The Linfield Review May 23, 2016
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Linfield College
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McMinnville, Ore.
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121st Year
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Issue No. 14
Graphic by Heidie Ambrose ‘16
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Student speaker to address what makes Linfield unique By Jonathan Williams Staff Writer A psychology major will give the student speech at commencement at 10 a.m. in the Oak Grove on Sunday, May 29. Pendrey Trammell, a native of Corvallis, Oregon, plans to speak about “what makes Linfield, Linfield” and how it has shaped each person’s life during their time on campus. Trammell will be attending Lewis & Clark Law School at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, this fall. She says that professor of psychology Megan Kozak Williams as well as all of the faculty in the psychology department are some of her favorite faculty at Linfield. She is also thankful for their help and guidance when she was applying to law school and how they worked with her through the entire process. Trammell is interested in working in the areas of family and juvenile law.
She presented her proposed commencement speech in front of a group of faculty, administrators and one student government representative before being selected to give her speech at graduation. The panel included dean of students Susan Hopp, 2015-2016 ASLC vice president Ehren Cahill, professor of communication and director of forensics Jackson Miller, director of college activities Dan Fergueson, director of alumni and parent relations Debbie Harmon Ferry and vice president and general counsel John McKeegan. Trammell was the president of the Alpha Phi sorority during her junior and senior years and was also the president of the Order of Omega, Linfield’s chapter for Greek Life members who demonstrate a commitment to scholarship and service. She credits Greek Life for helping her develop her passions as well as her leadership skills, which she says helped her get accepted to law school. Trammell was also a col-
loquium peer advisor during her junior and senior years. She is appreciative to both Shanai Lechtenberg and Ellen Crabtree in academic advising as well as Dan Fergueson and Sarah Fuller in the Greek Life office for supporting her and pushing her to be the best leader, president and mentor she can be. Some of her favorite classes while at Linfield have been genetics and bioethics as well as social and abnormal psychology. Trammell has great memories of studying abroad in the Bahamas during January term in 2014 where she and other students studied type II diabetes. Trammell is extremely grateful for her experience at Linfield and says she only wishes she would have joined a sorority sooner. “I’ll really miss the Linfield community … it’s been my home away from home.” Jonathan Williams can be reached at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail. com
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Seniors shine on
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Graduating seniors painted the “senior bench” this Saturday as part of the annual tradition.
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Photo courtesy Pendrey Trammell
Pendrey Trammell will deliver the student speech at Linfield’s commencement on Sunday, May 29, in the Oak Grove. Trammell will be attending Lewis and Clark Law School this fall at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
Review wins 9 ONF awards The Linfield Review won nine awards at the 2016 Oregon Newspaper Foundation Collegiate Day awards on May 13 at the University of Oregon. The ONF is an educational branch of the larger Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Lori Shontz, professor of sports journalism at UO, gave a presentation about the importance of digging deeper into a sports story, being prepared and how to ask intelligent questions. Brent Walth, assistant professor of journalism at UO, enlightened students on utilizing public records in gathering information for stories. The Linfield Review won awards in categories ranging from “best cartooning” to “best headline writing.”
Sports editor Kaelia Neal, ’18, and assistant editor Ross Passeck, ’18, won first place for “best section (sports).” “We worked really hard all year to improve the Linfield Review so it was great to earn awards to show our progress. I was really proud to earn first place for best section,” Neal said. Passeck also won third place for “best headline writing.” Arts and Entertainment editor Kellie Bowen, ’18, won third place for “best review.” She said the award was “an honor” and called it “a happy surprise.” John Christensen, ’18, won third place in “best feature photo” for his photo of a student performing during a Cat Cab. “Winning an award like this means the world to me . . . to be recognized by the Oregon Newspaper Foundation for my work is absolutely
amazing,” Christensen said. Kyle Sharrer, ’16, won second place for “best cartooning,” Sam Walsh, ’19, won second place for “best review” and staff photographer Griffin Yerian, ’19, won third place for “best spot news photo.” The Review staff won first place for “best web site” as well as third place for “general excellence.” Editor-in-chief Jonathan Williams, ’17, news editor Elizabeth Stoeger, ’18, Passeck, and Neal represented the Review at the event. “These awards are a testament to all of the staff’s hard work and commitment to the paper this year … I’m excited to see the paper to continue to improve,” Williams said.
Maddy Dunn, ’16, with two outs in the fourth. Dunn allowed two runs in the fifth, causing the eight-run differential and forcing mercy rule for the 9-1 final. Game two on Saturday had Saylors and Batten both on the hill for the respective clubs again, and both would pitch complete games, with UT-Tyler winning 2-0. The only two runs of the game came in the first inning when the Patriots scored off a base hit that led to an error.
Saylors only allowed six hits while walking two and striking out two to go with the one earned run through her seven innings, but the offense would never show up for the Wildcats in game two. Only Oord, Kenzie Schmoll, ’17, Jacinda Swiger, ’19, and Buss, who had three hits in the game, reached base. No Linfield batter would make it past second base. This was the fourth time that UT-Tyler has eliminated the Wildcats from the
playoffs. The future is bright for the Wildcat softball program, with only three seniors graduating including, Kristen Vroom, Jen Hiatt, and Dunn. Linfield finished the season with a final record of 32-16, their 18th consecutive winning season since joining the NCAA in 1999.
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Elizabeth Stoeger can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail. com
Catball’s season comes to a close after sweep By Joe Stuart Staff Writer
After a late-season resurgence that carried them through the first half of the playoffs, the Wildcat softball team’s season ended this weekend, losing to the University of Texas-Tyler on May 21. The best of three series ended in Linfield getting swept by the UT-Tyler Patriots, who won the first two of the potential three games in the NCAA Super-
Regionals. Game one was one that was uncharacteristic of the Wildcats season, losing 9-1, with the game being called after the fifth inning on account of the NCAA’s “mercy rule.” The mercy rule loss was the first time that the Wildcats had been on the losing side of the rule all season, and the first time it has happened in the postseason in program history. Linfield’s lone run of the game came in the first inning, when Melanie Oord,
’18, singled to center field to score Alissa Buss, ’17, from second. The ’Cats would only muster three more hits through the game, with pitcher Kelsey Batten and the Patriots’ defense on their top game. After scoring a run in the first inning, UT-Tyler would hammer Wildcat ace Shelby Saylors, ’19, for three runs in the second, and then three more in the fourth to go up 7-1 headed to the fifth. Saylors was replaced by
Joe Stuart can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com