Linfield Review Issue #10 March 6

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Linfield took on Pacific Lutheran this rainy weekend, winning on Saturday, but falling short on Sunday

Meridith Symons of the Office of Academic Affairs has a book signed by Leonard Pitts after his Feb. 21 lecture in Ice Auditorium

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Four Bands to headline Wildstock weekend

By Jonathan Williams

Rep. Susan Bonamici spoke at McMinnville High school last Friday night

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U.S. Rep. speaks in McMinnville

By Alex Gogen

Representative Bonamici Speaks to McMinnville Community Last Friday at Mcnnville High School, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici delivered some powerful messages.

Bringing together the McMinnville community to discuss education, our environment, and other public concerns.

Rep Bonamici gave residents the opportunity to speak through a raffle format. As the residents arrived they were given a yellow comments form with a blue ticket attached. Through a selection of numbers, she picked people who had questions.

Throughout the evening residents asked questions regarding certain bills that would affect them, education, the War on Terror, and President Trump’s recent speech to Congress. The community was concerned for those who

will be affected by Trump’s Immigration Ban. As one woman said, “These are human beings, and we need to protect them”. Rep. Bonamici responded with “that’s not what America is about,” and stressed the message we will be sending to other countries.

She continued by considering the families that could be torn apart. It is an issue that we cannot ignore. Oregon is a sanctuary state, a loose statement that means that our state welcomes refugees and illegal immigrants.

Another concern was guns and public shootings. One concerned mother and teacher said, “we need to make sure our areas are safe from gun shootings.” Bonamici proposed the idea of universal background checks.

They would not violate the second amendment and would make sense.

She views the shootings from the past

few years as “gut-wrenching” and she shares the community’s concerns in hoping to find a way to protect others.

Education was a concern for many parents. Bonamici commented, “Public education needs to teach kids how to be critical and creative thinkers.”

Residents spoke up about the children who eat at school in the morning and afternoon. The School Breakfast Program was said to be too expensive, but studies proved otherwise as more families found it useful. Rep. Bonamici agreed by saying, “Children aren’t hungry by choice. It’s not that their parents aren’t feeding them it’s because of circumstances”. She understands the importance of education and that “Kids can’t learn when they’re hungry”.

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici encouraged the community to keep speaking up.

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Four bands ranging from EDM to country to indie rock to hip hop will headline this year’s Wildstock Weekend May 12-13.

The Linfield College Activites Team announced who would be performing at the event in a promo video this weekend.

Friday, May 12, will feature an EDM music dance party in the upper gym of the HPPA, with the theme being “neon circus” or “neon carnival,” according to Cruz Morey, ASLC Vice President of Programming and coordinator of Wildstock.

There will be carnival booths with games, a photo area and food during the Friday portion of the music event.

On Saturday, May 13, three headliner artists will perform and one student performer will perform at the beginning of the show taking place again on the IM field this year. The student performer will be selected in April.

The first singer on Saturday is Angie Keilhauer, a singer song writer who has appeared on NBC’s “The Voice.” “The majority of her stuff is kind of country-esque but she also sings fluent Spanish, which is also cool and the reason why we chose her because she’s really versatile,” Morey said.

The second band of the day is the Philadelphia based band, The Burgeoning.

“They are kind of a up and coming kind of deal. Pretty young guys, pretty hype, so they are just fun to watch,” Morey said.

The third performer of the day is the Los Angeles based band, The Rej3ctz. The band focuses on hip-hop music.

This year, there will not be any inflatables on the IM field as was the case in past years.

“It’s going to be more of like an outdoor festival. Kind of like some of the outdoor Cat Cab’s we’ve had in the past,” Morey said.

Morey said that ASLC is trying to get food trucks to come to the event.

There will be artist who works in body paint at the event as a well as a balloon animal artist.

Returning students and upperclassmen will recognize that the music event has become a two-day instead of a one-day event. “The main reason why was to try something new with the resources I had,” Morey said.

“In the past there’s the weekend Wildstock happens and usually there’s one group on campus that can’t go to it like softball, baseball, theater so I at least wanted to do two days so if you can’t go to one day than you can at least do another day, Morey said.

Morey said that LCAT didn’t find the bands that will be performing until they saw them in November at NACA (National Association of College Activites).

Morey estimated that the whole event costs around $50,000. The event is closed to everyone who is not part of the Linfield community and free for all students.

Review editor resigns

By Linfield Review staff

Amantha Hood has resigned as the Editor-in-Chief of the Linfield Review for the 2016-17 academic year.

Hood cited personal and academic reasons for choosing to step down before the end of the year.

Jonathan Williams, who was the Editor-in-Chief of the Review during the 2015-16 school year, will take over as Editor-in-Chief until a new editor is

hired for the 2017-18 school year.

Applications for Editor-in-Chief will be sent out to all students via email on Wednesday, March 8 and are due on Friday, March 17. Students interested or who have questions about the position can contact Williams at jwillia1@ linfield.edu

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Pitts lecture shows campus interest in discourse

Columnist Leonard Pitts recent visit to Linfield showed the power discourse in academic community and illustrated why it is essential for the college to continue to host and seek out speakers who engage and challenge students views.

Pitts’s lecture was interesting and many students and faculty were talking about it long after Pitts gave his final thoughts.

The topics Pitts discussed could not be any more poignant with the contentious political climate the U.S. finds itself in and showed the Linfield community the power of words and what a critical eye for American culture can reveal about

American history.

The sheer number of students, faculty and McMinnville community members showed the interest in having thought provoking speakers brought to campus and the positive outcomes bringing such speakers to campus can do for the community.

Linfield hosts and invites a variety of speakers during the year to give lectures, attend classes and to impart a bit of their knowledge in a specific field to an audience at the college.

Having more lectures and high profile speakers like Pitts on campus is important not only for en-

gaging the student community at Linfield but for showing the academic community that Linfield too cares about finding national and international speakers to come speak on campus.

Pitts’s talk was also the most interesting talk thus far at Linfield this year that directly confronted the topic of race in America and came at the topic through a journalistic, historical and cultural lens. It was also timely as it was presented during Black History month.

He presented his lecture in a way that was easy to understand for all that attended or viewed it and also showed the benefits of

selecting speakers who can speak on a broad to topic to an audience who comes from a variety of different backgrounds.

Often, speakers who come to campus will deliver presentations or lectures steeped in academic language or jargon that only caters to a small audience and often results in a small crowd, which does not serve the entire Linfield community.

Picking more speakers like Pitts, and getting Pitts to come back to campus, remains a vital mission for the college to plan for in the near future.

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Students react to Pitts lecture on race, politics

By Kellie Bowen

Last week, Pulitzer Prize-winning-journalist, Leonard Pitts Jr. gave an ominous speech of hopelessness, looking to the future, and the battle of American society.

I think that Pitts’ the analysis Pitts’ made about how racism “ended” several times throughout history was a wonderful observation. I was also intrigued by the statement of not believing in the “permanence of progress.” But to what extent?

Have we not progressed since the Civil War? As for his recent column that addresses the current administration, I found it rather hypocritical to ask for love and peace, when all this letter is doing is bullying and adding to the social divide.

My roommate had a question for me to ask Leonard Pitts as he was not able to attend the speech: “A lot of people are worried about the division in the country right now. In your letter to the president, you call his administration ‘the fourth Reich.’

