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Opinions

May 7, 2010

EDITORIAL

What good is a parking permit if we can’t park?

There have been multiple instances at Linfield when students have been required to vacate parking lots in light of non-Linfield events to make room for visitors.

These actions raise the question of who the school should give deference to in irregular parking situations.

The two most recent occasions were the closure of Founder’s Way for the 50-Year Club Luncheon on May 5 and the closure of the Vivian A. Bull Music Center and Ford Theater parking areas May 1 for the OSAA State Solo Contest.

Regarding the solo contest, students were told in an e-mail sent by Director of Linfield College Community Public Safety & Security Robert Cepeda that any vehicles left in the area after 8 p.m. the night before the event could possibly be towed.

It seems odd that students who pay $85 for yearlong parking permits are displaced so often by visitors who are in no way connected to Linfield. Shouldn’t the paying students be given priority in a large majority of parking situations?

Some students rely heavily on parking lots such as the one by Ford Theater and, while this may be only a minor inconvenience (if even that) to many, it is a major inconvenience to some. Those students pay for that convenience, so shouldn’t it be afforded to them as often as possible?

Students are told they can simply find someplace else to park for one day, but couldn’t visitors do so as well in most instances? When we have a need for extra parking, the students paying for parking should have priority, to an extent.

In an interview, Cepeda said students should take a more realistic approach to the situation.

“We have to consider that we are a community,” he said.

Cepeda said the whole community is inconvenienced, and we should be asking what is best for this community rather than what is best for students as individuals.

He also said that we should consider the impression we make on members of the community or other nearby areas when we tell them they can’t use our parking areas.

Megan Myer/Photo editor Cepeda raises some important points. We certainly don’t want to let our microcosmic thinking get the best of us and set Linfield on a pedestal above any and all outsiders.

However, we feel that, although it may seem somewhat selfish, students are entitled to the conveniences they pay for. We don’t mean to play the “poor college student” card, but, in reality, many of us are cheap, and when we pay for something, we expect to get exactly what we pay for. And when students pay for a parking permit, they rightfully expect certain parking privileges.

Now, this does not mean students can’t or shouldn’t make concessions in certain cases every now and then. But to decide when and where to make such concessions, we need established guidelines.

The most closely related policy to this issue is on the parking section of Campus Safety’s website (www.linfield.edu/campus-safety/ parking.html), “vehicles on Linfield property may be towed due to extenuating circumstances. Efforts will be made to contact the responsible person ... to move a vehicle prior to the department having them towed.”

This policy is effectively executed, as Cepeda said great efforts were taken to contact students who had left vehicles parked in the area the night before the solo contest. Actually towing student vehicles is a last

resort; when student vehicles are towed, they are taken to the nearest available parking area. And LCCPS pays for the towing service so violating students do not have to pay.

This is all good, but even Cepeda admits it could be coordinated better. He said he tries to utilize parking as effectively as possible when visitors come, sometimes even denying long-term parking to visitors who clearly do not need it. But sometimes he receives requests for lot closures the day before, making it difficult to coordinate effectively.

We need specific guidelines that determine how to proceed when faced with possible lot closures.

Even broad guidelines would do as long as they are there.

Cepeda said there is no set-instone policy, but also warned that while some things should be in writing, not everything should.

Although we don’t necessarily need one hard and fast policy, we should at least be discussing the possibility of imposing certain guidelines so students are not arbitrarily told where they can and cannot park. This is an important question in light of the many lot closures we have experienced this school year.

Cepeda seems to be taking an active role in this matter, as he discussed many parking issues at the ASLC Senate meeting May 3. He said he aims to find where to “give

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Follow us on Twitter, @linfieldreview, and on Facebook. and take” in terms of parking, which is a good step forward.

But he should not be the only one moving forward. We all need to take part in this discussion, students, faculty and administration. We all park (at least those of us with cars do), and parking is far from perfect, so let’s all work together to at least make it better. We know there is a solution out there that would minimize inconvenience and frustration for as many members of our community as possible.

Students should not simply be kicked out of parking lots whenever some outside organization decides to hold an event here, but we should not close ourselves off to the community, either. By working on setting up guidelines, we are confident that an appropriate balance can be found.

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COLUMN

Don’t judge a belief by its cover; get the facts instead Matt Olson Guest columnist

I was both intrigued and bemused when last week’s guest column surfaced in conversation and quickly found myself reading it with avid interest. Not that I felt the issue was particularly important to me; rather, it was the means that the author took at targeting an individual and attributing blame that struck me. I applaud both sides’ willingness to fight for their respective convictions, but I cannot agree with the methods chosen by the author of the guest column. It seemed to me that the goal of the piece was to discredit and diminish opposing views on the issue instead of focusing on debating the issues.

America prides itself on being a land of diversity and differing beliefs. I can’t imagine a world any different, and the fact that I could

openly go to Senate and support or oppose any issue on the table is a freedom I should be valuing more.

Sophomore senator Andrew Carpenter, the target of much of the guest column, is notable for taking full advantage of his right to speak.

The venomous undertones in last week’s guest column seem to rest wholly on the premise that Carpenter was against the author’s views and happened to be successful in his debating.

I struggle to see how Carpenter could avoid “taking control of the discussion” if his opposition was completely unprepared to debate the resolution. What exactly is Senate for, then? Groupthink time?

I understand where the author is coming from, as it is difficult to see a resolution you believe in fail. But this could be handled more professionally. Painting Carpenter as a corporate pawn in a scheme set up

by PGE? That’s playing the victim,

blaming the opposition for success and for hurting one’s views. The blame goes further in targeting Senate, calling them as “a pliable and easily influenced body of students.” Can we give Carpenter and our Senate a bit of credit here? This is not a campus full of idiots. Let’s not assume that people are being manipulated by every conglomerate on the opposite side of the resolution.

I agree with the notion that Carpenter is biased, but I disagree that it discredits his arguments or contentions. If anything, it insures that he understands the viewpoint of the company he’s supporting.

Does one’s life story criminalize him or her from contributing analytically? The column implies Carpenter is too biased to be credible in the debate, which makes me ask: How exactly is Carpenter’s opposition not biased? Isn’t the opposition getting its statistics from an organi-

zation of some sort? Shouldn’t we be discrediting both sides, then? It’s indicative of a debater to recognize that they are invested in the subject.

It doesn’t mean they can’t share their beliefs or opinions credibly.

We’re all biased. Let’s not crucify Carpenter or anyone else for thinking a particular way or having a viewpoint. I could’ve walked into that Senate room and had the same argument, and I’m sure I would’ve been criticized in a different, but equally insulting, manner.

I propose that people should stop blaming and criticizing those who have a contrasting viewpoint. This is about developing our world, not silencing those in it.

For all students out there, please don’t condemn those who are standing up for ideas different than your own. Not every problem is black and white to every person, and personal attacks undermine and diminish the issues.

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OPINION

Online dating promotes honesty, confidence

Megan Myer It’s super effective!

Have you ever thought about what kind of people use the Internet to find love? You might first think of a creeper living in a basement; however, there are a lot of normal people, too. There are plenty of fish out there in many different shapes and sizes — old and young, fit and fat, cute and hot (or not…), clean and unclean.

One great part about online dating is that, when honest, you get all your pros and cons out in the open. This proves useful when

things such as STDs come into the picture. Can you imagine a picture-perfect date being wrecked in the end with a simple “By the way, I have herpes … I hope you don’t mind?”

There are numerous dating sites, and they all have their perks and downsides. Some are like WalMart or Target (eHarmony.com and Chemistry.com), and others are smaller and cater to specific dating niches. (Prescription4Love caters to those with “special conditions.”) While it is easy to say online dating isn’t for you, it’s probable that you haven’t found the right website yet.

Prescription4Love.com is not only devoted to those who need alternative dating services, but also aims to assist those who cope with their conditions and helping others understand their lives. In this

community, people can find others similar to them without having the fear of being abandoned. The site is also a small environment, which means there isn’t as much competition as bigger sites tend to have.

Positivesingles.com is a site that caters to those with STDs, who might have a harder time on larger dating sites.

There are pros and cons to every site you try. While some people dislike certain sites for their “casual, bar-like” feel, others may love it. I know I can’t stand bigger sites just because you can’t put all of your quirks out in the open. It can be difficult to describe yourself in 250 words or fewer. However, others may like the fact that you have to narrow things down. It can make things a much faster process, despite not being as in depth.

Personality tests and quizzes are

also an interesting aspect to many sites. Not only do they provide the users with interesting information, but the kind of tests people take demonstrate a lot about who they are. If someone takes a lot of “how good r u in bed” quizzes, it is obvious what the first thing on his or her mind is. Comparing tests to what they write about themselves is also fun.

