The Linfield Review - Issue 21

Third Street mural

Students of the Introduction to Studio Art class paint a mural on the side of Harvest Fresh on April 27. >> Please see page 11

April 30, 2010

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‘They like me! They really like me!’

Dominic Baez Editor-in-chief A recent campus-wide e-mail announced the dates that three candidates for the soon-to-be-vacant dean of students position will arrive on campus.

Xavier Romano, Susan Hopp and Glenn Smith will visit Linfield in May to meet with students, faculty and staff, along with hosting open forums for the community, in an effort to become the new vice president of student affairs and athletics/dean of students. Dave Hansen, the current dean and professor of economics, will retire from his administrative role at the end of the school year.

He will stay on as a part-time professor.

Romano, dean of students for Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., will be the first to visit campus May 10-11.

Romano has been dean of students at Knox for the past 11 years. However, this past year has proved tumultuous for the dean, as he has been the subject of criticism at a recent student forum that raised questions about how college authorities handled sexual assaults on campus.

Approximately 100 students attended a forum to discuss sexual assault at Knox on March 1. According to The Knox Student, the independent student-run paper of Knox College, “Main concerns about how the administration deals with sexual assault include whether victims are given the option to >> Please see Deans page 4

Bridgette Gigear/Freelancer Senior Josh Atiyeh from Kappa Sigma Fraternity competes in the Mr. Phi Sig contest April 23. His vocal talent secured him first place in the competition.

Linfield student joins Teach for America Yin Xiao Culture editor After a three-month application process, senior Nadia Abraibesh became a corps member of Teach for America.

“I was a little shocked when I found out, because I had been mentally preparing myself to hear that I was not accepted,” Abraibesh said.

She said she hasn’t ever heard of anyone else at Linfield who was accepted.

“Nadia has all the qualities they’re looking for,” Deborah Olsen, competitive scholarships adviser and instructor in history, said via e-mail. “I was delighted she was selected for this wonderful program.”

According to the Teach for America website, the program aims to end educational inequity — the reality that where a child is born determines his or her educational outcomes and life prospects in the United States.

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The program recruits outstanding recent college graduates from all backgrounds and career interests to teach in urban and rural public schools for two years.

In 2009, more than 35,000 individuals applied to Teach For America, the largest amount of applications in the 19-year history of the program. Only 15 percent of applicants were accepted.

“Most applicants are not education majors, so it will be interesting,” Abraibesh said.

She also said that she spent an entire week focused on preparing complex applications and sending them out before the deadline in February. About 50 percent of applicants are selected to participate in the final interview.

Abraibesh said her final interview lasted from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Twelve applicants, as a group, took a five-minute geographic exam, participated in problem solving and reflection activities, answered multiple-choice questions, wrote an essay and, finally, had an hour-

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long solo interview.

“It’s a lot,” she said. “But [the full-day] interview let me know the interviewers better.

I feel I expressed myself better.”

Before her acceptance for Teach for America, Abraibesh had decided to go to Libya to learn Arabic and hopefully serve as a teacher’s assistant at a British school after graduation.

Because of a conflict between interview dates for 2011 corps members and her trip to Libya, she said she e-mailed Teach for America officials, and they advised her to apply for the 2010 Corps and then defer if she was accepted.

As for tips on how to be accepted by Teach for America, Abraibesh suggested having excellent leadership experiences, portraying yourself with passion during the interview and believing in the program’s purpose — to end educational inequality.

Yin Xiao can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

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What do you think of the new Linfield logo (acorn) and

slogan (“The Power of Small”)?

I like both the logo and the slogan

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Opinions

EDITORIAL

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slogan makes

Linfield’s new logo, “The power of small,” was revealed April 20, to the dismay and derision of much of the student body. The Review is similarly disappointed.

The slogan almost sounds demeaning, as if the school needs to be consoled in light of its small stature. While being “the little college that could” is certainly touching, is it too much to ask to have a little power behind our name? Linfield is a college, not an elementary school.

And there’s no need to go into detail on where every male student’s thoughts go upon hearing “the power of small.”

“Small” is too easily associated with cute, timid and insignificant.

As much as we (and this slogan) would like to think that good things come in small packages, this is simply not what people immediately associate with “small.” A brand’s immediate effect needs to be positively impactful because people rarely take the time to analyze the deeper meaning behind a slogan. If we want to emphasize small class sizes at Linfield, the slogan may as well be “We have small class sizes.”

Unreasonable as that is, it would certainly draw the positive attention of prospective students more than the vagueness of “The power of small.”

“Small what? And how is small powerful?” they’re likely to ask. We all may know that “small” is referring to our small class sizes and small student body, but how are others supposed to know that?

As soon as people start question-

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Kelley Hungerford/Managing editor and Megan Myer/Photo editor ing a slogan, it has failed. A good slogan is simple, immediate and easy to remember. “The power of small” is short and easy to remember, but it’s not simple or immediate because of its ambiguity.

It’s true that some of Linfield’s best aspects are its small class sizes and small student body, but these hardly encompass the entirety of Linfield’s image. Not that our slogan needs to cover every positive aspect of the college, but aren’t there more general concepts we can use to promote ourselves? We feel as if the firm, Brand Navigation, maybe latched on to the idea of small with alacrity when, in reality, Linfield is more than just small. We don’t draw our pride from the size of Linfield; it comes instead from

our “large” sense of community, our “large” athletic success and our “large” academic achievements, despite our size. We’re a big deal.

Come to think of it, how much can Brand Navigation even know about Linfield? They obviously did extensive research, but can they know much more than the average prospective student researching potential schools?

No matter how much research anyone does on Linfield, it is difficult to fully understand the college without being a part of it. So why entrust the image of Linfield to an outside organization, which can only know about as much as a typical prospective student? Not to mention, we’re paying them (presumably a large amount of money,

since it’s undisclosed) to do so.

Who would know more about Linfield than those who learn, teach and administer here? We have capable business, mass communication and art departments. Why not let them have a crack at coming up with a brand for the college and free of charge at that? The worst that could happen is they come up with something awful, and it’s rejected (at no expense to us).

Even if the project were not assigned to them, wouldn’t it be helpful if they were more involved in the process somehow?

Sometimes people assume that paying for something to be done professionally means it will automatically be done perfectly, but clearly this is not always the case; we should be open to alternatives.

To be blunt, “The power of small” has to go. It was poorly conceived, is embarrassing to students and does not say much for our college. Linfield deserves “bigger” and better.

-The Review Editorial Board

COLUMN

Senator bias results in unsavory coal plant vote Chris Forrer Guest columnist

Hey ’Cats. I’ve got a bit of intrigue for you (and real intrigue, too, not just wondering who plastered Dillin with weepy poetry last week). Two weeks ago at the ASLC Senate, representatives from Greenfield, in conjunction with the Sierra Club, brought a resolution to be considered by the legislative body. The “Linfield Beyond Coal Resolution” would state that Linfield agrees that the Boardman Coal Field Plant (located in Boardman, Ore.) should be shut down and transitioned into a cleaner source of energy in 2014, six years sooner than PGE’s suggested 2020 date. As a resolution, it wouldn’t actually enforce an action but merely state the Senate’s position as a legislative body.

The resolution is part of a larger movement the Sierra Club is spearheading across Oregon. It plans to get as many universities and colleges to approve its version of the resolution as possible before taking them to the Public Utilities Commission hearing in late June. Hearing no opposition from the legislative body, the April 12 motion was tabled until the following week where it would go to a vote.

Fast forward to the Senate meeting April 19. The Sierra Club and Greenfield representatives returned to debate the resolution before the final vote but were met with significant opposition. A senator, junior Andrew Carpenter, took control of the discussion and

rattled off a laundry list of statistics regarding the shutdown. Carpenter asserted that the 2014 date would cost taxpayers more money than the 2020 date, that the pollution levels are not as bad as the representatives claimed and that the energy lost could not immediately be replaced with any other source. He also claimed to have been in communication with PGE executives, who had furnished his statistics. The resolution was defeated soundly.

Freshman Tyler Gerlach, who helped present the resolution, had a few things to say to me about the questions brought up by the senator: “The questions and statistics were ones that we, as a grassroots movement, couldn’t really answer,” Gerlach said. “He was almost uncomfortably prepared.”

Does anything about this story sound at all fishy to you? If not, try a Google search on “Andrew Carpenter PGE” and see what comes up. The first hit takes us to the Web page of Bruce Carpenter, PGE vice president of transmission and distribution services — in other words, Andrew’s father. That’s right Wildcats, the “PGE executive” that Carpenter claimed to be speaking to was likely his own father.

What does this tell us? Several things, all troubling. First, it shows us that in the week leading up to the vote, Carpenter Junior was pumping Daddy for stats or, more likely, getting fed stats by his father with which to shoot down the reso-

lution. Assuming the latter is true, this means that PGE is taking this resolution seriously and actively trying to shoot it down whenever they can. More importantly, it means that PGE executives aren’t above cramming statistics down a student-senator’s throat so that he can throw them back up at a pliable and easily influenced body of students. I can’t think of a grosser misuse of corporate studies and power. “[Carpenter] had studies that didn’t address parts of the issue that are relevant to our case,” Gerlach said. “But what could we do?