How are we going to heal the deep divide in this country

when you imply that Trump’s supporters are Nazi collaborators? Is that the hyperbolic language we need to help the situation or further inflame tensions?”

I couldn’t help but ask the same question while I was reading the letter.

Furthermore, Pitts said that this is “not a fight of ideology, it’s not a fight between liberal and conservative.” I strongly disagree with this.

All I see on social media, news media and opinion articles is “this is why the left/right is better than the right/left!”

There are unending political debates between liberals and conservatives in my comment feeds consistently.

He continues on to say that this is a fight about reason and decency. Sheer hypocrisy. “Furry orange head,” “the Fourth Reich,” “If you were a smart guy with unimpeachable integrity and a good heart,” are all far from this “reason and decency” he mentioned at his speech.

He loosely quoted Politico “and other sources” about

Trump being shocked about how much power he actually has. He probably had the common misconception most Americans have: thinking that the president has so much power that he can provide “simple” things with a wave of his hand- like health care- and dictate what kind of health care everyone gets. (Even after the Obama administration, health care is still in shambles.)

Hell, only a quarter of Americans can name all three branches of government, according to Lisa Manheim, a University of Washington assistant law professor.

For those who want big government, at what point does it turn into fascism? When the big government doesn’t give the people what they want?

Pitts went on to say that he “has no hope to offer.”

So melodramatic. No hope?

That’s about as bad as Michelle Obama saying there’s no hope!

Asking for Trump to not do well as president is like asking the pilot of the plane we’re all on, not to fly!

I fear “we the people,” not our new president. Opinionism is probably the newest form of prejudice.

When one of the audience members asked Pitts how to treat her sister who voted for Trump, I was surprised that Pitts didn’t advise her to, “Treat her like your sister! Share the love!”

He’d rather not know whether his right-leaning friend voted for Trump, because he fears that discussion will ruin their friendship.

If you are truly friends with someone, mere opinions are something that ought to be overlooked.

My friend’s family told her not to tell people she voted for Trump, because they were afraid the environment of a liberal arts college would threaten or gang up on her.

To be discriminated for an opinion is a new beast entirely.

And the fact that half of the audience members probably went to Pitts for advice like he’s some kind of political guru just further verifies my thoughts that they only side.

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Vegetarians, vegans struggle with on-campus food choices

By Rilee Macaluso

If you’ve looked at the vegetarian section at you know that hummus and beans are a huge staple in a vegetarian diet, or at least that’s what you’d think if all you knew about being a vegetarian was based on what you saw in the large dishes under the “vegetarian” sign at Dillin Dining Room.

Dillin may have a section of food devoted to vegetarian living but how much of that food is providing students with the necessary nutrients that they need? As a vegetarian, I can tell you that it is increasingly difficult to eat healthy and eat a filling meal at Dillin. The section of food that is meant for vegetarians is often bland and unappetiz-

ing to the eye, with little variety in the meals day to day.

The food options usually lack protein, something that can be a major problem especially with vegetarians and vegans alike.

“There is always something vegetarian, but there are only so many days that you want to eat cold beans and rice,” Freshman Birch Clark said.

Clark has been a vegetarian for four years.

One of my biggest problems however, is that on the weekends Dillin tends to close the vegetarian section for at least one night if not both. This is puzzling because it is not as though the vegetarians choose forgo their lifestyle on the weekends nor

do they just disappear, and yet Dillin thinks that it is normal to not offer vegetarian options once a week.

Without the vegetarian section, both vegetarians and vegans are left with the salad bar, which can also get boring without a lot of variety at the ingredients bar. Otherwise there’s always cereal.

The dining hall has multiple screens that tell students that they should eat healthier by incorporating more vegetables into their diet, but ironically they don’t seem to live up to their end of this by providing students with a variety of vegetables. Instead there is a salad bar in the center of the hall which has been stocked with the same ingre-

dients all year.

As hard as it is to be a vegetarian at Dillin it is harder to be a vegan. Freshman Ellie Gallagher became a vegan when she moved to Linfield and knows the difficulties of balancing good food and feeling full upon leaving the dining hall. Her biggest issue with the food is the lack of vegan dessert options. There are desserts to cater to those with gluten allergies, with a variety of muffins and other desserts but there isn’t a section devoted to vegans who can’t eat most baked goods.

So why do vegetarians and vegans eat at Dillin when the options are so limited? All students who live in residence halls are required to buy a

meal plan at the beginning of the semester without any optout options, and when you’re already spending money on a meal plan it is hard to justify spending more money on groceries.

It’s not all bad though, occasionally Dillin serves veggie burgers or has pasta with meatballs on the side rather than in the sauce, but these are uncommon and sometimes just as disappointing as if they weren’t there. Until there’s a better variety we’ll just be hoping for the days that we can eat something other than beans, rice or salad.

Five years later: Trayvon Martin

By Leonard Pitts Jr.

Cartoon by Delaney Riggins

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A few words on the innocence of Trayvon Martin.

The very idea will outrage certain people. Experience says the notion of Trayvon Martin being innocent will offend them deeply.

But they can get over it. Or not.

Because it is five years now since Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin’s unarmed son died, five years since he was killed in Sanford, Fla. by a neighborhood watchman who dubbed him, on sight, a “f___ punk” and one of “these a-holes.” Five years. And there are things that need saying. His divorced parents say much of it in “Rest in Power,” their new book about the tragedy. “My son had been intensely alive!” writes Martin.

“My son had been a life force, a teenager who had hopes and dreams and so much love. But in death, he became a figure we could only see through the dark mirror of evidence and testimony, a cursed single night when our son and all that life inside him was reduced to a stranger, a black kid in a hoodie, a young man in the shadows. A suspect.”

George Zimmerman was the first to make that reduction when he stalked Trayvon through a gated community despite a police dispatcher advising him to stay with his car.

Then the police did it, testing the shooting victim for drugs and alcohol while telling his killer to “go home and get some rest.” Then the jury did it when they set Zimmerman free.

Much of America did it, too.

One reader wrote _ without a shred of evidence _ that Trayvon was “casing” houses when he was shot. This was a boy walking back from 7-Eleven to watch a basketball game at his father’s girlfriend’s house.

Another person, upset that family photos made Trayvon look too young and, well ... innocent, forwarded a chain email showing a tough-looking man, with beard and mustache, tats on his hands and face, insisting, “This is the real Trayvon.” It was actually the real Jayceon “The Game” Taylor, a then-32-year-old rapper.

Supplied with a death scene image of Trayvon _ darker skin than Taylor, younger, slimmer, no facial hair, no visible tats _ the woman was unmoved.

“They’re both Trayvon,” she insisted.

Because Trayvon could not, at all costs, be innocent. The very idea was a threat.

So people embraced absurdities. Like a 140-pound boy jumping a man 12 years older and 50 pounds heavier. Like the boy hitting the man 25 or 30 times and bashing his head

against concrete, though Zimmerman’s “injuries” amounted to a bloody nose and scratches on the back of his head that needed no stitches. Like Trayvon, shot point blank in the heart, dying like a villain in some 1950s Western, groaning, “You got me.”

They seized upon his suspension from school. For them, it proved not that he was an ordinary boy who needed _ and was receiving _ the guidance of two loving parents. No, it proved he was not, could never be, innocent. Trayvon was no angel, they would announce triumphantly.

