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

Volume 90, Issue 2

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2018-02-16

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Vol. 90 No. 5 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2018 www.piolog.com
''Pretty Little Liars'' sp-in-off films on cainpus
By AUDREY BARRETT the campus to filming is a complicated
process. The production team needed
OVER SPRING break, the Frank a way to get electricity, water, secu
Manor House starred in the rity and food. LC's Conferences and
pilot episode of "The Perfec Events staff had to work out parking
tionists," a spin-off of the hit TV show logistics and how to mcwe furniture
"Pretty Little Liars." Both shows were and art out of the Frank Manor House
created and written by Marlene King and store it somewhere else.
and based on books by Sara Shepard. "It's just-a tremendous amount of
"The Perfectionists," starring Sa work," Kaufmann said.
sha Pieterse, Janel Parrish and Sofia LC has never hosted a filming en
Carson, continues the story of Alison terprise of this scale before.
DiLaurentis from "Pretty Little Liars," "We've had some TV commercials
and is set at an upscale liberal arts col filmed down at the track and around
lege. Director of Public Relations and campus, but those tend to be half or
Communications Roy Kaufmann said one day shoots, with a small cast and
that the elite collegiate feel of Lewis a fairly small crew," Kaufmann said.
& Clark's campus and the estate-like "We've never dealt with a Hollywood
Manor House are exactly what pro pilot production, which is much,
duction scouts were looking for. much bigger."
"There's a lot of aspects of voy The producers recognized this dif-.
eurism, sort of watching and being ficulty.
watched, so our campus's use of glass "I don't expect institutions, es
and big windows and spaces where pecially really nice ones like Lewis &
people can look into a space or out of Clark, to open their arms to filming a
a space sound like they are important lot," Carter said. "It's a big investment •
for the theme of the show," Kaµfmann on the part of the college."
said. This investment can get some
Bruce Carter, line producer of payoff, though, in terms of a modest
"The Perfectionists," said that most amount of revenue. Kaufmann said it
of the college scenes for the pilot epi LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG is a publicity opportunity as well.
Film crew sets up.equipment outside the Frank Manor House over spring break while filming happens inside the hous~.
sode were filmed at Pacific University, "If the series gets picked up, (it's
since LC was not large enough. How possible) for our campus to be fea
ever, they had trouble finding a setting "We shot a lot of establishing piec the day." modate working the first two days of tured in what we assume will be . a
to play as an old mansion in Portland, es so that in the future, should we need Most students were off campus; so the break, but it's a beautiful campus series that a lot of people will see,
since most of the estates do not have to go to the house, we would probably the cast and crew could ,arrange the and it went extremely well." particularly prospective students,"
the kind of grounds the producers build the interior on a stage some setting to their liking without disrupt . Kaufmann worked with the pro Kaufmann said .
imagined. where and then use the establishing ing daily academic activities. duction team to alter the filming So far, only the pilot episode has
"While we were at Lewis & Clark, shots that we took when we ·filmed "The only fune we can allow that schedule, since ·it was not only im been filmed and is in the process of
we were 1ooking for. a campus but just last week," Carter said. "But we also kind of production on campus is. portant for LC but also the Portland being edited by the production team,
stumbled on the Frank Manor .. :with filmed a large party where our Pretty summer vacation or spring break," community. The Governor's office including Director Liz Allen. If the
the reflecting pool and the fact that the Little Liars attend the party and some Kaufmann said. "Otherwise it can be and the Portland community were network,· Freeform, decides to tum
backyard reaches out into the woods dramatic stuff happens~" fairly disruptive, and our first goal is pushing for LC tp accept this offer be the pilot into a series, then this epi
and that the front is a really elegant Liam Beveridge '20 was on campus to serve the students." cause filming creates many jobs in the sode and more will be aired. Carter is
entrance, we decided that would be a over break and saw what was going on. This was not the ideal timing for Portland area. Several series filmed in optimistic about the show's prospects.
really great house," Carter said. "We "One evening they seemed to be the filmmakers, though, because their Portland are currently wrapping up, "It's very hopeful in this one be
don't play LC as if it were a campus, shooting some big scene behind the original schedule would have tliem including "Grimm," "The Librarians" cause 'Pretty Little Liars' has such
we play it as if it were this really high Manor House," Beveridge said via filming at LC a week or two before and "Portlandia." previous cachet," Carter said.
end, old-world money house." email. "There were people dressed break. "We got contacted by the (Oregon) LC students may soon be able to
On March 23, the last day of school up all around the reflecting pool and "Frankly it was difficult to get into Governor's Office of Film and Video, see the Frank Manor House on a ma
before spring break, the production the lawn behind the Manor House. I Lewis & Clark initially because we and they said if there's any way you jor TV show.
team began setting up and started also got yelled at by a security guard had to come in on spring break," Car- can make this work, it would be really "If they are successful, then I
filming the following Monday and for trying to take the path behind the • ter said. "We ended· up pushing our appreciated," Kaufmann said. guess we can say we helped birth a TV
Tuesday. Manor House to get to work earlier in schedule back about a week to accom- Still, Kaufmann said that opening show," Kaufmann said.
PSU administrator selected as new LC Vice President
By HANNA MERZBACH Reese's position will encompass for our current president," Gonzalez college's strategic plan.
a variety of assignments, including said. "We were also impressed by his "I want somebody who's first and
DAVID REESE was selected as managing Wiewel's agenda, as well as legal expertise. He is teaching a First foremost thoughts everyday, certainly
Lewis & Clark's next Vice Pres managing stakeholders. As the Gener Amendment course this year and he for the first_yea~ or so, are about im
ident, Chief of Staff, General al Counsel, Reese will also manage all will actually have an adjunc;t position plementing the strategic plan," Wiewel
Counsel and Board Secretary, con of LC's legal affairs, as he has done for in our law school as well." said. "It's very easy in a large organi
cluding a search process that began in PSU. While Reese is excited to continue zation ... to have the u_rgent overtake
December. He will begin in May, tran "The biggest difference is the addi this type of work, he looks forward to the important. So, you need somebody
sitioning from his position at Portland tion of the Chief of Staff.role, which is the new opportunities that this role who always stays focused on the im
State University (PSU) as General also the most exciting," Reese said via will open up. portant and ,!l.oesn ot just get swayed
Counsel and Secretary to the Board of email. "The Chief of Staff gets to play "I love being a college attorney and by the urgent."
Trustees. a key role in advancing the president's board secretary, but want to expand Both Wiewel and Gonzalez said
Reese worked alongside President priorities and helping to move the col into new areas and r,esponsibjlities," Reese is well-suited for this task. •
Wim Wiewel during his time at PSU. lege forward. I think it will be a very Reese said via email. "This position "I know he is going to bring a lot
"(Reese) is very thoughtful, he rewarding challenge." will allow me to do that at a.top-notch of his expertise in strategic planning,
doesn't just jump to the easy or obvi- Dean of Students Anna Gonzalez college right in Portland. I walked which we desperately need here because
• ous conclusion," Wiewel said. "I'm an chaired the search committee respon around campus during the interview ' we are goingthrough our strategic plan
intuitive person. I react pretty much sible for filling this position. She cited process and was amazed by the vi ning process," Gonzalez said.
from the gut: I need somebody next to his ample experience in this type of brancy and beauty of it, and I'm really Reese will be replacing current
me who also makes me stop that at times work as a reason for his selection. impressed by the tight-knit and caring Vice President, Secretary and Coun
and reflect and think about policy and "Even though his title was not Chief nature of the community." sel David Ellis, •w ho has served in
rules because those things matter. So, I of Staff at Portland State, he basically One of Reese's major priorities will this role since it was created in 2004._
PHOTO COURTESY OF DAY ID REESE think he complements me very well." acted as de facto Chief of Staff as well be managing and implementing the "New VP" continued page 3
Political Panel Post-graduation Waldorf Alumni Isle of Dogs Awareness Game
College Democrats host a panel discussing political Putting off searching for jobs after graduation Former Waldorf students describe Wes Anderson's latest film brings spectacular Softball player Stephanie Garcia '18, a survivor of
representation of minority groups with professors can often help students recharge their minds and alternhtive school curricula and their subsequent visuals and an eye for detail in its homage to thyroid cancer, was surprised by the LC softball
and the Oregon Attorney General. re-invigorate their intere.sts. 1 near-death experiences. classic Japanese cinema. team with a game of recognition.
See page 2 See page5 See page 7 See page JO See page 14

FRIDAY,A PRIL 6, 2018
2 NEWS
Current issues of soverignty Divestm.ent looks to
to be tackled at IA syniposiun1 inspire vast reform.
I
I
r. By ARIEL MCGEE debate on secession. Additionally, An said. "When we're looking for debates
drew Mwenda, the founder and editor and speakers, we ask 'who has authority
UEWIS & CIARK'S 56th Interna of The Independent, will be traveling to to give consent? Who actually has the
ional Affairs Symposium will LC from Uganda to debate the merits of right to give the go ahead on these sorts
ake place April 9 through 11. foreign aid. of topics?"'
This year's symposium is entitled "The While international speakers bring This year's debates touch on a wide
Scramble for Sovereignty: Modern • diverse opinions to the symposium, variety of majors; the environmental
Challenges to an Age-old Construct.". they can make coordination difficult. debate applies to environmental studies
The symposium encompasses six "We have a larger proportion of and the cyber borders debate applies
debates, each between two speakers. speakers coming from other countries, to computer science. Additionally, the
The speakers chosen are well-versed in and that poses special challenges be symposium will welcome esteemed
similar areas of study but have opposing cause of the time zone -differences," sociologist Saskia Sassen to debate on By ANDREW HAYES Evelyn Hunsberger '19, co-leader of
views on their debate topics. The event . Mandel said. "We love having interna- globalization, who is frequently read in SEED, believes the college's dedication
is open to all members of the public. tional speakers because the symposium sociology classes. THE WEEK PRIOR to spring break to, environmental, social and corporate
Professor of International Affairs would not be as interesting focusing on Since these debates pose controver was dedicated to celebrating the governance will set an example for other
Bob Mandel has been the symposium's American views alone." • sial questions, they do not always have decision by the Lewis & Clark academic institutions concerned about
faculty advisor since 1994. The topic of sovereignty was chosen easy answers. Board of Trustees to divest from fossil climate change and global warming.
"Each year there are new students for this year's symposium because of its • "I love all of the debates this year fuels. "I think that Lewis & Clark's deci
who help out with the event and, un current relevance in world affairs and because they present opposing views," The decision to divest fr9m fossil fuels sion will set an example for the type of
like other symposia at LC, we insist on political movements. Maridel said. "I hope that all the people was made in response to a petition start action that is required in the 21st centu
presenting sharply different views," "Sovereignty encompasses things who attend, not just people from LC but ed by Students Engaged In Eco-defense ry," Hunsberger said. "Lewis & Clark's
Mandel said. "We really try to get such as the environment, global north also the larger Portland area, g~t more (SEED). The LC Sustainability Council decision proves that it is financially
speakers who are willing to get their having say over global south, seces informed about the current issues of held a panel on March 21 discussing possible - and arguably recommended
views questioned." sionist movements, globalization and sovereignty and question their beliefs. environmental responsibility in relation - for colleges with similar-sized endow
Two student co-chairs and a student • multinational corporations," steering The debates should promote critical to in~estments. The panel was led by ments to divest.
steering committee spend the entire committee member Urshila Rana '19 thinking on the part of everyone." • Jonas Kron, Senior Vice President and Hunsberger has also reached out to
academic year putting the symposium Director of Trillium, an asset manage other colleges to assist in making simi
together.- ment company, who worked with the lar changes.
"Our job as co-chairs was to con Board of Trustees on managing their "I have already been in contact
tact the speakers, answer any questions investments while preparing to divest . with students from other colleges who
they might have, to choose the steering from all fossil fuel investments. want to discuss SEED's divestment
committee and then delegate jobs to "Divestment is also a political move, campaign, in order to see if any of
the (committee) members," student co a political gesture," Kron said. "-I believe our strategies could be applicable at
chair Vinaya Baharam '19 saiQ. the companies we invest in should have their institutions, thus LC's outcome
In addition to researching speakers societally beneficial results. It really is already instigating cooperation be
to invite for each debate, the steering takes a constellation of various pres tween institutions," Hunsberger said.
committee engages in hands-on work sures to cause change and we will keep "In addition, other colleges who label
with speakers and faculty .. They are knocking on their doors and increasing themselves as 'green' will now face
in charge of finding students to drive the pressure." more pressure to divest as well."
speakers to and from the airport and Chief Investment Officer Carl Vance, Though it will be a five years before
guide them during the event. who has b_eenf ocusing on this issue for the school has fully divested from fossil
"The steering committee is the cre years, believes that divestment from fuels, LC's promise to eco-friendly prac
ative brain behind the symposium and fossil fuel_sw ill yield future benefits. tices will be held accountable by the
broker between committee adminis "By divesting Lewis & Clark will fifth guideline in the new policy, which
tration and speakers," student co-chair avoid a significant drop in valuations, states that "Lewis & Clark will provide
Sam Stites '18 said. "They deal with lots when the markets agree fossil fuel com an annual update to the broader cam
oflogistics, planning and interviewing." panies can no longer be valued based pus community on holdings of fossil
Each year the symposium features upon their reserves in the ground," fuel securities in the endowment port
speakers from countries all over the Vance said. "Although it will be more folio."
world. This year, the symposium will difficult to measure, trustees also be Vance will be retiring at the end
welcome Bayan Sarni Abdul Rahman, lieve the coliege will do better recruiting of this year. The responsibility of fu
the Kurdistan regional government . ARY HASHIM/PIONEER LOG and retaining both students ahd faculty, ture endowment oversight will then be
representative to the United States, to Vinaya Baharam '19 and Sam Stites '18 chair the International Affairs Symposium. as a result of the divestment policy." turned over to others.
Panel examines political representation of minp_rity groups
By MADELINE COX chisement of poor and black people and unique set of experiences and perspec exercise all of the rights given to them by more people now that I actually do rep
felony disenfranchisement are oilier im tives. tlie constitution." resent them."
TIE LEWIS & CLARK College portant issues witli the system, according Yet Brodkin reminded the audience Rosenblum promoted the importance Since the 2016 election, more worn.en
emocrats Club hosted an event to Young. that women do not have a universal set of individuals in the political process. are running for officei n tlie United States,
on Marcli 21 entitled "Do Our Rep ''Today more than six million Ameri ofviews.- "Grass roots and ground level work for according to Rosenblum.
resentatives Really Represent Us?" This cans are barred from voting due to felony "Women are not a group in a coher tlie Democraticp arty ... will and is making "Perhaps this is the silver lining of tlie
was the club's first major event of the disenfranchisement," Young said. "One ent, singular way," Brodkin said. "There a difference," Rosenblum said. "(It is) re Trump debacle," Rosenblum said.
academic year. At the forum, Assistant in 13 African Americans have lost tlieir are very significant divisions by race, ally valuable and important and needed." Rosenblum is working on promoting
Professor of Political Science Benja right to vote. It is shocking to see how tlris religion, class, region, marital status, Rosenblum also commented on tlie better representation and supporting mi
min Gaskins, Professor of History Elliot affects particular marginalized groups in occupation, ability." trend that young people are not joining norities who want to run for office, and
Young, Associate Professor with Term of our country." After Brodkin, Rosenblum spoke politicalp arties. ha~ already seen results in Oregon.
Humanities Kimberly Brodkin and Ore Gerrymandering is the another issue on t]:ie importance of the legal system, "A lot of young people just don't join During tlie question and answer por
gon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum Young believes is affecting the electoral especially under the Trump adminis~ (politicalp arties)," Rosenblum said. "(Yet) tion, Rosenblum made a quip about
presented. system. tration. Rosenblum has fought against every new Democrat we recruit and retain Attorney General of the United States
Gaskins spoke on democracy in the "The initial impetus for (gerryman federal legislation being passed by the is going to help us tum the tide in 2018." Jeff Sessions.
Trump Era. He believes tliere are four dering) was to create districts where administration that she believes to be Rosenblum then addressed the main "Jeff Sessions doesn't know what he's
main issues currently affecting American marginalized populations could get unconstitutional. subject of the forum. talking about," Rosenblum said. "Last year
democracy: polarization, weak parties elected representatives," Young said. "We're seeking to uphold the rule of "I believe we are heading in a good he_to ld us marijuana is tlie gatewayd rug to
and strong partisanship, negative parti- "(Yet) gerrymandering districts has re law," Rosenblum said. "We're here as direction in terms of real representation," heroin, and tliis time he told us tliat sanc
sanship and growing distrust. • sulted in less political power for African lawyers, we're trying to see to it that tlie . Rosenblum said. "I do feel that having a tuary cities were tlie scourge of the Earth."
, "The separation in ideology at the Americans." people living in this country are able to (female) Attorney General does mean to
government level is wide and ·growing," Young presented tlie issues around
Gaskins said. "Moderates in (Congress) gun control and immigration as.examples
are effectivelyd isappearing." • of this.
This is affecting the power of political Next, Brodkin delved into tlie ques
parties. tion of the forum by asking two more
"Institutionally ... tlie parties are questions: what does it mean to repre
becoming more weak," Gaskins said. sent or be represented, and who do we
"However, partisanship is becoming mean by "us"? Brodkin spoke on these
more strong and acute in the minds of questions through tlie lens of women and
the average voter." gender ..
The American public has less trust in According to Brodkin, tliere are low
the government, individuals and institu numbers of women and sexual and gen
tions such as tlie media in recent years, der identity minorities at the federal,
according to Gaskins. state and local levels of government com
"People see government not as a posi pared to their percentage of the popula
tive force for good, but as sometlring that tion.
is tllreatening, sometliing to be opposed," "There are a lot ofreasons to be con
Gaskins said. cerned about the low numbers of women
Gaskins believest liat there are no easy • in elected positions," Brodkin said.
solutions to tliese issues. According to Brodkin there are four
Next, Young-presented on issues with claims as to why it is advantageous to
the Electoral College system and why he have more women in politics: it provides
believes that our elected representatives role models and breaks down traditional
do not represent minorities. gender roles, it is fundamentally unjust
Young believes that the Electoral for an entire group of people not to be
College system leads to undemocratic able to exercise political power, un
outcomes. The systematic disenfran- der-representation of certain groups is
a flaw in democracy and women have a Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum presents on her exp(;!riencesa s a woman in the· male-dominated field of politics.