First dates for those who meet online is quite a different experience than normal first dates. Generally, the two people have already been chatting with each other and know enough to consider themselves friends. Needless to say, dates that meet online are more likely to hit it off than those who don’t, and the best part is, there shouldn’t be any secrets to be told.

Megan Myer can be reached at linfieldreviewphotos@gmail.com

COLUMN

The trials and trivialities of a so-called Luddite

Jordan Jacobo There’s an app for that.

I like to think of myself as an opponent of technological progress. My cell phone is an old Nokia design from the early 2000s; I’ve often heard it affectionately described as “the brick.” I’m just 10 years behind the times, and already I feel as though I’m hanging on to a distant past, clinging to it as though it’s an unwanted weed. These certainly are exponential times for technology.

I know it’s cliché to talk about our addiction to technology, but maybe it’s relevant in a different way. Maybe the stereotype of our digital dependence isn’t as true as we believe; maybe it’s a paradigm we project onto the world as a way to define our existence, our wants

and our needs.

In my personal revolt against technology, I’ve formed an admittedly vain and impossible vendetta. My personality, in many ways, has grown around the idea that I do not like technology. I couldn’t imagine myself going out in public, chatting on an iPhone via Bluetooth or checking my e-mail with coffeehouse Wi-Fi via Blackberry.

I branded myself against technology, and now I don’t really think I can go back and undo what I did without undoing much of what my image of myself, the self I present to the world, has become. But do I really want to? Would I change myself and embrace all new technology if I could?

Maybe this happened as a result of my perception of the world. My actions were a result of the events I perceived to be going on in the world around me and the world at large. Everyone is hanging on to technology for dear life, I thought, relentlessly attached like barnacles to the newest ship of modern times.

I think I was wrong.

It’s fashionable to say you’re beyond the reach of technology, that you couldn’t care less. The opposite is also true: It’s fashionable to be addicted to technology.

But few people ever experience a true addiction.

Facebook is the world’s secondmost popular destination on the web. There are more than 400 million active users, half of whom log in to Facebook every day. For a year, I was not a part of Facebook. I deleted my account. I made myself a martyr against technology.

But while I was abroad, my girlfriend convinced me to re-activate my account. She didn’t convince me, I convinced myself. The mere fact that we were arguing about it made me realize that there was no point in not having a Facebook account. My title as a Lord in the House of Luddites shriveled up and died, withered away.

Logging in to Facebook for the first time in a year, I typed in my old user name and password — poof! There is was. My old account, all my information saved, resur-

rected from the grave. It was a time capsule of my life, frozen in time, one year removed from the present.

So here I stand: On one hand, I twinge a little every time I acknowledge my reliance on technology to maintain the course of my life; on the other, I know it doesn’t define me, just as an opposition to technology can’t truly define you, either. Both are vain efforts.

Technology, its trends and its pervasiveness, have been a presence in civilization since man harnessed fire, since he created and commanded the wheel. There’s no point in trying to avoid it, but there’s no point in letting it run your reality. Technology and its impact on our world lies somewhere in between, on fallow ground, neither here nor there, a force certainly, but passive and pervasive at precisely the same time.

We make of it what we will, as we do most things, although it holds no real power over our lives.

Jordan Jacobo can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

OPINION

Public intellectuals are still alive, just ignored Braden Smith I can be weird, too.

We were discussing progressivism of the early 20th century in my American Political Thought class recently, and Assistant Professor of Political Science Nick Buccola described the prominence of public intellectuals at the time. A somewhat vague description, Buccola asked the class if we could think of any current public intellectuals. The class remained silent, but eventually I came up with Howard Zinn, who, although he sadly passed away recently, certainly fit the bill.

Upon further reflection, I came up with a few more in my head: Noam Chomsky, Reza Aslan and

Leonard Peikoff. They all seem to be public intellectuals to me, but they are hardly household names.

Buccola discussed the apparent disappearance of American public intellectuals in class, but I am unconvinced that they are truly nonexistent. Rather, it seems they are just not as public as they used to be.

This leads me to wonder: Are Americans missing out on important thoughts by diminishing the prominence of public intellectuals?

Or have we simply redefined the term?

Are Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, Rush Limbaugh and Jon Stewart the public intellectuals of today? I shudder at the thought, but the more I think about it, the truer it seems to be. They are certainly some of the most public American figures, and they undoubtedly shape the opinions of many Americans.

But these men are not thinking and formulating opinions for the

heck of it; they are paid to do so.

It’s not hard to see that Fox News and MSNBC exhibit biases to make money.

Has America privatized public intellectualism? What have we lost by transferring the authority that public intellectuals had almost a century ago to cable news networks and other private organizations just looking to make money?

What we lose are the real public intellectuals, such as the ones I mentioned at the start. Those men are all incredible thinkers, and there are many similar people in the country. But they are too often pushed to the side and ignored.

They are assumed to be radicals who we refuse to take seriously.

Instead, we like opinions and viewpoints to be televised, edited and watered down. We like our intellectuals loud, staunch and obnoxious.

Why have we pushed these important voices away? Not all the blame can be placed on TV. I have

trouble believing people simply do not want to be informed. We like information, but perhaps we like it presented a certain way. Maybe we just don’t like intellectual “elites,” who think they’re so much smarter than us. We all like to think that each of us is the smartest person in the world. We prefer to hear opinions from people we think we can relate to, and TV has a way with presenting people in just such a way.

We need to accept that there are people in the world who are more intelligent than us and that their opinions may be more thought out than our own. Perhaps we could learn something from them.

I’m a big fan of educated citizens, but education should not end after finishing school. We can learn a great deal from the public intellectuals we have shunned. Why not take advantage of that opportunity?

Braden Smith can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

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Fulbright scholarships awarded to record number of students Chelsea Langevin Senior reporter Four Linfield students received teaching assistantship and research grants for the prestigious Fulbright program this year, a record high for Linfield.

Previously, the record was three recipients in one year, Scholarship Adviser and Instructor of History Deborah Olsen said.

Seniors Ashley Bennett and Brett Tolman will teach in Mainz, Germany, and Sri Lanka, respectively; seniors Krista Foltz and Lily Niland will conduct original research in Chile and Peru, respectively.

As part of their teaching assistantship, both Bennett and Tolman will use their foreign language skills to teach the English language at a school in their host country.

Bennett, an economics and German double major, said she originally intended to apply for the research grant to investigate water economics in Germany.

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But with aspirations to become an economics professor, she said teaching sounded more appealing.

“I thought it would be fun to try teaching,” Bennett said. “I’m looking forward to spending a longer amount of time in a German-speaking country and getting the chance to positively impact a child’s life.”

For political science major Tolman, applying for Sri Lanka was a natural choice.

During his sophomore year, he conducted a case study about the country’s democratic, environmental and societal facets.

Although Tolman said he is unsure what career path he will choose when he returns, he said he

believes the program will help guide his choice.

“It seemed like a good segue into any sort of future I want to have,” he said. “I think it’s important to take advantage of all the things around you.”

Niland, an intercultural communication major and double Spanish and Japanese minor, said she wanted to blend her passion for both languages in the program.

Peru was an ideal choice, because of the late 19th century influx of Japanese immigrants, which resulted from land scarcity, she said.

“My main focus in applying was finding a place that used both Spanish and Japanese,” she said.

“I want to see how [Japanese residents] use Spanish

now.”

She will examine attitudes toward Japanese language use as well as adopted and rejected language practices.

Foltz, a math and education major, will combine her passion for math and teaching in her research by examining gender stereotypes of females learning math in the classroom.

She said she wants to examine the phenomenon of “stereotype threat,” which states that females perform equally to males in math when the teacher treats them equally. Otherwise, they begin to feel nervous and panicked, which impedes their willingness and ability to learn.

“I’ll be learning what I should be looking for when

teaching in the classroom,” Foltz said. “I expect to come back and be a better educator.”

After an intensive application process, the four recipients said they are eager to embark on their cultural journey.

“It’s a time for me to decide what I want,” Bennett said.

Tolman said he is going in with an open mind and few expectations.

“Whenever I go anywhere, I try to not have any expectations and take advantage of all of the things around me,” he said.

“This will be a good, reallife case study.”

The awards bring the number of Linfield recipients to 20 since 1999, representing a 25 percent

Linfield joins community anti-hunger effort Septembre Russell Copy chief The Linfield and McMinnville communities made a collaborative effort to eradicate hunger last weekend.

The 2010 CROP Hunger Walk, sponsored in part by the Linfield College Chaplain’s Team, took place May 1.

