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American dreams

Read about an upcoming lecture on the “End of American Exceptionalism.” >> page 4

High times A visiting professor’s science lecture explains how products like incense, spices and bath salts are actually modifications of marijuana. >> page 5

Linfield of yesterday Learn more about the Linfield College Archives, located at the Nicholson Library, which offer a look into Linfield’s past. >> pages 8 and 9

Deaf Puppies

An upcoming performance will feature poetry, comedy and folk tales, all performed in American Sign Language. >> page 10

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Candidates for president juniors Trey Chiu (left) and Gabe Wells and vice presidential candidate junior Ivanna Tucker speak to an audience of students at an Associated Students of Linfield College sponsored event, Question & Answer Panel.

ASLC candidates share goals Aimee Bertolli For the Review It’s that time of year again, time to vote or our Associated Students of Linfield College president.

Linfield’s two candidates running for president are juniors Gabe Wells and Trey Chiu.

Running unopposed for vice president is junior Ivanna Tucker.

Wells’ main goal is to bridge gaps between the different groups here on campus.

One example is having Greek life be involved with sustainability.

He also hopes to plan more events and encourage more students to attend those events.

He also would like to make sure to lay good groundwork for incoming freshmen, so that their experi-

ence from then on will be positive.

Wells would like to be a person that any student can come and talk to, so as to gain their insight on what could make Linfield even better.

Chiu’s main goal is to build a more open, aware Linfield community.

He wants to make sure that Linfield is a place where students

can feel comfortable speaking their mind, exchanging ideas and constructive criticism.

He also hopes to organize events that are a little different from what we have now, that break away from the same mold.

He, too, believes that laying

from his short fiction piece “Writing Prompt” which focused on a student trying to follow a disturbing writing prompt when he painfully discovers the capabilities of human beings.

Senior Andrea Snyder read her poem “Numbered Pieces of Nothing from a 20-Something Female” which consisted of relatable stories typical of college in a way that hints to the darker aspects of the four year experience.

Senior Madelyn Wong shared her personal essay “Voluntary Dissociation” which investigates how one deals with life threatening ordeals physically, emotionally and psychologically while struggling to maintain an authentic self-identity.

Junior Creative Writing major,

Leimomiahikolani (Momi) Hookano presented an excerpt from her short story “Arctic Hub,” a story about an orientation for workers for an organization responsible for continuation of the world.

Freshman Quinn Reisenman closed the first panel with his poem “We Have Been Burning Old Desks” which was inspired by the substantial amount of snowfall and how the weather affected students during the January term.

The second panel entitled “I am not at Home: Troubled Journeys” all consisted of stories of yearning for a home and attempt to find ones identity in an unfamiliar place.

Senior Joshua Davis read an excerpt of his personal essay “Just

a Race” which was a light-hearted essay about the serious subject of racism which includes his experiences with racial profiling and his inner conflict with the “N” word.

Senior Kristi Castanara presented an excerpt from her personal essay “Mixed” which focused on her hardships of being bi-racial and wanting to fully embrace the side of her culture that she barely physically resembled.

Senior Caleb Goad presented his quirky-humored short fiction “There is Nothing in the Box” which challenges the idea of identity through the journey of two thieves that have been

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The annual Linfield Creative Writing Conference took place on March 7 giving students an opportunity to showcase their work in addition to giving spectators the opportunity to ask questions regarding the writing process.

All three panels focused on different themes which mirrored the personal obstacles writers must overcome to create a literary work.

The first panel “‘Tearing the Text’: Writing Anxiety and Irony,” focused on the familiar feeling of writers block: not being able to communicate particular feelings or opinions in text.

Senior Tim Singer read an excerpt

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LAB deserves more student recognition Students at Linfield College are fortunate enough to have a student-run organization that’s purpose is to create fun events for everyone to partake in.

Almost all of the events are free, ranging from trips to Portland, going on hikes, seeing professional sporting events and many other fun and exciting events.

The Linfield Activities Board, more commonly known as LAB, spends a great deal of time making sure that there are things on and off campus for students to enjoy.

Most students think that Associated Students of Linfield Col-

lege is the student government group that does the most activities on campus.

Without a doubt both ASLC and LAB spend a lot of time planning events for students to partake in.

Somehow students may not realize, or are misled on what LAB does.

As March 15 is quickly approaching, students will be informed at the screening of the Disney movie “Frozen” shown in Ice auditorium, who will be performing at Wildstock in May. Students who are a part of LAB work all through the academic

year putting on events and catering to student ideas.

What not all students may know is that the Cat Cab’s on Thursday nights are all put on by LAB. That includes booking the performer, whether they are a professional or student, arranging the furniture in Fred Meyer Lounge to make it a space for audience members and having a student sound technician at all performances to meet the needs of the performer(s).

“Since McMinnville isn’t the most happening place I feel that it is really important to

bring events to campus for the students to be able to attend,” sophomore Ellen Massey said.

Massey is the special events chair for LAB. Massey also mentioned that the best part of her job is, “When students come up to me after a show and say how much they enjoyed it and give me advice about events they would like to see on campus.”

Students on campus should continue to give input to LAB since the group is funded through ASLC which by extension comes from part of the fee students pay for the student body fee.

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Corrections In the March 3 issue of the Linfield Review on page 10, the photo spread caption reads, “The Linfield Office of Comunnity Service and Engagement hosted Stuff Swap.” It should read that the event was hosted by Greenfield.

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Campus Life

Making the most out of four years Making the most of the academic year can seem like a daunting task.

Students are faced with many choices including working towards completing a major and possible minor, looking for summer internships, holding a work study position, being involved in a varsity sport, being a member of a Greek organization, being a part of a club, and lastly but most importantly, getting sleep and attempting to not get sick.

Being a college student can at times seem like more of a job than anything else.

Some students will be working seven days a week and odd hours just to make some money dur-

Jonathan Williams Opinion editor ing the year.

Goals of graduating in four years, finding a job, or moving on to graduate school after college can easily becoming blurred if students don’t stay true to themselves and remember why they came to college in the first place, to further their education.

In college, it is easy to get caught up in things that sometimes may not

be as important as working towards a degree.

These include most of what has been listed above; almost all involving some sort of social value along with them.

It’s a good thing to be social in college.

Most people come to college to meet others.

That being said, it can seem more fun spending time with your friends on the weeknights or weekends than tending to your homework.

Having friends in college and making time to have fun are important things to remain sane as a college student.

Though as almost anyone who is successful will say, “The key to success is budgeting your time.”

More often than not future employers of college students in several different fields are looking for students who completed at least 1-2 successful internships during their time in college.

This can be done in the summer or during the school year if students are able to fit in the extra load of work.

Networking with other college students and the people you intern for are keys to succeeding in future endeavors after college.

With most things in life, everything is better in moderation.

As long as students are able to find a balance between their academic and social time spent,

they will continue to reap the benefits of attending a small college.

Linfield students like to say that they feel like they know almost everyone on campus because of its size.

Students at Linfield will continue succeeding in their goals after college as long as they remember that four years goes by extremely fast if spent well.

If students remember all the helpful things they learned during their time at Linfield, in class and in extra-curricular activities, there is no reason they can’t be successful in whatever they do after their time at Linfield.

Jonathan Williams can be reached at infieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

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SAT scores may not predict student outcomes On March 5 the College Board, distributors of the SAT standardized test, stated that they will remove the essay portion of their test and will change the advanced vocabulary in the tests wording.

This change will go into affect by 2016 and was made in part because the SAT is falling behind the rival ACT, which has an optional essay.

Nearly 875 colleges and universities don’t require students to submit an SAT or ACT test score. Many schools make this decision because of the belief that minority students from disadvantaged backgrounds typically do not perform well on these tests.

The SAT and ACT have been used in college admissions

Olivia Marovich News editor since they were created in 1901 and 1959, respectively. But what do these test scores tell us about the academic performance of a student in college? Not what you would expect, according to experts in the field of higher education.

“The strongest correlation between standardized test score and any other factor for

a student is family income,” said David Hawkins, director of public policy and research at the National Association for College Admissions Counseling. Data from the National Center of Education Statistics also shows how standardized test score increases along with family income.

The greatest predictor of college success lies predominately in the high school transcript and GPA of a student.

The inclusion of the SAT and ACT score still factors heavily into most colleges admissions process, however, causing trouble for the college-bound minority students.

The College Board found in 2013 that only 15 percent of black and 23 percent of Latino

students met or exceeded the SAT benchmark in the previous year. These statistics are consistent with general trends in both SAT and ACT tests.

Black and Latino minority students from low-income families do not perform as well on the SAT and ACT. This contributes to the alarming trend in higher education of racial inequality among highly selective colleges versus two-year open-access schools.

Many factors contribute to the flaws in the current education system of the United States.

While together these factors are complex and not easily solvable, there seems to be a clear answer to whether the SAT and ACT are relevant to the college admissions process. They are

not.

A report from the National Association for College Admissions Counseling urged colleges to rethink their use of the SAT and ACT in admissions back in 2008.

The recent success of freshman who enrolled without including test scores in their admissions process only further proves that these tests are not indicators of college-readiness.

