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

Volume 90, Issue 4

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2018-03-16

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Members of the Lewis & Clark community, many represnting Law School student organizations, gather in protest outside of Christina Hoff Sommers' lecture after not being admitted due to the full-capacity venue.
Lavv school protests spark FreedOin of speech
niass response nationvvide resolution drafted
Faculty members address concerns ef
By MACKENZIE HERRING nity who disagreed with her views on said that although she did not initially
immigration protested her speaking. intend to mediate between the pro speech rights after Law School protests
LEWIS & CLARK'S Law school On response to the symposium, de testers and Sommers; she intervened
hosted a contentious lecture by bates discussing the limitations of free to move the session along for the sake
Christina Hoff Sommers, recog •s peech quickly spread across campus. of time and civility. By HANNA MERZBACH ers to express or hear those views.
nized for her disapproval of aspects of Due to high attendance at the "I wasn't supposed to play that Associate Professor of History
contemporary feminism. The March 5 event on the Law campus, many peo role," Steverson said. "But somebody IN THE WAKE OF the protests and Department Chair David Campi
event was sponsored by the LC Fed ple were turned away at the entrance; had to. Because the student organiz against Christina Hoff Sommers' on, one of the 13 signatories, said the
eralist Society chapter but received the venue quickly reached its capacity ers had no idea what to do. They just speech at the Lewis & Clark Law college should have a clear statement
much opposition. Sommers drew of 84 people. The event was also closed thought this was going to be a speaker School on March 5, several faculty about its commitment to free speech.
criticism from many students organi to the public due to potential safety coming, we'd have seven or eight stu members joined together to create a "It's always a bit of a balancing
zations who protested both inside and concerns. Members of Campus Safety dents, so they just weren't prepared. resolution in favor of the freedom of act because obviously you can't say
outside the venue. and college administrators checked And I'm an administrator, so I guess expression· at LC. This document was whatever you want and thern are guide
Protesters called Sommers a IDs at the door. I'm taking control." adapted from a similar statement re lines about what's appropriate given
"known fascist" and denounced her Some protesters who were not al In an interview with the Pioneer Log, leased by University of Chicagoi n 2015. the values of the college, ·the mission
views on rape and gender identity. lowed into the room chanted and sang Sommers said that she was surprised by The resolution currently has 13 statement and then obviously safety
Sommers' Twitter account detailed songs outside of the event. the response from law students and that faculty signatories from a variety of and security issues too," Campion said.
the protests at the Law School event, Shortly after Sommers began she thought they were not very familiar departments. The statement has been "But,"I think we should err more on
garnering national attention and press speaking, protesters inside the room with her or her work. sent out to the entire faculty and will the side of freedom_a nd free expres
in publications such as the New York began chanting and singing in order to "Well my guess is they didn't know move into the adoption process at the sion becausew e are an educationali nsti
Times, the Washington Examiner and prevent Sommers from being heard. who I was, I mean to call me a fascist," faculty meeting on April 3. tution and that is part of our mission
the Atlantic. Law School professor and Dean of Di Sommers said. "I mean I'm happy to After the events at the Law School, to have robust debates and to have a
Various Law School organizations versity and Inclusi<;mJ anet Steverson be a registered Democrat and Jew Associate Professor of English Lyell wide variety of viewpoints."- _
sent out a joint email to law students and other administrators attempted to ish and there were all these groups Asher helped put the resolution in.to The resolution asserts that the col
condemning the event. contain the protesters. aligned against me, I'm just thinking motion. lege may place narrow restrictions on
"We have recently become aware "I think there were three students someone misread something." "What sparked it for me was the at freedom of expression only when an
of a troubling event being he)d within along the wall, they started singing Sommers also expressed her ap tempt by student protesters to decide event or speaker poses genuine threat
the confines of our community," the the song 'Which Side Are You On' preciation for Steverson's.mediation. for the rest of us what we could and or harassment may the college restrict
email said. "Under the guise of 'opeq and then one of the three in the front "It was a little dhappointing to could not hear," Asher said via email. this right.
debate' and 'free discourse,' the Fed started a chant and reading from her see law students initially trying to'si "The attempt to 'noplatform' a speaker The college has closed events to
eralist Society found it necessary to phone a prepared thing and getting ev lence me, but they have an excellent is, to my mind, the equivalent of book the public-_inp articular circumstances
unilaterally invite a known fascist to erybody worked up," Steverson said. Dean of Diversity, Janet Steverson, burning. Preventing someone from in the name of student safety, both at
our campus to encourage what we "Associate -Dean comes down, says and I thought she did a magnificent delivering a talk is like pulling a book the Law School event and the contro
believe to be an act of aggression 'Please stop,' they ignore him .... That job," Sommers said. "She just sort out ofmy hand." versial International Affairs Symposium
and violence toward members of our went on, I'm told, I thought it was a of diffused it, she had the respect of According to the drafted resolu debate last year. According to the
society who experience racial and gen minute, I'm told that from the video both -sides. It just taught me some tion, "it is not the proper role of the statement, "the College may reason
dered oppression." it was three or four minutes. But that thing that's important. Sometimes institution itself to attempt to shield ably regulate the time, place andmanner
This event adds to LC's recent his was it. That was the only disruption. I go to colleges and they bring in individuals from ideas and opinions of expression to ensure that it does not
tory of hosting controversial speakers Or the only sustained disruption." guards and police and things, it's they find unwelcome, disagreeable, or disrupt the ordinary activities of the
on campus. Last year's International This and other briefer interrup probably good to have someone even deeply offensive." institution."
Affairs Symposium invited Director tions compelled Steverson to request that's such a good mediator." The statement says that members Events where protesters challenge
of Policy Studies at the Center for Im that Sommers end her speech e'ariy Sommers later criticized the of the community may criticize and the freedom of expression are not
migration Studies Jessica Vaughan. and move on to the question l;Ulda n Dean's involvement in a tweet. contest speakers on campus but may unique to LC.
Students and members of the commu- swer portion of the event. Steverson "Controversial" _continued page 3 not interfere with the freedom of oth- "Professors" continued page 3
International Fair Counseling Budget Anon(ymous) Actors Wine and Dine Committed Swimmer
The 53rd annual International Fair celebrated a ASLC's resolution to fund Counseling Services Student performers from the Mainstage production A weekly column all about different kinds of Nationally ranked high· school swimmer Alys
variety of cultures, with samples of international with the LC budget may just be a stopgap in examine their own ·identities and the meaning of wine, specifically wine that is cheap and delicious, Chang verbally commits to swim breaststroke and
food, a fashion show and a stage performance. the larger funding problem. home to develop their ch~cters. because what else could one need in life? • freestyle for LC women's swim team.
See page 2 See page 6 See page 7 S~e page 12 See page 14

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018
2 NEWS
Gender Syn1po_siun1 examines· iritersectionality
-By AUDREY BARRETT important to cover was incarcera en who are acting independen_t or labor in the bathroom of her high Kabir Mansingh Heimsath found out
tion," Baker said of why Richie was sexually liberated. Although -this is school, delivered the baby herself, he would be moderating a symposium
THE 31fH ANNUAL Gender invited to speak. illegal, killers can exploit legal loop put the newborn in her backpack, panel, he was a little surprised.
Studies Symposium, held from On the evening of March 8, holes to get away with it. Hasan said and put the backpack in the dump-· "I don't work around gender,"
March 7 through 9, explored Richie gave her reflections on state it is important not to demonize Is ster," Richie said. "No one knew that Heimsath said. "But it only took me a
how security and insecurity inter and intimate partner violence and lam as a whole due to this particular this young woman was being sexually second to realize though that of course
act with gender and sexuality across how these ideas relate to the overlap violation of human rights. assaulted by her uncle and battered all of us work on gender."
various social ·spheres. Speakers of racism and sex.ism towards black Morud reiterated this dilemma in by her boyfriend. She felt like she had According to panelist Maria Laura
ranged from professors and visiting women. the context of Northern Ireland. no other option. There were no ser Andrade Laso '18, women and trans
academics to alumni and students "I think in some ways the oppor "It has been asserted that a wom vices in her community; she had tried people, in all their intersectional iden
from both Reed and Lewis & Clark. tunity to come and talk about the an has to c.hoose between fighting to reach out several times to a rape tities, should "be empowered to strive
"When the co-chairs first came up frame of insecurity gives me both for a nationalist cause or a feminist crisis center which couldn't see her and demand for their rights to be re
with the theme of security to frame a new way to look at the same old cause because all national struggles because she was underage." spected."
this year's symposium, we knew things and also new language to talk are inherently patriarchal," Morud Richie said that this story was spun Speakers and participants alike rec
that one major·focus we wanted to to people," Richie said. "It is clear to said. in the news media to portray the racist, ognized the relevance of of this influen
emphasize was what security meant me that the only way to challenge in Richie said that feminism focus sexist trope of an irresponsible young tial symposium.
in the -international and political justice is to use an intersectional analysis es on white women, while anti-black black woman making an ignorant mis "It's a pleasure to be part of some
realm," Clelia Davis Del Piccolo '18, that can accommodate structural racism, racism focuses on black men. take and she served time in prison for thing that has been going on for 37
symposium co-chair, said. "We were and the only way to understand the "We have a very rigid notion of killing her child. years," Richie said. "I'm still trying to
fundamentally concerned with the kind of pernicious race-based violence what a victim looks like," Richie In light of events like this, Richie catch my breath from (the Queery pan
questions of security of what and for that we see today is if we also under said. said it can be hard to stay inspired. el). Especially as a queer person who
whom." • stand how race plays into it." She said black women are not "I have an activist spirit that really struggled with figuring out identity
Davis Del Piccolo stumbled upon Ideas of intersectionality between tal<en as seriously when they come feels a sense of fatigue," Richie said. when I was the age of the people who
an article by Dr. Melanie Richter rac_e, class, gender and sexuality forward with sexual assault claims. Still, the way gender intersects with were presenting on the panel, I was
Montpetit last summer when the shaped the symposium beyond Richie's She gave several anecdotes about other academic and social issues ren very much appreciative that progress
co-chairs began the search for key talk. people she has worked with. - der it an important field. When Visiting has been made in your (generation's)
note speakers. Richter Montpetit is a "It is vital to the success of our "A girl named Tanya went into Assistant -Professor of AnthJopology hands."
lecturer in politics and international revolution that we free ourselves
relations focusing on security stud from all forms of injustice," Reed
ies at the University of Sheffield in College student Sonya Morud '19
England. said. She spoke at the panel on
"I remember reading the paper, gendered state violence on March
and thinking, 'Wow. This is what has • 8. Morud talked about protests by
been missing when we talk about in female political internees in British
ternational politics",'"D avis Del Piccolo colonized Northern Ireland during the
said. • 1980s, which her own mother lived
Richter-Montpetit discussed the through.
changing role of women and ho At the same panel, Reed College
mosexuals in the US military. For student Leilani Rania Ganser '19
example,. cisgender women taking ori expressed similar ideas about inter
traditionally masculine roles, like sectionality when presenting about
participating in military. operations effects for women of US -colonization
that include the torture of captured in Hawaii and Guam.
soldiers, is sometimes seen as radical "Violence against women of col
equality. Richter-Montpetit disagrees. or cannot be separated from racism
"Gender and -racial diversity and colonialism," Rania Ganser said.
should not be confused with equal "There has always been a feminine
ity," Richter-Montpetit said. Just power in all of us. (indigenous wom
because women are acting like men en) that was especially recognized in
does not mean misogyny in the miJ- a lot of these colonial possessions of
itary is gone. the US, and as we've seen coloniza
Furthermore, she urged women tion, we don't see that playing out as
to come to terms with their own com much."
plicity in structural discrimination Speakers also acknowledged the
based on race and gender. challenges to an intersectional ap
Another keynote speaker was proach to feminism.
Beth Richie, a professor of African "Pakistani feminists have this
American studies and law, criminol unique predicament," Serna Hasan
ogy and justice at University of Illinois '18 said. "There's the idea that one
at Chicago. She was introduced by is either pro-Islam or pro-feminist."
Annie Baker '18, a symposium co She spoke about the honor kill
chair. ings that occur in Pakistan: family
HANNA MERZBACH/PIONEER LOG
"One topic we thought was vitally members are permitted to kill worn- Kabir Mansingh Heimsath, Maria Laura Andrade Laso, Serna Hasan and Leilani Rania Ganser discuss experiencesw ith injustice.
International Fair celebrates diversity at LC
•
By NICK SABANTINI and Fields Dining Hall in lieu of brunch. background and a little bit more about things like animation and sushi or like said that the International Fair went
Activities at display tables allowed peo their past and their culture." that in Japan. I ... know that making well this year.
HR THE 53rd YEAR in a row, the ple to stamp their passports for the Sara Cascallar '21 is a student from something like a performance with "We heard lots_of positive feed
• nternational Students of Lewis chance to win prizes. In order to fit with Madrid, Spain, and she enjoyed sharing some friends is sometimes difficult, but back from the people who attended
& Clark (ISLC) hosted the Inter this year's theme of breaking down cul her culture in the International Fair. very interesting." both- the brunch and the perfor
national Fair. The theme of this year's tural stereotypes, this year also featured "I'm participating in the Interna The event was also attended by non mance, including students, staff,
fair was· "Breaking Down Cultural Ste "the wall," an interactive art piece which tional Fair because I think it is really LC students. Lara Freitas, a sophomore faculty, and local community mem
reotypes" and was focused on bringing allowed students to write and share fun to represent your country and teach at Lincoln High School, is an exchange bers," Flaherty said via email. "The
cultural global awareness to Lewis & their experiences of being stereotyped people in the US stuff about your cul student from Austria and is involved in ISLC and Region Chairs put in a lot
Clark. The fair went from Feb. 26 to orito notes. Twelve different regions ture that they wouldn't know," Cascallar American Field Service (AFS) Intercul of time and effort to plan the event,
·March 3, and events included short from around the world were represent said. "People generally want to know tural, which allowed her to connect to al)d it showed."
documentary screenings of "Peanut ed in the fair. your culture so it is fun to represent it the event. AFS Intercultural is a major Flaherty said that this year, ISLC
Butter, Jelly, Racism" and "Check Our "I have been coming for approx and share it." youth exchange organization. Freitas expanded the International Fair be
Bias to Wreck Our Bias," a world po imately 40 years," Joann Geddes, a Ayumi Hida '19 was another student said she enjoyed the event because it yond a one day event. The organization
etry night, samples of international retired professor and former Director who participated in the International allowed her to meet people and under will host a workshop with writer Ari
food, a fashion show and a stage per of Academic English Studies, said. "This Fair. She participated in cooking and stand other cultures, along with their Sotak on April 5 to facilitate a forum
formance choreographed and presented year is special because I have retired dancing during the fair. stereotypes. Additionally, being a high for multicultural members of the
by students. and now I am able t6 come back and "I'm from Japan," Hida said via school student, she believed the event college to talk about their.experienc
The main event of the International meet some students that I don't know, email. "(Through presentation and was a gr.eat way to publicize the college. es at Lewis & Clark. The event will
Fair was on March 3; food from differ and it's wonderful to see the students performing dance), I thought we could Bridget Flaherty, Assistant Director open to the entire LC community.
ent cultures were served in both Stamm outside of the classroom and learn their share that there are many many fun of International Students & Scholars,
. Ary Hashim/PIONEER LOG
Student volunteers decorate Fields Dining room, distribute crafts and serve food from all around the world. Later in Flanagan Chapel, students preform traditional song and dance representing different regions.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 20.18
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Controve·rsial speaker prov9kes Professors
outcry from student organizations draw up
free speech
Continuedfrompage 1
"Diversity Dean at Lewis & Clark
was present," the tweet said. "She ap
proached the podium in middle of my statenient
talk & asked me to wrap up my speech
& take questions. I was never able to de
velop my argument. Shouldn't the dean
have insisted protesters allow me to fin Continued from page 1
"The free and open exchange of ideas
ish, rather than cut speech short?"
is under threat on college campuses,"
Many students were upset that they
Asher said via email. "Yale, Middlebury,
were given little notice before the event.