“People got sponsors who pledged them a certain amount of money to walk,” senior Katie Cowgill, social justice committee chair for the Chaplain’s Team, said.

“The objective was not only to raise money but to raise awareness.”

Oregon is ranked second

in hunger, Howie Harkema said to the crowd during a presentation he gave as a part of the pre-walk activities. Harkema is the operations director for the St. Barnabas Soup Kitchen in McMinnville; the organization was a partial sponsor for the CROP Hunger Walk.

During the presentation, Harkema said that 1.5 billion people would go to bed hungry that night.

The event brought in 63 walkers. Among them were six Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity members, Cowgill, sophomores Joanna Peterson and Sarah Korn and junior Tim Wagar of the Chaplain’s Team. Participants chose between a 10K

or 2-mile walk that started and ended at Lower City Park.

Pledges for the event totaled $3,455. The Salvation Army Food Bank will receive one-fourth of the funds raised, and the remaining money will be donated to Church World Services International, an organization aimed at the promotion of peace and justice in the world by way of conquering poverty and hunger.

The college has been involved with CROP Hunger Walk in the past, Community Service Coordinator Jessica Wade said. Typically, student volunteers contribute by staffing both the

event and a water table station on one of the corners of the walking route. This year, she said, she wanted to facilitate student involvement in a more formal way.

“It’s not just involvement for the sake of involvement,” Wade said.

“It’s important to note that, in this economic recession, our community has an increased demand on food pantries and soup kitchens.

We have more people across the county experiencing food insecurity — meaning that people have a lack of access to enough food to meet their basic needs on a day-to-day basis.”

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50 years in the making

increase.

“We get a large number of students applying who have been abroad,” Olsen said.

The four Linfield students competed among roughly 5,000 applicants who submitted applications during between the 2009-10 school year, according to the Fulbright website.

“Linfield gives an amazing amount of support,” Niland said.

The Fulbright program is designed to forge stronger ties between the United States and developing countries. Its patron is the U.S. State Department, and Fulbright sponsors American and foreign students in cultural exchanges.

Created in 1919, the organization seeks to foster peace through the understanding of other cultures.

Through the Fulbright teaching and research programs, students explore cultural diversity and contribute to the host nation’s educational development.

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Bikes & BBQ

Joel Ray/Freelancer Freshman Tyler Gerlach (left) and sophomore Miles Oliviera enjoy a barbecue after a bike ride to Discovery Park on May 1. The event, called Bike ‘n’ BBQ, was hosted by the Bike Co-Op. The bikers went on 12- or 25-mile rides after their lunch.

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ASLC approves A Capella Club Amanda Summers Copy editor Sometimes, Linfield does not offer everything students wish it did. The A Cappella Club is trying to change that.

Junior Will Stewart, A Cappella Club president, said that the new club aims to provide an informal outlet for students to enjoy and perform contemporary music, an opportunity that has not been available to students until now. Although the music department at Linfield provides various performance opportunities for students, A Cappella Club organizers said that they wanted something different.

This is not the first time students have attempted to create such a club. ”Different people have tried to start one about three times before,” Stewart said.

“But this is the first time it got off the ground.”

The club was granted

a temporary charter from the Associated Students of Linfield College at the April 26 ASLC Senate meeting.

With the club starting up near the end of the semester, club organizers have faced a time crunch.

“ASLC has been very accommodating,” Stewart said. “It’s been a bit of a rush, but it’s gone pretty well so far.”

Stewart said that one of the club’s main goals for this semester is to receive a permanent charter so that it can participate in the Activities Fair next year.

The club will also work toward selecting and learning music with the objective of eventually participating in competitions. Song selections will be decided by members of the whole club, not only those in charge.

“We don’t want one person making all the decisions for everybody,” Stewart said.

To participate in the

club, students are required to perform a brief audition.

Sophomore Jessie Goergen, who has been involved in organizing the club, said that students should not be intimidated by the audition.

The primary requirement is a love for music.

“It’s basically just to see if you’re able to sing,” Stewart said. “We haven’t turned anyone down yet.”

Stewart said that he has been surprised by some of the students who have joined the club, as he did not realize that some members had an interest in singing.

The A Cappella Club will meet at 8 p.m. May 12 in the Vivian A. Bull Music Center.

Interested students are welcome to attend.

“If you haven’t auditioned by then, you can sing for us after or during the meeting,” Stewart said.

“We’d be happy to have you show up.”

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Campus welcomes high school music contest Shawn Fisher News reporter Linfield hosted more than 1,000 high school students, parents and teachers for the Oregon Activities Association Solo Music Championship on May 1.

This was Linfield’s first time hosting the event.

“I heard nothing but positive feedback about how everything went,” Professor of Music Joan Paddock said.

Paddock, who is on sabbatical this semester, was the site host for the event.

The annual competition, which features several instrumental and vocal categories, is held at a different college or university each year, contest director Rob McGlothin said. McGlothin is also the band director at Sandy High School in Sandy, Ore. “For many years, the championships were held at the University of Oregon because it was a central location,” McGlothin said.

“It wasn’t too far for students from the Portland area or from Southern Oregon. College directors sug-

gested that we switch colleges every year because the competition provides good recruitment potential, and Linfield is one of the schools in the rotation.”

To qualify for the state competition, students had to win in their category at the district level and receive a certain rating from the districts’ judges. There are 15 districts in the state, McGlothin said.

West Linn High School in West Linn, Ore., sent 14 students to the competition, which was more than any other school. Other programs with 10 or more participants were Clackamas, David Douglas, Gresham, Reynolds, Sam Barlow, South Salem and Tualatin high schools, McGlothin said.

In all, 465 participants representing 102 high school programs attended the competition. Many students and parents were impressed with the campus, and the admissions office offered tours to the guests, Paddock said.

“Some people were taking pictures of the campus,

and a lot of people were saying how beautiful it was,” Paddock said. “We wanted things to be just right when we’re showing off the campus.”

The performers competed at several venues on campus, including the Vivian A. Bull Music Center, Ice Auditorium and Jonasson Hall. The first round of performances began at 8 a.m.

“It was nice that the students didn’t have to perform in regular classrooms,” McGlothin said. “The venues selected were great locations for them.”

For the event to run smoothly, Paddock needed to find volunteers to work at each performance location. She contacted the 234th Army Reserve Band about sending 35-40 members to volunteer and perform at the awards presentation, but she said other obligations caused the band to cancel on short notice.

“We found out about three weeks before the competition that they weren’t going to be able to help out,” McGlothin said. “Joan Paddock did some scram-

bling to find students to volunteer, and she did a great job at fixing the problem.”

Paddock e-mailed local musicians, colleagues, faculty and Linfield music students about volunteering for the event.

“I chose to volunteer mainly because Dr. Paddock needed the help,” freshman Beth Turner, who also plays flute in both Pep and Concert bands, said. “I felt obligated to pitch in. I also wanted to portray Linfield positively to prospective students.”

Along with Turner, 12 other Linfield students volunteered. Faculty and alumni also helped, Paddock said.

“I think there was a lastminute need that inspired everybody to help, and it produced a powerful group,” she said. “The success of the event was in their hands.”

Volunteer and judge orientations were held at 7 a.m.

May 1. McGlothin started hiring judges for the competition more than a year ago, he said.

“They were all profes-

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Linfield named to Princeton ‘Green’ list Lauren Ostrom Features editor

A collegiate guide to college selection, The Princeton Review, named Linfield College among 286 sustainable colleges in the United States.

The guide is supported by the U.S. Green Building Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating environmentally friendly buildings.

Creating sustainability, providing efficiency and finding ways to become more “green” has finally paid off for Linfield.

The Princeton guide begins by describing Linfield as a school that “aims to mitigate the effects of global warming in the Pacific region through a combination of education, campus life and community outreach.”

The guide identifies strategies such as reducing the energy of pumping steam from the boilers that

the college has saved an amount of natural gas that is equivalent of the amount of electricity used in almost 700 homes in one year through its energy conservation efforts,” the guide stated about Linfield.

Organized alphabetically, it gives each college a chance to explain why it is sustainable. This is important because the methods for sustainabilty are a large factor when students choose a school they may attend.

Freshman Haydn Nason said that Oregon is far more sustainable than her hometown of Billings, Mont.

“I would say it is important when choosing a college to know whether or not they are sustainable,” she said. “It makes a difference since more and more schools are promoting energy efficiency.”

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heat the school that students have taken to make the campus more environmentally friendly.

There are additional projects that have been created on campus to make Linfield more viable.

“Greenfield has made a program for installing light bulbs all over the community in order to be more sustainable,” junior David Kellner-Rode said. “The light bulb installment will also provide solar panels.

