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Volume 90, Issue 6

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2018-04-20

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Syn1posiuin.challenges idea of sovereignty
By AUDREY BARRETT because the sovereign state has failed
them," Rahman said. "My view is you
FROM APRIL 9 TO 11, the 56th should not really need permission ...
International Affairs Sympo to secede."
sium highlighted the complexity Volunteer student ambassadors
of global issues by framing speaker helped guide guest speakers around
events in a debate setting. Entitled _Portland, and in doing so developed a
"The Scramble for Sovereignty: Mod rapport with the speakers they hosted.
ern Challenges to an Age-Old Con One of these ambassadors was Toby
struct," the symposium provided the Perkins '19. Perkins introduced speak
opportunity for visiting speakers to er Andrew Mwenda, founder and editor
consider issues from opposing sides of of The Independent in Uganda, on the
discussions. There were two debates a • second evening of the symposium.
day for each of the three days. "There are two things Mr. Mwenda
Acclaimed by The Wall Street insisted that I mention: first, his love
Journal, The New York Times and The for ancient Greek and Roman liter
Chronicle of Higher Education, this ature; reading these texts at a young
symposium is one of the most presti age was inspiration for a life spent
gious events at Lewis & Clark. It is also loving the pursuit of wisdom," Perkins
entirely student-run. said. "Second is his age. At 105 years
"What is so wonderful about this old, Mr. Mwenda is our most elderly
symposium to me is that it is created speaker at the symposium."
by our students, so it is really a proj Hannali Selwyn '18', a member of
ect in itself," President Wim Wiewel the steering committee, introduced
said. "It is not just getting speakers Samuel Jones, the other speaker in the
who have wonderful things to say, but debate that night, an Associate Pro
the very act of thinking about what are fessor in the Development Economics
the important topics and who are the Research Group at the University of
people who can talk about those topics ARY HASHIM/PIONEER LOG Copenhagen.
in a way that will elucidate them and Professor Aleksandar Pavkovic0 eft) debates Kurdistan Regional Government Rep. to the US Bayan Sarni AbdulR ahman (right). "Unfortunately, Dr. Sam Jones
allow us to see the different perspec and I have not worked up a stand-up,"
tives." Selwyn said jokingly.
gether," Stites said. "We have had the From the academic viewpoint, In the debate, she only spoke on be
This is the oldest student-run sym While the committee spent less
exceptional privilege as co-chairs to Pavkovic discussed the broad interac half of the Iraqi Kurds.
posium in the United States; Wiewel time driving the speakers around than
witness this year's event from its con tion of sovereignty and secession. ''Those artificial.borders that were
said that it has been held for more the student ambassadors, she and the
ception when (Bharam and I) sat in "There is no law governing cre created after ·the first World War
than a third of LC's history. other committee members still had
the Trail Room together and decided ation of states," Pavkovic said. "States have split my family into four differ
Symposium co-chair Vinaya Bha time to get to know them.
we wanted to take. on this role with a are not commodities or prizes which ent identities, but we are one family,"
ram '19 acknowledged the hard work "When I asked (Jones) why he
combination of both fear and excit~- are given to people for any sort of Rahman said. "We are one blood. We
that she and her colleagues on the ment guiding ~·s." • • achievement.. This is a wax of think speak one language, we haye.on.e..his was studying economics, he told me
steering committee have put in over he wanted to learn a language to help
On Monday evening, Professor ing that prevails among nationalists tory, we have one identity."
the past year. change policy around the world,"
Aleksandar Pavkovic, an Associate and secessionists. States are not prizes Rahman believes independence is
"It is important to acknowledge Selwyn said. "What I most ·appre
Professor of Politics and Internation- • in the sense that you do things, and important for the Kurdish people, who
that this event would not be happen ciate about Dr. Jones is that he has
al Relations at Macquarie University someone says, 'Ah. Have a state.'" have historically suffered at the hands
ing were it not for the incredible been so approachable over the past
in Sydney, Australia, and Bayan Sarni Rahman's discussion stemmed of the dictatorial state. The Kurds vot
student committee,"· Bharam said. few days ... Other steering commit
Abdul Rahman, the Kurdistan Region from a more personal perspective. She ed for secession,' but the result of the
Co-chair Sam Stites '18 agreed. tee members tell me how kind and
al Government Representative to the is an Iraqi Kurd and had family in all referendum was not received well in
"We embarked on a year long personable"he is."
United States, evaluated the legitima of "the four Kurdistans," referring to Baghdad.
•j ourney to share thi1>s ymposium to- cy and dynamics around state secession; parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. "(Secessionist movements) exist "Speakers" continued page 3
Administration seeks hell) forming LC strategic plan
By MACKENZIE HERRING Becker said. "A comprehensive caJI1- community wishes to prioritize Other members of faculty and staff
paign is part of that. It's sort of this "My thinking and my goal for a that participated thought the session
IN AN INSTITUTIONAL effort to idea of the revenue, the inputs, ob strategic planning process is that at showed great promise for the produc
reform Lewis & Clark College, the viously of physical infrastructure, the end of the planning process, when tivity demonstrated by the leadership
Executive Co~ncil and the Board curriculum, all those things. The uni we adopt the plan and think about im in the current administration. Associ
of Trustees have been working on a verse of what we're talking about is plementation that we have something ate Director of Institutional Research
Strategic Plan that would determine everything." that is clear and actionable that we can Renee Orlick said that President Wim
the agenda of the college over the next Becker emphasized the importance measure our success in our results, Wiewel was a 'large part of why there
several years. On April 13, the Office of getting comments and criticism and that everyone in tlie communi is a new push for reform.
of the President hosted a lunch and from various members of the commu ty will know which direction we are "I'm excited because the President
feedback session that aimed to gauge nity. headed in and why," Beckei;said. has said 'we've had enough talking
the opinions and priorities of the com "With any,good strategic plan, we As a participant in the feedback let's actually do something,"' Qrlick
munity. need to know what. everyone thinks, session, Director of Watzek Library said. "I want to see us implement this
Derived from six main institutional students, faculty, staff, all community Mark Dahl was impressed with the and I thfak. that-we have the leader
objectives, 16 priorities were put forth members about· a variety of topics,~ manner in which the session was ship to do 0that now, tliat's what I'm
for the community to respond to with Becker saiQ. "Su~h that we can refine conducted, in that it seemed like an excited for. These are all great ideas
either positive, negative or neutral our thinking, gather the appropriate adequate push forward and allowed that have been floating around, from·
feedback. The responses would then data. Ultimately once we move into an for many voices to be heard. my understanding, for years and this
be factored into the decision making implementation phase, the implica "I think it's a good balance of build is going to give us the impetus to push
process for when the Executive ·Coun tion of a strategic plan is the work of ing on previous work and taking.some it forward and roll it out and actually
cil and Board of Trustees decide which the entire community." new initiatives and revisiting and re do something with the ideas which is
of tlie 16 priorities to concentrate on. Upon hearing from the communi thinking things," Dahl said. "A lot of so exciting."
Executive Director of Public Af ty, Becker intends to refine the plan the time with these strategic planning Associate Director of the Career
·fairs and Communications Joe Becker over the summer and finalize it in the processes you can get really bogged Center Adonica De Vault said that her
described the breadth of what the stra fall; he hopes that the implementation down in long heavyweight processes position motivates her to be involved in
tegic plan aims to accomplish. process will begin soon after. After that just drag on forever. This is a nice helping decide what the plan will focus
"The strategic plan has a number receiving feedback, Becker expects to way of being inclusive but keeping a on.
SARAH BRADBUDY/PIONEER LOG of priorities ·that we have identified," have a solid understanding of what the lot of momentum going." "LC community" continued page 2
Vehicle Theft Opinions Stifled Po~land Dispensaries The Bottom Shelf Competitive Climbing
Six vehicles were stolen from campus during the Forms of protest and discourse at LC exdude Students debat~ the advantages and disadvantages This week the bottom she![ explores the After recovering from an injury, Claire Gordon
month of March from Platt-Howard and Holmes dissenting viewpoints and scare students into of the increasingly popular dispensary business strange and syrupy-sweet topic of Portland's '19 is prepared to make her.comeback at the USA
Residence Halls. hiding opinions. throughout Portland. underappreciated tiki bar culture. Climbing Collegiate National Championships.
See page 2 See page 4 See page 9 See page JO See page 14

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
2 NEWS
LC co~unity gives input
on new institutional reform
Continued from page 1 body. Rather, it was the absolute lack of "Equally important, foundation
"My primary role is supporting stu student participation at the event." al work is already underway," Wiewel
dents and advocating for students and I Johnson said that while students said. "We're fundraising with renewed
want to be here to represent their voice may ask for improvements to be made, intensity: the comprehensive campaign
at least from my perspective as a career they do not participate when there is to raise $155 million has netted nearly
counselor," De Vault said. "I want in opportunity to do so. $20 million since June 1, more than any
ternships and job opportunities and I "Many throughout the student other similar period in our history."
want us to be known as the place to go body demand change across many Over email, President Wiewel said
to prepare for grad school, law school or aspects of our campus, and yet when that in creating a plan with the com
whatever." offered the chance to spearhead such munity, there would be an understood
Despite all of the student body being change, the ~tudent body remains vision for the plan and a more cohesive
invited to the session, there was very lit both silent and invisible," Johnson next step forward.
tle turnout. Over email, Vice President said. "The purpose is that everyone un
of the Associated Students of Lewis & As part of a message to faculty and derstands where we're headed and
ARY HASHIM/PIONEER LOG Clark Zack Johnson '19 voiced his dis staff, President Wim Wiewel said that why," Wiewel said. "It's a five-year plan
Crimes were reported in parking lots near Holmes, Forrest and Platt-Howard halls.
appointment in this fact. Johnson also the community showed great interest in with some elements that we'll be able to
found issue with the broad nature of the future of the college and that he will accomplish more quickly and some, like
LC falls victin1 to
the proposed plan and the fact that it make sure their feedback is taken into a comprehensive fundraising campaign,
did not offer any logistic explanation to account. that will take longer to complete."
back its practicability. "Your commitment to and care for Wiewel said that he has been look
"For me, the most disappointing those who live, learn and work here is ing forward to working on this plan
n1ultiple incide.nces
part of the whole event was not the paramount," Wiewel said. "I am now before he became president.
vagueness of the 'Strategic Plan Pri also more aware of areas where you "The strategic plan is something
orities,' which mentioned absolutely believe we can and must do better ... In I've been thinking about since before I
of vehicular theft nothing about the feasibility or finan taking responsibility for implementa even officiallys tarted at Lewis & Clark,"
cial cost of any of the proposed plans," tion, I pledge that the entire Executive Wiewel said. "It aims to solidify who
Johnson said. "Nor was it the room Council will hold itself accountable for we are and to chart a course for how
full of administration who sat around, the priorities the planning process will we can be even stronger. How can we
By GELSEY PLAZA which was recovered by local law en eating the catered lunch and chatting, identify." best prepare students for meaningful
forcement and returned to the owner. offering only minute criticisms of the In this message, Wiewel also men careers, civic engagement and lifelong
THROUGHOUT THE month of On March 16, the Provost's Officei ssued poorly-articulated 'priorities' that were tioned how the fundraising efforts for discovery?"
March, there were six reported a statement to the student body from mostly disconnected from the student this plan proved to be successful.
cases of vehicular crime around Campus Safety Director Donna Hen
the Lewis & Clark campus. There were derson with some tips for maintaining
four vehicle thefts and two car break-ins; vehicle safety. In the email sent to the ASLC plans to give $62,500 to
the victims' ·vehicles were supposedly student body, Henderson gave sugges
].lillocked. tions for protecting vehicles.
"In two of, possibly three of the ve "Never leave your car running or the
fund Couns_eling· Center services
hicle thefts the keys were also inside keys in the ignition when you're away
of the vehicles," Campus Safety Lead from it, even for 'just a minute,"' Hen
Dispatcher Carey Gordon said over derson said.
email. "In all cases, the incidences were She also suggested always rolling up
reported to the Lewis & Clark College the windows and locking the car, never
Campus Safety Officeb y the victims." leaving valuables in plain view, even if
According to Campus Safety crime the car is locked, and not leaving per
reports, three of these vehicle incidents sonal identificationd ocuments, electronics
were on March 10. The first occurred or credit cardsi n the vehicle.
in the parking lot next to Holmes Res Caitlin Garcia '20 has not felt par
idence .Hall. Another incident was ticularly worried about having her car
reported to Campus Safety regarding stolen, yet she takes precautionary mea
a stolen vehicle thought to have been sures.
taken from near the Platt-Howard Res-· "My car is parked right in front of
idence Hall parking lot. The third auto my window, so I have this probably
theft also occurred in the Platt-Howard false sense of security that I'd hear it
Residence Hall lot. The owner filed a re happening or something," Garcia said.
port with both Campus Safety and the "I do, however, make it a point to lock
Portland Police Bureau. my car every night and leave the win
On March 12, another vehicle was dows closed. I used to leave my keys in
stolen from the lot next to the Forest my car for convenience but have defi
Residence Halls. The. vehicle was un nitely stopped doing that."
locked with the keys inside. That same Another student, who preferst o remain
day, a vehicle break-in also occurred in anonymous, was much more concerned
the parking area adjacent to Maggie's about the car thefts taking place.
Cafe. The owner reported that the inside "I have been checking to make sure
was left in a disarray and had appeared my car is still in its parking space daily
to be rifled through. On March 29, a since the email came out," they said.
supervisor with an on-campus vendor Cosma DaVIs' 20 was also quite wor ARY HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
reported a missing work vehicle. The ried when she first read the original ASLCV ice President Zack Johnson '19 addresses decision to help fund the Counseling Center for the 2018 - 2019 s~~ooly ear.
vehicle was left unlocked with the keys email on the car thefts.
inside. A report was filed with the Port "I was also very confused how that By AMELIA EICHEL but one senator supported the amount. Counseling Services are extremely
land Police Bureau. could be happening on campus, which "I thought the straw poll did what it strained for resources. On average,
Another incident occurred the is monitored by video cameras and pa . THE ASSOCIATED Students of needed to do," Johnson said. "I would students spend 30 to 45 days on a
first week of April in the parking area trolled by campus security," Davis said. Lewis & Clark (ASLC)p lans to use say with strong confidence that the waitlist before they can see a therapist
around Spruce Hall in Forest. Accord "It seems like a high risk area to steal $62,500 from its 4300 account to c01,mselingc enter will get funded." on campus. If a student is in a-crisis,
ing to Gordon, the incident is believed ·a car. But I've definitely taken precau fund the Lewis & Clark Counseling Ser Chief Psychologist and Associate the center usually has emergency ap
to have happened the night of April 7. tions. I always lock my car and empty vices for the 2018 to 2019 school year. Dean of Students for Health and Well pointments, but otherwise they will
This was a traffic crash, which involves it of all possessions as soon as I park." "This money will _keep the center ness John Hancock originally asked need to wait or be referred to a coun
damage to a vehicle from another ve Security cameras are primarily lo at its current functioning capacity a.s for $129,000 to keep the services that seling center off campus.
hicle, regardless of circumstances. The cated on the academic_s ide of campus, well as adding on the dietitian service," the Counseling Service currently offers "I have been to (Counseling Services
incident was reported by the victim who while the residential side, where the ASLC Vice President Zack Johnson '19 and add an additional full-time thera on campus) one time," one student, who
was not in the vehicle at the time and is thefts took place, is predominantly said. pist position and dietitian. Other ideas prefers to remain anonymous, said.
thus unharmed. There has been no fur monitored by Campus Safety: The bill that will formalize the al are being considered for how the cen "The one time that I went, they referred
I ther updates about the perpetrator or As the search for the missing vehi location will be presented at the April ter might augment its services in the me to go off campus, and that just
the vehicle they were operating. cles continues, Campus Safety asks that 19 Senate meeting. T)lis legislation future since they were not able to get seemed really out of my way. The whole
The location of the cars are still students take the appropriate precau supersedes the previous resolution the funds to hire an additional ther:a point of going to counseling on campus
unknown to Campus Safety, with the tions in protecting their vehicles from to support using the school's general pist. is sol don't have to go off campus. I ha
exception of the vendor's work van, theft. budget to fund Counseling Services. Ad The Student Health Advisory Board ven't done counseling since then."
ministration did not include funding passed a resolution on March 8 in In general, ASLC feels it is in the
for Counseling Services in the 2018- support of Counseling Services part school's best interest to provide reliable
ADVERTISEMENT 2019 budget and did not haye time nering with the LC Graduate School's mental health services to students.
to implement a student health fee to Community Counseling Center. The "It impacts every aspect of this
fund the services for next year. As a re resolution advised Hancock and Com school if students are not mentally
sult, ASLC decided to fund the services munity Counseling Center Director healthy," Johnson said. "If they do not
themselves. ~ Justin Henderson to "begin working do well in school, it brings GPAs down
The clause that allocates $62,500 to together immediately in order to devel which brings the image of the college
Traveling Abroad? Counseling Services will expire at the op new opportunities for undergraduate down. If students have to drop out be
beginning of the 2018-2019 academic students to use the counseling resources cause they are going through mental
year. This means that the 4300 account available at the Lewis & Clark Commu crises, it ruins the retention rate which
FREE travel consultsa t will be used to fund Counseling Services nity Counseling Center." this school already cannot maintain. So
for only one year, and after that ASLC Hancock described what the Com it is not only in their best interest, it is
Health Services.
expects that either a student health fee munity Counseling Center is. quite literally their only interest, and I
Travels hots availablei f needed. will be implemented or the adminis "CounselingS ervicem ight better refer don't understand how no one in admin
tration will fund Counseling Services some students to the Community Coun istration has grasped that."