Notification from The National Lawyers Claremont, Evergreen State, Reed and
many other institutions have experi
Guild LC chapter (NLG), other campus
enced it first hand."
organizations and school announce
ments came Friday, three days before Associate Professor of Political
the event. While some thought this Science and Department Chair Todd
Lochner, another one of the signatories,
was deliberately done to prevent peo
said that his decision to sign the docu
ple from knowing about the event, Law
HANNA MERZBACH/PIONEER LOG ment was more a result of this national
School Director of Marketing and Com
Student organization leaders protest by placing flyers along the bike racks during Christina Hoff Sommers speaker event. trend, as well as his commitment to
munications Judy Asbury said that was
freedom of expression.
not the case; the Administration found
between free speech and hate speech, vited Sommers, Sorenson stressed that kinds of debates and discussions?" "I don't want to give the impres-·
out about the speaker along with most
and I think this crosses the line," Pear- the organization had no malintent in After the event, debates nationwide sion that my signing this document is
of the students.
"We have an event procedure here son said. "I have done a lot of.research the invitation, and that he believes it took place over Sommers' right to free a reaction to the Law School event,"
where student groups can register on Sommer's opinions and her ideology falls under the protection of free speech. speech. The New York Times ran an Lochner said. "I wasn't there. I don't
events with our event staff coordinator," and she has outwardly said that if you're "We do believe even' so that the re- opinion piece titled "We're All Fascists know anything about the speaker. I do
Asbury said. "It happens all the time .. . intoxicated you can't be raped, like rape quirements of rational discourse and Now," referring to· the claims against know that students protested and at
It's just a Jot of events all of the time. doesn't include being intoxicated." the ability to discuss really difficult is- Sommers, The Atlantic had an article 0n tempted to shut down the speech ...
So, the first thing (I) knew about it was Pearson said that Sommers' critique sues, especially on a law school campus, intersectionality and various other news But, to my mind, that is not the central
Sunday evening when Christina Som- of transgender identity gave Outlaw is integral," Sorenson said. "We are, and sources deliberated over the students' thing driving my support for this policy.
mers and NLG started tweeting and so, great concern and led them to question we remain, somewhat disappointed with response to Sommers speaking. I just think that it is a useful time, when
r think that was when the Dean and the Sommers' academic validity. having individuals and fellow students The controversial nature of Som we look out across college campuses
others deans got to together and said 'it "Another thing that I know about impute malicious intent among our in mers' opinions, and the overwhelming throughout the country, to reflect on
looks like this is going to be a volatile her is that she very much dismisses vitation to Ms. Sommers and upon their response from both the students and what is our commitment to freedom of
event and controversial at least' and trans identities, and I identify as nonbi- attempts to shut down the event." the press, reflects a broader division in speech."
that we would limit it to just law stu- nary," Pearson said. "She is very much Sorenson also said that while the the contemporary free speech debate. Along with the nature of his political
dents and faculty." about binary sex, binary gender. She's Federalist Society believes Sommers Other colleges around the country have science courses and influence in draft
Co-chair ofNLG Maya Rinta 1 pro- stated things like 'Transgender people should have had her speech respected, experienced similar events. Evergreen ing LC's hate speech and bias policy,
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tested outside of the event and said that are trying to un.dermine science by not they were happy with the thoughtful ·college had issues with students pro Locbner·has long focused on freedom of
Sommers' event was not protected by paying attention fo sexual body markers discourse and passion that the event testing former professor Bret Weinstein speech rights at LC.
freedomo f speechd ue to its'hatefulr hetoric. and things of that nature, which if she prompted. in 2017 for his views. U.C. Berkeley "As you know Lewis & Clark is not
"I think that the framing of freedom actually did any research about that sort "We were deeply impressed by a lot faced criticism from all sides during a state school," Lochner said. "We don't
of speech and debating the issues gets of thing it's not as clear cut as people of the engagement the students had that conservative provocateur Milo Yian have to abide by the first amendment.
used a lot in talking about ideas like like to tp.ink it is. It's completely dis~ unfortunately did ngt make it into a -lot. nopoulos' speech. We could ban political speech here if
t:p-is,J:)uwt ~Q ·that thjs is.-sgm_e()lle • mis:iv~ oj.~~ireidentities.''. :- . _ . of tbe _ro!!9ia~attentj_,ganc ross the ~tate • In a statement released by LC on we wanted to . .We could shut down
who denies Thee xistence of people-and ;::_;;-AS cc;H:limro fthe F~de_ra11Sst< ;>,:1ety, and nation, •u t l really want to empba March 9, the school states that -the the PioLog if we wanted to: One of
denies the. existence of experience," the studentgro1;1pt hat mVIted So~mers- ..s ize that when the question and answer event prompted appropriate dialogue the things I have always cared about
R,inta said. "So, we can debate how we to campus, DaVIdS orenson 21 said that • session came we were delighted with and served as a message for the school. though is inaking sure LC students •
wa'nt in certain discourses but when it along with repr.esenting an unpopular how much thought and how truly chal "Critical thinking and discourse are have at leasi: the same free speech
comes to giving a platfor~ to a speak- viewpoint at LC, the organization de- lenging a lot of the discussion that was integral to the mission of Lewis & Clark rights as would students at a public
er like this on a Jaw school campus and cided Sommers'. ~bility to _debate and had was," Sorenson said. Law School," the statement said. "We institution like Oregon State or Uni-·
legitimizing her fascist propaganda support her opm10ns quabfi~d her to Director_ • of Public Affairs Roy seek to welcome speakers who ·repre versity of Oregon and so that's kind of
and legitimizing her pseudo-academic, spe~ o~ campus. , . Kaufmann .said that students on the sent a variety of opinions, with the goal always been my focu~.''
ps.eudo-scientific studies, we reject that Shes generally_ well-rngarded m La~ campus heed to decide how their of stimulating discussions and expand The professors hope that the res
and we reject that framing and we reject the acadeqiic sphere, she has a lot of edu(;ation impacts the manner in which ing our views on important legal and olution will garner more support as it
needing that debate.'' data and statistics to back up her st~te- .they participate in this type of debate. social issues. Addressiqg ideas head-on, circulates among the faculty and moves
Carlisle Pearson 1, Vice President meats," Sorenson said. "She's•used to "The conversation needs to happen with reason and evidence, is what we into the approval process in April's
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of Outlaw, the Law campus LGBTg roup, having challenging conversations with among the students as well," Kaufmann do. We are an educational institution, faculty meeting, eventually gaining
said that Sommers forfeits the protections both (profess?rs) and students ... so we said. "What does it look like as a law stu- and we will use this event as a learning support from the President and the
of free speech once she undermines the ex- thought that _itw ould be a good chance dent to engage in these kinds of issues opportunity for our students and our Board of Trustees to move into the im
periences of sexual assault victims. to engage with someone who had re- with your legal training? If you are here administration.'' • plementation phase.
"I think that there's a big difference searched a non-majority view on campus." to get legal training, a legal education, Additional reporting by Peter Kranitz Additional reporting by Peter Kranitz.
Although the Federalist Society in- what does it mean to engage in these and Hanna Merzbach.
Board approves tuition increase and fundraising campaign
By AIANNAH BALFOUR an increased push for alumni, parent will continue to rise to fulfillg rowingc osts. discount school, where students receive ther approved or rejected.
and community engagement. "My main impact is that there has a discount education," Valdez said. "I was at the table for the tuition
ON FEB. 9, the Lewis & Clark "This is the first campaign we've had been a significant increase in gifts to The 2017-18 tuition, excluding man proposal," Valdez said. "Although I
Board of Trustees approved a 4 since 1998," Finn said. "The speed and the annual fund, and that was definitely datory fees such as room and board, could not vote, I was happy to see the
percent increase in tuition for energy behind it are absolutely tied to generated by people's enthusiasm for cost $48,628. Although many students Board members ask questions that stu
the 2018-19 • academic year. This res the new president (Wim Wiewel). He's having a new president," Wiewel said. receive. financial aid, attending a pri dents would most likely ask. It is amaz
olution accompanies a $155 million the guy that knows how to bring money The .annual fund is used to support vate institution is not cheap. ing. how much the Board loves Lewis &
fundraising campaign designed to take in the door, and he's doing it." • yearly operational costs of the school. "At Lewis & Clark, we are able Clark.''
place over the next seven years. Although the campaign was gaining Despite additional money ·coming into to provide the educa- It is unlikely that this fundrais-
"It is not a secret that we've strug traction before President Wim Wiewel the school, tuition continues to rise. tion that everybody ing campaign will mitigate
gled to balance our budget," Vice joined, neither Finn nor Wiewel knew "I understand their motivations for should be get tuition increases in the
President for Business and Finance and why there bad been such a long period increasing tuition," Associated Students ting," Wiewel near future, but it may
Treasurer Alan Finn said. "This is a na without a targeted fundraising cam- of LC President Marissa Valdez said. said. "Un- increase the ability
tional thing: most private colleges have paign. "We want to be seen as just as good of fortunately, for the school to aid
a problem balancing cost with revenue.'' "It is very rare for a small private a school as other liberal art schools, and society as students who. are
When compared to peer institutions, liberal arts colleget o not have had a cam- unfortunately bow much we cost is a a whole is unable to pay the
LC has an extremely low end_owment. paign for 20 years," Wiewel said. "It re- factor in how we are perceived. We need not able full price.
This means that up to 85 percent of ally is a shame that (a campaign) hadn'.t to signal that we are on par with peer or willing "As we do
revenue is garnered from tuition and been done before, because that woula •. institutions." - • ,;. to pay subsequent cam
additional student fees. have meant we would have been in bet- •~~-With each-annual tuitfon surge, th~ for it. • paigns, our en
"We worry about tuition increase ter shape financially. It is absolutely di~count rate is adjusted. The discount But peo dowment (growth)
and retention rate, which is w.hys chol critical because· we need more money rate 'is the percentage of students' who ple come will be significant,
arship dollars are tied to the highest for scholarships, capital improvements are . receiving financial aid,, though to Lewis that we may moder
priority of our campaign," said Finn. and to support faculty and specific ini0 sctolarsbips and grants. Although the & Clark ate the tuition cost,"
"We try to get enough of the students tiatives. (The campaign) is my number _~s pecific number is not released to the because they Wim Wiewel sa~d.
who have the ability to pay to subsidize one priority. I feel very positive about ...p ublic;the discount rate evolves with are going to "But if you look at the
the students who can't.'' our chances of succeeding-and frankly, _each tuition increase. • receive a superb colleges with the biggest
The details of the fundraising cam exceeding our campaign.'' "Our discount rate is about 50 per- education.'' MARLEY RIDGILL/PIONEER LOG endowments, their tuition,
paign have not yet been released to Since Wiewel be.came president in cent, which means that ·on average, a Board of Trustees .is higher than ours; although,
the public. This means that through the fall, there has been an increase in fi- student pays half price," Finn said. "We members are heavily ad- not very many people actually pay
---.. targeted donors, such as the Board nancial gifts. At this past board meeting, model different aid levels whenever we vised by the school's executive coun that. They are able to bring in students
of Trustees, about half the campaign a total of $3 million was pledged to the increase tuition in order to keep things cil. A tuition increase is proposed to regardless of financial need, and that's
money will be raised before it is pub campaign. An increased endowment in the same place. We try very hard to a finance subcommittee composed of ideally where we end up. Most of our
lished. It will contribute to the endowment would remove a portion of financial award financial aid to our students, but board members, where the executive competitors have two to three times
support and annual fund to aid faculty, burden that is annually placed on the our endqwment is not large enough tci council representative explains the pro-· an endowment per student as we do -
scholarships and various initiatives students and their families; however, fill that gap. . " cess behind the proposal. If approved, this campaign isn't going to get us there
across the three campuses. There is also during this upcoming year .the tuition "We also don't want to be seen as a it moves to the full board where it is ei- yet."

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FRIDAY,M ARCH 16, 2018
4 NEWS
SLS encourages
Swastika drawing found on ·flyer
1 -political activism
r
I to the skullcap worn by religiously
I observant Jewish men. "And they
r By ARIEL MCGEE the table presented bills that are currently were like, 'Oh, kippah!' That feels
I being considered in Congress. kind of reductive, like I'm just a ste
ST UDENT LEADERSHIP And "Some students were interested in reotype walking around on campus.
Seivice (SLS) sponsored a ''Write writing their representatives and didn't re Seeing people make anti-Semitic
Your Representatives"t abling event allyk now what to write about," Spears said. symbols on campus is, honestly,
in accordance with Student Civic·A ction "It was kind of surprising to me because I cowardly. When it makes it look like
CoordinatorE lise Glaser's' 18 new initiative feel like we have this narrative that every that's something we're going to al
to get students more politicallyi nvolvedo n one _wantsto be involveda nd that everyone low, that anti-semitic rhetoric and
campus. The event was held outside of the has strong opinions." symbols are something we're going
Fields Dining Hall on March 7 and 8. Once students figured out what they to allow in our space, that's sicken
"People have a lot that they want to do wanted to write about they were given ing."
politicallya nd not a lot of ways to do it, and postcards and wrote a few sentences to According to Duntley, there have
so that's why the Write Your Represen their representatives. SLS ·is in charge of been few incidents over the years of
tatives is a good way for constituents to adding postage and sending out the post swastika graffiti on campus.
engage with their representatives," Glaser cards. "While this incident does not
said. "fve done a Jot of governryent work, seem to be directed at any of our
This year, Glaser has been promoting a such as working in DC for a summer and • students in particular (it seems to
series of events that are aimed at increasing interning with the Portland Mayor, and be connected.with a comment about
Lewis & Clark student participation in the I feel like I have a lot of knowledge to the NRA), swastika graffiti is none
political world. In addition to Write Your share in relation to contacting represen theless not something I want to see
Representatives, Glaser has headed SLS tatives," Glaser said. "I'm a senior and I happening on our campus," Duntley
trips to NAACPm eetings and various po hope someone takes-over my job as Civic said via email. "In particular it can
liticale vents in Portland. Action Coordinator next year and that be particularly offensive and dis
"In the SLS,w e try to offer a wide range Write Your Representatives will continue IMAGE COURTESYO F DANIEL KOSTER turbing to our Jewish students, so I
of ways to engage - through hands-on after I'm gone." Sign found in Templeton bathroom with Swastika and anti-NRA sentiment. take it very seriously. This kind of
seivice-learning projects, advocacy oppor Glaser will continue to promote stu graffiti has no place in our commu
tunities like this one, leadership education dent political engagement and to create nity, and we all need to remember
workshops, place-based alternative break • ev~nts like Write Your Representatives By GELSEY PLAZA anti-Semitic incidents. that hate is communicated by using
trips and more," Director of SLS Harold for her remaining semester at LC. Due to "It is definitely upsetting and swastikas."
McNaron said via email. "(SLS's) Write Glaser's graduation this year, the future SWASTIKAS YMBOLw as found frustrating to see this kind of thing Upset by this anti-semitic in
Your Rep initiative was organized to give direction of this initiative is unknown. Ap rawn •o n a poster in a men's happen here," Exler said via email. cident, Abrams is hoping that the
LC community members a quick and easy plications for SLS positions, including the athroom in Templeton. Dan "It's disheartening to see this kind community will come together and
way to make their values and voices heard CivicA ction Coordinator, will go out at the Koster '20 took down the sign and of thing at a school where many engage in open dialogue about how
by elected officials." beginning of the fall semester. notified the PpX Hillel organiza students pride themselves on being issues like these can be alleviated.