We don’t have the means to do studies like that.”

Wow, way to go PGE. You used a student like a monkey wrench to defeat a resolution that could lead to you shutting down a coal plant and (God forbid!) help the environment. I know that you guys are only looking after your already overstuffed pocketbooks, but this is a little disgusting, even for you.

You’d think that with your checkered history (see, part of the Enron scandal) you’d at least try to do something good for the world.

As for you, senator Carpenter, I wish I could say that your move wasn’t well played, but it was. You obviously knew that Sierra and Greenfield couldn’t shoot down cold, hard, corporate “bull” and, as such, played your hand accordingly. Well done, sir, but be warned: This is not the end. This reporter is fully in support of the Linfield Beyond Coal Resolution, and you better believe I’m coming to the

next Senate meetings (alongside the Sierra Club and Greenfield) prepared with facts enough to counter your “statistics” and helping push this resolution through.

Such facts exist, believe me, and without getting blindsided by your sneak attack, your figures can be knocked down with relative ease.

There’s one last thing I’d like to say. Not to get up on a soapbox, but logically, there is absolutely no reason not to take action to stop global warming. If it doesn’t exist, so we spent some money. If it does, we took steps to prevent what might have undone our entire global infrastructure as we know it. If we don’t take any action and this climate shift intensifies, as it well might, the executives at PGE and other such energy companies are going to be left as the wealthiest men on this charred ball of rock, scratching their heads and wondering who they can try to extort next now that everyone is dead.

I urge those in the ASLC Senate to vote for this resolution the next time it’s brought to the table. I’m not asking for money or a picket line around PGE, just a simple raised hand at the next meeting.

Hell, you can even pick which one.

People, do the logical thing and help the earth cover its ass. Anybody who wants to discuss, argue or affirm anything in this article, feel free to shoot me an e-mail (cforrer@linfield.edu), and we’ll talk. Until then, see you at the next Senate meeting.

Live long and prosper.

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April 30, 2010

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Slogan, logo deserve chance to shine Marci Klimek Guest columnist

There has been a mixed reception of Linfield College’s new brand, but with a little more consideration, perhaps doubters will also believe in the power of small.

Nine different brand styles at Linfield during the past 10 years have led to mixed messages, confused applicants and countless boxes of letterheads packed into storage. The long list of temporary identities has created an image that is ambiguous and uncertain.

That can’t be my Linfield.

The development of the new

OPINION

brand has been an intricate and careful process. Research on competitors found that colleges ranging from George Fox University to Oregon State University have been boasting their cozy, small Oregon schools. Incoming freshmen are searching for small class sizes, close student-to-staff ratios and a personalized education.

Linfield’s 200-acre McMinnville campus is home to a student body of only 1,700 students and demonstrates the benefits of a small school. Perceptions within and outside the Linfield community consistently agree with our image of an intimate

and dynamic education supported by an involved staff and an astonishing array of opportunities.

Our new brand represents, defines and showcases the distinct character of Linfield College — the small school making a big impact. Students, alumni and staff demonstrate the power of small daily, and the difference is felt throughout the community.

Colleagues and associates interacting with Linfield recognize, expect and appreciate the effect of empowered individuals.

The new brand may be the underdog right now, as it is unusu-

al and unique, but it can also be a Cinderella story in the future.

If we incorporate the brand into our distinct culture and allow it to represent the existing strength of Linfield’s character, then we can show exactly how a small change can make a big difference.

Students can “try out” the new brand at 6 p.m. May 6 in the Oak Grove at an event hosted by the Department of College Relations.

There are free logo T-shirts for the first 70 students to arrive and ice cream for everyone. Look for details on Facebook at the “Linfield College Power of Small Rally Event” page.

Books are more than just ink on pages

Jordan Jacobo Lost the game During my senior year of high school, my English teacher told our class about when he realized his mortality: the moment he understood that he would never read every book that he wanted to read.

That’s always been something I’ve remembered about him and about that year, which was when I matured into my passion for reading.

It started the summer before senior year with Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,” when I dreamt of leaving on some wild and reckless cross-country hitchhiking adventure. Since then, one thing has been true: I’ve been reading — insatiably at times, occasionally at

others — but always with a book on my mind, the characters imagined and molded to life, my perspective growing.

The hardest book I’ve read is “Ulysses.” Or maybe it’s “Crime and Punishment.” My favorite writer is Kerouac. Or maybe it’s Ken Kesey.

As you can see, I simply can’t decide on many of my favorite things in literature, but I guess that’s what I love — there is always something for me to think about. It’s like a conversation that has been going on for hundreds of years, the topics of discussion changing with the times.

The conversation of literature will continue on long after we’ve shuffled off this mortal coil. That’s one of the few things I know, about anything, in life. Perhaps that’s why it’s the sense of curiosity that swoons with an opening sentence and lasting sense of accomplishment that comes with turning that final page that I crave.

A wall lined with faded spines

of books with yellowing pages from another age is an invitation to investigate; I want to start immediately and set everything else aside.

It lets my worries go away, lets all of the pressures of tomorrow dissolve.

I love to sit in class and listen to a whole room full of people discussing a book: what they liked or didn’t like; what stuck out to them.

Every book means something different to everyone who reads it, and what we experience as a part of reading is something unique.

We attempt to communicate that experience, but a lingering sense that there is something that goes unsaid remains.

Reading a book is being a part of that eternal human story, the unending series of generations superceding one another, of the pace and course of life changing.

There are few things about our existence we could call human truths, but the spark and drive of literature and storytelling is something that seems to be constant.

It’s the spirit of imagination and creation that keeps it going, some urge to re-invent the past, re-imagine the future and relate honestly the present.

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what Holden Caulfield’s former teacher, Mr. Antolini, tells Holden: “Many, many men have been as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept record of their troubles. You’ll learn from them — if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you.”

J.D. Salinger sums up all my emotions about literature more succinctly than I ever could. I think of that moment in “The Catcher in the Rye,” and it makes me shiver.

It’s so brutally honest about the human condition, our heaviness and lightness of becalming and our attempts to learn from each other through books.

Jordan Jacobo can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

OPINION

Make dining out about company instead of food

Doris ter Horst International food fight Two friends, wearing fancy pink polos, playing the role of a fashionable gay couple for the special occasion — check. Our names on the guest list of an healthy, organic restaurant — check. Bad joke after bad joke as a result of much anticipation (necessary, but occurs at a higher rate in males) — oh right, I was with males that night — check.

Those of us older than 21 years a little tipsy to begin the evening — check. Last, yet important, dinner not until 8 p.m. — check, too.

All of my requirements for a perfect evening had been met that night, and my European heart was

beating fast. Somehow my friends had gotten lucky and got us the last table in the Crescent Café, a breakfast place in McMinnville that serves dinner only once a month.

We sat down and ate our delicious meals with smiles on our faces. It was after that, however, when things went wrong. We paid the bill that was already waiting for us, and as I sat down to let my stomach do its job, I noticed that my friends were making an attempt to leave.

They were craving cigarettes. Stop!

In the Netherlands going out to dinner is planned long ahead and is anticipated. You go out to catch up with each other or to celebrate something, but never because you are too lazy to cook.

(In that case, you would surprise visit friends and rudely eat along — it’s OK; they do that to you, as well.)

It can take as long as an hour to get the food you ordered, but that time is not used for waiting.

Instead, it is wisely spent on good conversation. A waiter has to wait to deliver the bill until you have finished your food and asked for it, but that, sorry sir, might take until 2 a.m. when we’re having a good time.

“We’re in a hurry, can we have our food within an hour?” That might sound a little funny to you, but why bother going out for dinner if you’re not taking your time for it?

Yes, the stereotype is true: Dutch people are grumpy. People from all ages love the excuse, “Sorry, no tip, I’m a poor student.” Because waiters get paid better, tips are not an obligation, but actually a reward for only the best service. On the other hand, waiters carry few responsibilities. For example, the restaurant will pay the fine when alcohol is served to a minor, and that makes both waiter and minor happy.

I foresee millions of dollars in

potential profits if both dining scenes would comingle. I would dance on a table if a restaurant in the Netherlands served free water, including refills. My friends would probably dance on a table if the restaurants here would have a smoking room. Dinner would be more expensive because you are using the restaurant’s table for the entire evening, true, but we could make up for this by reducing the quantity of our restaurant visits.

Americans tend to have busy schedules, but if you don’t go out to eat often, having the entire night could be a blast. And perhaps reducing the frequency of going out to dinners wouldn’t be such a bad idea in the first place: If the amount of weight that people will lose by this will allow everyone to dance on the table, going out to dinner might really become a lot of fun.

Doris ter Horst can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

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Psychology students, professor attend conference in Cancun Joshua Ensler News editor Linfield students presented their work at the Northwest Psychological Association’s regional conference in Cancun, Mexico.

Seniors Nadia Abraibesh, Ashley Hockett and Lauren Leopp joined Associate professors of Psychology Tanya Tompkins and Jennifer Linder at the four-day conference, starting April 21, to present the results of their research.