Cneck it out! directly. seling Center, which is a clinic run by the
A straw poll was taken during the graduate schoo1a nd staffed by its coun Additional reporting by Nick Sabatini
go.lclark.edu/health_student April 12 senate meeting to gauge the sena selors-in-training,a nd that clini,cis located
tors' support oft he $62,500 allocation.A ll on Barbur Boulevard,"H ancock said.

FRIDAY,A PRIL 20, 2018
NEWS 3
Free speech resolution sparks faculty debate
time to discuss this," Associate Profes said. ''Although those are also extremely Young said LC events should never
sor of Philosophy Joel Martinez said. important issues, I don't think we need be closed off to the public, even for safe
"Shouldn't we all talk about it and think to wait for a statement on that." ty concerns.
about it and talk about it with each oth Professor of Psychology Brian "There is an argument that students
er, not quickly, but after real thought?" Detweiler-Bedell believes the state and people in the community should
Martinez also brought up the ques ment feels too rushed and does not have priority if there is limited seating,
tion of timing. The resolution was represent Lewis& Clark'sc ollectivev alues. that makes sense, but to ban the public,"
drafted right after the Law School "In addition, it makes no attempt Young said. "That seems like a pretty
protests and could be interpreted as a to balance between two important val- • poor choice if the idea is promoting free
direct response. ues - the freedom of expression and expression and free exchange of ideas.
"If you time your comment right af inquiry, on one hand, and being united Why are we afraid of the public?"
ter the event, even if you say it wasn't in together in a respectful community, on Young believes that, although stu
direct response to the event, because of the other hand," Detweiler-Bedell said dent groups should be conscious of who
the timing, will your statement be taken over email. "Although. Lewis & Clark's they are inviting, the administration
in a way you don't intend?" Martinez policies might not be perfect, our past should not restrict their power to bring
said. efforts have . addressed this balance speakers to campus.
Martinez explained the faculty's head on, and at least they are our own." "Last year I encouraged the or
hesitancy towards the resolution: Fac Professor of History and Director ganizers of the International Affairs
ulty value free speech, however, have of Ethnic Studies Elliot Young also be symposium to re-think and rescind
worries about adopting the University lieves more discussion needs to be had their invitation to a speaker from an
o( Chicago's statement and the content before a resolution is adopted. While he anti-immigrant group," Young said,
ofit. said he is in favor of free speech, he had referring to Director of Policy Studies
"We have essentially just download some objections to the content of the for the Center for Immigration Studies
ed University of Chicago's statement resolution. Jessica M. Vaughan. "That being said, I
and cut and pasted it," Martinez said. "The particular free speech resolu~ don't believe that the administration, or
"Shouldn't we just write our own? tion that was circulated seems to me any other body should restrict the rights
Alternatively, Associate Profes to be problematic in that it is heavy on of any group on campus to invite who- ·
sor of History and Program Director guaranteeing the rights of speakers to ever they want."
of Asian Studies Susan Glosser, one of come to campus and promote hateful The resolution will be brought up
the original 13 signatories, supports ideas and it doesn't promote the same as old business during the May 1 fac
RAYAD EUSSEN/PIONEER LOG the University of Chicago resolution kind of free speech of the people pro ulty meeting. Considering the divided
because she believes it clearly states a testing those ideas, dissep.ting for those opinions on the resolution, most faculty
By HANNA MERZBACH The motio~ was made by Associate strong commitment to free speech. ideas," Young said. "If we are going to believe a decision will not be made this
Professor of History Ben Westervelt, "At a historical moment when free allow those people to come to campus, semester and the resolution will have to
RESOLUTION • advocating for one of the 13 original signatories. speech is threatened by groups and in and I think we should, then we also be reintroduced in the fall for discussion.
ree speech on campus was draft- "(The resolution) has been a little bit dividuals that only want to allow certain need to allow people to respond, and I Associate Professor of History and
d by several faculty members of a moving target," Westervelt said. "A types of speech to be free, it's import think it's important to have conversa Department Chair David Campion
following the protests against Christina couple people have focused on some of ant for colleges and universities to unite tions about where we draw the liries." was one of the original 13 signatories.
Hoff Sommers' speech at the Lewis & the wording and wanted to make some and send a strong message that we sup Young also criticized the resolution Although he still stands with the res
Clark Law School. The resolution was suggestions, but I think the broader port free speech for everyone, not just for not connecting to the greater com olution, he encourages discussion
adapted from a similar statement re- sentiment is that we would kind of like for those with whom we agree," Glosser munity beyond the LC campus. and believes the resolution is not
leased by University of Chicago in 2015 to step back and give this deliberation, said via email. "I think when we bring speakers time-sensitive.
that has been adopted by 34 institutions rather than just rush ahead now." While many faculty members have that are controversial and members of "It often takes us a while to make a
as of January. The new general education require- suggested postponing adopting a reso hate groups to our campus, we're part decision about something and it is good
The statement originally had 13 ments need to be decided upon by the lution until fall semester, Glosser feels a of a broader community," Young said. "I that, as a faculty, we are deliberating
faculty signatories, but received more end of the semester, so the faculty have statement should be made sooner rath feel like the public has a right to come over it," Campion said. "So, I'm not in
support when sent out to the entire fac- had little time in their meetings to ded er than later. and hear those ideas as well as if they any rush to have a vote on it. I think
ulty. At the most recent faculty meeting icate to other topics. Many members of "Some faculty have expressed a de disagree with them dissent from those that soliciting other people's opinions
on April 3, hQ~vei;, tqer:'e-~' ~-'8J>ID!:l. J:he faculty feel more time needs to be sire to issue a statement on speech within ideas. There's nothing in the University • and really discussing it, and this may
dispute over the m:otioµ::to -ado~the- • .,gedicated to finalizing the resolution. a larger statement on issues of ethnic, of Chicago resolution that protects the take a few faculty meetings to do it, is
resolution. . • ~. -.-- :; - ~ · . ; .. ; . _ .. , ··.>"' , ¥ .h. e faculty have not had ample racial, gender equality, etc.," Glosser right of the public to free expression." perfectly fine."
e
Faculty_ lilenibers draw near to
finalizing Gen Ed requirenients
By AUDREY BARRETT of Core is the available staff. The second decision involves struc
"I think the challenge is whether we turing requirements for the distribution
THE LENGTHY PROCESS of re can staff (the Numbers core) robust of other general education courses. After
configuring the General Education ly," Associate Professor of Geological compiling ideas from many models, the
requirements at Lewis & Clark is Science Elizabeth Safran said. "I think committee· agreed to include require
drawing to a close. Faculty members that one aim, among others, in the first ments for four credits each of Natural
met on April 17 to discuss the final cur year experiences to make connections Sciences, Creative and Lfterary Arts,
riculum proposals, which involve op with faculty and establish some of those Global Contexts, proficiency in a world
tions for both future Core and distribu relations that are so important to one's language, and Cultural Difference and
tion requirements. The goal is to make experience." Power. ARY HASHIM/PIONEER LOG
LC's curriculum more reflective of its At present, LC can staff 90 percent The area of disagreement regarding Kurdistan Regional Government Rep. to the US Bayan Sarni Abdul Rahman.
identity statement, which values global of Words core sections with long-term the distribution requirements is whether
awareness and involvement. faculty, but only 50 percent of Numbers to have a Humanities or a Historical Per
According to the report sent out to sections are projected to be staffed with spectives requirement. The Humanities Speakers go head to . _
the faculty, these changes will foster the long-term faculty, even with a slightly requirement would involve critical in
faculty resolution to "prioritize diversi higher eru:ollment cap than the Words terpretation of texts, ideas or subjective
fication of the curriculum with respect classes. The General Education Steering human experience in a historical frame head in lively debates
to underrepresented identities, histo Committee acknowledged the possibil work, while the Historical Perspectives
ries, and experiences in the upcoming ity of hiring faculty to work specifically option would entail the critical analysis
process of reviewing and revising the in the Numbers core. Alternately, quan of historical contexts prior to the con
College's first-year and general educa titative reasoning education could be temporary period. Contimiedfrom Page 1 Professor of Sociology at Columbia Uni
tion requirements." fulfilled through a distribution require During the faculty meeting on May Jones and Mwenda debated versity in.New York and a member of its
"That (current plan) came up ment where students take existip.gc lasses 1, these disagreements will have to be about the effect of foreign_ aid on the Committee on Global Thought, and she
through this process of consensus across departments, the way it currently resolved and the general education re sovereignty of local governments in spoke on global economics on the final
building and looking at the models," As -is done. quirements finalized. developing countries. Mwenda ar night of the symposium. Sassen said she
sociate Professor of Anthropology Oren gued against aid; he favored private likes to explore the very edges of knowl
Kosansky said. "We still haven't spoken enterprise and entrepreneurship as edge to find new insights.
much about humanities and historical the road to development. "(I like to) position myself at the
perspectives, and that's fine, it's just "Aid is not politically neutral," edges of the paradigm so that I have
how the discussion goes." Mwenda said. "It come~ with ideologi the freedom to discover stuff that
The first option for the future of Ex cal and policy strings attached to it. The might not otherwise be contained
ploration and Discoveryi s a one semester welfare state in rich countries is a con within the knowledge silos that we
"Words" class requirement, focusing on sequence of development, not a cause generate within disciplines," Sassen
critical reading, discussion and writing ofit." said. "What do.I see in the fuzzy edges
skills, much like the class currently does. Jones supported foreign aid. He of the paradigm? The heart of the par
This first option would also mean that said that aid, while not capable of de adigm is strong, but at the edges of the
there would be an additional Quantitative veloping a country in and of itself, is a paradigm you come to discover emer
Reasoning requirement in the distribu positive net force. gent conditions."
tion section. "Aid is not a cause of weakened sov All of the debates revealed the intri:
The second option would be a one ereignty," Jones said. "The need for aid cacy of the issues at hand. The speaker
semester "Words" core as well as a is a symptom oflongstanding problems who debated Sassen, John M. Kline,
one semester "Numbers" core, which of deficient effective state formation Professor of International Business
would focus on quantitative reasoning and sovereignty. Removing aid will not Diplomacy at the Walsh School of For
and critical analysis of numerical data. amount to a miracle cure." eign 'service, Georgetown University,
If the "Numbers" core were imple Speakers at the final event discussed encompassed this under-lyingf act in the
mented, there would be no additional globalization and the growth of corpo concluding sentence of his talk on glo
Quantitative Reasoning requirement. rate economic power in relation to state balization.
One critical factor in deciding sovereignty. "Is this all good, or is it bad? The an
whether to institute a Numbers section RAY A DEUSSEN/PIONEER LOG Saskia Sassen is the Robert.S. Lynd swer is yes," Kline said.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
4
Campus orthodoxies strangle healthy discourse
Conversations on campus exclude dissenting viewpoints and scare students into hiding their opinions
By BRADLEY DAVIS the administration's progressiveness shame students with different ideas for denied outside requests to bring gross public attendance at Senate meetings,
and willingness for dialogue, although protest. Marginalized voices once again polemicists on campus. But the group let alone a sufficient number of Senate
STUDENTS AT Lewis & Clark have . then-president Glassnerw ouldn ot engage were ignored as students. in positions floundered; few were interested in col candidates. The number of positions
a strained connection to politics. with protesters.F or many underclassmen of authority asserted their own, though laborating with us and far fewer wanted has been reduced twice in the past three
They are much more aware of the their first glance into campus life was a ostensibly for the sake of others. Such to join with us. years and still competition is minimal.
world around them than the general curation of how acceptable dissent is. behavior gnawed at the legitimacy of However, the memory lived on in a But this sort of malaise seems to grow;
public and even most college students. But dissent from what? the protest and turned away sympathet certain sense. I am still referred to as each progressively older class is less in
LC students are noble and empathetic It would be ridiculous to think that ic ears. "the Republican" and have heard many volved. It should be striking that we did
in their concerns. for discourse and the any, let alone an appreciable number of, Granted, dissent is scarce in class insults because of this. I have since be not have a contested ASLC presidential
consequences of speech, but debates LC students-wouldb e in favor of violence. rooms foo. But this is not the fault of come friends with students shocked by election, not even a rising senior look
rarely take place. I often find myself Perpetrating assault on any student, es professors, many of whom seem to the realization that they liked me. None ing for a resume boost. I cannot help
wondering if the concern is earnest, or pecially Tanguy Muvuna, would ·be an struggle to bring rigorous debate into of which is particularly surprising on but think that this lack of engagement
just performative. anathema to campus values. Nonethe the classroom. Rather, students stifle this campus, but it should be shocking is a result of broader trends on campus.
It is no secret that LC skews liberal. less, students wanted to protest and so it on their own - afraid to overstep the that students are discounted based on Although ASLC is not particularly con
There is a certaino rthodoxya mong students they did. Eventually, students raised imaginary bounds of acceptable opin perception and not personal character tentious, Senate debate is limited and
and professors - not quite a cohesive . some important concerns and the com- • ion or to unintentionally offend a peer. or even belief. While the orthodoxy as few pieces of legislation garner dissent.
doctrine, but one that can certainly be • munity is likely better for some of the They are afraid, it seems, of some illu serts that individuals are multifaceted, How much have student needs or inter
defined by what it is not. The school conversations that ensued. But those sory campus thought police. If such a the groupthink often only recognizes ests guided the ASLC?
cultivates this image, misguidedly fo ~ho wanted to attend class to interro thought seems hyperbolic, consider the one identity: the out-group. While I do agree with some sort of
cusing on the school's politics rather gate the problems or social structures of dorm room whisperings between close Kudos to the few students or pro "marketplace of ideas" approach to
than the liberal arts. What upperclass the day were stripped of an intellectual friends recounting some idea that they fessors who act against the campus campus speech, I am not advocating
man can forget the school promoting space to do so while protesters devel did not want ridiculed or how pointless climate, often by running farther to the for any radical shift in discourse. I just
photos of the anti-administration pro oped the very hierarchy they sought a roundabout discussion was. left. While I do not agree with the spe want students to start having mean
tests in 2015 on its Facebook page? The to critique. Organizers quickly became Some of this aversion may stem from cific protests, I am happy to see them ingful conversations on political and
college co-opted this to demonstrate exclusive and began to shout down and concern of microaggression or other happening. Usually, posters that go up social topics. I believe that the lack of
unanticipated consequence of speech, around campus or demonstrations that substantive or vocalized disagreement
which is fine. We should strive to be occur are trite to the point of absurdity. shapes our environment. For all of the
respectful and diplomatic in speech. During Festival-of Scholars, there are great moments at symposia, how many
But the solution is not to speak in some plans to join a national movement by students can say they have actually been
sort of coded, ambiguous language. Be holding a mass walkout as a statement intellectually challenged by a speak
thoughtful in speech; if you make a mis against gun violence on the anniversa er? For all of the kind members of our
take and cause offense then apologize ry of the Columbine shooting. Perhaps, community, how many reprehensible
and learn from being called-out, do not planners hope to shock the world by people have had their actions ignored
just be silent in class. showing that LC students are generally because they stuck to the script, joined
I have tried to break this pattern of in favor of gun restrictions and opposed the right clubs and had people to vouch
frozen speech; sometimes succeeding, to murder. Perhaps they prefer a symbol for their "wokeness"?
sometimes giving in to the pressure. My ic gesture over interaction with student The illusory nature of LC's ortl1odoxy
freshman year, I tried to start a College research on all types of issues. Like so is certainly part of the problem. Usual
Republicans chapter. Not out of any many instances of LC activism, this ly, the latest talking points from John
particular conviction, as I grew up in a appears to follow a trend rich in social Oliver, the Atlantic or viral social media
liberal California household, but more capital rather than acting for meaning movement will suffice. We should think
out of curiosity and a desire to push stu ful change. beyond what is in vogue and be excited by
dents to engage more deeply in political In addition, seldom have I heard the prospect of challenging ourselves and
discussions at a time where we neither more than an apathetic groan at the our peers. Perhaps viewpoints will remain
had a Young Democratic Socialist of mention of our student government, the same but at least they will be out of
America (YDSA) chapter nor a Col Associated Students of Lewis & Clark conviction. Beyond being important for
lege Democrats chapter. I did not want (ASLC). So few students engage with our intellecruald evelopment,o ur discourse
to stir the pot into a frenzy but rather our student government despite its sig directly affects politicala nd social campus
to develop a pretense for intellectual nificant daily impact on campus life. life.W e can do better and become think
opposition on campus, and I proudly It should be telling that there is rarely ers, not just performers.
