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Changes in Dillin

After three weeks of adjustment, students give their opinions on how the positive and negative changes in the dining hall and the meal plan. >> page 6

Rosa Johnson Copy editor

The Day Crew Read about the members of the day cleaning crew at Linfield, who keep our campus spotless. >> page 8 and 9

YuCheng Zhang/Senior photographer President Hellie presents the State of the College Address to an audience of students and faculty in Ice Auditorium. The address covered issues such as college tuition costs and student enrollment.

The Body Poets

Former contestants on “America’s Best Dance Crew” visit for a Saturday night performance and impress the crowd with their moves. >> page 10

Jake Baker

Learn about the member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, vice-president of Order of Omega and ASLC vicepresident, who still has time to play on the soccer team. >> page 13

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President Hellie addresses the college, student concerns Ryan Morgan Senior reporter Though optimistic about last year’s accomplishments, the college is left with a sense of urgency for the future of Linfield’s revenue streams at this year’s annual state of the college address on Sept. 12.

“I have been thinking about money and budget a lot,” said Thomas Hellie, president of Linfield College. “And as you know, everyone who writes

about higher education these days wants to talk about money as well. According to one of the nation’s leading financial consulting firms, fully one third of all private colleges and universities are in severe financial trouble because their operating costs are rising faster than their revenues and investment returns.”

Such is not the history with Linfield, that has for the last 39 years maintained a genuinely well-balanced budget.

However, it is a trend among

many similar colleges across the nation that we are not necessarily immune from and need to be aware of.

“While we have met our enrollment goals, our new students will be needing more financial aid than we planned,” Hellie said.

“Thus, we will not meet our total revenue goals for this year. We are able to adjust this year’s expenditures in order to balance our

essential part of the Oregon wine industry. But who is behind it?

A total of 96 percent of the cultivation and harvest of the wine grape is done by Latinos who work in the wine industry in the Willamette Valley. Sharon Bailey Glasco, professor of the history department, Linfield Archivist Rachel Woody and Linfield students, senior Lydia Heins and sophomore Julian Adoff conducted research regarding Hispanic workers in the wine industry this

past summer in 2013.

The archives are on display in the Nicholson Library along with a video of the interviews that were conducted, from the investigation called “Beyond the Vines: Latinos in the Oregon Wine Industry.”

The archives convey not only facts about Hispanics who work in wine cultivation, but they also share the stories of a few Latinos and their experiences in the wine industry. The archives were originally made to display at the Inter-

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The Portland and McMinnville campus faculty joined one another for a video conference on Sept.

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While together, new members to our facilities were introduced including administrators, associate professors and assistant professors in the fields of nursing, psychology, biology, chemistry, mathematics, music, business, political science and English.

Joining the team, Jan Seliken was voted as Faculty Trustee at the meeting.

Thomas L. Hellie, president of Linfield College, spoke about many financial matters at the meeting. He discussed updates that the college made this past summer including new Wi-Fi and security on both Portland and McMinnville campuses.

Soon construction will be take place on the McMinnville campus due to an underground steam pipe repair and moisture damage in Renshaw Hall.

Hellie also discussed that Linfield is in the top three percent for endowment. This includes reaching enrollment goals for freshmen and transfer students.

Tuition and financial aid is on the rise.

A quarter of the students attending Linfield are on Federal Pell Grants for low income individuals. All of the students who participated in Competitive Scholarship day were admitted and 24 percent dedicated to coming to Linfield in the fall. Exams >> Please see Faculty page 6

Students investigate wine industry workers Mariah Gonzales Culture editor

The Oregon wine industry has grown tremendously in the last couple decades. According to Wines North West website there are 400 wineries in the Willamette Valley alone.

There has been a lot of work that has gone into increasing the Oregon Wine industry, including the cultivation and creation of good quality wine is the most

national Pinot Noir Celebration (IPNC) this past summer.

Linfield College holds the IPNC is event every summer. The event features globally known winemakers, top northwest chefs, popular media and wine drinkers from around the world.

“The Latino presence is not just about labor, [it is also about] the opportunity to move up,” Glasco >> Please see Wine page 4

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Linfield farmer’s market should continue As a college student, the likelihood of developing bad eating habits after all those late night runs to Muchas Gracias and fourth meals at Taco Bell is starting to become inevitable.

We don’t prepare our own food, simply because it takes time, effort and could potentially break our budgets.

However, these excuses are being challenged by last week’s farmer’s market on campus. Three local farms, one local fermenting business and one student-run garden set up outside of Dillin Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 3 to prove that fresh and healthy produce is easily accessible to students.

The vendors included Gaining Ground Farm, LB Farms, River Ridge Farm, Home Grown Foods and the Linfield Community Garden.

The market attracted

roughly 10 percent of the student body. Many of the students were later seen eating fresh produce rather than their usual fast food favorites.

In addition, the first 25 students who attended the event were given tokens worth five dollars that could be used to purchase produce from any one vendor of their choice, helping offset the cost for students.

Since the market was such a big success, it has us questioning, what’s next?

Will the market continue on campus? How often will the market be? Will Linfield continue to subsidize with tokens?

These are questions we are all wondering and hopefully answers will come soon.

Our hopes are that the market becomes a continuous event, weather permitting and that the school con-

tinues subsidizing coins.

A monthly market will help add fresh produce to students’ diets and allow students a chance to experiment with produce that is grown from different times of the year.

Since the biggest advantage of the market is creating awareness about where food comes from, consistency will help students learn what foods are in season and why seasonality affects the quality of produce.

Ultimately, the tokens were a huge success and should be implemented at future farmer’s markets.

Since many students passing by didn’t have cash on them, the token subsidization helped bring a new crowd of students to the market.

The token system also helped educate students on the food they are eating.

Without the tokens some students wouldn’t have

been as likely to try something new and step outside of their comfort zone.

The future of the market rests in the hands of the local farms and business that would be represented.

They determine whether or not they can financially and sustainably continue selling produce on campus.

However, we believe that students have a part in ensuring the future success of the farmer’s market on campus.

Share with friends, faculty and staff how much you enjoyed the market. Reach out to those who sponsored the event to show your support.

If there is another market, bring new people to experience the delicious taste of fresh produce and most importantly share your opinion.

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Confession told on YouTube shocks society Would you have the strength to admit that you did something wrong?

Something so terribly wrong that it could result in being arrested or even being put in jail for years?

That’s exactly what 22-year-old Matthew Cordle did last week when he uploaded a video to YouTube confessing to driving drunk and killing 61-yearold Navy Veteran, Vincent Canzani.

After the incident, Cordle met with attorneys who told him his blood test may be thrown out and after that he would only need to lie to avoid punishment.

Cordle responded by making a video that would give prosecutors “everything they need to put [him] away for a very long time.”

As a mass communication major, I am constantly

Olivia Marovich News editor being told how citizen journalism in the age of social media is leaving traditional journalists out of a job.

People are tired of hearing processed news from biased sources owned by large media producers with their own agendas.

In our media classes, we are taught to be fair, honest and unbiased in our approach to recording and delivering news.

But Cordle’s confession brings up a whole new use

for social media truth-telling: behaving like an honest, decent human being and admitting your mistake for others to learn from.

Never before have we seen this kind of brutal, selfdestroying honesty in such a public way.

We’ve become a society built on lies. Phrases like “weapons of mass destruction” and “when the president does it, it’s not illegal” come to mind.

More recently is the Anthony Weiner scandal.

Obama’s plans to pull troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and the Assad regime over the use of chemical weapons make it difficult to believe in anything our leaders have to say.

We’ve been lied to by politicians and presidents so often that hit television shows like “House

of Cards,” “Boardwalk Empire” and “24” all have a lying political figure as a central character.

“Politician” and “corruption” have almost become synonymous. We accept that fact, even though these elected officials are fundamentally representing the voice of the American people.

I couldn’t believe the bravery of Cordle when I first saw the video. The way it begins by pixilating his face and obscuring his voice, then gradually revealing his identity as he begins to confess.

Then I realized: he is simply confessing a mistake, something all human beings are bound to do in their lifetime.

His mistake was far more awful than most people will likely commit, but even so, all he is doing is

being honest.

What does it say about our society that we are shocked by the truth when we hear it?

Would we rather hear news from untrained citizen sources than from professionals with hidden agendas?

Would we begin to ignore our legal system because of its blatant corruption?

The answer isn’t easy to arrive at.

As a society we are taught to ignore our problems and lie when confronted.

Only if we are willing to stand up and reveal ourselves as human beings, will we ever begin to see change.

Cordle’s video is amazing, but not because he made it knowing it would get him in trouble.

Olivia Marovich can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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Greek life builds community, defies stereotypes When I first came to Linfield, I had zero intentions to join a sorority.

This seems to be a commonality among students who are affiliated at Linfield. Some students are turned off by the idea of joining a sorority or fraternity because what they see on television and in the movies.

However, stereotypes can be, and often times are, proven wrong. Students should consider this and not jump to conclusions based on what they are exposed to by the media.