We also had a large Power Shift West conference and we have supported bike transportation as a different means of getting around.”

Kellner-Rode has been the president of Greenfield since the beginning of the school year.

Many students on campus have observed other sustainability methods, such as Trayless Tuesdays, the new garden next to Renshaw Hall and a composting bin in Dillin Hall.

“Over the last 10 years,

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with ‘The Power of Small,’ but it goes beyond small and implies a lot more about what we have at Linfield,” Geffre said. “I think ‘small’ infers that we’re a small college that can do great things, but community takes that next step and says we’re not only small, but we have something important because we are a small college.”

In the proposal, Geffre explains that “The Power of Small” may be ridiculed and used as innuendo. But Geffre said he understands how the branding company

arrived at that slogan.

“While BrandNav has put forth a tremendous effort, and it is clear as to why this slogan was crafted, it fails to encompass the dynamism of the college and has not resonated with a broad selection of students, alumni, faculty, staff and other friends of the college,” the proposal states.

Geffre presented his proposal at the Senate meeting May 3.

Associated Students of Linfield College President junior Colin Jones said he encouraged Geffre to bring the proposal to the meeting.

“I invited him to present his proposal to Senate because I thought it was a well-reasoned and articulate approach to a concern he had — a concern that appears to be shared by a number of other students,” Jones said in an e-mail. “There’s a good chance the Senate will support Craig’s proposal, but it should be thought of as just that, a proposal.”

But at the May 3 meeting, Jones said the brand is unlikely to be radically altered.

He said that the administration may consider

changing the slogan to “The Power of a Small College” or something similar.

“To my understanding, they want to keep the idea of the power of a small college as the identity, but it’s still not decided how the wording on that will be,” Geffre said.

Jones said this is not unexpected.

“I don’t think anyone is surprised by the administration’s defensiveness, considering that one of their major initiatives, in which they have invested a lot of time and money, is being

Statistics show rooms are underused late at night, Bike Co-op hours lengthened

different hours with the help of a system created by the former student center director, senior Connor Lieb.

According to the system statistics, on average, seven to eight people were using the facility from 11 p.m.midnight on any given day, which is the lowest amount of student usage of all hours. Conveniently, it was the last hour of the overall operating schedule.

In the CIC, 5-6 p.m. sees the lowest amount of student usage. It usually has six people on average during that hour during all days that the CIC is open.

Hilberg said he decided to cut the 5-6 p.m. hour every day and three hours during the weekend in the CIC and 11 p.m.-midnight Monday through Saturday

in the Gameroom.

The 19 hours taken from the Gameroom and the CIC will to be transferred to the Bike Co-Op schedule next fall.

“It’s not a major change,” Hilberg said. “We want to use money [as] best we can.”

Although the need for more resources in the Bike Co-Op is the main reason for cutting hours in the Gameroom and CIC, the shortage of student usage in the Gameroom and CIC was seriously considered.

Hilberg said ASLC would promote events held by different organizations in the Gameroom, communicate with Resident Advisors and place more games in the Gameroom to attract

more students.

Joshua Ensler/News editor Workers assemble the framework for a new bike shelter between Larsell and Hewitt halls May 6.

Student proposes alternate slogan for Linfield’s new brand Kelley Hungerford Managing editor One Linfield student is taking his discontent with Linfield’s new slogan and drafting it into a proposal likely to go to administrators.

Junior Craig Geffre said “The Power of Small” is misrepresentative of Linfield as a whole and that his proposed slogan, “The Power of Community,” better evokes the Linfield spirit.

“I felt like this actually resonated with what we were trying to communicate

challenged from all sides,” he said in an e-mail. “Somewhat ironically, the brand is doing its job of unifying the Linfield community; students, faculty and athletics seem to have united in opposition to this re-branding.”

Geffre’s proposal may be tacked on to a faculty proposal and letter about the brand by Assistant Professor of Sociology Rob Gardner, Geffre said. But he said he is still deciding the best way to proceed.

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ASLC cuts operating hours of Gameroom, CIC

Yin Xiao Culture editor The Gameroom and Campus Information Center will cut certain hours that will be added to the Bike Co-Op hours of operation next semester.

“It’s operational hour changes in the studentcenter-run facilities,” junior Evan Hilberg, Associated Students of Linfield College student center director, said. “We considered that the Bike Co-Op is new and needs more resources.”

Hilberg said he knew many people came into the Gameroom or CIC during

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Paoline Anne-Abulencia/Senior photographer The Gameroom was empty May 6. Not even the student workers were on duty.

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Kelley Hungerford/Managing editor Right: Professor of Anthropology and the department chairman Tom Love (left) and Assistant Director of International Admissions Floyd Schrock observe birds.

Above: A bird off in the distance during the nature walk.

BEAUTY, BIRDS AND BINOCULARS

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’ve got to take another look; that’s just spectacular,” said Tom Love, professor of anthropology and the department chairman, admiring the dazzling yellow belly of a male Evening Grosbeak through a scope provided by Counselor John Kerrigan.

Besides the spoken adoration and the twitters and tweets of numerous birds, May 6 brought a cold, calm 7:30 a.m. for a bird-watching nature walk, organized by Love and Floyd Schrock, assistant director for international admission.

“The whole goal, or sort of technique, is to look for anomalies,” Love said. “There’s temptation to think that beauty resides only in the national parks or the spectacular places, but the whole world is a garden.”

Love said the impetus behind the nature walks, which he has helped organize since arriving at Linfield 27 years ago, is to introduce people to the beauty of nature, especially across campus.

This was the first walk in a while, Love said. And, although only Love, Schrock and Kerrigan showed up, they were was excited to start.

“These guys are walking encyclopedias of birding,” Kerrigan said, referring to Love and Schrock.

And the Thursday morning walk certainly proved that. Meeting on the steps of Pioneer Hall, conversations about birds and “birding” — birdwatching — instantly broke out. The sight of a European Starling perching on the trim of a Pioneer window provoked Love’s dislike, and he humorously called the species “the rats of the bird world.”

Schrock agreed but wondered if it was actually a Eurasion Starling.

From the residence hall, the three traveled past Newby Hall toward President Thomas Hellie’s house, pausing to observe birds hiding in the rhododendrons and trees. Then, they walked down the small gravel hill toward the footbridge in the Cozine area. Camas flowers were in full bloom, laying a soft plane of light purple over the ground. Love said the patch is the second largest in the county and is a large portion of birds’ diet.

It was just past this footbridge that the group spotted the Evening Grosbeak through Kerrigan’s scope. After folding the scope’s tripod up, they took a right off the path to treck through the camas and long grass.

But the scope didn’t stay folded for long. Soon, they recognized the call of a bright orange Bullock’s Oriole and set up the scope to find it perching in the upper branches of a faraway tree.

“We knew what he was before he touched down because he gave it away with his call,” Schrock said, demonstrating the trained ear of a bird watcher.

Love said recognizing bird call intensifies the experience of birding.

“Once you know the calls, oh man, it all comes alive,” he said.

The observers moved on, suddenly coming out in the open field across from Walgreens. The trio slowly made its way down the steps along Highway 99, back along the Cozine footpath and re-emerged onto the main campus between Newby Hall and the greenhouse.

Love said they identified nearly 30 species of birds in just the hour it took to walk the loop through Cozine. They will be out again at 7:30 a.m. next Thursday on the steps of Pioneer Hall for all who wish to join. ird nerds “I’m an avid birdwatcher; I have been since I was a kid,” Love said. “Birds are one way in to understanding and appreciating the natural world.”

As a youth, Love fostered a love of the outdoors by camping and hiking as an Eagle Scout and was fascinated with loggers and farmers who made their living off the land. His love of birding emerged from these roots, he said. “[Birding] is kind of like hunting in that you have to know something about the organisms you’re trying to find,” Love said. “Only you’re collecting sightings, not shooting them.”

Kerrigan, on the other hand, said he kept birds as pets for about 20 years and became attracted to the hobby though them.

Schrock said his interest in birding stems from a desire to reconnect with what he calls the “real world.”

“Whatever I’m doing, I’m birding. I don’t so much go birding as I am birding,” Schrock said, emphasizing that it’s a sport that can be done anytime, anywhere.

In fact, he said he once photographed a bird from inside a plane while taxiing out of an airport in Bolivia.

“It’s a rush, you know?” Schrock said.

And you don’t have to travel to South America to experience the rush.

Schrock described an amazing scene at the Emmaus House at about sunset.

“The swifts, they use the chimney for an overnight roost,” he said. “I thought there were at least 700 that went in that night.”

Besides the inherent beauty and curiosity of birding, Love and Schrock both mentioned the appeal of the community of birdwatchers.