KAT BARTON/PIONEER LOG
GMO education is tragically uneven aniong students
By SIMRAN RANDA traits, most commonly pesticide resis prepared to participate in public de seems that college students in gener veloping a class on ·critical science
and PAIGE PECK tanc,e. These genetic changes are stable cisions. High school science classes al do not know enough about GMOs, in the news that is accessible for all
·and transmitted to successive gener need to do a better job of preparing ev though STEM majors may be more majors. Individual students can get·
SC IENCE HAS DIFFUSED into ations. GMOs. are widely considered eryone to understand critical science in confident in their understanding and involved by educating themselves and
safe for human consumption, though the news so that they may lat!_!re ngage steadfast in their views. If more stu their peers about topics like GMOs
almost every aspect of our
lives, most obviously in pub long-term studies are still necessary. with policy decisions and college-level dents learn about STEM issues and and starting critical conversations on
Understanding GMOs necessi discussions. . how to read and understand STEM campus. Interested students could
lic policy. We see STEM in the news
tates a thorough understanding of the The results of our survey reflect news with a critical eye, society as a also take an education course to con
every day in stories about climate
underlying molecular biology, agri the results of similar GMO inquiry whole will be better prepared to com tinue to understand the many ways by
change, genetically-modified organ
cultural science and bioengineering. projects at colleges across the coun bat injustice and face the uncertain, which this problem is furthered and
isms (GMOs), sustainability and the
However, we found that only 23 per try, including Iowa State University, technology-riddled future. join us in searching for comprehen
water crisis, all of which exist along
cent of respondents felt that their high University of Colorado at Boulder Perhaps LC can begin to address sive solutions.
side an ever-growing list of STEM
school science education prepared and University of New Hampshire. It this issue at the college level by de-
topics essential for understanding a
them to understand enough about
world increasingly reliant on science.
GMOs. Taking more science classes
Along with increas,ed visibility, STEM
in high school did not significantly
subjects occupy more of the political
improve students' understanding of
sphere, meaning citizens have more
GMOs, even if these were rigorous
opportunities to influence the way the
upper-level classes. Across the board,
U.S. government approach critical sci
we found that all ,LC students have a
ence issues.
pretty low scientific understanding of
In an increasingly technological
GMO s regardless of high school scien
world, all students should be able to un
tific preparation.
derstand science that pertains to critical
We next wondered if the u·nder
news topics. STEM education should
standing of GMOs wo~ld translate
no longer be just a tool to recruit the
into different attitudes about their
workforce of the future, but should
use. In general, STEM majors are more
now be considered a tool for all citi
likely to have positive opinions about
zens to productively understand and,
GMO s, and they feel much more strongly
partic'ipate • in a democratic society.
about their views than non~STEM ma
But how well did the high school science
jors. One might think that STEM majors
classes that Lewis & Clark students have
would also have an increased under
taken prepare them to participate in
standing of GMO s, but we found that all
these critical discussions?
majors scored similarly. Nevertheless,
In our "Science Education in the
STEM majors have higher self-reported
21st Century" class, we surveyed LC
understanding, indicating increased
students about their scientific prepa
confidence in their ability to under
ration in high sch9ol and measured
stand GMOs.
how this would relate to their ability
Those more confident in their
to understand science in the news.
understanding and opinions about
We specifically chose to focus on
,GMOs might be more likely to get
tl1eir understanding and attitudes
involved in voting, policy decisions
about GMOs, a critical science news
and public discussions. However, the
topic. GMOs are organisms in which
GMO debate is an interdisciplinary
scientists artificially alter the genetic
issue involving biotechnology, eco
code of crops to make them more nu
nomics and sociology. More students,
tritious, flavorful or high-yielding. In
regardless of whether they are STEM
iliis process, scientists can add bene
majors, should have a better under
ficial genes from other organisms into
standing of GMOs so they feel more
plants in order to confer the desired

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
OPINIONS 5
Looking back on first-year ups and downs
Freshman assures those struggling to find friends and freedom that adjusting to college takes time
By ARIEL MCGEE a culture of clique and exclusivity. school. We were not very close back ing and joking helped me integrate friends and an area of study that per
My first semester at LC was one of then and I did not know how to get myself into LC culture and restored fectly fits you. Yet, this is the rhetoric
YOUR FIRST YEAR of college. the rriost difficult semesters of my life. closer to them. One day, I was sitting my confidence. I joined the Associat that seniors in high school are fed.
The first year of your life that I only had a handful of friends and I only at the Bon all alone and they asked me ed Students of Lewis & Clark, started Freshman ·year of college has taught
you are completely free: no knew them because we had done our if I wanted to sit with their friends. I writing for the school paper and final me that it is okay to be lost for awhile,
curfew, no obligation to tell your • New Student Trip together. They-were said yes, and I have been eating al ly started enjoying my time at college. and that good communities take time
parents where you are going or ask not very similar to me and they had most every meal with them ever since. It is a ridiculous assumption to and effort to create. So do not wor
permission and no one to tell you te no interest in getting involved in the Having friends that liked study- think that you will -immediately find ry, you will find yours eventually.
study. This sounds like an absolute Lewis & Clark community. I did not
dream come true, but no one ever feel like I could branch out from them
talks about the drawbacks to starting because it seemed like everyone else
your college education. had found their "group." We would i
College comes with many things go to dinner and the round rabies \
I
other than freedom, such as. person would be filled with people who were \
al liability, hours of homework every laughing and talking like they had
night and the necessity of time man known each other their entire lives. I
agement skilJs. College can hit you like felt trapped, but at least I had· friends.
a train when you do not even know I also had an unusually diffi
you were standing on the tracks. As cult class load. I spent many lonely
a first generation student and some nights in Watzek Library trying to
one who was homeschooled for six base my entire personal worth on
years, the social and educational the grades that I was getting. I failed
challenges of transitioning into col to recognizet he goal of a liberal arts edu
lege seemed even more difficult. cation: to expose yourself to different
• My foster family was so excited areas of study and become a more
for me to attend college. They told well-rounded individual and stu
me that college was a time to ex dent. I felt the need to define myself
plore yourself and find a passion. I by picking a major and sticking·to it.
was so ready to leave my small, apa Though unnecessary and somewhat
thetic Colorado town and find people destructive, this desire to immediately
who were as interested in learning focus on my area of study ultimately
as I was. But my family failed to in led me to a happier college experi
form me of the lonely, lost feeling ence. I decided that International
that often comes with leaving the Affairs is. what really interested me
town you grew up in and redefining and I knew that I wanted to major in
your entire persona and purpose. it. I became more vocal in my class
I figured that attending a small es and would more openly talk about
liberal arts college would make the politics. I found a group of people
search for friendship much easier than who were also interested in politics
if I were to attend a state school the and they accepted me with open arms.
size of a small city. However, I found Ironically enough, one of these new
that the small atmosphere could breed friends was a person. from my high KAT BARTON/PIONEER LOG
-Love letter to the liqrary-lauds
close co1111I1uilitye, nvironlllent
By SHERLOCK ORTIZ people at my table leave me. When you all times. In my dorm, in the Bon and
have a group, things naturally feel eas out with my friends, my work is not
,, IT'S WHERE SOULS go to die," ier; being the last person at a table is as urgent. When my friend said souls
said a friend to me recently re awful and sometimes leaving that last die in Watzek, perhaps she was right,
garding Watzek Library. As a person behind can feel like a betrayal. if you consider a soul to be light and
proud resident of the quiet section, I Having a specific stomping ground happy and work to be heavy and stress
was outraged. I love Watzek to death, accentuates this greater sense of com ful. I, however, consider Watzek as
and was ready to defend its honor. I munity not only for the people you sit the place where souls go to improve.
immediately shanghaied my friend into with, but for the entire library. When I Many friends who do not regularly go
coming to Watzek and experiencing walk into the library after my morning to Watzek and have come with me from
the immense feelings of productivity it class. Watzek is a place where many time to time do say that they should
evokes. • people come to work, and seeing them go more often, because. they feel more
The library breeds a community of going through their routine just as I am productive. In fact, the people who only
hard-working students . who support going through mine inspires discipline. go to the Watzek during midterms and
each other. When you find a table, every The students who sit at the individu finals frustrate me. How will you get
one prepares to take on the day's work al cubicles, attempting to cut out the work done here if you do not create a
together. You may all be studying for world and focus entirely on the task at habit and a mentality that the regulars
differl;)ntc lasses, but everyone is in the hand, actually help form a close bond. have created? To quote a senior friend
• same boat. I had been sitting at a table . They are working hard, so it motivates of mine, Aaron Schimmel '18, last fall
in the quiet section with some people 6ou to work hard and collaborate with during finals: ''I'm a devoted Watzekite
before and, by bringing my friend, there those around you. When I see the usual all year long ani:l then these f***ing
was not enough room for all of us. I got suspects at work, either in their groups heathens come in on finals and don't
my stuff and moved tables; one of my or at their usual cubicles, I feel a sense know the rules!" That is not an attack
former study mates was outraged at my of admiration for everyone dedicated to telling people to stay away, but asking
betrayal. When I left the old table to their schoolwork, to learning and to im that people come more regularly to tru
sit with my newcomer friend, I was in proving themselves. ly become part of the community. Find
some sense betraying that informal and By far, however, the best part of the your corner, notice when your friends
very loose pact. Though the outrage was library is the separation of work and and classmates are in and where they
mostly a joke, I think there was some relaxation. Yes, I hang out and talk to sit. Take advantage of Watzek for what
thing real there. A similar feeling crosses friends in Watzek, and sometimes do it is: a place to get work done so you can
through me when I have to leave a table not get work done immediatelyJ hut go home and relax, leaving your stress
and. people are still working or when the work is in the back of my mind at behind and lightening your soul.
SHERLOCK ORTIZ/PIONEER LOG
Keeley Alexander '20 and Samantha Mueller '20 join other late-night Watzekites as they work on their research papers.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
6 FEATURES
PoemBot now publishing LC students' poetry
By MADELINE COX year seeing people standing at Poem brary staff) extended the hand to studE
Bot, pressing the button and waiting poets," Miller said.
THIS MONTH, PoemBot has re and watching with a smile as the poem The format of pri:nting poems on .1
turned to the Watzek Library. inched out was really just wonderful for- ceipts posed a challenge to the poets,
PoemBot prints a poem selected all of (the library staff)." they faced size constraints.
by the library staff for every day of April. This year, PoemBot will be printing "It is a challenge in form, as we a
The poem is printed on receipt tape, student poetry alongside public domain constrained by the number of character:
which allows for each visitor to read the poetry for the first time. Curnmi:ngss aid. "We can only have :
poem of the day and keep it as well. "We relied entirely on public domain characters per li:ne, and it can only be ,
According to Digital Services Coor poetry last year, (which) was selected ei lines long, i:ncludi:ngth e spaces betwe<
dinator Jeremy McWilliams, PoemBot ther by staff or by student staff,'' Jensen stanzas."
consists of a Raspberry Pi computer said. "But this year, when we revisited Despite the challenge, the studen
which is connected to a receipt print what we had done last year, we decided were excited to share their work wi1
er and a button. When the button is it would be worth trying to bring in this the LC community, as it presented a ne
pushed, it initiates code on the Pi that additional element (student poetry)." way to share their poetry and a new a,
picks the appropriate poem for the day Students from Morgan S. Odell Pro dience to connect to.
and sends it through the receipt printer. fessor of Humanities Mary Szybist's "It was an opportunity to have a_v e1
The PoemBot project was started by Advanced Poetry Writing course were, different audience," Cummings said. •
Watzek Digital Initiatives and Sophia invited 'to submit poems to the project. know so ~any students are interested i
Horigan '16 after Horigan and Lewis & Eight students submitted poems, which findi:ngi t around the library and makir
Clark library staff .attended the Digital will appear on weekdays from April 16 to sure they go everyday because it'll chang,
Library Federation Conference in 2016. 27, according to Jensen. • I took it as a challenge of saying, 'What :
At the conference, pe9ple from around Kelleen Cummings '18 and Cade a poem that I thi:nkw ould be of interest t
the US presented on technological inno Miller '18 both submitted poems to Po LC students?'"
vation in libraries. emBot. The students had fond memories Miller hoped to support other write1
"Horigan ... attended a session put of PciemBot from their experiences with through his involvementw ith PoemBot.
on by Uni:versityo fldaho that described the project last year. "I want other people to be encourage
their creation of PoemBot and how "I followed (PoemBot) pretty regular to write more and to read poetry more,
they've used it in their library," Mcwil ly last year, I would check it almost every Miller said. "If (people) see that thei:r pee
liams said. day," Miller said. "It was a cool experi is doi:ngw ork and has an avenue to take t,
Horigan was excited about the proj ence to get a different free little poem present that work to the world, I think tha
ect and presented the idea to the LC every day. I thought it was a really good can be encouraging."
library staff. The library staff decided idea s0'I'm glad they're bringing it back." Cummings believes there is power i1
to try the· project, with PoemBot first Cummings remembered the unique writing poetry.
premiering at Waztek in April 2017. The presentation of poetry that PoemBot of "I think my favorite quote over th,
project was a success. fered. semester from Mary was (that) nobod:
"People seemed to be really into (Po "It's a really ~teresting way to trans needs poetry," Cummings said. "It's pun
emBot)," Mcwilliams said. "In fact, we port and bring out poetry," Cummings pleasure, an excess of pushing the bound
had to order more receipt tape because said. "The receipts are ephemeral (due to) aries of language. I think acknowledgin!
we went through it so quickly." the heat printing; they can fade away really that and what you're doing is almost lib
The library staff hope that PoemBot quickly.I t's also something that you crum erating. If nobody needs this, then I car
brings joy and delight to Watzek's visi ble up in your pocket and-you don't realize say or transmit whatever I want, througl
tors. it's valuable until you read what's on it, be whatever form that I want, however l
,; "I think there's. something about cause no one reads receipts." need to."
the smallness of PoemBot and the joy When Szybistp resented the opportuni The library staff are excited about thE
. of pressing the button and having this ty to submit a poem to PoemBot, students future of PoemBot.
unexpected, possibly beautiful thing were excited by the idea of being involved "It would be cool if it generated a ran
come ciut," Visual Resources and Fine i:nt he project.. - dom poem," Jensen said. "Maybe we'll tf)
KAT BARTON/PIONEER WG Arts Librarian Erica Jensen said. "Last "I was·pte~anfly-~lll'prisedt hat (the Ii that next year!"