Most people would say they don’t believe every-

Special Lovincey Columnist thing they see in the media, yet our expectations about Greek life are constructed by what movies we see.

To name a few, Animal House, Sydney White, The House Bunny and Greek contribute to stereotypes constructed about sororities and fraternities.

Let us remember that these movies and television shows are fictitious stories, none of the events are real.

People also develop Greek life stereotypes based on what sororities and fraternities are like at bigger state colleges and universities.

As you already know, Linfield is not comparable in many ways to larger schools. Linfield is a small liberal arts college, so it just makes sense that Greek life would be different.

So, what’s with the strong negative perception about Linfield Greek life?

Naturally, as human

beings, we connect the unfamiliar with the familiar. This can also be considered stereotyping.

One major difference is size. In regards to number of students, Linfield is a lot smaller. This makes our Greek life more personable and the bonds across each fraternity and sorority are stronger.

“I love Linfield’s Greek life because as a community, we emphasize personal and collective growth to achieve the highest ideals of sisterhood and brotherhood,” senior Brea Ribeiro said.

A second difference is

that the sororities here do not have housing, which can be bittersweet. A lack of houses for sororities makes membership dues more affordable for girls, and allows you to live with friends that are not in your sorority.

A third difference is that when competition escalates during Greek-wide events, bashing one another is not something to expect. Greek life is a community and because of that we support each other.

If you really are interested in what Greek life is truly all about, I suggest talking to any fraternity

brother or sorority sister on campus because they will be sure to set you straight about the stereotypes.

Or perhaps go through recruitment for yourself.

Through joining Greek life, you may discover your home away from home, future best man or bridesmaids, while making college memories that will last a lifetime.

All I ask is that you ignore the stereotypes and give Greek life a chance, you will be happy that you did.

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

SUSTAINABILITY

Zero waste is achievable here Marisa Specht For the Review For the first time in Wildcat history, Linfield College started off the 2013 spring semester with an all-new Office of Sustainability, complete with official Sustainability Coordinator, Duncan Reid.

As a former student at the college, Reid knows the ins and outs of the campus life from both the student and administrative perspectives.

Reid and his trusty sidekicks, also known as the sustainability team, have taken over the responsibility and privilege of overseeing the “green” and sustainable projects that are spreading across campus.

One of the major projects that Reid identifies as a priority is the “Zero Waste Campaign,” an effort to reduce campus’ waste to “zero.” In addition, the campaign seeks to keep as much waste as possible from the Riverbend Landfill, practically located in our own backyard.

Reid saw many similar campaigns and organizations popping up in other communities on campus, so he decided that the “Zero Waste Campaign“ would be a perfect start for the new Office of Sustainability.

A feat this big could not possibly be attained alone.

Therefore, Tim Stewart of facilities, Rob Gardner’s environmental sociology class and senior Katricia Stewart, the president of Greenfield, have teamed up to initiate the campaign.

The campaign consists of several different projects

and events, including the Recycle Bin Pilot Program funded by an Associated Students of Linfield College sustainability grant.

The grant implemented special recycling bins across campus during the past summer that included options for landfill, commingled, glass and compost.

These bins are userfriendly and help keep items separated by using specific labels.

Items that can be recycled in the commingled bins include: newspapers, corrugated cardboard, scrap paper, plastic bottles and magazines.

Glass bottles and jars have their own bin. Our compost ends up as pig feed, so think “What could a pig eat?” and go with your gut.

Other campaign projects will include a “Zero Waste Challenge” for the Linfield community members to participate in during Earth Week events and a recycling guide that maps out various recycling options available on campus for students to use when moving out of the campus residencies.

No doubt, this year’s freshmen have already seen a “greener” orientation compared to previous years.

The members of the Zero Waste task force are excited to get back to work this fall as the campaign will continue its journey toward a more sustainable campus.

But still the burning question remains, will you join us to accomplish zero waste for Linfield?

Maris Specht can be reached at sustainability@linfield.edu.

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BODY IMAGE

Thigh gaps are ruining the world As a woman, I feel that I have been conditioned to hate myself, or at least never be satisfied with my outward appearance.

It seems as though no matter what I do, my hair is never blonde enough and my waist is never small enough. I will never be Barbie and society makes me feel flawed because of that.

Everywhere I look there are images of people that are prettier, skinnier or just plain happier than me and that sucks. Everything sucks.

An example of such is the downpour of leg photos that are being posted everywhere on the Internet.

I don’t know if anyone else noticed, but a summer fad, or possibly ‘obsession’ is a better word for it, was thigh gaps. Thigh gaps are the gap in between the thighs of a tre-

Paige Jurgensen Columnist mendously skinny person.

Let me tell you why this obsession is dumb. First off, some women, regardless of how much they weigh or how skinny they are, will never have a thigh gap.

Some people are just bottom heavy. Personally, I would rather have a nice booty than a thigh gap, but that’s just me.

Secondly, I fear that young women who do not have a thigh gap feel inadequate to

those who do. Sometimes young women resort to unhealthy methods to achieve a thigh gap, not because they want to, but because they feel like they need to.

There is a lot of pressure from society to be beautiful, especially for women in college. Everyone wants to be the main focus in a cute hipster photo on the Internet.

I do not think the Internet is doing anyone’s self-esteem any favors.

No matter what, there is always going to be a selfie that gets more Facebook ‘likes’ than yours.

This is not to say that thigh gaps are a bad thing. If you have a thigh gap, good for you. I hope you two are happy together.

However, if you make people feel bad for not having a thigh gap, immediately

stop and re-evaluate your life choices.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to be healthy, or even thin.

But, when it gets to the point where a silly feature that is unrealistic for many women is ideal, then health no longer becomes important.

At some point, the world has forgotten that people look different and come in all shapes and sizes. And because of this, it has more or less ruined the world.

Western society needs to stop being a jerk and judging everyone on what they look like and should focus on what is actually important about a person— how they act.

Paige Jurgensen can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.

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Freshmen Rachel Williams and Rosa Johnson enjoy a walk on the Wellness Trail’s bark path. On campus the trail provides a safe place for students to exercise and is frequently used for charity run and walks. The trail is three kilometers long, which is about 1.86 miles.

Wellness trail leased to farmer, grass goes away Camille Weber Sports columnist Many Linfield students and McMinnville community members were shocked to see the Wellness Trail was stripped of its lush green grass after returning from summer break. The grassy meadow framed by the trail has been removed, leaving a large area of dirt.

“I liked having the grass there,” sophomore Kyle Sherar said. “It was much better to see than just a

big dirt field. It makes for a more scenic running and walking trail.”

“It would be nice if Linfield would put something in the vacant space that would be more useful,” sophomore Caitlin Duffner said. “At least with the grass being there it gave the space more character.

Maybe a garden or any other kind of visual that could bring back that character.”

So why was the grass taken out in the first place?

Some runners and walk-

ers who use the trail suspect an increase of mice and rodents was the reason.

This is a viable explanation as mice and smaller rodents can typically be found in grasslands and forest areas, as well as urban and suburban settings.

Others speculate that it may simply be due to the college making room for potential construction in the near future.

So is this a sign of our campus expanding? And

if so, will this mean that Linfield wants to add different curriculum and fields of study to the college?

Well not quite, or at least not yet. According to Jesus Zaladez, a facilities worker who was involved in physically removing the grass, the field inside the Wellness Trail has been leased to a local farmer.

Not exactly the answer you would expect, but here is the deal. Although the Wellness Trail is considered Linfield’s property,

the college is not currently using the land and are currently leasing it to a local McMinnville farmer, whose name the college will not disclose. According to Zaladez, the farmer uses the land to grow hay.

Another reason for removing the grass, Zaladez explained, was due to a possible fire hazard. Zaladez said that because the grass was so tall and dry, the college was concerned that the field would catch on fire.

Unfortunately there is no word on whether the luscious grass field will return.

But don’t worry for too long Linfield; word is that the farmer is planning to repopulate the area with new harvests sometime within the next year.

Although we may not get the beautiful dark green meadow back, we will not have to look at a huge area of dirt for too long.

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

Wine: Majority of work on Oregon vineyards by Latino workers << Continued from page 1 said. “Labor is incredibly important to making it all run.”

For instance, one man named Luis Hernandez came to Oregon in 1988 for work via California, such as many other Latinos have done. And he worked his way up the ranks.

In the 1990s Hernandez received the position as Vineyard manager. Hernandez also does contracting, where he appoints laborers to work in various wineries and vineyards.

“Beyond the Vines: Latinos in the Oregon Wine Industry” was a project that provides new and in-depth insight to the Linfield College “Oregon Wine History Archives” that were created in 2011.

The current research on the industry was

inspired by “the need to highlight the story of Latinos,” Glasco said.

The exhibit also features information about the ¡Salud! Program that provides health care, social services and support to the Latino workers and their families.

This program was founded by a group of wine makers and Tuality Healthcare members in Oregon in 1991.

