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The Linfield Review February 23, 2015

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Issue No. 9

Digital Commons provides for Wildcats Jonathan Williams @linfieldreviewnews

Rosa Johnson/Managing editor Linfield junior Alissa Runyon reads for her physics class on a sunny Sunday afternoon on Feb. 22. Many students could be seen out and about on campus this weekend enjoying the sunshine either studying for class or spending time with friends.

Students enjoy signs of spring

Linfield to host sports journalism symposium Dana Brumley & Kaelia Neal @linfieldreviewnews The coordinator of the sport management minor at Linfield said the upcoming Sports Journalism Symposium might be more beneficial to students than their actual classes.

Linfield will host a Sports Journalism Symposium all day at the McMinnville campus, starting with a documentary film on Feb. 26 and an evening panel.

The main event is a discussion panel that will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium. Speakers are Chris Ballard and Lindsay Schnell, both Sports Illustrated writers, Portland sports agent

Lindsay Kagawa Colas, and Linfield’s head baseball coach Scott Brosius, a retired Major League Baseball player and the 2013 national coach of the year.

Denise Farag, the coordinator of the sport management minor at Linfield, said, “The interaction between the students and the panelists, both in classrooms, at the film, and at the panel, may prove to be more beneficial to students than their actual classes.”

She added, “These people are coming to Linfield because they have an interest in college students, and students need to take advantage of that.”

Farag said having sports journalists, an agent, and a coach speak

about how students can apply a love of sports to a future career could be a huge inspiration to those who are struggling to find such a connection.

The film, “Let Them Wear Towels,” will be shown at noon in Riley 201. The film is about female journalists in the male world of the locker room and focuses on equal access. The film lasts 50 minutes and will be followed by a discussion facilitated by Schnell.

Ballard will also be having lunch in Dillin Hall with students interested in discussing sports and writing.

Ballard specializes in narrative longform stories as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He is an

award-winning journalist who has covered a large range of topics. His story “One Shot at Forever” has been optioned for a feature film, as have several other stories he has written. He has written more than 20 cover stories including ones on the NBA and MLB. Brosius used to play for Linfield, but left before his senior year after being selected by the Oakland A’s in the amateur draft. He came back and graduated from Linfield in 2002 after 11 seasons in Major League Baseball. After playing for the A’s, he joined the New York Yankees. This is his eighth season as the head coach at Linfield.

Colas is vice president of Action Sports & Olympics at Wasserman >> See Symposium on Page 8

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Sports

Culture

Freshman Victor Brasil is Linfield swimming’s first conference champion and national qualifier since 2009.

Learn about the media’s role in Gov. John Kitzhaber’s resignation. >> Page 3

Sophomore Elia Samms kicks off her new swing dancing club. >> Page 6

Students and faculty at Linfield are fortunate to have a free open access repository to display their scholastic works.

The Digital Commons webpage, which was launched in summer 2010, has been around for five years.

“We wanted to provide a space to collect the scholarly work students and faculty have done,” said Digital Commons coordinator Kathleen Spring who is also the collections management librarian at Nicholson Library.

All disciplines and departments at Linfield use the repository.

Students who submit their work to Linfield’s annual student symposium will also get it uploaded to the website.

“The website can be helpful for students looking to build their online portfolio to show future employers or graduate schools what they have done,” Spring said.

The website is powered by Berkeley Electronic Press which allows Spring and others to monitor how often people are viewing the website as well as how many times student or faculty work gets downloaded.

Many of the other libraries that are a part of the Summit Library have digital repositories that show their institutions’s student and faculty scholastic work.

Spring and others at Nicholson are working to get scholastic work from the Digital Commons linked to the searches from the Linfield Libraries home page search box.

Currently, if someone was to search a student or faculty’s name and their work in a Google search they could access it because the Digital Commons is a free repository for everyone.

Spring also mentioned she works with students and faculty who have created an art exhibit in the Linfield Gallery by documenting it through photos and written work that best describes what the gallery looked like.

Students can also submit their scholastic work to Quercus, which is Linfield’s Undergraduate Journal.

Other materials that are viewable on the website include online copies of the Linfield Magazine as well as student work submitted to Quercus.

Videos from faculty and guest lectures from different lecture series can be accessed from the web>> See Commons on Page 3

Features

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Linfield students journeyed to Nepal for a January Term class where they learned about philosophy and other cultures while hiking in the mountains. >> Page 4

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February 23, 2015

EDITORIAL

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College should require vaccinations

Keeping a community healthy is a shared responsibility between all its members, no matter their role.

Vaccinations are a core piece of that responsibility.

Relaxed laws and flimsy policies that don’t take a strong enough stance on requiring vaccinations are putting many communities in Oregon at risk.

Oregon law states that in order to register for classes, students must provide documentation for only one: The MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine.

Documentation for bacterial meningitis, a variant of which recently led to the death of a University of Oregon student, is not

required.