Similarly, these tests limit black and Latino students from reaching the same level of higher education as white students, a problem created by inequality in access to educational resources.

Lower test scores, however, make the admissions packages of these students less desirable

for no strong reason pertaining to college-readiness.

The College Board also announced that it will be posting free SAT-prep classes online, allowing students who don’t have the money to attend prep classes the opportunity to perform better on the test.

The SAT and ACT are not indicators of college success and should not be treated as such.

More attention needs to be paid to how standardized test scores are used in admissions and what student skills they are measuring.

This will aid U.S. colleges in helping to correct the problem of inequality among minorities in higher education.

Olivia Marovich can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com

Sustainability

Wildstock 2014 going to be a waste free event Duncan Reid Office of Sustainability On March 15, the Associated Students of Linfield College office will be announcing this year’s Wildstock performer.

While Wildstock offers students a chance to wind down, relax, and blow off some steam before cramming for their finals, this year Linfield College welcomes several new additions to the event in collaboration with the Office of Sustainability.

Partnering with Prosource Bag L.L.C and Recology, Linfield College will be supplying the Wildstock event with compostable silverware, plates, and cups.

By purchasing compostable products for Linfield students to use when enjoying Thai Country, Rib Slayer, or any of the other local restaurants which cater the event, Linfield College plans to educate the student body on the importance of minimizing their waste stream while moving forward towards a more sustainable zero waste campus.

Roughly three and a half miles south of Linfield College, the Riverbend Landfill run by Waste Management gathers trash from surrounding cities in the Pacific Northwest.

With the Riverbend Landfill in such close proximity to Linfield College, students are given the rare opportunity to see directly where their waste goes and the impact

that it has on a community with a rich agricultural history.

Back in May of 2013, The Department of Environmental Quality announced its approval of the Riverbend Landfill’s controversial plan to increase its capacity by building a mechanicallystabilized earthen berm to rise 40-feet along the highway side of the landfill.

With many farmers and community members in opposition of the growth, McMinnville’s best option now seems to be how can we minimize our waste stream.

Also, what steps are we willing to take to do so?

For those interested, The Riverbend Landfill, offers daily tours of the site for individuals to stop by and learn more about the landfill itself and ways in which Waste Management is working to slow its growth.

Along with the procurement of compostable product ware for Wildstock, McMinnville Water & Light will be providing water fill stations for the event.

With the implementation of these stations, students are encouraged to bring their own reusable water bottles as there will be a limited number of compostable cups.

For more information surrounding Wildstock 2014 and its collaboration with The Office of Sustainability, check out www.linfield.edu/sustainability.

The Office of Sustainability can be reached at sustainability@linfield.edu

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Campus Life

Expanding your horizons on campus We’ve all heard about the Linfield bubble, but our own personal bubble can become much smaller than just all of Linfield.

We should remember that Linfield has a lot more to offer than what we see at first glance.

It can be easy to get stuck in our routines, especially when we feel like we don’t have time to do anything else.

As college students we should always be open to experiencing new things.

Freshman shouldn’t be the only ones to have completely new experiences.

Class. Class. Work. Class.

Friends. Sleep (maybe). The only club you attend.

Our days can become so cemented, but Linfield has a lot to explore.

There are always new

Gilberto Galvez Features editor clubs, and there might also be older clubs that we’ve never seen before.

I’m not saying you should leave the club you’ve been attending regularly since freshman year, but take a chance in another one just for fun.

You might be surprised by how much you like it or the new friends you make As a freshman, I’ve noticed that most of the students at Linfield are always open to

making a new friend.

It’s one of the reasons I like our Linfield bubble, even if it can become a little restricting at times.

This willingness to make new friends is also a good way to get new experiences, If you end up in an LC class with no one you know, take the time to create a new study group.

Don’t just cruise along avoiding anyone. Learn a few names. Find a few new people to say “Hi” to.

Another place to experience something new can be with your work study or a leadership position or a new sport.

Sign up to mentor a freshman or become an resident advisor to learn more about our Linfield bubble and become more involved.

There are also many places to explore in Linfield.

It may sound a little strange but why not make a point to visit all the residence halls through your four years. Every single one of them is different.

Another great place to explore is in the library. Browse for a strange book or even head back into the archives for a tour of Linfield history through pictures and old books.

Linfield should never become boring.

Freshmen tend to experience something new every day at least in their first semester, but the upperclassmen can find new things at Linfield too.

If you get stuck in the Linfield bubble, you might as well make the most of it.

Gilberto Galvez can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

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Questioning American superiority Rosa Johnson Copy editor

America is thought to be future-driven and a melting pot of culture. Some Americans’ views have held this country at a superior state above other countries, but that is all starting to change.

Bestselling author and professor of international relations and history at Boston University, Andrew

Bacevich, will speak on “The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 13 in Ice Auditorium.

Bacevich graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, and served in Vietnam, Germany and the Persian Gulf and retired from the army as a colonel. As a leading expert on American national security policy, Bacevich

will illustrate how previous administrations, reflecting back to as late as the end of World War II with suggestions on how to reverse our current path.

Bacevich has published the bestseller book, “Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War,” which is a critique of the country’s military industrial complex. Bacevich has also written other books called

“The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism,” and “Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country,” with subject matter on America’s soldiers and the society that sends them off to war.

Bacevich is also the author of “The Long War: A New History of U.S. National Security Policy Since World War II,” “The New

American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced

by War” and “American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy.”

Bacevich received his Ph.D. in American diplomatic history from Princeton University. Currently Bacevich works at Boston University, before that he taught at West Point and Johns Hopkins University.

Bacevich’s lecture, “The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism” is free and open to the public. The event is sponsored

by Linfield’s Edith Green Lectureship and Program for Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement. For more information, contact Patrick Cottrell at pcottre@linfield. edu.

Rosa Johnson can be reached at linfieldreviewcopyed@gmail.com.

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good groundwork for incoming freshmen is essential in making their next four years at Linfield great. Chiu would like to be someone that the students can go to talk to, and suggest ideas that could better the Linfield experience.

Tucker’s goal is being a voice for the students. She would like to take their input and work to try and make those suggestions happen.

She wants Linfield students to know that they can talk to her about problems or issues that a student is having with the Linfield community and she will do what she can to help solve that problem.

She hopes to not only help the individual but the whole student body as well.

Gabe Wells is from Port-

land, Ore. He’s a part of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity and is working toward a double major in philosophy and management, with a minor in music.

Trey Chiu is from Fairbanks, Alaska. He works as a lab teaching assistant for chemistry and is working toward a major in biochemistry and molecular biology, with a double minor in German studies and philosophy.

Ivanna Tucker calls Portland, Ore., her home while not at school. She is a part of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority as well as the Panhellenic Council and is working toward a double major in mass communication and communication arts.

The question and answers panel took place on March 3, in the Fred Meyer Lounge.

Aimee Bertolli can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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Junior Trey Chiu talks about why he would be best suited for the job of president in the 2014-2015 school year. He is running against junior Gabe Wells. Voting will be held Tuesday, March 11, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. via email.

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Senior Lucas Dudley presented his two poems “Summer Smoke” and “Buffalo River Babble” which addressed his experience of leaving one life in order to pursue another only to find himself missing the life he tried to escape.

Junior Joanna Buchholz

read her poem “Kindergarten” where she reminisces about the innocence of being young and naïve.

A special Keynote talk was given by guest speaker Chris Dombrowski, a poet whose honors include the Assoicated Writing Programs Intro Award and Alligator Juniper’s National Poetry Prize.

Dombrowski gave a special presentation regarding the “Legacies of War” and how

war has affected the human conscience which is see particularly through poetry.

The last panel “‘Mask and Mirror’: The Self in Part and Whole” focused on detachment and separation.

Junior Samantha Palmer read an excerpt of her short fiction story “Queen and Country,” which explored a society that attempted to fix humanities sins of vanity.

In senior Kyra Rickards

personal essay “The Things You Learn” she describes the hardships of growing up bi-racial and the difficulties of embracing individuality while wanting to be a part of the majority.

Sophomore Stefana Maxim’s poem “The Stork” addresses the state of melancholia that one falls under after experiencing a loss.

Sophomore Carlee Parsley also addresses a similar feel-

ing of loss through her poem “To A Missionary, From a Defector” in which the narrator addresses a long-lost friend.

Senior Jake Hillyer’s personal essay “Neon Safety Vest” explored the uncomfortable and disturbing experience of observing a surgery and the level of absurd detachment needed to save a life on the operating table.

The panel concluded with

freshmen Samantha West as she read her comedic yet heart wrenching personal essay about her struggle with her love of being in the water.

All of the students published stories can be found in either Linfield’s student-run literary magazine, CAMAS, or in this year’s conference anthology, “The Lost Bell Review.”

Camille Weber can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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Drugs go undetected in common products Kathryn Devore Staff writer Millions are invested in the creation and manipulation of illegal drug compounds, allowing them to be distributed on storefronts nationwide.

“The idea is that it is legal marijuana. It is smoked like it and produces similar reactions. Although it still acts on the same receptors in the brain, because it is a different chemical structure, one is able to beat the drug test,” said Graham Rankin, visiting professor of forensics, from Marshall University.