FRIDAY,A PRIL 6, 2018.
NEWS
ASLC forum educates students on Title IX rights
By AMELIA EICHEL educational experience we're offering,"
Atkinson said. "That means (we) need
DUE TO LEGISLATION passed to be very actively involved in identi
by the Associated Students of fying incidences in which students are
Lewis & Clark (ASLC) at the end being deprived of educational oppor
of the Fall 2017 semester, the Student tunities because of sexual harassment,
.Advisory Team, run by Chief Justice sexual assault, etc. Suddenly my job
Jacob Muscarella '21 is now responsi got huge. As did the jobs of people like
ble for planning "Know Your Rights" (Ahlquist) who work with Title IX."
Forums. Vice President and Provost Federal law requires that LC em
Jane Atkinson, Vice President, Secre ployees, with some exceptions, are
tary and General Counsel David Ellis mandatory reporters. This means that
and Assistant Dean of Student Rights if faculty or staff see or hear anything
and Responsibilities Charlie Ahlquist relating to discrimination based on
presented at the first Know Your Rights sex including sexual hll!assment and
Forum focusing on Title IX on April 2. assault, tliey are required to notify the
In 1972, Title IX was passed to pro Title IX officer or one of the deputy co
hibit discrimination based on sex under ordinators.
any education program receiving feder "This means that when students talk
al financial assistance. witli faculty, staff and RAs about any
"Because (LC students) are able to thing covered by Title IX, they have to
get (federal financial aid) and turn that let us know," Atkinson said. "We tlien
money over to Lewis & Clark, we are reach out to tlie student and the student
heavily supported by federal financial can decide if they want to meet and talk
MACKENZIE HERRlNG/PJONEER LOG
assistance - which means Title IX ap with us or not."
From left to right: David Ellis, Charlie Ahlquist and Jane Atkinson discuss implementation of Title IX procedures at LC.
plies to us," Ellis said. Students can speak confidentially
Most of the attention of Title IX is with the Associate Director for Healtli
sues from the 1970s to early 2000s was Promotion and Wellness Melissa Os ing on campus. My sense is that what tigation" practices. This metliod focuses the people in charge which is a long pro
on athletic programs in schools because mond, the Sexual Assault Response we are seeing is a greater understanding on the memories that victims are able cess."
of the blatant inequality in resources advocates (SARA), counseling staff, and acceptance of the processes tliat we to recall in the order in which tliey Cll,n McGee is the only other member
that were allocated and treatment of healtli servicess taff, spiritual life staff and have in place and a_g reater awareness recall them, rather than forcing them to of the Student Advisory Team besides
students based on gender. Atkinson was Ombuds. These individuals and orga and participation of mandatory report- explain events in a perfect order. Muscarella and will organize the forums
hired at LC in the early 2000s as Title nizations are not obligated to report to ers." "There are questions that we have to next year when she becomes Chief Jus
IX Coordinator. Her main job as Ti Title IX coordinators. Depending on how the victim wants answer in our processes that can be un- tice. She bas many ideas for what the
tle IX Coordinator was to verify that "When we reach out to the student, to proceed, not all cases result in inves- comfortable to ask and uncomfortable forums will look.like next year.
LC's athletic budgets and participation they have the option of whetlier they tigation and adjudication. The first step for people to have to explore," Ahlquist "First semester of next year I want
were in accordance with Title IX. It was come see us or not," Atkinson said. "We is an Initial Title IX Assessment. Based said. "That is a challenging reality, but to start with a forum about nicotine use
not until later tliat sexual harassment don't make them do anytliing. We pres on this evaluation, Ahlquist determines any complainant or respondent going on campus," McGee said. "The law (re
and abuse became part of her role on ent a bunch of options and resources to whether or not a crime has occurred, through our process is entitled to have stricting nicotine use to adults 21 and
campus. ensure that the students will be able what resources the person needs and two people with tliem at all times: an over) passed in January."
"Later on, the Office of Civil Rights to get support and continue their aca bow to keep tliem safe. advisor and a support person." Students' rights regarding nicotine
witliin the Department of Education demic work." "Some students, all they really want An advisor can be a faculty member, use will likely change as a result of this
realized tliat if anybody in a college, When it comes to addressing the is _tot alk to a counselor," Ahlquist said. an attorney, a parent or anyone who can new law.
university or K-12 is being harassed or reported incident, a student can decide "Others may want something more for- help the individual prepare statements "If the school takes away tlie des
abused, tlien their ability to have equal to seek support and take action. There ma! like a No Contact Order. In the and review policies. The support person ignated smoking areas, students have
access to the educational opportunities are multiple ways to address tliese inci iastance that there is desire that we take is there to help the person feel calm and a few choices," McGee said. "They can
at the institution will be impaired," Ellis dents with various degrees of severity. formal action against someone, we initi- collected. stop smoking, but you can look at the
said. Ahlquist manages the investigation ate an investigation." Ahlquist pointed out that this is a statistics: if you're already a smok
. The Office of Civil Rights starte~ no and adjudication of formal complaints . During the -questions portion of right gr;a;ritedb y l)tie IX that students er, and. people are trying_ to co11trol
tifying universities tliat they needed to "At this point last year we had 59 the forum, one student asked how the •: :.woi:ild~' nil netes'sIDily know abeut. your smoking by taking away areas, it
start paying attention to violations and Title IX cases that we had opened," presenters might improve upon the in- Thesiforumslntend to inform tlie stu0 doesn't work. I tliink people will go into
discrimination beyond athletics bud- Ahlquist said. "At this point this year we terrcigation prbcess that sexual assault :dent body about rights like these.,. - • the woods and smoke, and that can be
gets and participation. • have 70." . victims go through during the investiga- "It is important that students have a (safety) hazard. The administration
"In 2011, Lewis & Clark and all of Atkinson explained why reports tion process. -~ an outlet to ask questions, even if they is going to have to look at what will be
higher education got a letter from tlie have increased. After acknowledging the inherent •d on't have personal experiences witli tlie most beneficial to the campus and
Office of Civil Rights saying that col "Every year, we see an increase in difficulty in any situation where some- the Title IX process," Senator Ariel Mc the students. Hopefully by (the fall) the
leges and universities need to be much tlie number of reports we have," Atkin one is forced to recall traumatic events, Gee '21 said. "I think there are a lot of school will have more information on
more active in ensuring tliat all students son said. "This doesn't necessarily mean Ahlquist talked about how investigators tliings that students· don't know that how they plan to proceed with the state
are in fact able to benefit fully from the that more sexual misconduct is happen- are trained in "trauma-informed inves- they would like to know, but they have law and how it will affect the campus."
no way of asking unless they track down
General education committee inakes strides New VP
towards decision on new class requirements selected
Students and faculty respond to survey and prefer divisional model over thematic Continuedfrompage 1
After nearly 20 years at LC, serving as
the Interim President prior to Wiewel's
selection, Ellis plans to retire.
By GELSEY PIAZA highly valued a data and writing com students will be drawn to Lewis & Clark mittee's hard work, patience, vision and • "I bad announced my retirement -
ponent as part of Core. as a place to come do interesting, inno leadership. before I was asked to serve as Interim
. FTER A LONG deliberating Additionally, many students were vative tliings," FitzGibbon said. "We're "GESTa nd (the Curriculum Commit President in early 2017, and the chance
process, The General Education excited about the idea of a Portland lab. really excited about the potential this tee) have been working extraordinarily to serve in that role was too good to
AJ uper Team (GEST) is making This would include hands-on experi has to change things up a bit." hard to give the faculty the information pass up," Ellis said via email. "I love this
strides towards finalizing new general ences around the Portland area, such GEST committee member..,and As it needs to make an informed decision place and the students, faculty and staff
education (GE)-requirements. In the as community service, as well as les sociate Professor of History Benjamin about tlie new (GE) program," Westervelt who study, live and work here."
two weeks leading up to spring break, sons on the history and infrastructure Westervelt greatly appreciates the com- said. Ellis plans to help smooth Reese's
GEST sent out a survey to faculty and of Portland. In this course, students transition process, as he did when
students. would work with either two or three Wiewel became President.
The survey had 98 faculty respon faculty from different disciplines who "I have been so impressed with how
dents and 445 student respondents. would offer "deep dive" modules of five wonderful (E!Hs) has been to me, how
When asked what model they were or seven week durations, each of which generous he bas been in helping me
most excited about, between a division considers a theme from a differenLdis transition into the job," Wiewel said.
al and thematic model, tlie majority of cip linary approach. "Even though it was about only nine
respondents chose the divisional model. Assistant· Professor of Hispanic months (that he was Interim President),
In tlie divisional model, students must Studies Magali Rabasa is optimistic that still gave him so much insight."
take at least one course in each division, about the creative alternatives for a new While Ellis looks forward to bis re
including arts and humanities, social Core foundation. tirement, he has valued his time at LC.
science and math and natural sciences. "I am excited about the -possibility "I think retirement is always a m ixed
On the other hand, the themat we have as a faculty to create a new, in bag," Ellis said. "I have so enjoyed my
ic model would incorporate different novative and creative Core curriculum time working at Lewis & Clark, fi.rst at
theme requirements that tlie students that develops transdisciplinary connec the Law School, and then as General
would be able to choose classes from. tions and reflects our commitments to Counsel for the past 14 plus years."
According to Associate Professor of critical engagement with questions of Ellis looks forward to curating bis
Music and GEST Chair Katherine Fitz power and difference," Rabasa said. own time, despite already being offered
Gibbon, the thematic model could be GEST is currently preparing finalist employment opportunities.
an efficient way to deliver GE require models. However, they must carefully "I have lots of hobbies ... tennis, golf,
ments because tliere are so many ways take into consideration staffing matters. skiing, playing guitar, and may get back
to fulfill tliese themes; it would also give According to faculty survey results, a into ceramics, which I was never any
students much more flexibility and an Core writing seminar is clearly staffable, good at but enjoyed as a young man,"
opportunity to-discover new disciplines. yet the staffing data is not clear abo.ut a Ellis said. "I hope to stay involved with
The majority of respondents second Core, such as a matli-oriented the life of this terrific College in some
thought tliat students should have a course or a Portland lab. The faculty way."
basic quantitative or math proficiency plan to vote for the new GE curriculum Reese will begin transitioning ,into
requirement, which would be fulfilled at the May faculty meeting. tlie role in May, where he will work
either via a placement exam or a course. "Hopefully people will be excited part-time along Ellis until he transi
In the student survey, many students about our new (GE), so that prospective SARAH BRADBURY/PIONEER LOG tions to full-time in late July.