Stricter policies could save lives on campuses across the state.

Individuals can exempt themselves simply by checking a box for “personal reasons” and taking a short online educational course.

Currently, there is little true obligation to be vaccinated.

The problem is, seeking out exemption or refusing vaccination causes more harm to the community than to the individual.

It only takes one infected student to introduce meningitis, meningococcal, chicken pox, or any other variety of vaccinable diseases to campus.

Preventing the spread

of infection to a community is preferable to treating it with antibiotics, which are often in limited supply and can result in drugresistant “superbugs.”

Health officials at Linfield are pushing towards higher expectations and raising awareness through campus-wide emails, but no change in policy has occurred yet.

“The intent is to remind people that there are viruses and bacteria which pose serious health risks. If you are someone who hasn’t been vaccinated, you have a window of opportunity to prevent that,” said Patti Haddeland, director of the Student Health and Wellness Center.

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Journalism a check on Kitzhaber

The Oregonian’s editorial “John Kitzhaber must resign” published on Feb. 4 garnered much attention and started what became a two-week media frenzy culminating in Gov. Kitzhaber’s resignation on Feb. 13.

As the story began to unfold, the allegations against Kitzhaber and his fiancee became harder to deny.

The FBI is now investigating Kitzhaber and his fiancée, Cylvia Hayes.

Many Oregonian’s are upset to see a governor go who has served his state well in his historic four terms in office.

The blame should not reside solely on the media for Kitzhaber’s resignation.

The allegations against Kitzhaber and his fian-

cée are hard to deny and whether Kitzhaber had any involvement in some

Jonathan Williams @linfieldreviewnews of the questionable work his fiancée was doing will be discovered through the federal investigation.

The famous public opinion scholar and journalist Walter Lippmann said in a Los Angeles Times article, “The newspaper is in all its literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people deter-

mines its conduct.”

Journalism and newspapers are supposed to function as a check on the government.

In the case of the Oregonian’s reporting, it did not appear to them that Kitzhaber or his fiancée were leading lives of transparency, which likely led them to call for his resignation in their editorial.

In the week and a half between the Oregonian’s editorial calling for Kitzhaber’s resignation and his resignation, public opinion changed noticeably in the comments that people were making on social media posts from local media.

When the allegations first came out people were skeptical of what the media were report-

ing, but as the days went on and the allegations become increasingly difficult to look past, the public’s opinion changed.

The power of journalistic writing is what changed people’s opinion on Kitzhaber as well as the allegations against him and the way he conducted himself during his final days as governor.

People are also interested in political scandals, as some would deem Kitzhaber’s, and they tend to stay interested in it as the story unfolds.

Most people’s opinion changed against Kitzhaber when then secretary of state Kate Brown released a statement that seemed to be against the

governor.

Public relations crisis teams across the northwest were quoted in articles saying that Kitzhaber had made it too difficult for himself to try and win back public support.

Most public relations experts agreed that the only solution for Kitzhaber was to step down.

Oregon’s new governor Kate Brown seems to have been well received by the public.

The fact that she is the state’s and nation’s first openly bisexual governor doesn’t seem to have changed anyone’s opinion on her and is a sign of the changing times for a more open and accepting state and nation.

Jonathan Williams can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

February 23, 2015

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Michaela Fujita/Photo editor Behind the walls of the dining hall cafeteria, chefs and bakers prepare for the next meal.

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Michaela Fujita/Photo editor Dillin dining hall employee, Donna, sets up the salad bar before the big lunchtime rush.

Dillin Hall takes time, effort preparing meals: A behind-the-scenes look into meal planning, stocking, and production in the dining hall Gilberto Galvez @linfieldreviewnews Freshmen and sophomores can find themselves at Dillin Hall more than any other place on campus trying to fit in those important three meals of the day, and as Executive Chef Noah Bekofsky put it, “If you eat at your favorite restaurant every day for two years, it’s not going to be your favorite anymore.”

Thankfully, Bekofsky does his best to make Dillin a varied and accommodating experience for everyone.

Before coming to work at Linfield, Bekofsky was the executive chef for the Fairmont Scottsdale Prin-

cess in Scottsdale, Arizona.

In Dillin, he oversees the menu and production in the kitchen.

As a base, the four-week menu they receive focuses on foods that students in the Northwest would hopefully like or at least be familiar with.

Bekofsky takes the menu and changes it in concordance with likes and dislikes of students.

At the same time, Bekofsky adds in new dishes that students may not be familiar with, but he hopes they will like. These dishes then go into the four-week rotation.

“If you don’t know what it is, try it. If you don’t like it, don’t eat it. It’s okay,”

Bekofsky said, encouraging students to try foods they may not have encountered before.

One of the reasons it is okay to not finish a meal is that Dillin works with local farmers and ranchers to make sure we have as little waste as possible.