“Being involved in the archives over the past year has been wonderful, said Adoff. “I feel a sense of connection to the history because I was involved in researching it.”

Adoff and Heins did most of the investigation and worked hard to conceive the project along with the help and guidance of Glasco.

Mariah Gonzales can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

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Senior Lydia Heins and sophomore Julian Adoff interview and record Susan Sokol Blosser of Sokol Blosser Winery for their project, which can be found in the Nicholson Library.

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Linfield helps graduates find work in higher education Samantha Sigler Editor-in-chief After a successful attempt last year, Linfield has hired several new paid interns to help recent graduates learn what it’s like to work in higher education.

Jenny Morgan, Linfield’s community engagement and service intern, is one of four new interns hired by Linfield for the 2013-2014 school year.

“We were thinking about how we could provide meaningful internships for our students,” said Susan Hopp, vice president of student affairs and athletics/ dean of students. “My staff knew [Morgan] really well and recommended her [for the position].”

Hopp called Morgan to offer her the position after receiving funds from the president’s office to hire several graduates from last spring.

The funds were given in hope of helping recent graduates learn what it is like to work in a higher education setting.

While other interns were placed in the admissions office, college activities office and multicultural department, Morgan was placed in the community engagement and service department because of her past experience working with students in develop-

mental positions.

As a student at Linfield, Morgan was a resident advisor for two years, an assistant in residence life, choir president and music entertainment chair for Linfield Activities Board.

Morgan also participated in various ensembles such as the Linfield orchestra chamber, choir, jazz band and concert band.

“I kept pretty busy,” Morgan said. “I didn’t think I’d miss Linfield as much as I did until I moved to Portland.”

As an intern for the community engagement and service department, Morgan works closely with students participating in Charge Corps and Alternative Spring Break. “[The students] are each so very talented and very passionate,” Morgan said. “We’d like to expand Change Corps and get even more diversity. [I want to] get this office more connected with students.”

Other faculty members are also excited for the year ahead, especially with having Morgan has one of Linfield’s newest interns.

“I’m sure it will be a great year,” said Kit Crane, Reaching and Inspiring Students to Excel Mentoring Program Coordinator.

Morgan is working alongside students she has never met before as well as

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Jenny Morgan, an intern for Linfield’s Community Engagement and Service Program, works diligently in the Multicultural Programs office in Riley Hall alongside students and faculty members. with students she knew last year while she was still a student.

“It’s an interesting transition going to a more professional position but being

at where you graduated from,” Morgan said. “It’s like coming back to a sec-

ond home.”

Samantha Sigler can be reached at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com.

Address: Rise in tuition, financial aid, college costs << Continued from page 1

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President Hellie speaks at the podium on Sept. 12 in Ice Auditorium. Although the address was specifically for Linfield College, he spoke about the national trends in the rising cost of higher education.

budget...It will be balanced.”

In 2007, Linfield charged students $25,644 for tuition and fees. This year that cost has increased to $35,900, a near 40 percent increase.

This increase is in spite of an economic recession.

This raises serious budgetary questions. Granted that financial aid increased “dramatically” along with this hike in tuition, “This combination of tuition increases and financial aid increases is...not sustainable indefinitely,” Hellie said.

As college costs continue to rise disproportionately from average incomes, how will Linfield’s budget be able to meet the increasing demand for student financial aid?

Despite the trend of increased freshman to sophomore retention rates during the last several years, from 84 percent two years ago to 87 percent the previous year, this year sees

only 81 percent.

This adds a great deal of uncertainty when planning for the college’s long-term budget.

The state of the college address also highlighted some of Linfield’s accomplishments over the past year.

The program for the liberal arts and civic engagement, or PLACE “was a resounding success last year.”

Also, “A new statement on our commitment to [campus] diversity, [is] now prominently displayed in many locations across our campuses.”

Linfield saw an end of year operating surplus for the 2012-2013 academic year and with that, there have been significant budget increases across campus.

“So last year was a good year, and we should be proud,” Hellie said.

Ryan Morgan can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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Students weigh in on the changes in Dillin Gilberto Galvez Features editor

Students have had three weeks to adjust to the renovations of Dillin Hall, and with adaption comes the full-realization that Dillin is definitely different this year than it was before. Students may find the food a little better, and the layout a little different, but there are few changes that are harder for students to notice, especially the freshmen.

One of the changes that has bothered upperclassmen is the “all you care to eat plan.”

“I came in the other day to buy something for lunch and I didn’t realize they had switched to an all you care to eat option,” senior Kaleigh Ansdell said. “For upperclassmen, we don’t really get the option to just buy food, but it looks great.”

Sophomore Ellen Massey also finds herself a little bothered by the “all you care to eat plans.”

“It’s kind of frustrating this year to not be able to just grab something quick or to have to pay for an entire meal when you only have a banana,” Massey said.

Another problem that students are having is not being able to use to-go boxes.

“It’s good for the environment, but it’s really hard for college students,” sophomore Gabi Gonzalez said.

Spencer Beck/Freelance photographer Dillin Hall has a new look, but still provides a variety of food options despite recent changes. The meal plan has changed significantly from last year and students are still getting used to the new situation, which includes a smaller Catty Shack and no to-go boxes.

Some students have even taken to sneaking food out in their own Tupperware, but they would appreciate having the option to take a meal to go.

Other students like the new set up.

“I really like the new setup and how it’s really open, clean and has a restaurant feel to it,” Gonzalez said. “I feel like the chairs inhibit socializing because they’re all

separate tables.”

On the other hand, junior Meghan O’Rourke doesn’t miss the long cafeteria tables from last year.

“The round tables facilitate better communication and interaction,” O’Rourke said. “At the long tables, everyone just kind of sat in a row. It is easier to walk around now.”

One thing that most students seem to be in agree-

ment about is the quality of the food.

“I really like the food,” sophomore Nicole Kachel said. “There’s never been a day where I’ve felt like I’ve had to pick something. There are a lot more fresh ingredients.”

“The food this year is much better,” Massey said.

“There’s much more of a variety of food.”

Another good thing is that

Sodexo seems to have succeeded in making Dillin more of a place for people to gather. It isn’t somewhere where people can come in and have a study party necessarily, but students can do more than just eat and leave.

“I feel as if more people are using the couches, and coming here for more than dinner,” Gonzalez said.

“It’s less of a cafeteria and more of a place to social-

ize,” Massey said. “Once they open the side, that will definitely be a nice place to socialize when Starbucks is closed.”

All-together the changes in Dillin are well-liked. There are some things that students would like to have fixed, but the general setup and meals are more than acceptable.

Gilberto Galvez can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com.

Students win for school spirit on Wildcat Wednesday Stephanie Hofmann Sports editor

Spencer Beck/Freelance photographer Freshman Lewis Faller sports his favorite wildcat gear on Wildcat Wednesday, when students around campus wear school colors to compete for prizes, which will begin later this month.

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for Competitive Scholarship day are being updated for next year.

Hellie also discussed a correlation with students who take January Term courses and thus who return to Linfield each year.

In order to improve

numbers, Hellie estimates that if January term were to be added into the tuition, numbers would increase from five to seven percent.

Surveys have conducted

that those who attend January Term tend to stay with Linfield, thus helping our retention rates.

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Starting this year, every Wednesday the school will be flowing with red and purple for Wildcat Wednesday.

Once a week the students are encouraged to show their school pride by wearing the colors.

“We were looking for a way to keep the energy flowing,” President of the Associated Students of Linfield College and senior Dillon Casados said. “We started with Cat Camp and wanted to keep it going.

When it takes off everyone will be more aware of it and the school spirit will

spread.”

In the future, ASLC will be giving away prizes randomly to students who are wearing the schools colors.

Students apart of the ASLC will be giving away many different prizes like bookstore gift cards and other small gifts to increase student’s involvement. “[This] is to increase energy and spirit around school,” Casados said. “[It’s] to get individuals more excited about everything around school. What we are is reflected around the school and with our spirit.”

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Two Linfield students dunk into viral video fame Ivanna Tucker/For the Review

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Freshmen Connor Scott (left) and Jon Fishback worked together to make a video that went viral on YouTube. They continue to make videos together, and are now sponsored by GoPro and a German clothing brand.

it play. A guy throws a ball into the pool area and passes it along to seven others, including one who is riding in on roller blades. Within 15 seconds, an ultimate dunk session is held and viewers can witness eight friends accomplishing a fancy trick.

Freshmen Jon Fishback and Connor Scott are a part of this latest YouTube sensation entitled “Craziest Pool Basketball Dunk Ever.” The video is published on Fishback’s channel, while Scott helped develop the concepts for the dunk.

Fishback, Scott and friends were lounging around the pool when they randomly thought of the idea to create the video.

After figuring out a concept and 15 takes later, the guys posted the video onto Instagram. Soon, they were receiving many ‘likes’ from people from school and surrounding areas. Fishback then uploaded the video onto YouTube and sent it to Deadspin, a sports news website.