But why did he have to be?

And why was there no similar requirement of the killer, who had been arrested once for scuffling with a police officer and had been the subject of a domestic violence restraining order? The answer is too obvious for speaking.

Five years ago, a black boy was shot for nothing. And many Americans made him a blank screen upon which they projected their racialized stereotypes and fears. They could not allow him to be a harmless child walking home. No, they needed his guilt. They knew what it proved if Trayvon Martin was innocent. Namely, that America was anything but.

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By Oliva Gomez

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CEO Marry Ann Rodriguez spoke last week about Linfield’s rising tuition costs and budget.

Tuition on the rise

By Annika Lindburg A big reason why the tuition costs went up was due to the lower admission numbers with this fall’s freshman class, with only 393 students.

“Our freshman class this year was smaller than any class we’ve had. In the last ten years it’s never been this low,” said Linfield’s CEO, Marry Ann Rodriguez, who presented Linfield’s budget at an ASLC meeting.

“The main generation of revenue for Linfield College is from tuition, fees, and room and board. Its pretty much students paying their fees that helps keep this college afloat,” Rodriguez said.

“This last year, the freshman class only retained at 81 percent, which means that only 81 percent of the freshman class was moving on to be sophomores. “From a budget perspective, that meant that there were fewer dollars as well,” Rodriguez said.

Another surprise that affected the budget was the decline in the amount of students enrolled in the Online Continuing Education (OCE) program.

“There’s so much competition in the online space that there’s other options for students to take. So the revenue in those areas are declining. The transfer process was also improved and steps put into place to provide much faster turnaround time for transcript evaluation,” Rodriguez said.

One thing that always stays constant is the enrollment at Linfield’s Portland Nursing campus. “The Portland nursing school is always at capacity. We budget at that with the fully enrolled students at 393.

That’s a pretty solid number,” Rodriguez said.

“Last year was an anomaly.

We’re not going to have 393 stu-

dents again. We believe we can bring in 460 freshmen. We also think that we can bring in 75 transfer students. We believe that the retention rate should be at 85 percent,” Rodriguez said.

One substantial change to Linfield’s budget is the admission process. “We were able to send out the admission letter with your financial aid to the incoming freshman,” Rodriguez said.

As you can imagine, when the admission counselors talk about Linfield, they are selling it. We went ahead and conducted some sale training.

The budget for the 2017-2018 school year is changing. “The tuition increase was 3.5 percent. Residence hall room and board costs are increasing by four percent, including summer room revenue,” Rodriguez said. “It will start July of next year.”

“There was no general salary increase for faculty. The funds were limited. All of the division budgets are cut by three percent. We added a nursing fee of $100 per semester to generate some additional money.

“Financial aid takes up almost half of our budget. The new money that we can actually allocate out is $233,000. So that doesn’t go very far.”

Overall, Rodriguez made it clear that this past year was an unprecedented year in terms of budget.

“This year we’re in an awkward position. This budget is not sustainable. We’re going to have to live with that freshman class for three more years,” Rodriguez said.

A moment of silence for the water protectors.

Four days after President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, he signed an executive order that allowed construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue. The pipeline would stretch 1,182 miles, pump thousands of barrels of oil per day, and run under the Missouri River. The tribes that have gathered at Standing Rock say the pipeline is a threat not only to their land, but to their drinking water.

Protesters were later ordered to leave the site by Feb. 22. Construction began two days before.

In an age of what Thursday night’s host called “hashtag activism” and “slacktivism,” many find themselves wanting to help, but not knowing how.

At Voices from Standing Rock, students and community members who protested at the Oceti Sakowin camp in North Dakota shared their experiences and answered questions.

Dozens of students, staff, community members and their families crowded the Pioneer Reading Room for over an hour and a half. One panelist kept pulling chairs from the supply closet, and late arrivals went without.

Nevertheless, when the host, Linfield’s Sustainability Coordinator Duncan Reid, asked for a moment of silent prayer and reflection, he got it.

“Our information about this has been isolated to social media for a while,” Reid said in response to many audience members saying social media made them aware of the protests.

He projected two short videos onto a

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screen, both showing Lakota people asking for help.

The panelists made clear, though, that aiding the protesters was not something to be done for one’s own image. They emphasized how humbling it was to be at the camp, and that the fight to protect Native American land is not over when the protesters go home.

“They are fighting still; whether I am there or not, whether I pay attention or not,” said senior Alex Dinh.

Reid said it was the images of assault and violence he and the other panelists saw on social media that inspired them to protest on site. Members of the panel repeatedly mentioned rubber bullets, pepper spray and water cannons.

“To date, no officers have been charged with the use of excessive force,” he said. But some protesters who were severely hurt have filed class action lawsuits.

For people who cannot get to the scene of a protest but still want to help, attending discussion-based events is a good way to start, Reid said. He offered the names of two organizations, the Yamhill Valley Peacemakers and Pacific Northwest Stands with Standing Rock, that stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux.

From March 7-9, Native leaders will lobby Washington, and on March 10, they and their allies will march to the White House.

Voices from Standing Rock was sponsored by PLACE.

She says, “We work for you,” and she shows this by listening to each member and considering a solution or assuring that she will find some way to help.

She believes that President Trump is making empty promises, and that there is a right to assemble.

Members of the community are scared about what bills and acts the President will construct which will tear apart the United States instead of “Making it great again.” Bonamici hopes to aid the community and reassure that The United States is not going down a path no one wishes to follow.

Size of audiance

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According to professor Brad Thompson, organizer of the event; there was a total of 394 people watching Pitts lecture in Ice Auditorium. 95 people watching via livestream in Jonassen, roughly 50 people watching via livestream in Fred Meyer Lounge, 50 people watching via livestream in Riley, and 9/10 watching in the library viewing room. There were 1,600 discreet viewing sites online. Pitts talk had three times as many online viewing for a Linfield event.

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ASLC hosts chess tournament

Art O”kelly,‘17, thinks about his next move during the chess tournament held Thursday.

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Meet the ASLC president and vice president 2017 candidates

Aleeta Maier Vice Presidential Canidate Junior Aleeta Maier, a physic and mathematics double major with a gender studies minor, is running for ASLC Vice President because she sees room for improvement in the Linfield community.

“I think I’ve spent enough time as a student leader of clubs, co-facilitator of Safe Space training and member of the President’s Diversity Advisory Committee to be prepared to be a voice for students and empower the Linfield community, “Maier said.

Maier says her greatest strength is listening to people’s needs “so I know that I’d be able to bring the voice of Linfield’s students to the senate, the executive cabinet.”

Maier was part of the group of student’s last year who were able to get gender inclusive housing implemented on the Linfield campus.

Maier has also been the president of Fusion for the past two years and has also been the co-facilitator of the Safe Space training program and has also been ivolved in the Sexual Misconduct Response Team, multicultural programs, Alpha Lamda Delta Honors Society, Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Society and Sigma Pi Sigma Physics society. She also said she is a current pledge of the Sigma Kappa Phi sorority.

“I think that having more diversity in events and resources is imperitive to the progression of the community,” Maier said.

Maier wants to work have more open door communications between adiministrative and student groups that focus on diversity to make sure tat all members of the community are supported and feel safe to learn.