SLS is a nonpartisan ·officeo f LC, and tion, which then eported it as a hate progressive and open-minded." "My staff and I were sad to hear
the Write Your Representatives event was and bias incident. The symbol was As a part of the Jewish commu this had happened on LC's campus,
meant to reflect the political ideologies of accompanied by an anti-NRA senti nity, seeing acts of antisemitism is but unfortunately not 'shocked' giv
the students who chose to write letters, ment although it is unclear if the two alarming and of great concern for en the tensions in our world right
not the school itself. SLS aided stu are connected. Koster. now," Abrams said over email. "(We)
dents in finding out who their current PDX Hillel Director Rhonda "This is terrifying for me," Koster hope the community can come to
representatives are. Abrams notified the Dean of Spiri said. "It threw me off guard. When gether to learn how to address this
"As an office we table once a tual Life, Mark Duntley, about the I see a swastika, I don't see some major issue, and to support each
week to promote trips that we're anti-semitic incident. one trying to be obnoxious. I don't other."
doing and to help students under "This has been reported to the see someone trying to poke fun. I Hillel, in collaboration with the
stand what SLS stands for as an Bias and Hate response team, and see fear. I see terror. I see hatred Anti-Defamation League, is plan
office,"S tudent Coordinator Han they have a process they go· through against who I am at this campus. I ning an event on campus about an
nah Spears '18 said. "What I really with this kind of thing," Duntley said. don't want to see that at LC." tisemitism, partially in response to
• liked about tabling this week was "Be assured it has been reported and Jaime Monsher '20 has also ex this incident and more. The event is
that we were able to take these post will be acted upon by the team re perienced anti-semitic remarks or planned for March 19 and Abrams
cards and quantify how much outreach sponsible for these incidents." symbols around campus. hopes that the community will gath
the tabling achieved." PDX Hillel Co-President Hannah "Once I walked by some people er in solidarity to discuss these per
• SLS could not give any specific exam Exler '18 hopes that the community and then they saw I was wearing a tinent issues.
will not have to keep experiencing kippah," Monsher said, referring
ples of what to write to representatives;but
IMAGEC OURTESYO F SLS
Cabinet elections in progress with few contested seats
By AMELIA EICHEL "I would try to bring better printing, specificity in and punctuality of the club rate on a statement he made in his voter • "I think that any committee with only
more flexible student health hours and application packet where he mentioned that he would two people is just a conversation; there is
ELECTIONS FOR THE Associated better food availability,."F innerty said over Violet Betters '20 is the only presiden "improve on (his) mistakes this year and not much of a discussion,"M cGees aid. "So,
Students of Lewis & Clark (ASLC) email. "For example, the Maggie's-type tial candidate. She was a senator for fall streamline chili money management." I want to encourage student participation in
Cabinet are underway with online building at my previous school allowed 2016 and spring 2017 and is currently the Witmer clarified that they were slop the ConstitutionalA ffairsC ommittee."
voting available until March 16, although students to use meal points for something Community Seivice and Relations Com- py clerical mistakes regarding where club Mikah Bertelmann '21 is the only per
many of the positions are uncontested. like a pastry/coffee/fruit combo, and it . mittee (CSRC)c oordinator. money was going. son running for the CSRCC oordinator po
Candidates responded to questions from was open until 2 a.m. on the weekends." Kranitz asked Betters about what "I caught those mistakes," Witmer sition. He currently serves on the CSRCa nd
Peter Kranitz '18, Editor-in-Chief of the Pi Kenneth Leja '21 and Tom Stratton specific goals she hopes to accomplish as said. "Moving forward I definitely know hopes to increase communication between
oneer Log,w ho moderated the candidates' '20 are both running for Student Orga ASLCp resident. where I messed up and how to not do tlie-CSRCa nd the student body as well as
debate on March 8. Although the debate nizations Committee (SOC) coordinator. "I do not have any specific agenda," that." withASLC.
was open to the public, only four students Whoever is elected would be in charge of Betters said. "I want to be the voice of the In response to streamlining club money Nobody is currently running for Stu
were in attendance who are not members allocating funds to student clubs and orga students. I don't want it to be my agenda. I management, Witmer discussed making dent AcademicA ffairsB oard Chair, a posi
of ASLCo r the Pioneer Log. nizations. want it to be their agenda. So I don't have the terms of reimbursement more clear by tion with stringent prerequisites and exten
Alden Chatfield '19 and Naylor Fin Both candidates are confident in their exact issues that I plan on tackling, but I improving reimbursement forms for clubs. sive responsibilities . ASLCV ice President
nerty '19 are the two candidates running ability to handle large sums of money. generally want to be the voice of the stu Ariel McGee '21 is running for Chief Zack Johnson '19 is hopeful that ASLCw ill
for ASLC Vice President. Finnerty is ' Leja is primarily concerned with end dents and see as we go what I can do for Justice uncontested. She became a sena 'find a candidate soon.
abroad and was not present for the debate. ing "the SOC's "hibernation period" and them." • tor this spring and has been working on a This article was current at the time of
Kranitz asked Chatfield a series of ques making the ·allo(:ation process more ac William Witmer '20 is running for "Know Your Rights" forum for students. publishing. Results of the elections will be
tions based on the statement Chatfield cessible to students. The SOC meets at the ASLC treasurer uncontested. He is the She is also one of the two members of the announced after polls close at 2 p.m. on
gave in his cabinet application. beginning of the fall semester then does current treasurer and served as senator Constitutional Affairs Committee, along ·- March16 . .
Chatfield stated he wanted to overhaul not meet for months on end until the allo during the 2016-17 school year. with current Chief Justice Jacob Muscarel
the Senate's Rules of Order. The purpose cation process begins again in the spring. - Kranitz asked that Witmer elabo- la '21.
of the Rules of Order is to guide how sen Leja said this time could be used to
ate runs and provide an efficient formal "educate the committee on aspects of the
structure for debates and recording in financial system" to "create a more reli
formation. For example, Section 4 states able structure for the committee" in terms
which members of the body speak and of making sure ·that club funds are being
when they are allowed to speak. Section spent appropriat~ly, as well as dispersing
6 deals with the various motions senators information about how to get dub fund
can perform. ing.
"I think those sections create a frame Stratton wants people within the com
work by which we are expected to act kind mittee to work more closely with each
of like robots and not like people," Chat other and to open more lines of communi
field said. "I think it gets in the way of cation between club leaders and the SOC.
normal human conversation. Sometimes "I think having more involvement
this space can be very inaccessible. We (between the SOC coordinator and) the
have dealt with low interest by student clubs will make it easier for the clubs to
body, low turnout of the public, and gen approach the coordinator if they have a
erally I want to do things that will improve problem with something or questions that
visibility and efficiencyf or senate. I really need to be answered," Stratton said.
believe a conversational approach is better When asked about how they would
than a procedural one." remain neutral when deciding how much
Finnerty, a transfer student, hopes to money clubs get, both candidates agreed
bring new ideas to ASLC.H e also suggest that the impact that a club bas on the
ed different practices LC can adopt and student body is the primary factor in
avoid based on experience at his previous determining how much of the funding Lexie Boren/PIONEER LOG
school. • that they ask for is provided, along with Harold McNaron, Violet Betters '20, Jacob Muscarella '21, Zack Jo~on '19 and Marissa Valdez '18 hear from cabinet candidates.

FRIDAY,M ARCH 16, 2018
·oPINIONS 5
LC proteste.rs shamefully Editorial: free_ speech
overreact to. law lecturer I11ust be upheld at LC
Students protesting Christina Hoff Sommers contributed to
disturbing trend of campuses avoiding real political debate By PETER KRANITZ arts education has failed.
• As an institution, the Pioneer Log
LEWIS & CLARKh as a free speech supports free speech in all capacities.
By NICHOLAS NERLI excessively divisive. There is no doubt fascist was "a rash mistake," explaining
problem. As a largely liberal cam We are committed to representing stu
that Sommers defends contentious and that their organization remains "firmly
THE LEWIS & CLARKc ommunity questionable opinions, but the basis of committed to standing for the ideals of pus, most people assume that their dents and bringing attention to issues
peers hold the, exact same opinion as that are important to them. It is our re
and liberal academia witnessed her speech hardly permits the sort of free speech and discourse." The reac
they do. With ·an undergraduate popu sponsibility to ensure that all voices are
a ·disturbing, tasteless episode behavior exhibited on our campus. tion of the Federalist Society was both
lation of over 2000 students and over heard and that all stories are covered
of protest at Christina Hoff Sommers's At LC, Sommers was scheduled to respectful and passionate, representing
150 faculty members, this is, of course, • fairly and accurately regardless of their·
speaking event at the Law School. The lecture on "The Closing of the Feminist a mindset that is imperative to effective highly unlikely. Yet many people with content.
March 5 talk, hosted by the LC Stu Mind," \I topic she has spent much· of and progressive liberal education. opinions that do not conform to the As the Editor-in~Chief, I also support
dent Chapter of the Federalist Society, her professional career exploring.1J pon Chanting, shouting and bursts of liberal stereotype feel like they cannot the faculty resolution for free speech.
evolved from a collegiate forum to a learning of her scheduled speech, sev profanity all littered the enviro_nment freely express their views. The Christina It is heartening to see faculty members
grand stage of Shakespearean drama, eral campus student groups including of Dr. Sommers's lecture, leading to Hoff Sommers event on March 5 shows in favor of tolerating differing opinions
complete with scurrilous altercation, the Women's Law Caucus, Black Law an event that was ultimately cut short. why: protesters made it abundantly and active debate on campus."We ought
insulting rhetorrc and humiliating be Student Association and LC Chapter According to Sommers, Dean of Di clear that they do not think contrary to be receiving an education, not an in
havior. Students and faculty alike of the National Lawyers Guild signed versity and Inclusion.Janet Steverson opinions should be allowed on campus. doctrination. Hopefully this resolution
experienced an event that threatened a scathing letter condemning the in approached the podium in the middle The free and open exchange of ideas will lead to greater tvlerance and more
the reputation of our institution and. vitation of Sommers. In the letter, . of her speech and asked her to finish is essential to a liberal arts education. If intellectually motivated criticism of
garnered nationwide coverage. Ulti Sommers was labeled "a known fas without a-fully developed argument. students at LC do not have the opportu ideas from both sides of debates and all
mately, an atmosphere that should cist" whose work augments women's However, many accounts repudiate this nity to think critically about and _pscuss views in between.
have attracted worthwhile scholarly de suffering and strengthens a culture of interpretation of events. Instead, several complicated sub-jects, then the liberal
bate turned to a platform for raucous, male supremacy. However, the climax maintain that Steverson asked Sommers
disruptive conduct of a most fantastical of the letter came with a demand for the to transition from a speech to a section
proportion. LC Federalist Society to rescind its invi of questions and answers. This shift
Dr. Christina Sommers of the Amer tation for Dr. Sommers to speak. in the lecture schedule was meant to
ican Enterprise Institute is an author Clearly, the signatories of this letter allow for students to engage with the
and philosopher known for her stud failed to study the word "fascism" be speaker and promote civil debate while
ies in gender politics, feminism and fore nonsensically slapping it onto their also granting Sommers the chance to
university free speech. On Twit plea for dismissed academic discourse. expand on her arguments.
ter, Sommers has disclosed that According to the Merriam-Webster I am embarrassed by the conduct
she is a registered Democrat whose dictionary, fascism requires unequiv observed on our campus. I do not deny
ideology leans libertarian, also stating ocal support for political suppression, that Sommers holds opinions that are
to have once identified as a socialist. hostile nationalism, racism, violent highly controversial, but debate and
Critiques of her work have pointed to force and dictatorial government. De ardent dialogue are the finest methods
her publications on classi<eal liberal spite defending controversial views, when formulating opinions, discussing
feminism and gender feminism, often Sommers fails to possess any remote sensitive subjects and breaching new
arguing that modern feminism unfair element of fascism. In fact, the only realms of intellectual communication.
ly attacks men, amplifies falsehoods people at the talk attempting to sup Older generations often make the as
about domestic violence and greatly press anything were the protesters sertion that college students exist in a
·exaggerates contemporary rape cul themselves. world where a protective liberal bubble
ture. Two of Sommers's books, "The The LC Chapter of the Federalist So promotes a magical fantasyland; events
War Against Boys" and "Who Stole ciety responded strongly, crafting a letter like this strengthen their position. If it
•Feminism," have suggested that mod that both critiqued the writing of the stu is our generatioii's responsibility to
ern culture unfairly presents men as a dent groups and upheld its decision to fight social and political inequality, and
hateable gender and that the current host Sommers. The Society expressed action must occur through purposeful
feminist movement is both radical and hope that Sommers's branding as a and rational argumentation.
Privileging thinness contributes
to damaging bodyshame _culture
By AUDREY BARRETT
"THE BON DESSERTS are my
downfall!" "I worked out today so
I deserve extra carbs." "I'm being 'good,'
I really shouldn't eat that."
Do any of these statements sound fa
miliar? I hear family, friends and strang
ers say things like this all the time. Until
recently, it did not seem wrong to me.
But, these microinteractions serve to
reinforce ideas that there is only one ac
ceptable or attractive body type and that
there are morally good and bad foods
(which does not even make sense).
An Instagram account I follow posted
MICEAL MUNROE-ALLSUP/PIONEER LOG
an original comic that summed it up for people, it can develop into an eating sively present.
me. One woman says, "I'm soooo bad for disorder, causing emotional trauma Since there is so much stigma and
eating this cake!" The other woman says, and potentially permanent bodily misunderstanding -around this issue,
"For f"*k's sake Sharon, you're eating harm. many people will go through it in si
food, not burning down an orphanage!" College students can be vulnera lence and without support The National
What we see in this comic is a ble, especially with the stress of being Eating Disorders Association sponsors
representation of diet culture. Otir away from home, dealing with classes a week of awareness to call attention to
society associates moral value with cer and managing a social life. At least 30 both survivors and those who may still
tain foods, behaviors and appearances; million people in the US suffer frorp. an be struggling, encouraging people to
that is, a thin person who eats a lot of eating disorder; this group has the high share-their stories and make others feel
vegetables and hits the gym seven days est mortality rate of any mental illness. less alone. This year, the week spanned
a week is seen as more driven, success This is not limited to the skinny white from Feb. 26 to March 4. It is likely that
ful, admirable, etc. A deeper desire to girl stereotype. Eating disorders, or even everyone reading this article knows
better oneself can be externalized into a just disordered eating patterns without someone (or is someone)_w ho grapples
never-endingq uest for the "perfect body." a full diagnosis, affect men and women with body image or food/exercise anxi
It is vital for students, and everyone, to _o f all ages, backgrounds and body types. ety every day, but does not talk about it.
dismantle these damaging stereotypes Let's bust some myths right now: not ev I hope people can begin to recognize the
and stand against fat-shaming. eryone with an eating disorder is super influence of diet culture on their everyday
Of course, to an extent, exercising skinny, and they are not romantically livesa t LCa nd challenget he stereotypesa nd
and eating healthier foods does increase beautiful in their ascetic. self-punish stigma associated with such a prevalent
length and quality of life. However, ment. Moreover, people with eating mental health problem.
health is as much mental as it is physi disorders· are not vainly chasing an Final advice: Don't be like Sharon.
cal and ultimately, how ahother person attractive body; they are chasing the Call out the Sharons in your life when
treats their body is a private matter; your cultural value associated with thinness. they say problematic things, just like you
judgment of their health may not actual At Lewis & Clark and elsewhere, a thin do when people speak carelessly about
ly be helpful. person is seen as in control, successful race, gender, sexuality, Donald Trump,
This type of thinking, when com and attractive. Conversely, a fat person is you name it. We must all do what we
bined with genetics and environment, seen as lazy, stupid, inept, etc. Obvious can to correct this ignorance and socie
is the root c,mse of many eating disor ly, the physical appearance ofa person tal conditioning. Let's accept bodies for
de~s. These -toxic thoughts. can fester does not actually correlate with any of what they are: a vehicle for enjoyment of
in the background, chipping away at these character traits, but the societal life, cake and the pursuit of happiness.
self-esteem and mental health. For some pressures to think that way are oppres-

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018
6 OPINIONS
Student fees may fix counseling budget shortfall
ASLC's resolution to fund Counseli":g Ser{dices from the LC budget is 9, stopgap in the larger problem
By TYLER SHORT terminated. Lastly, there is •t he decision for the ·Le student body, for . st~dents to thrive academically. play a deep appreciation of attending
possibility of a $3 semesterly fee, we would be provided with more than . Numerous Northwest private col to students' demands. Our demands
AJFfER THE 2015 donation for permitting the hiring of a part adequate-support. leges have a Student Health Fee that deserve to be met, we deserve con
he Lewis & Clark Counseling time- dietitian who would provide With the $22 semesterly fee; LC covers. counseling services, such as tentment. And I recognize that it is
ervice became depleted this nutritio.nal counseling. These ,pro could maintain its current level of Whit_worth- University, Willamette difficult for students to get on board
school year, several options were posals c;an be combined and would student coverage and even poten :university and. Gonzaga Universi with an additional fee, but with the
considered as replacements for the ·be discussed in conjunction with tu tiaily hire another counselor and ty. If LC identifies- wants to support current approved plan, the possibili
donor's funding and to determine ition negotiations. Increased student <! dfetician, without drawing from its students, •t hen it should follow ty of reduced counseling services still
the course of action for the Counsel fees are :generally undesirable due to th·e general budget. This would these other institutions' example remains a threat. However, we can in
ing Service. Some included program LC's already expensive tuition. How- improve the efficiency and quali and approve the additional fees. fluence their decision. Contact ASLC
cutbacks, per-visit charges and ad . ever, I believe that it would be a more ty of the Counseling Services, since Consequently, they would maintain representatives and let your voice be
ditional semester tuition fees. Two feasible anti) responsible decision for each counselor would not be terribly strong mental health services and dis- heard. Our school needs it.