Many have heard about the pig farm where our food scraps go to, but even the cooking oil is collected by a local man who turns it into biodegradable fuel.

As many food suppliers as possible are local, but due to Oregon having a short growing season, the options can be a little limited.

But Bekofsky makes the best of it, buying local

mushrooms and other produce when it is in season.

Produce arrives at Dillin five times a week whole and ready for the staff to cut into pieces for consumption. Every day fruit and vegetables are sliced fresh for the salad bar.

In fact, Dillin staff must work together to prepare breakfast for more than 400 people, 600 for lunch and 600-700 for dinner.

This requires a staff broken up into different sections with the grill, pizza, vegetarian, international and other sections.

Most of the staff work eight hours a day to make sure everything runs smoothly.

While the staples are run

by full-time workers, students can fill in server positions and others that are necessary mostly during the meal times.

“We are the largest employer for students on campus,” Bekofsky.

At meal times, the Dillin staff is constantly cooking.

Students who want changes to some of the meals being prepared can ask the cooks to remove meat in a portion of the next batch. Gluten free crust, made at Dillin like the other crusts, is easily available at the pizza station.

“They have that opportunity. All they have to do is ask,” Bekofsky said.

Bekofsky and the rest of Dillin are open to working

together with students on activities or special meals for residence halls or clubs or even international students who want to share a piece of their culture.

An exchange student from an African country once set up a whole meal with the help of Dillin to share with the other students.

“It’s all about engagement. I see you guys probably more than you see your roommate if you’re in here three meals a day. There’s no secret curtain,” Bekofsky said.

Gilberto Galvez can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmailcom.

Gardener loves her job, students, Linfield Jonathan Williams @linfieldreviewnews Not everyone has the opportunity to have a job they love and consider their hobby.

For Linfield maintenance worker Carol Gallagher she considers herself, “One of the lucky ones who get to do what I love.”

Gallagher has worked for 18 and a half years with Linfield’s maintenance team and has seen the college grow.

“One of the great things about this job is you get to see your results,” Gallagher said.

For Gallagher it is hard to think of any negative aspects related to her job.

“I don’t mind working hard all day … although I don’t really like shoveling snow or the days when it pours … rain gear helps,” Gallagher said.

Gallagher’s background is in horticulture. She worked as a landscaping assistant for a time and has also worked in a retail nursery.

“Gardening was my father’s hobby. I learned a lot of what I know from my father.”

Gallagher’s husband is

also a landscape designer.

“Summer and spring are my favorite times of the year.” Gallagher can be seen mowing, blowing leaves, planting and maintaining the campus’s landscape near the academic quad, Walker Hall, the Oak grove and intramural field as well as other spots on campus.

“I try not to annoy people with my leave blower during the day … I try to mow and blow at the right times,” Gallagher said.

One of the more difficult parts of Gallagher’s job can be judging Oregon’s weather.

“The weather is always changing so it can be hard sometimes to figure out when to mow certain areas,” Gallagher said.

Gallagher gets to work with usually one or two student workers during the academic year.

She is assigned one full time student to work with during the summer months.

“I still keep in contact and am friends with past student workers I got to know over the summer.”

Being a part of the college campus atmosphere and feeling its energy is something that keeps Gallagher

loving her job.

“I love getting to work with student workers … I feel lucky to be here. I love my job.”

Gallagher also mentioned she enjoys having freedom to maintain her own certain spots of the campus.

“The campus has grown a lot since I first started here.

When I first started (as a group) we would all work in the same areas but as the campus grew it became difficult to do that anymore.”

Gallagher is working on designing a new flower garden next to Melrose Hall.

“I really enjoy getting to design and plant the large flower gardens,” Gallagher said. “I like having my own designated areas to work on.”

After working at Linfield for 18 years, Gallagher has a bounty of memories and laughs.

“People have said I could write a book about all the funny things that have happened over the years,” Gallagher said.

Jonathan Williams can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

Michaela Fujita/Photo editor Carol Gallagher enjoys the warm weather as she trims the shrubbery outside of Riley Hall.

Commons: Repository is open access for all users << Continued from page 1 site as well.

All items uploaded to Digital Commons are available for download and can be emailed or shared to social media sites.

There is also a page that displays a list of faculty publications and where they can be purchased.

“Many students will submit their thesis to the Digital Commons so employers or graduate schools can look at and download their scholastic work,” Spring said.

The Linfield Center For The Northwest as well as the Linfield Archives use the webpage to display work that they and students who intern with them are doing.

Most faculty submit their work to the Digital Commons. “It depends on the time of year … but there are certain times when most (faculty) will submit their work. It depends on when they have time,” Spring said.

Students and faculty who are on Nicholson’s READ

posters are also available for download via the Digital Commons.

“We would love to see more people use it,” Spring said.

The Digital Commons can help students build their portfolio by submitting their own work as well as viewing other students and faculty’s work if they are curious and what to learn more about some of their professors.