FRIDAY,A PRIL 6, 2018.
4 OPINIONS
ASLC should focus on conini uni cation,· representation
Looking to· next year, ASLC candidates must make good on their word to speak for LC's student body
By TYLER SHORT lower socio-economic standing, for they may inhibit the senate's ability to enact body to draw the line of where repre dent body. Passivity in the endeavors of
may be unable to join ASLC because policy. However, there are marginalized sentation ends. LC's policy has no place at our school.
DURING THE RECENT election, they need work that provides significant voicest hat deserver epresentativep ositions. The life of a student is all-consum- It only breeds rash decisions, unfavor
most of the statements from the •f inancial compensation. Additional For example, the Asian Student Union . ing, sometimes so much so that we forget able conditions and discontentment.
candidates running for Associ ly, it could be affecting the level of age could be a student group to consider. It's the fact that we attend an imperfect in As students, we have.an obligation to the
ated Students of Lewis & Clark (ASLC) representation in ASLC, for the major an unfortunate truth, but not all voices stitution that needs improvement. There wellbeingo f our school and the communi
included variations of the phrase, "I ity of ASLC senators are freshman and can receive substantial representation in are important issues at our school that ty we call home. Not only for the sake of
want to represent student voices on cam sophomores. As graduation looms, ASLC.T herefore, it should be a collab require direct engagement from ASLC, our personal experiences at LC, but for
pus." This is a nice sentiment, but I do not so too does the responsibility of find orative effort from the whole student other organizations and the general stu- those who are still to come.
'-think that ASLCi s currently acting on this ing gainful employment and working
intention effectively.A SLCs uffers from a through the intimidating ambiguity of
representation issue, one that is apparent life after college, which can discourage
from the deficiencyi n active communica older students from remaining active in
tion with the student body. Additionally, LC pqlitics.
this issue may be deepened in the future ASLC largely relies on students'
from the potential lack of substantial admirable investment in enacting
diversity in socio-economic background change as its main source of incen
and age in the senate due to low sala tive, but unfortunately it is not enough.
ries. Representation lays the foundation Therefore, the stipend should be raised
that helps shape the entire nature and to promote greater diversity of mem
subsequent decisions of our student bership. In no way am I minimizing the
government. Therefore, broad institu effort of current members, who upon
tional changes should be one of their being elected commit themselves to
primary priorities. representing the LC student body with
ASLC needs to work to improve integrity. However, it is undeniable
how it listens to the student body . .Stu that more diversity would increase the
dents have opinions about issues at variation of perspective in the orga
our school, yet they often struggle to nization. Consequently, this would
identify an avenue where they can be heighten the amount of representa
expressed, damaging the representa tion all LC students receive.-
tion of our concerns. While the level Within ASLC reside representatives
of engagement is ultimately up to the from other student groups including
students, ASLC could. achieve stronger the Black Student Union, the Feminist
communication with students by host Student Union and the Queer Student
ing convient online polls, forums or Union, among others. These represen-
even town-hall meetings. • tatives provide an additional degree of
Additionally,w ith the low senate sal communication with ASLCb y address
aries, the incentive to join ASLCi s weak, ing concerns specifict o their organization
which could possibly lead to a lack of di and the people they represent, yet there
_versityw ithin the senate. Consideringt he are still many.other student groups that
magnitude of ASLC'sr esponsibilities,t he lack representatives. Including more
senate has a significantly small stipend: ornanizations runs the risk of hyper
LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG
$100 per semester for each senator. Par pluralism in our student government, as
ticularly, the stipend affects students of an overprevelance of differing interests The current panel of ASLCm embers meets to discuss and make decisions about campus issues on behalf of the student body.
New General Educatio·n niodel-should rework science
By CAITLIN CHAPPELL ery freshman has come to know, the In addition to reworking the Core should count towards Scientific and STEM fields from a humanities and
current model includes two semesters setup, the faculty is reconsidering Quantitative Reasoning. However; social science perspective. Yet sur
THE LIBERAL ARTS education: of Exploration & Discovery (E&D) as other requirement distributions. I be there are very few courses outside prisingly they do not count towards
a shining symbol of interdisci the Core requirement and distributes lieve that if Quantitative Reasoning is of STEM that count towards any of the Scientific and Quantitative Rea
plinary learning and personal the other requirements across differ now a Core requirement, this opens the Category A or B requirements. It is soning GE requirement.
growth. That is how colleges like Lew ent disciplines at LC. • the door to re-evaluate the. Scientific contradictory that quantitative reasoning While the current GE model is
is & Clark sell themselves. It is one The Core requirement is where and Quantitative Reasoning require courses in the social sciences and the flawed, changes can be made to the
of the main draws for many students we are going to likely see the most ments, which I believe are in need of humanities can be replaced by the DISCO model in order to meet the ex
like myself. We all know that part of change. According to Associate Pro reworking. ones in the STEM courses but not the pectations of LC. The changes are still
the liberal arts education experience fessor of Computer Science Peter I propose that if one semester of other way around. being discussed by faculty, and I believe
is having to take general education Drake, a member of the General Ed Core becomes a Quantitative Reasoning Furthermore, we • should learn re-evaluating the Core course and how
(GE) classes, and many welcome the ucation Steering Committee,-the new course, then there should be one fewer mathematical reasoning from both a we distribute the other requirements is
chance to have a truly well-rounded Core model will most likely contin Scienc.ea nd Quantitative Reasoning GE STEM and a social science perspective. a step in the right direction for an im
education. In theory, GE classes can ue to have two classes, but only one requirement. For humanities and social Courses outside of STEM that still proved GE experience, especially if Core
be an opportunity to explore new ar will be a writing course. The other science students, the current Quantita tackle issues within those fields includes Quantitative Reasoning and
eas and try new things; however, the class could then potenti11lly focus on tive Reasoning requirements can feel should count towards these require the other requirements are distributed
current GE model at LC needs tweak quantitative reasoning. In my opin unfair. If courses in History can count ments. There are some classes like in a way so that no majors feel like their
ing. The faculty has been discussing ion, having a quantitative course as a towards Creative Arts and courses "Argumentation and Persuasion in fields are lesser than others.
how to change GE requirements in Core requirement is stro1;1gert han the in Theatre can count towards Inter Science," a Rhetoric and Media Stud
order to meet the mission statement current model because it introduces national Studies, then these courses ies course, which examines ideas in
of LC, which includes testing boundar students to quantitative .classes ear
ies, seeking knowledge and preparing lier on.
students for civic leadership. "We feel like too many students
Instead of changing the model al wait until the last minute to g_ett heir
together, the faculty voted to continue scientific and quantitative reasoning
with the current model, but make alter out of the way," Drake said. "We like
ations to the Core requirement and how people to be exposed to that earlier."
the other requirements are distributed. Requiring the quantitative rea
Our current model is known as the soning course to be part of the Core
Distribution and Core (DISCO) Model, requirement could allow students to
and there will be alterations made to the be exposed to STEM earlier on, which
Core requirement and how the other could lead-to more students becoming
requirements are distributed. As ev- interested in STEM in general.
CYAN COWAP/P!ONEER LOG

FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2018
OPINIONS 5
Do not be afraid to take time off after college
Putting off the post-graduation job rush can help students to recharge and reinvigorate their interests
By SHANI BERENHOLZ answer has started to raise a few eye and get a full-time job, which inevita I want to be doing with my time right my mind when contemplating this
brows. The truth is, I do not w-ant a bly leads to a lot of twentysomethings now. After school, there is a window unorthodox choice is the fear that
AS A GRADUATING senior, job after coJlege. having full-blown panic attacks about where I do not have any obligations having a gap in my resume will make
• I am very familiar with the It feels like the normal consensus their future. It is a lot of pressure other than_ to myself and I want to me unemployable in the future. With
question "What are your plans among coJJege students is that you and it can· feel like there is a Jot on use that time to actually be selfish: the job market being so competitive,
after you graduate?" However., my_ immediately have to use your degree the line. There is a social expectation to learn more about what I like and not having that initial job after school
that if you do not immediately have want, and also to learn more about could-make me look Jess appealing to
a job then you will not be successful. the world. • some businesses. However, taking
In· addition to that, there is still the In taking a . time off does not
stress of our parents trying to tell us full-time job after mean that I wiJI
Taking time off does not
what to do with our lives. However, it school, you risk be doing noth
is important to realize that this path getting caught in mean that I will be doing ing. In fact, it is a
is not the only option and is also not a series of short time where I will
nothing.
always the right option. term gains and then have the •e nergy
I have recently come to realize realizing you are to work harder
that, like the majority of students at not actually doing and crazier than
Lewis & Clark, I have been in school something that is ever. It might
my whole life. In a lot of ways this important to you or your career. mean taking on multiple part-time
has made my life comfortable and Of course, not everyone has the opportunities, internships, volunteer
stable. School is easy because every freedom to not work. There are ob work, classes, travel and so on, all of
thing is set ligations such as which could benefit me in a future
out for you. There is a window where I student loans and position. The extra experiences.could
I have not an overall _s tate of give an edge to my resume and there
do hot have any obligations
had to face being in debt hover is always an opportunity to explain
the burden other than to myself ing over us like the the gap during interviews with em-
of having to black plague hover- . players.
make major ing over us like the Most of us do not have an exact
decisions black plague. I am path in mind, but it is important to
about my no exception to this. have an understanding that our fu
future. Not being forced to ask myself However, I think-that even taking a lit ture is our own choice. Not having a
the hard questions of what I want to tle time off, even just the summer, will full-time job after.school can lead to
do with my ·life, what I like or what ·not derail my - or anyone's - whole further learning opportunities that
I want to do next has left me feeling life financially. Taking the time to not college did not teach us. It can seem
unprepared for the "real world." have a high paying job will probably daunting not having an exact plan or
My main reason for not wanting mean moving back in with my par job, but students should not be afraid
a full-time job after coJlege is that I ents, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to take a step back .and re-evaluate
want to give myself the opportunity to make. the free window after graduation.
to explore and think more about what Another concern that came across
JOANNE SALLY MERO/PIONEER WG
Exercising for niental health is well worth the sweat
By MACKENZIE BATH After a while, I finally decided to fig because I thought they must be on to is you do. The only way to get better, reason. All of these things take time
ure out what this exercise thing was something. I tried again. It was just as and for it to help, is to keep going. and practice, even when we wish
SWEAT DRIPS DOWN my face, aJI about. awful as it was before. Of course exercise and other mech that they would not. People teJI us
my heart is pounding and my I hated it. It was sweaty, exhaust That is the truth that people do anisms like grounding and drawing that exercise will make us feel better,
breath is .short. Why did people ing and miserable. I could not imagine not tell you.-Exercise does not work at cannot cure mental illness, and they but their explanation of the science
tell me this would make me feel bet why anyone would have told me to try least-not right away. This year, I start may not even help right away. They makes it sound like it should happen
ter?. That is what goes through my that or why they thought it would ed to do yoga with the Yoga Club on can, however, be an incredible tool. right away. People who have been ex
mind every time I play a sport to try make me feel better. campus because people talked about There are many things, including diet, ercising for a Jong.time are going to be
to improve my mental health. I know l. am not alone in this ex how relaxing it was. When I tried it, it exercise and medication, that help better at it than I am. Exercise starts
Activities suc-h as drawing, medi perience. Myself and others have tried was painful, tiring and, again, sweaty. people to improve their mental health hard, gets easier and can become
tation and maintaining a healthy diet it, only to find it did not work. We But slowly, surprisingly, it started to over time. These things can help make more rewarding.
are frequently touted as possible solu moved onto other things that might get better. I could not be!i_evei t, but life a little bit easier when you deal . It just takes time. That is what no
tions to mental health problems and make us feel better. For me, this in I was no longer exhausted at the end with a mental iJlness or disorder. This one tells us: it is going to suck. It is
are usuaJly listed among the "helpful" cludes writing, theater and grounding of practice and I actually felt better does not mean that they wiJI work for going to hurt and you will be even
tips and tricks that increase student methods (grounding is when you take by the end of each hour. I was sur everyone. more upset and tired than you were
happiness. Exercise is one that I hear root in the physical world to calm prised to find out that maybe those In treating mental health issues before. Then, suddenly, you wiJJ no
almost every time. People are con your splintering thoughts). Still, this people telling me to exercise were on with medication and other coping tice that you are not in as much pain
stantly telling me that working out did not dissuade people from trying to something. Sometimes I can keep mechanisms, I understood that it was as you were yesterday. The exercise
wiJJ pump my endorphins and make to convince me that exercise was the up with the class, and sometimes I a long game. For some reason I did gets easier, you start to not hate it and
me feel better. They tell me to run or only way to reaJly improve my mental cannot. I think people can get discour~ not realiz,e tpat it would be the same eventuaJly you realize it is making you
to go to the gym. Like many others, health. It is not the only answer nor is aged easily when they do not do well on with exercise; I think a lot of people feel better. So they were right. They
I have responded to these proposals it inherently the best answer, but oth something right away, or even after are initially discouraged for the same just did not tell us everyth_ing.
with skepticism. I am not a huge fan ers did not get that. They kept telling working at it for a while. It is totally
of running, so I did not want to try it. me to try. So, reluctantly, I listened OK to be bad at yoga, or whatever it
Letter to the editor
longer stop it, but we can slow or limit
its effects - if we all work hard. Ev
eryone needs to do their part to try to
limit the damage, and to find new less
damagin_g ways to do things.
Both the CoJlege and the· Law
School should be aJI about teaching
students to ask hard questions - in
a professional manner - and to work
to find creative solutions with integ
rity. In other words, to Pioneer new
approaches to hard problems.
The Trustee's decision was and
is the right move for Lewis & Clark
CoJlege. It reminds me of a similar
decision, decades ago, to divest from
South Africa holdings. These -kinds of
Dear Pioneer Log, hard but appropriate·decisions make
me proud to·call myself an Alumnus.
I write to congratulate and thank the They encourage me to recommend LC
Board ;f Trustees for their recent to young people who have enthusiasm
decision to divest the college from fos and integrity.
sil fuel companies. I know that from a Thank you Trustees Board Mem-
_ financial standpoint this -was not an bers for making the right decision!
easy decision. However, from an eth
ical and a philosophical standpoint, Karl G. Anuta
this was the appropriate approach. 1981 -BS Political Science
Notwithstanding the backward view 1986 -JD with a Cert. In Env. Law
of a small minority in this country (in
cluding, sadly, some in the current US
Administration), the science is clear.
ARY HASHIM/PIO G
Yoga is one of the forms of exercise that students can do in order to destress, improve flexibility and strengthen their bodies. Climate change i·s upon us. We can no

FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2017
6 FEATURES
Campus stink bugs strike
again and pester residents
By ANDREW HAYES
AS THE WEATHER warms and
the flowers begin to bloom,
Lewis & Clark's faculty and
students prepare for the sun, the
springtime air and the.bugs that come
with it. Desperate for vitamin D.after
the long rainy season, more students
have been leaving their dorm rooms
and laying in the grass around cam
pus to bask in the sun.
For the same reason as the students,
insects such as marmorated stink bugs
(also known as shield bugs) come out of
hibernation and populate the campus .
. Visiting Assistant Director of Bi
ology Bianca Breland specializes in
evolutionary ecology and invasive
species biology.
"It's a normal thing that the bugs.
diapause and hibernate in the winter
when there's nothing to eat," Breland
said. "Then they emerge in the spring,
just as everything else gets going in the
spring. (Bugs) provide food to bird and
mammal species and they each have
their ecological role to play, so I wel
come the return of the bugs."
However, Breland, who researches
invasive species, said that she dislikes
the non-native stink bugs which inhabit
LC's campus.
SARAH BRADBURY/PIONEER LOG
"There are so many of them and
they fly around my head when I am hands." Breland said the importance of
lecturing, I find them quite annoying," Ruthie Hall '21 relates to this frus pollinator species such butterflies and
Breland said. "Those bugs are not ones trations over the prevalence of this bees is vital for plant populations in •
I would-carry outside and set free. species in the spring. seasons of reproduction.
Those are bugs that when I find them, "I have had many unwanted stink "The pollinators are ess_ential in
I would squash them." bugs in my room," Hall . crossing _the flowers that are blooming
Because of her past said. "They also have right now," Breland said. "Sometimes
The worst part is
experiences, Sarah Jett stayed in the kitchen the flowers are out before the bugs are
'19 displays a similar when you can't find for a long time and and if the bugs do not ·come out soon
attitude towards these used to always stay on enough, then we do not get a good yield
them right away.
insects. my dishes. Last semes on those (plant) species."
"I have had inter ter they flew into my The growth of bug populations
esting experiences room a lot and I really may cause discomfort for some, but
with the shield bugs," Sarah Jett '19 did not want them in Breland said we should look past our
Jett said. "I have left there." discomfort.
my window open, Hall explains that "I think it might be overplayed,"
which has a screen, but they still some this aversion to stink bugs does not ap Breland said about the stigma-against
how end up coming into my room and ply to all other insects. , insects. "A lot of people have their
buzzing all around. The worst part is "I am a really big supporter of thing, one kind of bug, bees, spiders or
when you can't find -them right ·away. the 'save the bees' movement," Hall something of that sort. Bugs general
. You come into your room a couple days said. "I started my own hive at home ly shouldn't be things that people are
later and it smells gross then realized a because I wanted to do what I can to bothered by, except for (species) that
bug died in your room. It's also not fun· help, even if my efforts have a mini are biting or stinging. Those are the
when you accidentally squish them and mal effect. I really like butterflies and things people give a second thought
they stink up your entire room and your dragonflies as well." to."
Student combats misinfo~mation on chronic illness with zin
By JOANNE SALLY MERO in a journalistic format. Only a few MacMillan encourages anyone who more easily digestible medium. She is "I think there's something
days after her diagnosis, MacMillan's is struggling to communicate their ill currently working on a diabetes zine for ly powerful about having your
Af XANDRA MacMillan .'18 is art professor assigned her class to ness with others to reach out to her, a friend and l;iopes to expand her work written on a piece of paper and l
ne of a handful of students at create zines. as she is more than happy to create a with other illnesses. able to give it to other people."
wis & Clark living with pos "This is actually a really great plat- .
tural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome form for getting an understanding of
(POTS). POTS is a chronic illness that this," MacMillan said. "I can just give
causes dizziness and fainting upon people a zine and they can understand."
standing due to poor blood circulation On particularly bad days, like when
in the lower part of one's body. she would have. to wear sunglasses in
POTS is a common illness with doors due to extreme light sensitivity,
many different symptoms experienced MacMillan felt embarrassed and wished
to different degrees of severity. A few her classmates knew about .her illness.
common symptoms include nausea, "Be aware that there are a lot of peo
fatigue, light a1.1dn oise sensitivity and ple around you who may be in pain ~r
difficulty concentrating. going through stuff,". MacMillan said.
"It's so pronounced for young wom "That doesn't just mean chronic illness.
en and young women are 90 percent of That can mean anything. Just be kind
people with POTS," MacMillan said. to people no matter what beca4se you
She expressed her frustration in never know what may be hanging on
, being brushed off by doctors due to their back."
gender and age. What started out as an art assign
"It takes a really long time (to get ment quickly turned into a means 9f
diagnosed) because the medical profes communicating a complicated illness
sion ... doesn't listen to women in pain," in a simplified easy-to-understand
MacMillan said. manner. MacMillan discovered a large
Up until her diagnosis, MacMillan Facebook group for individuals living
thought everyone around her struggled with POTS. After such a positive re
with the same pain she felt every day. sponse from classmates, she decided to
It was her understanding that just being post her zine to the group's discussion
alive was uncomfortable. page. She received an overwhelming
"Getting diagnosed for me was kind number of encouraging responses.
of like a re-writing of my history," Mac Hundreds of people commented on her
Millan said. "It was going through all of post askiIJg if they could order copies
these times I was in immense pain and or if there was a digital copy available.
being like, 'Oh, that's why.' There was Some even claimed MacMillan's zine
a reason I felt that and other people was the best explanation they had seen
didn't." for POTS.
MacMillan was diagnosed with "I really want to help ( others with.
POTS early on this spring semester. chronic illnesses) tell their stories
To process her thoughts on POTS, through my illustrations," MacMillan ARY HASHIM/PIONEER
MacMillan began illustrating comics said. Alexandra MacMillan' 18 develops zines that serve as informational guides for chronic illnesses like POTSt hrough mixed med

FRIDAY,A PRIL 6, 2017
FEATURES 7
Comic book creators celebrate publishing boom
fans to political activists to under
By CAITLIN CHAPPELL ground artists - artists work outside
of mainstream publishers. The cre
IF YOU COME from a small town_, ators, characters and stories seen in
you usually only have one comic the Portland community are diverse,
book store in··your county whose highlighting how comics are not made
stock expands beyond superheroes. for one type of person.
There is nothing wrong with those "The Portland comic scene is proof
comics, but the medium is made up of that the audience is there for all kinds of
so much more. There are underground comics," Dave Marshall, Editor-in-Chief
artists telling innovative stories, graph at Dark Horse, said. "You just have to
ic novels tackling historical events and - make it accessible. You have to allow
comics standing up to atrocities seen those people to make comics in the first
in the contemporary world. Even if you place to speak to the experience of those
are from a city with several comic book communities."
stores and conventions, the communi Portland is rich in resources for
ty is not always accessible. The comic comic book creators and fans. The PSU
book community in Portland is differ Comic Studies Program gives students
ent. practical experience with writing comic
Portland is home to over 15 comic books. Books with Pictures, a local com
book stores, Rose City Cornie Con, sev ic store, holds workshops dedicated to
eral comic publishers, one of-the few teaching the community about comics.
comic studies programs in the u·.s.a nd Missanthology, a nonprofit organiza
a host of comic artists and writers. Fans· tion, offers female and LGBTQIA+t eens
of comics, including students . at LC, classes pn comic publishing. They also
have found this community to be more publish an anthology of student work.
than welcoming. "The thing that makes me. want to
"In general the people and com" keep dedicating my life to comics is
munity are super passionate," Kaitlin that they use the combination of text
Hall '19 said. "They are people so pass .SARAH BRADBURY/PIONEER LOG an_d images to communicate margin
sionate about being nerdy, and that's United States at this point." Companies like Dark Horse and good stories. alized experiences," Jenny Blenk, an
amazing. ·We've come· from a culture The three publishers Bowman Image stand out from other publishers "It's pretty nice to have all these Assistant Editor for Dark Horse and
where being a nerd is not cool, and mentioned are IDW, Image and. Dark because they •p roduce creator-owned differ:ent publishers here," Editor Dan Editor for Missanthology, said.· 'Tm
now that's being switched." Horse. Dark Horse has been in Port work. Creators have not always main iel Chabon said. "I'm friendly with all a queer woman with disabilities, and
Portland's comic book community land the longest, and has a rich history tained the rights to their characters in of our competitors. I like the idea that comics are the places where I've seen
is fueled by people who are passionate in creator owned comics, comics where the comic book industry. In the past, we're all working together in trying to the most realistic depictions of what
about the medium, fostering a welcom the creators maintain the rights to their creators often signed contracts where put out the best books." it's like to live with those conditional
ing environment that encourages them works. The owner and founder of Dark they would not maintain the rights to Between the publishers, creators, identities."
to pursue comics either as fans or cre Horse, Mike Richardson, is known for their titles and characters, allowing the fans and stores, Portland has an active It is not just the creators who bene
ators. his respect towards comic creators, as companies behind these contracts to community for comic books. fit from this community. Some fans say·
"Portland is a big city for comics," suring they maintain the rights to their thrive while the creators lost control "That real sense of community that they have a second home at their
Michael Bowman, Director of Portland work. over their work. makes the culture,"· Katii O'Brien, an local comic book store or at one of the
State University's (PSU) Comic Studies "He has been very creator-friendly Dark Horse's relationships with cre editor at Dark Horse, said. "It's not just many comic conventions in Portland.
Program, said. "At this point we have since day one," Davey Estrada, Editorial ators are strong because their creators there happens to be a lot of us .,. You "The Portland convention scene in
three major comic publishers head Director of Dark Horse, said. "(Creators) maintain the rights to their works. Dark don't have to go far to find someone general is just a community and en
quartered here. It's believed that there like Frank Miller came here because they Horse also has strong relationships who works in comics." vironment that is so inclusive, and I
are more comic professionals living knew they would maintain full owner with its competitors, working togeth- This community spans .a broad haven't experienced that anywhere
in Portland than any other city in the ship of their work." -er towards the ·same goal: to produce audience, from traditional superhero else," Hall said.
LC student describes cultural _experiences in Russia
ByOSTIN live. For example, a social housing
MERKLE-LAWLOR project for migrant laborers in St. Pe
tersburg has been hotly debated since
DUE TO AN aging population and its proposal, with its critics citing the
falling birth rate compared to failure of such "enclaves" in western
other industrialized countries, Europe, arguing that such place_sw ould
from 1991-2012 the national population only further isolate migrant communi
of the Russian Feder:ation declined con ties and create crime-prone areas.
siderably, especially in the large urban Today, large .questions remain as
centers of St. Petersburg and Moscow. to what all these changes mean for the
However, since about 2009, the nation social, economic and political future
al population has begun to grow once of Russia, especially in St. Petersburg
again, despite a very low birth rate. The and Moscow. Fears of potential ethnic
main factor in this growth has been tensi-on and debates over integration
post-Soviet migration. Within the last versus transnationalism have revealed
decade, the majority of recent labor mi anxieties about race, culture, the nation
grants in St. Petersburg, Moscow and and demographic change that histo
other major urban centers in the north ry is no stranger to. Most recent labor
have been young men and women from migrants from Central Asia are young
·central Asia, primarily from Uzbeki men who come from rural areas outside
stan, Tajikistan post-Soviet cities
and Kyrgyzstan, Fears of potential eth where Russian
all former Soviet continues to be
nic tension and debates
states, coming to the predominant
work in service, over integration versus • spoken language.
transportation As of 2015, the
transnationaHsm have
and seasonal oc government's of
cupations. The revealed anxieties about ficial response to
economic incen race, culture, the nation complaints of their PHOTO COURTESY OF OSTIN MERKLE-LAWLOR
tives for a higher cultural incom Ostin Merkle-Lawlor '19 (c~nter left) prepares for a lively game of paintball with his host family in St. Petersburg, Russia.
standard of liv and demographic change patibility and lack
ing ar_e certainly that _history is n_os trang of knowledge on more recent source of crime and ineffi will provide a transcript for. migration through 2025 remains the
a primary factor,_ Russian law was cient workers, and described migrant Since the political, economic and· same: to make Russia a destination for
which has come to er to. a required test on laborers as those who do not intend international future of the Russian migrants as an economic and demo
manifest itself in Russian language, to integrate into Russian society. ("Do Federation is uncertain, it is only fit graphic resource, while simultaneously
remittances. For the state's laws and you have a similar problem in the U.S. ting that 1 finish most of my writing restricting illegal immigration and em
example, in 2013, Ostin,Merkle-Lawlor 'i 9 history for such with migrants who work inefficiently, on today's presidential election. Re phasizing the integration of migrants
the World Bank labor license ap- don't speak the language and refuse to gardless of the likely election result, into Russian society, despite their gen
reported that re- plicants. However, serioµsly learn it?") When discussing the official state policy statement on eral isolation and marginalization.
mittances accounted for 49 percent of due to the needs for cheap and acces migration with someone in my host
Tajikistan's GDP alone. sible labor in Russia, a considerably family, they also described the situ
•M any workers from these countries aged population, and the economic and ation in similar terms, particularly X
migrate from season to season or every cultural incentive for migrants to earn describing migration· as a source of o ·~
few years, maintaining transnational money and migrate to support their crime, economic strain for Russians,
connections with a diverse pattern of connections back home, the overall and even terrorism. ("Well, I believe it
migration. Although familial migra trend of increased migration from Cen has definitely led to crime, and it makes Trav;lirlg
tion makes up a very small portion tral Asia is unlikely to change soon. it harder for Russians to find places to Abroad?~
of current statistics, the children In regards to my own experience in live -and to work. It is mostly a political
of Central Asian migrants and oth Russia, I have been able to discuss this matter, but 0£ course every terrorist
er non-Eastern European migrants issue. Even though I have encountered has been a migrant, which is why I am FREE travelc on:ultsa t ~ -
from the Caucuses, are becoming a views that I disagree with, they have against increased migration.") Unfortu
more prevalent demographii; in pub provided more context. For example, a nately, I have not been able to interact Health SefVICeS. . ~\t'rio ~
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locals and migrants, furthering greater tentions were out of curiosity; similar to advisor, I am submitting potential
fears of "mini-ghettos" and increased the condition of how migration is dis questions for several interviews that go.lclark.edu/health_student
crime rates in areas where migrants cussed in Russia, he·chatacterized it as a him and his colleague will conduct and

FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2018
8 FEATURES
.Waldorf alumni reflect on unorthodox education
By MIA EICHEL One of Humphreys' craziest Wal crow noticed that the tide was rising not one ofWaldorfs top priorities. high school to college can be difficult
dorf stories took place during a field ·and that the hole was. below the tide "They make parents sign a waiver for LC students.
AiWALDORF EDUCATION is of trip when he was in fifth grade. Half line. He quickly ushered the students at the beginning saying if your child "The biggest change was the lack •
. ten associated with mandatory of his class went hiking in the tem back through the hole without count gets damaged it is not our fault," of main lessons," Curtis Trueblood '20
nterpretive dancing (aka Eu perate rainforest north of Point Reyes ing them. Humphreys and his friends Humphreys said. "I loved that. They said. "Having to continue doing four
rythmy), no homework and children while the other half, led by a parent noticed after a while that not only was give you space and freedom." classes consistently throughout the
playing with plain wooden toy~. There volunteer named Raincrow, hiked on their class The students par semester was hard at first. Waldorf
are a handful of Lewis & Clark students the beach below. When Humphreys gone, but "When you 're in a life ticularly enjoyed· and cultured a shorter attention span."
who went to Waldorf schools, and their and his classmates got to the end of the ocean took advantage of Waldorf schools do not assign
stories reveal the quirks, benefits and the beach hike, Raincrow noticed a had covered or death situation your the space and free homework, which all of the students
shortcomings of this alternative educa- hole in the side of the cliff and ush the hole and body's like, 'we don't have dom they had to run found very beneficial in the younger
tion experience. _ ered the kids through it. The hole led they were around during re grades, but feel that it did not prepare
William Humphreys '19 attended to a U-shaped secluded beach cut off trapped. time for pain right now."' cess. them for the heavy homework load in
Summerfield Waldorf School & Farm by cliffs that went into the ocean on "As kids "We had this area school after Waldorf.
in Santa Rosa, California for third both sides. It was covered in sharp we decid near our school past "At first, I found it really hard to
through eighth grade. He had a par rocks and abalone shells. While the .ed it was William Humphreys '19 the campus and be grind," Kelner said. "At Waldorf, you
ticularly wild Waldorf experience due rest of the class sat by the hole and ate magic, like yond the massive field do the work in class and you enjoy it.
to the freedom that the teachers and their lunch, Humphreys and two of his there was that we played on Being self-motivated was hard for me.
parents gave students during recess friends ventured off to gather abalone some fairy messing with us, especially called the Wetlands," Gabe ·Mertz '20 It is something I am still learning to
and field trips. • shells. After about 30 minutes, Rain- because that's the kind of stories they said. "We would always try to convince do."
read to us at Waldorf," Humphreys our teacher to let us go to the Wetlands At Waldorf schools, students take
said. "So we're like 'alright, how do we and they'd just let us run loose. Me German and Spanish throughout ele
fix this situation?' Our Waldorf train and my friends would go out really far mentary and middle school and then
ing kicks in and we· think 'well the and get stuck in the mud. My fondest choose one of them to focus on in high
title's coming in,' and we realize that memory is playing out there." school.
we can't stay on the beach, we have Academically, a Waldorf education "The focus on foreign language
to leave. We obviously can't swim; is very different from an education at was the biggest part of my Waldorf
tlie tide is so rough that surfers aren't a traditional American public school. experience," Price said. "I chose Ger
allowed there, it'll just kill you. So we The Waldorf school system wa's cre man in high school. Through that pro
decide we have to climb the cliff." • ated by a German philosopher named gram I was able to study abroad for
The three fifth graders made a pact Rudolf Steiner. six months in high school. I am now
that if any of them fell, they would not "Each lesson is taught anecdotally, fluent in German and I am going to
go ba~k for them because they would like a story," Ethan Kelner '20 said. Germany next year to study abroad."
die. The cliff was not completely verti "Each kid puts the ·information that Art and hands-on work is a huge
cal, but it was all loose dirt that would they learned from that day's lesson on part of the Steiner education and
break away when they put weight on a page. Those pages are put together proved to be very influential in Hum
it and it was covered in blackberry into main lesson books." phreys' education beyond Waldorf.
bushes. Main lesson "The thing that
"We took off our long-sleeves and books are Stein "The fact that half of inspired me to be
made. baby bjorns to hold all of our ab er's version of come a surgeon
alone shells," Humphreys said. "Every textbooks. ln my grade is not based was handwork,
once in a while, someone would need stead of making on how beautiful I which we 'took ev
to make an emergency grab at a black kids learn from ery year," Hum
make something has·
berry bush. We were bleeding down the textbooks, phreys said. "Third
the arms by the time we got up. We the students been hard. That was a grade was crochet
finally pulled ourselves over the top, create their own ing, fourth grade
huge confidence boost.
we were shaking, bleeding everywhere. main lesson was cross-stitch,
We couldn't feel a single thing, the books. Not eve!" _atW aldorf' fifth was knitting,
sheer endorphins flooding through our· having had to sit sixth grade was
bodies. When you're in a life or death down and read stuffed-animal
situation your body's like 'we don't from a textbook Sarah Price '20 making, seventh
have time for pain right now."' for hours, some grade was stone
The three boys followed a deer trail LC students find carving and eighth
through the rainforest and eventually it hard to transition to book learning grade was wood-whittling. We walked
ran into the other half of their class. in college. out in the woods, found a stump, cut
"Our teacher sees us in flip flops, ''I've been having a lot of trou~ that stump into pieces and made a
shorts, covered in blood and dirt, ble learning from textbooks," Sarah spoon out of it."
shaking with abalone shells in the Price '20 said. "The fact that half of Overall, Waldorf instills a cu
middle of the woods where there's my grade is not based on how beau riosity and love for learning which
not even a trail, and he says 'alright, tiful I make something has been hard. has impacted these LC students.
get in the line,' and we joined the line That was a huge confidence boost at "Waldorf makes you lo-ve to
and walked back," Humphreys said. Waldorf because I would make things learn," Mertz said. "That love for
"When Raincrow saw us he said 'oh beautiful and that would make my learning has been the foundation of
that's where you went,' and never said grade better." my education and has helped me at
PHOTO COURTESY OF WILLIAM HUMPHREYS anything else about it." Because the teaching style is so ):.,Ct o be curious and interested in
Waldorf third graders make acorn dolls and spiral apples for holiday celebrations. According to Humphreys, safety is different, the transition from Waldorf what I'm studying."
Campus organizations distribute alternate soaps
By LANI FELICITAS watzek bathrooms! thanks for your Paper, the college's pr·ovider for
nice soaps:)" restroom supplies, provided new
WONDERING WHO put the "I thought a person just brought toilet paper to all undergraduate •
Dr. Bronner's-brand sqaps it," Lucky Whitburn Thomas '21 said. buildings except for the Evans Mu
in Watzek? Since last fall, "Sometimes in my dorm, I'll take them sic Building. Anderson also expects
Lewis & Clark's Students Engaged in and pour them all over my body and they will be done implementing the
Eco-Defense (SEED) started placing take a sponge bath." new soap by the end of spring break,
these soaps around the undergrad SEED .w~s not the only student or though JR Howard and Holmes al
uate campus to raise awareness for ganization that placed soaps throughout ready have the new soap installed.
environmentally friendly soaps on the undergraduate campus. In early Bishop also shared that there are
campus. In Spring 2015, LC student March, the Gender Studies Sympo better soaps than Dr. Bronner's.
activist Julie Oatfield '17 started a sium •p rovided Seventh GeneratiQn "I did try to use Dr. Bronner's
• petition to change the soap~ on cam scent-free soaps throughout the one time and it was a liUle harsh ·on
pus. The petition did not get much three-day symposium to make the my skin," Bishop said. "So even for
~ 8RONNFR's
attention. Instead, this academic year restrooms more accessible for those supposedly better soaps, people's
PURE-CASTILE
SEED used their own club budget to with chemical sensitivities. skins respond differently. Bron
purchase the soaps. "For people who have sensitivities ner's also contains oil from palm
SEED coordinator Tarun Bish to scent, I think it's a way to make our oil farms that have been used to· cut
SOAP·
op '18 shared that they do not know campus more inclusive and accessi down orangutan habitats so there's
what is in the current soaps, but that ble," Nick Hensel '18, co-chair of this that." •
skin irritation and animal testing have year's Gender Studies Symposium, According to Dr. Bronner's web
been issues for some students. said. Hensel also shared that the soaps site, the company discusses ·extracting
"Other countries have all banned were received with general positive palm oil through fair trade pra_ctic
animal testin"g on cosmetics and other comments along with the symposium's es. Bishop recommends using soaps
health products," Bishop said. "Why other accessibility features. • with the Leaping Bunny logo, which
can't a liberal arts school like this, that Within the -last year, SEED has guarantees that no animal testing has
prides itself on sustainability, not take reached out to LC Sustainability Di been done with the product.
tnat measure?" rector Amy Dvorak about various For the remaining of the semester,
Since placing the soaps in the begin projects such as discussing ways the SEED will continue to reimburse stu
ning of the school year, SEED has co college can implement cruelty-free dents who purchase environmentally
ordinated with particular departments soaps, hosting community discus friendly and .ethically made soaps.
and academic buildings about putting sions for Fossil Fuel Free Week and • "In the past, we've have also
soaps in their respective buildings. relaunching the composting program worked with the Feminist Student
Some Watzek staff and students living in the undergraduate dorms. Union to reimburse students for Diva
•i n the dorms support the Dr. Bronner's Rob Lane, the CAS custodial di Cups," Bishop said. SEED is also open
soaps in the undergraduate campus re rector, said in an email that the col to reimbursing students who pur
strooms. There was even an anonymous lege is already transitioning into chase other environmentally-friendly
post on the LC Missed Connections another soap that .is dye-free and products such as utensils and plates
Facebook page about the soaps: "to the fragrance-free, has an EarthCare seal as long as they email SEED before-
kind soul who put the nice soap in the and is Green Seal certified. Anderson . hand. JULIA WARLING/PIONEER LOG.

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FEATURES 9
Students volunteer for.Amazonian expedition
PHOTO COURTESY OF HOLDEN JONES
Holden Jones '18 collects data on the Amazonian plant life in Yasuni National Park in Ecuador as a student volunteer-for a multi-ye_arr esearch project conducted by LC Assistant Professor of Biology-Margaret Metz.
By ARIEL MCGEE zonian basin. take notice to monkeys and incredible
"The forest changes year to year bird species," Tracey said. "Holden
EVERY SUMMER since 2002, just because some years are warmer would wake up earlier than all of us
Assistant Professor of B·iology or colder. There are natural cycles that to birdwatch, and then he would point
Margaret Metz bas led small happen, but over the long term you each of them out to us on ~he way to
groups of Lewis & Clark students on should be able to separate that cyclic the plot."
research programs to the Amazonian variation from a bigger direction cli- The Amazon often bas massive
region of Ecuador. This trip is for Bi mate change," Metz said. "Even over rainfalls that can cause major flood
ology students and has a strong focus the course of the 17 years that this ing. In. the days after a flood, Metz
on the ecology of plant species found project has been going on you can see and· her students would have to trek
in the Amazon. that different things are happening in through deep mud and might even
"My interests are in understanding the Amazon." have to canoe in previously dry areas
the diversity of forests and how that Students Holden. Jones '18 and • of the forest near the research station.
diversity changes through time," Metz Madeline Tracey '18 participated in>· ".On the second day we were,,all
on
said. "In forests around here, there Metz's research program last sum- ·walking the trail with a few-oft he
are maybe 10 or 12 species of trees mer. In order to get to the research Ecuadorian workers, and we -came
that are all competing and coexisting. station, they had to take a flight into across the Echis snake, the most poi
In the rainforests where I work in Ec Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, take sonous snake in the Amazon," Tracey
uador, one of the most if not the most another flight to an Amazonian region said. "There were also these giant bul
diverse forests in the world, there are and then drive several hours to the let ants, and if you get bit it feels like
over 1200 different types of trees. It's base that is located in Yasuni National a bullet wound. There were a few plots
not simple to understand why that Park. Metz and her students work in a that were home to the bullet ants."
high level of diversity can coexist. A sectioned off portion of the Park that This diversity of species created
lot of what I look at is why common is referred to as the "research plot." an effective learning space for the
trees don't just take over in the rain "The research station had research students. They work among
forest and how rare species _staya live air-conditioned dorms and meals hundreds of species of bugs and
in the forest." were provided by really nice cook- mammals.
The research program is focused ing .staff," Jones said. "We would In and around the research area
on ecology and the diversity of tree get up really early and spend time in the students saw tapirs, mammals_
species prevalent in the Amazon. Metz the research plot from about 6 a.m. that are similar to pigs, and many
and her students spend their summers to 12 or 1 p.m. We would come back, species of monkeys.
measuring the growth of tens of thou do lab work, rest and shower and "The Amazon is very lush and
sands of young specimens of v~ious then go to bed right after dinner." thic.k and green," Metz said. "I've
tree species in an attempt to under The Amazon is extremely bot and been working in the Amazon for al
stand bow they are all surviving and humid, and the researchers wore most 20 years, but each year my stu
peacefully coexisting. When the re long-sleeved shirts and pants in or- dents get to see the Amazon through
search program was initially founded der to protect themselves from insects new eyes and they love it and they
in 2002, understanding the growth of like army ants, mosquitoes and bullet are so_e xcited. They iie·lp me to re
tree species was the main goal. Over ants. • member what seeing the Amazon
the years, the scope of this project has "We would always wake up earlier for the first time is like and I want
expanded to look at things such as the than we needed to so that we could to continue this research project for
effects of climate change on the Arna- walk slowly to the research plot and as long as I can."
PHOTO COURTESY OF HOLDEN JONES
A tapir grazes outside a research compound in Yasuni National Park, where Metz and her students stayed during the expedition.

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ARTS
10
"Isle ·of Dogs" is a modern day samuri story
Wes Anderson has an eye for detail in his latest stop-motion film, which pays homage to a classic genre
·By RAY FREEDMAN master.'' It becomes clear that the film to be Atari's guard dog before exile, earnest •a nd human. All the voices the story is beautifully complement
is interested in this idea of service as and he has gone missing on the island. portray a warm, vulnerable quality ed by the stop-motion. Stop-motion
"ISLE OF DOGS" is Wes Anderson's life, a parallel between Samurai and Atari enlists the help of five dogs who by having a relaxed and transparent -must be perfect for it to succeed, as
Samurai film. The new movie domesticated dogs, both of which are find his crashed plane. Led by Chief tone. Interestingly, the animators it demands the lighting and motion
from the iconic auteur is crafted known for their loyalty. The empti (voiced by Bryan Cranston), the group developed the bodies of each dog after to be completely controlled, but this
with a deep love of Japanese cinema, ness of Trash Island opens the film, - goes on the mission. Chief, in classic the actors were recorded, wonderfully means that the moments of silence
homaging Akira Kurosawa and Ha which ultimately dedicates its story to Samurai film fashion, is the outcast merging sound to sight. The bodies and stillness are literally, complete
yao Miyazaki. Despite steeping itself characters finding purpose in service. stray that becomes. the hero of the of the characters feel real, as if the ly unmoving.· Anderson allows the
in homage, the film holds its own and The pl9t is driven by Atari, the film, and Cranston's voice embod_iesa characters exist outside of the film. stop-mot.ion to be imperfect by allow
is remarkably unique - just like ahy young nephew of the Mayor who flies • rugged loneliness that is perfect for the The coordination of the motion ing the motion to stay still, breaking
other Wes Anderson movie. himself to Trash Island in search of his character. Like ""Fantastic Mr. Fox," and composition of the stills is re the illusion of it. Each still is as dy
The filmmaker has been charming dog, Spots. Spots was military-trained the voice acting overall is incredibly markably dynamic. Kurosawa was namic as a whole scene. The influence
audiences for over 20 years now with the master of composing movement of Miyazaki comes through in these
his meticulous eye and oddly comfort within a scene, and his influence moments of silence, which allows the
ing familial stories, and "Isle of Dogs" shows here. The density of the frames films depth to sink in.
makes a good case for animation as demands the attention one would Because of this depth, the film's
.,___th e filmnfa.ker's best format. The ab give to a novel. Anderson fills the simpler sequences can feel tonally
solute control gives the filmmaker a shots to their very brim, and makes one-note. The second act of the film
toolbox that best suits his mastery. Al sure he is not wasting any space. The drags its feet in the "men-on-a
though I do love his live-action films, backgrounds are as busy as the fore mission" trope just a tad too long.
they do not achieve the same level of ground and the details are endless. The character's interaction drifts
specificity and precision as his ani Just as he fills up the visual frame, . into classic Wes Anderson wit at the
mated works. The sharpness of the Anderson also layers the sound de sacrifice of the film's understated
altered reality Anderson and the ani sign of the film as much as possible insight. This only lasts for a few
mators create is unprecedented. without sacrificing coherence for the scenes, though, and once the films
Twenty years in the future, a cor audience. Characters are constantly poignancy is achieved you crave it
rupt mayor has exiled all dogs to Trash talking over each other to humorous throughout.
Island due to a dog illness that has effect, and every moving aspect of the One leaves the film totally
spreaa through Japan. The dogs wan film is given attention in the sound satisfied with the range of intellect
der around this island with nothing mix. and emotion the film contains. There
to do, the whole species of dog tran Anderson does not shy away from is a haiku said in the film that is the
sitioned from domesticated to stray. just how solemn and weary the story perfect microcosm of this. "Whatever
They are Anderson's figure for Ronin is. The characters are poor and hun happened / To man's best friend? /
(masterless Samurai), a common class gry creatures who've been rejected Falling spring-blossom?" The haiku
of hero in Samurai films. Ronin find by society, oppressed by the political is wholesome and warm, but empty
themselves roving without a purpose, rule. The dogs on the island slow and fleeting. It highlights Anderson's
before stumbling upon a cause to ly die off, •a nd it is mentioned that maturation as a storyteller that
commit themselves to. Early on in the one even commits suicide - another beautifully counterpoints his childish
film, there is a beautiful aside from parallel to samurai, who would often sensibilities.
one of the characters where he_l ooks submit to hara-kiri upon losing their
into the camera and says: "I want my RAYA DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOG master in disgrace. The darkness of
Two paws way up for Sidney Gish's
new indie record ''No Dogs Allowed''
By BRENDAN NAGLE But despite their elevated complexity, minates on her imminent adulthood on
Gish's songs undoubtedly still have an "I Eat Salads Now." "It pains me to say
LIKE A GUITAR-WIELDING earworm quality. but°/ Maybe I've grown out of this / I'm
lovechild of The Blow and Regina "And on an accident, I'm like Japan a businessman/ I don't waste time on
Spektor, 20-year-old Sidney Gish / Before they went and traded stuff to shit." She is disturbed by the passion
crafts catchy lo-fi songs with wry, self other lands," she sings, comparing, in and excitement that she feels is slipping
deprecating lyrics. -Sound familiar? If comical fashion, her own isolationist away along with her childhood.
you are at all in tune with the current tendencies to Japan's famed Edo peri- "Mouth Log" speaks to the same
indie dujour, then it probably does. But od. sort of young adult frustration: "Prob-
in a marketplace flooded with Frankie Diffident engagement with academ- ably when I'm 22 / Then I'll be doing
Cosmos look-alikes; Gish's particular ic subjects comes something new ...
brand of bedroom pop stands out. up again later in Gish's twee sense of I hate class I And
A Music Business major at North "Persephone." I hate work / And
eastern University, Gish has been "I've called Perse- humor may come off as doing nothing's
writing songs since she was in middle phone / By the _obnoxious in print, but even worse." Here
school, but only began sharing them name purse-a- • she sounds at her
recently. Though a relative newcomer, phone / Greek shepulls.itoffremarkably most sincere, and
her self-released albums have quickly goddesses aren't well on the record. She though they are
generated serious buzz in and beyond what / You grab simple, the lyrics
her local Boston scene. She brings a when leaving is able to project playful have a relatable
youthful humor to her songwriting that home," Gish sings, self-awareness without poignancy. Levi-
is likely to charm most listeners. her beautiful fa!- ty eventually re-
Retaining the witty, endearing setto belying the it seeming like she _I S turns, however;
ly self-conscious lyricism that made joke she's crack- trying too hard. she concludes the
2016's "Ed Buys Houses" a favorite ing at her own ex- song by circling
amongst Bandcamp connoisseurs, she pense. Gish's twee -------~--- back to the open-
takes a big step forward sonically with sense of humor may come off as obnox- ing line, where she confesses to keeping
her newest album, "No Dogs Allowed." io~s in print, but she pulls it off remark- a phone list of the food she eats and the
The fairly straightforward pop songs of ably well on the record. She is able to people she kisses, with lighthea~ed dis-
her previous album (which you might project playful self-awareness without regard. 'Tm kinda pissed if this is the
justly, if reductively, label as Frankie it seeming like she is trying too hard. real me / At least I know who I kissed
Cosmos look-alikes)°givew ay to a more References to "The Matrix" and magi- and what I eat."
complex sound here, complete with cian analogies alike feel natural coming I cannot help but feel charmed
rich harmonies, key changes and MIDI out of her mouth. • by Gish's blithe pop songs and
synths galore. Gish's music feels much Backed by a bouncing bassline and hyper-conscious approach to lyri-
less indebted to the grimy indie rock in-your-face electronic drums, Gish .ru- cism. As a 20-year-old myself, I find
championed by so many of her peers; • her demeanor acutely authentic
rather, her sound is more in line with - and painfully familiar. "No
idiosyncratic singer-songwriters like Dogs Allowed" is a unique
Fiona Apple and Ingrid Michaelson, ly impressive work of
but with a distinctly 2010s inter introspection bursting
net-kid flavor. with personality and
"No Dogs Allowed" exhibits a charisma, and with
unique melodic sensibility that makes it Gish has estab
Gish .e asy to separate from today's _l ished herself
crowded field of indie pop. On "Sin as a prom
Triangle," her lilting voice in ising young
tertwines itself with saunter songwrit-
ing guitar riffs, backed by
chords that are jazzier
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expected to find.
MICAEL MUNROE-ALLSUP/PIONEER LOG