weeks ago, the Associated Students of th~ school to adopt a low semesterly overworked. The impact of individual
Lewis & Clark (ASLC) passed a reso fee, especially given the state of the Counseling Service staff members is
lution supporting the use of $129,000 school's budget. monumental, as demonstrated in the
of general budget funds for the Coun - Accorcling to John Hancock, Student Mental Health meeting led by
seling Service in the 2018-2019 school Associate D-ean for Health and Hancock in February. Over the span
year. This funding is a short-term Wellness and Chief Psychologist at of one year, a single counselor sees
solution for a long-term problem, as it LC, if the donor's funding is not able to approximately 90 students with 298
would only provide relief for the pro be met next year, the program would client sessions, provides walk-in ser
gram for another year. Consequently, suffer from a 15 percent reduction vices once a week, after-hour on-call
it would be challenging to hire addi in-the staffing and services available ,support for two weeks per semester
tional staff due to the fragility of job at the Counseling Service. Worrying - and facilitates a. support group for
stability at the Counseling Service if statistics suggest that there has been :survivors of unwanted sexual expe
these fuods fail to be maintained in an increase in the severity of mental riences. These services have shown
the future. health within the student body, and to be beneficial for the LC student
Several other proposals were pre any cutbacks· woula be detrimental. • b(fdy: the average student reported
sented to the ALSC that they do not As shown by the L"c 2016 Wellness that their level of functioning, on a
currently support, including options • Survey, approximately'.36 percent of J10 scale, increased from 4.65 to 7.16
that would prevent service cuts and students repoi:ted • being diagnosed after approximately six counseling
strengthen the stability of the Coun or treated for a mental health condi sessions.
seling Service. There was discussion tion and 16 percent reported that they Since mental health issues can be
of a $16 semesterly fee that would seriously considered suicide, which inhibitory and detrimental to daily
maintain current staffing levels and is substantially higher than previous life, they often infringe on academic
a $19 semesterly fee that would also years. Therefore, the $19 per semester performance. With the increased level
allow the program to rehire a coun fee conjoined with the $3 per semes of functioning that stems from coun-
seling position that was previously ter dietitian fee is the most beneficial •s eling arrives a heightened ability in
LEXIE BOREN/PIONEER LOG
The Counseling Center is attempting to find solutions to its lack of funding.
Coniniunication of LC eniergency procedures is lacking
By NICK SABATINI procedure, but in an emergency sit website accompany a video giving crucial locations on campus that even less safe. If an incident were
uation, the likelihood of students instructions on how to lock a crash lack an emergency phone: in front to occur outside a residence hall a
I T IS UNDENIABLE that we live reading and comprehending a pam bar door. I am concerned that not of Watzek Library and in front of • student does not live· rn: the stu'dent
in a eountry with security issues. phlet are pretty low. I just assumed enough students actually took tbe Templeton. These areas receive would be trapped outside. If the in
Recently, we have seen mass that if a lockdown were to occur time to read the lockdown proce heavy amounts of traffic, so I am cident occurred at night, there may
shootings in Las Vegas and Florida during class, the professor would dure. Students are simply not as surprised the phones are absent. If be no one around to open the-door.
that have killed dozens of people. have known what to do. If I was . engaged reading information from a .a student was walking by the library In a lockdown situation, it is criti
College campuses are by no means by myself ihside a building, what website compared to an actual drill. when the library was closed and an cal that all students can enter the
immune to this would I do? What Additionally, it is emergency or nearest building. It is a basic safety
type of incident. It is necessary to question would I have done also concerning Campus safety should active shooter measure and not having universal
In the wake of all if I was by myself that the existing situation were access to buildings is jeopardizing
LC's preparedness for a consider having more
this, it is neces and a lockdown plan for a lockdown to occur, the the.safety of students.
sary to question s_ecurityt hreat.· occurred and I situation were only frequent lockdown drills. nearest phone Campus Safety should consid
Lewis & Clark's could not lock the sent out to students would be near er having more frequent lockdown
preparedness for door? Do I go to after an incident the Gregg Pavil drills or at least make the lockdown
a security threat .. another building happened, as op- ion; this is too procedure more clear to students.
Unfortunately, LC is not adequately or do I stay? posed to being regularly sent out. far for any student to travel in an They should also consider installing
prepared. The answer to this remained Like many colleges and uni emergency situation. emergency phones in areas that
First of all, there have not been unclear to me until I found an old versities, LC uses the blue light The most significant securi receive heavy traffic. Most im
any recent lockdown drills since I email sent by The Bark after the Las system, a network of emergency ty flaw on campus is the lack of portantly, however, I strongly urge
started LC this year. Until recently, Vegas shooting in October, which phones scattered throughout cam universal key card access across Campus Safety to bring back uni
I did not know what to do during included a link to LC's website pus. Personally, I feel safer outside residence halls. This was enacted versal key card access to all dorms.
a lockdown on campus. There are with instructions for the lockdown when I know I am near an emergen by Campus Safety as· a security pre Doing this is easy, simple and ii:iex
pamphlets describing lockdown procedure. The instructions on the cy phone. However, there are two caution after a threat in 2015. In pensive, thereby greatly improving
theory, if a shooting were to occur s·afety on campus. Even if LC is not
on ·campus, the shooter cannot- get prepar-ed at this point for an unnar
inside the residence halls even with ural disaster like a shooting, the
·a keycard. However, this does noth college can be by taking these mea
ing to improve safety on campus. In sures.
fact, I think it makes the LC campus
SARAH BRADBURY/PIONEER LOG

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018
FEATURES 7
Anon(ymous) actors examine meaning of home
Students in the Mainstage play reflect on their backgrounds to further develop their theater characters
By CAITLIN CHAPPELL cused more on the characters while
others focused on the actors getting to
. REEK LEGENDS are often re know each other beyond their roles.
imagined to fit new audiences. "We started with a lot of getting to
G From the Amazons in Patty Jen know each other· and really identify-
kins' "Wonder Woman," to the retelling •i ng within ourselves what our idea of
of "Lysistrata" in Spike Lee's "Chiraq," home was," Mathews said. "That pro
artists turn to these legends to create cess was helpful in thinking through
contemporary work. Naomi Iizul_rn's my character and helpful in getting to
play "Anon(ymous)" is one of these re know the rest of the cast and identi
imaginations brought to Lewis & Clark fying where we can relate to Anon's
College for the Spring mainstage per journey, pecause Anon is supposed to
formance. be the everyman."
"Anon(ymous)" is a retelling of Ho It was not just up to Fava to under
mer's "Odyssey" from the perspective stand Anon's journey. Each character in
of a young refugee trying to find his the play either helped or hinderedAnon's
mother in the United States. While it journey home, so each actor needed to
pulls from the epic's basic structure and understand what "home" meant to their
themes, it resets th_e play in modern characters and themselves.
society and deals with contemporary is "We would sit and talk about home
sues surrounding race, community and because that's what this play is about, all
home. these characters finding home and what
"It's basically about a boy known as that means,• Arun said. "I remember we
Anonymous, who goes through a series all talked about home and what we liked
of events, showing what refugees expe most about home, and I remember for a
rience today," Hamdan Hamad Alameri lot of us home was specific people."
'18, the actor who played Ali and Igna Similar to Anon, the actors identi
cio, said. "Some scenes are more fiction. fied liome as the people who played a
Some are more nonfiction." part in their lives, rather than a specific
"Anon(ymous)" uses the magic of the location. For instance, Arun and Mat-·
"Odyssey" to represent refugee experi thews both moved around throughout
ences; however, the play is not an exact MO FRIES/PIONEER LOG. their lives, so home to them was the
reproduction of the epic. Characters Avi Fana '21, Yash Bisht '21 and Dylan Hankins '20 (left to right) act out a hitchhiking sceqe in the Mainstage production. people they met along the way, includ-
have been changed, added and omitted. • ing friends and family.
Some characters are left ambiguous so their own. The script may not have counterparts, the story of Anon is similar man he became. "What I appreciate and miss about
actors can relate more to them based on given the answers, but the actors were to Odysseus'. "Anon was this wandering soul to home is the strong relationships within
their own associations with home. This able to flesh out their characters by "It's the core of the 'Odyssey,' the he me ·that kind of became molded with families," Alameri said. "I feel like th~re
was the. case for the character of Pascal, pulling from their own identities and ro's journey home,'' Oliva Mathews '20, the people he met, so he's not necessar is so much support between us."
portrayed by Malavika Arun '19. their definitions of home. the actor who played Naja, said. "It's ily this solidified character," Avi Fana· Anon became who he was because of
"There isn't a lot about (Pascal's) In fact when it came to a lot of the following Anon through his journey· '21, who played Anon, said. "After he's everyone he met on his journey home.
history," Arun said. "I wanted to work. characters, they were not defined by home and finding what home means interacted with all these different peo Similarly, this play became what it was
more on that, and I suddenly had a Pas their counterparts in the "Odyssey." Ac to him and what it means to the other ple, it finally molds him into this solid because of the actors and crew who took
cal in my head that I wanted to-bring tors could look to the epic if they wanted people in the show. It's about the people individual." part in it.
•o ut." to, but in the rehearsal space there was along the way." Given how important relationships "I really do feel like I wouldn't have
For Arun, Alameri and the other more of a focus on pulling from one's Those people, the ensemble, were a are in the play, the actors' process in been my character if it wasn't for the
actors, director Francisco Garcia en own experiences in relation to what was key part to LC's production. While this cluded a lot of relationship-building people around me," said Fana. "You
couraged them to answer questions • writte~ in the script. Despite these cbar was Anon's .fourney, the other charac exercises for characters as well as cast can't succeed without these people
about their characters' histories on acters not being replicas of their Odyssey ters played a part in his journey and the bonding. Some of these activities fo- around you."
Safety officers _share what~it n1earis to work at a college
By EMILY DA VIS beneficial for me." and respect because, especially when said. "We're all here t<.hi elp, and we're Mendez said. "We're here to provide
Being a campus safety officer is not I'm enforcing something, I never want to all personable. Most of us have been them with a safe and positive environ
W5T COMES to mind when all glitz and glamor. Both officers agreed leave a student with the impression that in that sort of situation or gone to col ment for them to get an education."
u think about Campus that the number one call they get is for I'm looking down on them," Niven said. lege, so we've been in the same boat. We Officer Niven agrees with Mendez
ety officers? While your helping students and staff who have "That's really important to me." know what it's like." and stresses the importance of creating
first thought might be running across been locked out of their ro01p.s.C alls to It is crucial to both officers that stu Mendez and Niven share the same a calm and considerate dynamic be
campus in a full sprint at one in the Campus Safety are usually service calls, dents realize that behind the uniform sentiment of wanting shldents to un tween officers and students.
morning, there is another side to these . whether it be to escort somebody across and the role of authority, they and their derstand that they are there to create a "It makes all the difference in the
officers that students often overlook: campus or to help somebody with car fellow Campus Safety officers are reg safe environment for students, and also world, what kind of energy, what kind
they are people just like anyone else in trouble. They do get the occasional call ular people who are understanding of know that Campus Safety is a resource of demeanor you bring into the situ-·
the Lewis & Clark community. Officers for suspicious activity or inappropriate what it means to be a student. for everyone in th_eL C community. ation," Niven said. "And I think that
Ernesto Mendez and Aidan Niven are behavior, and Campus Safety officers "Don't let Campus Safety, just the "What I want people to understand we've done a good job of hiring people
Campus Safety officers who say they un are always prepared for these emergen ·name o~ the appearance, intimidate is that we're not 'bad guys' and we're that are respectful. We aim for under
derstand the balance of power between cies. you, because we're all friends," Mendez not here to rain on people's parades," standing, cooperation and respect."
young adults and authority figures. Niven explains that officers are
They, along with their fellow officers, trained to handle medical emergencies,
work hard to make the campus a safe whether they be for physical or emo
place. tional issues.
Many of the officers for Campus "We get a lot of medical calls,'' Niv
Safety have had previous experience en said. "We get calls from distressed
working within the security sector and students, students having panic attacks,
bring with them valuable knowledge things like that."
and skills. Mendez has been working Mendez notes that part of being a
at LC for the past three years and has campus safety officer is being prepared
experience in both the public and pri for a disaster or significant emergency:
vate sectors of security. Before coming "We can have an earthquake here,
to LC, Mendez worked as a police officer we could have a fire in a building and we
for several years. just have to be prepared for those types
Niven, the second newest member of things," Mendez said. "Part of my job
of the Campus Safety team, has only is being ready to act if something were
been at LC for 18 months, having pre to happen.
viously been a campus safety officer at Both Mendez and Niven agree that
Reed College. . their number one priority is to keep
"(Working at Reed) was like boot students safe and maintain a level of
camp for this job,'' Niven said. "Because security on campus. That being said,
Reed is very similar to LC but crazier. another important aspect of their job is
It's a great school, but the way the cul enforcing policies and dealing with rule
ture is, there's just a lot more intense violations.
partying. I appreciate the facnhat it's "Unfortunately, for some of the stu
not like that here." dents, the only interaction with us is
Niven had several high-adrenaline going to be on th·e enforcement side,
jobs before joining the security sector. and that.will tenil to kind of wane their
He worked as a zip-line tour guide, a opinion of (CampU:s. Safety officers)
high-rise window washer and, most in because they've had to deal with us -in
tense of all, a preschool teacher. a situation that isn't a positive one,"
Niven believes these previous expe Mende:r,s aid.
riences have prepared him to work in Niven agrees that while rule en
a variety of situations, particularly his forcement is an aspect of an officer's
work as a preschool teacher. interaction with students, there should
"What blew my mind was little kids always be a level of respect extended to
are already such unique individual peo the student.
ple and it just kind of hacked my brain," "It's really important that we try to
Niven•said. "It's made me more empa have a personal understanding between
ARY HASHIM/PIONEER LOG.
thetic to people. I thought it was really a student and try to show cooperation The Campus Safety office is located in the heart of campus so it can be easily accessible to students and staff at Lewis & Clark.

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FRIDAY,M ARCH 16, 2018
8 FEATURES
Students turn their unusual skills into cash
ByKENDALLARLASKY a model really young, when we were age or not, they love it and it makes
about 16, and this happened when I me want to take more. I think it's re
AVARIETY OF traditional had just began shooting," Pich said. ally cute and it makes it more fun."
on-campus jobs are offered "So as she was building her port Another person turning their pas
to students at Lewis & Clark. folio I was also building mine. The sions into a business is Camille Wong
Students can work in the Bon, build modeling agency ended up using my '20 who makes ceramic pieces.
sets for theater productions or act wor·k and I got paid for it." "I don't sell all my stuff for the co.~ ~j ~0~ ~·~
as a tour guide for prospective stu Now Pich takes photo'graphs for money," Wong said over email. "I So) \
dents. However, there are other, students at LC, mostly her friends. give a lot away for free. I get dona
less traditional ways to make money "Last semester I wasn't in a tions for pieces and if I price a piece j 'nt ?