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‘Why Nepal?

Why Bhutan?’

Mikenna Whatley/Features Editor Mikenna Whatley can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com “It would take a really long time to tell you all of what I came away with from this trip,” senior Rachel Axtman said, who then went on to articulate that one of the most important things she had learned while abroad this January was, “A better sense of the great variance of what people need to be happy.”

Axtman was one of the nine Linfield students who had the privilege of spending their 2015 January term studying abroad in Nepal and Bhutan.

Axtman was initially inspired to go on this trip because of the rare opportunity to hike in the Himalayas.

“But the more I learned about that area of the world, the more curious I became about how people live, what they believe and how they view themselves and their place in the world,” Axtman said.

The studies that students focused on over the course of this trip revolved primarily around how people understand themselves and the world around them through religion and their philosophical understandings.

“Religion in Nepal and Bhutan is such a fundamental part of most people’s daily lives, and it is at the core of many individual’s understanding of how the world works,” Axtman said.

Senior philosophy major Gabe Wells has a great passion for the subject matter that revolved around this trip.

“In the U.S., philosophic academia revolves mostly around Western thought,” Wells said. “The Eastern schools of thought such as Buddhist scripture are often put aside and not included in discussion.”

Wells has previously taken an Eastern philosophy class that opened up ways of thinking he had never been exposed to.

“This trip was sort of a way to cement my passions for this material,” Wells said. “Even though it was only a month, it was profound enough and it was impactful enough that I’ve continued studying the subject matter on my own time outside of any classes.”

Professor of Religious Studies Dave Fiordalis was one of the Linfield faculty members who lead the trip to Nepal and Bhutan, along with co-leader Professor of Philosophy Kaarina Beam.

Fiordalis first visited Nepal in January 1997.

“I spent about a month there on vacation while I was living and studying in India,” Fiordalis said.

“I fell in love with the majesty of the Himalayan Mountains and became fascinated with the people who live among them and have for millennia.”

In 2010-2011, Fiordalis had an opportunity to move back to Nepal with his family, wife and infant daughter, to teach Sanskrit, Tibetan and Buddhist studies for a year at Kathmandu University.

“That was just before I came to Linfield,” Fiordalis said. “So, I have a long history with and some fairly recent first-hand knowledge of the region.”

In general, Fiordalis’ scholarly expertise is in South Asian and Himalayan religions and cultures, and he is passionate about introducing students to that part of the world.

“However, the driving force behind this trip was Kaarina Beam,” Fiordalis said. “She has a burgeoning interest in Bhutan, particularly in their education system and how it does or does not help to support the new democratic political system in the country.”

Beam had previously led several Jan-term trips to China, but she did not have any first-hand experience in Nepal or Bhutan, so her and Fiordalis agreed to teach this course together.

“Nepal is a natural comparison to Bhutan, since they share similar geographies and other characteristics, and Nepal is also emerging as a new democracy in the region at the present time,” Fiordalis said. “We were interested to witness the lived realities of people in the two countries at the present time.”

Senior Connor Wicknick took great interest in the realization of just how much goes on in the countries of Nepal and Bhutan that the group did not get to see.

“It was really interesting as we went about our daily business to think about all the other things going on besides just you,” Wicknick said. “It sort of feels like you’re in a huge pool of water, just left suspended in the middle while all this other stuff happens around you.”

Fiordalis believes that one of the most important things Americans can do is travel abroad during college.

“I think it is particularly valuable to spend significant time in countries like Nepal or Bhutan or other countries with developing economies and Photo courtesy of Rachel Axtman underdeveloped infrastructures,” Fiordalis said.

On the third day of the group’s 5-day trek hiking through the mountains in Bhutan, “My trips to India and students in the group discovered an animal skull within some bushes.

Senior Zoë Erikson and junior Emily Hastings stand ben Swayambhunath, Nepal, in the Kathmandu Valley.

Senior Connor Wicknick enjoys a moment of peace ato side of Thimpu, the capital city of Bhutan.

All of the nine students and two professors of the group Term pose near the Tango University of Buddhist Studies

Nepal during my own college years were some of t truly set me on my life’s path in many ways.”

Many of the students who embarked on this trip changed as a result.

“I definitely have a greater appreciation for every realize that sometimes simplicity is key in life,” sen standing that happiness is different for everyone ev be happy can be completely different across culture In contrast, Axtman does feel that she has necessa feels as though she has gained an added sense of aw to her.

“We come from an incredible place of power and and forced to face it more directly than you do in yo really good thing,” Axtman said.

While some aspects of the trip were emotionally c came away with made it all the more rewarding.

“It was crazy feeling so far away, but at the same Wicknick said. “People all over the place were so w and teach us their culture. They know you don’t kn them to figure out how to live there.”

Much of the time during this trip, the group was classify as ‘needs’ were met.

But there was a period of about five days that the that brought about very contrasting conditions.