FRIDAY,A PRIL 6, 2018
ARTS 11
''Little· Fires Everywhere'' flickers inconsistently_
The newest novel by Celeste Ng comes close, but does not quite succeed in burning_down the house
By AUDREY GUTIERREZ angle bet:,veent he bookish son, the ath tween a prominent African-American
letic son, and the quiet, smart girl feels couple in Shaker Heights, the Averys,
READY, "Little Fire Every overdone and forced, especially amongst presents the husband arguing that the
where," Celeste Ng's new novel, the seriousness of the other events in the baby is being given a better chance of
~ as a TV deal with producers/ novel. Ng spends a lot of time trying to success in this rich, white household,
actresses Kerry Washington and Re highlight the differences between the two but the wife blames the problem on the
ese Witherspoon, is several prominent families through dynamics like the one biased system and says one saved baby
book clubs' pick of the months, and bas between Pearl and the Richardson boys won't save the others·. She also says that
been reviewed by The New York Times. or the Richardson daughter, Isabelle, a mother belongs with its child. This is an
What makes it so special? By exploring and :her vehement admiration of Mia idea reiterated throughout the course of
issues such as racial tension and°c hang Warren. She spends a chapter focusing the book, but to answer it, one has to con
ing familial relationships through focus on Mia's photography, something which sider the qualifications of motherhood.
on multiple moving characters and sto is interesting, but nowhere near as en As Ng writes, "w)lat made someone •
rylines, the new novel makes it more gaging as the custody trial. The custody a mother? Was it biology alone, or ·was
publically successful than Ng's previous trial poses the Richardsons and Warrens it love?" It is obvious that both Bo Chow
works. The only problem is that some of on either ends of each other when family and Mrs. McCullough love the child,
the parts aren't as engaging as others. friends and leg~ clients of the Richard but by staying with Mrs. McCullough,
"Little Fires Everywhere" is set in sons adopt a Chinese-American baby May will Jose access to different
Ng's hometown of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and the mother, a friend of Mia War parts of her culture. By staying with
in the 9o's. Shaker Heights is a strict ren's, Bo Chow, attempts to reclaim her. Bo Chow, she will be Jess financially
suburban community where the ma This book poses a few important stable. The two can both be mothers
jority of residents are white. Its motto questions in regards to this trial which to May Ling Chow in regards to their
is "most communities just happen; the turns Shakers Heights into a media cir amount of love for her, but with either,
best are planned." No one follows this cus. Does the adoption of minorities by sacrifices will be made. The question
mindset more so than Elena Richard white parents prevent these children the book asks readers to consider is
son, a journalist who lost her rebellious from remaining connected to their cul what is fair to deny a child in adoptions
streak after college and now writes for tural backgrounds? One way in which between people of different races.
the town's fluff-filled newspaper. When . this question is explored is through the The fire is introduced as the main issue
Elena's house burns down at the start remaining of the baby, whose real name of the book, but it feels like it takes away
of the novel, she immediately knows it is May Ling Chow, as Mirabelle Mc from the focus of the trial. Two-thirds of
was her youngest daughter, Isabelle. Cullough. Whenever she is introduced the book is focused on it and the personal
By answering the question of who did in the future, she will not be aligned dramas of the Richardsons and Warrens.
it at the start of the novel, Ng leaves with Chinese culture. Instead, the Mc The fire is set-bys omeone on the outskirts
readers to find out why she did it. She Culloughs have ensured that she iden of the trial, Isabelle Richardson, and her
does this by examining the conflict of tifies as one of them. The McCulloughs reasons for burning down the house are
two families, the Richardsons and the· give the baby dolls that look nothing like more personal_t han they are substantial.
Warrens, a few months before the fire. her. They're tall and blonde, leaving her "Little Fires Everywhere" is well-written,
• The Warrens are newcomers to no way to identify with someone that but too often it feels as if Ng is trying to tell
Shaker Heights. Unlike the Richardsons, looks like lrer in both her community or you what to feel in moments where charac
they are ·an artistic mother and daughter, her toys. If given the option, is it better ters do things that they don't have enough
Mia and Pearl. The purpose of Pearl's for minority children from low income motivation to. If you plan on reading a
character is to find out who her father is families to remain as they are or be raised book by Celeste Ng, "Everything I Nev
and to participate in a love triangle with by people who have nothing in common er Told You" is the better option, though
two of the Richardson boys. The love tri- with them? One argument shown be- it might not be as acclaimed as this one. IMAGE COURTESY OF PENGUIN GROUP
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12· ARTS
Looking back at John Carpenter's "They Live"
Frank, a drifter, puts on a pair of sunglasses only to discover the world has been taken over by aliens
By BRENDAN NAGLE employment agency attendant, "Things "They Live" came just at the end of aspects of the film should not "distract who "sell out" and turn-on their own
ju_sts eemed to dry up." The Los Angeles Ronald Reagan's presidential reign, and from its acute anti-capitalist message. people, giving in to the temptation
LIKE SO MUCH of director we see here is a far cry from the sunny his figure looms over the film. A tongue Carpenter (who wrote the screenplay of wealth and power. But here it also
John Carpenter's work since -Hollywood paradise one expects to in-cheek reference to the famous under a pseudonym in addition to acknowledges the supreme difficulty
1978's "Halloween," "They Live" encounter on screen. As tlie opening "Morning in America" ad campaign directing and composing the score) of fighting those capitalist powers.·
performed meagerly at the box office. . credits roll we see John wandering makes it explicit that "They Live" is a represents the wealthy elite as fascist, Philosopher Slavoj Zizek put it simply in
Yet it has managed to endure as a cult grimy, destitute streets, an overcast sky reaction to what C::arpenters ees as _the autocratic aliens whose tool of control his own analysis of the scene: "freedom
film, and its pop cultural influence looming above him. He eventually finds degradation of the lower classes at the is, essentialli capitalism. The ·film hurts."
and Trump Era prescience make it work at a construction site and meets hands of the Reagan administration. is dripping with resentment towards The most disturbing moments,
exceedingly relevant 30 years after its Frank O<eith David), another worker, Here we see a populace in shambles, America's plutocratic state. however, come during the film's coda.
release. who shows him a local homeless camp devastated by corporate greed and Perhaps the most famous (or Ostensibly, things conclude on· an
Professional wrestler Roddy Piper where he can find a place to sleep. an ever-expanding ~Ith· gap. "The infamous) scene is a fight sequence -optimistic note, as John heroically
stars as mullet-sporting drifter John Frank, too, is a victim of_t he economic golden rule," Frank calls ·it. "He who has between John and Frank that lasts sacrifices himself to destroy the mind
_ Nada, a former construction worker who climate. "We gave the steel companies a the gold makes the rules." for over five minutes. Carpenter and controlling satellite, thereby allowing
- • has trekked from Denver to Los Angeles break 'Yhen they needed it," he remarks John, somehow, remains optimistic. cinematographer Gary B. Kibbe manage everyone to see the aliens unobscured.
in search of a job. "I worked there to John. "You know what they gave "I believe in America, I follow the rules. to capture the beautiful choreography But the movie cuts off rather quickly;
for 10 years," he tells a disinterested themselves? Raises." Released in 1988, Everybody's got their own hard times with an impressively small number
we see a few scenes of people "waking
these days." He has faith in the American of cuts, but the fight is almost comical
up" and recognizing thf aliens, but we
Dream, that as long as he works hard, in its excess; the two men beat each
do not witness
his. day will come. But tliat all changes other absolutely
('They Live'] has managed what comes after
when he finds a mysterious 'box of senseless. Perhaps
this awakening.
sunglasses. He is shocked to find that what makes it so to endure as a cult-film,
In an alternate
upon looking through the lenses he no ridiculous, and so
longer sees color. But that is not all that shocking, is that and its pop cultural universe (one
has changed. Where before-there were it feels almost influence and Trump where, say, Donald
billboards and magazines and various inconsequential. -Trump was not
Era prescience make it
advertisements, now John sees only The dispute is set elected president),
plain black text bearing authoritative off by John asking exceedingly relevant 30 a viewer •might be
messages - "Obey," "Consume," "Stay Frank to try on years after its release. able to comfortably
Asleep." You may recognize some of the sunglasses. assume that
these slogans from street artist Shepard Frank resists humanity would
Fairey's OBEY sticker campaign and and things quickly esca)ate. The fight, rise up against tlie unveiled aliens, but
(ironically commercialized) clothing however, is not simply a shameless watching the film now, I'm not so sure.
line, both of which were inspired appeal to Piper's WWF fanbase as some With the onslaught of increasingly
directly by "They"Live."W a hat John sees critics at the time posited, but rather a ludicrous political scandals that
is, in fact, the work of s·ecret race of physical manifestation of the struggle
dominate the news, it sometimes
aliens masterminding a worldwide to revolutionize the masses. Carpenter
feels as if, to use the film's metaphor,
conspiracy. The glasses counter/:l_cta is calling attention to greater society's
we already have tlie sunglasses.
mind-controlling satellite, allowing him refusal to confront radical ideas and to
Corruption, plutocracy and political
to see not only their subliminal methods challenge the power of the upper class
injustice lie out in the open for all to see,
of control, but also the grotesque aliens • elite. Frank is fighting not just to fight,
yet little changes. In an era obsessed
themselves, who are mapquerading as but to maintain his ignorance. With this
with being "woke," the film's ambiguous
humans. . in mind the brutality and absurd length
ending is particularly resonant. It
If this all sounds rather campy, that of the fight makes sense. Eventually
is because, well, it is. The unabashedly John manages to wrestle the glasses contends that maybe being awake -
'Sos sci-fi aesthetics and Piper's endless onto Frank's face, and Frank finally seeing tlie aliens, i.e. having awareness
stockpile of one-liners ("I came here understands. But this happens only - may not be enough. Viewed through
to chew bubblegum and-kick ass. And after what feels like an unreasonably a contemporary lens, "They Live" posits
I'm all out of bubblegum") are all part strenuous battle that leaves both men that to fully dismantle the corrupt
of the charm. Carpenter has never exhausted and physically broken. At systems controlling our world we need
been one to take himself too seriously, various· points the film calls out the to do more than merely expose them,
and he has fun here. But the goofier complicit proletariat, shaming those we need to take action.
Tyler Perry trips from Madea to Medea in "Acrimony"
By NATALIE RICH conman, and it is easy to see how devolves into' a scattered horror show of
Melinda stays with him: his apologies jumpscares and cliches before mercifully
,, EVERY • TIME a black are just right, his excuses just believable ending abruptly.
woman gets angry, she's enough. What woman hasn't known I have no issue with Tyler Perry's
a stereotype." So says a Robert? Ajiona Alexus has definite· works overall. He is a competent
Melinda to her court-appointed anger potential as the young Melinda. In a director, and the work he does to lift
management counselor. Melinda Gayle, male-focused film, we would be led to up black voices in film is admirable.
played by a tragically misused Taraji see her as weak, but as Henson's Melinda However, this film was a severe misstep.
P. Henson, is stuck in therapy because argues, what kind of a man takes the on all counts. Though based on a play
famous for its incredible dialogue
she has been terrorizing her ex-husband virginity of a young woman grieving
and fierce female lead, "Tyler Perry's
Robert (Lyriq Bent) and his new wife the loss of her mother? Of course she fell
Acrimony" manages to be botli flat and
Diana (Crystle Stewart). What follows for him hook, line and sinker. However,
regressive. The dialogue rarely rises
is a narrated history of Melinda's side of • she is not a hapless victim. Melinda is
above a simmer, despite Henson's best
the story, from the first time she meets full of a rage that cannot be contained.
attempts. "You know I can be the d_evil"
Robert up to the present. Upon finding Robert cheating on her,
hisses Melinda at one point, which
Though not advertised as such, it she crashes her car into his trailer,
should have been a tense moment, but
is clear that "Tyler Perry's Acrimony" injuring herself and losing her ovaries her rage fails to elicit any response from
is a modern adaptation of the Greek in the process - a modern-day version the other actors, lea_ving her threats
play "Medea" by Euripides. For those of killing her children, since infanticide hollow. In the beginning, the film is
unfamiliar with the story, it details the is not as normal nowadays as it was in definitely on Melinda's side; however,
life of Medea and Jason. Medea kills her Euripides' time. once we catch up with the present, her
brother to escape with Jason and enable Whereas the. first half of the movie character becomes the very stereotype it
his victories, only to have him abandon sets up a solid narrative of a woman wanted to avoid. Turns out Jason-is not a
her. He chooses to marry a princess to struggling under the weight of a - bad guy after all, apparently. In response
advance his power and subsequently manipulative partner, the second half to his kind gestures, Melinda starts
orders. Medea and her children to be of the movie is a haphazard schlocky flipping through a rolodex of damaging
excommunicated. Medea then poisons affair. Melinda divorces Robert, who stereotypes: her attempt to get back
the new bride's wedding dress, killing then immediately achieves success with together with Robert and subsequent
her, and murders her own children to his battery. He tries to make platonic attempt to sue him make her read as
spite Jason. amends with Melinda, leading to her a golddigger type. Then, the script
By contrast, the plot of "Tyler Perry's trying to get back together with Robert. abandons her character's motivations
Acrimony" starts out fairly simple: It is then revealed that Robert has - and leaves the audience thinking that
Melinda and Robert meet in college: He gotten engaged to Diana, who helped she's a diagnosably mentally ill woman
lashing out at nonexistent demons.
cons her into giving him her inheritance, hi~ sign a deal for his battery in the
rebuking her sisters, staying with him first place - and who just happens to It is clear that Perry wants the
audience to question the nature of
despite his philandering ways and be the girl Robert cheated on Melinda.
objectivity by showing "both sides
eventually marrying him. He then with all those years ago. Crystle Stewart
of the story" but it results in-a jumbled,
continues the grift for the next decade is a fine actress, but her only purpose in
disjunctured mess. Complexity is not a
of her life, manipulating Melinda into this film is to be tlie "younger, prettier
vice, but making Jason the hero at the
working two jobs to sustain their life second wife" stereotype for Henson's last minute rings false. Also, if Perry
as Robert tinkers with his self-charging Melinda to rage against. Melinda goes wanted to make Melinda a critique of
battery that seems destined to fail. This on an alcohol- and anger-induced stereotypical black female rage, then
first half of the fllm, featuring Ajiona bender, threatening the couple and forcing Henson into the acting pit of
Alexus and Antonio Madison as young even destroying Diana's wedding dress "generic crazy/angry woman" was
Melinda and Robert, respectively, is with acid (an admittedly clever nod the wrong choice to make. To quote the
easily the best part. Madison plays to the poisoned wedding gown in the ,nan sitting next to me when the credits
•R obert as a convincingly smooth original play). From tliere, the movie began to roll: "What the hell was that."