Abraibesh, Hockett and Tompkins were the authors of a research project, “A Cross-Cultural Look at Corumination in American and Ecuadorian College Students.”

Tompkins said that she and Abraibesh worked on the project for two years with funding from a facultystudent collaborative grant they acquired in 2008.

Abraibesh’s research was helped by a semester abroad in Ecuador, where she compared the students to those

in the Unite States.

Part of her research involved cultural values, she said, but the work is unfinished.

“I’m also interested in how cultural values, like individuals and collectivism in Ecuador and the United States, affect co-rumination,” Abraibesh said.

Tompkins said that she was impressed by Abraibesh’s performance.

“They blew [the previous speaker] away, and he was a graduate student a month away from getting his masters,” she said.

Abraibesh was also positive about her presentation.

“Surprisingly, no one asked us any questions,” Abraibesh said. “It went really well.”

Abraibesh also worked on a second project with Loepp and Linder and presented it at the conference.

The students brought home no awards but said that was not the point of attending the conference.

“It was a valuable learn-

ing experience,” Abraibesh said. “It was nice to attend this at the end of my senior year and present work that I’d been working on for the past two years.”

Leopp agreed with Abraibesh about the trip.

“Attending the Western Psychological Association’s conference is not only important for us to share our research,” Leopp said in an e-mail. “It also gives us the opportunity to learn about other research being conducted by other professors.”

Tompkins concurred, adding that bringing a project to a conference was usually the first step when turning a research project into a paper on the subject.

Leopp’s project began last summer under Linder and involved collaboration from students and faculty in Bringham Young and Iowa State universities.

Hockett presented her project, “Co-Rumination and Negative Inferential Style are a Vicious Combination.”

Photo courtesy of Nadia Abraibesh Senior Nadia Abraibesh presents her findings at the Western Psychological Association’s Conference in Cancun. The four-day conference began April 21.

Tompkins said that co-rumination, the subject of both Hockett’s and Abraibesh’s projects, is an under-studied subject.

“Co-rumination is a problem-focused talk with negative effects,” she said.

“It’s basically rehashing and regurgitating and going over a problem with a friend.”

She added that people

Deans: Knox students express concern over Romano

<< Continued from page 1 take their case to the Galesburg Police Department, whether there are sufficient consequences for those who commit sexual assault, whether having the same person be a Greek advisor and the Dean of Students presents a conflict of interest and whether there are enough services provided by the college to aid sexual assault victims.”

Romano is both the dean of students and adviser to the Inter-Fraternity Council for Knox, which students have asserted creates a conflict of interest. Students have complained that the university does little in the way of curbing sexual assault on campus, instead just sweeping it under the rug when such incidents happen.

To make matters more convoluted, Romano has been on a leave of absence since March, “dealing with issues relating to his father’s health and exploring his life post-Knox,” TKS stated.

“The past few months have not been representative of Romano as a dean,”

Laura Miller, the editor-inchief of TKS, said. “However, it only takes one incident.”

However, students at Knox have been kept in the dark as to why Romano left, prompting an ambiguous sit-in by students, curious editorials from the newspaper and vague answers from administration.

According to a TKS editorial, “These are the things we know for sure: An e-mail was sent to all students on March 4 explaining that then-Dean of Students Xavier Romano would be on leave and Associate Dean Debbie Southern would take his place. On March 8, the Faculty Committee voted on resolutions that would separate the Dean of Students from automatically chairing the Student Life Committee, and the resolution was sent to SLC for comments. On March 28, Student Senate President Heather Kopec sent an e-mail to Greek presidents stating that Romano was ‘terminated’ from his position. On March 30, Kopec and other students held a ‘sit-in’ in support of Romano and administra-

tion transparency.”

The editorial went on to argue that it is unduly difficult for students to feel one way or the other without knowing the facts.

“We weren’t surprised when we found out he’d be leaving, as he had not been on campus for a month at that point,” Miller said.

“When we got the first e-mail, though, we were kind of shocked. We’re not sure what prompted the initial leave, and that’s part of the problem.”

Miller said students have not received any official announcement regarding Romano’s extended absence or the reasons behind it.

Knox President Roger Taylor was reported in TKS saying, “There is frustration when I don’t share all the information that maybe you’d like to know about, but there are times when it’s not appropriate. There are times when sharing information might be hurtful to other parties. I know it probably doesn’t lower your level of frustration.

There are just some things that would be inappropriate for me to talk about.”

Miller said, as a whole, students have not had problems with Romano as a dean but that these issues represent a faulty process in the Knox administration system.

“He’s always been extremely accommodating for the newspaper,” she said. “For lots of students, he has been a great dean.”

The other candidates, Hopp and Smith, will be on campus May 13-14 and 18-19, respectively. Hopp has been the dean of students at Bucknell University for the past three years.

Smith, the vice provost for student services and enrollment management, has been at Concordia University for 17 years. The Review was unable to contact either candidate before publication.

The Vice President for Student Affairs and Athletics/Dean of Students Search Committee has been responsible for reviewing applicants for the post. The candidates’ applications letters and résumés will be placed on reserve in Nicholson Library.

Dominic Baez can be reached at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com

who engage in the behavior are more likely to become depressed under stress.

Tompkins said that Hockett’s project was about the moderating effects of co-rumintation and what slowed or accelerated people into depression. “[Hockett] discovered that co-rumination tended to worsen the effects of

depression,” Tompkins said.

Abraibesh said the lack of information about corumination is what attracted her to the subject.

“I wanted to add to the literature,” she said. “No one has really looked at corumination outside of the United States.”

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Faculty defends voting change at ASLC Senate Dominic Baez Editor-in-chief A faculty member defended the recent decision to strip student committee members of their voting rights during faculty meetings at the ASLC Senate meeting April 26.

Scott Smith, chair of the Faculty Executive Council and associate professor of history, went on the record, after two weeks of Senate requesting the presence of a faculty member, to explain in detail the decision made by the faculty at its April 12 meeting to reorganize faculty committees and, in the process, to remove the voting power of the students on those committees.

Students have been included in faculty committees for at least a decade, always wielding the right to vote. However, Smith said, during the years he has been on faculty committees, he cannot recall a time when a matter was actually put to a vote. He said that influence is garnered through engagement and persuasiveness to reach consensus.

Not everyone agreed.

Senior Katrina Peavey, outgoing Associated Students of Linfield College vice president of programming, said that the committees are meant to foster a symbiotic and collaborative relationship between students and faculty, but she worries that students on

the committees will feel that they have no voice as they cannot vote.

Smith said, because of the low number of students in comparison to faculty on the committees, that the right to vote was more symbolic than anything.

In response, Peavey said that if the vote was nothing more than symbolism, then students should retain the right.

As reported in the last issue of the Review (“Faculty removes student vote,” TLR, April 23), Smith said that the faculty committees were tasked to carry out faculty duties, so voting members should be faculty, not students, staff or administration.

Lights, camera, improv!

Joel Ray/Freelancer Junior Matthew Sunderland orders a pizza in an improvisational skit April 22 in the lobby of Ford Hall. The skits, co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, focused on racism and discrimination. The skits were performed in a community-based education style called the Theater of the Oppressed, developed by Brazilian theater activist Augusto Boal.

Per the ASLC Student Handbook, these committees have been called student/faculty committees; however, Smith said that this is not true and that no faculty record has them titled as such. They are, first and foremost, faculty entities, Smith said.

He said student input is still desired.

Other than a few questions from Cabinet members, Senate was silent about the matter.

On the same topic, Senate also finished a draft of its resolution to send to the faculty regarding its decision. Some changes, mostly nominal, will be made before it is presented again to the Senate.

Another major agenda item centered on proposed changes to the ASLC Bylaws. Junior Colin Jones, ASLC presidentelect, explained the twopage proposal.

Proposed changes dealt with the Communications Board (of which the Review is a member), creating a separate election during Fall Semester for matters regarding ASLC and club guidelines, among others.

The list of proposed changes went to the Senate Standing Rules/Bylaws Committee for review. No questions were asked by the senators. Senate will vote on the matter at its May 3 meeting. After that, the proposed changes will be sent

to the student body for a vote.

In other news, M.E.Ch.A. was granted a permanent charter. The A Cappella Club was granted a temporary, six-week charter. (Both votes were unanimous.)

Cabinet evaluations are underway.

The Campus Improvement Committee is still working through the Observatory questionnaire results and plans to have a report for Senate soon. The board of trustees will also be on campus April 30-May 2.

To read the Review’s live blog of the Senate meeting, go to www.linfield.edu/ linfield-review/?p=4260.

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Professor meets with renowned scholars Chelsea Langevin Senior reporter Bill Apel, professor of religious studies, met with more than 300 renowned scholars at an international conference held in Rutland, England, to discuss engaged spirituality and interfaith friends April 9-11.

At the conference, Apel led a talk on engaged spirituality, which he describes as our deeper selves and making sense of what is below the surface, he said.