“The day alternated from high hear during the da to direct sun, to the evening time when temperatur Erikson’s fondest experiences from the trip revolv

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Photo courtesy of Zoë Erikson neath waving prayer flags at the Monkey Temple in

Photo courtesy of Rachel Axtman op a pass that the group hiked over, located just out-

Photo courtesy of Rachel Axtman The group visited the largest Buddhist Mecca in Southeast Asia, located in the Kathmandu Valley of Boudhanath, Nepal.

Photo courtesy of Zoë Erikson p who studied abroad in Nepal and Bhutan this January s, located about 8.7 miles north of Thimpu, Bhutan.

the most formative experiences of my life. They with Fiordalis and Beam feel they have been

ything I have access to here, and at the same time nior Zoë Erikson said. “I came away with an underverywhere in the world. What one person needs to es, and that is okay.” arily changed vastly through this experience, but wareness and a new idea of what comfort means

privilege here, and when you’re taken out of that our day-to-day here in the bubble of Linfield, it’s a

challenging for the group, the experiences they

time you feel like you’re at home everywhere,” welcoming and happy to have us in their homes now anything about it and that we have to rely on housed in a hotel and most of the things that they

e group trekked through the mountains in Bhutan

ay, as we were high up in the mountains and close res were down in the 20s,” Wells said. ved around the physicality of the countries.

“My favorite experience was definitely hiking up to the Tiger’s Nest in Bhutan,” Erikson said. “The view was beautiful and we had the opportunity to go into the monastery to meditate.”

Not only did the group engage in different physical adventures abroad, but they also were exposed to countless spiritually enlightening experiences.

“There were several moments when I just felt some sense of emotional awe and wonderment in many of the temples and monuments we visited that were over one thousand years old,” Wells said.

“I was taken aback by the sense of magic that they had.”

For Axtman, the most inspiring experiences came not from places, but from the people she met.

“It was really the conversations I had with people that changed my perspectives the most,” Axtman said. “Hearing how people think democracy is, or isn’t taking shape in Nepal, and getting their views on gender, monarchy, poverty, wealth, education, and religion were the most valuable things to come away with.”

The people of Nepal and Bhutan played a large part in shaping the group’s overall experience, but they also found companionship in what turned out to be a very special canine friend.

“We met this dog who slept by our fire after one of our long days hiking in Bhutan,” Wicknick said.

“She was just this golden fluff ball of calmness and love. She ended up following us for the next few long days of hiking. She didn’t leave us for a second.”

The group formed an intense bond with this dog; almost like she was there to protect them.

“She was kind of like our spirit guide in a way,” Wells said. “She refused to leave us alone and followed us through mountains, valleys and jungles.”

Eventually the group had to leave the stray dog behind, but they found a perfect home for her with a mother and daughter who agreed to take her and look after her.

“We had to tie her up so she wouldn’t follow us as we left,” Wicknick said.

The dog clearly did not want to separate from the group.

“It was really hard to listen to her whimper and beg us not to leave,” Wells said. “She was sad… we were too.”

Words that the students used to describe being in Nepal and Bhutan included ‘raw,’ ‘unfiltered,’ ‘colorful,’ ‘complex,’ and ‘multi layered.’

“Every building looks like it’s got a thousand years of history on it,” Wells said. “It drastically widened my world perspective. It was unlike anything I’ve ever seen.”

Though this trip was only a month long, every single thing that this group was able to do in that month was nothing short of astounding.

“I went into this trip with the desire to be changed for the better,” Wells said. “The mind, once expanded, cannot return to its original dimensions.”

Erikson wants to encourage the younger Linfield population to take advantage of the programs here and travel, even if it means stepping outside your comfort zone.

“It’s definitely worth it,” Erikson said. “Even though they weren’t always easy, the experiences were incredible.”

As the group trailed through mountains and the temples, they each went through their own selfgrowth and expansion.

“What I came away with was very worthwhile and something I’m really excited about,” Wells said.

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Professor finds problems with ‘Dead Poet’s Society’s’ use of English literature, canon Mikenna Whatley @TLRCulture Students and faculty alike arrived early to the Library to assure they had good seats for Kevin Dettmar’s lecture last Thursday evening.

Dettmar, an English professor at Pomona College, came to Linfield to give a multi-media lecture based on an article of his that was previously published in the Atlantic.

The aforementioned article was Dettmar’s first big break being published to a big name magazine, and the online comments he received about his criticism of the beloved film “Dead Poets Society” were anything but warm and fuzzy.

Dettmar began his talk with a video clip from the film’s most memorable scene, Mister Keeting’s “What will your verse be” monologue.

It was immediately apparent that Dettmar fostered an undying hatred of “Dead Poets Society.”

A friend of Dettmar’s Dettmar pegs the film their own voice, he actu- to the beat of a different recommended he see the to be portraying poetry ally allows them very little drum… but it’s Keating’s film in theaters when it appreciation rather than opportunity to develop drum,” Dettmar said. came out during the final poetry criticism, which is that.