“There’s kind of citizen-science side of it,” Love

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said. “[A] core of amateurs who are sophisticated enough to be making observations that tell us a lot about trends, environmental trends, of which birds are good indicators.”

He said these trends include global warming, pollution and even natural processes.

Love is an active member in the Audubon Society of Portland, which promotes the protection of and education about birds and wildlife and their habitats, according to the society’s website. In fact, he will be participating in an event May 8 called “Birdathon,”a fundraiser for the society.

Students interested in birding may want to look out for Love’s ENVS 030 class, which is all about birdwatching. He said he might offer it Spring 2012. ee bird. See bird fly.

Want to experience the beauty of birding, the splendor of camas and the magnificence of Cozine?

Join Love and Schrock at next week’s nature walk at 7:30 a.m. May 13 on the steps of Pioneer Hall.

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Birdathon is a fundraiser for the Portland Audubon Society, the largest Audubon chapter in the United States, Love said. Love will lead a group of birders from Portland to Mt. Hood to Washington and Tillamook counties to Nehalem Meadows. The trip will last from 4 a.m. to about 11 p.m., and the group tries to see as many species as possible. Supporters pledge a certain amount of money for every species seen. For instance, 10 cents per species would equate a donation of $15 if the group sights 150 species, Love explained. To sponsor Love in the event, e-mail him at tlove@linfield.edu. He said he’d be thrilled even if just a penny per species was pledged.

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ou may have heard about the game Dungeons & Dragons. The first thing that comes to mind for most people is an image of sulking nerds and geeks huddled around a table tossing dice in a basement. But the only accurate thing about this image is the use of dice.

Quite to the contrary, D&D players are usually average people. You may not know it, but there are plenty of D&D players all around you.

On campus, there are quite a few folks who endeavor into the world of tabletop gaming.

D&D is a game of role playing and chance. Many people turn to this method of entertainment for several reasons: It is a group activity; it can be as much fun (if not more) as a book or a movie; it can be inexpensive; you choose your actions; and there is a roleplaying game out there for anyone (ranging from fantasy to science fiction).

The basic synopsis of a D&D game involves players and a Dungeon Master.

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The players create their own characters. Characters can be one of many races and from many classes. From here, the DM will create a story in a world for the characters in which to adventure.

If you’ve ever read a fantasy novel, it is similar but also interactive. The players will run into NPCs (non-player characters) to talk to, monsters to fight, puzzles to solve, dungeons to explore and taverns to get drunk in. In the end, the characters will do something along the lines of defeating an epic boss and somehow saving the world.

D&D arose in 1974, when the rules were first published. The books quickly sold out; the game was destined to be a hit. Since then, many kinds of books have been published: Player’s Manuals, Dungeon Master Guides, Monster Manuals and even various storyline books (for those Dungeon Masters that don’t want to make up their own game).

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let for many Linfield students. Not only do they get to see their friends, they release creative energies via role playing, adventure creating, illustrating characters and events or by painting minis (miniature figurines in the form of a character).

Not only can people get together and play a fun game, but dinner or snacking sessions also ensure a good time.

The game is inexpensive to play.

Theoretically, you could get everything you need to play online, such as rule books, dice simulators and Microsoft Word for a character sheet. However, most players still use pencils, paper and dice. Some groups even have placemats for drawing out the scenery and battle area to provide a visual.

The average D&D campaign meets about once a week. This is quite a challenge for student groups. Coming together as friends from different studies can prove to be quite difficult

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Megan Myer/Photo editor There are many different characters to choose from when playing Dungeons & Dragons. From Barbarians to wizards, players let their imaginations soar. Displayed above are minis for one D&D group. The kinds of characters including a bugbear, fey, human necromancer, human bard, half-elf druid, goblin cleric, elven ranger (and her wolf) and a half-orc barbarian.

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Tipi raising marked by music, blessing Joanna Peterson Culture reporter

Bridgette Gigear/Freelancer Top: Jan Michael Looking Wolf (left) sings a warrior song, a strong part of his heritage, during the tipi raising ceremony April 30.

The tipi was created by Adjunct Professor of 3D Design Totem Shriver’s January Term art class.

Right: The erected tipi stands magestically in the Oak Grove.

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More than 70 people gathered around a tipi that was raised in the Oak Grove on April 30. The event celebrated the new structure with live flute music and a blessing.

In January, Adjunct Professor of 3D Design Totem Shriver’s Introduction to Studio Art class received an unpainted tipi from McMinnville resident Kathleen Wallace. Wallace, a member of the Lakota Sioux Tribe, requested that the class decorate the tipi.

After the painting was finished, Shriver said he planned to raise the completed structure in the Oak Grove.

“I wanted it on the front lawn of the college — in the Oak Grove, sitting near Pioneer Hall and on the commencement green,” he said. “It deserves to be put in a significant place where people will notice it and ask questions about it.”

Shriver and several

friends from the McMinnville community raised the tipi for the first time for a celebratory ceremony in the Oak Grove.

“Now that it’s standing, it has a new purpose, so it was important to have it dedicated,” Shriver said. “It’s a powerful image that shows clear ties to history.”

Jan Michael Looking Wolf, an award-winning flutist and Grand Rond Native, led the ceremony with flute music and a message about the equal value of humankind.

“It was such an encompassing message that connected with people,” Shriver said. “He talked about how it doesn’t matter if you are the president or a hobo — everyone has valid things to say about life.”

Shriver said that he decided to spend seven nights in the tipi and invited all interested students and faculty to join him. He stayed in the tipi from April 30 to May 7.

“The more I think about it, I think of this as a happening,” Shriver said. “I am

there and never know what is going to happen until people show up and make it happen. Of course, I am part of the mix for the happening, and that is great fun. I am getting to meet all of these different groups of people from night to night.”

Sophomore Brierre Jeffers said she received an e-mail specifically inviting her to the celebration because she is one of 28 registered Native American students on campus.

Jeffers attended the ceremony and spent a night in the tipi with Shriver and 10 other students.

“Before now, I haven’t really delved into my Native American background,” Jeffers said. “This experience has really opened my eyes to the culture and made me realize that it’s something that’s still alive today. It’s something I can really identify with.”

The tipi was returned to Wallace on May 7.

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Shakespearean classic receives a modern facelift Septembre Russell Copy chief

Mention of the Shakespearean play “The Comedy of Errors” may signal to an audience that it will be subjected to language from that era and that it will be more confusing than amusing.

However, Linfield college theater students, in an adaptation by Janet Gupton, associate professor of theatre arts, have developed the play’s modern appeal.

The adapted version takes place in present day.

The International Market Place of Waikiki in Honolulu is where the play’s location is set, whereas the islands of Greece are written into the original work.

The setting is a major revision and the costume design has been revamped — even the acting style has been modernized, but not completely. Gupton said in a press release that she searched for a balance between contemporary language and Shakespeare’s original language so as not to depart from Shakespeare’s writing play, but still interplay with modernism.

The storyline, however, remains true to form.

Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio of Syracuse arrive in Ephesus, which, unbeknownst to the man and his servant, is the

Danyelle Meyers/Freelancer Antipholous of Syracuse (freshman Chris Forrer, left) and Dromio of Sri Lanka (sophomore Garrick Rozario) try to avoid a courtesan (junior Steven Stewart) in “The Comedy of Errors” dress rehearsal May 1. home of each man’s identical twin. The four men comprise two sets of identical twins whose families and friends mistake them during the production.

“The show has been pretty fun to work on,” sophomore Grace Beckett said. “A lot of the play has been revamped. Some characters speak in contemporary language, but the

Shakespearean language has been a nice challenge for those of us who kept it. My character, originally named ‘Angelo’ is now ‘Angela.’

The costume design is also pretty fun and bold. A few of us are doing the play in swimsuits.”

Dean of Students Dave Hansen was honored on the opening night of “The Comedy of Errors.” On

May 7, Professor of English Ken Erickson will also be recognized.

Hansen has shown the theater program tremendous support during his time as dean of students, a position which he will step down from after this year at Linfield. Erickson, who will retire from the department of English at year’s end, has taught Shakespearean liter-

ature with great zeal during his time as a professor.

Show dates and times are set for May 6-8 and 13-15 at 8 p.m. and May 9 at 2 p.m. Performances will take place inside the Marshall Theatre of Ford Hall.

A full-price ticket is $9.

Tickets are $7 for seniors, Linfield faculty and staff.

Student tickets are $5. On opening night, tickets will

be discounted. Tickets will be sold to mothers for $5 on Mother’s Day. Visit www.linfield.edu/ culture to purchase tickets online, or by phone at 503-883-2292.