Over the next few nights, the video received thousands of ‘likes’ and was being featured on multiple websites, including the Huffington Post, Yahoo, MSN and YouTube.

“It was crazy [to get so much attention] because we only did it to get some likes on Instagram,” Scott said.

The video was then shown on

shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live and SportsNation.

“We were like, there is no way this is real,” Fishback said.

Fishback, Scott and friends did not stop there with their dunk videos. They soon produced two more videos to follow up their first viral hit.

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It was crazy [to get so much attention] because we only did it to get some likes on Instagram.

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a team effort when trying to make them different from each other.

Scott develops the first overall ideas and then comes the other guys for input.

“Everyone tries to contribute to what they think will work out best,” Scott said.

Their next most popular video featured an 11-person dunk that was shown live on KATU News.

With all of the media attention, the guys had to get an agent to help them with all of their booking and sponsorships. They are now sponsored by GoPro and a German clothing brand.

Over the past month, their main video has been featured on more than 100 websites and internationally in places such as the United Kingdom and Canada. The video now has over a million views on YouTube.

“I just uploaded it not expecting none of this to happen,” Fishback said.

The video has also been purchased by the popular show “Ridiculousness” and will be show on an upcoming episode.

Fishback and Scott met with their friends once more this weekend to create a fourth video, which took place at a waterfall.

They used a floating hoop and had cliff jumping to take advantage of the natural environment.

“We can’t fake anything [there] and we have to go with the elements that are present,” Scott said.

People can watch all of their videos on Fishback’s YouTube channel, “fishbaseball.”

The guys still remain humble and are excited about how well the video has done. During the process they also grew closer as friends.

“It brought us a lot closer,” Scott said. “You see viral videos all the time, but it is crazy to be a part of one.”

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Day cleaning crew ke Gilberto Galvez

“The power of a small college,” is a phrase that we have all heard more than on The Day Cleaning Crew is a small community unto th Javier Mendoza, cleaning services supervisor, started working at Linfield as a member of the night crew. He worked the graveyard shift for four years before switching to the daytime shift two years ago. He starts work at 4 a.m. to meet with the night crew, and then later in the day he meets with the day crew. Mendoza became cleaning services supervisor in 2006, adding a few more responsibilities to his job, such as training new workers and briefing both crews. After work, Mendoza spends time with his two children, who are 15- and 5-years-old. Mendoza is also furthering his education at Linfield, and is taking a financial accounting class. Also, he is taking courses in math and health at Chemekta Community College. Despite all of his responsibilities, he finds a way to fit all of it into his busy schedule.

Eric Chapman, day cleaning crew member, learned about the work at Linfield from a friend. He has worked at the college for seven years, beginning on the night crew before being moved to the Day Crew. He has settled into a routine of working in the day and relaxing at home in the evenings. “I’ve been neglecting my truck,” Chapman said. “I got a Toyota pickup, and I cleaned up the wheels and the chrome.”

Fishing, hunting and other woodsy activities are hobbies that Chapman enjoys fitting into his schedule. He grew up in the Midwest and moved to Oregon after his parents’ divorce. “My mother’s sister lived in Lincoln City,” he said. “That’s where I finished school.” When he was younger, he ran cross country, played football and interested in bowling. “I was very hyper when I was younger.”

Top Row: Maria Cerda, Onorio Mojica and Michael Prewitt. Bottom Row: Eri day cleaning crew has been a work-in-progress for the last eight years, but th

MaryRose Rose, resident hall assistant supervisor, has worked at Linfield since 1989. She began as a temporary worker, and was later hired to work nights. When her husband died, she made the move to the day shift. Rose is in charge of preparing work study students for the cleaning crew. She also assigns students to custodians, does book work, helps Mendoza with pest control, hands out supplies and occasionally cleans up bodily fluids. At home, Rose enjoys sitting down with a good murder mystery novel to relax after a hard day’s work. She also comes to campus plays, movie nights and summer concerts. Her favorite part about working at Linfield is the variety of experiences she has, which include anything from removing a bird from a student’s room to having a conversation with a student. Rose reports directly to Mendoza, but she used to be Mendoza’s boss. “I am so glad he took that job,” Rose said about Mendoza. “He’s really smart. We work great together.”

Rosa Johnson/Copy editor Ray McCall, day cleaning crew member, takes a quick break from cleaning the men’s bathroom in Miller Hall. He has worked for seven and a half years at Linfield.

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nce, but that sense of community extends beyond the students and professors. hemselves, who are a part of the Linfield community.

Michael Prewitt, day cleaning crew member, started working at Linfield eight years ago. Prewitt’s day begins like that of any other crew member. In the morning he cleans the bathrooms of Campbell, Frerichs and Whitman, and around midday, he cleans the entirety of the residence halls - vacuuming, sweeping, changing garbage bags, etc. During his days off, Prewitt spends as much time as possible at the coast, and after work, he relaxes by watching television with his wife. He enjoys watching reality shows including ‘Survivor,’ ‘The X-Factor’ and ‘American Idol.”

Sandra Nixon, day cleaning crew leader, began working at Linfield when her children started to grow up and ask her to buy them things. She had worked at the college multiple times before deciding to apply for a job on the night crew. “I had the opportunity to come to days,” Nixon said. “It was great for me because I was 40-years-old and working graveyard for the very first time.” It took a few weeks for Nixon to adjust her sleeping patterns to nights. The change to days wasn’t much different. “You don’t really realize it, but once you come back to day shift that’s when it hits you you’ve just kind of been in a fog all this time,” she said. Nixon is in charge of Pioneer and Hewitt Hall. To relax, Nixon enjoys watching Jeopardy and the news and checking her Facebook. The student body is her favorite part of working at Linfield. “They’re always having fun and a good time.”

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ic Chapman, MaryRose Rose and Sandra Nixon. Assembling the Linfield he team works together like a well oiled machine.

Maria Cerda, day cleaning crew member, began working at Linfield as a temporary worker. She applied for an open position but worked three months filling in for someone on the Day Crew, then three months working as a temporary worker on the Night Crew before she received a full-time position on the Day Crew. Cerda’s halls are Memorial and Terrel, but she cleans the women’s bathrooms in Mahaffey, Frerichs and Larsell in the mornings. She tries to fit in time to relax, but with two 6- and 4-year-old children on her hands, she often has a lot of work at home as well. “When I have vacation, I go to Mexico,” she said.

Cerda usually tries to go during the winter to visit her family in Michoacan with her children and husband.

The work at Linfield has given Cerda a perspective that she never had before. “I like interacting with the students who have worked with us during the summer, talking to them, and sometimes they speak to me when they have little problems, especially the Hispanic ones,” she said.

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Rosa Johnson/Copy editor Eric Chapman, day cleaning crew member, kneels to wipe marks off the door of Mahaffey Hall, one of his assigned buildings. He has worked at Linfield for seven years.

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The Body Poets absorb McMinnville culture through dance Mariah Gonzales Culture editor Instead of showing a movie or hiring a comedian, Linfield College brought the The Body Poets to perform for students in Ice Auditorium on Sept. 15.

The Body Poets are a group of dancers who travel around the United States performing at various colleges and universities. In their dance act the group dances to a variety of songs using expressive dance moves.

“We try to explain the song,” said Omeed Simanto, group member and director.

The group began their performance in full body covering yellow spandex, and wore black clothes over the Spandex, while reenacting “Pure Imagination” from the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” amongst the audience, before continuing the dance on stage.

Throughout the night, The Body Poets dance soundtrack ranged from Disney, Backstreet Boys to newly released single called “The Fox Song” by Ylvis.

However, the group’s show is constantly revolving and changing.

The group also got the

YuCheng Zhang/Senior photographer The Body Poets dance crew entertains and dances with the crowd to a variety of popular songs in Ice Auditorium on Sept. 15. Students were pulled on stage to participate in dance reenactments. audience to participate in the music and dancing by non-verbally motioning for the audience to repeat lyrics in songs.

The Body Poets also danced with the audience to “The Cha Cha Slide” by DJ Casper.

“This has been one go the most fun acts in Ice that I have seen in a long time,” senior Holli Brouillette said.

The Body Poets began eight years ago with Simanto’s vision of creating a dance crew.

The crew consists of four

men, each having a distinct dance style. The four originally came together with different talents; including fire entertaining, martial artist and tap dancing.

Simanto recognized the talent in each one of them and decided to teach them all

how to dance and perform to various types of music.

When asked what type of dancing the group would call their dance style, Simanto said, “our style is that we have no style.”

Two years ago The Body Poets made it on America’s

Best Dance Crew.

Since then, the group has performed with professional artists, including T. Pain, Flo Rida and Omarian.

The group also recently interviewed with Ceasar’s Palace Las Vegas Hotel and Casino about doing a performance.

When the The Body Poets travel to a new town or city for a performance they make it an effort to explore that city.

“We do this thing called the ‘mainy,” Simanto said.

The “mainy” consists of finding the main street of a town or city and exploring it.