~ ~
on campus, and some students ha~e photography class so I was mostly it is based on material price. I make a 0. \)o.c.,'(. r('\ ':,O. .e) {' \
chosen to freelance instead. shooting for fun. I would negotiate lot for people because it was inspired y
Charlotte Copp '18 is a freelance • freelance photography shoots, then by them so it is very casual. They love
knitter who knits clothing for her they wouldn't pay me," Pich said. the pieces because they are unique."
friends for a fee. Copp began knitting "They'd give me a bottle of wine or a Wong discovered her passion for
after receiving encouragement from pack of cigarettes, or sometimes they. ceramics through an entry-level class
friends and family. would take me out to eat. All as com at LC. -~
. "I didn't knit before I came to LC," pensation for me taking their photos "It all started when I took the ce
Copp said. "I learned to knit during and then giving them access to the ramics 1 class here at the college," ..> ' / ✓• ,: , ,':?!~ : , . , ' ",
winter break of my sophomore year. photos." Wong said. "I then became a ceramics , •" '<;-~~-- -..
My mom and my best friend peer Pich notes that there is a delicate minor and fell in love with it. I had .
'
pressured me into it. I just got really balance in profess.ional photography. never done ceramics before coming ~' j' t,· j
good pretty quickly." "The main point in this business to LC. The work done with ceramics ~
• I ,
Copp made it into a business when is for people to know your name and has not changed my future plans. I do
,,· -!
she ran out of projects for herself. know who you are," Pich said. "So, love art and having an art to express .
"I was running out of projects to if I was just asking for money all the myself thought is always important to . ' ,
• '
do last semester and I posted a bunch time and no one was posting my pho balance my life, since I am a Chemis
of pictures on Facebook and said if tos then it would be such a waste. try major."
\ \I
anyone wants me to make them any It's finding a balance between being Since that first entry level course, \' I '
thing, just buy the yarn," Copp said. a young aspiring photographer and she has made a. variety of pieces for 1-- , ',/t\J :~
"I want to complete more projects, then asking to get paid for it and not her loved ones. \ --; . J. \ r,
but I don't like to keep my knitting. feeling bad because I don't have a pro "My main clients are friends and ' \__ • ;
If I can do something I really like and fessional background yet." family," Wong said. "My friends are - ,.· I
then get rid of it, that's perfect for For Pich, her shoots are a long and very supportive •a nd they inspired ,\ I ! / l I J ! ! I' •
me." complicated process. me to make new things in new ways. \~ ,· , ,.;t , ! ~ ) ,,x .. .
Copp loves to get creative with her "I have to think about the setting, I have an Instagram for my art and I t-c-:~;~· ,\\'
projects and says overall that it is a the lighting and finding the right peo post on Facebook."
relaxing experience, ple to shoot as well as styling," Pich Wong cares more about sharing : { ~ :, : ; : : ,/ r'/ ; ...
"I like to do color work, when you said. "It's a process and with film you her work than making money out of
/j, ... ,,,.,
interchange different colors to create have to be very intentional. If I only the process. ~;-~/ ,-~
a pattern or a picture," Copp said. "I have three rolls, that's 96 exposures "I spend more money on the clay . • ., ~ , . ✓ ., ,.·,,..,
find it relaxing and I choose patterns and I'm gonna make everyone count." and more time making than selling," .., -• -·?···,·
that aren't overly complicated so that Despite the long process, Pich de Wong said. "It's very casual. lf I get
., ____. . ,.-
I can do them mindlessly." scribes freelance photography as a money that is cool, but I do it for
Similarly, Rae Pich '20 started rewarding experience. the art and the happy faces. I like
using her skills ·as a photographer "I love how excited people get to share my love of art. Also, my ce
to freelance at a young age. when they receive your work," Pich ramic.s are all functional pieces so
"One of my friends got signed as said. "Whether I think it's a great im- they get a usable piece of art." KAT BARTON/PIONEER LOG
Cavernous rock forniations generate unique waterfalls
By SHAWN "SHAGGY" BOLKER moss-draped forest. In less than a quar-.
ter mile, the upper falls come into view.
UPPER AND LOWER Butte Creek This waterfall is wider than it is tall, a
Falls are unique because they are classic "block-style" falls ·that slides and
close to Portland and yet_f eel so plunges 30 feet over a basalt lip into a
far away. These falls lie on the Scott's massive pool, A deep recess in the cliff
Mills formation, a thick sequence of allows one to walk behind this waterfall
volcanic sediments and lava flows if they choose.
that produced the cliffs for many of This recess is called a "paleosol" -
Oregon's most famous falls, including a layer of loose sediments sandwiched
those in ,Silver Falls State Park. The between two solid layers of rock. Since
impressive basalt formations that these sediments are less resistant to
comprise the Scott's Mills _formation erosion than solid rock, they erode at
are all part of the Columbia River Ba a much faster rate, forming a cave-like
salt group, a series of lava flows that feature that is present behind many of
erupted from fissures 17 million years Oregon's waterfalls. Paleosols are most
ago. This formation is named after fhe obvious behind waterfalls. The constant
nearby town of Scotts Mills, which itself moisture that waterfalls provide prop
is named after a decommissioned saw agates seepage erosion in the cliffs that
mill along Butte Creek. Due to the high they flow over. Seepage gradually scours.
concentration of well-known waterfalls away loose sediments and results in
found on this formation, Butte Creek Falls the stunning caves that wrap behind so
is often forgotten about and rarely visited. many of Oregon's waterfalls.
This is likely because Butte Creek Falls are Although the upper falls are 'miami,
not as tall or grandiose as other waterfalls the lower.falls are much more impressive.
SHAWN "SHAGGY" BOLKER/PIONEER LOG
One of the area's lesser-known falls, Lower Butte Falls is located along the Scott's Mills formation near Portland, Oregon. nearby. They also do not appear too fre Continue along the trail for another quar
quently in the media or travel literature. ter mile or so until it approaches the rim
Do not let this deter you, however, as both of a deep canyon. From here, one can @nly
falls on Butte Creek are still miami and see the to.p of the lower falls, but views of
well worth visiting. the surrounding forest co_mbinedw ith the •
Few a;e aware of Butte Creek Falls' meandering creek below are striking. In a
existence, and even fewer actually ven few hundred more feet, the trail contours
ture out to find them. However, people around a high cliff and ends atop a mas-
tliat do are pleasantly .surprised by two •s ive pillar of basalt. From here, the lower
roaring falls within a tranquil forest that falls are clearly visible, plunging 80 feet
are remarkably easy to reach. Despite into a cavernous gorge. It is possible to
the 1ac1<o f visitation, there is a parking scramble nearer to the creek and obtain
lot, trailhead and well-maintained trail closer views of the falls, but I -would not
that leads to both the upper and lower recommend it if the rock ii, slippery after
falls in under a mile. From the parking recent rain.· Upon enjoying0these shaggy
ai;ea along road CF400, follow a well de hidden waterfalls <U1dso me peaceful sol
fined path as it gently switchbacks into itude, retrace your steps to the trailhead.
SHAWN "SHAGGY" BOLKER/PIONEER LOG
Hikers visiting these falls can walk behind a large rock formation and admire the falls from underneath the outcropping.

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018
FEATURES 9
Craft markets add to the
gentrification of _Portland
By LANI FELICITAS tribute to the gentrification of Port This reclamation of culture, space
land as well as participate in cultural and livelihood, -although seemingly
MONTHLY NIGHT markets appropriation. beneficial for residents, would also
and art walks in the Port "There was .this one particular be a lure for outsiders to come to the
land area often require no·. vendor who got to me," Fujita said. are;i., enjoy the market and further
admission, but the local businesses "These white ladies were selling Jap gentrify the area. Over 20,000 peo
and creatives still sell their products anese crafts and stuff, artisanal, nice ple came to the Jade Night Market
at high prices. The events take place -things ... All these white boys coming in 2017, which continues to exceed
in neighborhoods that have been over being like 'ahh this is cool.'" APANO's expectations for the annual
gentrified like the Albina and Mis People of color are othered and event.
sissippi districts, with the history of seen as different for having different Could night markets still exist
their race and class discrimination cultures compared to White Ameri without gentrification? Can outsiders
often obscured. Buzzwords such as ca. Therefore, when white people sell learn and appreciate the history and
"creativity" and "revitalization" are cultural crafts and are seen as cool, cultures of Portland without displac
used to evict areas with poor resi this simultaneously fetishizes people ing its residents?
dents of color in order to cheaply devel of color's culture and continues to "Cultural nights will bring in
op the area and attract higher-earning other them. In this regard, people of people, but not at the expense of
transplants. color are not just regular people, but immigrants and low income folks
Sadie Bender Shorr '18 comment either as a token or disposable. who struggle day to day," Tabitha
ed on how the Portland Develop The Jade District Night Market Ponciano '15 .said. "At the end of the
ment Commission changed its name in Southeast, however, runs their gig day, these are people's lives and the
to Prosper Portland to show a new differently. Beginning in the sum culture they offer is just a part of
agenda in the name of revitalization, mer of 2014, the district worked with it. What is· central and primary is
genuine community building and in the nonprofit Asian-Pacific Ameri whether people get their basic rights
clusion. can Network of Oregon (APANO) to to housing and security which should
"When I was working at Voz, they create the annual night market as not be obscured by the trendiness or
·were trying to get a permanent lease way to provide sense of ownership authenticity of their culture."
for a worker's center," Bender Shorr for immigrants in neighborhood, The example of the Jade District
said. "But because of all the bougie support immigrant businesses and night market is a unique one where
businesses near the Lloyd Center expand economic opportunities for sharing culture does not lead to gen
and on Burnside, (they) don't want the neighborhood according to Jo trification. The district is current
day laborers, especially Latinx day seph Santos-Lyons, executive direc-. ly in the process of constructing a
laborers, hanging around that area. tor of APANO, in a 2014 Oregonian building that will be used as a com
Prosper PortlaHd has not granted interview. Jade District and APANO munity space on the bottom floor
Voz a permanent lease." worked with Ecotrust to align local with permanent affordable housing
Night markets are a symptom of needs of community members to for Asian-Pacific Islander elders on
gentrification: roaming and brows bringing green infrastructure that the upper floors. Although the Jade
ing is free only if you can afford or will not risk gentrifying the neighbor Night Market happens once a year
ganic drinks and locally crafted beer. hood according to communications during the weekends of August, con
Maya Bon '18 and Robin Fujita '18 intern Kevin Pozzi from Ecotiust. sider going to support not only local
said that they want to support local This infrastructure includes the res residents and their preservation of
art and free night markets, but are toration and maintenance of parks, culture, but also their rights to af
also wary of the vendors who con- safer streets to cross and community fordable housing and a place to call
gathering spaces. . home.
Disabled Student Union advocates
for more accomodation on campus
By AMELIA EICHEL students and professors. While disabled and mandatory attendance are two of
students will often meet with professors the policies that DSU is trying to make
CONCERNS ABOUT accessibility to discuss accommodations, there are more flexible for disabled students.
and accommodations for dis no regulations in place to make sure "There i_sn o institutional check that'
abled students at Lewis & Clark that professors are following ·through makes sure that certain classroom pol-
prompted a round table discussion at with the accommodations that students icies aren't discriminating against or
the 2017 Gender Studies Symposium. need. disproportionately affecting people with
Some of the speakers and audience "On my letter (that I give to profes- disabilities," Peter Saathoff-Harshfield •
members at this round table decided to sors at the beginning of the semester) it '18 said. "I have this retina thing where
create a community on campus where states that I need captions on videos for the center of my retinas don't work.
students could voice those concerns. my hearing loss," Sarit Cahana '20 said. That's where the rod and cone light
After a semester of organizing, finding "Professors will often forget or won't -receptor cells are packed most dense
a meeting space, getting a senate rep chec~ beforehand if there are captions ly and they get more sparse as you get
resentative and choosing a name, the on the video. It's been a continuous further and further out on the retina.
Disabled Student Union (DSU) began journey of professors never remember- Since I'm missing that most dense part
its education and advocacy efforts in ing captions or forgetting to face me with the highest resolution, whatever I
fall 2017. or to speak clearly. A lot of professors look directly atis essentially blank and
DSU was originally going to be called will go down into a mumble. Discussion everything around it is normal. The
Empower. One of the founding mem classes where the chairs aren't in a cir- main implication of that is that I can't
bers was concerned that not enough cle formation are basically impossible." read. Like at all."
students would identify with the label DSU has many ideas for how to Saathoff-Harshfield does everything
"disabled," but the group· decided that improve student-professor communi- on the computer, and he uses a screen
using that term would help decrease the cation in these circumstances. For ex- reader software which allows him to
stigma associated with it. ample, Cahana said that the disability navigate the interface and reads text out
"When we were Empower, nobody trainings LC currently offers should be to him. He does not do any of his assign
really knew who we were," DSU orga mandatory for all professors. ments on paper, and does not have any
nizer Taylor Walters '18 said. "People "They should be mandatory, be- writing implements.
are often uncomfortable with-the term cause the teachers that are not very "Anything -that .Js inherently de'
'disability,' but we thought that was an good at accessibility are the ones that signed to 'oe O!f p~pel assumes· that
important part of our identifier in terms don't show up tci the trainings," Cah-. you'll skip ·various~things on the page,"
•o f campus destigmatiz_ation." ana said. Saathoff-1"!.atshfield sa1a·. "Tliose as.".s
One of DSU's main goals is to work There are also some classroom· sumptions aren'ft:!'ueJor'ho*'I'm using; _
with Student Support Services to im policies that discriminate against dis- the materialS: Using tex,tbook PDFs with~,,.•
prove collaboration between disabled abled students. Prohibiting laptops a screen reader isa huge mess. A"fo(otl
ti~es it f~ds _o_µ~t opyright state./':
acts of oppression that disabled stu frain from hierarchical positions· and
ment in the rniadle of a sentence because
dents could encounter on a day-to-day instead we have 'organizers.'" •
it'~written_5 !1th eJ>ottom of every page.
basis. Walters consults on the disability DSU also makes sure that its meet..:
It' confusingµd. takes me way longer."
theory portrayed in this project. ings are accessible to all.
' aathoff-Harshfield is working to
"In a performance last week, there "We are really comfortable with
raise awareness about ,the inaccessi
was a scene in which an administrator people showing up late to meetings or ._
bility of w~bsit.es ~n!:ls, oftware that are
suggested that the student should drop not coming at all and just making sure
not compatible, with screen readers.
out of college," Walters said. "These are we take notes," Walters said. "We al
WebAdvisor, whicb. is 20 years old,
all things that have happened. A lot of ways make sure there are chairs in the
does not work with.screen· readers and
disabled students on campus could tell space."
is necessary for every LC student. He
you a story about a time when someone Most of all, the organizers want
is graduating this-y.ear but hopes that
-said something like 'are you sure you anyone at LC with a mental or physical ,
by advocatfog for disable!l-students, he
should be here?"' disability to feel like they have a space
will make life at LC'e asier for students
The organizers of DSU hope to cre to be surrounded by peers and talk
with disabilities in the future.
ate a strong, inclusive and accessible about issues that they can relate to.
Due to -the discontinuation of Safe-
community for disabled students on "I think a lot of people just put up
way's medicati.9n deliveries to campus,
campus. They have organized their with stuff and are suffering when they
DSU is trying to ~et up ride shares to get
leadership to reflect their goals for LC. shouldn't have to," Saathoff-Harshfield
students their medications.
"Our club follows more of a collec- said. "Through the DSU, we can actually
Two members of DSU work together to coordinate their orga A n R iz Y a H t A io S n H 's JM n /P e J x O t N e E v E e R n L t O . G on a W th a e lt a e t r e s r i t s h e w si o s r b k y in E g m a i s l y a d e c o L n o s r u i l m ta i n e t r tive organizing approach," Hera Dewan work to improve these things."