She also said she wants to work for more accessibility and accountability of the ASLC cabinent and senate. She plans to achieve this by futher developing the ASLC app.

She says she is running because she wants students voices to be heard “so never be afraid to come lament to me about any issues you find important,” Maier said.

In terms of communication, Maier said she really hopes to “bolster ASLC usage of social media platforms in conjuction with the ASLC app and the standard email to make sure students, faculty and administration know the goings on of Linfield.”

“Never be afraid to stop me around campus to let me know about an issue on campus you’re passionate about. I’d love to listen and learn what I can do.”

Jacob Jackson Vice President Jacob Jackson, who is running for ASLC Vice President, is a junior double major in French and English literature.

Jackson is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, and is currently a member on the executive board. Jackson has also been an international mentor on campus.

“I am running for this position because I feel like I have the experience and character to successfully carry out the office as well as bring solutions to the problems we have on campus. I believe that my experience as an upperclassman as well as a student who has studied abroad in a foreign country will lend me the tools to efficiently deal with the challenges that the VP position poses,” Jackson said.

Jackson believes that his optimistic outlook and experiences abroad in France will allow him to address campus issues through a more multicultural perspective.

Some of Jackson’s goals, if elected, would be to develop and improve the ASLC app to better reach and engage the student body, while also making events from LCAT/ASLC more interactive.

“Bringing other food options to campus is another big goal of mine, as there is little to do in the ways of food if one is an underclassman or without a car. We in the ASLC brought food trucks last semester and I would like to continue tuning the program to offer more options for students, Jackson said.

Jackson also wants to “promote not only diversity of ethnicity, but to also promote diversity of thought, economical background, physical capability and diversity of culture,” Jackson said.

Jackson also hopes to focus on utilizing the idea of “the power of a small college,” giving students the opportunity for their voices to be heard.

“I would definitely like to implement student comment boxes on campus, which my senate committee is already working towards. I would also like to introduce some manner of polling through the ASLC application, to enable anyone to quickly give feedback after an event or give their two cents about the goings-on at Linfield.”

Noah Berg President Noah Berg, who is running for ASLC president, is a junior environmental policy major and economics minor.

Berg is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity where he has attended three Pike University leadership conferences. He also has other leadership experiences through Pike, previously being a ASLC senator in the fall, and volunteering his time through many different nonprofit organizations and other events around campus.

“I am running to be ASLC President because I believe there are aspects of campus life that would be well served in being improved. I recognize community, health, safety and environment as areas to be addressed. I believe my decision making ability in conjunction with both my listening skills and my prior experience will aid me in my duties as ASLC President,” Berg said.

Berg also mentioned that he wants to build on the work that the current cabinet positions have achieved.

“I hope to create a stronger and more inclusive community on campus by emphasizing all kinds of diversity and working to bring students of different backgrounds together. Part of a strong community is caring for the members with mental health issues, which is one of the biggest struggles college students have to face.”

Berg said he hopes to raise awareness for these issues and make sure students are aware of their support options on campus.

Berg also mentioned that he hopes to bring these concerns to the attention of college administration and to work with them to have them addressed.

Berg also mentioned addressing the ways students are communicated to by ASLC and decreasing the amount of emails sent out to students. He wants to start providing information through different apps and by hosting forums throughout the semester to give students the ability for their voices to be heard.

“As president I would use my place on committees to be a voice for students at all meetings, both weekly and monthly. Additionally, I would work closely with Dan Ferguson portraying student needs so they could be passed on to higher ups as well as using my meetings with President Hellie to address any concerns on campus that my cabinet could not address ourselves,” Berg said.

Berg also said that he hopes to be an approachable president “so I can hear student opinions through both email and face to face conversations so I can better portray the opinions of our diverse student body,” Berg said

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Tenzin Yangchen President Junior Tenzin Yangchen, a Biochemistry major and native of India, is running for ASLC President because she’s always been passionate about taking leadership positions.

A transfer student from Mt. Hood Community College, Yangchen was the director of diversity for the Associated Student Government at the college before attending Linfield.

Yangchen has served as an ASLC senator for two years and competes on the forensics team in addition to being a coordinator for the Wildcat Intercultural Network.

Yangchen recently represented Linfield at a United Nations conference.

Her top priorities are getting students more involved, having student voices heard and prioritizing student interests with the College Planning Board.

“If I believe in something I don’t fear anything. I don’t have to be diplomatic I have nothing to lose,” Yangchen said.

Yangchen is also interested in providing a textbook exchange for students through the ASLC app and improving faculty and student relations through open forums. She also wants to have an anonymous suggestion box for those who don’t feel comfortable speaking at open forums.

Yangchen wants to work with the International Programs Office to improve issues and concerns that international students have who aren’t feeling heard.

“I feel like I know this college well and can represent the students the best,” Yangchen said.

Yangchen also wants to focus on the quality and choices of food Dillin hall serves students, especially those who are vegan or vegetarian and have a hard time finding food at Dillin that meets their dietary needs.

She also wants to support clubs chartered by ASLC. “I really want to work the clus to see how we can support them the best,” Yangchen said.

“The student life is really dependent on these clubs … Greek life … so I feel like we should really keep them alive if we want to have more students coming to Linfield.”

Yangchen also wants to work closely with CPS to promote more safety on campus. “Being safe and feeling safe is not the same thing,” she said. “My purpose or objective is really to ensure that every student on campus feels safe, represented and welcome,” Yangchen said.

She plans to communicate with the student body through social media, emails and forums. “Forums give people of color and marginalized people the chance to come up and speak out,” Yangchen said.

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“An empowering woman is someone who fosters confidence and positivity within other women. They motivate other women to reach their goals in a positive manner.”

– Natalie Kelley, ’17

Natalie Kelley is a junior mass communication major. She is also the president of a Linfield sorority, Alpha Phi. She is passionate about running, weightlifting, healthy eating and writing.

“I love writing. The more you write, the better you become in all aspects,” Kelley said.

Kelley manages her own blog, Blonde Gone Clean, which focuses on health and fitness.

“I started it about a year and a half ago as an outlet to talk about what I’m passionate about,” she said.

Kelley described her blog originally as a “side thing,” but it grew into something more than that.

“I have a lot of people text me for advice and what recipes to try. It’s cool to have people I don’t even know that ask for advice. That’s what makes it worthwhile.”

Throughout her blog, she encourages others to be healthy and writes about mental and physical health. She incorporates how she uses yoga, running and weightlifting for her own health and fitness. Healthy eating choices are also important to Kelley. She loves peanut butter, vegetables and organic foods.

As the president of Alpha Phi, Kelley manages finances and marketing and makes sure all of the departments are running smoothly. She focuses on being positive and leading by example. “The most effective leaders are the ones that embody what they want you to do.”

Kelley believes being genuinely enthusiastic is an important part of her role as President. She wants the sorority to be a fun and safe environment for all its members.

“One of my main goals is to make it feel like home for everyone in Alpha Phi,” Kelley said.

“An empowering woman is someone who is not afraid of challenges. Fear does not rule her in this society.

She’s able to motivate herself and other people around her to work as hard as they can to reach their goals no matter the odds,” – Jade Everage, ’18

“An empowering woman is someone who leads by example and isn’t afraid to take the risks. She is someone who goes the extra mile to help others and never ceases her passion,” – Jasmine Fojas, ‘17.