-~ .r
~t .~1
By SHAWN "SHAGGY'' upper Latourell Falls were altered by the
BOLKER fire. Both remain lush and miami. Shep
perd's Dell Falls remains visible from
THE COLUMBIA RIVER Gorge is the highway bridge but the area around
an incomparable waterfall des the falls is severely burned and the short
tination, containing upwards of trail leading closer to the waterfall is
80 waterfalls on the Oregon side alone! closed. Although some greenery remains .
Well-groomed trails winding through along the stream, all the other under
lush forest led to many of these shaggy· growth is gone or charred and many of
waterfalls. However, on Sept. 2, 2017, the surrounding trees are also scorched.
these trails and forest were imperiled One should avoid off trail scrambling be
by the Eagle Creek Fire, ignited by hik cause of the lack of undergrowth holding
-ers lighting fireworks during a burn ban. the ground in place. The loose, crumbly
In a matter of days, the Eagle Creek Fire soil makes it easy to lose solid footing
merged with the previously burning In- . and take a very busted fall. It is essen
dian Fire to become • tial to stay on the trail,
one of Oregon's Many visitors treated particularly in burned
t t the area with respect, areas. This post-wild
moS deSructive
fire landscape at Shep
but some didn't and
:~~::\ 0 T:ass~:: perd's Deli makes the
that it jumped the sparked an incredibly canyon and falls ap
Columbia River and destructive fire. pear mysterious - a
started a small fire misty gorge shrouded
on the Washington by burnt skeletons of
side. All towns on the Oregon side of the trees. Although this scene is quite differ
gorge were evacuated and over 100 hik ent than the once lush forest that was,
ers ended up stranded in the Eagle Creek the waterfall is still striking and worth
drainage. I-84 was closed for weeks and a visit. Just down the road, Lower Bridal
the Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway is Veil Falls is open and largely unaltered.
still largely closed. Portland felt the ef Multnomah Falls is accessible from
fects of this fire when air quality dipped the lodge but the trail l~ading visitors
and the sun shined rust red through the up close to the waterfall and beyond is
thick smoke. Although the fire is now closed. Virtually all trails from Bridal
extinguished, it took over two months Veil onward remain closed.
for this to happen and almost 80 square Although it is upsetting to lose access
miles of forest was scorched. to so many shaggy waterfalls that peo
Today, the forest appears as a mosa ple have valued for hundreds of years,
ic pattern with stripes of green amongst the Eagle Creek Fire was a major wake
scorched brown. Most of the forest in up call. In the months leading up to the
the far western encl of the gorge remains fire.,t he gorge received more human vis
intact, but the fire damage increases as itation than it ever had before. Although
one travels east. Although the forest has many treated the area with respect, some
obviously been altered severely, some didn't and sparked an incredibly destruc
important questions remain: have the tive fire. This is a stark reminder of what
waterfalls endured? Which ones are can happen when people are i:rresponsi
accessible? In short, most falls are still ble in the outdoors. We must be mindful
inaccessible. It will take years to fully re visitors and not take these miami natu
pair the dozens of miles of trail that were ral places for granted. Despite whatever
lost in the fire, and many areas have yet hurt we may feel about losing access to so
to be declared safe to visit. However, many special waterfalls, it is necessary to
the stretch of Columbia Gorge Scenic remind oneself that the falls themselves
Highway from Corbett to Bridal Veil is are still there and will be miami when we
open and one can access both waterfalls can visit them again. The trees may burn SHAWBNO LKER/PIONEER LOG
on Latourell Creek. Neither the lower or but th~ falls remain! Shepperd's Dell Falls flows through the Columbia River Gorge, which is stHI recovering from the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
FEATURES 7
Professors find love and partnership at LC
Three pairs of professor couples explain how they maintain their relationships while sharing a workplace
By LLUVIA MEYRELES the interview process.
"We did Skype interviews on sep
THE WORKPLACE romances arate days, but we happened to set
inside Lewis & Clark faculty do up the computer in the same place,"
not quite top those of a daytime Johnston said. "So the people doing
soap opera, but sometimes it feels like the interviewing might have thought
it. You could probably find a couple that was weird."
inside every department if you looked They both got positions at LC,
ha.rd enough. But, how did these cou which is highly unusual when it comes
ples come to be in the first place? to couples in academia.
Assistant Professor of History "We feel so lucky," Odell said. "Be
Reiko Hillyer and Professor of History cause it's really hard to get a job in the
and Direcfor of Ethnic Studies Elliot same city."
Young met on the fourth floor of Miller According to the couples, working
in Oct. 2004. Hillyer had just started a together has been great for their rela
fellowship at LC, and Young, who was tionship.
on sabbatical at the time, reached out "It's hard for. me to imagine being
to meet with her. Given his position in in a relationship with a person with
the History department he felt that he out sharing the kinds of interests and
should introduce himself and get to day-to-day life that we do," Hillyer
know the new addition to LC. What said. "It's more than a job and those
foilowed ended up sparking a ro interests and passions and frustra
mance that would last years. tions carry over."
Young had just come back from a Working together at LC has been a
conference in Las Vegas, and during lot of fun for Allen and Stavrov. They
their first lunch together he mentioned even taught the same class, at the
to Hillyer how he felt a bit repulsed by ARY HASHIM/PIONEER LOG. same time, in neighboring classrooms.
Professor of History £lliot Young chats with his partner, Assistant Professor of History Reiko Hillyer, in the lobby ofMiller.
the city and its landscape. Hillyer, who "One day I had my class stand up
spends a lot of her class time talking and chant about matrix population,"
about Vegas and its landscape, argued Allen said. "Iva could tell from next
that he was being a snob. door that I was 10 minutes ahead of
"That's how we knew we were hit her."
ting it off," Hillyer said. "We had a For Johnston and Odell it is no
very playful argument." surprise that there are so many cou
They went on their first date to ples on campus.
watch "The Motorcycle Diaries" that "I always thought a liberal arts col
very night. lege was a pretty good environment
"We didn't know it was a date," for _this kind of phenomenon," John
Hillyer said. ston said. "A lot of the work you do
Associate Professor of Mathemat is outside of a 9-5 concept,and you're
ics Paul Allen and Associate Professor doing academic things when you're off
of Mathematical Sciences Iva Stav campus all the time."
rov met at the University of Oregon, "I think it's a good thing, it makes
where they were both completing a it so much easier to be here and be
doctorate in Mathematics. Their road happy," Odell said.
to becoming colleagues at LC was a Working together is not always
bit more complicated than their life easy for Allen and Stavrov.
together in graduate school. Stavrov "There are certainly things that
and Allen ended up at different sides each of us does at LC that drives the
of the world at various times. It was other nuts;" Allen said. "But it's good
years .until they were both living in - it reminds everyone, including our
Portland and a part of LC. selves, that we are two individuals."
Hillyer and Young hit it off im For all of these couples it is im
mediately and the dates evolved into portant to be able to share their
ARY HASHIM/PIONEER LOG.
a relationship. However, navigating Associate Professor of Art History Dawn Odell works alongside her partner, Professor of Art History Matthew Johnston. ideas at the dinner table and laugh
dating in the workplace was a differ about things that happen at school
ent story. The couple felt that their muddy things in a way that could be the down low. Associate Professor of that was enough to spark a romance. at the end of the day. Their lives,
relationship should be kept under unnecessarily complex," Hillyer said. Art History Dawn Odell and Associ Johnston and Odell found their way to both individually and together,
wraps and they managed to keep it a "I wanted whatever success or failure ate Professor of Art History Matthew LC when two positions opened up in have revolved around academia for
secret for a little under a year. I had to be my own." Johnston met during their time at the Art department. They applfod sep years, which makes their relation
"As a new person whose job was They weren't the only ones that University of Chicago in 1993. ,They arately and waited to mention their ships make perfect sense.
precarious, I really didn't want to initially kept· their relationship on only shared one class together, but relationship until they were well into

FRIDAY,A PRIL 20, 2018
8 FEATURES
Sell wood shop.s provide a
getaway from LC campus
By LANI FELICITAS
SE LLWOOD,A small, quaint neigh
borhood in inner SE Portland, is
a popular off-campus living alter
native for Lewis & Clark students. U is
minutes away from campus by car or a
short bike commute, and if you really
want to, you can walk to school through
the Riverview Cemetery.
"It does feel very neighborhood-y so
it doesn't feel very overwhelming, com
pared to Hawthorne or Division," Sadie
Bender Shorr '18 said.
Sellwood residents can walk or bike·
around the neighborhood. Trimet also
has the 19 and 70 lines available that go
to downtown and North Portland.
"It feels very down-to-earth and less
crowded than other business districts in
Portland," Bender Shorr said.
Some also shared the balance of liv
ing in a neighborhood with several LC
students and_young families.
"It's refreshing to be around people
who aren't students," Gabriela Nakashi
ma '18 said. "But it's also nice to live
near a lot of people who go to school so
you can carpool together."
Sellwood is known for its plethora
of quirky businesses and non-corpor~te
coffee shops.
"There's so many coffee shops on HANNAHR ING/PIONEER LOG
13th," Director of Student Leadership Wei Wei: A Taste of Taiwan serves a variety of foods from beef noodle soup to bao.
and Service Harold McNaron said.
"In Sellwood, there's like two coffee offended by Christianity," Owen said. Sellwood also has many stores and
shops per block. Spread it out, Port "But I appreciate The Living Room businesses for fresh food and produce,
land! I've scheduled meetings at one being a community-driven space. The but Berry Good Produce is a particular
coffee shop. We would get there and folks there are not expecting people favorite of many LC students. You may
be like, 'oh it's crowded, let's just go to buy anything. People are allowed to have even passed the stand without
next door."' come in and hang out. I've also noticed even knowing it. •
If you are looking for a place to study a lot of disabled people playing board "What's that doing in a rich neigh
besides Watzek Library or Southeast. games there." borhood?" McNaron said, wondering
Grind, try going to The Living Room, If you are interested in The Liv why this simple produce stand exists
which offers 10 percent discounts for ing Room's Christian community, near the Eastmoreland Golf Course.
students. the church holds their weekly Sunday Located on the corner of SE Steele and
"It's a huge place to study," Nakashi gatherings there, as well as Wednes- 28th, it is within walking distance of
ma said. "And yoµ will always see othtr . day family di1mers and bible srudy:·- • Reed College and the Woodstock·neigh rl
LC folks there." Nakashima tends to avoid more borhood.
The Living Room contains multiple popular spots that LC students frequent "It's a family-owned fruit stand
seating options and a big open window like New Seasons, Blue Kangaroo Cof and nursery next to Reed," Sadie
that brings natural light into the shop. fee Roasters and The Living Room on Bender Shorr '18 said. "It looks a lit
It can comfortably seat more than 50 weekends and instead discovered what tle out of place. It almost looks like a
people, and according to Will Owen '.18, else Sellwood has to offer. pop-up baseball dug out. It's almost
a lot of its furniture comes from "The Nearby The Living Room is Wei Wei: like a shed, but it sells really good
Bins," the Goodwill not far from the A Taste of Taiwan. Nakashima enjoys produce."
shop. going to this family owned restaurant on Berry Good Produce is just a small
"It's the perfect storm of a coffee SE 13th Ave located in what appears to structure with little sections inside,
shop," Owen said, who lives two blocks be Sellwood's only strip mall. carrying fresh local produce, natural
away from The Living Room. "~t's the "It's small," Nakashima said. "It preserves and jams and a small nurs
cheapest coffee shop I've ever beeI) to. doesn't •f it the aesthetic of Sell~ood ery. Emily Reynolds '18 used to live
I've spent like 11 hours straightin there, since it's rigbt ne~f to a-nail salon and in an apartment down the street from
and ·spent like less than· $10 on six convenience store, but it's good." Reed, and would go to Berry Good Pro
things off the menu." . • ·Wei Wei has-been open since Nov. duce a couples times a week.
According to Owen, everything on 2015. It is both a dine-in and take-out "It's more or just as affordable as the
the men~ costs around $2 be.cause they restaurant, with a dessert case':'c m.ihter Trader Joe's nearby," Reynolds said.
buytheir food ingredients frail} Wince. seating and window seating for diners She goes to Berry Good for their
The building that now houses The to people-watch. They serve generous selection of roots, gourds and baked
Living Room and Sellwood Cigar has an~ portions arid have a decadent selection goods.
unusual history. of loose leaf teas. ':It feels like it's part of an old ga
"The space itself used to be a mill," "It's small, comfortable, modern and rage," Nakashima said. ,
Owen said. "That's why the WiFi is clean," Simone· Williams '18 said ·via • According to Nakashima, the fruit
called The Old Mill." email. "It's not an overwhelming space. staRd has been around for decades.
Now, the building is shared between It always. seems like there are peopl~ _•_ "_Theyh ave pictures in the store of
Sellwood ·cigar and. The Living Room. inside." • the Qrevious owners," Nakashima said.
Adsideo Church,.the Sellwood-based Almost all online _reviews say Jo "Over the summer, me and my dad tried
Christian church who owns the coffee check out Wei Wei's,beetnoodl~_Joup asking the grocers if they knew anything
shop, has mapy religious cross.es visibJe aRd their bao, a ·steamed bun- filled about the history but they didn't know.
in the shop that r:eceivem ixed reactions with meat or vegetables .. Willi~ms The one thing I know for sure is that it
from LC students. also recommends trying their gril_Ied used to be owned by a Japanese Amer
"I feel like a lot of follq;·. at J.,C are squid and scallion panca½es. ". ican family."
HANNAHR ING/PIONEER LOG
The Living Room coffee house gives students a 10 percent discount on their drinks and provides a wide variety of study spots.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
FEATURES 9
Dispensari_es more about business than bud
Students debate the highs and lows of the rise of dispensaries in Portland since the legalization of marijuana
By HECTOR BRANDT for people trying to budget their time.
"Generally I would call my dealer/
DISPENSARIES HAVE opened friend that morning or the day before
at an impressive rate since and figure out a time for them to drop it
Oregon's legalization of rec off or me to pick it up," Aron said. "Usu
reational marijuana in 2015. There ally the dealer made me wait around for
are four dispensaries just within 30 minutes. Now I can walk into a dis
three miles of Lewis & Clark. With pensary anytime between 10 a.m. and
dispensaries in what seems to be lOp.m."
every neighborhood in Portland, Time, for better or worse, can also be
marijuana's newfound accessibility saved by avoiding polite rituals typically
has changed the lives of many Ore~ associated with buying from a dealer.
gonians, but have they changed the • "_Nowth at I .can buy weed legally; I
lives of LC students? . don't have to sit' in some dude's Jiving
"There has not been a drastic· room and· smoke a bowl every time I
change for me_i n my life since weed was· want to buy weed," Fichera said.
legalized," Latroy Robinson '18 said.' . Variety of selection paired with the
"Accessibility has ' convenience of the
been increased, but "In my experience, rec-. consistent business
I still tend to buy on hours at dispensa
reationa].. marvuana-
the black market." rtes is an important .
·Legalization,· is either. - ridiculously . factor for LC_ ~tu- •
for some students, . -.- if l . dents.
has not affected expenszve Or O OW- • "Buying weed on
their marijuana . er quality than street the street.meant you
,,
consumption. got whatever weed
wee d
"I was buying the dealer. had and
weed illegally and the strain name was.
smoking weed ev probably made up,"
ery day before it was Sophia Aron '18 Aron said. "Now, you
legal, and it hasn't walk into a dispensa
increased or de- ry and there are an
creased in any way due to the legaliza overwhelming number of-strains-af all
tion of weed," Robinson said. "It would • these various prices. It's great because
perhaps increase if I didn't have to pay of the variety,_b ut sometimes I miss the
the tax on it." simplicity of buying from a dealer."