Rankin said that, no matter what it is called: if it is herbal incense, spice, K2, black mamba, bombay blue, ivory wave or vanilla sky, it is still a chemical modification to an illegal drug.

Once seized, the substance is given to a forensic lab that identifies the compounds and determines if the substance is structurally similar enough to the illegal drug to deem the substance also illegal. In many cases the drug is not similar enough to something illegal and the individual and their drug substance is let go.

There are eight different structural classes of these chemical compounds. These classes were developed to try and get a handle on the expanding drug modification sector.

The difficulty is that the development and modification of these chemicals is happening at such a rapid pace that it is difficult to not only process the testing orders fast enough, but it is difficult to identify the structures as one of the eight classes because

they are developed to avoid detection.

Identifying the compound in a lab is more difficult than one would think. Many of the drugs are created in legitimate labs in China after hours.

As a result, the drugs are professional grade and easily manipulated to create new strands.

There are two approaches to reaching the solution.

The first is through GC-IR, an instrument that graphs the sample drug and other drugs on test paper to determine the structural similarities and the differences of isomers. This is not common in all labs.

The second solution is to use fluorinated acidic anhydride derivatives, a chemical modification that contains florins. The florin then reacts with the substance to make a positive change allowing

one to differentiate the compounds from another and to connect illegal drugs with new drugs that chemically resemble the structure of the illegal drugs with slight differentiation.

Science students packed into a crowded room on March 6 to hear Rankin talk about his background in forensics and drug modification.

“I thought it was really interesting to learn how a lot of these compounds were based off of already existing compounds. A change in a methyl or the orientation of space within the chemical can drastically change the effect, which was really interesting to me,” said senior Julie Saidno, biochemistry major at Linfield.

Kathryn Devore can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

Yucheng Zhang/Senior photographer Graham Rankin, professor of forensics at Marshall University, spoke about how legal, over-the-counter products are developed from marijuana strains.

Duke freshman pays tuition with porn star earnings Jane Stancill The News & Observer When “Duke” and “porn star” appear in the same headline, the university gets a public relations headache.

Duke University has recently found itself in the national spotlight not for basketball glory or research prowess, but for the salacious story of a freshman who claims to be working her way through school as a porn actress.

And once again, a sex story about Duke has taken on a life of its own, with nasty online commentary and fierce debate about the sexual climate and status of women on campus.

The story first sizzled on the Internet, then spread to the network morning shows and gabfests.

Cosmopolitan magazine’s

website published this: “The elite North Carolina college has a heinous reputation for slut-shaming, double standards and overall sexual hostility towards their female students.”

It seemed too far-fetched to be true. “Portrait of a Porn Star,” a story based on an anonymous interview, was first published in the Duke Chronicle on Valentine’s Day. The paper called the student “Lauren” (not her real name) and “Aurora” (not her real porn alter-ego). In the story, the student described herself as a bisexual Republican who leans libertarian, a feminist and a women’s studies and sociology double major.

Lauren told the reporter she had given up a waitress job for porn to help pay the nearly $60,000-a-year tab at Duke.

She said she was hired

by Matrix Models and was flown to Los Angeles during school breaks for the porn filming.

She said she had been outed by a male classmate who recognized her from her work, and then blabbed her identity to his fraternity.

Soon she was flooded with friend requests on Facebook, and a college gossip website was electric with discussion about the freshman porn star.

She told the Chronicle she felt victimized and harassed, not by the porn industry, but by the reaction online and at Duke.

Lauren A. later told her story in her own words on a website called xoJane.com, writing, “I saw a way to graduate from my dream school free of debt, doing something I absolutely love. Because to

be clear: My experience in porn has been nothing but supportive, exciting, thrilling and empowering.”

She fought back against characterizations that she had participated in “rape fantasy porn,” calling it instead “rough sex.”

The student described porn as “my love, my happiness, my home” but added that some sex workers have been abused and exploited in the industry.

Duke officials said they could not comment on any student’s specific situation and said they are committed to protecting students’ privacy and safety.

“Whenever we identify a student in need of support, we reach out to them and offer the many resources that we have available on campus to assist them,” Duke spokesman Keith Lawrence said.

And, he added, Duke’s financial aid program meets 100 percent of students’ demonstrated need based on a review of family circumstances.

More than half of Duke students receive financial aid, he said, and students can request a review if their financial status changes.

Every few years, it seems, Duke attracts attention for some students’ behavior.

In 2010, an alumna’s 42-slide PowerPoint display detailed sexual dalliances with Duke athletes.

The racy document ended up on the Internet.

Chronicle student journalist Ellie Schaack wrote in a column this week that the porn star coverage had unfairly demonized Duke.

He pointed out that the 2006 lacrosse saga, in which three players were accused of rap-

ing a stripper but were later cleared, still loomed large on the Durham campus.

The university had taken on the early persona of the lacrosse players, she wrote: “The narrative that now makes sense is the story of the dominance of the Dukebag: the rich, white, smartbut-unintellectual misogynist unaware of his privilege.”

It’s not a true characterization, she wrote, and the reaction would be no different if a porn star attended Yale or the University of North Carolina or Brigham Young.

Schaack told parents they shouldn’t hesitate to send their children to Duke.

“There are a lot of screwed up norms on this campus, just like there are everywhere else,” she wrote. “We’re just lucky enough to be so infamous that we confront them regularly.”

In honor of International Women’s Day, who is the biggest female role model in your life?

“My mom, because she is so positive. She works with special needs students and has guided me in choosing a career and has always been supportive of me.”

- Katie Krieger Junior

“My grandma, because she is 80-years-old and she’s Skyping. She’s kickass. I want to be that fit when I’m 80.”

- Kristine Rullestad Senior

“My mom, because she raised me and my two older brothers as a single parent.

She made a lot of sacrifices for us to be successful and continue to do well.”

- Vanessa So Junior

“Definitely my mom.

She is very successful in what she’s done, she’s worked her way to the top of her division in her workplace; I want to do that some day.”

- Christian Santangelo Junior

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Linfield starts composting Rachael Gernhart Staff writer

This year Linfield took sustainability to a whole new level when it comes to having zero waste and feeding local pigs, with the Zero Waste Project.

The goal of the Zero Waste Project is to keep as much waste out of the Riverbend Landfill and make our campus waste go to zero.

Ducan Reid, Linfield’s sustainability coordinator, has been a major influence in helping Linfield start composting. Not only does Linfield compost, but the compost from our school is picked up on a weekly basis and sent to a local pig farm.

The pig farm processes the

compost by heating it up to kill potentially harmful bacteria and run under a magnet to make sure there is no metal that could harm the pigs.

Once the pigs are past adolescence they are sent to Karlton Farms, located in Yamhill Valley, where they are prepared for grocery stores.

At the moment, there are only compost bins in dorm rooms where there are Green Chair students. Green Chair representatives take the compost to the bins located behind Dillin Hall.

Currently students on the Zero Waste Project are working on documenting how much our school composts.

They take a volume measurement, but that doesn’t mean everything in the com-

post belongs in it.

“It is going really well,” Reid said. “Success isn’t based on the amount, but the contamination of the compost.”

Green Chair position holders will look at the compost before it is put in the larger bins, but everyone is still learning what belongs in the compost and what doesn’t.

“We aren’t at the forefront, but I think we are doing very well,” said Reid. “In order to keep up we need to keep expanding.”

Reid would like to see Sodexo purchase all of its meat from local farms, like Karlton Farms. This would allow Linfield to not only feed the local pigs from our waste, but then purchase the

pigs we are helping feed. But in order for Sodexo to purchase 100 percent of its meat from local farms they would need more money from students.

If your dorm doesn’t have a Green Chair representative, you can still participate in the Zero Waste Project.

There are compost bins located around campus, including one in Riley on the first floor, that are available for anyone to use.

Contact Duncan Reid, or the office of sustainability sustainability@linfield. edu, to receive a pamphlet on what is compostable and most importantly, what is appropriate for pigs to eat.

Rachael Gernhart can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

Rachael Gernhart/Staff writer

This bin in Grover Hall is an example of the dorm rooms’ compost bins that are part of the Zero Waste Project.

Jon Marcus and Holly K. Hacker/The Hechinger Report Chart shows, by household income group, the share of education incentives such as college grants and tuition tax credits awarded in 2013; though only one-fifth of U.S. households earn more than $100,000, that group got more than half the deductions for tuition, fees and exemptions for dependent students.

College costs rising more rapidly for poorer students Jon Marcus and Holly K. Hacker The Hechinger Report America's colleges and universities are quietly shifting the burden of their big tuition increases onto lowincome students, while many higher-income families are seeing their college costs rise more slowly, or even fall, an analysis of federal data shows.

It's a trend financial aid experts and some university administrators worry will further widen the gap between the nation's rich and poor as college degree, especially four-year ones, drift beyond the economic reach of growing numbers of students.

"We're just exacerbating the income inequalities and educational achievement gaps," said Deborah Santiago, co-founder and vice president of Excelencia in

Education, a nonprofit group that advocates for Latino and other students.

The shift also runs contrary to an Obama administration push to make a college education more affordable for low-income students.