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Jade Everage is a junior communication arts major with a minor in sociology at Linfield College. She is a member of the women’s basketball team and the women’s track team.

She is also the co-president of Black Student Union. “One of our goals is to be inclusive and to not just focus on African American culture, but to combine it with the experiences from people with other ethnic backgrounds,” Everage said.

“With everything going on politically and socially,” Everage focuses on “better ways to educate each other.”

During BSU meetings, students talk about difficult topics so they can learn how to educate each other. “We want to create a harmonious environment here on campus.”

In the fall, Everage was on the speech and debate team, and she was asked to become a member of the Diversity Advisory Committee by President Hellie.

“The mission of the Diversity Advisory Committee (DAC) is to promote, advance, and confirm Linfield’s commitment to diversity and inclusion,” according to the Linfield website.

-Kaelia Neal

Jasmine Fojas is a senior art major with a minor in visual culture. She is a member of the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority and participates in collegiate level Track and Field.

Although art is Fojas’ major, her talents are not restricted to producing work that is only for class. So even when she isn’t working on projects, she enjoys experimenting with new things. She recently started selling her own jewelry, something that she had been making since high school but it wasn’t until now that she turned it into a side business.

“It started off as my idea and people would buy my stuff,” said Fojas.

At first, she began with creating simple and staple jewelry pieces that anybody could purchase. Soon enough, she had people asking her to create custom pieces. She started printing custom phrases chokers and necklaces, something that became popular among the sororities at Linfield.

She enjoys selling products to such a tight knit community. “It’s nice because I get so see such genuine reactions,” said Fojas.

Fojas’ advises women who wish to start up their own business to do so, “even if you are nervous of selling your craft,” said Fojas. “There is so much support in a small campus.”

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Sara Gomez-Horta is a senior political science and English double major and a Laws, Rights, and Justice minor.

At Linfield she serves on the Diversity Advisory Committee. She is also the president of Voto Latino, which is in its first year here at Linfield College. It is one of seven inaugural chapters in the country and Gomez discussed it as something to be proud of.

She is a mentor for the Linfield College Latinos Adelante which is known as the LCLA. It specializes in connecting Hispanic and Latino students and enriching their lives here during their time at Linfield.

As a student specialist Gomez-Horta works in the Linfield College Career Development, as well. Gomez is an editor of Linfield MIX which is a diversity committee blog that tells stories of students and faculty and emphasizes multiculturalism and embracing it. She explained that the “x is part of an equation and looks at where one falls into the equation.”

She highlighted the importance of understanding and acknowledging the constraints in order to be an empowering woman. Additionally, the awareness of feminism and intersectional feminism is also important. “One has to bring others up with you and empower other women to do the same,” said Gomez-Horta.

Gomez-Horta has received two scholarships, with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, she spent summer 2016 in Washington D.C. The Schwarzman Scholars scholarship is a program in China where she will be pursuing a Masters in Public Policy from August to July.

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-Sara Levering

Alexis Michael is a senior mass communications and marketing double major and a sports marketing minor at Linfield College.

She is a member of the Alpha-Phi sorority, runs the social media account for Nicholson Library, is part of the student social media committee and also participates in collegiate level softball.

There is no doubt that Michael has a tight schedule, filled with academics, meetings and practices. For some, that schedule would be difficult to handle. but she doesn’t stop there.

While also balancing academics and extracurricular activities, she works for a social media based cosmetics company, Younique. This company allows her to sell cosmetics through the use of different social media platforms.

With over 27.1 thousand followers on her Instagram and over three thousand followers on Facebook, it is clear that she has been successful in using the correct tactics to sell her products. Aside from selling products for her company, she is in charge of teaching and mentoring other women who wish to successfully sell and build a social media presence all while representing Younique Cosmetics.

“If you would have told three years ago that I would have a team of 130 women, I would say you’re absolutely crazy,” said Michael.

She loves what she does because she gets to impact other women’s lives, everyday.

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“An empowering woman is someone who follows goals and has a strong sense of self. The individual has an awareness of the constraints that society has placed on the woman,” – Sara Gomez-Horta, ‘17

“When I feel empowered, I am living life on my own terms, and I am confident in my abilities and where I am going in life,” – Alexis Michael, ‘17.

Hannah Imrem is a senior psychology major at Linfield College. She is the president of the Rock Climbing club, an ultimate Frisbee player, and editor of CAMAS, the on-campus literary magazine.

To her an empowering woman means not being afraid to do anything and to drop the fear of rejection or societal norms.

Imrem became the president of the rock climbing club when it hit a slump from the previous leaders graduating. She decided her sophomore year- after participating freshmen year- to pick it back up. Her main goal has been to get as many people involved as she can.

After passing on an internship with the FBI, Imrem hopes to find an advertising one dealing with social psychology.

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“An empowering woman is somebody who can interpret their own personality – and use that to not let other influences get in the way, understand who she is as a person, and then take that side of herself and show it to other people and bring everybody up as a community and specifically other women in her life.”

– Hannah Imrem, ’17

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Dancing to the music performed by her accompanying band, Shyla Simmons shared the stories of three women without a set or costume change

Yes, she’s a woman

By Kellie Bowen

The Lacroute Arts Series at Linfield College combined the Department of Music and the Department of Theater and Communication Arts to present “Ain’t I a Woman!” performed by the Core Ensemble and actress Shayla Simmons.

Brenda Marshall, the chair of the Theater and Communication Arts department, said that this performance was being held in honor of both Black History Month and now Women’s History Month.

Theater and music have always

gone hand in hand. I was surprised, though, that there was only one actress and three musicians: Ju Young Lee on the electric cello, Mikael Darmanie on piano and Michael Parola on percussion, which included a three-piece drum set and a vibraphone.

This was a three part play, each part telling the story of a different woman of color in history. The first about Zora Neale Hurston, the second about Clementine Hunter, and the third about Fannie Lou Hamer.

‘Get Out’ reviewed

By Annika Lindburg

The premise is simple: a mixed race couple is ready for the next phase of their relationship, meeting the parents. Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his white girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams) are a charming and seemingly perfect couple. They own a dog. Chris enjoys photography. Yet as they begin their trek to meet Rose’s family, everything changes.

The opening scene is a smart play on the typical lone ranger in an unknown neighborhood, except he’s black and making jokes about the upper-class white neighborhood he’s in. Right off the bat, Get

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Out is a smart commentary on race.

Even the opening title sequence is smartly done. A song called Sikiliza Kwa Wahenga by Michael Abel plays while black and white photos of individuals and things in the environment appear on the screen.

These black and white photos and the African-American music playing during the title sequence evoked the feeling of a different film, something that I, a white middle-class American, was not accustomed to hearing. Everything was meticulously thought out, from the costumes, to music, to visual effects.

While I am not a huge fan of scary movies, I couldn’t resist the perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes and I realized the importance of seeing such a film during the Trump era.

Daniel Kaluuya is phenomenal in the film and tight close-ups of his face keep the uncertainty and pace of the film throbbing. Get Out had scenes that reminded me of the Matrix and Inception.

The director, Jordan Peele, does an admirable job of mixing humor with apprehension. The scenes of Chris’s best friend, Rod Williams (Lil Rel Howery) are funny and provides a nice break from the scary scenes.