Taxes on legal marijuana often make Dispensaries may not always af
it more expensive than buying product fect student's consumption habits, but
on the black market, which means that they do seem to make a difference in
illicit means of buying weed remain at Oregon's weed culture, and the ways
tractive for those looking to save some in which it differs from where students
cash. Some believe that street weed is lived before relocating to Portland. MICAEL MUNROE-ALLSUP/PIONEER LOG
not only cheaper but of higher quaiity "Weed has always been a thing in
Portland has always been more lax about clubs (dispensaries) grow their own the change in weed culture has not af
than what is available at dispensaries. Chicago, but as time has gone on and
their views on weed comparatively. I can . weed or buy from private sellers. My fected their consumption habits. Others
"In my experience, recreational the destigmatization of weed has pro
walk down the street, smoke a joint and friend and his dad started growing in find that their consumption is deeply
marijuana is either ridiculously ex gressed in Chicago, people are becoming
feel much less afraid that someone will their closet and now sell to dispen affected.
pensive or of lower quality than street more relaxed about it," Robinson said
call the cops on me in Portland than in saries in San Francisco. The growing "Originally I smoked more when
weed," Sophia Aron '18 said. via email. "It was decriminalized, dis Chicago." • community is more focus-ed on com it was 1egal due to the novelty factor
The higher prices oflegal marijuana, r peHSaries are _poppingu p more, though For others-,,t he.bigg\!St-difference in bining strains to engineer a particu of getting so many choices, but now I
however, are tempered by the v·ariety of only for medical at the moment, and the •
Oregon's weed culture, including dis lar high. That hasn't been my experi smo'.kel ess because it's so normalized,
strains available at dispensaries. push for legalization is full force. There
pensaries, has to do with the product ence in Portland. It's much more of it's lost its edge," Fichera said. "Weed
"The dispensary is incredibly co"ii used to be a stigma in Chicago that only a
itself. a straightforward business and less used to be counterculture and cool, now
venient," Josh Fichera '18 said. "It is certain kind of person smokes weed, but "Weed in the Bay Area is more about the bud." that it's legal it's pretty lame. We need
a bit pricey still, b1,1wt ith the selection even from high school till now 'everyone'
about creating th·e dankest, most po Portland's dispensaries impact re to move on and find something else that
'of products, and convenience, it's well smokes weed. It's not necessarily seen as
tent, chronic thing you can possibly gional marijuana culture in different is illegal ·q.nd cool so skater kids have
worth it." • a gateway drug, but more seen as a social
grow," Aron said via email. "Some was for different consumers. For some, something to focus on."
Dispensaries are especiallyc onvenient additive much like how alcohol operates.
Luau choreographers brjng t4eir culture to the stage
ByJOANNESALLYMERO first year at Lewis & Clark, he jumped-,: teaching the culture." ~
at the opportunity to teach others~ This Luau is an event open to all stu
EVERY YEAR, MEMBERS of Ha was his second year choreographing the dents and doesn't require having a
waii Club come together to share men's hula, which balances movement; background in hula. Choreographers
the Aloha Spirit with their peers. grace and strength. ensure the dances are simple enough for
Luau is one of the largest student-run Kassie Kometani '19 learned hula newcomers but also honor the song and
productions on campus and is antici~ basics at a young age. Like Ho and theme of Luau. One of the main frustra
pated by many students, faculty, staff Hoomanawanui, she quickly fell in love tions for coordinators is the occasional
and coinmunity members. One night with hula. disrespect for Hawaiian culture. In past
of enjoyment requires more work than "I danced in a halau when I was lit years, audience members can be heard
some may think. Almost four months tle with my sister," Kometani said. "I laughing at unfamiliar dance moves.
of preparation goes into the four-hour danced to the point where I loved it and The haka, which is a traditional
event. was doing it a lot." Maori war cry, is meant to display the
Karli Uwaine '20 worked behind the Kometani has assisted in choreo strength of the group. The loud chant
scenes creating posters and ensuring graphing many of the Luau numbers ing is accompanied by foot stomping or
that everything ran smoothly. in her three years at LC. She has expe hitting the ground. It is common to am
"There's just so much more to Luau rience in teaching the couples dance, plify intimidation by sticking out one's
than the fun and games," Uwa:ine said. faculty dance, seniors' dance and is also tongue and widening the eyes, though
"It's a lot of hard work and time that heavily involved in the organization of some audience members misinterpret
gets put info it." the event.' this as.humorous.
All choreographers have a background Choreographers have several re "Everything that's done in hula
in dancing hula, which is essentially the sponsibilities besides teaching the or the haka is done with meaning,"
visual telling of the song or chant accom performers. They work with Hawaii - Hoomanawanui said. "That's the most
MO FRIES/PIONEER LOG
panying it. Hawaii Club's choreographers Club office.rst o create a timeline of the important thing about hula. Everything The Tahitian dance, choreographed Jessie Ho '20, was the Luau openning number.
have years of experience under their belt. semester. Deadlines need to be met is done with a purpose."
Jessie Ho '21 choreographed the Ta for choosing a theme, curating outfits When people dance hula, they are
hitian dance for this year's Luau. She for each performance, placing orders telling a story. Choreographers spend
learned hula in a halau, which is a group online for additional supplies and en hours interpreting songs and lyrics to
that comes together to learn the dance suring that the costumes fit. Many match certain moves.
and culture. members in Hawaii Club have other It is difficult to attempt to inform the
''I've been dancing hula for 12 obligations such as sports, overloaded audience and portray authenticity. of a
years," Ho said. "I've been dancing Ta class schedules, jobs and events for oth culture in one short night. Yet students
hitian very casually for school for two er school organizations, so the key to a work all semester long for one perfor
years (of high school)." Ho's school held successful Luau is to start dance prac mance.
yearly performances in which she had tices early.on in the spring semester. "I really like sharing our culture
the opportunity to lead the teaching of "Everybody that does the danc with everybody," Hoomanawanui said.
hula dances to her peers. es .has at least two to three practices a "It's really cool to be able to share and
Mel Hoomanawanui '20 decided to week, and that's very time-consuming," teach other students about our culture
-take up hula as an elective in school. Uwaine said. in Hawaii."
"I first started dancing in the sev Students work all semester long to Luau is an annual event many stu
enth grade," Hoomanawanui said. "I learn authenticity of the culture in order dents and families in the neighborhood
chose to take hula because I wanted to share it. For the audience, it's simply look forward. to. Members of Hawaii
to learn more about my culture, being one night of enjoyment. It can be easy Club simply want to share the aloha.
from Hawaii and having Hawaiian de-· to get carried away in the fun, but it is "We've made better friends with
scent. After the first year I just fell in also important to understand the deep people or have gotten to know peo
love with it." • er roots of Hawaiian culture. ple who aren't even from Hawaii,"
Hoomanawanui continued learning "When you teach hula, you're not Kometani said .. "Hawaii Club brings MO FRIES/PIONEER LOG
hula all throughout high school. .In his just teaching a dance," Ho said . .'.'.You're other peopletogether." Hawaii Club men perform Haka dance, a Maori war cry displaying group strength.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
10· ARTS
The Bottom Shelf: Take a _tiny trip with Tikis
I
This week features something more tropical: thatched roofs, masks and rum. The guide to the per/ ect summer.
By SAMUEL WOODS Beachcomber's famous; it could be
credited with the growth of Tiki culture
WALKING INTO a dimly lit entirely. Legend goes that Don whipped
room you hear a voice cry out this up for a brunch customer who
"hey man, blaze it," followed was complaining about a hangover.
by the spark of a lighter. Surprisingly It "reanimated" him, like a zombie, so
you are not in your cool friend in high that he could go back to work. Most Tiki
school's basement or a Wiz Khalifa bars limit these to 2 per customer, due
music video - you're actually in a to_t he obscene amount of rum and as a
kitschy tropical bar, one of the many fun marketing gimmick. I'm omitting
that have popped up following the falernum and absinthe, which are two
resurgence in popularity of Tiki culture. traditional ingredients, to cut costs.
The bartender is about to light the top 2 oz. Plantation Grande Reserve
of a "volcano bowl," a shared drink that rum
comes in a large ceramic bowl with a 2 oz. Dark Jamaican rum (such
raised flaming centerpiece; think an as Appleton Estate)
alcoholic's version of a Bundt pan. • 2 tsp. grenadine (high quality,
For the final Bottom Shelf of the not the cheap food coloring)
year, I will share my passion for Tiki ½ oz. Don's mix
history, culture and drinks, and send 1 oz. Lime juice
everyone (of a legal age) off to summer ¼oz.White grapefruit juice
with tropical drink recipes. As always, A few dashes of Angostura
although Tiki culture and history is fun bitters
for all ages, PioLog does not endorse First make your Don's mix. This is a
underage or unsafe drinking. 2:1 mix of grapefruit juice to cinnamon
The cheapest way to embrace Tiki simple syrup. To make your cinnamon
culture is by simply buying a Hawaiian syrup, combine 2-3 cinnamon sticks
shirt. They're super comfortable and with equal parts water and sugar in
a great way to start gettjng into the a saucepan. ·cook on low heat until
tropical escapism headspace. The best the sugar dissolves, strain out .the
way to find these is to cruise thrift
cinnamon. Add tq fresh grapefruit juice
stores, but you can always just hit up
and you have your Don's mix. Use any
the closest Tommy Bahama outlet
SHANI BERENH0LZ / PIONEER LOG extras to make a great whiskey sour.
if you feel impulsive. Music is also
be the Tiki's themselves. If a Tiki mug little-more money to spend, or are just using Plantation Grande Reserve Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail
essential. I recommend the aptly named
was shaped after a specific Taliitian interested in further reading, I would Barbados Rum, which provides a little shaker with ice, shake, then strain
"TIKI Ultimate TIKI LOUNGE Exotica
idol, that would not only be in bad taste, recommend picking up "Smuggler's of both flavor:p rofiles and can be found into Collins or Zombie glass. Top with
Space Age Bachelor Surf island mix
but also appropriation. However, a Tiki Cove" by Martin Cate for the authentic for under $20. scored grapefruit slice or another, tiny
201~" on Spotify or the Beach Boys
mug that looks like Hemingway's head (but more expensive) recipes and more 2 oz. Plantation Grande Reserve umbrella.
album "Pet Sounds." At this point, grab
or a volcano is totally fair game. It's a Tiki tidbits. rum
any potted plant that looks vaguely
tropical and you're good to start making loaded issue that I would recommend ¼ oz orgeat syrup Bottom Shelf's Daiquiri
drinks. Extra points for inflatable navigating carefully. Bottom Shelf's Mai Tai ½ oz. Cointreau This final cocktail is for people who
kiddy pools '¢th adults in them, plastic Finally we are ready to_s tart getting The Mai Tai is the iconic Tiki drink. ½ oz. simple syrup think the above drinks seem like too
leis, yard flamingos or just a big fire. into the best part - the drinks. I've Invented by Trader Vic, this drink has 1 oz. fresh lime juice much work, but still want to experience
It's important to remember that the been fielding some complaints recently become bastardized by pretty much Add all the ingredients to a cocktail Tiki culture. The Daiquiri is essentially
that The Bottom Shelf has become more every bar. Every cocktail with orange shaker with ice, then shake and strain
atmosphere you're trying to achieve is a margarita made with a light rum. I
not tr,uly reflective of any South.Pacific of the top-shelf. This issue will feature jui~e gg,ts <;_all~d_a~MaTjo, i, including into a rocks glass. Top with cru&lwdi ce. -recommend Bacartli' for tlie best mix·
culture. You're really looking for a half the cheapest way to make these classic a drink I was once served at Willy T's until the glass is full. Garnish wilp mint; between price and drinkability. This is a
assed suburban and campy version drinks. Tiki cocktails are complicated, bar in the British Virgin Islands which a slice of orange or a tiny umbrella. fun recipe to play around with, try using
of any and every culture that would but to cut costs I tried to limit the was just orange juice and rum without Orgeat syrup is a simple syrup flavored different rums or substituting half the
be seen as "exotic" in the '30s without number of different types of liquor in even a token hint of grenadine. This with almonds. It may sound weird, lime juice for white grapefruit juice.
appropriating any legitimate ·cultures. each cocktail, so don't be intimidated is an unacceptable affront against but it is a pivotal ingredient in many
2 oz. light rum
by the large ingredient list. Also, alw..ays Tiki culture that I'm here to remedy. cocktails and shouldn't be excluded. If
Tiki culture is an American invention
based on how Americans at the time- make sure .tQ juice your own fruit. It The original recipe calls for a mix you're really trying to make this on the 1 oz. lime juice
. perceived other cultures rather than really makes a big difference in the of Martiniquais 1;1ndJ amaican rum·s. cheap, substitute the Cointreau for ½ ½oz.simple syrup
any one specific culture. Tiki bars and resulting cocktail. If pressed for time I'd (Martinique makes light rum that is grassy oz. of orange juice. Add all the ingredients and ice to
recommend using a bougie juice from and floral, Jamaican rum is darker and a· cocktail shaker, shake, then strain
enthusiasts are criticized, and rightly
so, when they directly appropriate any Whole Foods; try to avoid fruit juice that traditionally aged with vanilla, caramel Bottom Shelf's Zombie into a coupe glass (a rocks glass works
culture. A great example of this would comes from concentrate. If you have a and molasses notes). I recommend The Zombie didn't only make Don the also).
Wine on a Diine: Tasty pairings for a real good time
By CHRIS BREEN for drank) for less than a Hamilton. flavor prpfiles: this accentuates the 2015 Leopard's Leap Chenin Blanc to any sort of weed-infused chocolatey
Wine on a Dime and the Pioneer characteristics of the wine and whatever My initial thought for pairing wine treat. However, Port is not the type of
LCOME TO a special 4/20 Log do not condone underage or unsafe is being paired with it. In the spirit of full with weed was Chenin Blanc, and when wine that one drin~ casually: because
dition of Wine on a Dime: drinking (or marijuana use) in any form. disclosure though, I have not smoked I put my boss on the spot, this is the it is fortified and incredibly sweet, you
Wine for a Dime-bag! This It is wine, not Burnett's. marijuana in years. Tha~ being said, I pairing She came up with. Chenin is an would probably feel sick to your stomach
(almost) weekly column is all about For the 4/20 article, we will be doing work at a Portland wine bar, meaning incredible varietal, intensely aromatic, after a few glasses, ·so- indulge sparingly
wine, specifically wine that is cheap and the seemingly impossible: pairing wine I work.with a number of stoners who ripe with tropical fruits and citrus, and and keep in mind that a serving of port
delicious, because what else could one • with weed. Like wine, weed's different know their way around a wine tasting. finishing with a distinct herbal note. is only 3 ounces, about )lalf of a typical
need in life! Each week, in addition to strains have different characteristics This South African Chenin is a juice bar glass of wine! This Port· may exceed
highlighting a few wines that I have been and f).avors,s o you may achieve different After much deliberation with my well in a bottle; there is apricot and green Wine on a Dime's $10 threshold, but the
informed coworkers, here are two wines apple and a bright citrus note that falls oitly ruby port I have ever seen for under
drinking, I. will include tips for buying levelso f suc.cessin pairing differents trains
wine, so that in no time you will leave (or edibles) with these wines. The should pair fairly well with any strain or between grapefruit and lemon. Aside 10 dollars was at Trader Joe's, and it
edible, making them your cheat sheet to from fruit, there is the distinct herbality was sold out at the time of writing, so
the Barefoot behind and know how to key, like with any wine pairing, is
a nice -blanc and bake! as well as a strong note of honey. The this will have to do! $12.50 at Liner and
find that good-good glou-glou (French to find complementary or matching
lightness and acidity is refreshing, and Elsen Wine Merchants on NE Quimby
would be perfect to sip with a spliff. Pair St.
this with a bright citrusy strain; think
Jack Herer, Agent Orange, Tangerine This week's pro-tip is to tap into
Dream. $8.95 at Portland Wine the culture of free weekend tastings·
Merchants on SE 35th Ave. at Portland wine shops. That is right:
free wine! Many Portland bottle shops
NV Pocas Ruby Port have extensive tasting. schedules
Edibles have come a long way centered around regions or varietals
from the era of cannabutter cookies that can cos·t a few bucks (if you are
and brownies that you baked when lucky, they will refund you with a bottle
your parents were out of town, but purchase), but many-wine shops offer
even in the era of edible .everything, a free no-purchase-necessary tasting
pairing marijuana and chocolate still on weekends, and the wines they are
makes so much sense. Whether it be a usually pouring are in our limited
brownie or chocolate bar, Ruby Port college student budget! Remy from
is the way to go if you plan on wining, Portland Wine Merchants always has
dining and blazing all over the course some bottle open to taste, while Bruce
of a meal. Port is a fortified (alcohol from Vino on SE 28th Ave. will happily
added) red dessert win!! from Portugal. pour 3-5 wines every Saturday and
Port is usually extensively aged and Sunday at no charge, as will Orange
prohibitively expensive for the college Line Wines in Sellwood. These free
budget, but Ruby Port is meant to be tastings are a great opportunity to
drunk young and is budget friendly. sense out what you like and what you
Ruby Port is loaded with chocolate and do not, ask questions and drink free
berry flavors, making it a natural pairing wine! Salud!