Apel has developed the topic for the majority of his academic career, which he said was inspired by the works of Thomas Merton, a 20th-century Trappist monk from the Abbey of Gethsemani, Ky., who was both a poet and a social activist.

In his novel, “Signs of Peace,” Apel presents a comparative analysis of religion through Merton’s letters, highlighting the unifying thread of creating positive change in the world.

“Change has to occur within our own experiences and then can extend to meet the larger needs of the world,” Apel said.

He said his objective in attending the conference, sponsored by the Thomas Merton Society, was to build

Apel on the research that resulted from his book “Signs of Peace” with scholars from seven countries.

Senior Scott Herron said he learned about Apel’s interest in the Trappist monks in his Monks and Mystics class with Apel at Linfield.

“It’s not always about trying to hurry with them — it’s about slowing down and getting to know people,” Herron said.

The members of the Thomas Merton Society aim to explore Merton’s works to see what lessons one can learn that are applicable today, Apel said.

“We don’t meet to just read the words from someone of the past, but to see what lessons are still to be learned,” he said.

Herron said there are two main categories of monks: those who are more contemplative and those who go out into the community and help.

The Trappist monks are among the more contemplative and isolated,

he said.

Herron said there is always a group of Trappist monks praying at the same time throughout the world at any given hour.

“An engaged spirituality says that now that we’ve turned inward, we should have an overflow into the world in which we live,” he said.

As part of his interfaith teachings, Apel highlights the connection between spirituality in his book as well as at the conference.

“Not every conference I go to is a peace conference, but every conference I go to I bring the message of peace,” he said. “We have to take our better selves and create acts of love, like caring for the earth, creating social justice and abolishing wars,” he said.

Throughout his career at Linfield, Apel has traveled to conferences in London, Berlin, Rome, Capetown and various places in Canada and the United States to discuss his interfaith teachings and spirituality.

“Whatever a person is going to do in his or her life, I think it’s important that he or she finds and discovers an engaged spirituality that will encourage them to create change,” he said.

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Gardening youth show global service

Photo courtesy of Marina Cheatham Students prepare McMinnville Community Gardens for spring planting in celebration of Global Youth Service Day on April 24. The 22 volunteers weeded and tilled the soil. The food grown in the garden will be donated to the Yamhill County Food Bank. The Salvation Army funds the gardens, but does not maintain them. Linfield students also gathered food donations from local grocery stores and distributed free light bulbs to local neighborhoods.

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iPhone applications are one of many new technology crazes on campus. There are thousands of applications to choose from. Choose whatever fits your personal taste.

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By Lauren Ostrom/Features editor There is no doubt that technology has soared, even since 2010 began.

But a new craze has cropped up since the iPhone came out in 2007. iPhones can do just about anything, and many students on campus own one. But what’s unique about them isn’t that they are capable of performing in new ways but that they posses potential applications for just about anything.

Vice President of Apple Inc. Phil Schiller recently announced that there are more than 50,000 applications available, from cooking to game applications. There is an application for almost anything you can imagine.

The Apple website lists categories of applications you can purchase. They include apps for cooks, keeping up to date on current events, the great outdoors, music, work, students, moms and dads, working out, going out, managing money, traveling and games.

Quality and quantity Sure, Blackberry phones can download applications, too, but can they hold pages and pages of them? iPhones have exceptional game performance, as well. Apple continuously comes out with new, amazing technology.

Personalizing your apps You can download applications that fit your personality, schedule, convenience and taste. Download iRestaurant to find good food near you or download Pandora and set up your own personalized radio that plays music you like.

Download a John Mayer application, listen to his music and see where he will be performing next. It’s all about what you want.

Homework-associated applications for students are popular for downloading. Download iHomework to write down assignments, check them off once you’ve done them and write the grade you received on each assignment to check your progress in each class. Or download Mental Case, which is an application to create flash cards for studying. It’s as easy as flicking your finger across the screen to go to the next flash card. Or record a lecture with a voice memo application. There are even more featured

applications for students, such as learning languages or studying the periodic table. The capabilities are endless.

Categories for iPhone applications Games, entertainment, utilities, social networking, music, productivity, lifestyle, reference, travel, sports, navigation, healthcare and fitness, news, photography, finance, business, education, weather, books and medical.

Student favorites Freshman Katie Keith said she has close to 58 applications on her iPhone.

“The most convenient applications on my phone are Facebook and then the Weather Channel application,” Keith said. “I like to see what other people are doing when I am bored, and I always want to know what the weather is going to be like the next day without having to get on my computer.”

Keith added that the weirdest application she has is the Dexter Scramble application because many people don’t know about “Dexter,” the television show.

The game is Scrabble, but it is personalized with characteristics from the show.

Freshman Miles Phillips said his most convenient application is Bump. Bump is a way to connect iPhones to transfer pictures, contacts and more.

“The most expensive application that I have downloaded is Bloons, which was $1.99,” Phillips said. “It’s where you shoot arrows at as many balloons as you can.”

The cost of applications Application prices can range to be as much as $10. The authentic Oregon Trail game costs $5.99. The cheapest application is 99 cents.

When downloading applications, you have the option of choosing free application buttons or paying for them.

Lauren Ostrom can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

Top 10 applications 1. Shazam 2. Flight Control 3. Facebook 4. Pandora 5. Tap Tap Revenge

6. Google 7. Bing 8. Fandango 9. Twitterific 10. Paper Toss

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The International Programs Office held a photo and essay contest for students who traveled abroad in the past school year during a semester or January Term. Photos are courtesy of IPO. For more information, go to www.linfield.edu/international/contest/index.php.

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“Well Hello There” is by junior Brynn Hurdus, who spent January Term in Ecuador.

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Stephanie Anderson took this photo in New Zealand during January titled “Waterfall.”

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ade, I’ll try not to forget them. I’ve captured them in writing, in conversation, in photographs. But the trivial to the experience itself. I was there. Admiring £30,000 watches in Harrods, signing unsuspecting tle Museum mailing list, drinking a pint of Guinness with Tim while looking over the city of Dublin, the gh it on its way to Dublin Bay, flowing out toward the English Channel, toward infinity.” -Junior Jordan d for a semester in England. His essay is titled “Memories Made and Remembered.”

Junior Megan Myer took this photo, “Little Girl in Red,” during January Term in Trinidad.

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‘Trading values for oil’ : a student’s social critique Joanna Peterson Culture reporter

Duc Hoang/Freelancer Artist Jesse Hayward examines his art work and talks about his current installation in the Miller Fine Arts Gallery, “The Kitchen Counter Collective,” on April 21.

An oil-soaked American flag hangs in the Miller Fine Arts Center, serving as a social critique created by junior Gabriel Stallings, a ceramic sculpture major.

The 6-foot-long flag is draped into a red bucket of motor oil. More pools of oil sit around the base of the brimming bucket.

Stallings said that he created the piece as a personal project to reflect the fact that the United States is responsible for 25 percent of the world’s oil consumption.

“I wanted to illustrate and confront the fact that we’re trading American values for oil,” Stallings said.

“It’s sad and ridiculous that we place more priority on driving our cars than soldiers’ lives.”

Stallings said that the flag is related to many of his other pieces, which offer commentaries by reflecting society.

“My art is a social mir-

Stallings ror,” he said. “I want it to make people think by putting them in an awkward or strange place and asking them to deal with it. Even if they can’t come up with a resolution, at least they’ll be aware.”

Stallings said his piece received a variety of comments.

“I heard someone say, ‘It’s so 2001,’ which I find ironic,” Stallings said.

“We’re still at war, even though we don’t look like we are. We don’t really see the costs — they are just shown to us on spreadsheets.”

Brandon Owings, who works in the Linfield Col-

lege utilities specialist services, said that after growing up in a military family and serving for nine months in the army, he felt disappointed with the oil-soaked flag.

“I went into the service at age 18 and basically signed my life over as a blank check,” Owings said.

“Servicemen wear the flag on their uniforms while defending this country, so I was hurt to see that someone would treat it that way.”

Senior Joelle Cheek said that while she didn’t have a strong opinion about the piece, she understood the mixed critiques.

“If someone has an idea of what the American flag stands for and then sees it treated differently than that, I can see how it would be upsetting,” Cheek said.

“But on the other hand, freedom of speech is still valuable for someone else who hasn’t had that background with the flag.”

Joanna Perterson can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

New kiln heats up Ceramics Club ‘Carousel’ cast

spins audience out of modernity

Kelley Hungerford Managing editor Ceramics Club members and enthusiasts gathered at the field behind the Miller Fine Arts Center armed with pots covered in glaze, copper wire and toothpaste. While the club hosts a wood-powered pit fire every semester, the April 24 firing also featured a new type of kiln: a raku.

Although only about eight people attended the firing, the event was an excellent experience, sophomore Josie Silberbach, president of Ceramics Club, said.

“It shows a much more hands-on way of firing than the traditional gas fire,” Silberbach said. “It also provides a different finish for the pots that cannot be achieved any other way. It gives the students a chance to be involved with their work from start to finish and to learn more about all aspects of firing and ceramics.”