In-person purchases from Marshall Theatre Box Office are an option, as well.

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‘Celebrating a sense of place’ for creative writing Jessica Prokop Culture reporter The Terroir Creative Writing Festival featured a full day of literary celebration with workshops, lectures, readings and book signings at the McMinnville Community Center on May 1.

The festival, sponsored by The Arts Alliance of Yamhill County, featured an array of authors sharing writing knowledge and experiences.

They also revealed how to become a published author and what steps are necessary in creating a book. Many of these authors, along with Marilyn Worrix, founder and director of the Book Arts Center of McMinnville, led workshops throughout the day.

“The goal was to provide an opportunity for writers in our area to come together and celebrate their love of writing and to have the opportunity to learn from more accomplished writers,” Lisa Weidman, assistant professor of mass communication and the festival publicity chair, said.

Participants chose four out of the eight workshops

Photo courtesy of Brad Thompson Ursula LeGuin signs a copy of her book, “The Tombs of Atuan,” during the Terrior Creative Writing Festival on May 1. The event was a day-long literaray celebration with workshops and lectures. to attend.

“I attended the bookmaking workshop,” freshman Rachel Go said. “I got to sew a handmade book together and create a cover piece for it.”

Go was one of two Linfield students sponsored by the English department to go to the event. Sophomore

Katherine Allum was the other, but she was unable to attend the festival.

After the first four workshops, there was a break for lunch when Bill Siverly spoke about his perspective of poetry. He also discussed what he and his co-editor, Michael McDowell, look for when selecting pieces

to publish in their work, “Windfall: A Journal of Poetry of Place,” which comes out twice a year.

Following the workshops were the closing ceremony and an open mic for festival participants to read some of their own work.

Weidman read two poems during the open mic.

One poem was written by her father, a published poet; the other poem was an original work of Weidman’s that she wrote several years ago about love.

“My father’s poem came from one of his books about why he is a poet, so I thought that it would be good to read to a room of aspiring writ-

ers,” Weidman said.

Weidman, who is on The Arts Alliance of Yamhill County Board of Directors, became involved with the festival after board member and Linfield Professor Emetitus Barbara Drake pitched the idea to the board.

Once everyone agreed to go through with it, Drake asked Weidman if she would be willing to be a part of the planning committee as the publicity chair, and Weidman agreed.

Drake and a former student of hers, Linfield alumna Emily Chadwick, were two of the key organizers who formed the idea for the festival. Both had connections with the featured authors.

The organizers’ goal for the festival was to have 100 people attend. The festival reached its maximum capacity with 180 people, including volunteers.

“The festival was a big success, and there is a lot of enthusiasm for doing it again next year among the committee members,” Weidman said.

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Sign language improv show falls on deaf ears Jessica Prokop Culture reporter

The first deaf event in Linfield College history was hosted by the American Sign Language Club in Ice Auditorium on May 1.

A Night of IMPROV with Trix: “Whose ASL Is It?” A One Deaf-Woman Show was a spin-off of the TV show “Whose Line is it Anyways?” and was performed entirely in ASL. Professional ASL storyteller Trix Bruce did not practice or prepare ahead of time for any of the topics she performed. All of the story ideas came from the audience.

Bruce captivated her audience with dramatic signing and acting abilities. Not only did she use individual signs, but she also incorporated them into smaller stories that she invented off the top of her head.

“The show was hilarious, and Trix is very talented,” senior ASL Club President Sallie Katter said. “It’s so fascinating to see deaf people sign because it’s so fluid and fast.”

Donations were collected at the event, and all of the proceeds went to the Oregon School for the Deaf. The ASL Club raised $120 from the event.

Approximately 125 people attended the storyteller event. Some audience members were Linfield students, including students from ASL classes; others were hearing

Courtesy of Bruce Bruce and deaf community members or students from OSD. Bruce started the show by introducing herself with a PowerPoint presentation, which revealed that she has been deaf since six months old and that she first became interested in acting after she performed the role of Helen Keller in a play during her freshman year in high school.

Following the brief introduction, Bruce performed “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The words appeared on the screen while the music played, but she performed the song in ASL. After the anthem, Bruce told an A-to-Z story about painting. She invited an audience member to join her on the stage to help her tell the story.

They took turns alternating letter signs, while incorporating them into the acting. For instance, the letter “B” was used as a paint brush and the letter “I” was

used to touch up a spot on the painting. This story and the ones that followed required the audience to visualize the scene and what was taking place.

Bruce also had all of the children in the audience get on stage and sign a story with her about trees, their falling leaves and the blowing wind. Then she had adult members, hearing and deaf, join her on stage to act out an elevator and car wash scene.

However, this is just a small sample of all of the acts that she did that night.

“I enjoyed seeing how the deaf community responded to the performance and how the hearing did,” freshman ASL Club member Megan Bahrt said. “It was interesting to see the different reactions and how the deaf community interacted with Trix.”

Even though the ASL Club hosted the event, the Associated Students of Linfield College and Multicultural Programs sponsored it.

“This is the biggest that the club has been in a while, and we are hoping to get members more involved in deaf events,” Bahrt said.

Bahrt and Katter said that the ASL Club is planning to host more events. There is talk of bringing another professional ASL storyteller to campus next year and having the ASL Club members sign songs, Katter said.

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Cuckoo for CocoRosie “Freak folk” duo releases fourth album Braden Smith Opinion editor Sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady, who have been recording music since 2004 under the name CocoRosie, have just completed their fourth album, “Grey Oceans,” much to the pleasure of their growing fan following.

CocoRosie has typically been described as “freak folk” because it tends to draw on a variety of genres, making it difficult to tie down. “Grey Oceans” is no different, as it incorporates everything from hip hop to opera; there are even some drum and bass beats in track three, “Hopscotch,” which, according to a press release from CocoRosie, “became our most playful and schizophrenic song on the record.” The track features Bianca, whose vocals could only be described as a mix between Joanna Newsom and Björk with a hint of Tom Waits, singing a lighthearted hopscotch rhyme to an upbeat piano melody, which gives way to high-speed drumming and the operatic singing of Sierra. The contrast is stark, but CocoRosie proves it is capable of effectively pulling off such contrast throughout the album, leaving the listener confused yet pleasantly mystified.

The album, as the name

would imply, takes on a murky overtone of intrigue, straying from past albums, which tended to be more cluttered instrumentally and vocally. While still using a variety of instruments, CocoRosie relies more on established melodies in “Grey Oceans,” giving the piano a more prominent role in songs such as “Lemonade” and “Grey Oceans.” While most of the songs on the album are not as upbeat as previous songs such as “Japan,” from “The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn” (2007), or “Noah’s Ark,” off the album of the same name (2005), the melodies from most of the tracks on “Grey Oceans” carry the listener through.

However, the album, as any good album will do, does more than just hold one’s attention. The contrasts previously described will keep you constantly on edge and in anticipation.

As CocoRosie describes, “Between our two vocal stylings, we have pushed our differences even further [than previous albums], and played with this dualism to show an inner and outer world expression in the characters of our songs.”

This dualism makes each song an individual experience with its own hypnotic fluctuations. Tied together, the album becomes a mystical journey traversing forests, space and deserts, all with the backdrop of foggy and mysterious oceans. It seems to be an easy place

to get lost in, and you certainly do. But CocoRosie always manages to bring you back and guide you to your next adventure.

The album starts you off with an eerie ambience enhanced by haunting vocals with the track, “Trinity’s Crying.” This general mood is maintained and played with throughout, but, in the end, you are brought back to the lighthouse of reality (although your perception of it is now somewhat warped) with the final song, “Here I Come.”

Between this vaguely fun mood and a beautifully maintained dualism, a variety of instruments and sounds and “Grey Oceans” is a musical experience not to pass up and is best listened to in its entirety.

However, “Grey Oceans” may not be the best album to dive into CocoRosie as it can be almost shocking to those not accustomed to CocoRosie’s odd musical habits. A better place to start may be its debut album from 2004, “La maison de mon rêve,” or “Noah’s Ark.” “Grey Oceans” will largely appeal to CocoRosie’s current fan base, but new listeners may still find themselves enjoying it; at the very least, their curiosity will be peaked.

“Grey Oceans” will be released on CD and vinyl through Sub Pop Records on May 11. Download the song “Lemonade” for free at www.subpop.com/artists/cocorosie.

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Wildcat Word Search

BLESSING

CHAMBER

CHAPLAIN

CREATIVE

DEAN

GAMEROOM

GREEN

NATURE

NURSING

SOLO

STORYTELLER

TIPI

—All these words are from stories in this issue.