SARAH BRADBURY/ PIONEER LOG

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
ARTS 11
A story of abuse in the wake of#MeToo movement
J.K. Stein's "The Director: A Memoir" tells a personal story of exploitation in the entertainment industry
By AUDREY GUTIERREZ nipples while he masturbates, or com
mitting "verbal prostitution." If you are
IT HAS BEEN impossible to avoid triggered by·things like sexuar abuse
the onslaught of stories of sexual and manipulation, you would do well
harassment and assault from the to avoid it. I am, but I read· it anyway
#MeToo movement. While these prob and I am glad I did. Shying away from
lems whave always existed, they have traumatic events can only be success
only recently been widely addressed ful for so long before it becomes a
by the majority of the United States . permanent latent problem, and Stein
through various news outlets. An overt addresses this well,. The memoir is
example of this is the Harvey Wein worth reading now more than ever.
stein scandal. The #MeToo movement Why is it worth reading? It shows the
is not a one that exists solely because ways in which powerful megalomaniacs
of Hollywood, but its recent attention prey on insecure young women. Sbe
has sprung from the industry. Celeb and the Director meet for coffee and
rities and others who have been con he probes for information about her
nected to the entertainment industry sex life, asking how frequently she
are amongst the many people who masturbates. She is hesitant to respond,
have decided to take a stand. One such but he is insistent. He continuously
brave soul is J.K. Stein. It is a perfect promises her she will be one of the
time for her book "The Director: A main stars in bis upcoming film. These
Memoir'' to enter this conversation. empty promises keep her committed
"The Director: A Memoir" could to meeting up with him in expensive
run the risk of sounding cliche, if it hotel rooms at all hours of the night. He
wasn't real. It describes Stein, who at • knows just what to say to get her to do
this point in her life is a young college what he wants, punishing her whenever
dancer, in a sexually abusive relation she does not listen. It is an experience
ship with a famous skeezy Hollywood many women have had, but one that
director. It is told in the form of her di has been ignored too many times to
ary entries over a five-year span. At the count. It asks how a norm.al person
same time, Stein struggles with getting could find themselves in a situation like IMAGE COURTESY OF J.K. STEIN
over her anorexia and suffers through this and continue to participate in this
an abusive relationship with another pattern. Stein does not do it because Toback. He directed "The Private Life the climate of fear regarding speaking something terrible and instead of back
Jewish student named David. Her Jew she wants to, but because she feels like of a Modern Woman," "Bugsy'' and out against assault. It is a climate J.K. ing away from it, chose to share her
ishness is sexualized and addressed she has to. Women are consistently many other films. He went to Harvard. Stein has braved with her memoir. own story in the hopes that it would
many times throughout the book. Da made to feel guilty in our society, to He is good friends with Alec Baldwin It is not always well-written, but prevent others from having the same
vid and the Director both continuously take responsibilities for any possible and over 6"f eet tall and large. All of that can be excused as it is told from experience. In doing so, she asserted
remark on the Jewishness they share criticisms they are faced with rather these factors combined can show how her diary and its honesty makes up for that her interactions with the Director
with her as another way to control her. than denying them, and this is why he would be an intimidating presence. it. The story mentions her anorexia nu and her boyfriend are not what defined
The book is by no means easy to coercion can be so successful. According to Tl).e Guardian, at least merous times, but mostly repeats what her. They were a brief, painful trial she
read. It is to\d with clarity and raw After a little bit of digging, it 395 women have accused him of sexual she has already said. I would have liked and many other women were. made to
ness. Stein does not spare the audi seems possible that the man referred assault and/or harassment. Only 31 it to go a little deeper with this, but un undergo. It is a trial amongst many
ence when she describes being talked to as "the Director" in Stein's story is have gone on record, which speaks less derstand why she wanted the key focus others that is no longer being ignored.
into rubbing an overweight director's a repulsive individual named James to the truth of the matter than it does to to be sexual abuse. Stein experienced
New Hooded Menace album is a
melodic nightmare. to remember
In a change of heart, "Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed"
embraces a crashing, powerful sound with crisp production
By GABE COMMISSARES overall brutality due to their sheer force . it did not make the cut. The pace is
and magnitude, plus it adds a sense of relatively faster, and the tone is much
THE MIGHTY BEHEMOTH that emotion to the album which builds on more mellow than previous tracks.
• is Hooded Menace has returned the already intense rhythm sections. Still, it is effective in providing a fit
with another monstrosity of an The tracks "In Eerie Deliverance" and ting conclusion to the album.
album. This Finnish death/doom met "Charnel Reflections" are where these The production on this album is top
al act has been consistently smashing melodic sections shine the most. Fans notch. Seasons of Mist records has a
skulls for over 10 years. "Ossuarium Sil of Hooded Menace's early work will habit of punishing your eardrums. With
houettes Unhallowed" is a continuation still be pleased by this album despite this album, the damage may be irrevers
of this practice. They may have had a the slight directional change, especially ible. The drums are the highlight of the
near complete lineup change, but once with tracks like "Cathedral of Labyrin album production. Like most doom met
the riffage kicks in, it is easy to forget it thine Darkness" and "Sempiternal Gro al albums, emphasis is put on the toms,
even happened. tesqueries" which bit with the force of snare and cymbals delivering the most
What makes this album slightly dif multiple artillery strikes. This is exactly in terms of force and sound. In terms of
ferent from previous Hooded Menace what any fan of this subgenre craves. style, the drummer Otso Ukkonen man
releases are the melodic sections. Hood The album flows very nicely, giving you ages to keep things interesting through
ed Menace is known for their slow, but no rest from the beatdown, however the out the entirety of the record with his
aggressive crushing tone, but on this al ending track "Sorrows of the Moon" cleverly placed fills and time changes.
bum, melodic rhythm sections and guitar sounds considerably different from rest The guitarists dish out an armada of
solos ,ire noticeably more present. These of record, almost as if it was lost mate doom riffs and their force can be felt with
sections mix surprisingly well with the rial pulled from another record where much greater magnitude due to how well
they are produced. There is very little
distortion within the guitar sound. Even
the bass is audible amongst the chaos at
times_which goes to show how dedicat
ed Seasons of Mist is when it comes to
producing this kind of music. In terms
of content, the band has a consistent
horror theme drawing from the works of
H.P. Lovecraft and other similar writers.
The slow pace of the songs and the un
relenting powerful blows they deliver fit
the narrative well. There are a few oth
er moments within the album in which
the horror theme is made apparent. The
track "In Eerie Deliverance" features
a sinister female monologue that will
keep you up at night. The instrumental
"Black Moss" sounds absolutely haunt
ing thanks to the guitar work.
Hooded Menace has once again
delivered a piece of musie that is capa
ble of rupturing the planet's tectonic
plates while successfully adding a new
~lement to their trademark sound. Fans
of their previous work and fans of the
death/doom metal subgenre in gener
al should be pleased with this record.
Count on having some bruises if you
think you can listen to this album from
start to finish.
IMAGE COURTESY OF SEASON OF MIST RECORDS

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
ARTS
12
Can recovI ery narratives push past addiction?
Authors, including Bill Clegg, reflect upon the dark relationship between addiction and writing
By JONAH SVIHUS • tion of her book, titled "Does Recovery
Kill Great Writing?," Jamison discusses
!DEVELOPED AN OBSESSION this her longing for a recovery narrative in
• year. I did not know how obsessed I literature.
would become. I did not know how "If addiction stories ran on the fuel
my appetite for information would be of darkness - the hypnotic spiral of an
satiated, whether there was a definitive ongoing, deepening crisis - then re
end to my quest. I knew the relationship covery often seemed like the narrative
between writers and substance abuse slack, the dull terrain of wellness, a te
was commonplace. I took it at face value. dious addendum to the riveting blaze"
It became a joke. I would roll into lllY she wrote. "I wasn't immune; I'd always
writing classes and joke about Faulkner's been enthralled by stories of wreckage.
pitchers of water and whiskey, But when I got sober, I wanted to know
Hemingway's bar fights, or Kerouac if stories about getting better could ever
and Poe's delirium tremens. Even in my be as compelling as stories about falling
moments of self-indulgent, alcoholic self apart. I needed to believe they could."
engorgement, I looked at the pantheon of The article goes on to talk about Da
Nobel Prize winning authors, and I took vid Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest," and
solace in their international recognition: how he publ_ishedt he book seven years
Eugene O'Neill, William Faulkner, after becoming sober. Then, the world
Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck (If opened up. Clegg and Jamison are liv
I extended this list to writers I admired ing proof that great writing exists after
outside the Nobel prize winners, I would sobriety. Sure, many of the early Amer
feel even more comforted). ican Nobel winning writers did not have
Things changed, though. As I learned the same success, but today is a different
more about writing, more about living, time. The zany, nuanced narratives in
fear crept over me. All these famous "Infinite Jest" laugh in the face of ad
writers whose styles I admired were diction, proving that the sober mind is
alcoholics. In "Alcohol and Poetry: just as, if not more, capable of achieving
John Berryman and the Booze Talking," poetic mastery of the English language.
published in 1986, Lewis Hyde notes Jamison notes Denis Johnson's produc
that at the time "Four of the six ARY HASHIM/PIONEER LOG tivity as a writer increased dramatically
Americans who have won the Nobel Bill Clegg 0eft) answers questions about writing and addiction with professor Pauls Toutonghi (right) at Lewis & Clark on March 16. after he stopped using. Jamison and
Prize for literature were alcoholic. About Clegg are flipping the script on writers
letter, into the page. And imagine getting missed two flights, e-mailed Kate and Clegg'sv iews of the recovery narrative
half cif our writers eventually killed and addiction. Their literary careers are
up closing the door to your study and relinquished any say or stake in our seemed troublesome. There certainly is a
themselves." only truly blossoming after .they have be
walking downstairs. What do you do, agency, tossed my career down the chute, train-wreck factor in addiction memoirs
What was happening? What started come sober.
with that sudden space in your chest? and stood up my beloved and· no doubt that is fascinating but difficult to watch.
off as jokes and trivia.knowledge became The relationship between writing
You go (to) the liquor cabinet and you frantic boyfriend. I've done all these The recovery narrative was different.
an all-consuming specter that drifted and drinking certainly exists. My under
pour yourself a shot of the one thing no things and I couldn't be happier." John Berryman's "Recovery" demon
across niy mind every time I went to standing of it has grown since I started
one can take from you ... " Clegg was dealing with a crack/co strates the the nuances and shortcomings
write, edit or crack open a cold one with out on this journey. The' awareness of
I had felt the space in my chest. The caine and alcohol addiction. Some tropes of a recovery narrative. For much of the
the boys. Why was it that so many novel my own drinking and writing, along
awareness of my own use of alcohol appear throughout all addiction: lack of time while writing the l.}OvelB, erryman
ists and poets were alcoholics? Is this a with others, has freed me. No longer am
during the creative process concerned self care, depression, not fulfilling family himself was going through recovery - in
struggle writers must face? I worrying about what could happen to
me. My fears evolved, the aria switched and professional engagements - this list fact, Berryman committed suicide in '72,
That is how my obsession with addic me. I have shored myself with the knowl
strains. What I once accepted as a fun, goes on. I still needed to know why writ before finishing the. book. The narrative
tion narratives began. edge of a century's worth of mistakes and
novel practice now haunted me. I was ing and drinking went hand-in-hand. is self-absorbed, and Berryman con
Olivia Laing's "The Trip to Echo choices made by writers. I learned not to
becoming aware of my own habits, my Clegg told me before his March 16 cluded the only way his main character
Spring" (2013) provided some inroads romanticize the mistakes and horror of
desire to fill that space in my. chest. I reading at Lewis & Clark that recovery in could escape the cycle of addiction was
into the topic at hand. In her travel other writers. Whether it is Marguerite
was looking for new ways to quell those his two addiction memoirs plays a minor through death.
memoir Laing travels across America Duras' practice of drinking a glass of
fears. but important role in the narrative. My understanding of the recovery.
by train, meditating on the role alcohol wine every hour, or Hunter S. Thomp-_
I exorcised my fears through reading "It is more dramatic to·watch some narrative was limited. I viewed it as
played in the lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald, son's legendary breakfast routine replete
addiction memoirs. I wanted to better thing be destroyed," Clegg said. To add a necessary alternative to death in
Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Wil with liquor and cocaine, it is important
understand why the fatal relaj;i.onship to this, he told a story about his house addiction narratives, the final pages.
liams, John Berryman, John Cheever• to remember the escapism, the pain of
existed. Writing and drinking. It was the mates in college. They watched aban It .was the part no one wanted to
and Raymond Carver. By the time Laing addiction that plagued many of these
aria of my life sung by a charnel choir doned buildings and shanties burn. •r ead. It was the re-building that no
is riding• through Berryman's St. Paul, writers. Few readers like to remember
of my deepest fears. Addiction mem "At least four or five times, we came one had the patience to watch. All of
MN, she reflected on Hemingway's jour the psych-ward convulsions, the over
oirs provided some answers. Bill Clegg's upon a burning building, and we would that changed when I started reading
nal entry about his father. doses, the broken families and domestic
2010 memoir "Portrait of an Addict as a set up shop," Clegg said. "We were fasci Leslie Jamison.
"As to the role of alcohol in all this: abuse; even fewer like to learn about how
Young Man," was a helpful guide in nav nated. And not once did we ever go back Jamison understood that this pro
imagine the mixed relief and terror of these writers get sober. However, Leslie
igating the relationship between writing to watch the rebuilding or see what was cess is long and slow, and it shows in
getting that sequence down," she· wrote, Jamison, Bill Clegg and other admired
and substance abuse. happening or how they did it. It is long her 544-page recovery memoir "The
referring to the vivid description Hem writers have become proof for me that
"Acres of time, a bag of crack, and slow. Sobriety is a slow, painful pro Recovering: .Intoxication and its After
ingway wrote of his father's suicide. drinking and writing do not need to co
company lined up, and a hotel less than cess. It is hard to transcribe it, to convey math," published on April 3. In a New
"Imagine pressing the words, letter by exist.
a minute away," Clegg wrote. "I've just it to another person." York Times article adapt('ld from a sec-
-Hangout niovies e_xplores suninier fun and uncertainty
The summer is a time of movie binging; let these budd)! films and stoner comedies take yo_ut hrough it
By RAY FREEDMAN you are left listening to the world with the for over a minute. While the film is tied to
characters. These moments sometimes a simple plot, the film shiues because of
SUMMER around the last a couple seconds or less, but these the small.and extremelys tupid exchanges.
mer, , there is a specific are things that most films cut out for the We laugh not only at the jokes but also at
g re of film to keep in mind: sake of time. This attention to the time in the fact that the jokes are happening.
the "hangout" movie. These movies are between activity illuminates the aspect of Lastly, the genre has been mastered
usually categorized as "comedies" or not knowing what to do or what you are by, arguably, the two most iconic living
"ensemble comedies," but they are a doing when you're just hanging out with American directors: Quentin . Tarantino
species of their own. The true beauty of • people. and Paul Thomas Anderson. Speiling on
these movies lies in how they allow the If you're in for a sillier, less his frien.dship with Anderson, Tarantino
camera to rove around the cllaracters. mature double feature, there is always has said it is his . "most cherished
Even if there is a plot driving the film, "Superbad" and "Hot Rod." On the set relationship." Around the time of the
the story cares more about how we get to of the. former, there is a scene where release of "Inherent Vice," Anderson
know the characters, and how the movie McLovin's sex scene is interrupted by discussed a scene from "Jackie Brown" •
allows us ·to wander around the story his two new police officer friends which and its influence on him. Anderson
with them. Often dealing with the hazy took a few takes to get right. The scene describes the "compassion of the camera"
paradox summer brings - excitement depicts Officer Slater (Bill Hader) angry in a scene where Jackie Brown and Max
and freedom mixed with uncertain at McLovin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) Cherry share a cup of coffee. "Jackie
feelings of stagnancy, "hangout" movies for bailing on him to have sex with a Brown" sees Tarantino at his most
are at their best when there is a loss girl, even though he has only'known restrained, allowing his characters to feel
of innocence involved. You watch the McLovin for one night. In an interview, their aging selves.T I1erea re few moments
characters sink into a progressiQno f their Hader recounted that after a few takes, c..i n all of cinema more compelling than
life. These movies want you to hang out director Greg Mottola came up to him Robert De Niro playing a stoned, washed
with the cllaracters, which makes them and gave him a note. "He's your best up bank-robber struggling. to hang up
perfect for double features on a summer friend," Mottola said. Revealing the a telephone. It's a beautiful moment,
afternoon or evening. The double feature loneliness of his character. The scene is and this moment's influence shows in
is an under-appreciated way of watching hilarious because of how serious it is for "Inherent Vice." Anderson's Pynchon
and sharing films. Like a playlist, it allows OfficerS later. I think this sincerity is why adaptation is a hav.gout movie disguised
the audience to curate and make an event RAYA DEUSSEN/ PIONEER LOG "Superbad," and "Hot Rod," have not.aged as a mystery-comedy. As Joaquin
out of the art. McConaughey, Parker Posey, Adam over-serious Craig. The film is able to at all since their release over a decade ago. Phoenix's stoner-detective tries to figure
Two films that pair handsomely are Goldberg and many others, Linklater's craft a memorable depiction of stagnancy Both films are incredibly silly, featuring everything out, the camera is interested
Ricliard Linklater's "Dazeda nd Confused" film bas an ensemble cast for the ages. without adopting Craig's seriousness - it ridiculous characters and plot lines, but in floating around the mystery. It moves
and F. Gary Gray's" Friday."B oth regarded Funny and eclectic, the personalities is all fun. Although taking place in two are driven by the deep sincerity of the slowly, pushing in on the dialogue, only
as classics from the '90s, "Dazed and drift into summer with a spark that fills different worlds, the film's have similar performances. In "Hot Rod," director cutting away when absolutely necessary.