A raku kiln is a cylindrical kiln made of brick, sophomore Ryan Kele, vice president of Ceramics Club, said. Pots are placed on a shelf inside the kiln, above a burner.

“The cylinder allows the fire to swirl up through the kiln and create a vortex of fire for even heat throughout,” Kele said.

After about an hour in the kiln, the red-hot pots are removed with tongs and placed into capped reduc-

Amanda Summers Copy editor

Photo courtesy of Ryan Kele Ceramics Club members extract red-hot pots from a raku kiln April 24. The pots reached up to 1,800 degrees, sophomore club president Josie Silberbach said. tion cans filled with shredded paper. Silberbach estimated that the pots where approximately 1,800 degrees when they where taken out.

The heat from the pot causes the paper to burst into flames and cook the pot a while longer, Kele said.

In a raku kiln, any part of the pot that isn’t glazed turns black. But the parts that are glazed produce vibrant colors unachievable in other types of firing.

A pit fire, on the other hand, features pots placed in a pit of wood and hay, which are ignited. When the wood burns to coal, Kele said the pit is covered to prevent oxy-

gen from escaping. The pit was unloaded April 25. But the pit pots don’t get glazed.

“With the pit, the pots turn out with swirls of colors that can be anything from bright oranges, greens, blues, reds, white and black: The color all depends on what colorants you placed in the packing for you fired,” Silberbach explained.

These colorants are anything from copper wire to toothpaste to weed killer.

Not all the pots made it, though. Sophomore Christy Tanner, Silberbach’s roommate, said one girl’s pot exploded in the raku and took a chunk out of her pot.

But she wasn’t too upset.

“The chunk came out very nicely,” she said.

And the mystery of what the pots will look like postfiring doesn’t bother Kele.

“It’s an escape from everyday life and the stresses of school work and other things,” he said about ceramics. “I can put all of that negative energy into the clay and create something beautiful out of it.”

For more information about Ceramics Club, please contact Silberbach at jsilber@ linfield.edu Kelley Hungerford can be reached at linfieldreviewmanaging@gmail.com

Linfield students and community members alike joined forces to perform Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” which opened April 23 in the Gallery Theater. Complete with costumes, a hand-painted backdrop and energetic cast members, the production created a new reality for the audience’s observation.

A small group of musicians played live music for the show, sitting to the side of the stage in the Gallery Theater. The group included senior Alexandria Hill, juniors Tracy Beaver and Audrey Rasmussen and freshman Zoe Rozzi.

Among the key roles were Billy Bigelow, Carrie Pipperidge and Julie Jordan, played by senior Andrew Pohl and sophomores Chelsea Janzen and Kayla Wilkens, respectively. Each Linfield student brought great vocal prowess to the production.

“I liked the fact that the show had a lot of Linfield students in it,” freshman Stephanie Raso said. “The students were talented and the singing was amazing.”

The show began with a scene of music and action but no words. Although

somewhat lengthy for some audience members’ taste, the scene helped set the stage, so to speak, allowing the audience to acclimate to the setting of “Carousel,” a world much different than modern times. With each song, however, the plot gained speed.

The second act was set 15 years after the first act, and the costuming created a convincing display.

“The costumes were helpful for understanding the time frame,” Raso said.

Overall, audience and cast members felt the show was a success.

“I’m really pleased with how it’s going, and there are a lot of professional qualities in this production,” Wilkens said. “I’m really proud of the culmination of our efforts.”

Remaining performances are set for May 1-2 and 7-8.

Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7:30 p.m., and the Sunday show begins at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $13 for students and seniors and $15 for general admission. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Gallery Theater box office at 503-472-2227 or at the theater before the show.

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Off-the-wall project prompts student mural Lauren Ostrom Features editor A progressive student mural adorns the side of Harvest Fresh, a local organic grocery store located in historic downtown McMinnville.

The Introduction to Studio Practices class, taught

by Totem Shriver, adjunct professor of art and visual culture, is painting the work of art for a project.

Town residents can see the painting as they drive along Third and NE Cowls streets.

Vines, bumble bees, a flower, a rabbit, a teapot and abstract shapes cover the side of a building. Vivacious students listen to music while brushing their colorful paints on the historic cement wall.

Shriver’s class is painting the mural on the side of Harvest Fresh as a way of breaking out of the classroom. The students are learning how to collaborate with each another instead of sitting in a room working independently.

“Downtown McMinnville is going to wonder who painted the mural,” Shriver said. “And they are going to find out that it was

Linfield students.”

Shriver said the project causes students to venture outside the classroom and into the public eye.

After searching for places to create the mural, Shriver asked the owners of Harvest Fresh, whom he knew. The owners were ecstatic to work with him and his class, he said.

But Shriver said there are still some concerns.

“Anytime you put something in the public [eye], you have to have an explanation for why you did what you did,” he said.

“You take the risk of someone not liking it.”

Shriver also said that he tried to get out of the way and let his students paint, while remaining a mentor to them.

April 29 was the third day the class worked on the mural, and it came a long way in that short time. It began as a black-and-white design on paper and has slowly morphed into a colorful work of art.

Each student adds his or her own style to the mural.

When Shriver asked what or who their inspiration was for the mural, junior Asa Jones replied Salvador

Dali.

Dali’s artwork is random and contains objects that seem misplaced. It is clear that most of the objects in the mural, such as a teapot and a rabbit, are “out of place.”

“It’s fun working on a wall because there is a lot of room,” Jones said. “I’ve taken a class with Totem before, and he does classes in a collaborative way. Projects are always fun and off the wall.”

The class plans to finish the mural as quickly as it can. Weather is an obstacle for the students.

The mural features a large white rabbit at the center, which was there before the students began the mural. The rabbit was a part of our old mural that had been on the side of Harvest Fresh for years.

Shriver said he decided to leave it there in memory of the last mural that was created on the building’s wall about five years ago.

He also said that it’s like keeping a piece of history within a modern work of art.

Lauren Ostrom can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

Lauren Ostrom/Features editor Totem Shriver, adjunct professor of art and visual culture, instructs a student in his Introduction to Studio Practices class, which is painting a mural on the side of Harvest Fresh.

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Ass kicked “Kick-Ass” fuses extreme violence with comic lore in a striking, yet entertaining, fashion.

Dominic Baez Editor-in-chief “With great power comes great…” Wait, sorry, wrong comic. Although, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that people might say, “Wait, another comicturned movie?” There has been a slew of them during the last few years. But is that a bad thing? Not necessarily so. The newest rendition of comic-hits-thebig-screen, “Kick-Ass,” is a refreshing, hyper-violent, bloody good time, reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill.”

The plot is simple enough: A less-than-popular teenage male decides he wants to be something more. But, unlike in so many movies, there is no super power introduced in this movie (unless you count sheer luck as a power).

The protagonist, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), has high ambitions as he purchases a green-and-yellow wet suit to wear while he battles crime with nightsticks. It goes about as well as one would think. (To all of you out there who think this might be someone to emulate, remember this:

Photo courtesy of Marv Films Hit-girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) revs up to punch Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong) during a scene in “Kick-Ass.” Criminals carry guns and knives. Wet suits don’t stop bullets.) Through his insane escapades, Kick-Ass, as he calls himself, vaults into Internet fame as a video of him kicking ass goes viral.

Soon after, he discovers that he’s not the only superhero in town. Enter Hit-girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) and Big Daddy (Nicholas Cage).

In a quest for vengeance (now doesn’t that sound familiar?), Hit-girl and Big Daddy enlist Kick-Ass to enact revenge against Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong), the antagonist of the movie. Apparently, he’s a drug lord. Or a crime boss. Or

something. It wasn’t made clear, but it doesn’t really matter. His son, however, serves to stimulate the palate, as he is Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), another masked vigilante ready to be adored by the populace. It makes for an interesting dichotomy.

Hit-girl (Mindy is her name is the movie), an 11-year-old, blond-haired psychopath, commands the screen. It’s not often when you get to observe a preadolescent spit venomous expletives at everyone she is beating down. Watching her perform a series of neck-breaking acrobatics

while reloading her pistol so she can take her next headshot is epic in and of itself. Add onto that the fact that she can pull off a purple wig, and you have a star in the making.

Big Daddy, however, is just plain creepy. Cage is just a freak show in this movie (the porn mustache doesn’t help any), and it’s just unnerving to watch.

Matthew Vaughn directed the film. Critics have likened him to Guy Ritchie, and with “Kick-Ass” now gracing the big screen, it’s easy to see why: There is a certain “RockNRolla”ish vibe present, although

“Kick-Ass” has a decidedly more upbeat take on life.

Admittedly, “Kick-Ass,” in all its blood-splattering goodness, is still a superhero movie. It is based on a comic book. But if you want to see a dude get his ass kicked in hilarious action sequences and a little girl who should be selling Girl Scout cookies taking out crime bosses with finely tuned shooting skills, by all means, enjoy the movie.

However, you may want to bring an umbrella: It’s going to be a bloodbath.

Title: “Kick-ass” Rating: R Running time: 1 hour, 57 minutes McMinnville Cinemas 10 showtimes: 3:30 p.m., 6:20, 9:10 Online: View the trailer video at www.linfieldreview.com.