At a White House summit in January, college leaders and others promised to find ways to make degrees more accessible for the less affluent. In fact, lower-income and working-class students at private colleges and universities have seen the amount they pay, after grants and scholarships, increase faster than the amount their middle- and upper-income classmates pay, according to an analysis of data that institutions are required to report to the U.S. Department of Education.

The net price - the total annual cost of tuition, fees, room, board, books and other expenses, minus federal,

state and institutional scholarships and grants - rose for all students by an average of $1,100 at public and $1,500 at private universities between

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about $1,700, after adjusting for inflation, according to the analysis by The Dallas Morning News, The Hechinger Report and the Education

Schools are talking out of both sides of their mouths.

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the 2008-09 and 2011-12 academic years, the most recent period for which the figures are available.

At private universities, students in the lowest income group saw the biggest dollar increase over that period:

Writers Association.

Higher-income students paid more overall, but their costs rose more slowly, an inflation-adjusted average of about $850 for middleincome families and $1,200 for those in the top income

group.

At private research universities, including many of the nation's most elite, the net price rose by an average of $2,700 for the poorest families, those with incomes under $30,000 a year, compared with $1,400 for their higher-income classmates.

Those averages are also adjusted for inflation, and the sample is limited to students who received any federal aid.

Experts and advocates concede that, as tuition spirals ever higher, even more affluent families need help paying for it, making the situation far more complex.

Wealthier students still pay more for college educations, on average. But to help colleges maintain enrollment numbers, keep revenue rolling in and raise standings in annual rankings, these students are getting billions of dollars in discounts and institutional financial aid that

many critics say should go instead to their lower-income classmates.

“Schools are talking out of both sides of their mouths,” said Stephen Burd, a senior policy analyst at the New America Foundation, a nonprofit think tank.

“They say that they support access, but in general they’re giving more and more of their aid to higherincome students.” Burd calls the practice “affirmative action for the rich.”

Financial aid officials say higher-income families have learned to work this system, pitting institutions against one another to negotiate for even more discounts, while also capturing a lopsided share of outside scholarships.

This phenomenon is occurring even as colleges and universities contend they’re less and less able to help low-income families financially.

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Looking out for the bright flames of literature Gilberto Galvez/Features editor

Senior Austin Schilling has been working with English professor Dave Sumner on an anthology of fire lookout stories since last summer.

Schilling might co-author the introduction to the anthology, but Sumner is the primary author.

“It’s been going great,” Sumner said. “Austin, he’s a bright kid, and he’s excited about this project.”

Sumner chose Schilling as his research assistant and possible co-author.

“I chose him because I’d had him in a class, and he’s president of the English honor society of Rosa Johnson/Copy editor the college,” Sumner said.

Senior Austin Schilling sits inside of T.J. Day Hall. He and Englsih Professor Dave “He’d also been helping Sumner have been working on an anthology of fire lookout literature since last summer. with other stuff before he Their work will bring a new understanding to this obscure field in nature writing. got the grant.”

Schilling is very interestprevalent in the Northwest about their relationship with ed in the type of nature litin many logging areas. the world around them and erature he and Sumner have “Fire lookouts were jobs what that meant to them as been reading and bringing that were usually open bewriters and as people. together. cause not a lot of people “They were able to turn “It’s a relatively unexamwould do them because it’s out these very powerful ined area that has influenced isolation for months upon works of literature. What a lot of nature writing in the end. that did was push the way Northwest,” Schilling said.

“You seldom have visitors, we think about nature and “We discovered there’s a big but when these writers took literature forward,” Schilniche for this.” these jobs what they found ling said.

Sumner and Schilling call was they were on top of Nature literature has interthe area of writing “fire these mountains, alone, and ested Schilling before, but he lookout literature.” all they had to do was look will be focusing on fire lookFire lookout is a term for at the landscape and think out literature for his honors a job that was once fairly

thesis.

“I’m basically the primary researcher. I have a big role in putting the anthology together and possibly cowriting,” Schilling said.

Male writers dominate the field of nature writing, but one of Schilling’s discoveries shows that women have also been writing in the genre.

“The most interesting thing that I just stumbled on was the discovery of Martha Hardy. She was essentially the first published fire lookout author. She’s relatively overlooked in the literature,” Schilling said.

Schilling hopes his discover of Hardy will loosen the male-centered hold on nature writing in the literary world.

At the moment, the anthology’s process has slowed down.

Sumner and Schilling still need to find a publisher, and Schilling isn’t sure whether he will be co-writing the introduction yet.

Schilling is enjoying his time working with Sumner and is glad that Sumner chose him as a research assistant.

Gilberto Galvez can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

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Linfield’s archives reach modern eyes and ears

Stories from the past

Wood covered in leather makes up the cover of this old Bible from 1541. Rich Schmidt, director of resource sharing, was not sure which country it originated in, but he knows it from Scandinavia. The Bible is one of the oldest items in the archives, but it is still in great shape. The cover is split in the middle, but the text remains readable.

Gilberto Galvez/Features editor Gilberto Galvez can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

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idden in the back of the library is a room kept at a constant refrigerator-like temperature.

Mechanized, moving shelves make up the interior, and on these shelves are many of Linfield’s wonders that have been sent in by alumni or past faculty members. Some of the items are sorted while others are still waiting to be placed. But all of the varying memorabilia are incredibly interesting. “[Nicholson Library] was built in ’03, and at that point they built the archives and started kind of throwing stuff back there, but they didn’t have an archivist until two years ago. The building is ten years old, but it hasn’t been really actively worked on for much of that time,” said Rich Schmidt, director of resource sharing.

The shelves are sorted into three main sections: the Linfield Archive, the Baptist Archive, an archive of various publications focused on Baptists, and the Oregon Wine History Archive.

The archives are open to anyone, and Schmidt encourages students to sign up for a tour. Almost anything in the archives can be touched. It is meant to be interactive and alive, a place that reveals Linfield and Oregon wines through the ages.

Within the wine archive is Oregon grape grower Jim McDaniel’s journal, inside it is rainfall and sugar levels showing the wines’ evolution.

Photo negatives hide on one of the shelve Alumni, descendants and past faculty can in their old memorabilia to the archives.

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The varsity basketball team 1931 poses for the team photo in the picture.

A glass from a ¡Salud! auction is displayed at the archives. The auction was part of a program that provides migrant workers with healthcare.

One of the freshman hats sits in a box. First years had to wear this hat at all times at a point in Linfield’s history to be marked as freshmen.

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Located in a box labeled “miscellaneous” is the deed to the land Linfield was first built on, sold by the Cozines for one dollar.

Scrapbooks contain a week-by-week catalogue of a year in Linfield’s history. It is similar to the “Wildcat Weekly” of today but without email.

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American Sign Language, theater department combine forces Rosa Johnson Copy Editor Deaf and hearing communities will raise its hands together for “Deaf Puppy Dog Follow,” a twoman comedy presented exclusively in American Sign Language.

The play combines sketches, poetry, solo stories, comedy and folk tales that parody contemporary themes in deaf culture.

Linfield adjunct professor of American Sign Lan-

guage, Heath Goodall, will be hosting this event with Patrick Fisher.

Goodall became Deaf shortly after birth, but wasn’t introduced to ASL until his senior year of high school.

Goodall completed his undergraduate at the University of New Mexico and graduate work at Western Oregon University.

Goodall also teaches ASL courses at Portland Community College and Chemeketa Community College when he is not at

Linfield.

Goodall is a master storyteller, performer, actor, and ASL poet.

Along with his other artistic outlets, Goodall enjoys drawing with pencil, charcoal, and ink.

Patrick Fischer, Goodall’s partner for the show, has been involved in a variety of artistic positions as an artist, board member, actor, director, producer, teacher, and consultant.

Fischer has done storytelling, poetry, emcee, skits, and comedy all around the

U.S. and Canada.

When Fisher is not in the theatre, he teaches American Sign Language and currently is a certified ASLTA professional instructor at Portland Community College.

He is a director of artistic Sign Language at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland and is also a professional artist and owner of a freelance design business. Fischer launched a theatrical business in 2005, providing various services to those who want to learn

more about theatre through the experiences of those who are deaf.

In July 2013, Fisher was awarded the Stephen M. Ryan Teacher of the Year award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of Deaf culture and humor in deaf studies presented by American Sign Language Teachers Association.

The English Language and Culture Program, the Department of Theatre and Communication Arts, the Department of Modern

Languages, and the Linfield Offices of Academic Affairs and Multicultural Programs sponsor this performance.

The play is free and open to the public, for more information call the Theater Department at (503) 883-2802 or visit www.linfield.edu/arts. “Deaf Puppy Dog Follow” will be at 7 p.m. Friday, March 14 in Ice Auditorium.

Rosa Johnson can be reached at linfieldreviewcopyed@gmail.com

Reuniting band of brothers: Kings of Leon Chris Riemenschneider Star Tribune

Brothers will be brothers, which means they’re going to fight. And young rock stars will be young rock stars, which means they’re going to party hearty on the road.

For Kings of Leon, both of those scenarios played out in 2011 when frontman Caleb Followill walked off stage mid-show at a Dallas amphitheater, and the band abruptly hit the skids mid-tour.

Back on the road two years later, rock’s most famous sons-of-a-preach-

er-man say that they have mellowed out and are getting along great, but that things never were really that bad.