While there are a few palpitating moments, the core of the movie is an uncanny look at race. I think everyone should see this film.

In the first part, Zora Neale Hurston tried to take credit for her own writing, but her friend, who was working on the book with her, did not allow her to have any credit.

Since she was doing the copywriting, she only put her name on the book, the book was never published, and the friendship ended.

Between each part was a short interlude where the ensemble performed a song. The vibraphone held the melody over a rather galloping, western-like background.

But then the pianist and percussionist began to clap a rhythm.

The cello sounded, and part two was rolling.

The second part was about how Clementine Hunter started painting when the masters of a plantation called her in from cotton picking and asked her to clean up the house. Instead of throwing away the old paint that they didn’t want, she used it. Later, after she was freed, a New Yorker told her he was going to make her and her paintings famous, attention that she didn’t care for.

The set ended on a somber note, when she showed a painting of angels to the audience, telling us that she was ready to die and happy with the full life she was given. The actress walked off stage, and the musicians clapped the rhythm as she walked.

The second interlude was a little more jazzy and urban. This set up the scene for 1962 near Indianola, Mississippi.

www.thelinfieldreview.com This scene took place in three different places: the home of Fannie Lou Hamer, her hospital room and in a flashback. This was a more tragic story of Fannie along with a group of other colored women who went to court to register to vote. In doing so, she lost her home, lost her job, was arrested and beaten until she couldn’t stand, just because she wanted to vote.

She was narrating the play by talking to her husband, and by the end of the scene, Fannie was telling her husband about how she wanted to register to vote and that she was going to get it. “I don’t know much about politics, but I’m running for Congress.”

I loved how the music and the program helped the audience follow along. Under each part in the program was a list of songs that the ensemble performed during the play. By following each song, audience members were able to get a little more narrative from the song titles.

My only complaint about this production was that at times the music was too loud or distracting from the dialogue of Simmons’ acting. But when it wasn’t, the music was like a soundtrack to a movie.

The play ended with a triumphant and jazzy song, which Simmons sang, “I’m on my way,” while she walked off stage.

The three act play hit the stage in ICE auditorium on March 1 so

Griffin Yerian Simmons performed parts of the play without music, just her and a chair.

students could kick off Women’s History Month with the stories of powerful women.

Lady Caress’ beatbox slam poetry was a hit

By Camille Botello

Texas native Lady Caress performed her original hip hop and beatbox infused slam poetry last Saturday night in FML. She started with a piece about the pick up lines she’s gotten over the years because of her name. “He says that it’s my eyes, but honey I know it’s just my seams. If you’re looking for a girl you can bend, we should end.”

Beatboxing and singing the chorus of her poem captivated the audience.

Her poetry is nontraditional and it won’t be found in coffee shops or libraries, but she has a few pieces that are less comedic and more moving, like most traditional poems.

Lady Caress told her crowd about an experience she had at a show about domestic violence awareness at the University of Houston, Texas.

She first decided to write a few lighthearted pieces for the show because, that’s what she was most comfortable with. There were around 3,000 students in the crowd, and many of them had been a victim or knew someone directly affected by domestic violence.

“I was ignorant to the fact that college students even dealt with anything like that. I was ignorant to their feelings,” she said. She decided to rewrite her pieces so as not to make light of the situation.

“Oh momma momma, Momma why do you make excuses for a man that loves you with his fist?

Despite the swing of the arm you still find charm, How do you think she feels when she sees you fall to the floor?

Momma while you’re wanting to be seen, see her!

Victimization can be hereditary, Her life was in your hands, If you want better for her, do better!

If you want more for her, do more!”

With both comedic and emotional poetry performed, along with hip hop style beatboxing and rich vocals, the audience got a nice variety of style.

Later in the show Lady Caress played “never have I ever” with her crowd, and recited a piece about the 90s to make everyone remember the

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Lady Caress after her performance

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Poet Lady Caress gave students a taste of her unique poetry style Saturday during her one woman performace in the Fred Meyer Lounge

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‘La La Land’ wrongly announced winner of best picture award

By Grace Brunke “And the Academy Award for best picture is . . .” For less than five minutes the answer was “La La Land,” which had been nominated for fourteen Oscar’s and had already won six before “winning” best picture. But before all of the acceptance speeches were completed the truth finally came out: “La La Land” was not the winner of best picture, “Moonlight” was.

At first no one believed such a mix up to be possible, but it was.

The wrong card had been read and “Moonlight” was announced the real winner of the best picture award. “Moonlight” had been nominated for eight academy awards and left with three Oscar’s.

The speeches made by those from “Moonlight” included thoughts of how this could only be a dream and that they have the utmost admiration for the cast and crew of “La La Land.“ But such a mix up made people think of Steve Harvey’s mix up at last year’s Miss Universe pageant, Jimmy Kimmel, host of the Oscar’s, even blamed it on Harvey in hope of some laughs.

The 2017 Oscar’s will go down in history for many things, but it should also be known for helping create the most memes from any

Oscar’s. For the next few days following the Oscar’s social media sites were flooded with memes of different best picture winners.

Although the cast and crew of “La La Land” were in shock when the mistake was first announced they could later be seen off to the side laughing and hugging the “Moonlight” cast and crew members. Pictures of La La Land stars Ryan Gosling trying to stifle a laugh off to the side with co-star Emma Stone flooded social media feeds.

Such a huge mishap resulted in plenty of laughs, but it wasn’t just members of the two movies that were in shock. When the cameras panned to the audience most everyone bore a surprised facial expression at the moment the speeches were stopped. People took to the internet with these images too.

Photos of the front row and those those around the Moonlight members went viral with the story.

Although no one can really answer how there was such a mix up it will help make the 2017 Oscar’s memorable. While the best picture for next year’s awards may not have hit theaters yet, this mishap may have people worrysome of next year’s awards.

Malia Riggs Two students used the side of the art building as a canvas for their political statement combining the American and ISIS flags.

By Kellie Bowen

Bailey Morales and Andrew Twait’s mural of an ISIS/American flag juxtaposition was finished by the time competitive scholarship day rolled around.

While most perspective parents did not seem to mind, there were still a handful of parents that expressed their dislike to the professors.

Professor Ron Mills said that Linfield’s President’s office had been getting several phone calls complaining about the mural.

The artists left cups of chalk next to the murals for viewers to use to re-

spond to their piece. Here are only a few quotes that were left up after two weeks: “Know your past.”

“I’m for the men and women who fight for our flag.”

“Fuck ISIS.” “America and Europe have destablalized the Middle East for oil.” Which Morales responds with chalk, “Yes, but it goes deeper than that.”

Some responses were not as serious: “Fuck my father.”

“Wubalubadubdub.”

“Bush did 9/11.”

“Blame Jerry.”

“Baily why are you a bitch?”

And some people were even setting up appointments for face to face conversations, something the artists were looking for. “Can we talk at Elkington?” one wrote.

More comments have been written on the murals since. If you want to put your opinion on this piece out in the world, you are welcome to add to the comments with chalk.

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Injury, illness hold men’s tennis back against Lewis and Clark, Boxers

By Sara Levering

Due to injury and illness, the men’s tennis team struggled to find ground against an undefeated Lewis and Clark team on Saturday.