Dettmar certainly left year of his PhD prothe audience gram. with some Straightaway after things to Dettmar saw the film, think about he was terrified of anyas far as the one thinking that the film’s porlessons ‘taught’ by Mistrayal of eduter Keating in and out cation goes. of the classroom are W h i l e what English teachers most peoprofess for a living. ple can find “It’s literally fansome aspect dom,” Dettmar said. of appreciaDettmar wanted to tion for the be sure that the audiargument he ence knew that he is in presents, not full support of passion everyone saw in the literature classeye-to-eye Michaela Fujita/Photo editor with Dettroom, but that passion alone without literary Kevin Dettmar, an English professor at Ponoma College explains his experience mar’s critianalysis is just plain with Dead Poet’s Society and its use of English literature. cism. dangerous.

“I feel He then went on to what true English teachers In one of the film’s like it’s kind of irrelevant criticize Mister Keating’s should be teaching in their scenes, Mister Keating has to be analyzing a movie apparent lack of context of classrooms. all the students stand atop that was made for enterthe poetry he presents to Much of what Mister his desk to look at things in tainment,” junior Camille his students in the film.

Keating tries to instill in a different way. What Dett- Weber said. “It’s supposed “He makes the poem his students is finding their mar pointed out, though, to be a movie that inspires say what he wants it to own voice. Dettmar made was that the students were people to learn - that’s why say,” Dettmar said. “It’s not the astute observation that looking at things the same it’s so watered down.” just wrong, it’s completely for all of Mister Keating’s way their teacher just did.

Junior Justin Frederwrong.” talk of students having “The boys are marching ick agreed with Dettmar

that the film was a bit of a short-sided representation of poetry as a whole, but admitted that the film had actually had an impact on him personally.

“When I first watched [“Dead Poets Society”] I was 16 or so,” Frederick said, “And I wasn’t very interested in literature or poetry at all. Robin Williams was able to portray it in a light that was more interesting to me, as somebody that was more interested in science and business.”

Frederick said that the film played a big part in shaping his interest in the subject of literature.

“I’m sure if I was an English critic that I would be more angry about it,” Frederick said, “But I think that it was more of just a fun movie that sparked some interest in people who wouldn’t really have cared about things along those lines otherwise.”

Mikenna Whatley can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

Student brings swing dance club to Linfield Gilberto Galvez @TLRCulture “We were at a coffee shop at like three in the morning, and we run into some friends from high school,” sophomore Elia Samms begins the tale that ended in her discovering her love for swing dancing.

Those friends from high school had just ended their night swing dancing away at one of the nearby ballrooms, and they invited Samms and some other friends to join them next time.

The Seattle swing dance scene has been increasing in participation, according to Samms.

After that first night, Samms and her friends attended almost every night.

Samms visited three swing dance clubs in her area last summer.

“When I first started, I didn’t think I would like it that much, but it has actually helped me a lot socially and emotionally,” Samms

said.

Samms will be starting up a swing dance club on campus.

Their first meeting is Feb. 27 in the HHPA Multipurpose Room at 6 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 22 Samms, and some of her friends attended a swing dance club in Portland, but she has been preparing for the first club meeting since the start of the semester.

“We have a pretty cool DJ. I’m trying to make it as much as a professional swing venue as possible. A lot of people are going to be just starting, which is really cool. People get a chance to try it out. I think I have it scheduled for like two hours, but people can come and go whenever,” Samms said.

From then on, the plan is to meet up every two weeks.

“I just really like teaching and tutoring. I have experience teaching other things beside dance. That’s kind of what I do. If I find something I’m passionate

Photo courtesy of Elia Samms Sophomore Elia Samms swing dances at The Southland Strutters’ Ball. Samms is looking to start a club at Linfield. about, I want to share it with people. I got here, and I got kind of sad because we don’t have the same scene going on here that we do in Seattle,” Samms said.

Samms enjoys the freedom of swing dancing.

“Within swing, I can do Lindy Hop. I can do Blues and Balboa. We got like super into it over the summer. It’s one of those things

where the scene is growing so fast you just want to spread it and tell everyone,” Samms said.

Samms recently gained an internship for the summer at Portland swing club through her connections in Seattle and a class assignment. She is actually looking at owning a swing dance ballroom as a future career.

“I’m basically going to be trained to run a swing club. I’m going to learn the business side, the tax thing, teaching classes and handling money. I’ll be learning little bits of everything,” Samms said.

For more information, email esamms@linfield. edu.

And if you’ve never swing danced before

Samms said, “Try it. When I first started, I didn’t think of it as a dance. I thought of it as a different form of social interaction. It’s really fun. It’s really easy. You meet a lot of really cool people. I’d just say give it a try.”

