http://piolog.net/index.php/site/news The News section of the Lewis & Clark College Pioneer Log. en-us Copyright {gmt_date format="%Y"} The Pioneer Log. All rights reserved. news@piolog.net (Angela Webber and James Reddick) webmaster@piolog.net (Sam Stigler) Newspapers, College, Education, Portland, Oregon, News http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html 1440 http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/690/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/690/ With the year coming to an end, ASLC President Autry Liggett (’09) and President-elect Shane Rivera (’09) spoke to attending students and faculty at Council Chambers during the annual State of the Student Address on Monday. The speakers discussed the past year’s accomplishments and performance as well as the goals for next year. news@piolog.net (Danny Garcia) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:01:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/691/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/691/ The latest Watzek Library Student Advisory Committee (SAC) met Tuesday, April 15, with Gonzaga University’s Eileen Bell-Garrison of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) accreditation visit, students, and library employees. The committee discussed changes and future plans for the library, in addition to fielding student concerns and commendations. news@piolog.net (Sarah DiSab) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:01:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/692/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/692/ More than three hundred students and members of the community watched the most popular event of the 2008 International Affairs Symposium by proxy.... The event, a moderated panel between former permanent U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton and former U.S. Ambassador Robert Kreuger, officially began in Council Chambers at 7:30 p.m., but by 6:15 p.m., a line of students had already started to form at the door. news@piolog.net (Stephanie Beechem) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:01:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/693/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/693/ Pamplin Scholar and political science major Ben Brysacz (’09) was recently awarded a Truman Scholarship for his work in public service. There will be a "Barack the Vote" Rally on April 25 at 3:00 p.m. at Lewis & Clark College. Benjamin David, Professor of Art History is 2008 Teacher of the Year. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:01:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/694/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/694/ Crimes that occurred on-campus in the month preceding April 18, 2008. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:01:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/695/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/695/ As part of Young’s Borderlands class, a group of students went down to Mexico to perform research on border relations. news@piolog.net (Hannah Hultine) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:01:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/526/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/526/ In addition to voting in this year’s ASLC elections, students will also have the opportunity to approve two amendments to the ASLC bylaws this week. Proposition 1, co-written by Angela Finke (’08), ASLC Vice President for Budget & Finance, and Tom Youmans (’09), ASLC Executive Vice President, has already sparked the creation of two Facebook clubs—one in support, one in opposition—and exacerbated preexisting tensions within ASLC and Activities Congress. news@piolog.net (Stephanie Beechem) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:01:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/527/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/527/ The current first-year course at Lewis & Clark, which all students are required to take, is changing again. This fall, Exploration & Discovery, which began two years ago, will see the addition of the Living/Learning Community. news@piolog.net (Sanne Stienstra) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:01:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/264/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/264/ 4-1-1 for March 19, 2008 news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:18:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/263/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/263/ Did'ja know for March 19, 2008. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:06:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/254/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/254/ LC student group United Sexualities hosted the AIDS Summit March 4-6, which began with a lecture from keynote speaker Cleve Jones, AIDS activist and author. The Summit also featured the 46,000 paneled NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. news@piolog.net (Sanne Stienstra) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:28:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/253/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/253/ Tuesday and Wednesday, March 4-5, were not ordinary days for the Class of ’08. Earlier in the week, all seniors received an email from Associate Vice President for Campus Life Michael Ford explaining that if they were on-campus this term, they had to attend Commencement Countdown for approximately thirty minutes between 10am-4pm on those two days to receive their graduation tickets, order announcements, and turn in their cap-and-gown orders. news@piolog.net (Sam Stigler) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:21:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/252/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/252/ Bad news for those anticipating à la carte: LC announced there will be no changes in Templeton over the summer, following a cost-benefit analysis showing that constructing new buildings over the next decades would be a better idea. news@piolog.net (Angela Webber) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:11:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/251/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/251/ Where is the fun in being sustainable? ... For me the fun comes from thinking about my actions—engaging myself to critically evaluate what my everyday decisions mean for the future and how they personally reflect my own values. news@piolog.net (Kiel Johnson) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:53:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/164/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/164/ The project, which has been aided by Professor Kellar Autumn, has recently received attention in newspapers across the country. news@piolog.net (Chris Bailey) Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:59:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/163/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/163/ An article in News last week about the lecture by Stanford Prof John Perry on "philosophical zombies" incorrectly stated the date of the upcoming Philosophy Extravaganza. The Extravaganza will take place March 5, not March 6. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:05:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/162/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/162/ LC's Barnes & Noble-affiliated College Bookstore held an open textbook forum this Wednesday, Feb. 20 to address student concerns about textbook pricing, used book sales, and on-campus buyback. news@piolog.net (Stephanie Beechem) Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:51:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/161/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/161/ a new green column by Kiel Johnson. Sustainability is a lot like learning how to ride a bike, except no one ever really takes the time to actually learn how to ride it.... news@piolog.net (Kiel Johnson) Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:38:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/160/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/160/ Everyone loves sex and gossip. We all joined Facebook and we all stalk each other. Hell, we published an entire newspaper issue dedicated to it. But, for many, sites like Facebook border on being invasive. For this reason, Juicycampus.com, created as a gossip outlet for college campuses across the country, is likely to raise the ire of many.... news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:26:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/111/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/111/ Afternoon of the living philosophy professor news@piolog.net (Danny Garcia) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:49:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/110/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/110/ The Palestine-Israel Peace and Education Project this week offered three days of lectures, discussions and films to address the entrenched conflict that has ravaged the Middle East. news@piolog.net (Anna Michaels) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:31:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/109/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/109/ Department decides to add a new minor to the environmental studies curriculum news@piolog.net (Sarah Bobertz) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:28:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/108/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/108/ Crime Beat for February 15, 2008. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:25:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/85/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/85/ The week's criminal happenings. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:25:03 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/84/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/84/ Norman Dale O’Bannon, Professor Emeritus of Economics and a thirty-year veteran professor of the College of Arts & Sciences, died on Monday, January 28. O’Bannon was 77. news@piolog.net (Stephanie Beechem) Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:18:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/83/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/83/ Authorities unable to find any substantial evidence identifying the thief. news@piolog.net (Matt Savage) Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:08:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/82/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/82/ It was difficult to ignore the campus-wide Focus the Nation events taking place last Thursday. The event, conceived by Focus the Nation’s director and Lewis & Clark Economics Professor Eban Goodstein, featured a series of lectures, discussions, and debates about global warming issues. news@piolog.net (Sarah Bobertz) Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:51:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/94/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/94/ A former congressman visits LC. news@piolog.net (Natalie Baker) Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:12:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/35/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/35/ Crime Beat for November 30, 2007. news@piolog.net (Jonathan Frochtzwajg) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:59:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/11/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/11/ Snow Ball will not have alcohol as rumored, but Activities Congress still hopes that the student-oriented dance will make up for Homecoming’s failings. news@piolog.net (Angela Webber) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:55:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/12/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/12/ The group, which semi-publicly outed an alleged rapist, inflamed many but also produced a campus-wide discussion about the issue of sexual violence. news@piolog.net (James Reddick) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:23:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/187/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/187/ Lewis & Clark students join in barricade of armored vehicles to protest war, and police react with pepper spray news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:58:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/186/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/186/ Adan Vielma (’08), a Communications major, is communicating up a storm this semester. He has just won a national video contest sponsored by the Task Force on the Future of American Innovation, won the popular vote on a contest for 76 brand gas stations, and, along with roommate Matt Christenson (’10) is in the running to direct a music video for the band Motion City Soundtrack. Is he in it for the money, or the fame? What does he want to be when he grows up? Wasn’t he one of the electric car guys? Vielma sat down with the Pioneer Log to answer some of these questions. news@piolog.net (Angela Webber) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:48:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/395/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/395/ Crime Beat for the week preceding November 16, 2007. news@piolog.net (Jonathan Frochtzwajg) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:14:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/393/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/393/ The electronic music concert, traditionally marked by last-day-of-classes deviance, will take place this semester in the afternoon and admit only those who have been given tickets. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:05:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/389/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/389/ The Pamplin Society of Fellows recently inducted its new members, as part of one of LC’s few annual traditions news@piolog.net (Chris Bailey) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:30:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/386/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/386/ Pioneers join activists in Seattle to take part in a nationwide day of protest news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:23:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/383/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/383/ Professor Herschel Snodgrass speaks out about the challenges that the recently-deceased professor Barbara Bartholomew faced as a visiting professor. news@piolog.net (Jonathan Frochtzwajg) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:15:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/392/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/392/ Crime Beat for the week preceding November 7, 2007. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:58:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/391/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/391/ ASLC President Autry Ligget sat down with the Pioneer Log to discuss the recent meeting of the Board of Trustees over Fall Break, and the Board’s role and relationship with the student body. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:52:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/385/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/385/ Crime Beat for October 26, 2007. news@piolog.net (Danny Garcia) Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:21:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/382/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/382/ Lewis & Clark administration seeks to recruit and retain underrepresented ethnic populations in reaction to transfer rates. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:12:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/379/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/379/ Green Torch snakes past headstones, Lake Oswegans on a journey to Salem to raise awareness about Global Warming. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:59:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/377/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/377/ The LC College Democrats brought Speaker of the Oregon House Jeff Merkley and Political Activist Steve Novick to LC’s campus. They spoke to students about their upcoming races against Republican incumbent Gordon Smith for his seat in the US Senate. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:30:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/397/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/397/ ASLC Executive Council met Monday to review plans to discontinue Lewis & Clark’s Raz shuttle service and instead offer Trimet bus passes. LC Vice President and General Counsel David Ellis has been working with Trimet for a few years to establish a direct route from Palatine Hill to downtown Portland. He said that establishing this route would be the catalyst for making the decision to discontinue Raz services to Pioneer Square. news@piolog.net (Sarah DiSab) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:19:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/396/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/396/ President Hochstettler gives the low-down on the board meeting, which included deliberations over LC’s international and environmental creds news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:17:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/394/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/394/ Unisex sponsors a slew of queer-friendly events. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:11:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/390/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/390/ Associate Professor of Law John Kroger is throwing his hat in the 2008 Oregon Attorney General race. Kroger, a Texas-native, earned degrees from Harvard and Yale after serving in an elite special operations unit of the Marines. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:33:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/387/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/387/ Crime Beat for the week preceding October 19, 2007. news@piolog.net (Danny Garcia) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:26:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/380/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/380/ Hordes of Lewis & Clark students descended on Stamm Dining Hall for Saturday’s Multicultural Fair to sample foods and entertainment from all corners of the world. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:29:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/398/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/398/ The annual Chamberlin Lecture took place Monday night in Agnes Flanagan Chapel, with noted theologian Rev. Prof. Peter Gomes as the featured speaker. news@piolog.net (Megan Alpine) Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:21:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/384/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/384/ Corey Van Landingham (’08) resigned from her position as ASLC Vice President for Student Organizations on Sunday. Anne Swift (’09), the former Vice Chair for Student Organizations, has already replaced Van Landingham, and Anna Tapfer (’10) will replace Swift as Vice Chair. news@piolog.net (Danny Garcia) Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:18:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/346/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/346/ The College’s Support Staff Union is currently in negotiations for better wages. news@piolog.net (Hannah Hultine) Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:31:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/345/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/345/ Literary Critic J. Hillis Miller speaks to students, faculty, and community members on the importance of Literary Study. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:29:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/344/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/344/ Dean Peter Cookson resigned from his position at the Graduate School on Sept. 5, the day that Willamette Week broke a story detailing the sexual harassment charges leveled against him by a former assistant. One week later, President Tom Hochstettler held an open staff meeting to discuss Cookson’s resignation. The president agreed to sit down with the Pioneer Log this Tuesday to clarify his role in rectifying the situation in 2005. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:20:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/343/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/343/ In brief, in case you missed it.... news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:15:02 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/342/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/342/ A staff member reported numerous incidents of graffiti on Sept. 18 in the Fields Art Center men’s room, East Hall elevator, Hartzfeld D Wing and the men’s room on the 3rd floor of Templeton, as well as on the emergency phone on the Pacman Lawn... news@piolog.net (Danny Garcia) Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:13:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/351/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/351/ The Pioneer Log gives you the summer’s top headlines from atop Palatine Hill. You’re welcome. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:48:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/350/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/350/ Kablooie! Templeton explodes with color after a summer makeover designed to make the building more stylish and navigable. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:46:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/349/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/349/ Some quick statistics about the Lewis & Clark Class of 2011. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:43:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/348/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/348/ Playing, date rape and gardening rang in the new academic year for the class of ’11. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:40:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/347/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/347/ Why fresh faces in the Bon are good for both students and the environment. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:36:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/633/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/633/ Last Thursday’s “Religion and Politics: Unnecessary Intersection” presentation was not a typical political science lecture. Pennsylvania Senator Reverend Bob Edgar, speaking on the imporance of putting aside personal differences in order to meet the challenges facing the world today, stressed, “We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.” news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:33:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/388/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/388/ Last Wednesday, two days after the shootings that left 33 dead at Virginia Tech (VT), Lewis & Clark students woke up to an e-mail describing a young man walking around campus with a belt carrying 50 rounds of live ammunition. news@piolog.net (Daniel Cochran) Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:27:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/378/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/378/ Lewis & Clark declined this year to fill out the portion of the U.S. News & World Report’s College Ranking survey that asks colleges to numerically rate the academic reputations of peer institutions. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:56:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/376/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/376/ Nearly 20 people attended the public forum held by the Elections Commission last Tuesday in response to a complaint filed in regards to the ASLC General Election. Five students filed the complaint five days after the results of the election were announced. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:26:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/373/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/373/ Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke to a packed crowd of over 2000 people at the University of Portland last Thursday. Dozens of interested LC students attended the speech, many of whom were members of a political science class with professor Robert Eisinger. While most of the LC students enjoyed the speech, many disagreed with Justice Scalia’s politics. news@piolog.net (Matt Savage) Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:16:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/369/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/369/ Judith Johansen will become the first woman to assume the position of Chair of the Board of Trustees of Lewis & Clark this May, when she succeeds the current chair, John Bates, who will continue to serve as a trustee on the board. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:00:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/381/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/381/ John Prados, senior fellow and project director of the National Security Archive, will give a talk based on his most recent book, “Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA” on Monday, April 23. Prados’ book is the most comprehensive history of the Central Intelligence Agency to date, and offers new interpretations of classic operations such as the Bay of Pigs Invasion. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/362/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/362/ One month after being selected as a finalist, students at Lewis & Clark have chosen Rob Kugler, the chair of the religious studies department, as Teacher of the Year. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:00:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/659/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/659/ “Lewis & Clark students are a different kind of student,” President Tom Hochstettler said in his annual State of the College Address last Saturday at 9:00pm. The crowd, mostly of parents and staff, chuckled appreciatively. “They come here confused, skeptical and eager to get it all out,” the President said. But, he explained, LC is a better school for it. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:19:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/658/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/658/ Last Saturday night, a van driving to the Rusty Nail between the D and E block of Copeland nearly crashed into the building when it got stuck in the mud. The pathway was not large enough for the van and forced two of its wheels off of the asphalt, over a railroad tie, and into a ditch. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:17:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/657/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/657/ They run an unusual business. Sitting for the interview, it’s more like being welcomed into a family living room than a law office. The interviewees sit conversing, correcting one another, finishing each other’s sentences, and sharing a mug of coffee between them. Kohlhoff takes a sip of her coffee, absentmindedly setting it back down in front of her daughter. This is not only a business but a relationship of give and take—a very successful one. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:15:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/656/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/656/ On April 30, 1975, thousands of people across the country eagerly received the news that the Vietnam War had finally, after sixteen years, come to an end. Although the end of the war marked the conclusion of the armed conflict between the United States and North Vietnam, it marked only the beginning of the journey for the thousands of soldiers who were now returning home hoping that the lives they had left behind would still be intact. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:12:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/655/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/655/ Last Thursday at the Philosophy Extravaganza, Lewis & Clark professors from five departments and approximately 30 students grappled with the grisly question: “What is Authority?” news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:10:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/654/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/654/ Dr. Washington shared ideas about what it means to “connect outside of your comfort zone;” on what student leaders can do to foster diversity on campus news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:07:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/653/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/653/ After three days of rehearsals, five hours of cooking and months of preparation, the International Fair went off with a bang last Saturday. Representing countries from all the corners of the world, the event not only boasted high student participation, but was also well attended by Lewis & Clark students and their visiting families. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:05:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/354/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/354/ Paul Allen’s chief company, Vulcan Inc., recently announced that it had acquired Portland Arena Management LLC, a company that owns the Rose Garden arena. Allen, owner of the Portland Trailblazers, said the deal “will be a major milestone which will strengthen the long-term financial health of the Trail Blazers.” news@piolog.net (Daniel Cochran) Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:58:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/353/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/353/ Filmmaker Abdul Fofanah enchanted attendants of his presentation: Hip-Hop and Socio-Cultural Resilience in the U.S. and Sierra Leone, on Thursday, Feb. 8 on South Campus. Fofanah spoke about hip-hop’s place in connecting the people of Sierra Leone to their government and to other nations before showing a rough cut of his documentary film, “Moving to the Beat: Mobilizing the People.” news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:55:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/352/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/352/ The question entering Casino Night last Saturday was whether or not the event could remain a success without the dance. One week later the answer is...maybe. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:52:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/244/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/244/ Secretary of State and potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate Condoleezza Rice added a note of realistic expectation to the public forum regarding the Iraq war. “Americans must be prepared for violence to continue in Iraq, even after a government is formed. There will be no Iraqi equivalent of V-E Day or V-J Day.” The media gave her a gold star for stating the blatantly obvious. Bush backed up his protégé, and said Wednesday that failure in Iraq “is not an option.” Bush supporters applauded him for the originality of his comment, while critics pointed out that the confederacy said much the same thing in 1863, as well as pretty much every single person ever involved in a war.... news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:46:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/243/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/243/ Starting July 1, 2006 students at Lewis and Clark College will no longer be able to use credit cards to pay fees to the Cashier and Credit Office. The college has had to pay about $250,000 over the last few years due to the increased use of credit cards. news@piolog.net (Kevin Stark) Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:44:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/242/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/242/ On Wednesday April 19, in a ceremony at Lewis & Clark’s Smith Hall, Associate Professor of Physics Thomas Olsen was named the Teacher of the Year. “Tolsen”— a nickname Professor Olsen is often called by his students— was commended for his “approachable and engaging teaching style.” news@piolog.net (Kevin Stark) Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:43:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/241/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/241/ Donald G. Balmer, former Professor of Political Science at LC, had a room dedicated to him in Howard Hall on Tuesday April 11. news@piolog.net (Kevin Stark) Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:41:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/240/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/240/ Natural athletes come in all shapes and sizes, predisposing them to a range of environments. Long-legged runners hold a distinct advantage on the track. The behemoth rules the turf of the football field. For those of you who can expound incessantly on random topics, architect ten foot towers out of paper and tape, or turn a pile of junk into a workable lamp, there are the LC Thinking Outside the Box Olympics. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:39:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/239/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/239/ As Dean of Students Mike Sexton explained, “When it comes to merit-based aid, where you stand is where you are sitting.” Since the early 90s, many colleges have made small but significant shifts towards merit-based scholarship programs, programs whose regressive implications have raised concerns among a number of education leaders. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:30:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/238/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/238/ Due to a contract technicality, Anne-Megan Daniels was forced to pay for two rooms, one on campus and the other off news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:27:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/550/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/550/ Bush and his party are having some disagreements over National security. By 62-2, the House Appropriations Committee voted to bar DP World, run by the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, from holding leases or contracts at U.S. ports. ... Iran threatened the United States with “harm and pain” Wednesday if the U.S. tries to use the UN Security Council which has the power to impose sanctions as a lever to punish Tehran for its suspect nuclear program. The most recent act of domestic terrorism straddled the line between violence and hilarity. ... Michelle Bachelet will become the new president of socially conservative Chile this Saturday. ... Who will be successor to Sharon? ... Kofi Annan called for a restructuring of the UN. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:05:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/549/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/549/ In keeping with tradition, the Oregon Supreme Court convened at the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College on Monday morning to hear arguments in three separate cases. news@piolog.net (Kevin Stark) Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:03:01 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/548/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/548/ Many students were present for the screening of the “Abortion Diaries,” a documentary on abortion shown last Wednesday in Council Chambers. The film was played at 7:00pm by VOX, a student group associated with Planned Parenthood. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:00:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/547/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/547/ Trimet Bus Service held a public hearing in the Council Chambers of Lewis & Clark College last Thursday to discuss the #39 bus route from Burlingame Fred Meyer to Lewis and Clark College. In many communities in Portland Trimet has been discussing alternative bus routes to boost the number of riders on its buses. This is the second hearing in the last year that Trimet has held at LC regarding the future of the #39 route. news@piolog.net (Kevin Stark) Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:58:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/546/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/546/ International Students of Lewis & Clark hosted the school’s forty-first International Fair Saturday, March 4, culminating weeks of preparation with ethnic food, cultural displays and performing artists from over forty nations. The Fair, which coincides with Parent’s Weekend and is arguably LC’s most popular annual event, was very well attended. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:53:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/545/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/545/ The non-profit organization Ten Thousand Villages visited Lewis & Clark last Thursday for a sale and presentation hosted by the Oregon Center for Social Innovation and Inquiry. Ten Thousand Villages’ mission is to provide vital income to artisans in developing countries. They achieve this by developing relationships with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed and selling their goods in retail outlets run almost entirely by volunteers. news@piolog.net (Jonathan Frochtzwajg) Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:47:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/578/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/578/ This past Tuesday was Mardi Gras, and perhaps more than any other year national attention was focused on the scene at New Orleans. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:23:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/577/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/577/ The 2006 Senior Gift Committee has made its final decision: The Senior Class will fund the ’56-’06 Scholarship. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:22:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/576/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/576/ Lewis & Clark Gaming Society hosted its first Draft Tournament Saturday, February 25. Sixteen contestants engaged in the tactical dueling of “Magic: The Gathering,” a card-game which simulates battles of wizardry. The event, which was put on as a charity, raised one hundred and sixty dollars in benefit for the Mercy Corps, a Portland based international NGO which provides emergency aid relief for disaster areas. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:19:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/575/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/575/ Lewis & Clark is very frequently noted for its beautiful landscape, yet it seems that many students take the campus environment for granted. The eight-man grounds crew puts much time and effort into ensuring that the campus is always safe, clean and pleasing to the eye. Facilities are responsible for South Campus, the Law School campus, and the Law School rental houses, in addition to the undergraduate campus. Ground Maintenance always has a variety of duties which prove to be difficult. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:13:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/574/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/574/ As protests erupted throughout the Middle East over the Danish Muhammad cartoons, Bangladeshi student Asheque Haque (‘07) received an email from a British friend. Attached were three photos of European embassies on fire. The friend demanded that Haque explain these images. “I could feel the difference of identity,” Haque said, explaining that a cultural gap needed bridging. With the help of the International Students of Lewis & Clark (ISLC) and Ethnic Students Services, Tuesday’s panel about the Muhammad cartoon sought to do just that. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:08:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/573/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/573/ Last Friday, Lewis & Clark’s Board of Trustees approved a budget proposal which will raise tuition costs to the LC student body by seven and a half percent when it goes into effect next year. While it is standard practice for colleges to increase tuition annually, the increase for 2006-07 is almost 50% more than previous years, which have typically been around four or five percent. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:51:00 PDT http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/572/ http://www.piolog.net/index.php/site/article/572/ Diane Grundy ('08) and Sonja Myklebust ('08) created many chalk art murals outside of Hartzfeld, which were power-washed off the walls last Wednesday. news@piolog.net (PioLog Staff) Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:49:00 PDT