FRIDAYA, PRIL6 , 2018
ARTS
13
Balding, cheating and the other self-afflictions
The fifth chapter in a story about rural Idaho, -a nursing home and the people who inhabit it
•B y DYLAN GREER • say I'm cancer-free and I should be able
to go home any day now. Let me kiss
THE FLOWERS bad faded by the you again." She sat up and we kissed.
time I made it to the front desk. Her lips were like a home-cooked meal.
They started life as plain brown "I miss you."
seeds and have returned to that color, "I miss you too." I said and my
wilting away from their eponymous phone rang. It was Veronica. I had seen
violet on the long ride from Billings, he_ra few nights ago for the third time
Montana. The blossoms now face. the and she was getting attached. It was
linoleum floor, drooping down the stem understandable; we had great sex, and
with suicidal petals. I liked her because she always made
"Can I get your name?" The· nurse the bed after. "I have to take this, it's
was tall and dark haired. She blinked at work."
me and it seemed like flirting. "Okay," she said and I went out to
"Junior." I said. the hallway.
"Your legal name." Her computer "Hey baby, I miss you," She said.
screen lit blue on her face and her eyes "I miss you too, listen, I can't talk
bugged out, red lines streaking across now, I'm with Debbie. I got her violets.
them urgently, like bolts oflightning. I don't know how I could mix that up."
"Mike. Michael Danryd Jr." I wiped I looked into her room but the blinds
the sweat from my brow and with it were down and all I could see was my
came a hair from my hairline. reflection. In the waiting room three
"What do you do for a living Mr. brothers shot each other with finger
Danryd?" I couldn't tell if she was flirting guns while their mom talked on the
with me so I tested the waters. phone nearby.
"I work at Chippendales." She "Well· you can always bring them
smiled and looked back to her screen. back to me. You know they're my
She was blushing and tl1at seemed like favorite. Why are you wasting your time
a good sign. with her anyway, she's too skinny for
-"Who are you here to visit?" She you."
looked like one of the girls I kept back ''I'll talk to you later .okay?"
home. The same round face and harsh "Okay." I hung. up and went back
voice. inside.
"My fiancee, Debra Harris." The 'Tm sorry about that. Jake's
pink fled frqm her. cheeks like a fly from worried we're not attracting enough
a swatter. customers."
The nurse gave me a badge with "Did you tell him.I said bi?"
my name on it and directed me to "No, sorry I forgot. Listen )'m gonna
room 154. I walked away aware that I go to the hotel, I'm pretty tired, but I'll .Y
hadn't been fot a run in four days and come back tomorrow and we can pick a
my holiday pudge was spiiling out over band."
my waistband. I hoped the nurse didn't "I was thinking we could just have a
watch me leave. karaoke machine. When my mom gets
• Room 154 was in an open area of drunk she does a gre·at Stevie Nicks.".
ilie hospital and had a clear view of the "I can't wait." I said. "I love you."
still-lit Christmas tree in the main . "I love you too."
waiting room. I used the reflection ,,MARLEYR IDGJLI,.P/ JONEE~ LOG That night in the hotel room,
of myself in the window to straighten he said. "Let me know when you have nothing was on my face. "Come here." "Are you jealous?" I shrugged. "Is it Veronica sent me a picture of her tits
iny tie, tuck in my shirt and fix my hair. a date, I'd love to come, I do a mean She said, and I kissed her. "Thank because he has a full head of hair?" She and I masturbated to it thinking about
Inside she was laying in bed, flipping electric slide." • you for the flowers, I'm sure they reached out and rubbed my head." I my future with Debbie. About our
through channels on the 1V above her. "Of course, Doctor," Debbie said, were beautiful. But no violets for our pulled away. "How's the house?" children with my nose, unfortunately,
She shared the room with an empty bed and he left the room. "Are those for wedding." "It's good. Clean. Tell me again why and, god-willing, her hair. I loved her
and a man in a white coat who sat next me?" "Sorry," I said. "Who was that you had to come all the way out here for hair. I thought about our honeymoon:
a week of mediocre sex in the islands
to her. They laughed as I walked in. "Who else would they be for?" I doctor?" the surgery?"
of Greece. Veronica was better. So was
"Junior!" she said. "It's so good to handed her the flowers but she put "Doctor Heath? I've told you about "My parents are here. They wanted
Angie before she called me fat during
see you." They smiled at each other. She them to the side. "They were alive on him. He's the one looking after me post to be around me. They're in the cafe if
a fight and I kicked her out. I finished
had told him about me. "This is Doctor the way here." op. He's such a nice man." you want to say hi." She turned off the
into the hotel's complimentary tissues
Heath." Still smiling, he got up and· "They're violets. You know I hate "Is he single?" I picked a candy 1V and smiled at me again. and carried ·them to th·e bathroom
shook my hand. violets." She-kept smiling at me anq I wrapper off of her bedside table and "How's the stomach?" I asked. trash before taking a shower and falling
'Tll give you two· some privacy," checked the window to make. sure that threw it into the trash. 'Tm in a lot of pain, but the doctors asleep, naked, between the sheets.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2018
SPORTS
14
Thyroid cancer awareness game honors senior
Stephanie Garcia '18, a survivor of thyroid _cancer, received a surprise game of recognition by her team
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRIAN KUMASAKA
Dressed in jerseys honoring the colors of the thyroid cancer awareness ribbon, Stephanie Garcia '18 and the LC softball team played in style while celebrating Garcia's strength and dedication during her college career.
By MEGAN ANDERSON withdraw from her first semester of col I've taken courses every summer and )1ave that Steph's health and the scare she went mo.ret han excited to surprise her daughter.
lege. She packed up her freshly assembled ovetloaded on credits every semester in or th1:oughw as a really tough time in her life, 'We were in awe that she called us since
TIE TRANSITIONI NTO college of dorm room and headed to the hospital for der to graduate on time." and at a crucial time for her:Knowing that we wouldn't miss this for anything," Mi:s.
en bears new challenges that high surgery a week later. The post-operation Not only has she taken extra classes and how important-(awareness) is to her Garcia said. "As soon as we can1e up with
chool gives little preparation for. appointment ran smoothly and Garcia and during the school year and the summer to made me want to recognize her and help a date we booked flights. We. knew allead
No one could ever be prepared for what her family headed back home for recovery keep up with her academic requirements, support her cause. I knew she would love that it would be hard to keep this surprise
Stephanie Garcia '18 had to experience and isolated radiation. After a tlrree-month Garcia has also put in extra t:iinoen and off something like this and a Se!-'.J"weot uld be for a month. I wanted so badly to see her
her freshman year. Her life was forever battle, Garcia was finally declared cancer the softball field. perfect." Friday night, but the surprise was Satur
changed on her first day of classes, when free. • Head coach of the LC softball team Garcia's last season-opening home day. She had no idea and we treasured that
she received a call breaking the news that Although she was free of cancer, Garcia Shawna Cyrus had some ideas in st<;>rteo game was not just for her, however, since moment."
she had thyroid cancer. It began when was not able to rid herself of the difficulties recognize Garcia and her hard work. On the coaches had shirts made for the entire Although cancer was an obstacle for
• ~s e felt a little under the weather during that ensued. Her leave of absence over the March 16, 2018, Cyrus announced t.o the team and for Garcia's parents, The shirts Garcia, she learned from the experience
New Student Orientation; before her semester rendered her behind on both class team after practice that their first home were pink with purple and teal, the colors and looks forward to creating more aware
parents left, they decided to take her to es and necessarya djustments to collegel ife. game of the season would be dedicated of the thyroid cancer awareness ribbon. ness for thyroid cancer. The softball team
the doctor. During her checkup, the doc "It was so difficult having to miss my to Garcia and thyroid cancer awareness. Garcia found out about the awareness helped . raise awareness through their
tor noticed that her thyroid was enlarged first semester of college," Garcia said. "I While the team was in California for pre game less than a day beforehand, so the games dedicated to Garcia, and Garcia feels
and promptly_ordered tests and a biopsy. even considered not coming back, but season games, Cyrus created the game plan first thing she did was contact her parents, grateful for the support she was given.
There was only a 5 percent chance the re knew that this was just a small bump in the to surprise Garcia. She contacted Garcia's who, of course, already knew the plan. "I don't think I would be where I ail1
sults would come back as malignant and, road and that I was meant to be at Lewis family and got the ball rolling. When she called her parents right after this today if I didn't have the continuous love
unfortunately, they did. . & Clark. I came back for my spring semes "I kind of just pickeq our first home discovery, they had to pretend thaLthey and support from my friends and family,"
Garcia began her battle with cancer by ter. I struggled getting the whole·'college game and went from there," Cyrus said. were not in an Uber on the way to the air Garcia said. "I try not to take anything for
having to tell her new teammates, coach thing' down. Everyone else figured it out "I started texting her parents to see if they port. At first, it was hard for.Garcia to not granted, because I know that there are
was
es and family members that she had to in the fall and I still trying to transition .would like to come and keep it a secret, have her parents there to support her on people fighting for their lives and giving all
from high school to college.B ut I managed. and got them shirts made· as well. I know her special day. Garcia's inom, Kristin, was their strength in order to beat caricer."
Running shorts combine fashion and function
By LAUREN KEEGAN sey motller Karen Garconnier launched
a Change.org petition to ban buns from
RUNNING IS a fairly minimalist her daughter's high school cross coun
ctivity in terms of equipment and try team, a movement that mobilized
ear, as proper shoes and doilies the running community nationwide in
are the only true necessities of the sport. support· of buns. Running news outlets
Because of the importance oflower body such as Runner's World. have warned
mechanics in running, bottoms in par that this disdain for buns imposes a
ticular have become highly specialized. harsh double standard against females,
Men and women alike have many op discounts the empowering nature of
tions for what to wear: basketball shorts, buns and actually exacerbates body is-
standard running shorts, split or dolphin . sues in young girls more than it helps to
shorts, 1ong compression shorts, span avoid tllem. This is considered a critical
dex shorts and running briefs are tlle distinction in the running world; the
most common styles of bottoms for com hypersexualization of running corrupts
petition. While leggings and sweatpants the sanctity of the sport, specifically the
are viable running attire options espe empowerment it provides to young girls
cially in colder weatlle"r,t lley are usually • and how susceptible they are to such
supplementary to the main six styles of scrutiny.
short bottoms used in competition. E;ach Split shorts are arguably just as re
style provides the athlete with a differ Track and field athletes sport SP.lits horts and running bri H e A fs N , N a A l H s o R I k N n G o /P w IO n N E a E s R b u L n O s G . vealing as buns and are typically sport
ent experience when _performing, and ... ·;, . ed by male runners. yet they have faced
there are many factors to consider when no such backlash. In fact, tlle variations
choosing tlle right race bottoms. in men's shorts length has had more to
There are two main camps of run do with fashion than function in recent
ning shorts: loose and tight. The loose years. Short shorts such as the stan
family includes basketball shorts, stan dard running short and the split short
dard running shorts and split shorts, have been sported for decades, but Jon-
also known as dolphin shorts. The tight . ger shorts be·came highly popularized
family encompasses long compression by Michael Jor.dan in the '90s. This in
shorts witll a four to seven inch inseam, fluence borne from basketball bled into
spandex shorts witll a one to tllree inch men's fashion arid trickled into other
inseam and running briefs with no in sports such as track and cross cow;1try.
seam, more colloquially referred to as The standard running short for men
buns, bun buggers or runderwear. The now falls to about a 4-6 inch inseam,
choice between loose or tight bottoms which is longer than the average stan
is usually a matter of personal prefer dard running short was in the decades
to·
ence. Some runners find the tightness prior. This contributes the percep
of spandex or long compression shorts tion of split shorts and shorter men's
to be limiting for mobility, while otllers shorts as more of a "retro" style, which
consider tlle swishing of excess fabric a has actually increased their popularity
hindrance. It is difficult to actually gauge as of late as retro fashion dominates
which style creates tlle least resistance, the scene both in and out of athletics.
so preference is the best measurement .Though certain styles are sport
for aiding performance. Loose shorts ed by primarily men or women, it is
usually win over tight in the ventilation HANNAH RING/PIONEER LOG not uncommon to see runners of any
Shorter shorts are believed to offer more leg mobility while running or jumping.
category, but this can largely depend on gender dawning any one of these six
the quality and type of fabric of tlle short. styles. At the end of the day, what a
That being said, length is a different this functionality, they are quite popular, out of the run.ning community. Their runner chooses to wear is about per
story. It is fairly apparent tllat the less especially among .more elite runners. tendency to be. worn by female runners sonal preference for what helps them
fabric around tlle leg, tlle more mobili However, cultural pressures play a large combined with their "revealing" nature look and feel their best to achieve peak
ty one has. Buns and split shorts are the role in choice oflength. Buns especially has produced a great deal of scrutiny P.erformance.
clear winners in this respect. Because of are quite frowned upon by some in and for buns. In tlle fall of 2017, New Jer-