Gilberto Galvez can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

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Februrary 23, 2015

Wildcat Open Mic: Hope Hudson

New album fails fans with mediocrity Rosa Johnson @TLRCulture It isn’t very often when you find an album where you can listen to it all the way through and like every single song on it.

In 2012 Imagine Dragons released their album “Night Visions” that did just that.

Each song from “It’s Time” to “Radioactive” became an instant hit and was all over commercials, movies and radio stations, an instant success that astounded listeners all over the country.

You could practically pick any song at random and it would be a hit.

So when Imagine Dragons announced that they would release a new album three years after their previous album their fans were hyped up for it.

Then “Smoke + Mirrors” happened and disappointment quickly arose.

The 13 song sound track has absolutely no good songs on it at all.

After repeating forcing myself to listen to this album and trying to make myself like it, it still isn’t happening.

Usually there is at least one good song off an entire album that gets glorified on the radio but “Smoke + Mirrors” didn’t even accomplish that.

Although Imagine Dragons is known for having a unique and different sound in each of their songs it didn’t work in their favorite for their second album.

Many of the songs from their latest release don’t even sound like them.

Lead Singer of Imagine Dragons, Dan Reynold, has a very distinct tone to his voice that comes off as scratchy techno.

The song “Friction” is a good example of how ter-

rible this album is. Gone are the catchy melodies from “Night Visions,” replaced by the sound of a band attempting to be edgy.

It’s nearly impossible to listen to and if you can listen to the whole thing than you deserve a trophy.

The band’s debut album “Night Visions” has sold over 2 million copies in the U.S., and it has been certified platinum in 12 countries.

The album is also certified gold in multiple countries.

Imagine Dragons won an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist, a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance, five Billboard Music Awards, and a World Music Award.

In May 2014, the band was nominated for a total of fourteen different Billboard Music Awards, including Top Artist of the Year and a Milestone Award, recognizing innovation and creativity of different artists across different genres.

Unfortunately, it isn’t expected for “Smoke + Mirrors” to be as successful as their past album “Night Visions.”

A good band or musician is always constantly improving.

It’s disappointing when a band has already hit their peak with their first album which is practically a false first impression.

Although it is unfair to expect your favorite band to never change and to keep producing music that you know you’ll like, it’s still upsetting to have to say that a band, “used to be good.”

Rosa Johnson can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

John Christensen/For the review Sophomore Hope Hudson performing at Open Mic Night in Fred Meyer Lounge on Feb. 19. Other performers at the Open Mic Night include junior Logan Mays, freshmen Andrew Hampson, Natalie Nguyen, Hannah Goergen and Kellie Bowen.

Author draw on his real life to create good, fantastical novel Abby Thomas @TLRCulture In 1988 Indian writer Salman Rushdie published a novel called “The Satanic Verses.” Shortly after its publication, Rushdie received the news that he had been sentenced to death and exiled from in India by Ayatollah Khomeini. There was now a fatwa issued for Rushdie’s assassination and he was forced into hiding. Two years after the publication of his most controversial novel, Salman Rushdie emerged from hiding to publish a much different tale: “Haroun and the Sea of Stories.” Originally written for Rushdie’s own son, the story unfolds a vivid parable of the experiences of a man silenced by the loss of love and an oppressive regime. The story draws explicit parallels to Rushdie’s life, as he illustrates for his son the confusion and hardship of his exile through the adventures of young Haroun.

Written in simple yet imaginative prose, the tale follows Haroun Khalifa, the son of a famous storyteller. In both real and magical lands Haroun’s father

Rashid, commonly known as the Shaw of Blah, has the renowned gift of gab. He possesses a power, unknown to most, to tell the most thrilling stories to captivate audience all over India.

Recognizing the power in his storytelling, many leaders attempt to use the Shaw as tool for their own gains, having him speak to audiences to win their vote. Lost in the corruption around him and his personal turmoil, the Sea of Stories which fuels the Rashid’s power runs completely dry.

This is where Haroun’s real journey begins. Haroun must travel to a land full of genies, strange fish, and even a talking walrus, to discover what has caused his father to lose his ability to speak.

In battles against light and dark, silence and speech,

good and evil, Rushdie cre-

Photo courtesy of e.wikipedia.org ates a fantastic experience for all audiences. And yet, just beneath the surface of these adventures, waits a cautioning tale about the danger of oppression and the absence of free speech.

Rushdie’s story holds rel-

evance for many. Though cloaked in a children’s parable, Haroun’s journey through the Sea of Stories illuminates a struggle for all who are shrouded in silence and a struggle to believe in things beyond what the eye can see.

Much more than a story for children, this inventive fast paced tale is a worthy read.

With the inclusion of immaculate word play, outrageous characters, and a hero’s journey similar to those in the Arabian Nights, this story will not disappoint and you too might learn “What’s the use in stories that aren’t even true?”