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Moll is back for more

Joel Ray/Freelancer Sophomore Jeremy Moll (right) performs his second Cat Cab in Ice Auditorium on April 29. He played original songs from his CD “Album One” and some new tunes.

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Pay the piper, then Albert Pujols Answer: No one knows.

It’s never happened before.

But with Albert Pujols’ current deal set to expire after the 2011 season, all eyes will be on his contract negotiations.

When Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard signed a 5-year, $125 million extension this week, it raised plenty of questions. Chief among them is this: If Howard is worth $25 million per year, then how much is Pujols worth? “$50 million a year, at least,” Braves manager Bobby Cox said in an interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “I don’t know how you pay a guy like Pujols.

Sports Commentary Alex Harkaway Freelancer Question: What happens when a Hall of Fame-bound first baseman in the prime of his career with a Gold Glove, a World Series ring and three MVP awards to his credit hits the free agent market?

“To put $50 million in a new light, it would take a sports writer with a $40,000 annual salary 1,250 years to match it.”

He’s the best.”

Cox is right — Pujols is the best player in the game.

No one else can match his hitting, fielding and competitiveness. He is the total package. His career statistics read like a Guinness Book of World Records. But not only would a $50 million-peryear deal shatter the previous MLB record for salary, it would almost double the

$27.5 million-per-year wage Alex Rodriguez is averaging in his current 10-year deal.

To put $50 million in a new light, it would take a sports writer with a $40,000 annual salary 1,250 years to match it.

Realistically, there is only one team that would ever contemplate throwing that kind of money at a single player. Of course, that

team is the Yankees. However, with Mark Teixeira entrenched at first base, an offer from New York seems unlikely. Could this allow a surprise team to sign away the game’s best player?

Don’t count on it. Pujols has stressed his desire to win and was quoted last year saying, “Money is not everything; it’s better to have a competitive team that can go to the postseason.” The Cardinals have made the playoffs in six of Albert’s nine seasons and are expected to get back there again this year. Pujols will be hardpressed to find a suitor who can match that success.

The 2011 offseason may seem to be a long way away, but it has the chance to reshape the economics of the game.

Could the St. Louis Cardinals, a team in a midmarket city, dish out more money for a player than the Yankees ever have?

When that player is Pujols, the Cardinals may have to. In the next few years, Pujols will continue to break records.

The next record he claims may have nothing to do with home runs, averages or RBIs; it might just be about the dollar bills.

ing time feeling uneasy or intimidated about playing.

“I came into it thinking it was a fun and active way to get involved,” she said.

“I’d only played with one other girl on the team, so [I played with] a completely new group of girls.”

As a result of her advancement from high school to college lacrosse, Jones said at the start of the season she transitioned how she played in order to achieve equilibrium with her latest team.

“I feel I’m not a selfish player, but I do take shots,” she said.

In an attempt to describe her playing style, Jones discovered that she doesn’t know what it is — she’s too busy with her head in the game.

Fellow midfielder sophomore Taylor Fisher said that Jones pushed herself to the limit during practice and at game time.

“Mariah was a great addition to our team on and off the field,” she said. “She has speed, a killer shot and amazing stick skills. I loved having her on our team.”

Jones stands at 4 feet, 11 inches. Although, she admits that competing against girls of larger stature makes her feel slightly nervous. Bigger girls don’t worry her too much, she said — her mentality drives

her while she plays.

“I’m definitely aggressive,” she said. “I think I’ve gotten three or four yellow cards this season. You have to be aggressive to play.

Some lacrosse players are sneaky.”

But the competition isn’t cunning enough to catch Jones off guard. Within the time she has been a lacrosse player, she has sustained few injuries.

“During my last game, I got a pretty nice goose egg on the side of my head because a girl whacked me with a stick,” Jones said.

“Other than that, besides getting stick checked on the hand or stick checked in the head or people just mauling over, I haven’t gotten any injuries.”

Her plans to play lacrosse in the future depend on her educational decisions. The elementary education major said she wants to travel abroad.

January Term is not long enough to satisfy her, but she said she has yet to decide if she wants to leave during the fall or spring semester.

“If I don’t come back, it’s because of studying abroad,” Jones said.

“Obviously, I’m going to put school first before lacrosse.”

Alex Harkaway can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

Jones epitomizes the fight in the dog Septembre Russell Copy chief “It’s one of those sports where you’re like, ‘Ah, man, practice… I don’t want to go,’ but then when you play in the games it’s worth it.”

Freshman Mariah Jones is referring to the sport she has been playing since junior high school and has lettered in four times during her high school career: lacrosse.

Jones played midfield for the 2009-2010 season, her first at Linfield. The lacrosse season ended April 17 with a 2-8 record, but Jones put up solid statistics, recording 32 goals and 39 points to finish as the season’s second highest scorer.

She said she chooses to keep her mind on the end result of the game instead of focusing on statistics. On a team, it shouldn’t matter who is doing all the scoring or who the leader is, as long as you win, she said laughingly.

Don’t get the wrong impression of the athlete: Winning isn’t all that appeals to her. She’s got her head on straight.

From participating in her sport, she said she has learned how to manage and prioritize her time and work with other people,

Sport

Megan Myer/Photo editor Freshman Mariah Jones eludes a defender during Linfield’s 14-17 loss against Pacific University on April 6. Jones scored four goals in that game.

all of which only complement what she gains from the team atmosphere, which includes spending time with a group of girls that she said she may not have had the opportunity to if she weren’t playing lacrosse.

“You get to meet dif-

Baseball Track and field Baseball

ferent people,” Jones said.

“Some of the seniors on the team and even some of the juniors don’t even live here. It’s almost as if I would never have met them if we weren’t teammates.”

Obviously, competition is considerably different

in college than it is in high school, Jones said. Traveling is involved and opponents are varied instead of from the same conference; however, playing collegiate level lacrosse wasn’t an issue for her once she graduated. She attended games instead of spend-

Wildcat sports schedule

Date

Opponent or event

May 1 May 1

Pacific Lutheran University (2)

Pacific Twilight

May 2

Track and field

May 5

Men’s soccer

May 8

Track and field

May 8

Location

John Knight Twilight

Linfield Alumni Oregon Twilight

Time

Forest Grove, Ore.

Pac. Lutheran

McMinnville

Septembre Russell can be reached at linfieldreviewcopy@gmail.com

Noon 3 p.m.

McMinnville

Noon

Monmouth, Ore.

3 p.m.

McMinnville

Eugene, Ore.

1 p.m.

3 p.m.

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Seasoned candidate scores coaching job Shawn Fisher News reporter

The women’s basketball team may have found just what it needs to turn it back into a winning program: a new coach.

Robin Potera-Haskins will take over as the head women’s basketball coach, Director of Athletics Scott Carnahan announced via e-mail April 19.

She will succeed interim coach Casey Kushiyama, who led the team for one year after longtime coach Robyn Stewart departed in August. Potera-Haskins has coached for 24 years at sev-

eral different institutions, and her collegiate coaching record is 336-198.

“I’m interested in being in a place that puts value on academics as well as athletics,” she said. “I believe that Linfield is going to be a good fit.”

A hiring committee comprising members of the health, human performance and athletics department and three female student-athletes chose Potera-Haskins for the position.

“We narrowed down the applicants based on who met the job requirements listed in the job descrip-

Potera-Haskins tion,” senior Nadra Evans said.

Evans, a key player on the basketball team this year, was a member of the hiring committee.

Three candidates were

interviewed for the position, and Potera-Haskins was the best choice, Evans said.

“Just by looking at her background and seeing what she did for many other schools [to improve their teams], I think she can turn our program around,” Evans said.

Potera-Haskins anticipates jumpstarting the struggling team, Carnahan said. This year, the team had a 6-19 record — an improvement from its 3-22 record during the 2008-09 season.

“She’s an enthusiastic person and is excited about the position,” Carnahan said. “Hopefully, she will be

able to build upon the progress that was made last year and continue building our program to be competitive at the national level.”

Potera-Haskins was the head coach for the last three years for the women’s team at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a NCAA Division II school in Florida. She led its team to the 2009 National Christian College Athletic Association championship game, which it lost by only three points.

She was also the head coach at Louisiana College (2006-07), Montana State University (2001-04), Texas Wesleyan University (1991-

01) and Austin College (1994-99).

She was also an assistant coach at Winthrop University. She helped the Eagles improve their record from 2-26 in 2004-05 to 14-15 during the 2005-06 season.

“Robin has tremendous basketball knowledge and a history of success at every level she has coached at,” Carnahan said. “Coupled with her teaching experience, I think she will be a good fit for the college.”

Potera-Haskins will also teach courses within the HHPA department.

Shawn Fisher can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com

Softball: Cruising into postseason << Continued from page 16 a complete game.

The series moved to Forest Grove on April 25, but Linfield brought its bats once again against Pacific’s secondary pitching.

The Wildcats, the No. 1 home run hitting team in Division III, hit three more long balls.

Prestianni had her 13th of the year — a three-run bomb.