The group visited Third Street, where McMinnville locals received a free performance.

The group broke out in dance once they heard “Kung Foo Fighting” by Carl Douglas playing on outside speakers in front of one of the Third Street restaurants.

However, The Body Poet’s performance at Linfield was a success.

“It was entertaining and the crowd was definitely into it,” junior Vanessa So said.

“Even though the crowd was small, they were very loud.”

Mariah Gonzales can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

English professor reveals gender roles, sexism in Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’ Mariah Gonzales Culture editor Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, Assistant English Professor, will be giving a presentation on gender roles in Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. in Riley Hall, room 201.

This presentation will be based on the research Pollack-Pelzner conducted during the summer of 2013 for the Portland Shakespeare Project, a non-profit theater company that produces classical and contemporary works.

Linfield senior, Kyra Rickards, and 2013 Linfield graduate, Kate McMullan, also participated in the investigation on the gender roles in Shakespeare’s controversial play. “‘The Taming of the Shrew’ is about a man [named Petruchio] who appears to tame his wife [Katherine],” Pollack-Pelzner said.

The three researchers also studied John Fletcher’s sequel to the play called “The Tamer Tamed.”

This play was written 15 to 20 years after “Taming of the Shrew” and reverses the role of the tamer, where Petruchio’s new wife tames him instead.

Pollack-Pelzner said that to begin and guide the investigation, they started with the question of “whether audience discomfort with ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ was a relatively recent response, or whether there was evidence that Shakespeare’s own audience might have questioned the spectacle of wifetaming, or even whether the play itself prompts audiences to challenge its surface story.”

Pollack-Pelzner and his students compared original textual works, read various criticisms, interviewed actors and directors and viewed films of the play.

The team found evidence that Shakespeare’s audience might have shared current audiences’ resistance to the dominating male tamer in the production.

“We presented our research, ‘Shrew by Any Other Name: Balancing Female Power and Performance’ in Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and Fletcher’s ‘The Tamer Tamed’ to the Linfield Center for the Northwest.

The next day, we finished the project with the Alumni Shakespeare Trip to Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival,” Rickards

Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner said.

Rickards and McMullan were able to join the Shakespeare alumni trip on their quest of viewing another version of “The Taming of the Shrew.

They also taught a class on the play to the Linfield alumni.

Linfield Center for the Northwest, which is located in T.J. Day Hall, offers students opportunities to conduct research around the Northwest region.

In the process of the research, Pollack-Pelzner came across a possible original version of Shakespeare’s play with a very similar title: “The Taming of a Shrew.”

This version is a play within a play where the piece begins with an English lord who plays a prank on a drunk drifter and puts on the play for him about Petruchio taming Katherine.

Photo courtesy of Kate McMullan Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, assistant English professor, and two students also research gender roles in “The Tamer Tamed” production, a sequel of “The Taming of Shrew.” The three researchers analyze characters such as Maria, played by Kayla Lian, and Sophocles, played by Heath Houghton.

During summer 2013, The Portland Shakespeare Project also performed “The Taming of the Shrew”, which drew from the original version above, and John Fletcher’s “The Tamer Tamed”.

When asked how the audience reacted to both the plays, Pollack-Pelzner said that the audience seemed able to laugh a bit more because of the switch in gender dominant roles in each production.

“People were willing to

see the play critically, not just accept it at face value”, said Pollack-Pelzner.

Pollack-Pelzner is currently developing his research from his project into a conference paper for the Shakespeare Association of America Conference in St. Louis, Miss., in April 2014.

Pollack-Pelzner also wrote a series of articles for Oregon Art Watch magazine on his findings from his summer research.

Along with teaching at

Linfield, Pollack-Pelzner is the Scholar-in-residence at Portland Shakespeare Project and a visiting scholar at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

He graduated with a bachelor’s from Yale University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.

Pollack-Pelzner is also in the process of completing a book on Shakespeare and the Victorian novel.

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New mentoring program aims high for first year Kaylyn Peterson Managing editor The transition from high school to college can be tough, but through a new mentoring program, first year students can receive the help they need in making it through their first year.

The Wildcat Intercultural Network, or WIN, was initiated by Jason Rodriquez, director of multicultural programs. With the help of Amy Bumatai, the multicultural programs intern, and senior Elizabeth Guzman Arroyo, the student cordinator and multicultural programs summer intern, the program came to life during the summer leading up to the 2013-2014 school year.

“WIN was created to help students succeed inside and outside the classroom,” Rodriquez said.

Through WIN, first year students and transfer students are matched up with an older peer, who can help them by being another

source of support on campus. Mentors can help their new students with anything, such as finding tutoring, where to eat off-campus, and go to get their hair done.

They also help with meeting their cultural needs, by leading them to their cultural food and religious practices.

Rodriquez and the Multicultural programs staff worked through the 2013 spring semester to find men-

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are also involved around campus in with big groups like Greek life to something more personal like outdoors club, and pre-nursing club to Hawaiian club.

“All the mentors we selected have an academic requirement they have to meet,” Rodriquez said.

“They have to have a minimum of a 2.5 [grade point average], we prefer [them to] have to be involved. We have such a strong mentor group, and they know the benefits of be mentored, so they’re going to lead by example so the first year students are successful.”

Starting the school year off, WIN has around 50 first year students registered, but is still hoping to grow.

There is still time for first year students to join WIN. Another interest meeting will be held at Tuesday, Sept.

17 at 5 p.m. in the Pioneer Reading Room.

WIN was created to help students succeed inside and outside the classroom.

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tors for the program.

“I was really looking for a diverse group of students,” Rodriquez said. “I was excited to see a lot of applicants apply for this program.”

Mentors’ majors range anywhere from anthropology to chemistry, English to Japanese, and exercise science to psychology. Mentors

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YuCheng Zhang/Senior photographer Director of Multicultural Programs, Jason Rodriquez, and senior Elizabeth Guzman work to start up the Wildcat Intercultural Network mentor program for first year students.

Sustainability, hot topic of summer internships at Linfield Ryan Morgan Senior reporter Linfield students and members from the Office of Sustainability will be giving a presentation this Wednesday, Sept. 18 about their experiences during this past summer summer in an internship program titled “Sustainable Agriculture.”

The presentation will begin at 6:30 pm in TJ Day Hall, room 219.

“This summer six Linfield students served on two local organic farms; Gaining Ground...and River Ridge farm in McMinville,” Duncan Reid, the Office of Sustainability Coordinator, said by email.

During the internship, “They spent three days per week working on the farms and two days per week learning about the food system through group conversations and field trips.

Gaining Ground, a family owned and operated farm, located in Yamhill was just

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one of the farms visited by the interns.

The Paine Family has been cultivating approximately six acres in Yamhill County since 2004, and is “dedicated to providing healthy, local, fresh food and reconnecting people to what they eat,” according to the Gaining Ground website.

Zena Farm, Willamette’s farm program.”

“We also visited urban gardens in Portland, Oakhill Organics in Grand Island, Vibrant Valley Farm in Carlton and others,” Reid said.

The presentation itself will be an overview of the internship experience along with individual student presentations on projects that they collaborated with farmers about.

“The projects were: a business plan for a farm to street food cart, growing food in a high tunnel green house, research on the program’s effect on the farmers and a farm to school curriculum,” Reid said.

The goal of the project was to examine the current state of our industrial agriculture system.

Also, farmers have already implemented organic production methods, which raises “questions around how we can move towards a more sustainable food system.”

This summer six Linfield students served on two local organic farms.

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YuCheng Zhang/Senior photographer Bassist Martin Celt performs in the band Eclectic Approach at Linfield College’s Cat Cab on Sept. 12 in the Fred Meyer Lounge. The band played a variety of their original alternative rock songs, along with covers from well-known pop songs, including “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk.

“We are driven by the conviction that a strong local food system is central to a thriving community, and the hope that our produce connects people to where they live and what they eat.”

Throughout the internship, interns took various field trips to other farms and gardens associated with organic farming techniques.

“We did take a field trip to

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‘1984’ novel shows similarities to 2013 Paige Jurgensen Columnist

George Orwell’s classic novel, “1984” is a terrifying glimpse at human nature and a future that might have been.

In the dystopia of Oceania, formerly known as Great Britain, that is constantly at war with the other world powers, Winston Smith, a mild mannered social servant, begins to realize that just maybe tyranny isn’t as great as everyone thinks it is.

After purchasing a diary, an unsavory but not quite illegal action, Winston begins questioning the con-

“1894” reveals the conflicts and affects from an all-controling government. stant vigilance of Big Brother, the ominous figure that is all seeing and all knowing.

Big Brother is able to watch everyone by the use of cameras in homes, on the streets, and everywhere in between.

Big Brother controls the population of Oceania through fear.

One wrong word that might suggest anti-party thoughts, a facial expression that reveals individual ideas and the next thing one knows is imprisonment with the eventual vaporization and deletion of character.

Winston spent his life rewriting, or rather correcting, the past.