“A hundred percent, there was never any doubt we’d keep going as a band,” said Jared Followill, the youngest of the three brothers in the Tennesseebred quartet. “The simple fact was we just needed a break.”

After six fast-paced years grinding it out in clubs and theaters, the hard-boogie-ing, tightjeaned Southern rockers broke out in a big way in 2008 with the more accessible and anthemic album

“Only by the Night.”

But apparently the Kings tried too hard too quickly to keep the momentum rolling into their 2010 follow-up album, “Come Around Sundown,” which even the band admits was lackluster.

“We were just exhausted,” recalled Jared, the band’s bassist, who was 15 when KoL started touring heavily (he’s 27 now). “We had been touring for what felt like 10 years straight with very few breaks. And when we weren’t touring, we were busy making a record.

“By (2011), everybody was married except me,

and the guys just wanted to start families and live like normal people for a while.”

Well, normal dudes who happen to be married to models. Following in brother Caleb’s footsteps, Jared wed a Victoria’s Secret babe (Martha Patterson) in 2012, during a yearlong lull in the band that also saw the three older Followills become dads. (Drummer / brother Nathan and guitarist / cousin Matthew are married to musicians.)

So was it the spouses and babies that turned the Kings into more responsible, less indulgent rock ‘n’

rollers?

“No, I think it’s more that we just grew up,” Jared responded with a laugh.

“We all kind of naturally got burnt out on the partying.”

That doesn’t mean they were lacking in fun when it came time to work on their latest album, “Mechanical Bull.” The quartet’s sixth full-length disc came out in September to more favorable reviews than its predecessor and has produced two modest hits, “Supersoaker” and “Temple.” They recorded it at a new studio they built in an old Nashville paint warehouse, a change-up that

Jared said helped bring back the spark that “Come Around Sundown” lacked.

“We were way more relaxed about recording,” he said. “If we came in and didn’t feel like we were clicking that day or weren’t into it, we would just have fun and hang out, listen to music.”

Sounds more like friends than bandmates, but family still comes first, he said.

“It’s what families do: We fight, we get along, we fight, we get along,” he said. “But we’re getting along pretty well right now, actually.”

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‘12 Years a Slave’ wins Oscars without watching John Horn Los Angeles Times

Photo Courtesy of Natalie Gunn Faculty members and friends (from left) Sarah Maines, Natalie Gunn, Susan McDaniel and Erin G. McCarthy will perform at 4 p.m. on March 16 in Ice Auditorium.

Faculty and friends to sing together on stage Jonathon Williams Opinion Editor

Adjunct professor of music Natalie Gunn will present a faculty recital with fellow colleagues and friends.

Gunn is a soprano who teaches vocal performance at Linfield. Soprano Erin G. McCarthy, mezzo-soprano Sarah Maines and Linfield College alumna, Susan McDaniel will join her at the recital.

McCarthy is a friend of Gunn and is a vocal instructor in Newberg, Ore. where

she teaches at her home studio. Maines works for Oregon Health and Science University and helps with voice rehabilitation to injured vocalists.

McDaniel is the principal staff accompanist for the department and accompanies many music major and minor students who perform a music jury at the end fall and spring semester.

The recital will be performed in two parts, featuring duets and trios. The first part of the recital will be sung in Italian.

Those in attendance will

be treated to a surprise ending at the recital.

Noteworthy composers featured in the recital include George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Strauss, and Johannes Brahms.

For more information contact Shelly Sanderlin at the music department, ssander@linfield.edu or 503883-2275.

The faculty recital will be at 4 p.m on March 16 in Ice Auditorium.

Stephanie Hofmann can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

almost every night.

“Our best show in a long time was actually in Atlanta,” guitarist Cannata said of that Feb. 22 concert.

“It was the first time being in Atlanta and feeling like the crowd was really into the music and really responsive,” Cannata said.

“It’s fun to see people react to the songs so early on, and songs that aren’t played on the radio or anything,” drummer Comtois said.

The show on Feb. 23 was no exception. Most of the attendees looked like they were in their 30s, and many knew the words to every song. By the time radio hit “Cough Syrup” played, the room erupted into a large sing-along.

“I think finding some success with ‘Cough Syrup’

took some of the pressure off,” Comtois said.

Gadhia’s ability to perform exceptionally while sick is just one of the many examples of how Young the Giant operates like seasoned professionals, despite their age.

After their first tour, Young the Giant took four years to put out this album due to a long break to “be just normal,” Comtois said before laughing and saying they started working on “Mind Over Matter” right after.

Getting back on the road after a long break in California wasn’t easy, said the bandmates. The quintet Gadhia, Comtois, Cannata, guitarist Jacob Tilley and bassist Payam Doostzadeh suffered from writers’ block, and the title

The best picture Oscar is meant to honor the year’s greatest achievement in film, and “12 Years a Slave” had no shortage of supporters before winning the top honor Sunday. But for all the film’s artistry, the undercurrent of many “12 Years a Slave” conversations hinged on race and how Hollywood has for decades given short shrift to one of the most inglorious chapters in the nation’s history.

The film’s distributor anchored its awards campaign around the line “It’s time,” easily interpreted as an attempt to exhort members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences into voting for the movie because it was the right thing to do.

The film’s director, British filmmaker Steve McQueen, said repeatedly during the long awards season that Hollywood appeared more comfortable making Holocaust movies than slavery stories. And in her opening monologue, Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres even joked that if McQueen’s telling of the enslavement of Solomon Northup didn’t take the top Academy Award, voters

could be branded as “racists.”

Whether or not Oscar voters were motivated by fear of looking racially insensitive, or to correct a perceived historical wrong, can never be known. But one top Oscar strategist said that Academy Awards voters have a long history of honoring movies that take on the subject of race relations.

“Look at ‘A Soldiers Story,’ ‘In the Heat of the Night,’ ‘Ray,’ ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ and ‘Sounder,’” said Tony Angellotti, reeling off the names of films that collectively garnered 30 Oscar nominations with nine wins. “This kind of socially aware vote for a movie that spotlights racism is rooted in the academy’s DNA.” All the same, two Oscar voters privately admitted that they didn’t see “12 Years a Slave,” thinking it would be upsetting. But they said they voted for it anyway because, given the film’s social relevance, they felt obligated to do so.

In winning the best picture honor, “12 Years a Slave” became the first feature directed by a black man to collect the definitive Academy Award, capping a remarkable year for people of color

in Hollywood. The Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o from “12 Years a Slave” won for supporting actress, “Gravity” filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron became the first Latino to win the directing Oscar and “20 Feet From Stardom,” a look at African-American backup singers, was named top documentary feature.

Even if they didn’t win any Oscars, 2013’s most acclaimed films included the civil rights tale “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” the Jackie Robinson story “42” and the South African biography “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.”

Though most Oscar ceremonies carry a bit of suspense, the tension inside the Dolby Theatre on Sunday night was palpably different.

Would “Gravity,” an apolitical thriller about a space accident, return to earth with the best picture? Or would Oscar voters endorse “12 Years a Slave,” a film that many feared was so unsettling they put off viewing it until the last moment, if they watched it at all? Or as DeGeneres said in her opening monologue, “Possibility No. 1, ‘12 Years a Slave’ wins best picture. Possibility No. 2, you’re all racists.”

Young the Giant returns, releases new album Amanda Eisenberg McClatchy-Tribune Sitting down in the dressing room in the basement of The Fillmore in Silver Spring, Md., Young the Giant band members Eric Cannata and Francois Comtois look like typical post-grads white T-shirts, a few days of beard scruff, the unofficial uniform of the unemployed. They had just eaten crepes from a nearby restaurant and were so approachable you forgot they were rock stars.

The twentysomething Southern California natives were preparing for their sold-out show later that night. The quintet is on the first leg of its 44-date tour to promote its sophomore record, “Mind Over Matter,” hitting major cities

Photo courtesy of Lauren Dukoff Young the Giant (from left) Payam Doostzadeh, Francois Comtois, Sameer Gadhia, Jacob Tilley and Eric Cannata. track was the first song they wrote for the album.

Critics have been recep-

tive to the band’s second effort, but “Mind Over Matter” did not yield the same

kind of reviews “Young the Giant” did four years ago.

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Slavery, sacrifice inspires haunting novel Paige Jurgensen Columnist

Spoiler alert, this entire novel is about a dead baby and then the angry ghost of that dead baby, which sounds a bit ridiculous as the premise of a novel, but in reality Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” is an extremely emotional and serious novel about the impact of slavery.

“Beloved” follows the story of Sethe, an ex-slave that escaped to the North to live with her children, many years after the move.

Living with her youngest daughter, Denver, in a

house haunted by the spirit of Sethe’s first daughter, the spirit makes the walls shake, items break, and has driven Sethe’s sons from the home.

Suddenly, however, the spirit stops its episodes within the house and very soon after, a young woman, named Beloved, shows up at Sethe’s home.

Sethe takes the girl in and begins treating Beloved as her own.

Sethe’s past is told through a series of flashbacks. After the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Sethe’s previous and sadistic owner arrives in the North to

Photo courtesy of susanhatedliterature.net reclaim her and her children. Rather than have her

babies live a life of forced servitude, Sethe decides to take their lives, along with her own, instead.