'l8. This forum theater project depicts '19 said. "This means that we try to re-

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018
10 ARTS
New singles tangle with time and intimacy
Get intimate with recent musical rel-eases from Anderson .Paak, Little Dragon and Twin Shadow
By RAY FREEDMAN gineering of the milky, silky synth group's forthcoming 12-inch release Shadow) is on a mission to bring back
sounds that drive the song. The liq in April. Like Anderson .Paak's track, the 'Sos. If you told someone that
0 UT OF ALL the singles re uidy keys are layered to bring out "Best Friends" feels intimate and "Saturdays" was recorded in 1985,
leased in the past couple slightly different textures at each mo interested in the relational con they would probably believe you,
weeks, a few with similar sen ment. At the same time, the drums sequences of passing time. The but it works. Like with Little Drag
sibilities have shined through, albeit keep the verse on light feet; they rat band's singer, Yukimi Nagano, on, Twin Shadow's last album was
with completely different sounds. tle crisply with a shaky, bright feel. recalls a teenage friendship forgettable. That album, ."Eclipse,"
As spring arrives, these three artists As the verse approaches the cho that "will never be quite the saw Lewis explore new sounds at
have all released singles interested in rus, the .piece begins to float into an same." Nagano's voice is one the cost of intimacy and musi
the passage of time, engaging it with amorphous space. A piano flourishes the most ethereal in current cal counterpoint. "Saturdays"
a vulnerable touch. What makes this on top of everything, trickling in a pop music, and it shines as she fortunately evokes guitar riffs
refreshing and effective is that these delicate dance feel. A synth bass. with sings "we were too young." After from his breakout album
singles are all upbeat and dancey. • epic volume sneaks in. The beat gets a disappointing last album, the "Confess" while also evolving
The new single from Anderson a little more random before leading single seems like a return to form. from it. Lewis' songwriting is
.Paak, "Till It's Over," juxtaposes all the layers into a scramble that As far as the music behind the voice more masterful as it does not
loss and longing with lighthearted halts on the lyric "I'ma ride it 'ti! it's goes, it is some of the most polished try to be anything it is not.
stimulus. Released last week with a over." Instead of trying to satisfy its production from the band yet. The He shamelessly embraces his
masterful and beautiful video from buildup, the track tries to do as little chords from the synths produce a 'Sos pop sound. His voice feels
Spike Jtmze (starring FKA Twigs), as possible. There are beats of com certain modulation that supports invigorated and relaxed. It is sim
the song exposes a melancholy soul plete silence, broken only by the silky the sense of brokenness in the lyrics. ply refreshing to hear a pop artist so
through the story of a break-up. synth chords before Anderson .Paak Driving everything is a simple dance comfortable in what they are·doing,
The first verse builds from "We can introduces an array of sounds that beat comprised of Little Dragon's and a final verse from HAIM
laugh into the morning / or we can all play off each other like dancing classic underlying snar~ kick and an . lead-singer Danielle
dance into the hallway" to "I didn't staircases. It is full of energy while odd bass sound that bounces with Haim does not hurt.
think this day would happen." An- also laid back. At the end of the sec dissonance. It is a song you can Twin Shadow's
• derson .Paak's husky, enthusiastic ond verse - when Anderson .Paak listen to over and over again new album,
voice has become one of his trade sings "you could never be my one and without getting tired of it. "Caer,"
marks, but he sings with a personal only anyway" - the song embraces Twin Shadow's new releases
touch that feels unfamiliar on "Till Joss in a way that will make you want single,"Saturdays," is April 27.
It's Over." His breath has a quiet, re to dance next time you feel lonely. a collaboration with
strained touch that makes it easy to Little Dragon displays a simi the popular sister-trio
picture him singing the song in his lar juxtaposition on their new track HAIM. The song ba
bedroom privately. This feeling of ~Best Friends." The single will ap sically proves that
intimacy is underscored by the en- pear on the Swedish electronic-pop G~orge Lewis Jr. (Twirt
Artists celebrate _vulne.rability
~Your Dream Three
during the Gender Syn1posiun1 c-our-se ·Meal for $3.3
. .
By CHARUYITE WALi.ACE With only half of March left, pick
ing which Dining Month restaurants
For the month of March, over 100 of out of the plethora participating are the
Portland's top restaurants .decide to do most deserving of your meal out canb e
something kind for us all: offer a three overwhelming. I recommend reading
course meal for $33. I know $33 is still through the menus posted •o nline and
a significant sum for .a meal out, but you picking based on what -you bave yet to
are splurging on a culinary experiem:e try and would not have the opportunity
fuat wou1a otherwise be completely out try wlien March ends. For example, stay
of the question. On average, a three away from the Chart House because it is
course meal for $33 at one pf PQrtland's a chain restaurant and will only serve you
top restaurants is over a 50 percent dis bland fair like an obscenely overpriced
count. Dining month is an irresistible burger and fries. Dining Month is about
opportunity for a night out with friends finding a riveting new culinary experi
or even a fancy date you would otherwise ence. I would also recommend staying
avoid. away from Bamboo.a nd Blossoming Lo
All the dining month menus are tus. You can have a meal there for around
•d esigned to give guests a flavor, figura $33 or less anytime of the year. My top
tively and literally, of wbat. the kitchen two choices are Andina and St. Jack. An
does best. Each restaurant presents a dina offers incredibly creative Peruvian
few choices for an appetizer, entree and inspired cuisine. I am dying to try their
dessert. Drinks are not covered, but, n:ev Dining Mqnth menu and, specifically,t he
ertlieless, $33 is an amazing price ·for a quinoa risotto with truffle oil, local mush
three course seasonal dinner at an elite rooms and vegetables and Grana Padano '
Portland restaurant. Price aside,· very cheese. Completelyd ifferent from Andina
limited options for each course takes out but no Jess sensational, St Jack creates
the stress of decision-making with over classic French dishes with a robust and
whelming menus. You can rest assured updated Portland influence. Any dish will
knowing you are tasting what the ~u be complex, but it will deliver perfect fla
rant wants to show off to you this dining vor in every bite. I am very excited about
month. No need to ask the waiter what the Dining Month Lyonnaise onion tarte
RAY FREEDMAN/ PIONEER LOG the chef does best. All th.er estaurants are and the exquisite flavors the pPached egg
Students watch, read and listen to multi-media_a rtwork at the Gender Symppsium art exhibit in Stamm titled "inSECURITY." committed to providing a vegetariarfop and chevre on top will bring. The afore
tion· and most are accommodating about mentioned restaurants are offering an
By ALANNAH BALFOUR filed into the gallery space for a re Anastasia Pindera, a Canadian gluten free and vegan options as well. At excellent sample of their usual cuisine for
served dinner event. The artwork visual artist and metalworker, • Travel Portland's webpage you cannnd a the three Dining Month courses, will not
THE GENDER Symposium framed the invitees, and any lull in incorporated photography and a complete list of the participating..restau disappoint in taste or expel;iencea nd are
Art Show filled Stamm Hall conversation was ,quickly filled with matching physical sculpture that . rants, mal<.er eservations and view tlleir offering dishes that are flavorful,s easonal
between March 7 and 9. appreciation for the exhibition. It brought vulnerability into • the Dining Month menus. . and u-ni-que t . o them.
Following past Symposia models, co allowed time for artists to speak to room beyond the limitations of a
curators Sylvia Eisenbeis '18, .Claire their creative processes - each art two-dimensional image. A naked
Lyman '18 and Annie Reynolds '19 ist had a story of what drew them to feminine body with a face concealed
worked to showcase community share at the Symposium. The discus by blond curls rested in the outline
artwork relevant to the Gender sion at all tables led to the importance of a hunched body constructed from
Symposium theme of "inSECURITY." of identity, exploration_ and accep metal. The metal frame sat in front of
The gallery follows the complexities tance. the image, as if inviting people in the
of what security means in our current audience to sit down and replicate
While leaning in to
political state, which· has become the curled up shape. The interactive ..
unstable, potentially threatening and someone's gender and photography of Lewis & Clark
difficult to navigate. This was echoed student Kaija Xiao '18 required the
se~ality can be intrusive,
in the various. forms of artwork viewer to hold a blank sheet of paper
with mediums including sculpture, the v_iewerw as invited to in order to observe the images. There
videography, music, photography was a secretive, humbled feeling in
understand the artists'
and paintings. • each and yet the mere publishing
Intimacy connected each work. lives. of it makes the image bold and the
Every piece reflected something artist self-assured.
about the artist's life related to their . Art will forever be linked with
gender experience. While leaning in "Th·e curators of the gender stud social commentary. The artists,
to someone's gender and sexuality ies symposium created a space that speakers and visitors who shared
can be intrusive, the viewer was allowed for discourse surrounding their lives with ·us this past week
invited to understand the artists' socio-political • commentary spe are capturing a moment in time
lives. The audience was asked to cifically, but also allowed for more where many are fighting for space.
gaze at the artist's life and deepen personal experiential interactions," The Gender Symposium created a
their empathy. The gallery moved a s_tudent who. preferred to remain well-deserved platform. The artwork
the symposium's impact beyond the anonymous said. allowed viewers a personal glimpse
keynote speakers and symposium "Contextually, who is interacting into the struggles of being comfort
presentation. with the piece helps allow the socio able in one's own skin and navigating
On the opening night, Gender political intentions to be navigated a complex world that tries its best to
Symposium guests and contributors and facilitated," the student said. limit individuality.
SARAHB RADB UR¥/ PIUNEER LOG

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Fazal Sheikh -exhibit reveals
the personal and the political
By DANIEL ELLIOTT
IT'S BEST TO ENGAGE rather than
just reject (and boycott)," Fazal
Sheikh said during his lecture at
the Portland Art ·Museum, reflecting
on the artist's role in visiting underde
veloped countries to take photographs -
and document current atrocities around
the world. This decision to engage is
apparent in Sheikh's work as an in
ternational photographer that tells
stories of refugee camps, war catastro
phes, hope and hardship in Africa,
the Middle East and Northern India.
In his first Portland exhibit, "Common
Ground" at the Portland Art Museum,
one can look forward to the simplicity
of his portraits and black and white
photography. Sheikh prefers to work
without color in order to capture "the
most essential" of his subject that will
give more life to it. Sheikh's portraits
showcase how the self is and must be a
reflection of what is occurring in society.
During his lecture at the Portland Art 14
Museum, Sheikh discussed the importance
of collaboration with the communities
that he worked with. Often he asked
permission from elders in refugee camps
and other decimated communities to
IMAGE COURTESY OF RTlAND ART MUSEUM
live among his subjects and document "AbdulM anam, Afghan refugeev illage,K hairabad, North Pakistan, 1998,"b y Fazal Sheik.
their struggles. He can name almost
every single person he photographed. "I insisted upon the idea of working tention on the individual and ~eglect the
Sheikh's photography is more of a humble in both communities," Sheikh said of his international politics, especiallyt he role of
collaboration than one of creativity. time in Israel-Palestine. "A Leftist Israeli -the U.S. intervention, that determines what
Sheikh does not attempt to mask said to me 'well you have to make a choice.' happens to communities on the ground.
or embellish his subjects' "stories but And I never really accepted -that ... One Nevertheless as an international ac
rather, tells directly stories according has to choose which side to look to. You tivist, Sheikh's core work of portraits has
to what they suggest is most pressing. can apprehend them both equally in the won several awards. in photography to
"The way in which certain subjects same time. And what does it mean wben •c all attention to the marginalized by using
present themselves to me is a way that you look to one set _ofi mages and you feel his art to call attention to global struggles
I couldn't have conjured up myself," an affinityf or one group and another page and their solutions. If you find yourself
Sheikh said about a moment where he you feel affinity for the other side," he said wanting to get involved after visiting the
was photographing a mother, daughter as his presentation flicked through ordi exhibit, the Portland Art Museum shares
·and aunt. "But it showed this charac nary portraits of an Israeli on the left and books about refugee crises and diaspora
ter of solidarity. It instructed me about a Palestinian on the right He does this to such as N. H. Senzai's "Escape from A!Je
tlie. .i iufe~eri.,tw ays that refugees mangle show what he .calls" a fund;ynental puman po" an~_gina AJ:1irab ed's "I Remernbp;
through clifficultm oments in their lives connection" that transcends global conflict. Beirut."--The museum also provides i.Q.~
but yet th~re are still there to bolster one However,b y naming the exhibit "Common formation from •n bnprofit org~tions
anpther. They are still there to create Ground" and including photographs of in such as P ortland, Meet Portland anci' -n-•
and recreate their sense of community." dividuals from both sides of the conflict, ternationlll Refugee Center of OregQ11-.:m.·_
At the end of his lecture, Sheikh Sheikh runs the risk of evading accountabil ongoing efforts to roouce stigma and. eIJ;
discusses the difficulty he had in por- ity to larger politiral forces that entrench . sure: basic rights to 'migrants and refugees
traying multiple conflicting sides the war. And as moving as his portraits in the Portland area and around the world.
of stories from the oppressed. are, portraits may focus the majority of at-
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The Bottom Shelf: wild
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MOST LEWIS & Clark students the luscious consistency; it pleasantly is to flame the peel; the oils will ignite
associate flavored vodka with coats your mouth, even when used in as they leave the fruit. This seems
the suspiciously cheap open cocktails. complicated and a little dangerous, but
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Raf Stremmu_rd's "Powerglide" slides into the Billboard 100
By DREW MATLOVSKY about a Lamborghini, specifically the
Powerglide two speed transmi;;sion that •.
OH MAN, IT'S good to have Rae can be added as an aftermarket racing
Sremmurd back. accessory. (Drive safe folks.) Of course,
It is an understatement to say none of this matters. Rae Sremmurd's
modern hip-hop is a· crowded market. new single is about having fun, as -Swae
It is saturated with Xanax enthusiasts, Lee creatively rhymes •" Powerglide"
lean-trotting. "lil" artists and Atlanta with "peanut butter inside," referring
posers trying to cash in on the trap to the brown leather upholstery of the
sound - and let's not forget about Post car. He then tells his girl he's going to
M;:tlone. Hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd buy her a ring with so much bling it'll
have always stood in front of the crowd look like a snow globe. He spits many
by pure talent alone; working to carve other creative rhymes and sexual
out a distinct sound for themselves. It innuendos that would be unprintable
is softer and frankly weirder than most in a newspaper, some of which involve
contemporary trap music, as they place Hulk Hogan, diamonds and of course,
less emphasis on strip clubs. Swae
Sonically, "Powerglide"
conforming to the doesn't take his
triplet meter that is about as smooth as verses too seriously,
defines Migos and and it works: There's
the transmission its
other look • alikes. few rappers who
Production wise, Ra,e named after will toss around
Sremmurd shy away the phrase "peanut
from the "grunge" butter" with such
guitar sounds of Lil Peep and the confidence.
"sizzurp" samples of Lil Yachty. They Sonically, "Powerglide" is about as IMAGE COURTESY OF INTERSCOPE RECORDS
abide somewhere between all this mess smooth as the transmission it's named of Rae Sremmurd, a combination of title's chorus for the word "Powerglide," "Ghost ride" in your 2001 Nissan Sentra
of contemporary rappers, able to stay after. It clocks in ·at over five minutes, the auto-tuned vocals and slick druin rolling the sample throughout the song . to "Powerglide" and pretend you are
afloat on the two brothers' chemistry .y et it never lags for a second, constantly production from Mike Will Made It. The As summer slowly approaches, beat driving a 1.5 million dollai: Italian sports
alone. propelling the listener forward. It's heart of the song runs on a Three 6 Mafia the heat in your car by rolling down the car. You know it is what Rae Sremmurd
Rae Sremmurd's new single is layered with the trademark smoothness sample of "Side 2 Side," trading the windows and putting on some shades. would want.

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Pain management and the stained glass doVe
Th€! fourth chapter in a story about rural Idaho, a nursing home and the people who inhabit it
ByDYIAN GREER . the song, but couldn't remember the
name.
THE BEST VIEW of the lake at St. "She took too many pills and now
Mark's was in the chapel on the she's in a coma. I don't know why she
third floor through the stained would do this to me," she said.
. glass window gifted to the hospital by "It's imp0rtant to look at the big
a big pharmaceutical company in the picture. God does not make mistakes,
sixties. The clearest tiles were the wings He does everything for a reason."
of a dove and through them the lake lay Sometimes Nunez felt like an actor
comatose across the earth. At sunset, repeating lines he was taught at
the light shined through the wings . seminary. "Give it time, I'm sure His
and casted images across the chapel grace will reveal itself."
floor. Her lips were chapped and she
The chapel was small and licked them while she scratched her
unordained, the only flair coming from thigh. "Thank you, that's helpful," she
the window. The fake mahogany pues said.
accented the cheap wallpaper, peeling Then she turned and offered to
in some parts, and non-denominational shake the pastor's hand. He looked into
yet vaguely religious artwork was held her eyes; they were glossy, from crying
up by thumb-tacks. At the very front Nunez thought, and sunk deep into her
of the chapel was a music stand with a bony face: He shook her hand and she
microphone clipped to the top where left.