Confused"a nd "Friday'' take place during the film with kinetic energy. Gary Gray's tones. Beyond the universal hilarity of Akiva Schaffer and_ co. juxtapose this We smoke weed with Phoenix's character
. less than 24 hours. The former depicts the film, although .silly at times, deals with both films, their scenes to breathe the sincerity with absurdity. The film features as the movie gets increasingly stoned .
last day of high scllool in 1976A ustin, TX, more mature themes. Cliris Tucker's air of thei1:w:._o rlds. One beautiful thing a chaotic musical number featuring a The mystery is not really relevant by the
Md the latter depicts a Friday in South carefree, weed-loving_ Smokey plays to notice in both films is the amount of whole town and has a scene where Rod film's end, and what is left is the feeling of
Central Los Angeles. Featuring Matthew perfectly alongside Ice Cube's brooding, times you can hear the background noise; (Andy Samberg) falls down a mountain the Californiab reeze in the '70s. •

FRIDAY,A PRIL 20, 2018
ARTS 13
The utter importance of regular sterilization
The final chapter in a story about rural Idaho, a nursing home and the people who inhabit it
ByDYIAN GREER and squeaking a melody from an old the soft side of a sponge. Occasionally
jazz record, it falls to the ground and she looks to a mirror across the room
IT IS THE DRY season and the wind is found weeks later by an orderly and watches herself work. She has
sweeping over the lake does little smoking a joint on his lunch break. He no children, no partner and her visa
to stir waves. The rocks show high lingers over it, studying its beady eyes expired a month ago. She flips the
watermarks and the grass on the edge .and the now unrecognizable lump in its sponge over to the rough side.
of the lake bed is dry, collecting pollen throat before flicking his roach into the . "~lizabeth?" A young doctor
dropped from insects circling above. bushes and searching for the nearest sticks 'her head through the doorway.
The fish, confined to a small crowd in janitor to clean up the mess. She is known around the hospital
the center of the lake, jump to catch Inside the hospital, a 44-year-old for remembering names .and faces.
the insects and avoid the cormorants Salvadoran immigrant named Elizabeth Elizabeth had never talked to her. She
swimming flying above them. The cleans up a patch of drying blood on one hadn't told her of her family or the
birds not out fishing are standing, side of. Room 452; a clock has fallen beach where she learned to surf. She
wings outstretched, on branches of the to the grounp and shattered on the hadn't told her about the rosary beads in
surrounding trees. Soaking in sunlight other side. The two are unrelated. She her pocket or about the war. Elizabeth
while gnats bite at their ankles. has mopped the floor and now is on sits up straight, her spine growing from
One cormorant breaks the surface her hands and knees, scrubbing with the tiles like a tree trunk. "When you
hP.ilk-first without ii snl;ish ;incl fliP.s get a chance could you go to the break
room? Someone spilled coffee all over
the inside of the microwave."
"Yes, Doctor," Elizabeth said with
a smile. She was an English teacher in
Salvadoran high schools for 10 years
before her visa was accepted. She also
taught dance and coached swim teams.
•T his, however, was after the war.
She scrubs harder now, and the stain
begins to lift. Sunlight breaks through
clouds, shining through the window and
blasting off the mirror, reflecting back
onto Elizabeth. She is blinded briefly
but does not break focus. Finished, she
mops over the spot again, this time in a
figure eight, before collecting the pieces
of the broken clock. She holds the two.
ends of her apron in one hand, creating
£MAGEC OURTESYO F CREATIVEC OMMONS
a pouch and carries the shards of glass,
cutting herself with a small piece, out to the breakroom and changing into her of Spain.
the nearest recycling bin. street clothes, she goes to check the • Once home, she places the bird in a
She walks out to the· nurse's station, garbage and make sure that she doesn't plastic bucket filled with one third water
dumps the glass into the bin and turns have to take it out while she goes to and two thirds bleach and turns her tv
to the nurses. These ones wear all white the_ bus stop. She looks inside of the on to Wheel of Fortune reruns. She
and are cackling amongst themselves. dumpster and sees the bird lying on makes a microwave meal and watches
Elizabeth is in an olive green jumpsuit top of a <;leanc ardboard box. The bird's Vanna White flip letters while the skin
with a black apron. She walks to the neck is now free, but feathers and skin of the bird melts.
sink next to the counter and washes are beginning to flake from the bones. After a couple hours and no
her hands. They are bloody and she She puts on two of the gloves she took $100,000 winners, she. picks the skull
watch!!S the dyed water swirl slowly and lifts the bird out of the dumpster. out of the bleach with kitchen tongs and
down the drain. She stays for a minute It is sturdy, not too drippy nor too well shakes the remaining skin until it drips
attempting to scrub off every drop put-together, so she takes a black trash l)ack into the bleach. She then carries
she can but blood continues to drip so bag and places it inside. the skull to her sink where she washes it
she dries her hands on a paper towel The ride home is generally and once again watches dyed water spin
and looks at them. She is cut, not too uneventful. There is a bus stop on the down a drain. The bird is still encrusted
deep, but deep enough to warrant a east side of the hospital and she boards with blood and cerebral fluids, so she
bandage. Instead, she wipes her hands there. The bus is empty except for a .scrubs it. Harder than she scrubbed the
dried blood off the tiled floor. Clean, the
on her leg and covers the wound with couple of released patients on their way
skull is placed to the side of the sink to
a latex glove, pocketing a few more for back down the hill. She places the bird
dry as Elizabeth pours herself a glass of
later. on the seat to her left and rides home,
wine and returns to her television, just
It is noon and the end of a 10-hour listening to a Spanish podcast about
as the theme song for the Newlywed
shift. After cleaning the microwave in how Brexit affects the tourist economy
Game comes on.
Kacey Musgraves shines on new album "Golden Hour"
By BRENDAN NAGLE week after meeting her future husband, that has doubled down on the worst source of destruction, scorching the and it's hard not to join in her delight.
Musgraves sings about butterflies in parts of itself (think of the bro-country farm's wheat fields, but when Musgraves "Golden Hour" is itself like the time
EN I HEAR the phrase her stomach. But she flips the familiar movement). The man being called says, ";you've set my world on fire," for wpicb it's titled ...:.i t's warm and
golden hour" my first thought love song trope, using the butterfly's out is "classic in the wrong way." The she means it as a positive. Fire is not beautiful - but it also functions as a
of Terrence Malick's 1978 metamorphosis as a metaphor for the song represents much of Musgraves' destructive, but a symbol of warmth and challenge to the ephemerality that we
masterpiece, "Days of Heaven." The freeing power of their love. Her partner appeal: . she is forward-thinking, both excitement. typically associate with bliss. ·Perhaps
film's infamously troubled production untangles the strings around her wings, sonically and thematically - enough Musgraves' infatuation may come through love, !ihe argues, golden hour_
is due in part to Malick and his and allows her to fly. to attract fans who may not typically across as sappy, but it's also endearingly can last forever.
cinematographers' insistence that most "Butterflies" hints at new sonic enjoy country - but she also has a deep earnest; she is enchanted by the world
of the scenes be shot during golden directions with its breezy synth melody, • reverence for the genre's roots. She cites
hour, just after the sun has begun to but Musgraves only gets more daring Sade as an influence alongside Dolly
set, but before it's all the way down. It as the album goes on. The next track, Parton and John Prine.
has a unique beauty - the sky is filled "Oh What a World," feels like a moment Though there are outliers, like "High
with warm oranges and reds and the of country futurism - the jarring use Horse," or the standout ballad "Space
light is especially soft - but the name is of a Daft Punk-esque vocoder strikes Cowboy," the bulk of this batch of songs
misleading. In fact, golden hour usually a synthetic contrast to the organic are concerned with the indomitable
lasts only 20 minutes or so. Of course subject matter of the song, yet it works ecstasy oflove. On "Love is a Wild Thing,"
this made filming extremely difficult, remarkably well. "Golden Hour" finds Musgraves is awestruck at love's power.
but golden hour's fleeting nature is Musgraves collaborating with ~a new She marvels at its relentless energy. "Ob
exactly what the film was attempting songwriting duo, Daniel Tashian and What a World" finds sublime, almost
to capture. The days on the farm are Ian Fitchuk, who give her songs glossy unbelievable, pleasures in the "magic
blissful and heavenly, but the idyllic pop flourishes, like programmed drums all around us." But with "Happy & Sad"
moment that the characters are living ("Wonder Woman," "Happy & Sad"), she acknowledges the impending doom
is threatened by an impending doom: and lush string arrangements ("Slow represented in ''Days of Heaven," and
night is on the horizon, and eventually Burn"). calls her blissful feelings into question.
hellish, apocalyptic violence raVBges By far her most adventurous song to She is "having the time of (her) life,"
the farm and its inhabitants. The film date is "High Horse," a disco-country but she knows that "everything that
uses golden hour to evoke beauty, but kiss-off inspired by an obsession with goes up must come down." She fears
specifically beauty that can not last. the Bee Gees. Grounded by a four on the inevitable dissolution of her golden
While the tragedy and pastoral setting of the floor drum pattern, she sounds like hour. But on the title track she offers a
"Days of Heaven" seem fit for a country Carly Rae Jepsen with a twang. On definitive rebuke to Terrence Malick's
western song, rising country star Kacey "Good 01' Boys Club," off of her previous
notion. "I used to get sad and lonely
Musgraves takes a contrary approach to record, Musgraves took shots af the
when the sun went down," she sings,
the transitory beauty of a sunset with toxic masculinity plaguing the genre
directly addressing. the darkness that
her new album "Golden Hour." she loves so much, and "High Horse,"
follows the sunset, "But it's different
More than anything else, "Golden though more subtle, feels like a spiritual
now / 'Cause I love the light that I've
Hour" is about Musgraves' new successor. "Oh I bet you think you're
found in you." In her love, Musgraves
husband, Nashville singer-songwriter John Wayne," she sings, "showing up
finds comfort, and light. With her lover
Ruston Kelly. It is an album largely and shooting down everybody." By
at her side she "know(s) everything's
about feeling good and likewise it is an invoking John Wayne, a masculine,
album that feels good to listen to. On the conservative icon of country-western, gonna be alright" - he is her golden
hour. In "Days of Heaven," fire is a
first single "Butterflies," written only a she points to a contemporary culture PHOTO COURTESYO F MCA NASHVILLER ECORDS

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SPORTS
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·Gordon heads to Texas climbing competition
Representing LC, Claire Gordon '19 will make her national comeback after suffering a health setback
By RACHEL STONE Gordon plans to go into the competi "I've made friends from all over the tion finals for speed, sport and boulder can find tlie live stream by typing in
tion without any expectations. world tllrough traveling for competitions," ing events will be live streamed. Anyone "USA Climbing" on YouTube during the
UWIS & CIARK student Claire Gor "I think this competition is going to be Gordon said. "Pretzyq uicklyi nto climbing interested in watching Gordon compete day of the finals.
on '19 is gearing up to compete at a big mental struggle way more than physi I knew that this was going to be a really
e 2018 USA Climbing Collegiate cal,"G ordon said. "Ifl can go and compete, in1portant part of my life, and it has been."
National Championships in Houston, TX, and my knee doesn't blow out, and I don't Gordon is excitedt o reconnect with fel
during the weekend of April 20 and 21. She panic, that's a win for me." low competitors from her childhood who
will be representing LC in both•t he sport During her recovery, Gordon found will also be attencling the clrnmpionships
climbinga nd speed climbingc ompetitions. creative ways· to .stay involved in the in Houston.
This weekend's competition will be climbing scene. She began coaching youth -Gordon's greatest memories in her 13
Gordon's first since she sufferecl.a signif climbers at Planet Granite Portland, the years of competitive climbing experience
icant injmy two years ago. Go;dcm.w as gym she frequently trains at. As a· coach, have not necessarily involved tile sport
bouldering at a competition when she fell, Gordon has been, able to share.her many of climbing, but instead the personal in
resulting in a fracture ~o her tibial plateau years of competitivee xperiencew ith young teractions tliat come with national and
as well as tears to all four knee ligaments climbers. international competitions.
and her meniscus. The injmy put her out "It's super important for these kids to "It's definitely about the people," Gor
of climbingf or eight months. have a role model who knows what they've don said. "Some of my best memories are
"Internally, it's been a struggle to go been tllrough," Gordon saicl. from competitions where I clidn't do well
from being nationally ranked to barelybe Gordon especially likes working with and watching my teammates, strangers or
ing able to get up the wall,"G ordon said. children because before they hit puberty, coaches all be extremely suppo.rtive."
their strength-to-weight ratios are quite · Among Gordon's favorite times at
low. This means tliat for prepubescents climbing competitions are when Gordon
strength comes not from weight lifting or and her peers gather together in "i~ola
strength-training, but rather from climb tion." Isolation is when competitors wait in
ing itself. Consequently, young climbers a room together behind-the-scenes before
develop exceptioruil strength and motor inclividuallyc limbing.
ability at a faster rate. "At competitions you come out one at
"It's awesome to see a 10-year-oldj ust a time to climb, so you don't get to watch
completelyc rush it," Gordon said. everyone climb," Gordon said. "Some of
Gordon has been a competitive rock my favorite memories are in this isolation.
climber since childhood. She was first in The competitors do silly dances or other
troduced to climbingt llrough gymnastics. tilings to stay warm and keep the nerves to
"I clid gymnastics, but I was really a minimu rn."
bad at it," Gordon said. "There's a little While Gordon will be·competing at the
climbing gym in the basement (of the collegiate level in Houston, she hopes to
gymnastics facility that I trained at), transition to the clivision of professional
. and one day I somehow wandered down climbers in future competitions.
there, As soon as I tried it, I knew it was "I definitely hesitated about going, but
r
what wanted to do." I think it is important for me to get back
Gordon joined a competitive climb into competitions and see how I measure
ing team at tlie age_ o_f seven. For her, up against collegiate athletes, to hopefully
climbing extends well beyond a sport make that next step to compete in (the pro
because tlie environment fosters com fessional clivision),"G ordon said.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRENNAN ROBINSON munity and lasting friendships. • According to Gordon, tile competi- PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRENNAN ROBINSON
ClaireG ordon '19 prepares for comp~tition. After a major injury,C laire Gordon '19 is back to climbinga fter a lengthyr ecoveryp rocess.
