to be the star of the event as personal best, Samantha Bowen '20
meter. he moved up a total of four spots with clocked a time of 5:00.07 in the worn
In the field events, Rachel Seagren a runner-up performance in javelin and en's 1,500 meter. Another pe a rs onal
'19 also achieved her career best by a third-place finish in discus. This gave best set at this competition was time
clearing 10 feet, 10 inches (3.30m) in him a total of 5,810 points. Avery fin- of 5:16.28 in the 1,500 meters posted by
the women's pole vault. Her previous ished the meet by breaking his personal Kiera Crabtree '20. ·Sarah Bucknovitz
best distance was 10 feet, 4.25 inches, best in the pole vault. • '17finished fourth and also beat her per-
which she achieved at-the Northwest Another weekend of personal bests sonal best in the Northwest Conference
Conference in 2016. The weekend corn- followed shortly after at the Boyrnan In- women's discus with a 127 feet, seven
Pioneer crew looks to-
iin prove upon strong fir-st
half of the season-
Men's and women's varsity boats place second at
the Logger Invitational in Tacoma, WA
BY ABE FIELD ter workouts. Some of these workouts, eight boat and the men's four placed lot of fast sophomores in the boat, especially excited for the WIRA region
S THE PORTLANDw eather Charlotte Copp '18 said, last for up to second at the Husky Open hosted by and less upper-class-men. The 1Vh as al collegiate championships at Lake
gradually gives way from an hour of non-stop rowing. By the the University of Washington. The pretty good technique and there aren't Natoma in Sacramento, Calif.
onstant rain to scattered end of their time on their ergs, the • women's team placed second against a lot of big things to work on, only little "I am hoping to make it into the
showers, Lewis & Clark's crew teams rowers' hands are covered with blisters the University of Washington in a changes here.and there." Copp rows in Grand Finals at WIRA, though that
have been continuously rowing up and from the handle of the ergo meter. tough race, but beat their rival Puget the bow seat of the 1V,t he fastest boat all depends on who we are racing that
down the Willamette River. Despite With one of the most rigorous training Sound by nine seconds with a time of that the women's team. has raced this heat. PLU has been has been beating
record rains and flooding along the schedules on campus, the rowing team 6:52.546. Similarly, the men's team season. When asked about a highlight • us all season, and the goal for the 1V
Willamette that kept the team from spends many hours each week on the came in behind Washington but in of the season so far, she said "The Hus is to close that gap in these next two
practicing on the water, they have ergorneters perfecting their form and front of Puget Sound and Washington ky Open was a big victory for the 1V. regattas (championship and WIRA), or
made steady improvements in the gym becoming stronger. State with a time of 6:57-479. .W e came off the water feeling pumped hopefully, beat them. but that means
and on the ergorneter, the stationary The men and women's rowing Copp, a three year veteran of the for the rest of the season. Even though we need to be at our best health-wise,"
rowing machines. teams this year have enjoyed success rowing team, is excited about the Washington was in that race, our main Copp said.
Located below the Zehntbauer despite the dismal weather, and have progress that she has seen the team vgoal was beating UPS ,mainly because Emma Celebrezze '20, a new recruit
Swimming Pavilion next to Pamplin put in record times despite racing make since joining her freshman year. they are in our conference." Copp looks to the women's team, said, "As a result
Sports Center, the rowing team has a against nationally-ranked crews. Copp said, "The 1V feels different from forward to seeing the progress that of th11tr egatta, the rowing program at
room specifically dedicated to ergorne- Most recently, the women's varsity last year mainly because there are a the team makes this season, and is LC moved up to the 15th ranked spot
for D3 schools, and we've never been
ranked before, so that's the highest
we've ever been, so that was exciting."·
Needless to say, the team is proud of
their recent accomplishments and
hopes to continue their growth and
progress in their corning races.
As they pass the halfway point in
the season, the rowing team has made
many improvements, even breaking
some individual records. When asked
about a high point of this season so
far, Copp told me that it was watching
"a number of sophomores [getting
personal records] in the last 2k test as
well as Ryan LaV igne '18 beating the.
school record."
As the season continues, the Pio
neers will continue putting in strong
work on and off the water as they
prepare for their final races of the sea
son. The rowing tearn's·next race is the
Covered Bridge Regatta this Saturday
in Lowell, Ore.
PHOTO COURTESYO F LC PIONEERS
The Pioneer men's· rowing team gets ready for their race on Hagg Lake. The team has made huge leaps in the DIII conference and is now ranked 15th in the nation.

FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017
SPORTS 11
Baseball
Sarah Bucknovitz reflects upon a
seni•o rs
-successful four years throwing at LC
kiss LC
BY CASEY PICKARD such a family." Bucknovitz added that makes me want to do it and get better Bucknovitz added that coming into
goodbye she was surrounded by "really strong at it." These last few weeks of compet her senior year, her goal was "to break
SARAH BUCKNOVITZ' 17 is women." These women "liked to lift a ing as a Pioneer are what pushes her the school record." Although this goal
_competingi n her last season lot of weight," said Bucknovitz, "which through her trainings and competi had changed within the last week or
on the Lewis & Clark Track and was really fun because for basketball tions. so, she hopes to enjoy the time she has
BY ABE FIELD Field team as a thrower, as she will be we lifted but these girls really, really "Throwing is really hard some _leftc ompeting as a thrower. "I might
. graduating this coming May. wanted to get buff and it was amazing. times," explained Bucknovitz, "because get to coach throwing in the future, but
LTHOUGH THEIR season is far LC's director of men's and women's I loved that a lot." you do one thing wrong, screws up the it's not going to be the same," said Buc
N from over, the senio·rs on the C):"osCs ountry /Track and Field, Keith Now, Buckno whole thing so you have to have knovitz. "I want to just enjoy the time
ioneer baseball team have a lot Woodard, allowed Bucknovitz to focus vitz is coming patience." When asked how her that I have doing this strange thing I
to say about the impact that being var on only throwing beginning in her to terms methods may have changed love to do while I still get to do it."
sity athletes throughout their college freshman year. "In high school they with the fact since she was a freshman, The next time Sarah Bucknovitz
careers has had upon their lives. As the made me run and throw and I really that being a Bucknovitz said, "I think competes will be at the LC invite on
seniors on the baseball team walk off didn't want to run. So college was real competitive my methods have changed a April 15.
the diamond for the last time at Hous ly riice because Keith kind of under thrower lot since I was a freshman ...
ton Sports Complex, they take a look a stood that I didn't want to run, so I just won't last When you're throwing it's
back on their sports careers at LC. got to focus on throwing for the first forever. "I just you in the ring, you have
time," explained Bucknovitz. think at yourself to rely on. So being
1. What is your fondest memory from "I originally was just going to this point able to just understand that
Lewis & Clark Baseball? play on the basketball team," said mymain and to trust the training that
2. What is one thing that you hope to Bucknovitz. "I also did track in high motivator is I've been doing and to trust in my
leave behind? school and I really, really wanted to just the fact body's ability to get stronger
3. Who has been the most influential do it again, so I just got in touch with that I really and to learn has taught
person, player or coach, who you met Keith ahd asked him if I could join the love throwing," me a lot about myself
at LC? team and he pretty much just told me said Bucknovitz. and has taught
4. What are your post-graduation I could. That's how I got involved in me a lot
plans? track here." about pa
5. If you were to have a yearbook quote, When asked what her first experi tience."
what would it be? ence on the LC Track and Field team in competition so
was like, Bucknovitz said that, "the knowing that it's
Akira Abderrahman first team was so good, it was such a such a special
1. Winning the senior day game last family. We're kind of off on our own experience and
year and sending last year's senior class most of the time because the thrower is knowing that
off on a high note that they deserved. • usually removed from where everyone ifs something
All the road trips. All the laughs. is running ... so we would just be kind that I love is
2. How to bat flip the right way. of off on our own and supporting each what keeps
• 3. Corey "Crash" Davis other and the coaches made it feel like me going and
4. Enjoy being a retired college athlete. PHOTO COURTESY OF LC PIONEERS
Move to San Diego, Calif. with my
Healthcare systelll for
girlfriend Liz and work for the Padres
inside sales team.
5. "Do you remember th(;!2 1st night of
September" #neverforget -non-varsity athletes
J acoti Blirton
1. When Kink turned into a werewolf.
2. Showing the youngins how to get big. I
3. Corey "Crash" Davis BYABEFIELD while practicing or playing iO:g ames. meniscus would sideline Ford for the
These students however, were not able remainder of the season. Fortunately,
4. Cracking the code in Seattle.
·5. "Katy Perry went to my high school." THE CLUBA ND intramural to receive proper medical attention the trainers, who were still in their of
-Drake Gilliland sports programs at Lewis & Clark from Pamplin Sports Center nor was fice in Pamplin, rushed out to the field
have had a tradition of main the health center at LC able to ade to give Ford ice.
Nick Lockwood taining strong numbers on their teams quately help rehabilitate their injuries.