When Sethe’s owner finds her holding the corpse of her young daughter, he decides to give up and let her be in the North.

A huge question surrounding “Beloved” is if Sethe’s actions, taking the life of her child, were justifiable given the circumstances?

The character of Sethe is very complicated because Sethe is not so much a person, but rather a vessel that serves others. As a slave, Sethe was fully a slave and

did nothing for herself and could not develop her own sense of self and then she went from slavery straight into motherhood, where she threw herself into taking care of her children.

Her entire post-slave life was about her family and she focused her energy on their development rather than her own.

Toni Morrison based the novel off of a real ex-slave, Margaret Garner, who killed her own daughter in order to save her from slavery.

The novel can be a difficult read for sensitive souls because it is plagued with

scenes and mentions of sexual assault, which is not a huge surprise because it is a novel about a slave woman.

It should be common knowledge to anyone that does not believe the fairytales told to them in high school American history that people, especially slave owners, are/were generally awful people and liked to rape people they thought were lesser than them, which is probably why nine out of 10 rape victims are women.

Paige Jurgensen can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

Feminist voices perspective of film industry Special Lovincey Columnist On the rise triple threat, Lake Bell showcases herself as an actress, director and writer of “In a World.”

This lighthearted comedy is about Carol Solomon, played by Bell, who is a freelance vocal coach trying to break into the male-dominated realm of voice-overs for Hollywood film trailers.

Bell opens the film with archive footage of Don LaFontaine, legendary voice-over artist who died in 2008 but left big shoes to fill.

Carol’s narcissistic father, Sam Soto, played

by Fred Melamed, also in the voice-over industry has established himself as the shoe-filler and expected successor of LaFontaine.

Carol is underachieving but we can see this comes from her father, who has

Photo courtesy of mrqe.com time and time again belittled her goals of becoming a female movie trailer vocal spokesperson.

Sam undermines his daughter’s talents and encourages her to stick to vocal coaching and accents.

“The industry does not crave a female sound,” Sam bluntly says to his daughter.

On top of this, instead of coaching Carol, he feels he has given her everything he can and in spite of his daughter’s dreams, he takes on an upcoming voice-over artist, Gustav Warner, as his next protégé.

Despite her lack of support from her dad, Carol receives support from her sister and brother-in-law, as well as the encouragement from the studio soundboard engineer, who has been crushing on her for quite some time.

Carol lands the gig Gustav had been prepping for and out of spite; Sam makes a few calls to the producers to consider him for the role as well.

Carol finds herself going up against not only her cold and unsupportive father, but also the pompous Gustav.

This creates a lot of tension between Carol and her father but also between her

father and Gustav.

The film has a multitude of likable elements from the many eccentric characters, to the clever comedy that gives more than just a few laughs but insight as well.

Bell has created a funny, charming, quirky role for herself which is a growing trend for many Hollywood actresses, who quite frankly are tired of playing the same marginalized female roles.

Actress such as Rashida Jones, Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling, Emma Thompson, and many more have also taken it upon themselves to create their own roles.

Bell’s script won her the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. I can’t wait to see what future endeavors Lake Bell puts together next.

Special Lovincey can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

iTunes Radio challenges Pandora Jerry Young KSLC The best friend of any college student is often music.

When it comes to studying, people can often be found with their headphones in listening to their favorite music as a way to help them prepare for that next big test, finish the essay, or get them through some boring textbook.

Whatever someone is working on, music is a huge part of the homework process. People listen to different types of music, yes, but the thing I find most interesting are the different sources that people get their music from.

Although some listen straight off of their iPods or laptops, Internet radio is far and away the popular way to get the tunes people are looking for.

There are many players in this industry including

Spotify, iHeartRadio, and Rdio, but the clear dominant source in this market is Pandora.

Pandora started in 2000 and has taken off in the last 14 years.

Along with popular online sources of music from the computer, there are mobile apps that can be found in some newer cars.

Pandora has dominated this market without a significant challenge for some time.

However, a new player has emerged into this market and is taking a shot at the internet radio industry: Apple. iTunes Radio came out with the last round of updates for apple devices.

It provides an online music source linked directly to iTunes.

When doing a side-byside comparison, the first thing to look at is the music library of both iTunes Radio and Pandora.

I have found that both do

a pretty good job at sticking to the genre or artist seed that was used to create the station. However, over a long period of time, Pandora has an annoying habit of playing several songs over and over.

This is just a minor problem with Pandora that is easily solved with some of the interface options such as putting a song away for a while.

The biggest drawback I have found with Pandora has been that every now and then, they will play a streak of songs that I have never heard of, simply because they fit the category of music I have chosen to play.

The songs can be skipped or disliked, but Apple has gone a step further with dealing with this problem. Within its settings, there is an option with iTunes Radio to play either “hits only,” “mix,” or an option that allows the listener to hear music that isn’t as mainstream.

This allows users to filter

the music on the station to exactly what they want to listen to.

However, Pandora also features that iTunes Radio hasn’t developed.

Pandora allows for users to add more seeds to their station simply by typing in another artist. This adds more variety to the station.

Apple has not allowed for this as far as I know.

Instead, they have an option that allows users to click a star which tells iTunes Radio to play more songs like the one playing right now.

As both user interfaces are equally navigable, my personal choice between the two is still Pandora. The music library of both is vast, but Pandora in my view is superior in selecting the exact music I want to listen to with the feature of adding more seeds to the station.

Jerry Young can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

Upcoming events “Deaf Puppy Dog Follow”

7 p.m. March 14, Ice Auditorium

Taste of Korea

4 p.m. March 15, Nakwon Restaurant

Natalie Gunn faculty recital

4 p.m. March 16, Ice Auditorium

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Lacrosse gets lost in the rain, losing 15-4 Casie Gaza Senior sports reporter It was a wet and windy match for the Wildcats lacrosse team who fell to George Fox on March 5.

The ’Cats lost 15-4 against the Bruins scoring one goal in the first half to Fox’s seven and only three in the second half to Fox’s eight.

In the first half of the game, it was no surprise that senior Sierra Edgerly would be scoring for the Wildcats at 10:22 off of an assist from junior Chas Tittle. However, despite the Wildcats’ efforts, they were only able to take four shots in comparison to George Fox’s 18.

“Our communication started to break down.

Since communication is the biggest part in any sport, this hindered our ability to work together,” freshman reserve Maren Geesey said.

Nonetheless, it was clear that Linfield had owned the field defensively with eleven saves in comparison to the Bruins’ four.

After watching the Lady ’Cats play, it was evident that their tenacity, persistence, and “Never give up” attitude is what allowed

them to push through, even to the dying end.

In the second half, Linfield scored three goals– two of which came from junior Shelby Duarte and a single goal from sophomore Kelsey Dammerell.

Duarte scored back to back goals at time 18:58 and 17:45 while Dammerell scored the final goal of the match with 2:49 left on the clock.

But, it wasn’t over yet.

The ‘Cats unfortunately dropped another match on March 9 in a battle against Kenyon College 18-4.

In the first half of the match, Linfield competed fiercely with junior midfielder Halee Helgerson scoring the second goal at time 23:04.

Linfield’s second and third goals both came from Duarte at the end of the first half at times 2:47 and 0:41.

Their final score of the match came in the middle of second half also from Duarte at time 14:35 with final score 18-4.

“Our small team is what makes us stronger. We are able to really get to know our teammates which helps with our chemistry on the field,” Geesey said.

While there’s no doubt that the Wildcats aren’t

Casie Gaz can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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perfect, it is clear that their ability to work through obstacles appears to be seamless and natural.

Their teamwork, love of the game, and dedication to each other is one of their strengths and allows them to continue being optimistic about the season matches ahead.

“Our team’s strength is our ability to focus in practice and work hard during the whole game,” Geesey said. “We practice five days a week and are constantly in the racquetball room on our free time to improve our skills.”

Despite the hard losses to the George Fox Bruins and Kenyon College this week, there is no doubt that the Linfield women’s lacrosse team has a bright future.

According to Geesey, if the Wildcats can “trust their teammates and apply practice drills to the games,” there is no telling of their limits.

The Lacrosse team will next be going up against Southwestern University on March 15 at 1 p.m. and then Pacific University on March 18 at 5 p.m.

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California proves difficult for ’Cats Rachael Gernhart Staff Writer

In the first of three matches in California the Linfield Wildcats lost 9-0 to California Institute for Technology. Cal Tech swept all three doubles matches and the six single pairings in Rancho Las Palmas, Calif.

At No. 1 doubles March 7, Kelsey Rosborough, freshmen, and Lukas Kleinman, junior, had a close match and were even point for point before loosing 8-6 to Cal Tech.

The closest singles match was Kelsey Rosborough, freshmen, with a 6-1, 6-2 loss.

Not only did the Wildcats enjoy the sun on their day off according to sophomore Tim Hawkins but Saturday the Wildcats watched the BNP

Parabas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.

“We got to watch Rafael Nadal, number one in the world, last night along with many other top pros,” Hawkins said.

On March 9 the team played George Fox, University loosing 8-1, in a Northwest Conference matchup in Calif.