Braden Smith can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

Pristine pianist

Bridgette Gigear/Freelancer Senior Heidi Vanden Bos performs piano pieces and sings in the Cat Cab on May 6.

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Violence in the City of Brotherly Love Sports Commentary Alex Harkaway Freelancer When 17-year-old Steve Consalvi ran from the stands onto the field during the Phillies-Cardinals game May 3 in Philadelphia, he was aware that what he was doing was illegal. He certainly knew that he was going to get into trouble.

What he did not know was that running onto the field could very well have been the last thing he ever did.

Consalvi was Tasered by a police officer while running along the outfield. He had eluded security guards for approximately 30 seconds before a police officer fired a Taser, bringing Consalvi to the ground immediately. The event is sure to be a YouTube sensation. It also could have killed him.

According to an Amnesty International report, there have been more than 300 deaths caused by Taser usage since 2001. Many of the victims were teenagers or boys close to Consalvi’s age.

Consalvi was obviously unarmed and was not threatening anyone. On top of that, he was trapped; there was no chance of escape from the ballpark or from arrest.

The only viable reason the officer could have had for firing the Taser would be that he was tired of chasing the teenager around. Are we supposed to take that as

acceptable reasoning for the use of a potentially deadly weapon? Apparently we are, because many people are offering their support to the officer’s decision.

Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey responded by saying, “That officer acted appropriately. I support him 100 percent.” The mayor of Philadelphia has

since given his full support to Ramsey.

Even Tom Gamboa, the Kansas City Royals first base coach who was attacked by two unruly fans in 2002, got his two cents in, saying, “I have to believe if a kid knew he was going to get Tasered, he wouldn’t have gone on the field.”

Ah, the old “that’ll show ’em” theory: If police make an example out of Consalvi, then other fans will surely refrain from running onto the field, right? Wrong.

In fact, the next game in Philadelphia, another man ran out onto the outfield.

Two incidents in two days.

Not only did the incident fail to make future fans think

Maxwell said. “Except I tried to kick it too early.”

With about 275 meters to go, Maxwell said he began his final kick. With about 50 meters to go, he said he got tired and was out-kicked in the finish. Other than his premature kick, Maxwell was perfectly on pace throughout the 800.

“Every time I race, I learn how my body responds,” Maxwell said. “That’s how

you learn — by failure.”

Despite his finish, Maxwell said it is hard to be disappointed with the race, since he knocked time off his personal best. His race plan for this weekend is to shave off more time and run 1:53.

Linfield’s distance dynasty was well represented in the 1,500 by senior Chris McIsaac, who placed eighth with a time

of 4:04.75. After running the grueling 5K-10K double at conference, McIsaac said he needed to give his body a chance to fully recover before trying to hit a nationally qualifying time in the steeplechase.

McIsaac knocked nearly a second off of his previous season best of 4:05.4.

“I’m shooting for a 10-second improvement on my steeplechase time,”

“The only viable reason the officer could have had for firing the Taser would be that he was tired of chasing the teenager around.”

twice before running onto the field, it actually seems to have made them want to do it more.

No one can argue against the fact that any fan who leaves his or her seat and unlawfully enters the field of play is an idiot. What we must realize is that these actions, although rare, inevitably happen a few times every year.

If police officers are allowed to use the kind of force displayed in Philadelphia, then it is only a matter of time before someone gets killed. That is the last thing I would ever want to see at a baseball game.

he said. “It seems like a big jump, but I feel great, and both times I’ve ran it this season I haven’t had anyone to push me all that much.”

McIsaac said having someone there to push the pace with him plays a huge role in improving time.

This weekend, many of these same athletes will be traveling south to compete in the University of Oregon’s Twilight meet.

Historically, this meet has featured some of the most prominent names in collegiate track and field.

Linfield’s competitors will have an ample supply of challenging paces and marks as they compete at Hayward Field.

The meet this weekend will serve as one of the final venues for athletes to qualify for nationals. If times and marks are not achieved, there will be the Last Chance Meet at Willamette University on May 20.

It has been a long season. Hundreds upon hundreds of miles of running; long, cold, windy days in the sand pits; and torrential rainstorms out in the starting blocks, all leading up to the Division III National Track and Field Championships in Berea, Ohio.

Alex Harkaway can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

Wildcats run down a dream of nationals Nic Miles Sports reporter

Six of Linfield’s remaining track and field athletes competed in Pacific University’s Pacific Twilight meet in Forest Grove, Ore., on May 1.

Sophomore Chelsea Machida soared to a height of 5 feet, 3 inches in the women’s high jump. Her mark earned her a thirdplace finish. Her bound last weekend was only 3/4 of an inch shorter than her personal best.

Sophomore Catherine Street, this year’s Northwest Conference champion in the women’s pole vault, was runner up behind unattached competitor Keisa Montorola. Street vaulted 12-8.

Close behind Street, sophomore Misty Corwin made a mark of 11-7 to place third. Her performance last weekend earned her a season best in the pole vault, smashing her previous record of 11 feet 1/4 inches.

Sophomore Kelly Marineau finished near the top of the pack in the women’s javelin. Throwing 128-10, Marineau placed third among a stiff field of 26 competitors. However, her throw was far from her personal best of 138-07.

Sophomore Lester Maxwell shaved more than two

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seconds off his personal best in the 800-meter run.

Having run 1 minute, 57 seconds at the Linfield Eric Anderson Invitational at the beginning of the season, Maxwell posted a time of 1:55.03 to place fourth at the Pacific Twilight meet. His time is the fastest that any Linfield athlete has turned in this season.

“I ran exactly how I wanted to run the race,”

Bridgette Gigear/Freelancer Senior Jeremy Lovell clears a hurdle during the track and field team’s practice May 4. Linfield will compete in three more meets before the NCAA Division III National Championships on May 27.

Wildcat sports schedule

Date

Opponent/event

Women’s soccer May 8

Location

Time

Linfield alumni

McMinnville

11 a.m.

Men’s soccer

May 8

Linfield alumni

McMinnville

1 p.m.

Track and field

May 8

Oregon Twilight

Eugene, Ore.

3 p.m.

Powderpuff

May 8

SoJo/SeMen

McMinnville

6 p.m.

Softball

May 13

NCAA III Regionals

TBA

TBA

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Killer Bs Junior Cole Bixenman (left), sophomore Zach Boskovich (center) and senior Kelson Brown (right)

Dominic Baez Editor-in-chief

The saying goes that the best defense is a good offense. Why wait for the charge to come to you when you can knock it right out of the ballpark? And now, heading into the West Regional playoff tournament with the Northwest Conference title securely under its belt, the Linfield baseball team has proved just how true the adage is.

And standing at the helm of that destructive offensive force are senior shortstop Kelson Brown, junior utility player Cole Bixenman and sophomore outfielder Zach Boskovich (the Bs).

The three of them lead nearly every offensive category for the team in one way or another. The powerhouse trio has played an influential role in the Wildcats’ rise to dominance this sea-

son. To add insult to injury, Brown, Bixenman and Boskovich fall in sequential order in the batting lineup at the third, fourth and fifth innings, respectively, wreaking havoc on opposing pitchers. Against Pacific Lutheran University on May 2 (when the ’Cats won 8-5), the Bs combined for more than 10 hits and 10 RBIs. And there’s no end in sight.

• The saying goes that athletes aren’t born, they’re made. Hours of grueling practice, miserable weather conditions and intense competitions mold people into the athletes they become. It’s a combination of innate skill, dedication and desire.

“All the hard work, going to practice, being confident in myself and the team: It’s paying off,” Brown said.

The Bs, in true sportsmanlike fashion, gave credit not

only to one another for each success attained this season but to the rest of the team, as well.

“Knowing that my teammates are doing so well kind of takes some of the pressure off of me,” Bixenman said.

It’s the team mentality: There’s no “I” in “team.”

The Bs all described practice as a combination of disciplined, choreographed action with an air of relaxation. “[Coach] Brosius has made a laid-back atmosphere where we’re focused on goals more than anything else,” Brown said. “Because we’re focused on goals, even when we have more freedom, we don’t screw around.

It’s a perfect practice plan.”

Bixenman concurred, saying that the free-flowing nature of practice allows for them “to do their thing.”

“It’s mostly disciplined, though,” he said. “You need

it for practice to work.”

• It’s not hard to imagine, especially after failing to make the playoffs last year, that pressure might be building for the Bs. However, all three said that is not the case, at least not anymore.

“There was some pressure early in the season, yeah,” Brown said. “But during the last three seasons, not so much. Every guy expects to win, so it’s not a factor anymore.”

“We’re peaking at the right time,” Boskovich added.

Bixenman said that because everyone is doing so well, it’s just an overall relief.