1. My favorite memory was probably and creating successful programs. As She decided to look into it, and ended [T]hese trainers are not
one of our snow days freshman year. the intramural season is already upon up getting in contact with Bess Austin
us, and many club sports· are finishing from student health services and Jer allowed to provide care
It snowed a lot more than any of us
were expecting so we decided to drive up their seasons as the semester comes emy Loew, the associate head athletic for students outside pro
through the snow to pick up tubes to to a close. Let's take a look at how the trainer.
sled on. club and intramural athletes, otherwise As the mist lifted off of Griswold viding ice and any other
2. I hope to leave behind the under known as casual athletes, are able to Stadium one morning, the Artemis emergency medical care
get medical attention even though they women's frisbee team was out on the
standing of the importance of relation
are not permitted care from Pamplin field for their Saturday morning prac necessary.
ships and being a team player in all
aspects oflife, not just the field. Sports Center. • tice. Sydney Ford '18 was on the field,
ASLC senator Ella Crawford '19 was practicing making cutting routes in the
3. Coach Flynn has been the most
influential person for me at my time at interested in this issue after hearing endzone. As she planted her right foot the trainers already face scheduling
LC. He is a great role model who leads multiple stories of friends on club or and turned her body, she heard a "pop" Unfortunately for Ford and count conflicts during the season. Austin and
by example with his integrity and hard intramural sports teams getting hurt and knew inimediately that something less other non-varsity athletes, these Loew have already tried once before
work.. was wrong. A completely torn ACL and trainers are not allowed to provide care to bring in a specialist to the health
4. After graduation I'd like to work in for students outside providing ice center, but the departments ended up
the advertising/marketing field. My and any other emergency medical not being able to afford it.
dream would is to be hired on full time care necessary. This meant that in LC, having encountered this
by the Timbers. Ford's case, she needed to find her problem before, has taken steps to
5. Success is never final. Failure is way to ~ doctor and eventually the ensure that their students have the
never fatal. It's courage that counts. - hospital in order to rehab her knee. opportunity to receive the correct med
John Wooden According to Crawford, during ical care. The health center suggests
the varsity athlete ·season, the students visit the North Lake Physical
Ben Beck trainers usually work six nine-hour Therapy Clinic, which the school has •
1. Our trip to Schreiner University in days every week and travel with the curated a good relationship with. This
2014. teams. During the offseason they facility will pay for the cab ride that
2. Memories of the Lobo Lounge w9rk five nine-hour days every week. students without cars have to take
3. Cameron Paton Another difficult part for the school over. Despite these initial solutions,
4. Stay in Portland and pursue a career is finding the office space and the Crawford continues to work with the
in apparel marketing. · • budget that would allow a trainer to club sports and Bess Austin. Recently,
5. "It takes me 5 minutes if I make all be present during the times that club Crawford attended the Student Health
the lights." -Drake Gilliland sports practice, which, due to the Advisory Board as an advocate for
practice schedules of varsity athletes, this issue. While a solution still hasn't
Drake Gilliland are usually at odd hours. been found, the discussion opened up
1. Breaking down in the middle of the After encountering the problem a conversation with the heads of each
Arizona desert 75 miles from anywhere, of a lack of health care on campus, department. In the coming year, Bess
but the truck stop gas station was athletic clubs across campus have all Austin, J'eremy Loew, John Hancock,
pretty good. considered becoming varsity sports and Mark Duntley hope to sit dqwn
2. I hope to leave behind all of the supported by the school. They have and further consider pos·sible solu
5 a.m. practices and never do them all ultimately decided against.it for tions. Some of the complications they·
again! one main reason; freedom. "Being a foresee is deciding what kind of sport
3. Coach Flynn, for all of his inspira club sport makes us able to travel to specialist will be the best, what day
tion and belief in me as a player and a the tournaments we want to, and not they should be on campus, how useful
person. have the constraints that the school the specialist will be, and always, how
4. Continue to pursue a coaching would need us to have if we were a they would pay them and where they
career. varsity program," Ford said .. could work. If the board is able to
5. No comment, Roll Pios! The two main problems that provide the ca!Ilpus with the right kind
Crawford has identified are money of specialist, this would be a huge step
and space. Currently, the training forward for non-varsity athletes like
room in Pamplin is staffed by only Ford, but also for students who get
two full time ath1etic trainers, a part injured in any physical activity while
PHOTO COURTESY OF LC PIONEERS time assistant trainer and some stu- on campus.
Ben Beck '17 rounds the bases in a game against George Fox.· dent-trainers. Crawford explains that

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