No. 1 doubles, Rosborough and Kleinman, lost a very close match to George Fox that ended in a tiebreaker.

No. 2 doubles, junior Micah Roos and Hawkins, won their first match with a final score of 8-5.

Linfield’s next match will be March 10 against HardinSimmons University in Indio, Calif.

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Women wildcats win tennis back-to-back Casie Gaza Senior sports reporter

Photo courtesy of Kelly Bird Junior Jo Carroll dives back to first base during the three games that the Wildcats played against Willamette University at the home field.

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with a run scored by pinch hitter sophomore Finn McMichael and an RBI from VanDomelen. The Bearcats scored three more runs in the top of the seventh and Linfield responded with two in the bottom of the seventh.

Only one run down, Linfield was three outs away from making a comeback that would win them the game.

However, it was evident the Bearcats had the hot hand as they drove in three more runs in the top of the ninth giving Linfield their first conference season loss.

“We did pretty good. We just had a few bad innings.

We need to execute better on our plays,” sophomore Kekoa Kaulukukui said.

“Our team can improve on situational hitting and base running. We did not execute like we know we can, and that seemed to be a common theme throughout the weekend,” Lawson said.

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Excitingly, this loss seemed meaningless to the Wildcats as they came back to win the series with a 5-2 victory over the Bearcats.

Linfield dominated the final match of the series with thirteen hits in comparison to Willamette’s four. The ’Cats caught on fire in the bottom of the second inning with four back-to-back singles with RBI credited to Laboda. Shortly after, a Bearcats’ error drove in Junior left fielder Jo Carroll putting the Wildcats up 2-0. Then, Kaulukukui drove in another run and VanDomelen’s single drove in Laboda to end the inning 4-0, ’Cats.

Junior pitcher Aaron Thomassen also showed his skills on the mound giving up no runs in the first five innings.

“Our pitchers threw well.

They were getting outs” stated Kaulukukui. The last Wildcat score came from a Bearcat defensive error and Linfield would see a small response from Willamette with two runs scored in the

top of the sixth. However, the ’Cats defense remained solid and the Bearcats would not see home plate again.

The Wildcats are dominating the conference with a record of 5-1. Their next appearance is in Walla Walla, Wash., against the Whitman Missionaries. With their performance on the mound this weekend, there is no doubt that the ’Cats season looks promising. According to Lawson, the team has a positive outlook going forward.

“We know we have to work on a few things, but the great thing about this team is that every single guy wants to get better,” Lawson said.

“So we are going to take it day by day and make sure each day we are somehow bettering ourselves.”

Only time will tell whether they will repeat their NCAA National Championship.

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It was a promising weekend for the Linfield Wildcat women’s tennis team as they faced the California Institute of Technology Beavers in Indian Wells, Calif. Excitingly, the Lady ’Cats were able to pull out a team victory over the Beavers defeating them 6-3.

In the singles competition, it was freshmen Marisa Kume and Mackenzie Fraser and junior Gretchen Jernstedt coming out on top tying up the team scores 3-3. Kume defeated Cal Tech’s Valerie Pietrasz in an exciting three set match with score 6-0, 2-6, and 10-2 while teammate Jernstedt defeated Beavers’ Michelle Tang 6-3, 6-2. Fraser defeated Chen in a two set sweep with scores 6-2, 6-3.

“Going into the matches, I was thinking how lucky we were to have this opportunity to play teams out of our league and get the chance to learn from these matches. It’s so much fun to be able to travel with these awesome people, but it’s also fun to grow as tennis players through these nonleague matches,” Fraser said.

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the ’Cats women’s tennis team was having a lot of fun as the Linfield Wildcats swept the doubles matches with the senior Caroline Brigham and Fraser defeating the Beavers with a tight score of 8-6, the juniors Kaila Nip and Kelly Watanabe team defeating Cal Tech’s team of yet another exciting score of 8-6, and the Jernstedt and freshman Courtney Mostul team defeating the Beavers’ team with an exhilarating, nail biting score of 9-7.

By the looks of these scores, there is no doubt that the ’Cats tennis team is off to a promising start for their 2014 season.

“Our team is doing fantastic this season. We are starting out strong not only with a few wins, but also with very positive attitudes and a strong bond,” Fraser said.

However, the ’Cats have not done it alone. These young ladies have been guided by new head coach Lisa MacyBaker. Baker, a Linfield alumni and Hall of Fame athlete, has large shoes to fill as Dames Smith–prior head coach– has coached the ’Cats to six Northwest Conference Titles and three appearances in the NCAA Division III Regional playoffs. Nevertheless, these

shoes fit Baker perfectly. Fraser was ecstatic when talking about Baker.

“She’s like my second mom. She’s there for you on the court and off, which I think is really unique and special to have in a coach. We’re so lucky to have her this year,” Fraser said.

By the outcome of the ’Cats Palm Springs tennis tournament, there is no question that their team is off to a good start.

“As a team, I think we are pretty rock solid. I think time will tell what we need to improve on, but so far we are doing great,” Fraser said.

“This California tournament has really helped to bring our team closer and has helped us to get even more practice that will definitely help us to be match ready in the Conference season to come.”

With conference matches starting right around the corner, there is no doubt that Linfield will be hearing more from Fraser and the Linfield women’s tennis team in the weeks to come. Their conference opener is a home match on March 14 against George Fox University at 4 p.m.

Casie Gaz can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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a 77 throughout his career her at Linfield, and has shown steady consistency when he does play. He has been out for the majority of the season due to injury.

Juniors Kyle Hargrave and Kevin Kowasaki have also been steady contributor for Linfield averaging 77.72 and 76.91, respectively. However, Kowaskaki had a rough round in his last match, shooting 12 over with an 83, and Hargrave did not compete.

Casie Gaz can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Everything good must eventually come to an end.

That was the story of the Linfield golf team this weekend, as they finish sixth of eight on March 8 and fifth of eight on March 9.

Junior Taylor Klopp was again the highlight athlete for the Wildcat golf team, shooting just four over par and finishing fifth individually.

Klopp has been consistently a top tier player for Linfield this year, finishing in the top five

individually in most of their tournaments.

Not a single player shot even or under par in the tournament, the lowest score being a 73, or two over par, shot by Puget Sound University’s Derek Wilson. Puget sound took the top two individual spots and also ended up winning the match as a team.

Another top-10 finisher for Linfield was senior A.J. Taylor. He finished tied for ninth place, shooting six over par with a 77.

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always regarded as an inspiring athlete that was able to beat incredible odds to follow his dreams.

But on Valentine’s Day in 2013 all of that changed.

The sports community went into shock when Pistorius was taken into custody on suspicion that he may have murdered his girlfriend.

According to CBS news, one of Pistorius’ neighbors “heard a woman scream, followed by moments of silence, then heard gunshots and more screaming” the night Pistorius’ girlfriend was murdered. Pistorius was charged officially in August 2013 with premeditated murder. The court dates were issued for March 3 of this year and are currently on going.

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ing killing Steenkamp, but claims that he believed she was an intruder and meant to implement South Africa’s “right to life” law, making it permissible to use lethal force only when your life is directly threatened. So far, the court hearings have basically consisted of beginning statements and testimonies from witnesses like Pistorius’ neighbors and ex-girlfriend.

One of Pistorius’ neighbor described that it was adamant that the screams that she heard on the night of Steenkamp’s death was indeed a woman’s and not a man’s. Pistorius’ ex-girlfriend, Samantha Taylor, also spoke against Pistorius as she described him as controlling and very concerned about his own safety.

Another neighbor heard the screams and gunshots and went to Pistorius’ home to check on the residence. He describes being let into the house by one of Pistorius’ security guards and watching Pistorius carrying Steenkamp’s deceased body down the stairs. He describes Pistorius as being very upset and screaming that he thought that Steenkamp was an intruder. The neighbor also made a point to mention Pistorius’ sincerity and the amount of emotional pain the Olympian was in during the night of the murder.

There are a few legal issues associated with the case. South African court hearings do not utilize a jury and instead implement a judge to interpret the case as

well as sentencing the defendant. The law also states that for pre-meditated murder the sentencing is a mandatory 25 years in prison. In short, Pistorius either receives the full sentence or walks away a free man. In addition, Pistorius tampered with evidence when he picked up and moved Steenkamp’s body during the night of the murder which could be used against him by the plaintiff.

The case is expected to last another two weeks and so far each side is being heard equally. The next court hearing is scheduled for this week where testimonies will continued to be heard on March 11.

Drew Mahrt For the Review

Drew Mahrt can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Infamous ‘Blade Runner’ faces murder charges Double amputee track star Oscar Pistorius is currently on trial for the murder of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

The “Blade Runner” is a double amputee South African sprinter who gained world-wide recognition when he made the jump from competing in the Paralympics to the Summer Olympics in 2012. During the Summer games, Pistorius became the first double-leg amputee to participate as he ran both the 400-meter sprint and 4x400 relay and even won a silver medal for his participation in the South African 4x400 relay. This made Pistorius the first double amputee to win an able-bodied world track medal in history. Pistorius previous accomplishments

Camille Weber Sports columnist include six gold medals and two broken records for the 400-meter sprint and 4x100 meter relay during the 2012 Paralympics Summer Games.