“It makes it easier for everyone,” he added. “There was some pressure during the middle of the season, but I was still always confident in the team, and the confidence we have in each other plays out on the field.”

• Through each season, memories are made — ones that stay with players throughout the rest of the year.

For Brown, it was the Chapman series that was the pivotal point.

“As a team, we knew we were good, but we didn’t know how good,” he said. “It was a great week of practice, and a wacky travel schedule, but after we beat [Chapman] the first two games, our confidence was built then.”

Brown said it was the best pitching he faced all year, which, in essence, only made him a more confident player.

Bixenman recalled an earlier game against Western Oregon University and a talented pitcher.

“We hit really well against him, and it just felt really good,” he said.

• “Nothing I do personally

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is good enough,” Boskovich said. “I need to work on not wasting bats and staying focused at the plate.”

As athletes are prone to say, all three players agreed that they could use improvement in a panoply of areas.

“I know I can improve,” Brown said. “I have a problem with jumping at the ball.

I have to work on not being too anxious and letting the ball come to me, not me to it. But that is what practice is for.”

• The Bs still have several games to play — and dominate. To qualify for a bid to the finals, the team has to do well at regionals next week.

The Wildcats will play in the West Regional playoff tournament May 19-23.

“We play to win, every game, every series, every year,” Boskovich said.

Dominic Baez can be reached at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com

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Late comeback clinches conference crown

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Megan Myer/Photo editor Sophomore Ryan Larson delivers a pitch during Linfield’s 7-4 win against Pacific Lutheran University on May 1.

Larson recorded a complete game victory to earn his conference-leading ninth win of the season.

Grant Lucas Sports editor Needing only two wins to earn a share of the Northwest Conference championship, the Linfield baseball team did one better, sweeping Pacific Lutheran University on May 1 and 2 in McMinnville to claim sole possession of the NWC title.

For the second time in three years, the Wildcats dog piled on Roy Helser Field during the final day of the regular season.

“We all realized that we had worked so hard to put ourselves in this situation, and now it was time to make it happen,” senior pitcher Garrett Dorn said. “[Coach Scott Brosius] pretty much said that we had all worked to get here, and now it was time to stand alone on that mountain.”

Sophomore Ryan Larson notched his NWC-leading ninth win of the season after dealing a complete-game, six-strikeout performance.

The Wildcats struck early

in the first game, thanks to a two-run single by junior right fielder Cole Bixenman.

PLU responded in the next frame, putting up three runs with two outs. Sophomore first baseman Brock Gates lined a double down the left-field line, scoring one batter later when sophomore second baseman Corey Moore singled. Sophomore catcher Ethan Ottemiller capped off the inning with a two-run home run over the left-field wall.

After Linfield tied it up in the fourth with Bixenman’s 11th bomb of the season, the Wildcats regained the lead after senior shortstop Kelson Brown delivered an RBI double that brought in sophomore second baseman Eric Evenson the next inning.

The ’Cats extended their lead to four runs in the seventh inning, including a tworun single by sophomore outfielder Zach Boskovich.

Larson allowed one more run in the last frame but eventually retired the side to earn the victory.

Brown and Bixenman paced the Linfield offense with four combined hits and five total RBIs. Junior shortstop Sammy Davis led the way for the Lutes with three hits.

PLU senior starter Trey Watt lasted fewer than seven innings, as the Lute ace ceded seven runs and eight hits to the ’Cats.

Game 2 saw the Wildcats pound out 11 hits for 11 runs, as Dorn gave up just one run in seven innings of work to earn the win.

Linfield’s victory gave the ’Cats an automatic playoff berth and at least a share of the NWC title.

The Wildcats scored in six of eight possible innings, including two three-run frames that significantly separated them from the Lutes.

After an Evenson RBI gave Linfield a 1-0 lead in the second inning, the Wildcats recorded three runs in the ensuing frame that was capped off by a Boskovich two-run blast. Linfield

would add two more runs in the fourth and one in the fifth to gain a 7-0 advantage.

Linfield provided more insurance in the seventh inning when Bixenman belted a three-run double with two outs.

Senior first baseman Rhett Fenton ended the Linfield onslaught in the next inning with his eighth homer of the season.

“Dorn and I were able to keep the ball down in the zone and mix pitches pretty well,” Larson said. “We both got out of a few tough situations with runners on base.

Also, our defense made some great plays for us, which always helps.”

Dorn said that he and Larson were able to get ahead in the count against PLU hitters, which had the Lutes guessing at what pitch was coming.

The Lutes needed four pitchers to complete the matchup, none lasting more than four innings.

In the series finale, Linfield secured sole possession

Junior outfielder Cole Bixenman rounds third after blasting his 11th home run of the season. of the NWC title after a fiverun eighth inning gave the Wildcats the outright lead and eventually the win.

The ’Cats once again took an early lead when senior center fielder Tyson Smith homered to left field to lead off the first inning. A squeeze bunt by senior designated hitter Jared Adamson in the second inning gave Linfield a 2-0 advantage.

PLU quickly retaliated in the next frame, recording three runs on five hits to grab a 3-2 edge. Linfield, however, evened the score in the fourth thanks to Boskovich’s NWC-leading 16th home run of the season.

The Lutes struck back in the seventh inning with RBI doubles by Gates and Moore.

In the eighth, the Wildcats put pressure on the Lute pitchers, loading the bases with nobody out. PLU brought in Watt to stifle the Linfield threat, but was unable to record an out, as Fenton, Larson and senior catcher Mitch Webb each

posted RBI hits. Webb’s tworun single gave the ’Cats the outright lead.

Sophomore Robert Vaughn entered in the ninth inning and struck out two of four batters to earn Linfield the NWC crown.

PLU received two RBIs from both Gates and Moore, while senior third baseman Ben Shively tallied one of his own.

Seven Wildcats contributed with RBIs in the championship-clinching game.

Linfield has to wait until May 17 for the rest of the playoff field to be announced. West Regional action will begin May 19 in McMinnville.

“We have been playing and beating playoff-caliber teams for the past three weeks, so we know we belong,” Dorn said. “It will be important for us to keep this momentum rolling into playoffs. Staying sharp for the next two weeks will be crucial.”

Grant Lucas can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

Sports writer visits campus, answers questions from students, staff Kurtis Williams Freelancer A Sports Illustrated senior writer paid a visit to Linfield campus May 6, leading two discussions on the journalism profession and aspects of his career.

Chris Ballard, a nationally recognized writer whose words have appeared on the pages of Sports Illustrated for 10 years, fielded questions from an audience of about 25 students and staff members on the state of journalism and his writing process.

Having attended a Division III college himself, Ballard decided to speak to Linfield students who are starting where he did, pursuing careers in writing.

“In journalism, you don’t spend a lot of time that’s rewarding in that way,” Ballard said. “A lot of time is talking to athletes and then writing in your hotel room.”

In his second discussion, Ballard said his job boils down to connecting with athletes and finding a moment that gives him an interesting angle to expound upon.

And not just any athletes, either. He has interviewed legends in the sporting world, many of whom he creatively probes to find unique narratives.

Ballard was full of stories, such as realizing the type of man Shaquille O’Neal was as Ballard found himself in a drag race with the NBA big man in the Arizona night.

Megan Myer/Photo editor Sports Illustrated senior writer Chris Ballard shares his thoughts on journalism May 6.

Anecdotes included discovering how competitive Kobe Bryant was from a high school teammate who Bryant

humiliated during one-onone games.

While sports articles have been his mainstay, Ballard’s

major break came in book form.

After writing for the newspaper at Pomona College and graduating in 1995, he made pit stops at jobs such as a bartender and a vacuum cleaner salesman.

Just before this endeavor took him to Australia, a publisher bought his book idea, which was titled “Hoops Nation.”

Ballard began research for his book by traveling the country. For seven months and more than 30,000 miles in 1996, he, his brother and two friends played basketball in 166 cities and on thousands of courts.

His adventures would turn into “Hoops Nation: A Guide to America’s Best

Pickup Basketball,” a book named a top 10 sports book of 1999 by Booklist.

Joining SI in 2000, his career has included 14 cover articles on topics such as motocross and pigeon racing. Ballard’s niche and most well-known pieces are those as an NBA beat writer, often covering the Portland Trailblazers. Ballard’s freelance articles have been featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and Men’s Health.

Ballard’s latest book, “The Art of a Beautiful Game,” was released in November.

The book chronicles the intricacies of the NBA’s most elite players.

Kurtis Williams can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

NWC CHAMPS!

Linfield swept No. 16 Pacific Lutheran University to win its second NWC title in three years. >>Please see Baseball Page 15

Photo courtesy of Brad Thompson