Lewis and Clark blanked the Wildcats and took the full count 9-0. Linscott, the top Wildcats singles player this season, was out for the weekend due to injury. Therefore, everyone remaining on the roster moved up a spot and doubles lineups were shaken up a bit to change things up.

Jose Luis Rojas, ‘20, and John Lutaaya, ‘20 played one doubles and went down 8-2.

Ben McNair, ‘18, and Charlie Farrenkopf, ‘17, played well against the second flight battling 8-5, ending up on the losing end.

Trent Prussing, ‘19, and Jacob Mangan, ‘19, took the loss 8-1.

The Wildcats were holding out hope for singles. Rojas at one singles played hard, but lost in straight sets 7-5, 6-2.

Prussing at second singles went down 6-2, 6-1. Nathan Saragoza, ‘20, fought hard, but went down 6-3, 6-2. Mangan at four singles went down 6-0, 6-3.

Farrenkopf played five doubles and lost 6-1, 6-0. Carter Pentz, ‘19, returned to the lineup, but went

down 6-0, 6-0.

The Wildcats attempted to bounce back against the Pacific University Boxers, but were shorthanded once again and went down 8-1.

Rojas and Lutaaya played one doubles and went down with the identical score as the day prior.

McNair and Farrenkopf fought hard, yet again, but couldn’t capture a win and lost 8-6. Eric Rutherford, ‘19, and Pentz went down 8-4 at third doubles.

In singles play, Rojas at one singles struggled and lost 6-2, 6-0.

McNair played second singles, but lost 6-4, 6-2. Prussing at three

singles lost 6-0, 6-3. Saragoza was the only Wildcat to make it on the scoreboard defeating his opponent, 6-3, 6-3.

Lutaaya made it back into the singles lineup, but took the loss 6-1, 6-0. Mangan played six singles and lost 6-3, 6-0.

“It was a tough weekend of matches. We played strong competition and weren’t at full strength due to injuries and sickness. It forced new doubles pairings and placing people in different spots in the lineup,” said assistant coach Brent Kingzett.

Mangan echoed Kingzett that it was a tough weekend against

top teams in the conference. The highlight of the weekend “Carter Pentz getting back into the lineup and playing really good doubles for our team,” said Mangan.

On the weekend, “We’re on a little bit of a skid right now. We just have to refocus and remain confident in what we’re trying to do out there,” concluded Mangan.

The Linfield ‘Cats are 2-6 overall and 2-4 in the Northwest Conference.

The Wildcats look to bounce back at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 11 against Whitman College in McMinnville.

’Cats drop ball in first NWC game

By Kaelia Neal

Malia Riggs Senior Amber Kaholoaa runs the ball past a Logger defender in a home game.

The Linfield women’s lacrosse team opened up the Northwest Conference play in a home game against Puget Sound. The Wildcats fell to the Loggers in a close game 9-11.

“We started out strong and did well during the first half,” senior Amber Kaholoaa said. “We just have to learn to keep the momentum going and keep our heads in the game from start to finish.”

The Wildcats started off strong as they had two goals less than two minutes into the first half. However, the Loggers quickly responded with two goals of their own.

Linfield created another decent lead by the 14:32 mark with a score of 5-2. But once again the Loggers climbed back to take the lead about three and a half

minutes into the second half. The score was 5-6.

The teams continued to battle, each scoring several goals until 8:33 was left in the game. The score sat 9-11 until the clock ran out and Puget Sound was victorious.

“I think with having a new team we played really well and what we lack in skill we make up for with effort, and that shows,” Dana Brooks said. “But lacrosse is just as much a mental game as it is a physical game and I think during the game today we got mentally beat.”

Sophomore Mae Seifert, Kaholoaa and freshman Dana Brooks all contributed to the scoring. Seifert scored four goals while Kaholoaa scored three and Brooks two.

“It was upsetting to lose because we all knew we could have

won today,” sophomore Cole Lewis said. “Some things didn’t flow very well, but that just means room for improvement. I think Mae Seifert and Alex Jensen did an amazing job in the midfield along with Sarah Stuck who caused a lot of turnovers for us on defense.”

The Wildcats will face Colorado College at 11:30 a.m. on March 11 at Maxwell field. They hope to have a win to improve their standing in the NWC. George Fox sits in the number one spot with an overall record 2-0, but the season is just beginning and the ’Cats have hopes for being in the mix of the top teams in the conference.

“I think we’ve got to work on our mental game. We’re a new team, and it’s going to take some time for us to really play as a team,” Kaholoaa said.

Wetcats advance to NCAA DIII championships

By Kaelia Neal

The season ended for most Linfield swimmers at the Northwest Conference Championships on Feb. 12 but a select few get a shot at making a splash at the NCAA Division III championships.

Linfield will be sending a relay to nationals for the first time since joining the NCAA Division III in 1996, according to Linfield Athletics. The relay team, which is the only relay to make it from the NWC, will compete at the national meet March 15-18 at the Conroe ISD Natatorium in Shenandoah, Texas.

Freshman star Noah Cutting will be competing in the 200-yard butterfly where he is ranked 13th among division three swimmers.

At the Northwest Conference Championships, Cutting set a Linfield record in the event with a time of 1 minute and 49.87 sec-

onds.

Cutting will also compete in the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly. Along with that, he is part of the Wildcat 200 medley relay that was also selected for nationals.

Other members of the team include juniors Victor Brasil, Matthew Hanson and sophomore Neirton Oliveira.

“I think the relay can make it into the top-eight. There’s only a second and half that separates second to 16th place, so anything can happen,” Brasil said. “Matt did an amazing split on our relay at conference. He deserves a lot of credit.”

The 200 medley relay team won the conference meet and set a Linfield swimming record of 1:30.93. The team is ranked 15th among other division three schools.

“Our goal for nationals is to try

to get into the top eight or 16 in as many events as possible,” Hanson said.

Since the 200 medley relay was selected for the championships, relay members are eligible to swim their B National Cut times.

Brasil, whose name decorates the record board at Linfield, will be competing in the 100 breaststroke. “I want to try to sneak in the finals,” Brasil said. “I’ll have to swim better than my best. That’s going to be hard for me to do, but it’s going to be my last race. So I might wake up, have a good day and pull something out of the hat.”

Neirton will swim the 100 backstroke and the 50 freestyle. All of the 200 medley relay members will also represent Linfield in the 400 medley relay. Sophomore Trevor Gourley will travel with the team as a potential alternate for the 200 medley relay.

Malia Riggs Left to right: Neirton Oliveira, Matthew Hanson, Noah Cutting and Victor Brasil after winning the NWC 200 medley relay in a school record time of 1:30.93.

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Men’s golf play bracket style tourney

By Grace Bruncke

Griffin Yerian Sophomore Cason Cunningham pitches the ball in a home game against Pacific Lutheran. The Wildcats fell to the Lutes 4-3 in game one and 9-4 in game two.

‘Cats, Lutes face off in windy weekend struggle Olivia Gomez

The Linfield Wildcats played through the rain on Saturday, hitting fouls and pop outs until the game’s star slugger brought them home in the sixth inning.

Sunday’s game ended with a double play in the tenth inning that left the ‘Cats one point behind.

The weekend’s games came after Linfield’s three-game win over George Fox and Pacific Lutheran’s three wins over Lewis and Clark.

PLU holds first place in the Northwest Conference, with Willamette second and Linfield third.