Keim had a two-run homer, her second in two days. First baseman Stacie Doucette tied a Linfield record with her 14th of the season, which leads

D-III softball.

The team averages just fewer than 1.5 home runs per game, a statistic that could break D-III records if they continue this success.

Although she hit three long balls and drove in 12 runs on the weekend, Prestianni said she does not look for home runs.

“I’m definitely not trying to [hit home runs],” she said.

“I’m just trying to get a hit every time, and I guess it just happens.”

The ’Cats won 16-5 and also received major contributions from sophomore centerfielder Jaydee Baxter, who drove in

three, and Velaski struck out six batters in two innings.

With 59 home runs, the team has shattered its singleseason record of 50 and two more than the program did from 1993-2004.

Linfield swept the Boxers with a 5-3 win in the regular season finale.

Doucette, Baxter and junior shortstop Emily Keagbine all had RBI doubles and provided enough support for Harvey to pick up her 16th victory.

The Wildcats have a week off before heading to regionals, bringing their 35-5 record with them. The team moved up to No. 11 in the National Fast-

pitch Coaches Association poll and has an identical record to the No. 1 team, Louisiana College.

Senior right fielder Rochelle Friend has been in three regionals and helped win a national championship in 2007. She knows the level of competition will be a lot higher than the NWC. “Our region is by far the toughest region there is,” she said. “The teams [at regionals] are a lot better than the ones we play in conference.”

Linfield opens up postseason play May 13.

Kurtis Williams can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

Megan Myer/Photo editor Junior infielder Alex Hartmann reacts to a Pacific University hit during Linfield’s 7-3 win April 24.

Track: ’Cats continue incredible season << Continued from page 16

we have all worked together to improve our form.”

Junior Kaycee Hallstrom scored eight points by finishing second in the women’s javelin and threw a season best of 42.25 meters.

Hallstrom also placed fourth in the shot put.

In a mighty 1-2-5 finish in the women’s pole vault, sophomores Catherine Street and Misty Corwin jumped into first place and runner-up, respectively.

Freshman Ryann Nolan finished in fifth place, vaulting a season best of 2.81.

Despite losing senior Josh Lovell to a hamstring injury that kept him from competing, his brother, senior Jeremy Lovell, secured second place in the pole vault behind Pacific Lutheran University freshman Chester Holt. Jeremy Lovell also took second place in the long jump with a mark of 22-6 1/2, and earned forth in the triple jump at 43-4 1/2.

“The Lovells are great competitors and true warriors,” junior sprinter Cory Parrish said. “I had a blast competing with them, and I’m really going to miss them.”

Sophomore Chelsea Machida jumped a strong 5-3 1/4 to re-establish her NWC champion status in the high jump.

Freshman Lester Maxwell, who was entered in the open 400-meter dash at the last minute after his extraordinary performance at the Rich Allen Classic a week earlier, finished only six tenths of a second off his personal best to place second with a time of 50.14.

Although junior Mike Eldredge was the favorite to win both the 110 and 400 hurdles at conference, he came home with a sprained ankle instead of two medals.

After suffering the sprain in the 110 hurdles, he pulled his hamstring five steps into the 400-hurdle finals. But, instead of quitting, he finished the race.

“I realized that it was the last race of my season,” Eldredge said. “So I just blew off my leg and went for it.”

Unfortunately, Eldredge was disqualified for pushing the final hurdle over with his hand in an effort to stay on his feet despite his injuries.

“It was a heartbreaker,” he said. “But what kept me going was Cory Parrish

Megan Myer/Photo editor Sophomore Lynn Robinson (left) hands off the baton to senior Tasha Tolzmann during Linfield’s track and field practice April 16. there cheering me on from the sideline.”

Senior Clint Moore came home with two personal bests and a fourth-place finish in both the shot and the discus.

In distance, senior Chris McIsaac made his final

stand. Placing second in both the 5K and 10K, he said he ran the two best races of his life at conference.

“I hadn’t run a 10K since the Linfield Icebreaker,” McIsaac said. “I wasn’t quite sure what would happen.”

The leader, Francis Reyn-

olds of UPS, pressed the pace early, but McIsaac held tight to his heels.

But, as the laps passed by, Reynolds pulled ahead of the pack, winning the event.

“I was happy with [the race],” McIsaac said. “To run that kind of time under

those conditions is a hard thing to do.”

The following day, McIsaac ran in the 5K. After the gun, he was pushed to the ground, caught himself with his hand and raced on.

“I just had to go for it,” he said.

It was his final race as a point-scorer for Linfield.

The race was chalked with fights, as McIsaac spent several laps scrapping with Willamette sophomore Ben Donovan, something that McIsaac said he normally doesn’t do.

After taking the lead with five laps to go, McIsaac was beaten in the final 100 meters of the race by Whitworth junior Nick Gallagher.

“He just stuck on me like a fly on s---,” McIsaac said.

He said he attributes his ability to run the grueling double to the consistent mileage that he ran this season, as well as the workouts that head coach Garry Killgore has created for him.

Along with a handful of other Linfield elite, McIsaac will spend the coming weeks trying to make qualifying marks for the national championships in Berea, Ohio, on May 27.

Nic Miles can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

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Baseball pulls first sweep at GFU’s Morse Field Grant Lucas Sports editor Linfield entered into a series that called for three wins against George Fox University to remain in contention for the Northwest Conference championship in Newberg, Ore., on April 24 and 25. The Wildcats answered with a three-game sweep of the Bruins.

Entering the series, the Bruins sat only a half-game behind the Wildcats for second place in the NWC. Anticipation was high for George Fox, as no team in history had swept the Bruins at Morse Field — that is, until the ’Cats visited on this weekend.

Momentum and intensity were tantamount in the George Fox sweep, senior pitcher Garrett Dorn said.

He said that everything was falling into place.

Senior first baseman Rhett Fenton had a similar take.

“All week we talked about being the ‘hunters,’ not the ‘hunted,’” he said.

“We brought that attitude into the series, looking to take it one game at a time.

We knew we had nothing to lose and everything to gain.”

Linfield displayed its dominant lineup throughout the series, scoring 18 more runs than its opponent.

“It’s always nice as a pitcher to know that no matter how you play, you can still have an opportunity to win because of your offense,” Dorn said. “Our lineup is the strongest I’ve seen since I’ve been here, and it gives our pitching staff a lot of confidence.”

The No. 17 Wildcats improved to 17-4 in conference play and 27-10 overall, trailing Pacific Lutheran University by one game in the NWC standings.

After Linfield notched an early 1-0 lead in the first inning, the ’Cats erupted for 17 runs in the next frame, overpowering Bruin pitchers with 13 hits in 22 at-bats.

The George Fox defense helped out the Linfield onslaught, committing a whopping five errors in the inning that allowed

nine unearned runs to score.

Fenton recorded two hits and three RBIs in the frame, while junior designated hitter Kevin Coleman and senior catcher Mitch Webb contributed with two hits apiece.

With an 18-0 advantage, sophomore pitcher Ryan Larson had more than enough room for comfort, allowing only four runs in six innings of work en route to his team-leading eighth win of the season.

Linfield junior third baseman Dustin Smith led the offensive attack with four hits and three RBIs. In the nightcap, Dorn shut down the Bruins’ lineup, lasting eight innings and giving up just three runs — one of them unearned.

Three innings after two Wildcat errors allowed the Bruins to even the score at one, Linfield regained the lead when sophomore outfielder Zach Boskovich drove in senior shortstop Kelson Brown, who doubled to lead off the frame.

Linfield extended its advantage to three after the ’Cats scored one run in each of the fifth and sixth innings. The Wildcats sealed the victory in the eighth when Fenton scored on an error by Bruin junior third baseman Eric Gantenbein.

In the bottom half of the frame, George Fox tallied two runs, knocking a pair of RBI doubles off Dorn.

Junior Robert Vaughn, however, entered the game in the ninth inning and held the Bruins scoreless to pick up his first save of the season.

“As the game went on, I felt like I was getting stronger,” Dorn said. “I had good velocity on my fastball and was able to command my slider. Making pitches in key situations made me successful.”

Fenton and senior centerfielder Tyson Smith each posted a team-high two hits, scoring a combined two runs in the process.

Freshman catcher Josh Rapacz was the lone bright spot for George Fox following a two-hit, one-RBI

Duc Hoang/Freelancer Freshman infielder Geoff Kunita prepares to fire a ball back to a teammate during the Wildcats’ practice April 22.

Linfield needs two wins against Pacific Lutheran University on May 1 and 2 for the NWC championship.

performance.

In the series finale, a pair of fifth-inning home runs by the Wildcats highlighted a 10-run outing, in which senior Reese McCulley threw seven solid innings of one-run ball.

With the score tied heading into the fourth inning, Linfield used an RBI single

by Tyson Smith and an RBI double by Brown to grab hold of a two-run edge.

In the top of the fifth, Fenton belted a leadoff homer, soon followed by a three-run blast by Dustin Smith that extended Linfield’s lead to six.