Abby Thomas can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

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February 23, 2015

PLU slides in against ‘Cats during weekend games

Michaela Fujita/Photo editor Michaela Fujita/Photo editor Sophomore outfielder, Scott Hilpert gets thrown out by Pacific Lutheran University infielder Gunner On the top of the ninth inning, Coach Scott Brosius analyzes the Sonnenfeld after attempting to steal second base in the Feb. 22 game. The Wildcats lost the game situation as Pacific Lutheran hits back-to-back home runs making by three points. the score 6-3 in the Feb. 22 game.

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Senior conquers injury for final season Swimming while she watched the other players on the court take the lead.

Of course, Solomon’s injury Friday night the Linfield wom- eventually did heal, and she went en’s basketball team beat the Wil- on to be a two-year letter winner lamette Bearcats 52-46 in their last and about to make that three after home game of the season. this season.

It was senior night for guard Solomon’s parents joined their Taylor Solomon, the team’s one teary-eyed daughter on the court and only senior this season. with a bouquet of flowers just Players referred to the night as before she began her final home #TayDay and #Daygame of her final OfTay. season playing ball “Not one time as a Wildcat. have I had to tell “You’ve got an Taylor Solomon unbelievable team to hustle or work player,” Poteraharder,” Linfield Haskins said to SolWomen’s Basketball omon’s parents.

Head Coach Robin Linfield took the Potera-Haskins said lead 25-22 at the half in her speech honorwith 12 turnovers Taylor Solomon ing Solomon and her and the Bearcats senior standing. with nine.

“If I had to think of two Linfield held the biggest lead words to describe Taylor, the first against Willamette by 10 points in word would be patient,” Potera- the first half Haskins said, “…And the second At 12 seconds left in the second word would be swag.” half, sophomore Quincy Gibson Potera-Haskins was referring sunk two free throws landing the to Solomon’s freshman year in ‘cats another Northwest Conferparticular. ence victory at 52-46.

Solomon tore her ACL in high school and came to Linfield thinking she may never play or even run again.

For her entire freshman season Mikenna Whatley can be reached at she waited for her injury to heal linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com.

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Helen Lee @LinfieldReviewSports

So far it’s really good. Everybody supports each other all the time, and wants everybody to do their best and make their best time.

What are some of your goals for Nationals?

The first one is make the top eight.

I think it’s really fair; I’m really close, and I am ranked eleventh place right now. The distance between us is really close, not even a second.

Freshman Victor Brasil is a star swimmer for Linfield’s team. Brasil became the first Linfield swimmer to win a conference title since 2009 and broke NWC and school records at this year’s Northwest Conference Championships. He is from Fortaleza, Brazil, and sat down with me to talk about his time on Linfield’s team as well as his strategies for meets.

Can you tell me a little about your swimming background in Brazil?

I started swimming when I was a kid. In Brazil, you don’t have any student-level swimming. We don’t swim in high school, we don’t swim in college, we just swim in clubs for your whole life.

What has your experience on Linfield’s team been like?

What’s your race strategy? How do you get ready for big meets?

There is something that most athletes suffer with, and that is getting nervous. Being a little bit more experienced helped me a lot, so I try to think on what I have to do. And then I try to enjoy the environment, the meet itself. All the moments, the hotel where you are with your teammates, the bus, the meals, everything

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Helen Lee can be reached at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com.

Symposium: Athletes, writers unite << Continued from page 1 Media Group. Along with Olympic medalists in beach volleyball, track and field and swimming, Colas represents some of the best women’s basketball players in the world, including 2014 Most

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until I get up behind the block.

What do you like most about Kyle as a coach?

Kyle, he is a really good coach.

He makes you feel comfortable and confident about your strokes and about your events. He asked me to drop almost two seconds in two weeks, and I told him, “I’m going to do my best, but you know that you are asking me a lot.” He said, “Yeah I know.” And he said we’re going to do this and this. And then I did it. I think the whole point about him is that he is a really good coach, his practices are really good, and he makes you feel good about swimming.

What sort of food do you eat before a big race?

The whole time during a meet I try to eat a lot of bananas. All the teammates make fun of me about that [laughs], but it is because I have a lot of cramps, so I need to have a lot of potassium in my blood.

What is your favorite thing about swimming?

Competition. I think I’m a really competitive guy, and I enjoy being tested all the time.

Softball Linfield Pacific Whitworth George Fox Lewis and Clark Pacific Lutheran Puget Sound Willamette

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Valuable Player Maya Moore, the rowing team for OSU. Schnell 2014 Defensive Player of the Year primarily covers Division I colleBrittney Griner, and 2014 WNBA giate football but is familiar with Playoff MVP Diana Taurasi. Linfield and its football program.

Schnell is a staff writer for Sports She also previously worked at the Illustrated who primarily cov- Oregonian as a staff writer. ers college sports. She was a high school athlete in basketball and Dana Brumley & Kaelia Neal can be reached at track and field. She was also on linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com.

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