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FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2018
SPORTS
LC rowing prepares for NWC ·championships
Nationally-ranked ·team refuses to let small roster and sea lions interrupt their path_ toward victory
By RACHEL STONE ty and Southern Oregon University. The teams had their first spring place second, while the women's Millman encourages LC students
Each spring begins with an informal competition at Vancouver Lake on varsity Fours, a boat with four row to reach out to team members if they
THE LEWIS & CLARK men's and scrimmage that" helps the teams pre March 17. The women rowed against ers, came in third. The men's varsity want to learn more about rowing.
women's rowing teams have pare for upcoming competition. the University of Portland, Seattle Uni Fours passed PLU in the last 250 me "Anyone is always willing to talk
atready achieved° impressiv,e "Some· boats did well, some boats versity and Pacific Lutheran University ters, taking first place. about it," Millman said. "For some
results during the beginning of their didn't do well," Coach Sam Taylor said. (PLlJ) while the men competed against Both teams performed well on people on the team, it's actually all
spring season. The teams took to the "But the most important thing was th!it PLU. The women's varsity Eights, a March 24 at the Blue Heron Regatta they can talk about."
Willamette River on March 10 with a I think we learned a lot about where we boat with a coxswain and eight row competition in Arcata Bay, CA de Jf you talk to a rower, you are like
scrimmage against Pacific Universi- were at." ers, finished just behind Seattle to spite cold weather and a headwind. ly to also hear about the Willamette
The women's varsity Eights rowed a River sea lions.
9:45-45 placing second and the men's "We see the_m pretty much every
varsity Fours also placed second with day," Millman said. "They're the cutest
a time of 10:16.14. Other highlights in things! I had never seen a sea lion ex
clude second and third place finishes cept for in the zoo."
for the men's novice Fours and Eights "This year there are more sea li
respectively, and a second place finish ons than usual," Taylor said. "And for
for the women's junior varsity Fours. some reason, Steller sea lions have
Taylor is optimistic about both been coming in. They're very large,
teams' successes as the season pro but they're not threatening."
gresses, yet he expects this to look Steller sea lions are at least twice
different for the men than for the the size of the California sea lion.
women. The men's team is young, "They're a ·bit intimidating," Tay
while the women are primarily upper lor said. "Especially if you're in a
classmen. small boat and the sea lion weighs
"The men are excited because more than you and all the rowers in
they have that youthful exuberance," the boat."
Taylor said. "We're trying to expose According to The Oregonian, this
them to high-level ra•ing so that they year's influx of California and Steller
are excited and stick around and that sea lions can be attributed to heavy
grows for the next couple years." salmon, steelhead and sturgeon popu
"The women's team is quite the lations that live below the Willamette
opposite," Taylor said. "They're very Falls. The sea lions are threatening
experienced, they know what they're these fish populations, and the Oregon
doing and they're focused." Department of Fish and Wildlife has
The women's team began the been trapping the sea lions and releas
spring season with a small roster. ing them at a beach south of Newport,
_With a number of rowers abroad and Oregon.· Desp"ite these efforts, the sea
others taking the season off,. they are lions keep swimming back to the Willa
down to 11 rowers, less than half the mette, likely due to the river's. plentiful
number they had in the fall. food sources. ,
"It's not a very big team," Taylor Miilman invit~s anyone to watch
MAGG said. "But, it's a very committed team rowing practice, held Monday through
The Lewis & Clark rowing team, whose season spans both semesters, practices in Portland's autumn sun on the Willamette River. and a talented team." • Friday at 4 p.m. as well as Saturday at
As the only remaining coxswain on 7 a.m. If you come, you will likely spot
the women's team, Zoe Millman '21 a sea lion.
experiences this firsthand. She's now Looking ahead, the team will have
rowing with the varsity Eights instead_ one additional competition on April 7
of the novice crew. before Northwest Conference Cham
"To come into a boat full of juniors pionships DIII on April 22. Despite
and seniors and telling them what to having a small team, Taylor believes
do, it's a little weird," Millman said. the women's varsity Eights has the
"As I'm still a freshman, it's a lot of potential to be faster than last season.
pressure. But the coaches are really Last year, the women's varsity Eights
supportive." placed second in the Northwest Confer
• Millman described her specialized ence and ranked twelfth nationally. As
duties as a coxswain. for the men, Taylor expects the varsity
"Our role is to be the coach when Fours to drop time and that the novice
our coaches aren't there, and to give rowers will keep developing their skills
encouragement," Millman said. "We this season, which will increase the po.s
have to record and listen to our own sibility of success for future years.
voices. It's challenging because I really "We definitely have a lot of im
hate listening to myself on recording, provement to do," Millman said. "But
Rowing team coxswain Zoe Millman '21, the only coxswain with the women's varsity team, leads an Eights during practice.
as a lot of people do." I think we'll get there."
Trail Blazers look to impress as NBA season nears playoffS
By NICH.OLAS NERLI ers have received notable press coverage is any chance of bringing an NBA.Cham Grizzlies.P ortland defeated Memphis 113 wrapping up the regular season. If the
and awards throughout recent weeks. Be pionship title to Moda Center. - 98, illustratingt he Trail Blazers'g rowing Trail Blazers continue on their .track of
Af THE NBA regular season ap tween March 26 and April 1, point guard On April 1,t he CampusA ctivitiesB oard dominance in the Western Conference.I n strong performance until the end of the
oaches its end, the Portland Damian Lillard was named Western hosted LCN ight at the Portland Trail Blaz the coming days, Portland is scheduled season, many athletic anal~ predict that
ail Blazers rank third in the Conference Player of the Week, the third ers, an effort to send an LC fan group to to play the San Antonio Spurs, the Den Portland.willh ave a successfula ppearance
Western Conference, an achievement time he has received the award this NBA the team's game against the Memphis ver Nuggets and the Utah Jazz before in the NBAp layoffs.
largely made possible through significant season. During this time period, Lillard
performance improvements. Within the had the NBA's highest scoring average at
last several weeks, the Trail Blazers have 28.3 points, along with an average of 6.3
defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder, the rebounds and 8. 7 assists. In their most
New Orleans Pelicans, the Los Angeles recent rankings report, ESPN specifi
Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies,a ll of cally noted forward AI-Farouq Aminu's
which are considerable conference rivals. 3-point corner shots. Aminu is the NBA's
ESPN, Sports Illustrated and CBS Sports sixth-highest 3-point corner shooter,
have published recent power rankings achieving an average success rate of 48.3
with the Trail Blazers among the top five percent among players that have made
NBA teams, a promising sign that Port at least 75 shots throughout the season.
land is increasing its likelihood to appear Jusuf Nurkic, a popular •s ocial media
in the •N BA Championship. U1timately, presence and reliable Portland center,
Coach Terry Stotts has improved the play has obtained mixed performance reviews
ing talent of the Trail ·Blazers,p rompting during the season, but remains a staple of
Portland to have a substantial and oppor Coach Stotts' player lineup.
tunistic season. The Trail Blazers, in the midst of their
Though the Trail Blazers may not be best competition this season, have expe
the favorite to win the NBA Champion rienced a number of recent injuries that
ship, sports betting websites have greatly threaten the team's current trajectory
boosted the position of Portland as the toward success. Forward Maurice Hark
regular season closes. Bovada, one of the less is recovering from surgery to his left
sites, this week ranked the Trail Blazers as knee and told a reporter from The Orego
seventh most likelyt o win the NBAC ham nian that his return to the court could be
pionship, raising odds from 350 - 1 to anywhere from 10 days to six weeks. Ed
40. - 1. In the Western Conference, Port-· Davis is expected to l?e out for one to two
land's odds to come out on top jum_ped weeks due to a sprained ankle, an injury
from 100 - 1 to 25 - 1, a fourth place po that jeopardizes the powerful duo of Da
sition behind the Golden State Warriors, vis and Zach Collins. Both players have
the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma performed excellently throughout the
City Thunder. Portland's rankings shifts season, and together they form a dynamic
in the Western Conference and the entire and energetic twosome that exemplifies
NBAo ccurred in a single month, and both each individual's strengths and covers
bounces are considered immensely pro one another's weaknesses. Heading into
found in such a short time period. the NBA playoffs, Portland must build
PHOTO COURTESY OF FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS USER JAMES SCHUMACHER
Numerous players for the Tr!lil Blaz- and maintain an aggressive team if there Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard prepares to shoot while being blocked by OKCT hunder point guard Russel Westbrook.

FRIDAY,A PRIL 6, 2018
The Backdoor is a work of humor and fiction
International Affairs Symposium invites Satan
By MO MACSAI-GOREN.- speaker. rust for the next thousand years. Some
"Just to play Devil's advocate, students have been pretty vocal about
IN A DRAMATIC unveiling last I'm stoked they got him to come this whether or,not this event is worth the
week, the coordinators for Lewis year," The Worst Guy In Each One Of trouble.
& Clark's 56th annual Internation Your Classes '17 said. "It's subversive 'Tm honestly just surprised we
al Affairs symposium selected famed 'as hell. We should provide a platform had that kind of money," Lucy Ferr
LC alumnus Satan '10 as Saturday for all kinds of opinions and I'm excit ara '21 said. "LC isn't going to be the
--""night's keynote speaker. This year's ed to hear what the little dude has to most beautiful campus in the country
J
symposium is titled: "The Scramble say." Upon referring to Satan as "little after the whole thousand-years-of-rust
for Sovereignty_: Modern Challenges dude," this student's skin spontaneous thing so I hope it's worth it."
to an Age-old Construct." Students turned inside out before bursting into This will· be Satan's first time re
were notified via The Bark while each flames and di~appearing forever. turning to campus since graduating in
faculty member received a note, hand While most· students are indiffer the spring of 2010 as an International
written in blood from the fiery depths ent about this on-campus event, some Affairs major with a minor in Eternal
of hell. While this decision has already have been quite vocal about voicing Damnation. Satan is expected to cover
sparked controversy around campus, their disapproval for the high-profile issues such as establishing borders, the
the symposium coordinators hope it keynote speaker. complexities of international sovereign
will be an educational and informative "This is an outrage," Chelsea Di law and what it is like to be the lead
experience for all. Spongo '18 said. "I can't believe LC er of an infinite, undead army of the
l.- "We just wanna hear what Satan would expose us to anything like this. damned. There will also be a Q & A ses
has to say," coordinator Savannah It's problema,tic and sets a dangerous sion after the event.
Norris '19 said. "We think Satan might precedent. I'm still less mad than when The IA symposium keynote will
{i have some really_ insightful ideas re Jessica Vaughn came, though." take place on April 10 at 7:30 p.m. to
garding sovereignty issues. He's had Booking Satan has proven to be a • LC students and faculty only. Members
plenty of sovereignty issues over the logistical nightmare. In addition to of the public wishing to attend will be
last couple thousand years." Norris costing LC it's budget for the next few respectfully declined at the door. Those
is, of course, referring to the ongoing years and the soul of the freshman with wishing to protest may do so peaceful
sovereignty disputes between Hell and the lowest G.P.A., Satan has requested ly by following last year's protocol of
Gary, Indiana. In the few days since the the cross on the Agnes Flanagan Chap students screaming into a megaphone
announcement, many students have el be turned upside down as well as that does not work while being ada
_ voiced their support for the keynote filling the reflection pool with boiling mant that they are making a difference.
MICEAL MUNROE-ALLSUP/PIONEER LOG
Girl who just got bangs 9bituary: 500-day long Snapchat
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By AUDREY BARRETT wanted Adams to notify the leaders that God, girl!! How have you BEEN?! I hav
she was struggling, but Adams was too en't ~een you in AGES!!"
CYAN COWAP/PIONEER LOG OVER SPRING BREAK, Lindsay prideful. This pride would be the death the two cherished their frequent
By LLUVIA MEYRELES with a Facebook profile filter for people - Adams '21 signed up for a Col of her. _back and forth Snaps, with upwards of
to show their support. LC administra lege Outdoprs trip to have what Around 3· p.m., Adams opened her 300 uncaptioned ugly selfies exchanged
IN THE PAST WEEK, the Lewis & tioq has reached out to Miller and her _shet hought woti.Jdb e a fun, refreshing plione and collapsed, convulsing with on the daily. Occasionally, they would
Clark campus has been shaken up by family offering their full support in their getaway from the monotony of campus grief. Her friends carried her body back even send a picture with the dog filter,
the news of student Beth Miller '19 time of need. life.,How she was wrong. Adams fell to camp and sent up ah emergency sig or send each other their public Snap
and her shocking new hair-do. On April "I just wanted a change and I've vjctim to a tragic boating accident when nal. But it was too late. chat stories individually just to make
2, Miller went down to her local salon to wanted bangs for a long time," Miller she went kayaking last Tuesday. "Safety is our priority here at College sure all the important people knew what
get a haircut and what she came out with said. "There's really nothing wrong." "We were out there, not paying at Outdoors," Moe Yuska, College Out they were up to on a Saturday night.
was more horrifying than anyone could She has yet to show any signs of mental tention to time or how far we'd gone, doors Program Director, said. "It was The loss hit Deminski particularly
have imagined: she got bangs. The news instability post-bangs, but her peers are when a rainstorm rolled in," Tara Mas just so unlikely that such an event could hard.
spread quickly, inciting a campus-wide keeping an eye on her. terson '21, one of Adams's close friends, occur. We take all the _precautions: "Lindsay and I were so close," Di
curiosity about whether or not Miller "It's only a matter of time," Kathy said. "Lindsay. .. we lost her ... her Snap closed toed shoes, no swimming with minski said. "We had the yellow heart
was doing alright. A recent study was Klapist '20 said. "Bangs never lead to chat streak." Masterson declined to qut a PFD, using the pour method for icon, meaning she's my best friend and
published in Psychology Today, proving anything good." • comment further, asking for privacy snacks instead of reaching into the bag I am - was - hers. I can't believe I
that 95 percent of the time when some The community response to Mill during this time of grieving. which could spread germs. We deeply lost her. I go to send her a GM streak
one gets bangs they are crying for help. er's bangs has. been remarkable. All The Snapchat streak, which already regret the loss of the 500 day streak." and then it just hits me, the streak isn't
• In over Bo percent of those cases, it led over campus people are wearing green had the timer icon on when Adams Adams' Snapchat streak was with with us anymore."
to a psychological breakdown. It is re- ribbons in solidarity and have offered woke up that morning, would expire Leah "Dweebs" (fire emoji/100 emoji/ Deminski said she is doing every
-. ported that more than 1 million people her a safe space to talk about her feel at 2=42 p.m. The group had been out of . laughing face emoji/googly heart eyes thing she can to honor the memory of
in mental facilities sought bangs before ings. cell range since the day before, but they emoji) Deminksi, who attends Colora the streak. In Adams' name, Masterson
they were admitted. ·•1 really don't need a safe space, weren't worried. The leaders of Adams's do ·State University. The two have b'een and Deminski are working toget~er to
In response to MiUer's obvious ~ry I just wanted a haircut,'' Miller said. trip had promised they'd return to In peas in a pod since they met in Mrs. La file a lawsuit against CO for recklessly
for help, the students have put together Despite Miller's protest, LC is sending ternet access by 2 p.m. at the latest. Grange's second grade advanced math endangering students. with their care
a support group for her called "Pray for thoughts and prayers her way. It's not But as the timer grew ever more ur class, and all through high school they less conduct. Being out of cell range for
Beth." Their valiant efforts began with clear what will happen to her next, but gent, Adams kept recieving send failure could not pass one anothe in the hall over 24 hours is simply inexcusable in
the hashtag #PrayForBeth and ended for now it seems she's doing okay. messages from Snapchat. Masterson without an embrace and an "Oh my 2018.