After the teams exchanged runs in the eighth inning, Boskovich delivered his league-leading 14th bomb of the season to cap off the Wildcat victory.

Brown paced the offense

with three hits, while Boskovich, Fenton and Larson each added two.

The Wildcats will face off against the Lutes in McMinnville on May 1 and 2 for a three-game series that will decide the NWC championship. The magic number for each program is two, as that many wins will bring home the title.

“If we play our game and don’t give PLU extra outs, we will have a good chance to win each game,” Fenton said. “We’re playing some of our best baseball right now and carrying a lot of confidence into this series.”

Linfield is 7-2 at home in NWC action this season, while PLU holds an 8-1 record on the road in conference play.

Victor Zhu/Photographer

Grant Lucas can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

Sophomore pitcher Ethan Trachtenberg warms up his arm before practice April 30. Linfield faces Pacific Lutheran University on May 1 for the NWC title.

“It’s always fun competing against the best, and we have Coach Carl [Swanson] to thank for giving us the chance to travel and play against the best,” Magdaong said.

Magdaong and Kingzett ended the season with a 13-7 record. Kingzett also went on to finish his season with 42 doubles wins, which put him in third for most doubles wins in the men’s tennis pro-

gram at Linfield.

The tournament was the last of the season. The two will both return next season. “[The trip] was a lot of fun,” Kingzett said. “Overall, we hoped to do a little better, but Mark and I made the quarters of doubles, which was good for us.”

Magdaong agreed with Kingzett.

“Not every day is a good day, but it was a great expe-

No. 1 doubles falls to UCSC Corrina Crocker Features reporter The men’s tennis team lost in the Ojai Valley Tournament on April 24, but juniors Mark Magdaong and Brent Kingzett advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost.

The pair fell to University of California, Santa Cruz junior Brian Pybas and senior Marc Vartabedian, 8-2.

rience, and we have a lot to learn from it,” he said.

The pair has high hopes for next season.

“Mark and I had a successful first season playing together, so our expectations for next year will be even higher,” Kingzett said. “I am excited to reach our full potential and see how far that can take us.”

Corrina Crocker can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

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Catline Athletes on right track for D-III title Nic Miles Sports reporter

Northwest Conference standings Baseball Pac. Lutheran

18-3 (30-7)

.857

Linfield

17-4 (27-10)

.810

George Fox

16-8 (23-14)

.667

Puget Sound

11-10 (18-19)

.524

Willamette

10-11 (14-21)

.476

Pacific

10-14 (15-24)

.417

Whitworth

7-14 (10-27)

.333

Lewis & Clark

6-18 (9-24)

.250

Whitman

4-17 (5-31)

.190

Softball Final standings Linfield Willamette

27-1 (35-5)

.964

20-8 (28-12)

.714

Pacific

18-10 (23-17)

.643

Pac. Lutheran

17-11 (23-15)

.607

Whitworth

12-16 (18-18)

.429

Puget Sound

11-17 (13-27)

.393

George Fox

7-21 (13-27)

.250

Lewis & Clark

0-28 (3-36)

.000

Men’s tennis Final standings Whitman

16-0 (20-4)

Linfield

13-3 (13-7)

.812

Willamette

11-5 (13-8)

.688

Pac. Lutheran

11-5 (14-10)

.688

Whitworth Pacific

1.000

9-7 (9-16)

.562

5-11 (6-12)

.312

Puget Sound

5-11 (5-12)

.312

George Fox

2-14 (5-16)

.125

Lewis & Clark

0-16 (0-18)

.000

Women’s tennis Final standings Whitworth

15-1 (19-4)

.938

Linfield

14-2 (15-6)

.875

Whitman

12-4 (16-9)

.750

Willamette

10-6 (12-9)

.625

Lewis & Clark

9-7 (11-14)

.562

Pacific

6-10 (6-14)

.375

Puget Sound

3-13 (5-14)

.188

Pac. Lutheran

3-13 (3-15)

.188

George Fox

0-16 (0-17)

.000

Two is the magic number

After sweeping George Fox University on April 24 and 25, the Linfield baseball team is just two victories away from winning the Northwest Conference title.

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Victor Zhu/Photographer Sophomore Catherine Street clears the bar during practice April 30. Street has broken Linield’s pole vault record twice this season, most recently at the Rich Allen Classic in Newberg, Ore., on April 18 when she eclipsed 4 meters.

A bittersweet weekend marked the end of the track and field season for some, and the beginning of the road to the national championships for others.

Linfield competed in the Northwest Conference Track and Field Championships at Whitworth University’s Boppell Track in Spokane, Wash., on April 23 and 24.

In a meet that runners, throwers and jumpers from across the Northwest have been preparing for all season, the women and men’s teams placed fourth and third, respectively.

The women finished one place higher than last season.

In women’s javelin, sophomore Kelly Marineau’s 138-foot, 7-inch toss earned her a second-place finish and the top spot on Linfield’s record board. Her throw moved her from second on the all-time list to No. 1.

Right after the announcing of the measurement of her throw, Marineau said she knew that she had broken the record.

“Nothing has changed in my personal training,” Marineau said. “But my throwing teammates this year have been really supportive and >> Please see Track page 14

Men’s, women’s golf finish in top four Justin Derby Sports reporter The Linfield men and women’s golf teams finished in the top four in the Northwest Conference Championships at Heron Lakes on April 24-25. The men finished in third place, while the women finished fourth, each among a nineteam field.

Whitworth University won the men’s conference championship with a two-round score of 618 and captured the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division III tournament. The University of Puget Sound placed second, set two strokes behind at 620. Linfield and Pacific University shared third place at 622. The Wildcats shot 312

on the second day, compared to Pacific’s 299.

Senior Tyler Nelson shot a 77-75—152 to lead the Wildcats, putting him in a three-way tie for second place. Junior Yutaro Sakamoto finished in eighth place at 77-70—156.

The men began slowly but put together a strong rally on the second day, as the scores of Nelson, Sakamoto and Rychard showed.

In the women’s conference championship, Whitworth captured first place with a total of 654, claiming the conference’s automatic NCAA Division III tournament in the process. George Fox was second with 657 and Puget Sound was third at 673. Linfield shot 684 over 36 holes to clinch fourth place.

With a score of 80 April 25, junior Brynn Hurdus shaved five strokes off her first-round score of 85 to finish with a 165. Sophomore Sophie Corr shot 89-83—172 to share 18th place. Senior Brittany Johnston and junior Katie Kilborn shared 23rd place. Johnston shot 85-90—175.

After having a strong first-day performance, the women faltered as a team on day two.

“We managed to have all our scores that counted toward our team total in the 80s, which put us in a strong position,” junior Brinn Hovde said. “Going into the second day, we all set high expectations for ourselves, which I think allowed us to become frustrated easily.”

This season was full of successes that left Hovde pleased, she said.

“Looking back on the spring, I feel like we had a successful season overall,” Hovde said. “We worked hard, did lots of good things and had some strong finishes, which will continue to give us that drive to do better and grow as a team.”

Next season holds plenty of promise and potential for the women’s golf team, Johnston said.

“I hope that Brinn, Sophie and Katie will continue to shoot in the low 80s, like they are capable of,” she said. “I think that will give our team great potential to win some tournaments and be a strong competitor.”

Justin Derby can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

Softball wraps up season on top Kurtis Williams Freelancer Linfield’s softball team ended its regular season April 24 and 25 with four wins against second-place Pacific University.

Despite having a playoff berth already locked up, the games were still crucial.

“These games are all so big in seeding us for regionals,” freshman infielder Karliegh Prestianni said.

Senior pitcher Samantha Van Noy started her last regular season game and gave up eight runs on eight hits in two innings.

Trailing 2-8 in the third inning, Linfield closed the gap with three runs on a home run by Prestianni.

Sophomore Emilee Lepp added another three-run shot of her own in

the fourth before Prestianni hit a tworun bomb to put the Wildcats in front 10-8, a lead they would hold for the rest of the game.

“Getting down like that, we don’t really ever get nervous because we know that with one or two swings of the bat we can tie the game up,” Prestianni said. “All the way through the lineup, we’re a threat like that.”

Junior Claire Velaski allowed no runs on two hits in three innings of relief of Van Noy. Pacific sophomore pitcher Lauren Tuey had a rough fifth inning, walking five batters, hitting two and throwing five wild pitches, resulting in six runs and a 16-8 victory for Linfield.

The Wildcats and the Boxers pitched their aces in Game 2: sophomore Lauren Harvey for Linfield and

Megan Myer/Photo editor Sophomore catcher Sami Keim frames a pitch from sophomore pitcher Lauren Harvey during Linfield’s 7-3 win against Pacific University on April 24. senior Miranda McNealy for Pacific.

Junior second baseman Alex Hartmann broke open the scoring with a two-run double. She was driven home by a double from junior left fielder Kayla Hubrich, putting the ’Cats up 3-0.

Sophomore catcher Sami Keim’s

grand slam gave Linfield a 7-1 in the fifth.

Errors led to all three Pacific runs as Harvey gave up no unearned runs on six hits while striking out seven in >> Please see Softball page 14