Cannab.is use fails to enhance an athlete's perforniance
Despite euphoric effects, _consumption impairs activity and harms respiratory and cardiac functions
By NICHOLAS NERLI inclined to use cannabis and other rec
reational drugs.
ROSS THE United States, ad Regardless of athletic participation,
ocacy for the legalization of· health effects related to cannabis use
arijuana has steadily liberal influence the entire population of mari
ized public opinion of the plant's use juana consumers. UW researchers have
as a drug, making drug reform a com found, unsurprisingly, that marijuana
mon item of national debate. Currently, produces numerous states of eupho
nine states have authorized recreational ria, ranging from anxiety reduction,
marijuana consumption while 29 states beneficial sleep patterns and boosted
permit cannabis use for medical pur sociability. At the same time, smok
poses. An October 2017 poll by Gallup ing cannabis damages the respiratory
showed that 64 percent of Americans system and increases tlie likelihood of
• now support tile federal legalization of bronchitis, respiratory tract infection
cannabis use, and Arcview Market Re and lung cancer. Additionally, cannabis
search expects tile cannabis market to use impairs motor coordination and re
exceed $24.5 billion by 2021. The mar stricts reaction time, suppressing rapid
ijuana industry is booming, and as the decision-making and concentration. In
plant surges in prevalence, collegiate the human body, the endocannabinoid
and professional sports are seeing a system (ECS) is a biological system that
sharp rise in recreational cannabis use regulates, among other tbings, appetite,
among athletes. mood and memory. Research published
Extensive studies by the University in the 2012 Journal of Human Phar
of Washington (UW) and Australia's macology and Drug Therapy concluded
National Cannabis Prevention and that marijuana consumption releases
Information Centre have shown that an irregular amount of neurotransmit
progressive laws regarding marijuana, ters linked to the ECS, ·resulting in a
coincide with a rise· in athletic canna direct-~relationship between cannabis
bis use. Organizations like the NCAA, use and obesity, short-term memory
the International Olympic Committee loss and abnormal carcliac behavior.
and the World Anti-Doping Agency Regardless of benefits connected to can
prohibit cannabis use among athletes. nabis ·consumption, meclical research
However, physiologically, marijuana shows that marijuana significantly im
is a non-ergogenic drug, meaning its pacts biological function and can lead to
consumption fails to enhance physical harmful, long-term health effects.
performance, endurance and recovery. According to UW, no research ex
Despite this fact, in the athletic indus ists that indicates cannabis benefits or
try, few legal distin-ctions exist between enhances the performance of atllletes.
cannabinoids and drugs categorized as Though UW stuclies demonstrate that
performance enhancers. Profession cannabis improves sleep patterns and
al atliletic organizations have largely decreases anxiety, no apparent correlation
failed to separate recreational and er occurs between marijuana'.s physiological
gogenic drugs in rules and regulations, reactions and improvements in athletic
resulting in narrow methods of disci performance. Gender and participation
pline that frequently punish all athletic in specific sports influences -cannabis
drug users equally. use among athletes, but overall, ath
Several research efforts have em letes tend to consume marijuana at a
phasized the necessity of differentiating rate similar to the general public. Med
between intentional ergogenic and recre~ ically, injury to the respiratory system
ational drug use among athletes in sports MJCEAL MUNROE-ALLSUP/PIONEER LOG and motor function deterioration neg
organizations. A 2005 study published al athletes have used cannabis in their shows tliat partii:ipation in college have noted that among athletes, gen atively impacts athletic performance,
in the British Journal of Sports Mecli lifetime. Of tllis 21 percent, 3. 7 percent athletics increases one's likelihood der plays a role in marijuana use. Male and experts overwhelmingly agree that
cine found that British and American admitted to marijuana consumption to consume alcohol but decreases to athletes are more likely to consume cannabis is detrimental to physical
atliletes are eight times more likely to within tile past year. Overall, research bacco use. The same study suggests cannabis products than females, and activity. Nevertheless, as economists
use recreational drugs over performance suggests tliat collegiate and profession that American college athletes engage tennis, hockey and rugby players use predict prosperity for the cannabis
enhancers. Subsequent studies support al athletes are far more likely to use in cannabis use at a rate similar to marijuana at a rate higher than other industry, consumption among the gen
this statistic, with a 2010 Australian cannabis and other recreational drugs non-athletic college students. Howev sports. Generally, male athletes com eral public and athletes is expected to
academic article stating tllat 21 percent instead of performance enhancers. er, numerous studies featured in the peting in intensive sports that require a increase.
of worldwide collegiate and profession- Analysis conducted through UW American Journal of Public Health high amount of prac:tice hours are most

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SPORTS 15
Sun11ner schedules assist in
off-season training for Pios
By MEGAN ANDERSON tion for the upcoming sports season. the women's soccer team, finds her diet
Women's soccer, a fall $port, utilizes changes during the summer.
THE TEDIOUS schedule of student the summer to train in order to be phys ''When I'm at home, I always have ac
athletes continues well beyond ically prepared upon their arrival back cess to food, so I'm able to eat light meals or
the school year, affecting life to campus. Women's soccer sweeper Al snacks throughout the day instead of heavier
style during the pre-season, seasoq and exa Hanson '20 has played in 40 games meals thr~ times a day, which is what I have
off-season. Lewis & Clark athletes are throughout her career at LC, and has start to do at school,"H ennes said. "Beingi n con
lucky to have Head Strength & Condition ed for 39 of them. She feels the summer trol of what I eat means I'm able to properly
ing Coach Angela Dendas-Pleasant, who workouts given by both Dendas-Pleasant prepare what I need to eat for after a work
creates workouts specific to each sport. and Head Coach Jim Tursi are essential out or when that afternoon hunger hits."
Before athletes leave for the summer, tools for her and her teammates. On top of summer workouts, athletes
Dendas-Pleasant assigns workout routines "The soccer team receives two sep must complete practices specific to their
that consist of weight lifting, running and arate training packets to prepare us for sport. Each athlete's conqitioning varies
agility exercises. During the offseason, preseason," Hanson said. 'The first packet based on their role for their team. Swim _,.
teams train with Dendas-Pleasant in the focuses mainly on running, whereas the mer Kassie Kqmetani '19 often hops in the
weight room and on the football field along second packe c t f a oc n us es on lifting. With both Hawaiian waters as one of her summer
with other training facilities. packets, we ensure that we maintain training routines.
During the season, teams continue to the cardiovascular capability of playing an "I am a sprinter, so my favorite work
work out but with less rigor. The summer entire 90 minute soccer game, as well as outs consist of high-intensity sprint work,"
is when most athletes engage in hardcore the muscular strength to outcompete op Kometani said. "This might involve short
training, and being provided with specific ponents and prevent injuries." sprints off the block or sets that allow me
workouts encourages athletes to maintain In addition to the provided workouts, to work on breakouts and turns. However,
fitness. Dendas-Pleasant plans a workout softball player Emily Drevdahl '19 com I always love when I have the chance to fit
for every day of the summer in prepara- pletes her own cardiovascular workouts in an ocean swim when I'm back home. It
during the summer to stay in shape. doubles as snorkeling!" •
"Usually for me it me.ans keeping Kometani's teammate, Claire Greene
up on the lifting workouts that Coach '20, will be staying in Portland to utilize
Ange assigns and mixing in some longer her coaching staff for summer workouts.
distance jogs either outside or on the el "I willb e here over the summer and will
liptical to build endurance for our long swim with a local club team that practices
weekends," Drevdahl said. in our pool as often as I can," Greene said.
Although the workouts can go a long "I also will lift with our assistant coach, Sa
way, diet is ·an important aspect in every rit (Gluz), two or three times a week. It's
athlete's life. It is crucial to fuel the body in always easier for me to train when I have a
a healthy way, and athletes maintain a diet coach watching and critiquing me."
beyond fruits and vegetables, always mak LC athletes are fortunate to have
ing sure to eat enough protein. Dendas-Pleasant as a resource that pro
Eating well while in season can be a motes healthy practice habits during
challenge most athletes face due to the the summer. Ultimately, it is up to each
lack of time and energy, and most find it individual athlete to stay in shape so the
easier to eat better during summer. Car upcoming sports season is filled with
oline Hennes '20, a center forward for strong performance and achievement.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
-16
The Backdoor is a work of humor and fiction
New Gen Ed course explores the Portland void
By ELISE GLASER to endure: club. Students are encouraged to get
Week 1: The Shanghai Tunnels lost after attending the strip club so
EXPLORATION AND Discovery At this historic location, see where the that they experience walking through
(E&D), the freshman seminar evil energy in Portland was born. Walk the darkly lit Chinatown at night, con
class, has been under major re the tunnels weaving beneath Portland, fused and alone.
construction by faculty to make the see the trap door which led people to Week 4: Riverview Cemetery
program more interesting, enlighten- their life-long enslavements. Students Close to our hilltop campus is the
,,- ing and reflective of the Lewis & Clark may have a ghost yell at them in an un spooky, ginormous Riverview Cem
experience. derground prison cell and speak to a etery. Students will be led through a
A SOAN professor, Dr. M. Bod sailor man who invites them to his hot tour of this large cemetery. We will
iment, is spearheading a new E&D tub. This will give students context for study the possessed and potentially
curriculum, due to the importance of the brooding underbelly of Portland rabid coyote who prowls the grounds
"Space and place on the self and the that took many lives and continues to during the day.
body." infect Portland with darkness from the Week 5: SE 17th Avenue
"What better way to introduce lost souls trapped beneath the earth. In the heart of quaint Sellwood, 17th
freshmen to LC than ·a course specifi- • Week 2: The Historic SW 6th holds many mysteries of "The Void."
cally designed to look into the dark en and Salmon Pio Stop Students will° inspect a grave in the
ergy that haunts our campus and our Although students no longer frequent sidewalk, aggressive shirtless men sit
city?" asked the professor. They are this location, we encourage students ting outside of "Jake's," a mechanic's
working with a team of students and to delve into the jarring reality of the shop that is only opened at night, and
faculty to create a curriculum that will previous SW 6th and Salmon Pio Stop lastly, a food truck called "17th Street"
fully expose new students to what is at night. A man wearing clown makeup that has never opened and is likely a
being called "The Portland Void." will laugh demonically in students' fac drug front.
Students on the reconstructed E&D es as they sit in the cold at 2 a.m. We Faculty and students alike are
board are compiling their most dark will study the public city art: a stone thrilled about the upcoming changes to
and unsettling memories to expose woman whose face has been painted the highly criticized E&D course. Oth
first year students to their new college with lipstick, eyeshadow and rouge. er pending names are "'F-he Portland
life. This "Portland I:ab" will take new Additionally, we will discuss the "Party Spectre" and "Portland ·Lab: Ghost
students on field trips to different loca Room" - an apartment that has 24/ 7 Town." This restructuring aims to ex
tions around the city, led by professors. multi-colored flashing lights across the pose every-skeleton in every closet so
...... ,.__ Here are some examples, taken street. that first years are not surprised by
from the new interdisciplinary E&D Week 3: Chinatown the toxic dark energy that enters their
syllabus, of the immersive classes that Students will Drink Red Bull at The souls as they start their lives at the
next year's incoming class can expect Golden Dragon, Portland's 18+ strip mysterious Lewis & Clark.
MICEAL MUNROE-ALLSUP /PIONEER LOG
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MICEAL MUNROE-ALLSUP /PIONEER LOG By ANDREW HAYES crippling nicotine addiction. to avoid losing it by incorporating it into
Be warned: it is very hard to dis his daily outfit.
By AUDREY BARRETT once potential employers saw that hid
e_ousje wel sticking out ofher left nostril. THE NEW JUUL trend is becom tinguish Juuls from household objects "Duct taping my Juul to my hands
A EWIS & CLARK student re A nose piercing is a symbol of all the bad ing increasingly popular among due to their discrete appearance. LC felt like the most economical and conve
cently faced the tragic, instant decisions you've ever made, a signifier Lewis & Clark students. In addi Student Nicholas Otine '21 shared his nient w.ayt o stop losing it," Marks said.
epercussions of disobeying of your affiliation with low-class, mari tion to being an ostensibly "healthier" difficulty in distinguishing what is and "Then it-became too hard to remove it
Baby Boomer-era· social expectations. juana-snorting, sex-crazed life-wasters. alternative to cigarettes, the Juul has is not a Juul. to charge. That was when I decided I
In fact, the impulsive nose piercing the "God wants i:o weed out the faulty also become an iconic and necessary "A student on campus sold me his needed to.implant a Juul charger into
student got one Tuesday during her first ones," Mr. James said. "I trust He had a fashion trend for nicotine-addicted old Juul," Otine said. "It took me three my arms. It was the best decision I ever
semester cost her far more than the $15 plan for our Samantha, and she strayed students on campus. The Juul is a little and a half months before I realized it made."·
jewelry and $30 piercing fee - it would from the righteous path. Oudamily will black rectangular vaporizer that can be was a flash drive. What I thought was Sure, the nicotine addiction aspect
cost her life. be purer for this. Call it evolution." seen at any of the designated smoking vapor was actually just my breath be might make the Juul seem like an in:
Samantha James '21 inhaled her In light of this moral tragedy, LC areas (DSA) on campus. The magnetic cause it was cold outside. I decidel to credibly destructive fashion trend, but
nose stud last week, resulting in as Student Health Services has been star bottom of the Juul has inspired stu try to sell it to another student under the withdrawal from an empty Juul pod
phyxiation. The symbolic marker of her tled out of hibernation and rich white dents to spice up their various hoop the guise of a Juul. It worked." makes Juulers even more (as they say)
independence and coolness just was not guys have provided the funds to spon earrings and necklaces for maximum For students with orthopedic im hesh. When a Juuler runs out of pods,
worth putting her life on the line. sor. a campaign prohibiting students edginess and endless possibilities. plants made of metal, the Juul provides their new and hip nicotine addiction
James' father had told her so from from piercing their noses. From now on, Despite the uniformity of the ap a new and exciting form of avant-garde causes so many symptoms that Juulers
the beginning. only approved nose rings and studs will pearance of the Juul, innovative LC body-modification. Julia Caesar '21 fell try to emulate anyway. The long-term
"I knew that hippie jewelry wouldn't be permitted, and absolutely none of students have still found ways to avoid down a flight of stairs during fall semes fatigue, irritability and col).stipation of
end up well," Mr. James said. "My those septum ones, Transgressors will their greatest fear: not being seen as ter and has been ecstatic ever since she their nicotine withdrawal makes their
brother and I really thought if we made receive conversion therapy to enlighten unique. By dressing the Juul in stickers got metal rods placed in her shoulders. aesthetic all the more authentic and ex
fun of her ripped jeans enough at fami them ciut of their grunge hippie ways. or carving it, LC students become super "At first, I was bummed out to have citing as they no longer need to fake the
ly gatherings she would stop this whole (Mental health counseling will continue cool and trendy, ultimately preserving metal in my shoulders,~ Caesar said. melodrama to match their outfit.
'express yourself kick that all the kids to be virtually absent until the college their individuality. "Then I realized the metal rods are mag A recent study at Johns Hopkins
seem to be on." receives another grant.) "Is that a Juul?" these words echo at netic and I can stick my Juul on them. University found that lead, nickel and
The James family smelled trouble Samantha James will serve as a mar every frisbee party and DSA. Once that Since then, I've made so many close other toxic metals can be released from
when their daughter, who had attended tyr for the crusade ag_ainst millennial crackle sound is heard, the owner of a friends by being asked by students for e-cigarettes such as the Juul. However,
cotillion and everything, wanted to go to '.'trashiness," encouraging LC students Juul can expect LC students rushing in a hit from my shoulder. I am so grateful this shouldn't faze LC's Juulers. By in
a kitschy liberal arts school that didn't to comply with their parents expecta flocks to get a puff. Because of the fiend to have ·metal in my shoulders." taking these toxic metals, Juulers can
even offer a business degree. • tions lest it cost them all potential of ing nature of Juulers, the Juul is a great One student, Carlo Marks '20 took eliminate the risk of losing their Juul
It could even be for the best: it is not worldly success, or even their lives. way to make friends and start up con this trend a step further than Caesar. because they themselves will become
versation by feeding a local stranger's Because the Juul is so small and easily magnetic. So vape away, LC students.
like James would ever have gotten a job
,nisplaced, Marks sought various ways Let's all become magnetic.