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REVIEW March 3, 2014
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Linfield turns 156 Check out photos from the
Happy Birthday Linfield event, which featured musical performances, photo booths, games and cake. >> page 5
Nighttime crusaders Learn about the people who keep Linfield clean while the rest of us sleep. >> pages 8 and 9
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Linfield College
Semester at Sea provides opportunity to sail the world. >> page 7
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McMinnville, Ore.
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119th Year
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Issue No. 16
Medical Clemency bill passes in Oregon Mikenna Whatley Staff writer The Oregon Senate recently approved a bill that would grant similar immunity to possession charges for all underage drinkers in the state who pursue medical help due to excessive alcohol consumption. As is the case with Linfield’s Medical Clemency policy, House Bill 4094’s ultimate goal is keeping minors safe. The bill is sponsored by several reputable groups such as The Medical Amnesty Initiative, Lines for
Life and many Oregon law enforcement workers who agree that this bill could help save lives. Linfield’s Medical Clemency Policy allows students to, “seek help for themselves or others, involved in drug or alcohol-related emergencies, without being referred to the formal conduct process.” This policy is in place on campus to encourage students to get medical help for themselves or others who may have over-indulged in alcohol or drugs by relieving the fear of getting into trouble. House Bill 4094, which is currently going through the process of
becoming a written law, will essentially provide all minors in the state of Oregon with the same legal immunity that Linfield’s Medical Clemency policy already provides its students. Prior to the approval of House Bill 4094, Linfield students who sought out medical help for an alcohol related emergency were still at risk for receiving minor in possession charges. Linfield’s Medical Clemency policy only protects students from possession charges when Linfield Campus Safety deals with the case. However, the McMinnville Police Department often responds
to emergency calls made to College Public Safety in addition to Linfield officers. Under previous law, if McMinnville police became involved in a medical clemency case at Linfield, they reserved the right to issue possession charges to Linfield minors. Now that House Bill 4094 has been approved, this is not the case. Currently 17 states have effective medical amnesty laws in place, none of which have seen any increase in underage drinking since enacting such laws. Mikenna Whatley can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.
Sports writer explains the art of story telling Jonathan Williams Opinion editor
Lacrosse The women’s lacrosse team got a double loss during this weekend’s games. >> page 14
Track and field A young team starts their season off strong in an icebreaker invitational on Feb. 28 and Mar. 1. >> page 15
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Editorial ...................... 2 News ........................... 4 Features........................ 7 Culture....................... 10 Sports ........................ 16
The room was buzzing with excitement as Sports Illustrated senior writer, Chris Ballard took the podium on Feb. 24 in Riley 201. Ballard was introduced by associate professor of political science, Patrick Cottrell who, unknown to most, is a close friend to Ballard. What made Ballard’s talk interesting was how it drew in a diverse range of students and faculty from the departments of mass communication, English, political science, business and sports management. Ballard has written for Sports Illustrated for 15 years and in that time has also published four books. He mentioned in the first part of his talk to not push off the power of revision. One of his articles went through the revision process 14 times. Being a master of the written word, Ballard gave many helpful insights into what it takes to be a successful writer. He emphasized that point of writing stories is, “to compel someone to feel something about someone or something.” He went on to say that as people, “we talk in stories.” Many people think that what an athlete has done is the most interesting aspect of them. However, Ballard has found that the stories behind athletes are more interesting developing a personal connection with the readers. He also mentioned, for a story to be successful, whether it’s told >> Please see Ballard page 4
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Bitch Media’s online editor Sarah Mirk gave a lecture on the importance of incorporating social media and how to optimize online tools to reach a wide audience.
‘Bitch Media’ editor talks feminism, social media, new ideas in journalism Rosa Johnson Copy editor
Sarah Mirk is living proof that feminism and journalism aren’t dying fields. Online editor for Bitch Media, Sarah Mirk, shared her lecture
“Five bright ideas in feminist media” with mass communication students on Feb. 25. Bitch media is a feminist response to mainstream media and popular culture. Founders of Bitch Magazine didn’t want to give up on pop culture, so instead
they voice their opinions on it. “Bitch tries to cover stories in ways that haven’t ever been covered before,” Mirk said. Bitch Media has been around >> Please see Mirk page 4