As part of his job or striving to avoid the Thought

Police, an organization bent upon the hindering of thoughts against the Party and Big Brother. Winston puts himself in danger when he meets and falls in love with Julia, a beautiful and rebellious Party member.

Together, they try to find a way to join a secret society, called the Brotherhood, that is against the Party.

I think there is a particular irony in reading “1984” in the year 2013, in which personal privacy is nearly obsolete.

No one really takes notice of all the cameras that are constantly watching. Cameras are common

fixtures on traffic lights, ATM machines, and even on the sides of city buildings. When out in public, we are under the eye of a socially acceptable Big Brother.

Even at home, private lives are hardly private.

Social networking sites make this a choice, making it possible to tell your social network followers where you are, who you are with and what you are eating.

Everyone wants everyone to know everything about them.

The thought about who watches us; is it just a lonesome security guard?

The government? Does

our information just fill some sort of void?

Orwell would certainly not have a Facebook, nor would he find it necessary to Instagram his favorite dinners.

He would appreciate his ability to have personal freedom, unlike so many of us now.

In reality, the information we share probably will not get us vaporized, but is the smallest inkling that someone cares about what kind of coffee we’re drinking really worth the risk?

Paige Jurgensen can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

The Sage warms the taste buds Special Lovincey Columnist If you find yourself wandering down Third Street on an empty stomach, The Sage is definitely worth making a pit stop.

This restaurant makes for a quick and convenient lunch gathering.

With their menu being made up of a variety of sandwiches, fresh salads and warm soups, they are all served with their homemade wheat bread.

My go-to order was the vegetarian sandwich with a cup of their creamy tomato soup.

Though I am personally a big fan of the tomato soup, their creamy broccoli soup seems to be a favorite amongst many of their regulars.

This week, freshman Cassidy Mace was able to check dining at The Sage off her list of restaurants to explore,

something she was looking forward to when she arrived in McMinnville.

“The food not only is delicious, but has a homemade feel, which is nice; I’d abso-

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One of my favorite things about their sandwiches here, in addition to their bread, is the sunflower seeds.

Something so little, but adds a perfect amount of

The Food is not only delicious, but it has a homemade feel...I’d absolutely eat there again.

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Linfield College Freshman lutely eat here again,” Mace said.

Mace enjoyed the bacon, lettuce, tomato and avocado sandwich with a cup of their broccoli soup.

crunch to every bite. At first, finding The Sage can be a little tedious since it shares an entrance.

You have to enter La Bella Casa or Cupcake Couture to

locate it, making it McMinnville’s best kept secret to those not familiar with the area.

Once you see the stairs to the loft, you’ll know you’ve come to the right place.

Any time after 1 p.m. seems to be the best time to stop by in hopes of avoiding the wave of regulars, due to the limitation of only having lunch hours and sparse seating.

Students looking to eat food worthy of leaving campus for, that’s not Muchas Gracias, should gather up a few friends and make a lunch trip to The Sage.

Though I’ve noticed that The Sage attracts a more mature crowd, the atmosphere is extremely friendly, warm and organic, nothing too extravagant and simply just homemade.

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

Indie-pop album flows with soulful lyrics Vanessa So KSLC Music director Sunday Lane. Just the name sounds memorable.

The singer-song writer released her first LP, “From Where You Are” in 2012 and is quickly gaining the attention she deserves.

Described as indiepop,”From Where You Are”, features songs that resonate with the younger crowd.

Writing nearly every track on her album herself, Lane opens her heart, questions and explores the challenges of her youth, being in love and growing up.

“Get to You,” opens the album with a soft piano introduction, while Lane’s Ellie Goulding-esque vocals take over. With lyrics like “We still haven’t seen how mean the world could be.”

“A Little Too Young,” showcases Lane’s Midwestern twang and the background vocals complement and add warmth to the song.

Although her album features lighthearted, care-free

songs, the album delves into darker territory.

“Let Me Go,” “Painted Blue” and “Waltzing with Fire” display Lane’s vulnerable, melancholic and somber mood, which also reflect her soulful song writing.

“Waltzing with Fire” presents Lane in her high, emotion-ridden element.

Listeners will easily compare her vocals to Ellie Goulding, who possesses the vocal range of a soprano and delivers a high vibrato and hoarse-like timbre.

Lane’s vocals convey the rustic, contemplative and sorrow tones of her lyrics in contrast of the album’s light themes.

The multi-talented singer showcases her production skills with one of my favorite tracks on the album, “Want You Back,” which Lane infuses synths and piano with slight vocal distortion.

The young artist’s depth and understanding of song writing is a natural process.

Lane says that she writes

Photo courtesy of Sundaylane.com Musical artist, Sunday Lane, poses with her guitar which she uses to create her original music. songs as a coping mechanism, drawing from both experiences and intuition.

Lane’s background as a classically-trained pianist also helps her feel at ease when she writes songs. “I am most in my element when my hands are on the keys,” Lane tells LAFamos.

The 23-year-old Tulsa native moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams, she has had two songs featured on ABC Family’s “Switched At Birth,” and the now-

defunct television series, “One Tree Hill,” which has been known to give recognition for many up-and-coming indie artists.

“From Where You Are” is available for download on iTunes. You can also check out “From Where You Are” on KSLC 90.3 FM or listen online at www.linfield.edu/ kslcfm or stream the station on iTunes.

Vanessa So can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

Upcoming events Sustainable Agriculture Internship Program Presentation

6:30 p.m. September 18, T.J. Day 219

Constitution Day Lecture: FDR, Obama & How Presidents Drop Bombs

11:45 a.m. September 19 Riley Hall 201

MAC - Marshall Theatre: Legacies of War On stage in Three Acts

6:30 p.m. September 20 & 21 Marshall Theatre

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Jake Baker: He does it all with time to spare Senior Jake Baker takes full advantage of his college experience, not wasting a second of it Sarah Mason Copy Editor Senior Jake Baker has a large appetite for leadership Friends describe him as loud, outspoken, passionate, competitive and over the top, but in a positive way, of course.

Senior Jake Baker is the Associated Students of Linfield College’s vice president, co-captain of the men’s soccer team, a Pi Kappa Alpha brother, the fraternity’s scholarship chair and vice president of Greek Honor Society Order of Omega.

Needless to say he is a busy body surging with energy and excitement to leave a lasting impact on the Linfield community during his last year as a Wildcat leader.

“By the time I am done here I want to look back on the year and actually be able to see what I have helped accomplish,” Baker said. “I want people to remember me as a leader who prac-

ticed what I preached and for doing everything in my power to make things happen in whatever venue I am in.”

Some may say that Baker is spreading himself too thin.

That is not the case for this organized go-getter. He uses the calendar on his cellphone to keep track of ASLC meetings, fraternity get togethers and soccer practices, he even blocks out time to work on homework and hang out with his friends. Baker swears by establishing a simple and repetitive routine to keep all of his responsibilities under control.

Baker transferred to Linfield from Western Oregon University after his sophomore year. The McMinnville resident felt like he wasn’t being pushed academically, and wanted the opportunity to play soccer under the leadership of his stepdad while being a part of Linfield’s intimate community.

“For me, being involved on campus has opened a lot

Sports Brief Emily Fellows is awarded Northwest Conference Award Emily Fellows as awarded the Northwest Conference woman’s soccer offensive student-athlete of the week on Sept. 3.

This is the tenth time that Fellows has been awarded a player of the week title. She assisted the team to a victory with the first goal of the new season and 5 more following that over the next two games. ~Stephanie Hofmann/Sports editor

Erin Heltsley/Freelance photographer Senior Jake Baker practices with his team for the an upcoming game. When Baker is not on the field, he is with his fraternity, helping with ASLC or studying for his political science major. of doors,” Baker said. “The various leadership positions that I hold have given me the opportunity to meet fellow students who have made a lasting impact on me.

It’s awesome, I am figuring myself out as an individual, while making a positive contribution to my school.”

When Baker is not darting down the soccer field, hanging out with his fraternity brothers, leading a senate meeting or checking up on Greek Life he is most likely studying. He will be graduating in the spring with a political science major and gender studies minor.

Baker attributes athletics for instilling a work ethic that is valuable to him in every facet of his life. If you couldn’t guess it, Baker is struggling to narrow his focus in on one goal as vice president of the student body.

“I want to look back on the year and be able to put my finger on the changes that have occurred on campus,” he said. “I know the students

have ideas about what can be improved and I want to act on it. Rubber will meet the road with that here in the next few months.”

One of Baker’s main goals is to collaborate with other clubs, organizations, faculty and students in the Linfield community on projects.

“I want the student government to be more involved on campus,” he said. “We want to focus on projects that will benefit the entire student body.”

For someone who has been a part of athletic teams since he could walk, Baker emphasizes comradery among his peers in order to see success as a school.

“I feel really blessed to have classes with so many smart, fun and sociable people,” Baker said. “People don’t even understand how much of an impact we can have on one another. We can’t take for granted.”