First baseman Ben Andrews hit the first home run for the Wildcats and the first point of the game on Saturday, foreshadowing a win over the next three innings.

Andrews later walked to first base in the eighth inning and helped load the bases for the two runs in made possible by his teammate Ryan Pladson’s hit.

The Wildcats finished the

eighth inning at 6-0, leaving the Lutes with the top of the ninth to catch up. Landon Packard, a PLU infielder, brought the score to 6-1, but the players after him struck out and the win went to Linfield.

Sunday’s game was filled with strikeouts, singles, and bunts up to the end.

PLU landed a double play at the top of the eighth that got two of their players out.

The coach argued with the umpire at home plate, but both play-

ers remained out.

Linfield and PLU were tied 2-2 at the bottom of the ninth.

The Lutes scored two more points at the top of the tenth, but the ‘Cats could only make one more run before a double play ended the game 4-3.

The Wildcats have two away games against Puget Sound on March 11 and 12. They will play two home games against Lewis and Clark at noon on March 18 and 19.

The men’s golf team competed in a match play tournament, a bracket style tournament. The players on two teams are ranked, the no. 1 from one team plays the no. 1 of the other team and so on.

Linfield took two teams to the tournament who were seeded as fifth and eighth, respectively.

The A team for Linfield lost their first match up and then was matched up with the Linfield B team. The Linfield A team came out on top against their fellow teammates. In regard to the Linfield match up Isaac Grebisz ‘19 said, “The A team won, but it was fun to be able to play each other in tournament conditions”.

On Sunday the Linfield A team swept Simpson College, with each individual beating their opponent.

This lead to the A team placing 5th out of the eight teams competing.

Through all of the tournament the team played through various weather, from snow to rain, and everything in between. Grebisz, who was the only Linfield player to come out of the tournament undefeated, was proud of how he played considering the tough conditions they played in.

The Linfield B team lost their first matchup against the William Jessup Warriors with each member taking a loss. This helped to cause the match up of the two Linfield teams. After losing to the Linfield A team, the B team faced off against Northwest Christian causing them to place eighth. ”Overall it was a unique experience because we don’t get to play the match play format much in conference,” Lucas Balala ‘18 said.

The Wildcats will hit the course again next weekend at the Whitworth Invitational.

Pioneers defeat Wildcat women’s tennis, Linfield keeps NWC point

By Sara Levering

The Linfield Wildcats played Lewis and Clark for the second time in a week’s time. Lewis and Clark captured the win this time on Linfield’s turf taking the victory 5-4. Even though the ‘Cats lost this match, they earned the Northwest Conference point by the combined score between the two matches.

Ella Riddle, ‘18, and Elsa Harris, ‘19, continued their tremendous play battling past Lewis and Clark’s number one doubles to an 8-6

commanding win. Marisa Doveri, ‘18, and Michelle Ly, ‘20, won a crucial victory 8-4 playing number three doubles.

Basia Kopecka, ‘18, and Riley Clayeux, ‘20, were brought down in a tiebreaker fashion 8-7 (10-5).

“Give Lewis & Clark credit, they came ready to play. It shows the parity at the top of our league.

It makes it fun when it’s coming down to a couple of matches each time,” said co-head coach Lisa Macy-Baker.

Riddle was able to take down

her opponent 6-3, 6-3. Kopecka was also able to take her opponent down, going three sets 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

The remaining ‘Cats were taken down by Pioneer opponents. Harris at two singles lost 6-3, 6-2. Clayeux at three singles lost 6-0, 6-1.

Doveri lost by the identical score 6-0, 6-1. Ly at six singles lost 6-3, 7-5.

“Overall, play went very well, we are making some great progress and developing our skills as a team,” said Riddle.

“This weekend was a great lesson, because you cannot always control outside factors that can influence our lineup, but we came together as a team and worked hard for the point against Lewis and Clark,” said Riddle.

On doubles pairings veteran players with first year players, “Doubles pairings have been going very well, as a team we focus a lot on doubles and our pairings are very carefully thought through by our coaches. Having veteran and a first year pairings is very ef-

fective as it allows for both players to learn from each other. The veteran is guiding the first year into college tennis and the first year brings fresh enthusiasm and skills.

Overall, I think it’s a great combination and gives us an advantage as a team,” said Riddle.

The Wildcats are 4-1 overall and 3-1 in the Northwest Conference. Next up, the women travel to Whitman to face off against the Missionaries at 10am on Saturday, March 11.

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Wildcat track dominates at home

By Angel Rosas

The field was filled with athletes last Saturday with events starting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Though the rain and the cold persisted through most of the meet Linfield athletes went out and fought hard.

They were able to place in the top three in 15 events and take first in seven of them.

Senior Jacob Mihelich dominated the track finishing first in men’s 400 meter dash and second in the 200 dash.

When asked about the performance of the team Mihelich said, “Overall the meet went well. I felt the team worked extremely hard to get the results they got in the terrible weather conditions”.

Junior Kaelia Neal took first in the 1500 meter run where it was neck and neck for last few meters of the race, but was able to keep the lead with a time of 4 minutes and 55 seconds.

The day was also special for Junior Emma Knudson who improved on her personal best on the 10k run by two minutes. She also placed her name in Linfield history by running the seventh fastest in Linfield women’s 10K times.

“It was a pretty exciting race to run, because I was confident I could run significantly faster than I had before, but in the back of my mind I knew that the 10K can be a brutal race,” said Knudson.

Always wanting to improve Knudson also said there are parts of her performance she wasn’t satisfied with and can’t wait to get back to work.

Other winners include Dallas

The Linfield women’s golf team made the journey to Bremerton, Wash. for a two day invitational on March 4th and 5th. Madeline Rice ‘18, said that the team “played the Olympics course, which is the harder of the two Gold Mountain golf courses.”

Linfield came back in fourth of seven teams at the end of two days. “Our team score improved

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Malia Riggs Hayden Davisson places sixth in pole vault with a clearance of 13 feet, 8.5 inches at the Erik Anderson Memorial Icebreaker.

Edge in the women’s 100 meter hurdles, Baylie Cameron in the women’s 400 meter hurdles, Josie

Knight in the women’s shot put, and Jeff Liederman in the men’s shot put.

With this meet behind, the team’s focus now is improving for the future.

Women’s golf finishes fourth in Bremerton invitational

By Grace Bruncke

Men’s tennis

the second day, which is always a plus,” Tiana Yamaoka, ‘18, said.

The team score improved from a team total of 382 on day one down to 365 on day two.

Linfield’s final team score was 747 for the two days while Whitman, who took first place had a two-day team total of 637.

Their consistency was key to this fourth place finish. Considering the weather conditions the

team played well. They played through hail, rain, and even some snow.

Rice was the top finisher for Linfield coming in 11th place in a field of 41, 27 over par. Rice said that her main focus was “playing the course smart and having a confident swing.”

She was closely followed by Lacy Avera, ‘19, who tied for twelfth with a two-day total of 172, only

one more stroke than Rice. They were followed by Yamaoka in 29th place, who came in just under the 200 mark with a score of 199.

Next for Linfield were Faith Hardersen, ‘19, and Ellen Nopp, ‘19, who tied in 31st.

Both finished the match with a two day total of 205. And rounding out the team was Katy Mahr, ‘19, in 40th place overall.

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