Pastor Nunez would deliver his sermons. The next Sunday morning Nunez
Some weeks, when no one came to hoped to see her at his sermon, but
listen, the pastor would go outside and 10 o'clock passed and the chapel was
smoke cigars until lunch. empty. He considered smoking but
Last sunday, only one person came. decided to stay and recite the lines
She was young and pencil-thin. The from the third sermon in his rotation:
sermon was on preparation, the second· "Loss is impossible without love, in the
of four that Nunez used in a rotation, same way pain is impossible· without
and she didn't seem to be too interested pleasure." He looked at the clock.
in what he said. She sat, taking up as "Scripture tells us 'The Lord is close to
the brokenhearted' and 'blessed are the
little space as possible, glued to the wall
poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom
like a leftover grain of rice stuck to a
of heaven."' 10:30: "In Revelation we
pot. Nunez noticed her but did not look
are told 'He will wipe every tear from
at her while he spoke, shifting his eyes
their eyes. There will be no more death
from the old clock above the door to the
or mourning or crying or pain, for the
linoleum-tiled floor. The same pattern
old order of things has passed away."'
that graced the rest of the hospital.
Nunez stepped back from the pulpit and
After the final prayer - something
gathered his things before opening the
about letting God steer your life 'like
door and walking down the hallway to
an omnipotent truck driver - she left,
the exit.
tripping over her heels as she walked
She was sitting in a chair next to the
out, and Nunez hadn't seen her since.
nurses station and looked helpless as he
He hadn't seen anyone. Most of his days
walked by, like a mouse caught in a trap.
were spent staring through the dove's
She looked at the ground and scratched
wings and counting the trees ringing
her arm.
the lake. ANN_AD ESMET/ PIONEER LOG
The pastor walked up to her and said
Today was no different. 37, 38, her sleeve, revealing scratch marks that they listened to the sound of machines "Sometimes there is nothing we can "Hey." She didn't respond.
39- had darkened to become bruises, and through the chapel walls. do. We just have to accept the pain and "Don't talk to her." Sherry, one of the
"Father?" scratched at her arm. "What does it look ''I'm sorry to hear about your do the best we can to make it through nurses, was watching over her. She took
Nunez turned and saw the girl from like?" mother. Have you tried talking to a grief each day. God has more plans for you." a hit from her nasal spray. Nunez, and
the sermon; she wasn't in a hospital Nunez motioned her to the the front counselor? The hospital has a couple on He smiled. Nunez's faith in God never the rest of the hospital staff, knew that
gown, and he saw no sign of a bracelet pew and they sat next to each other. staff that I could refer you to-" trembled, but his faith in the church the nurses kept a solution of cocaine
dripping from her wrists. "It's pastor, She smelled of hand sanitizer and black "No," she said, startling herself with was epileptic. and water in them to get through long
actually," he said. pepper. The pastor worried he smelled her urgency, "No, its fine. No doctors, I She nodded to her feet and said shifts, but nobody spoke openly about
"I wanted to ask you about the of tobacco. just want a little help figuring out what quietly, "I've never dealt well with it. "She stole a prescription pad. I told
speech you gave on Sunday. The thing "What brings you to the hospital?" to do when she's gone." She got up and pain." her I'd throw her ass in jail if she moves
that you said about preparing for death he asked. walked over to the colored glass. Nunez "What happened to your mom?" or says a word."·
rather than waiting for it?" She made "My mom is sick," she said. "I watched a_ss he put her finger to a joint Nunez asked. It grew quiet enough for She looked up at Nunez but as soon
strong eye contact, but her lips and wanna know how to be prepared when and followed it down to the bottom of them to hear Frank Sinatra singing as he returned her gaze she looked
hands shook while she spo'T<eS.h e lifted she ..." Her sentence ended there and the pane. in 0e next room. The pastor knew away. He went outside for a cigar.
Superchu_nk returns with a thoughtful political albuin
- By BRENDAN NAGLE the legendary indie rockers are still in are uniquely excellent, and despite The album opens with the title track, of 'Sos punks. "But to tell the truth,"
top form, producing music that worthy the group's interest in staying within a rollicking surge of overdriven guitar Mccaughan wails, "There was more
FAR AS consistency goes, continuation of their earlier work. the confines of guitar-based rock that finds Superchunk at their best. "To than 9ne Reagan Youth." The other
ot many '90s bands can rival To be called consistent often feels music, each album has its own distinct see the rot in no disguise / Oh what a Reagan Youth he is referring to are those
uperchunk. Most of their like a backhanded compliment for personality. The most obvious example time to be alive / The scum, the shame, who "learn(ed) how to breathe" under
contemporaries called it quits years musicians; the implication being is 1994's "Foolish", - famously_ the • the fucking lies / Oh what a time to be· his administration, i.e. the Republicans
ago, and of the ones that didn't, few that the band is fine, but largely _product of a breakup between songwriter alive," Mccaughan cries in dismay. It's whose path was paved by Reagan. On
have released quality·music post-2000. uninteresting. In Superchunk's case, Mac Mccaughan and bassist Laura difficult not to shout along, to share in "I Hate Music," Mccaughan asks, grief
Yet somehow, nearly 30 years since they consistency should not be confused for Ballance - which, in its heartbroken his consternation. On "Lost My Brain," stricken, what music is ~orth, "if it .
formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, banality. All 11 of their studio albums despondency, demonstrated a fragility Mccaughan describes his collapsed can't.bring anyone back to this Earth."
that was untapped in the rousing punk mental state post-election. The words Now these same doubts are resurfacing.
of their previous albums. But from make him sound drained, but they're What's the value of political music if it
their bracing self-titled debut to 2013's delivered with fury that's nourished can't prevent Donald Trump?
"I Hate Music," which grapples with by the breakneck pace of the band. "Most protest music is terrible,"
the death of a loved one, .Superchunk McCaughan's outlook is just as bleak Mccaughan said in an interview with
has always been dynamic, somehow on the next track. "Break The Glass" the New York Times, "It's pedantic, it's
sustaining the youthful energy that finds him observing a broken world: usually preaching to the choir."
defined .their early success. To listen to "Nothing look~ familiar out there / But But is he not himself guilty of
their catalog is to hear a band growi'ng everything's the same / It's just the preaching to the choir? It's not as if the
up, snotty punk kids blossoming into center leaking out / While all ·the trees "old men (who) won't-die too soon,"
·mature - but no less inspired - adults. go up in flames." whom he calls out on "I Got Cut,"
On their new album "What a time Superchunk is indebted to the will take any notice of his songs. But
to Be Alive," Superchunk maintains overtly politicar hardcore punk of the Mccaughan doesn't preach so much as
the paradoxical dichotomy between 'Sos, and they address it explicitly on he unleashes his own feelings. Just like
consistency and variety that has "Reagan Youth." The song takes us he did on "Foolish" and "'I Hate Music,"
marked their career. Sonically they back to the summer of '81. Mccaughan Mccaughan turns to song as a means to
are -as alive as ever. Churning out ominously notes that "cable's getting soothe his own pain, to communicate
more robust and catchy rock tunes, cheaper, but there's something going his own frustration. "What A Time To
Superchunk still makes a thematic on." By the second verse the 'Sos are Be Alive" is an album about problems,
leap forward. McCaughan's lyrical style nearly over and the heat has "all drained • and it does not offer any solutions. But,
has always_b een personal, sometimes away." The devastation of the Reagan without doing so explicitly, Mccaughan
indecipherably so. He has explored love, era is evident: "Friends do not look answers his own question. The value of
heartbreak, friendship and death with fine ... Either busted like a union / Or (good) political music like Superchunk's
. an intimacy that can make one nostalgic reanimated with fear:' The first half of is in finding solidarity in times of strife.
for a memory they have not .lived. Now the chorus pays homage to the influential To hear an artist express the same pain,
he has turned his sights to a topic left anarcho-punk band Reagan Youth, a the same anger, that you feel, and to
untouched for the last 30 years: politics. group whose fierce condemnation of be able to feel it together with them, is
Although the Trump administration's Reagan's conservative regime was a powerful. "What A Time To Be Alive" is
footprint is all over "What A Time To Be beacon oflight, and even an educational proof that, when done right, political
Alive," McCaughan's-approach is still to resource, for Superchunk. But the music can still matter in the.Trump era.
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High schooler Chang commits to LC
Nationally-recognized athlete to swim breaststroke and freestyle for LC women's team
By NICHOLAS NERLI explained a state of frustration an·d
ambition to keep . advancing her
T
HE LEWIS & CLARKs wimming performance ..T his led to an impressive
. community attracted a significant finish in the 200 breaststroke.
addition to its women's team for "Being one of the older swimmers, I
the 2018-2019 season, receiving a verbal had peaked in speed and I hadn't been
commit from high school senior Alys able t-o get.to my best times for about a
Chang. Chang, a student at Fremont year and a half," Chang said. "The race
High School in Sunnyvale, California, • was ·painful, like any other race, but the
competes for the Santa Clara Swim Club. last 50 meters was even more exciting
On Jan. 21, Swimming World Magazine because my coach was right next to
published an article announcing me and yelling go, go, go every time I
Chang's verbal commitment to LC, took a breath. Once I hit the touchpad
highlighting numerous competition .at the finish, I looked at the scoreboard
times throughout her high school career and started crying. It read 2:59.53. This
that made her an appealing recruit. race made me so proud because it felt
Chang described a desire to attend like.the weight of an elephant was off
a college that combines strong athletic my body, and ~he burning sensation
programs with rigorous and challenging in my body felt well deserved."
academics. These criteria resulted in To ready her for the challenges
her choosing LC over the University of associated with college academia and
San Francisco and Whittier College. athletics, ·Chang said she felt that
"I chose Lewis.& Clark because I love her high sch.ool offered sufficient
Portland, a supportive and attentive preparation.
sports program, and the small ratio "My high school career prepared me
between students and teachers," Chang for a huge load of work without cracking
said via email. "Lewis &.Clark appealed under pressure," Chang said. "It trained
to a major factor in. my decision: the me to be able to do work without feeling
support in the sports department." any harmful negativity."
Chang also discussed the strength Currently, Chang is interested
that the LC swim program offers, in studying history and psychology,
especially th·e impressive leadership of particularly child development. She
coaching staff and the cohesion of the ._ PHOTO COURTESYO F ALYSC HANG also has a passion for art and would
swimming team. Alys Chang sports orange an~,black as she prepares for her next journey as a Pio. like to study art history at some point
a
"When coach knows exactly what in her collegiate career. Chang listed
to do with his/her,_teani, it makes me Her 200 breaststroke time is· equally described an ex,perience that was both her mother and Coach Chris Fantz
I I - more comfortabl~ and c<;mfident in outstanding at 2:28.72. B~tJi··of these rewarding and demanding. As a young as people who were helpful when she
times would have made Chang LC's best swimmer, Chang swam some of her best
them and their goals for me," Chang made her college decision. Ultimately,
women's breaststroke swimnter during . races that made her into a fierce high
said. "The solid coaching staff and Alys Chang is greatly looking forward
supportive sports program is what I the 2017-2018 season. school competitor. !fowever, her junior to becoming a member of the LC
Additionally, Chang's times in the and senior years also had personally
saw in LC and is what drew me in the community and representing the Pios
first place." 200 IM and 500 freestyle would have profound moments that shaped her as an athlete. •
ranked second best during LC women's mindset as a swimmer. In particular,
Throughout her .high school career, "I am looking forwa·rd to meeting
Chang performed well enough to receive 2017-2018 season. She would have been Chang noted a July 2017 meet in teammates and having future successes
national rankings and the attention of fourth in the 200 freestyle during this Fresno, California that was one of her as a team," Chang said. "I love
year's season. ·proudest achievements as an athlete.
several collegiate swimming programs. everything 11):>o,uPto rtlap_q.I 'rri,excited
Throughout her time swimming When outlining her swimming
In the '100 breaststroke, Chang's best and ready for anything, but mostly the
time at a competitive meet is 1:10.75. for the Santa Clara Swim Club, Chang career before the Fresno meet, Chang food." •
Athletic Trainer Jereniy Loew talks career and tinie at LC
Jeremy Loew '95 enjoys being an athletic trainer, an LC alum and an engaged fan of Pioneer athletics
. By CASEY PICKARD preferred avenue for working in ath-
letics.
BEFORE AND AFTER practice, "It was a way for me to be connect-
student athletes can be found in ed to athletics and work with athletes
the Athletic Training Room for without coaching, without being an
help with everything from physical administrator," ,Loew explained. "I
_ rehabilitation after surgery to mas- wanted to be fnvolved in professional
sages for shin splints. The Athletic baseball and this was a way I thought
Training Room is run by. three main I could do that."
staff members who seek to accommo- Once he graduated from LC, Loew
date the needs of all students. continued to live in Portland where
Jeremy Loew '95 works 'at Lewis he worked for the Trail Blazers. He
& Clark as the Associate' Head Ath- later worked for the Texas Rangers
letic Trainer for the athletic training and the Oakland Athletics. Shortly
department, working with anywhere after, he moved to Corvallis for two
from 15 to 100 student athletes every years before returning to Portland to
day. • work 'fo·r the LC athletic training de-
"In the morning we·usually open partment.
up anytime between 6:30 and 9," As far as managing the depart-
Loew said. "We try to reserve morn- ment goes, Loew explained that all
ings for ongoing rehab or if something three trainers (himself, Tara Boat
has come up recently .. : and that's our man and Mark Pietrok) oversee all LC
time as well to do paper work and get athletes and 'share the load of work
caught up on some of our other duties equally.
assigned." • "'.J).ra will typically oversee all of
The trainers close their doors the rehab .1:as.es,"L oew said. •"Any-
for one to two hours .during lunch. body that•s-fojlired, has had surgery,
During this time, they work out a'nd is missing time, anybody-that's set-
catch up on paperwork, meetings ting up a protocol routes through her
or work on various LC committees. desk."
Loew is involved in the Hall of Fame Boatman also handles inventory
Committee, the Student Health Advi- and ordering while Loew manages in- •
sory Board and the Eating Disorder. surance, medical billing and standard
Management Group. tasks like rewriting LC's concussion
At 1:30 p.m., the trainers open protocol.
their doors again and keep the train- "Mike's_· number one; he's been
ing room accessible until closing, here almost 30 years," Loew said.
usually between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. "He has to make the final decision
depending on team practices. on things as they come up, and he's
"We try to stagger our schedules accountable for where all our budget
so that nobody gets hammered too money goes and things like that."
- bad," Loew said. "We try to schedule • Of all the facilities he's worked at,
it so that this time of year no one is Loew prefers the work environment
HANNAH RING/PIONEJ::R LOG
w ge e t e ti k n . g " more than about o • ne . nigh • t a,:,:: · a p f o L r C ts , t e h x e p . J m .< i ) s _ si i o n n in thg o a f t a .t t h h e le c ti o c l 1 t e r g a e in ./ e m rs p Jeremy ·Loew 'g . fw ' orks.w ' ith . u p to 100 athletes every day and provides care for all 19 varsity sports teams at Lewis & .... Clark.
Loew played baseball throughout to promote the health of athletes. to somebody and they tell you some ing an athletic trainer is being a part "I can have my family around
high school and during his time as Furthermore, he enjoys the student thing that's fascinating. Whether it's of the CO!flpetitions, whether it's up here, my kids high-five the athletes,"
an LC student, where be studied as a athletes he gets to work_ with every something they're doing in school stairs in the gym or standing in the Loew said. "They're just part of the
Communications major, now known day. or something they're interested in rain on the soccer field. He is espe community here. The way this college
as Rhetoric and Media Studies. "Yesterday I saw baseball players, off-campus or what they're going to cially looking forward to spending the is set up really embraces family. Ev
After playing for the Pios, Loew basketball players, soccer players, row- do for the summer." weekend in the sun with the baseball ery day is a little different and I like
realized that athletic training was his ers and tennis players. All in one day," One of his favorite aspects of be- team. it that way."
Loew said. "Every day you get talking
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LC woII1en's tennis begin their
season with illlpressive results
By MORGAN TAYLOR h·ard, raising the intensity match after with several players winning in just
match." two sets.