Although there have been disputes about his prosthetics and how the materials of his prosthetics may give him an unfair advantage over abled-runners, Pistorius was

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feated streak after winning the two games against Puget Sound University on March 8 with final scores of 9-1, 9-1.

The ’Cats started the first game an explosion of runs in the second inning after no one being on the board yet. Linfield brought in five runs before the end of the inning with the first one being from a hit by senior Haylie Watson. The Loggers finally got on the board with a run in the fourth inning, however once the ’Cats were at bat they got four more runs sealing their win.

Linfield got ready for its final game that would

determine if this would be another winning weekend.

The Wildcats didn’t wait long to get ahead, getting on the board first with three runs in the first inning. The Loggers got their only run in the fourth inning like the last game and also like the first inning the ‘Cats proceeded to pull even farther ahead with three more runs.

Going into the fifth inning the ‘Cats didn’t want to make the game last any longer so they sealed the Loggers fate by getting 3 more runs making the final score, 9-1.

The softball team will play Pacific University at 5 p.m. on March 12 at home.

Stephanie Hofmann can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Photo courtesy of Kelly Bird Junior Montana McNealy pitches toward a University of Puget Sound player that the Wildcats won 9-1 for both games.

Schmidt finished first in the women’s 100- and 200-meter as well as helped her team finish first in the 4x100-meter relay. The other members on the women’s team are freshman Dallas Edge, sophomore Rachael Gernhart and junior Halsie Peek. The women finished the relay at 50.25.

Alongside Schmidt in the sprints with times at 12.83 and 26.38, Peek placed second in the 100-meter dash at 12.85 and freshman Haley Patishall coming in third in

the 200-meter race at 27.57.

In the 4x400 meter relay Patishall, Peek, Gernhart and Schmidt took second at 4:16.65, shedding off over four seconds from February’s Icebreaker time.

Edge placed in the 100-meter hurdles as well, coming in third at 15.55, while freshman Madison Gladding also took third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:12.95. Coming in third for the men’s 110-meter hurdles Clay Monahan timed in at 18.05 and in fourth in the 400-meter hurdles.

Freshmen Treve’ Ensley, Jake Mihelich, Bryce Evans and Kennedy Johnson represented Linfield in the men’s 4x100-meter relay coming in third with a time of 44.11. In the 4x400-meter relay, sophomores Steven Holland, Tom Steelhammer, and freshmen Zack Knight and Mihelich came in second with a time of 3:35.63.

Mihelich and Ensley both proved notable against their opponents in the 200-meter dash finishing second and third at 22.93 and 23.45.

Mihelich also struck first in the 400-meter dash clocking in at 49.70.

Linfield’s very own, Hannah Greider, Katie Skinner and Siena Noe, senior runners in the 5000-meter showcased the women’s teamwork and impressiveness so early on in the season. Greider said her and the other ladies all worked together and strategically took turns leading.

Greider finished first with a time of 18:23.82, Skinner in second at 18:28.42, and Noe coming in third at 18:30.95.

“It’s awesome to have such strong teammates that all work together…We have

Track and Field beats the weather for a win Special Lovincey Columnist

With the Wildcats’ track and field season in full motion, the team anticipates some thrilling and progressing growth in the next few months to come. George Fox University’s track and field team hosted their very first sporting event, Rich Allen Classic, welcoming Linfield College and Pacific University to their new stadium.

Linfield’s junior Ellie

Photo courtesy of Amanda Gibbon Freshman Zach Knight competes in the four by four hundred with the rest of his team in which they got second.

Photo courtesy of Amanda Gibbon Freshman Jasmine Fojas sticks her landing for the Triple Jump which she got third in at the GFU Rich Allen Classic. Fojas was one of the four athletes from Linfield to make the top five. a lot of depth this year,” Greider said in an email.

“Despite it being so early on in the season, people are performing really well. The beginning of track season is tough, and a lot of it is just about getting in shape and pushing through some rough workouts, so to see everyone getting great times, distances and heights so early on is excellent.”

In some of the other distance women’s events junior Audrey Lichten pocketed a few wins as well. Lichten finished second in the 800-meter at 2:24.11and grabbed first place in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:54.15. On the men’s side, sophomore Manuel Finley finished the 800-meter in third at 2:06.09.

For the field events, the women continued to see victory.

Senior Anna LaBeaume captured first in all her events including shot

put, discus and the hammer throw. LaBeaume distance for shot put was 11.80 meters, for discus she threw 36.71 meters and 45.15 for the hammer throw. Courtney Alley came in second for the shot put with a distance of 10.37 meters.

On the men’s side, Scott Anderson placed first in shot put for a distance of 12.20 meters, with Mike Maierhofer coming in second with a distance of 12.19 meters.

For men’s discus throw, Lucas Clark came in second and Jake Evans coming in third throwing 38.26 and 37.01 meters. In the hammer throw Nick Fairhart took second throwing 46.71 meters.

On the runway, Senior Kate Shear threw a distance of 38.25 meters earning her first place in javelin.

For men’s javelin, Morgunn Ewing threw 53.42 meters earning him second place.

In the sand pits, Kennedy Johnson competed in the long jump, receiving second for jumping 6.61 meters and first place in the triple jump with a distance of 13.22 meters. Gernhart also competed in the triple, taking second on the women’s side after jumping a distance of 10.74 meters. Freshman Eric Igbinoba took second in the triple after jumping 12.75 meters. Dezi Roberts tied for third in the women’s high jump and Holland took second for the men’s high jump.

The grey and cloudy day didn’t stop the Linfield ladies from shining through and capturing first place in the women’s division; while in the men’s division, Linfield took second but only leaving room for growth and personal records.

Special Lovincey can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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BASEBALL Pacific Lutheran Linfield George Fox Whitworth Puget Sound Lewis & Clark Willamette Whitworth Pacific

SOFTBALL Linfield Pacific Whitworth George Fox Willamette Lewis & Clark Pacific Lutheran Puget Sound

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Women’s lacrosse suffers tough losses

The women’s lacrosse team faced some tough opponents this weekend in some hard fought games.

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Women’s tennis goes two-for-two in California

The women’s tennis team traveled to California where they saw sunny skies and plenty of wins.

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Track and Field wins despite harsh weather

The track and field team competed in bad weather this weekend, but still came out with some wins.

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Photo courtesy of Kelly Bird Senior Katy Brosig runs to the next base during one of the games against University of Puget Sound on March 8, which the Wildcats won 9-1.

’Cats dominate in back-to-back games Stephanie Hofmann Sports editor The undefeated softball team kept up its winning steak this weekend against Pacific Lutheran University and Puget Sound University with back-to-back games.

The Wildcats team defeated

the Lutes despite the poor weather conditions on March 2 with final scores of 3-0, 6-1.

Senior pitcher Karina Paavola pitched all seven innings of the first game striking out nine players and never let the Lutes get past second base. The team secured their win in the later innings with

single runs to get a score of 3-0.

The ’Cats continued to run past the Lutes during the second game that day. The two teams started off at a stand off with neither one getting a single run in until the sixth inning. Pacific Lutheran got on the board first with a single run before giving the ball back to

Linfield. That’s when the Wildcats got six unanswered runs, one right after the other. The Cats then held the Lutes for the final inning, striking them out to a final score of 6-1.

Linfield continued its unde>> Please see Softball page 15

Baseball scores despite schedule change-up Caise Gaza Senior sports reporter It was an exciting weekend for the Linfield Wildcats as they won their first home conference series against the Willamette Bearcats 2-1.

As Sunday’s match was pushed up to Friday, March 7, there was no doubt that the ’Cats were ready for a showdown.

The Wildcats won the first game of the series defeating Willamette 5-2 with runs in the first, second, fourth, and eighth inning. In the first inning, senior outfielders Kramer Lindell and Nick Fischer drove in the first two runs putting the ’Cats up 2-0. The second inning looked no different with third baseman, sophomore Eric Lawson earning an RBI on a sacrifice fly putting the Wildcats up 3-0. Not long after, the ’Cats came through again in the fourth inning dominating the bases as junior shortstop Corey Vandomelen ripped a single driving in junior catcher Chance Laboda and giving Linfield a 4-0 lead.

The final run came in the bottom

of the eighth inning from Lindell’s hit and a Bearcats defensive error.

However, it was not only the ’Cats offensive power keeping them on top. According to Lawson, the ‘Cats rely on the consistency of the pitching and defense. “We turned many crucial double plays this weekend and our pitching is the most consistent strength we have.” This was clear as the defense pushed to the end alongside junior pitcher Chris Haddeland giving up only two runs for the game.

Nonetheless, the ’Cats still had a job to complete. On March 8, the Wildcats took the mound for a double header to complete the series against the Bearcats.

In the second game of the series, the Wildcats took a hard loss to the Bearcats 7-3 with both teams battling neck and neck for a lead. In the fourth inning, a ’Cats pitching error gave Willamette their first run putting them up 1-0. Linfield responded in the seventh inning >> Please see Baseball page 14

Photo courtesy of Kelly Bird Junior Aaron Thomassen pitches towards a Willamette University player during the three round games which the ’Cats won two out of the three.