THE
LINFIELD
REVIEW October 28, 2013
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Linfield College
Wildcats break school record against Lewis & Clark College >> page 16
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McMinnville, Ore.
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119th Year
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Issue No. 9
INSIDE SALT membership A new membership program is available to all students and faculty to help manage loans and finances. >> page 6
Decorating halls Highlights from this year’s Residence Life-sponsored competition for the most creative, funny and scariest decorated hall on campus. >> pages 8 & 9 Erin Heltsley/Freelance photographer Members of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority get ready to scare students and community members at their annual Haunted House at the Delta Psi Delta fraternity house on Oct. 25. From left: junior Megan Beach, sophomore Teighlor Tanaka, sophomore Mackenzie Linder, sophomore Lauren Elledge, junior Charlotte Laport, sophomore Ashley Krautscheid, sophomore Monica Molina and junior Vesta Namiranian.
Greek life gives back to community Just for laughs Comedian and former member of MTV’s “Disaster Date” visits as part of a LAB event during Family Weekend. >> page 10
Soccer deflated
Men lose home games to the University of Puget Sound Loggers and the Pacific Lutheran University Lutes.
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Ryan Morgan Senior reporter
The Zeta Tau Alpha, Phi Sigma Sigma and Alpha Phi sororities showed off to parents how Linfield Greek life gives back to the community. Each sorority organized a charity event for family weekend. Zeta Tau Alpha continued its tradition of organizing a haunted house with the Delta Psi Delta Fraternity. The decorated Delta Psi Delta fraternity house was open on Oct. 25 from 7 to 11 p.m. “Delta Psi Delta [assisted] the Zeta gals with the set up and take down of the haunted house.
We [dug] graves in the back yard, [had] supplies from previous years and [hosted] the event in our house,” said senior Alex Lazar, Delta Psi Delta president, in an email. “It [was] a collaborative event, the Deltas and Zetas [worked] together on everything, no one party [was] directed to do one responsibility over the other,” Lazar said in an email. The entrance fee to the house was either three dollars or two cans of food. “Every year, we give the food donations to the [Yamhill Community Action Partnership] and all the [monetary] donations are
given to the Henderson House, a shelter for battered women and their families,” sophomore Julia Nguyen said. “We choose to donate to YCAP because we like to have a strong presence in our community and give back to local foundations,” junior Lauren Sherrard said by email. Nguyen and Sherrard are coservice chair member of the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority. The haunted house is an annual event. It is organized the final weekend of October, which generally coincides with family weekend. “[It’s] nice because it gives us
a chance show the families some of the ways Greek life gives back to our community,” Sherrard said in an email. Phi Sigma Sigma organized its annual Rock-a-Thon fundraiser, which took place on both Oct. 25 and Oct. 26. “In previous years we have raised money for the national kidney foundation, however this year our philanthropy has changed. We currently raise money for The Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation,” sophomore Sara Scott said by email. >> Please see Philanthropy page 6
Professors’ op-ed in Oregonian sparks debate Olivia Marovich News editor
Two professors wrote an opinion article that ran on the front page of “The Oregonian” on Oct. 20 that has caused some controversy. Associate Professor of English and Environmental Studies David Sumner and Assistant Professor of Mass Communication Lisa Weidman co-authored the article “Eco-terrorism or Eco-tage: An Argument for the Proper Frame,” which was published in Interdis-
ciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment and will appear in print later this month. The opinion piece was written in response to Rebecca Rubin, a member of The Family—frequently termed an eco-terrorism group—pleading guilty to 12 crimes that resulted in $40 million in damages from 1996 to 2001. “Lisa contacted me to see if I’d heard about what was happening with Rebecca Rubin,” Sumner said. “She said ‘if we’re going to write an op-ed on this, it’s the perfect time.’ So we had our hook.”
The op-ed, titled “Eco-sabotage should not be mistaken for eco-terrorism,” used the example of the Rubin case as a tie in to the original article that both professors wrote after conducting research looking at newspapers from the last 11 years. They believed that through content-analysis they could scan newspapers for the term eco-terrorism and build a case as to why the term “terrorism” is not appropriate in this context. “We decided to draw the line at human life,” Sumner said. “One thing I want to make really clear
though is that these people should be punished for the property crimes they commit. People seem to lose that fact. What we’re saying is that they are arsonists, they’re vandals, they’re trespassers, but they aren’t terrorists. That’s the distinction we’re making.” The majority of the 87 online comments operate under the assumption that professors Sumner and Weidman are defending Rubin and The Family’s actions, >> Please see Op-ed page 5