Sarah Mason can be reached at linfieldreviewcopy@gmail.com.

Erin Heltsley/Freelance photographer Baker can’t get enough of leadership; he’s the vice president of ASLC, co-captain of the soccer team, and is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha.

Wildcat Sports Schedule

Wednesday, September 18 Woman’s Soccer

Pacific

Home

7 p.m.

Cross Country

Northwest Classic

Eugene, Ore.

5:15 p.m.

Volleyball

Puget Sound

Tacoma, Wash.

7 p.m.

Friday, September 20

Saturday, September 21 Woman’s Golf

Pacific Invintational

Quail Valley

Men’s Golf

Pacific Invintational

The Reserve

Woman’s Soccer

Puget Sound

Home

Noon

Football

Cal Lutheran

Home

12:30 p.m.

Men’s Soccer

Whitworth

Home

2:30 p.m.

Volleyball

Pacific Lutheran

Tacoma, Wash.

7 p.m.

Men’s Golf

Pacific Invintational

The Reserve

Woman’s Golf

Pacific Invintational

Quail Valley

Woman’s Soccer

George Fox

Home

Noon

Men’s Soccer

Whitman

Home

2:30 p.m.

Sunday, September 22

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Football: First game of season Coach expects starts the team off strong big things for upcoming season Camille Weber Sports columnist Shanan Rosenberg has had an extensive coaching career serving as the lead assistant coach at Canada College in Redwood City, Calif., for four years. He was graduate assistant at Chico State University for a year. Rosenberg was also the assistant head coach at Lewis and Clark College for three years and head coach at Foothill College in Los Altos, Calif., for 11 years.

At Foothill College, Rosenberg took over the struggling basketball program in 2002. By the time he left the position this past year, the program had obtained the best singleseason record, 22-5, in Foothill’s history with a number five final state ranking.

Foothill had become an annually top-10 regionally ranked program and over an 11 year span, the student-athletes achieved a 99 percent graduation rate.

Now, Rosenberg is starting a new journey here at Linfield College. With his impressive background, Rosenberg has a strong skill set that will give him an edge for the upcoming basketball season.

“I’m focused on moving forward,” Rosenberg said.

“From a game-coaching standpoint I have a substantial amount of experience and enthusiasm that I can bring to this post. I’m really excited about building a unique culture that represents Linfield men’s basketball as a team of success on the court, in the classroom and in the community.”

Rosenberg also refers to another major addition to the program. Mickey Polis, the new assistant coach, will also give the team an edge for the upcoming season. Polis graduated from Portland State University in 2009 and played as a transfer student for Linfield for two seasons. During that time, the Portland State team won 46 games, two Big Sky Tournament titles and qualified twice for the NCAA tournament.

“Mickey is a great addition to our program,” Rosenberg said. “Together we will bring a lot of experience, energy, work ethic and love in shaping the future of men’s basketball into a highly esteemed and coveted program.”

So why would a tenured professor with one of the most successful basketball programs in the nation want to start fresh in

a small town like McMinnville? Not to mention a basketball program that has been weak for the past couple of years.

A connection to Linfield was made early in the his career when he served as assistant head coach at Lewis and Clark College.

He explained while even playing against Linfield, he always felt that there was a sort of gravity the school had that always seemed to draw him in.

“Linfield College has always been on my short

Photo courtesy of Kelly Bird Sophomore running back Tavon Willis dodges advances of the on-coming Hardin-Simmons player. The football team was ahead of Hardin-Simmons for the entire time and by halftime the Wildcats were 33 points ahead of their opposition. << Continued from page 16

Head Men’s Basketball Coach Coach Shanan Rosenberg

list of ideal jobs over the past 14 years,” Rosenberg said. “The college has great tradition and an academic environment that I aspire to be a part of, and the McMinnville community is a great fit for my family.

There is great potential for the team to be successful and I bring a strong teaching background in kinesiology. This was the ultimate opportunity for me both professionally and personally.”

As for what we can expect from the team, not much can be said quite yet.

“I don’t have a history with the current players so it’s definitely a learning curve for me,” Rosenberg said. “My immediate job as a coach is to see what I have to work with, and make the most of our personnel.”

What seems to be most important to coach Rosenberg is creating a sense of community with not only the men’s basketball program but also the rest of Linfield community.

“We want people to watch us play and get excited about our team,” Rosenberg said. “We want our teams to be something that the Linfield and McMinnville community can enjoy and thoroughly support.”

The basketball season starts Nov. 1 with an exhibition match against Western Oregon University.

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

first quarter the football team was already leading 20-0 and they didn’t slow down from there. Not once did the cowboys come close to scoring above them for the whole game.

“Our offensive line is also

looking really good, that’s where it all begins and all of our offensive success will be because of them,” Yoder said. “Whether that is opening up holes for the running backs to run through, or giving me time to throw, I have complete confidence they will do a great job.”

Even with the offensive

doing so well at the game, Smith emphasizes that the team is made up of more than just one group.

“TEAM is the first pillar of this program, and without it, we are just another program,” Smith said in an email. “So I feel we have been working well together, all parts putting the whole

ahead of themselves. This team has been doing that very well, and it will pay off in a big way at some point this year.”

The team’s next game this season is against Cal Lutheran at home this Sat., Sept. 21.

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

Wildcats fall short at volleyball match Kaylyn Peterson Managing editor

The Linfield volleyball team fell short in an exhibition match on Sept. 10.

The Wildcats started off ahead in the first set after senior Shayli Coppock gained a kill for the first point against Blue Mountain Community College.

“Blue Mountain CC is undefeated in their division, which told us that they were a competitive team,” junior Kailana Ritte-Camara said in an email. “We knew that no matter what, we had to be prepared for anything.”

Junior Courtney Wanamaker started off a three point run with a service ace, followed by several attacking errors made by the Timberwolves.

Linfield’s 4-0 lead was disrupted after an attacking error made by Ritte-Camara, bringing the Timberwolves up one point.

Despite the Wildcats gaining two more points off of one attacking error made by the Timberwolves, and a kill by Ritte-Carama, Blue Mountain Community College took control of the game.

Gaining the lead after their seventh point, the Timberwolves won the set 25-21, earning them the first win of the game.

Reenergized, the Wild-

cats came back and held the led for the entire second set, winning 25-17.

With both teams having a win under their belt, the third set went back and forth for the lead, but was ultimately won by the Timberwolves. The set ended with a score of 25-23.

The Wildcats and Timberwolves started a fourth set to determine the game.

With only one win standing in Blue Mountain Community College’s way of winning, they took an early lead after scoring two points.

Despite efforts to snuff out the Wildcats, Linfield fought back, going point for point with the Timberwolves until point 18.

The Timberwolves then took the lead and the match, winning 25-19, and won the game, three to one.

Despite the loss, RitteCamara and Blue MounTyson Takeuchi/Senior Sports photographer tain’s Kendra De Hoog tied Outside hitter senior Shayli Coppock goes for an attack for the most kills in the against the two Blue Mountain blockers. Coppock had an game, with 18 kills. Junior attack percentage of 0.333 through the four sets.

Victoria Thompson followed closely behind with 12 kills. ence game. Linfield will then by working hard in practice, “Some of the challenges play Pacific Lutheran Uni- and improving our selves I think we faced this match versity on Sept. 21. The team both physically, but more were the ability to minimize will spend both games play- importantly, mentally, we our unforced errors, and ing in Tacoma, Wash. can then, get better as a team, continue to keep the energy “After playing our first and be successful at what we level up through out the match at home, against a want to accomplish. Espematch,” Ritte-Camara said competitive team, we now cially being successful in in an email. have a better understand- these upcoming matches.”

The Wildcats will travel ing about which ways we to play against Puget Sound were great and which ways University on Sept. 20 for we could improve,” Ritte- Kaylyn Peterson can be reached at their first Northwest Confer- Camara said in an email. “So linfieldreviewmanaging@gmail.com.

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Rosa Johnson/Copy editor Greg Mitchell wraps himself with an American flag after finishing his run. Mitchell finished the 50 laps in 64 minutes and 47 seconds. << Continued from page 16 Mitchell’s final time was 64 minutes 47 seconds, shattering Metzgar’s previous record of 68 minutes 21 seconds.

Mitchell has been involved with the Linfield cross country team for eight years now. Previous to his involvement with the Wildcats, he served as assistant coach in several high school track and field and cross country programs, including

McMinville high school.

Mitchell is also a Linfield alum, part of the class of 1995. He was a four-year letter-winner on both the Linfield track and field and cross country teams.

His Linfield track and field career included two conference crowns and two second place finishes in the 10,000 meters event.

He also placed second in two separate cross country Ryan Mason can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

conferences.

Rosa Johnson/Copy editor Zywicki and Mitchell run one of 50 total laps around the track. Mitchell got first place, beating the record by just over four minutes just ahead of the other athletes that was racing with him.