THE LEWIS & CLARK women's The team gained Riley Hanks '21 of The Pioneers had one of their first
tennis team had a_ni mpressive Redland, Oregon and Madelyn Land season challenges when they played
start to their season, ·winning erfelt '21 of Minden, Nevada. With a Whitman College on March 11. A high
their first six matches with ease. In team of only 11 players, everyone in light of the competition was when
the first match of the year against the lineup has the opportunity to play. Natalie Kelly '18 and Glenna Gee-Tay
George Fox University, the women The next game against Hardin lor '18 played a close match but came
won every singles match and gave up Simmons University of Abilene, Texas out on top 8-5 in doubles. Of the nine
one doubles match for a score of 8-1. was won with a 9-0 sweep. Tash Hood conference teams, LC has already beat
Christine Eliazio '18 played the posi '20 won her singles 6-1 and 6-o, as well four.
tion of first singles and won in a deci as her doubles match with teammate The Pios play Austin College of
sive two sets. Chloe Sermet '20 did the Riley Hanks '21. Sherman, Texas on March 17, fol
same, winning fourth singles with 6-o LC is ranked seventh'in the West re lowed by a match against George Fox
and 6-1 matches. gion, just below·regional rival Linfield University on March 18. Both match
The successful start to the season College. In the 2017-2018 Northwest es are at home before the team travels
has transformed LC women's tennis Conference standings, LC is competi to California the following weekend.
into a regional powerhouse, as no tive at third place .. "Our record during season is less
rival team has won more than two The University of Puget Sound important than how we do on confer
matches in their first five games (UPS) is following close behind in ence day," Caroline Hennes '20 said,
"We came into the season having· fourth, with the same win percentage "so every match we play is preparing
lost our former number one an:d two in conference as LC. However, the us for the end of the season when we
players, but we are doing really well Pios had no problem defeating UPS have to go bead-to-bead with the best
without them," Sermet said. "These on March 3, coming out with an 8-1 teams in the conference to try and
SARAH BRADBURY/P IONEER LOG last few matches. we have been ·push win. The women came out yet again come out on top."
ing ourselves and working really with a sweep of the singles matches,
Both students and
athletes face diet
•
issues on campus
Between busy schedules and economic
a
restrictions, eating properly as college
student presents significant challenges
PHOTOS CO.URTESYO F MORGAN TAYLOR
Tennis players Glenna Gee-Taylor '18 and Chloe Sermet '20 practice in the tennis dome to prepare for their upcoming meets.
By MEGAN ANDERSON needs. Soccer player Paige Barta '20
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begins her day by making coffee and
W THOUT THE consumption eating a granola bar before engaging
of nourishment, it becomes with her academics. For Ben Welker
nearly impossible to proper '21, a protein or breakfast bar paired 24 hours.1867g ifts.
ly function. As busy college students, with a cup of coffee also kicks off his
feeling hungry is often an acceptable day. Both Barta and Welker will go for
consequence of not wa1_1tintgo either the salad bar when eating at the Bon. A
cook, order food or eat at the Bon. Lack lover of vegetables, Barta is a vegetari
$150,000 match.
of appetite as a result of stress and time an and has found ways to consume the
strains due to heavy academic loads and proper amount of protein, even during
social life maintenance results in col the season.
lege· students overlooking the necessity "I get the fuel through iron pills and
of a well-regulated diet. To add to the protein shakes," Barta said. "Starting
already overwhelming schedule of a out being vegetarian was hard because
student, athletes not only have to at I didn't think I was getting enough pro
tend praaices and compete, they also tein, but regulating my protein intake
have to carve out time and find leftover through protein shakes and bars fixed
energy to ensure that they are fueling my problem. I thought that I wouldn't
their bodies with ·sufficient nutrients. have enough energy from my vegetari
Both student athletes and students at an diet but I actually felt better and lost
Lewis & Clark must organize their al weight and gained muscle when work
ready busy schedules to care for their ing out which.made me more lean. I do
physical well-being. drink more protein shakes during my
Athletes tend •t o intake a larger season because I need so much more for
amount of food in either a single sitting recovery.".
or day compared to an individual that Another LC student whu takes their
is not involved in sports. The average dietary needs seriously is Faith Witham
human is suggested to intake around '21. As a vegan with gluten free needs,
2,000 calories a day. For defensive back finding the right food can be a difficult
and linebacker Pete Lahti '19, the sug challenge. After experimenting with a
gested amount is just that: a s·uggestion. number of different foods, however,
While not following a strict diet, Lahti • she has been able to narrow down her
has continued to follow his 19 meals per preferred options. In her do'rm, Witham
week plan by not missing a meal since enjoys making foods like rice, gluten·
he came to LC three years ago. He also free cinnamon rolls and pasta. •
feels that eating at the Bon is a conve "This gives me the nutrients and
nient option. carbs I need, and I know it will actually
"If I don't eat until I'm really taste good," Witham s;iid. "Being gluten •
full every meal, then I lose -energy free and vegan gives me more ener
throughout the day," Lahti said. "I gy which allows me to focus on school
have a really high metabolism, so if more intensely."
I don't eat, I lose weight and am not Eating is special for every individual
as productive at practices and corpp e because there is freedom to decide how
titions." to fuel one's body. For athletes, every
An athlete's need for food becomes sport has different requirements when
crucial during athletic performances. aiming to perform at full potential.
For softball player Stephanie Garcia Swimmer Jonathan Torres '18 tends to
'18, the amount of food taken in per lean toward eating carbs through vege
day fluctuates, depending on the lev tables and grains while baseball player
el of intensity for that day; game days Stephen Baker '21 goes after meats and
look different than normal practice other forms of protein. •
3 from1 0a.m.-3p.m.
days. After morning lifts and runs, she Overall, LC students have a wide va April
refuels her body by consuming foods riety of diets. The important part is that
like bagels. However, her routine be they are intaking food. If an individual
fore a game is much different. takes care of their body in a healthy way
"I definitely need something light they will likely be successful because
because I don't like playing on a super they know their bodies well and know
full stomach," Garcia said. how it responds to energy. Getting to
Every individual has a different know how your body works and using it
approach when it comes to how and to your advantage will help you become
what they eat. This can create a prob a better student and athlete.
lem when there is an absence of dietary

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The Backdoor is a work of humor and friction
Le Bon is Portland's hottest
My wardrobe screams
new fine dining experience "hobo" b·ut my father
is worth $100 million
By LAUREN KEEGAN live in mobile homes in the U.S. and
subsequently suffer from formaldeqyde
Af COLLEGE acceptance season poisoning. I'm very connected to na
upon us, prospective fresh ture; one time Daddy took me on one
en flood the Lewis & Clark of his hunting trip and the private chefs
campus to scrutinize every aspect of the prepared a pheasant roast. He pays for
school in order-to determine if LC will all my College Outdoors trips too, and
be the jumping off point to the rest of makes sure I have a brand new pair of
their miserable lives. On numerous oc hiking boots for each one.
casions this spring, these enthusiastic, Listen, I know I'm privileged in the
cherub-faced high schoolers trot up to most superficial and least self-critical
me and ask if they can buy me a meal, way possible. I counteract my privilege
or inquire where my cardboard sign is. by arguing that all people should have
I chuckle and exclaim, oh my sweet, the same privilege! Communism may
sweet summer child! I am but one of have led to·tens of millions of deaths,
many LC students who dress like a wan but it's just never been done correct
derlust hobo, but do not be fooled, my ly before. As a trust fund baby with an
father is worth $100 million. This eth intimate familiarity with capitalism
ically questionable portrayal of self is a and all the wonders it can bring, I love
one-way ticket to fitting in at LC. How to mercilessly criticize it and dream of
do I justify this abhorrence, you ask? a world wqere its eradication has been
The methodology is rather simple. realized, blissfully unaware of what that
I do most of my shopping at the would entail for my personal set of priv
Goodwill bins. When choosing a new ileges.
article of clothing, my rule of thumb is: But trust me, I know hardship. I had
the more holes and musty smell it has, to get a partial scholarship for my soph
JACKSON SUND HEIM/PIONEER LOG
By ELISE GLASER course of "Sweet N Sour Pork." For my out of their meal, loudly convers{ng the better. Millions of Americans need omore year at Bellarmine Prep. It was
. second course, I savored vegan "Soy and joking with friends. The crowd is to shop at Goodwill because that's liter subsidized by Daddy's COII!panyb, ut I
PALATINE HILL'S new fusion Curl Tacos" and ended the delicious very young and hip, mostly filled with ally the only thing they can afford, but I still had demonstrated need according
restaurant, Le Bon, has Portland meal witn Lemon Coconut Mousse and "grunge" young adults who are likely do it because it goes with my #aesthetic. to Daddy's head attorney. We aren't
foodies flocking to "The Hill" in fou-rc ookies for the road. As a fun, cre to opt for a vegan or gluten-free meal. I love appropriation, especially when I hurting per se, but it did take us longer
Southwest Portland. Amidst towering ative option, the restaurant regularly Customers are loyal; regulars dine at don't even know I'm doing it. Gone are than expected to pay the mortgage on
Douglas firs, restaurant goers can en offers a cereal bar full of sweet, colorful Le Bon an average of 14 times a week! the days of Paris Hilton's "Stop Being our second ski cabin.
joy-their meal in a more rural setting. cereals. This place is also known for its Poor" tank top, the tides have turned. I identify with being poor in the
Pulling into the restaurant, the ini I never imagined a quesadilla with weekend brunch. An enthusiast food Being privileged isn't cool right now, same way Rachel Dolezal identifies
tial smell of curry was overwhelming. I lamb in it, and I'll have you know that blogger named it "Portland's Best so I hide it in head-to-toe Patagucci with being black: I have pretty much
entered this new elegant venue stealth it was more shocking than_ expected. Hangover Brunch." Gourmet omelets and claim it's secondhand. In reality, I no right to. Am I a gentrifier? Prooably.
ily, relieved that none of the employees The lamb was falling out and the torti and waffles are made right in front of bought it with my credit card, for which Does Grandpapa gain·pride from this?
recognized me as the food critic they llas were covered in a decadent yellow you, for a fresh, personalized taste. Daddy pays the bills. I spend my checks Also probably. Am I the worst kind of
had been warned about. The kind host oil. I was also impressed by the vegan Overall, this is an inexpensive before the ink has even dried lest any of person? Yes. However, my actions don't
ess, Betty, showed me to my tabie - a option. The soy curls tasted similar to restaurant with high-quality curries. my peers know howwell-heeled I am. even matter because I'm one of so many
tall, white round table with a scenic what one would imagine wet packing The average plate price is $8.05. In I'm sooooo broke right now, but on this campus that have this priVJ
tree-top view. peanuts, an unexpectedly delectable conclusion, Le Bon: Good? Bad? Nei I just HAV E to buy these $6500 VIP lege. Bon meals are just a circle of my
This place is not for someone look texture. ther. Le Bon JSi nventive and original. backstage pass tickets to the hot new friends pretending that they don't know
ing for the "classics." This restaurant ·Hundreds of customers flock to this This review is in memory of the fa music festival Clorpshompenfest to what the Dow Jones is and comparing
proudly fuses all flavors and cultures renowned restaurant every meal, gob mous restaurateur, Yogi, who opened see my favorite indie music artist King overalls, simultaneously drfoking and
into an unidentifiable meal. Probiem bling up the unlimited curries. Le Bon Le Bonjour decades ago. Semicolon and the Betsy DeVoses. I can mispronouncing Guayaki Yerba Mate.
atic? Possibly. During Hanukkah last is also known for its wildly creative always use Daddy's card or just sell one Sometimes Bon food sucks, but it's okay
y en ea ra r, g e L d e o E v o e n r ' s t h J e e w ad is d h i ti c o u n s to o m f s e h r r s e d w d e e r d e n er o s n - e a n l j c o o y h o a l i r c e f c r o es c h k i t n a g il s. C R ra e n s b ta e u rr r y an -S t o g d o a o se f rv m e y , t g h o ey ld c i o n u g l o d t s r e t a o l ly th u e s e F e th d e e r h al e lp R . e I s W in e c t e r u I l c y a a n r a e f a fo T rd ro U ja b n e h r o E r a s t e s o e f v p er r y iv n il i e g g h e t. !
carrots into the timeless potato latke. Mocktail, or a Mystery Sunrise: a great still splurge every now .and then on spa Am I worried about post-graduation
Alterations like these, however, are combination of three unknown sodas treatments, like praying mantis fore plans? No, not really. I think I'm going
what draw curious foodies to Le Bon and orange juice. limb acupuncture and fire ant chemical to dick around in Fiji for a couple years
everyday. The crowd is eclectic. Some diners peels. while my liver still works and commit a
The meal was similarly impressive. enjoy sitting alone and quietly reading When Daddy talks about how well few hit-and-runs. By then I'll be ready
J enjoyed the hors d'oeuvres, "Braised the New York Times, while some din his shares in various stocks are doing, to _waltzm y way into managing Grand
Lamb Quesadillas" and a hearty first ers love to make a group get together I just sigh and roll my eyes. How unen papa's hedge fund. All he does is sling
lightened! All I want in life is to drink back whiskey neats and yell out num
trendy "raw" . collected water while bers while pounding his fist on a large
Going green for St. Patrick's Day Flint, Michigan still lacks potable wa mahogany table, so I think it'll be easy.
ter, and live that #vanlife as millions
By GRAHAM RING tors will be standing by, ready to ID stu emonies going on, the most impressive
dents before allowing them to jump in, will be the actual leprechauns hired
N A CELEBRATIONo f the con drink and forget about midterms. for landscaping. Instead of the usual
nued budget deficit, Lewis & "When I heard about the reflecting rugged workers typically seen pruning
lark will be throwing a St. Pat pool I almost shed a tear of]oy." James _treesa nd mowing lawns, several dozen
rick's Day Celebration on March 16. The Killingham '19 said. "This year's been a fleets of leprechauns will be responsi
school will be using money pulled from major bummer for me and my bros. We ble for keeping the campus as green as·
the bridge reconstruction fund to pay were looking forward to cracking open a possible all day. All dead leaves, fallen
for the numerous events, as well as nu cold one, but when we heard about that branches and debris found throughout
merous alumni donations. As a cherry beer pool, we cancelled everything. The campus will be immediately dyed green.
on top, LC will change the official school school cracked one for us." LC is using the event as an outreach
colors to green and gold for the day. "I just can't believe it's finally hap program fo impoverished leprechauns.
The Bon will be serving beer on pening," Alfred Keyholic '18 said. wlio can't find rainbows.
tap to 21+ students with ID. Sixty-four "We've been waiting to see what our tu "It's truly incredible all the things
different types of mi-crobrews will be ition money goes towards for years, but you can get done once you get a couple
available to the student body, a lower this is totally worth it!" hundred ofus organized," LC's in-house
number than anticipated. This is due to The school sponsored new student leprechaun advisor said. "It's upsetting
the limitation of only buying from local orientation course PSI (also known as to see so many of us out on the streets
breweries within a five-mile radius. Pounds per Square Inch) will be giving nowadays. There's just not enough rain°
"I just want everyone to have a good out free T-Shirts in lower Templeton. bows these days. It didn't used to be like
time," Bon Manager Jyan Rensen said. These shirts are a solid green with the this, you know. I used to have a nice stu
"We've had to import over 50 gallons of words "Respect Me, I'm Irish" printed dio downtown. Nowadays, I'm lucky if I
green food coloring to dye everything in bold white letters across the chest. can find a good spot in the ravine under
green. We'll be serving green rice, green Release of these shirts is meant to en the bridge each night."
chicken, green soy curls and green soup. courage safe practices on this fun day. Anyone interested should direct
For anyone allergic to green food dye, Students and staff alike are encouraged their questions directly to Wim Wiew
steamed broccoli will be available in the to wear the green shirts as a means of el. If anything urgent arises after usual
Reduced Allergy Zone." "pinch prevention" after hearing threats business hours please direct your calls
Campus Safety will spend the day at of mischief and fun from several ad to 1-800-NEEDWIM. A leprechaun.in
the reflecting pool, refilling it every 30 junct staff members.' the Frank Manor House wilhespond to
minutes with green beer. Administra- Out of all the events and special cer- your call as soon as possible.
ARIEL MCGEE/PIONEER LOG