Linfield’s women’s soccer team continued their hot streak this week with two more wins, pushing their record up to 4-0 after defeating Oregon Technical Institution and Corban University on Sept. 11 and 15.

Linfield handily beat Oregon Tech 4-0 in their game on Sept. 11, with the majority of the goals being scored in the first half. It only took senior Emily Fellows three minutes and two shot attempts to score Linfield’s first goal from 10-yards out.

The Wildcats then scored their second and third goals right around the nine minute mark, with another score from Fellows. Sophomore Marisa Specht scored her first goal of the season, and earned the third goal of the game.

Junior Jessie Hargett added to their lead in the second half, scoring Linfield’s fourth and final goal of the game mid-way through the second half.

The Linfield keepers stopped every shot that came their way totaling a perfect three saves and no

goals against.

Linfield added their fourth win to the season, against Corban, although the win did not come as easy. They took a 1-0 lead in the first half and added another just a few minutes into the second.

Fellows came through for the Wildcats once again, keeping her streak alive and scoring her sixth goal of the season. The senior remains Linfield’s leading scorer and has maintained a one and a half goals-per-game scoring average for the season.

Another first occurred for the Wildcats in the first half of the game against Corban, as sophomore Emma Vukic scored her first goal of the year by finding the back of the net after her own corner kick was passed back to her.

Linfield gave up a second goal of the year early in the second half, but managed to keep Corban scoreless from there out.

Linfield hopes to tack on another win against Pacific University. That game will be played at 7 p.m. on Sept.

18, at Linfield College.

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

Coaches, players determine team success Sports Commentary

Camille Weber Sports columnist With all the commotion of new coaches and other staff members joining Linfield athletics, one question seems to always pop into my head. Is the success of a team dictated by the players or the coaches?

Carl Swanson, coach of the men’s tennis team, was a three time all-American tennis player at Pamona College in Southern California. Swanson has also been honored with Coach of the Year in the Northwest Conference seven times. Yet, the men’s tennis team finished last season 0-12 in the NWC. So some of the blame has to go to the players right?

Well not quite. Andrew Batiuk finished his sopho-

more year playing for the men’s basketball team as the lead scorer in rebounds in the NWC and was awarded honorable mention on the league’s all-star team.

To top that off, the basketball program was led by the longest-tenured and winningest coach in program history, Larry Doty. Yet, the Wildcats finished last in the conference with a record of 3-13.

I know that there are a lot of aspects to a successful team such as chemistry, skillset and how coachable a player is, but who takes the blame when the team has fallen into a losing streak? Who takes the responsibility?

To answer these questions I turned to the coaches of some of Linfield’s most successful athletic programs. Joe Smith, the head coach of Linfield’s most winning NWC football team. Scott Brosius, the seven year head coach that helped the Linfield baseball team win the National Division III Championships this past season.

Smith, a former All-

American Defensive Back has invested more than 25 years into Linfield’s football program. As a former player at Linfield, he and his team during his senior year went 12-1 only losing to University of Findlay in Ohio during the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division

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ball team explained that the answer isn’t as clear cut as everyone would like it to be.

“There is no clear cut answer,” Smith said in an email. “Any successful organization, teams included, must have a unity of purpose. All pieces and people pulling in the same

There are two types of successes. There is success through winning and there is success beyond winning.

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-Scott Brosius Head baseball coach

II championship game. In addition to his success as an athlete, academically Coach Smith graduated with honors from Linfield College and went on to get his master’s degree in sports psychology at Oregon State University.

The eighth year head coach and offensive coordinator for the Linfield Foot-

direction. We believe team, excellence, attitude, and class are the four pillars of success for Linfield football.

Team is the first pillar. To have a strong team concept, there must be trust. Players trusting coaches, coaches trusting players, and players trusting each other. If there is no trust, there is no team. Unity and enthusiasm

are also necessary ingredients. If the team fails, it is always a combined product of every member of that team, coaches and players.”

Okay. So being a successful team comes from all aspects of the team trusting each other, teammates and coaches. But what happens when a player messes up individually? If being a unified team equals success, what should a team do about the weakest link?

If anyone knows the answer it would be Brosius. In addition to coaching Division III baseball’s National Champs of the 2013 season, Coach Brosius has an impressive resume of his own. He attended Linfield College in the 1980s but left during his junior year as he was picked in the 20th round by the Oakland Athletics then traded to the New York Yankees. While playing with the Yankees, the team won three World Series titles (1998, 1999 and 2000) and Brosius won the most valuable player of the 1998 series.

“There are two types of successes,” Brosius said.

“There is success through winning and there is success beyond winning. Talent will make or break a team, definitely. The quality of the athlete is very important. Success is based on how they are performing in class and in the community.

The most important thing to do as a coach is to provide a clear expectation of the program and for the kids to buy into that program. As a coach, you need the willingness to say ‘these are my expectations.’ In my experience, I’ve found that the players will almost always meet the coach’s expectations. We have great students that come to Linfield that are willing to make those expectations.”

Alright, so it seems like a successful team comes down to this: talent, trust. and a clear cut focus on a team’s expectations. If a team loses a game, they lose it together. On the flip side of that, if a team has a successful season, everybody’s a winner: coaches and players.

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

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Catline Wildcats unsaddle Cowboys, 71-21 Stephanie Hofmann Sports editor

FOOTBALL Pacific Whitworth Willamette Linfield Pacific Lutheran Puget Sound Lewis & Clark

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

MEN’S SOCCER Pacific Pacific Lutheran Willamette Linfield Whitworth Puget Sound George Fox Whitman

NWC

Overall

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-2

NWC

Overall

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

5-3 4-3 5-4 4-4 6-6 4-5 2-9 1-5 0-6

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5-1 4-2 2-1-1 2-2-1

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The football team started this season off strong with a 71-21 win against Hardian-Simmons University at Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 15.

Since the first game of the season wasn’t until late in September, the team had a lot more time to prepare in the preseason. They used this to their advantage by practicing every day and perfecting everything.

“The preseason went well, I thought the coaches did a great job of pushing our tempo and causing chaos that we will have to deal with in game situations,” said senior quarterback Josh Yoder in an email. “Also we have had a lot of young guys stepping up and earning spots or are at least pushing older guys to make them better.”

Coming out of preseason, the team never expected the game to be an easy one. They looked at it as a challenge that they were determined to overcome.

“I expect HSU to be a very physical opponent, and I expect them to play with their hair on fire down in West Texas,” Smith said. “I have nothing, but the utmost respect for their program. It will be a grueling trip, tough conditions and a very strong opponent. We will have to bring our best for the entire 4 quarters.”

Which they did, since by the >> Please see Football page 14

Photo courtesy of Kelly Bird Sophomores Mikey Arkans and Chad Coburn tackle a player in the first game of the season. Linfield stayed in the lead throughout the game and eventually beat Hardin-Simmons University 71-21.

WOMEN’S SOCCER Whitman Whitworth Puget Sound Pacific Lutheran Linfield Pacific Lewis & Clark George Fox Willamette

Women’s soccer team continues winning streak

Four games in and the woman’s soccer team countinues undefeated as they look to the next game. See page 15>>

Keys to team success unveiled in sports column What makes a team great? This sports column features interviews coaches to find the answer to this long lost mystery. See page 15>>

Rosa Johnson/Copy editor (From Left to Right) Assistant cross country coach Chris McIsaac, Cameron Chester, head cross country coach Greg Mitchell along with two fellow athletes stand together after finishing 50 laps. Mitchell turned 40 on Sept. 13, which motivated him into the 40-44 competition division.

Head cross country coach breaks American record Ryan Morgan Senior reporter Volleyball still ranked second after losing last weeks match Despite the volleyball team losing their latest match against Blue Mountain Community College, the team is still ranked second in the Northwest Conference.

See page 14>>

Associate head coach of cross country at Linfield, Greg Mitchell broke the 20,000 meter (50 laps) U.S.A. track and field record for his age group Sept. 13.

The record attempt was to mark Mitchell’s 40th birthday, which moved him into the age 40-44 competition division. A crowd of Lin-

field students and Mitchell’s family and friends totalled nearly 100 out at the Linfield track to cheer Mitchell on and to celebrate his birthday.

Mitchell began the race with four other runners. They ran as a unit for much of the race, but three of the four fell off the group pace before finishing. Cameron Chester, an alum of Linfield’s track and field team, and Chris McIsaac, assistant coach of Linfield cross country,

were among them.

At the 10,000 meter halfway point, Mitchell’s time was 32 minutes 48 seconds, well under the previous record holder’s time of 34 minutes 11 seconds.

The previous 20,000 meter record was set in Jacksonville, Florida in 2005 by John Metzgar, age 42.

Mitchell’s lap times hovered around 78-79 seconds for much of the first 10,000 meters (25 laps).

For the second half of the race, his pace increased and his lap times dropped to around 76 seconds.

With each pass around the track, the crowd cheered Mitchell on, making good use of commemorative cowbells distributed in honor of Mitchell’s birthday. >> Please see Breaking Records page 15