The Linfield Review April 25, 2016
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Graduation speaker announced By Elizabeth Stoeger Staff Writer
Griffin Yerian/Staff photographer Students juggle fire sticks during the annual built to burn event. This year’s sculpture “Roots” was burned under a full moon on April 22.
New loan scam targets college students By Elizabeth Stoeger Staff Writer Students in Corvallis, Eugene, and Salem have received calls from a fake number purporting to be from the State Treasury asking for loan payments. Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler issued a statement warning students of this new scam on Thursday. Oregonians have reported receiving calls from a “threatening impersonator” who claims to be from the Oregon 529 Network at the State Treasury, according to the press release. At least one person has reportedly pain $1,000 in nearly untraceable gift cards. The Oregon 529 Network is an office that assists people in creating
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savings accounts devoted to educational expenses. The scammers use technology to hide behind this false number and lure people into thinking State loan collectors are seeking money. The Treasury does not collect nor seek student loan payments. The Linfield financial aid office has been notified of this most recent scam. Keri Burke, Director of Financial Aid, said, “I would encourage anyone who receives a phone call of this nature to not provide any information, hang up and call the local police.” No students affiliated with Linfield have been contacted so far, according to Burke. Scams aimed at college students are nothing new. This is the third loan scam directed at students since
January. Two debt relief companies were sent cease and desist orders for misrepresenting their affiliation with the Department of Education (ED), implying the ED was associated to their programs. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Student Aid Institute, Inc. in March for “illegally marketing debt relief to student loan borrowers struggling with their debt and misrepresenting that fees were required to participate in federal student loan programs that are, in fact, free,” according to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) press release. This came 15 days after another CFPB request to close Student Loan Processing.US for illegal practices,
which included charging its customers millions of dollars in fees for federal student loan services. Wheeler said, “Students and recent graduates are just starting out and the last thing they need is to fall prey to a cynical scam . . . Protect yourself and your finances and hang up.” The Treasury Department recommends hanging up immediately and contacting local police or the state Department of Justice if called by this scammer. College students and recent graduates should stay vigilant, be aware that a plethora of schemes like this one exist, and notify the proper authorities if they are contacted. Elizabeth Stoeger can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com
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The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will be holding its annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event on April 30.
Linfield board of trustees member and wine maker Ronni LaCroute makes time to support the arts at Linfield.
Linfield’s Culture Show displays a wide range of traditions from countries across the globe.
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Michael Lindblad, Oregon Teacher of the Year and 1994 Linfield graduate, will be the commencement speaker at this year’s graduation ceremony. Lindblad has been a high school bilingual teacher and coach for 20 years. He developed Gresham High’s International Baccalaureate (IB) program in history and stressed outreach efforts aimed at minority students. Lindblad also engineered a special IB history class for those learning English as a second language that coupled the rigorous high standards of the IB program with an admiration and respect for the student’s own language and culture. Oregon State Teacher of the Year in 2015 and the 2013 Oregon Social Studies Teacher of the Year rank among his many accolades. Lindblad graduated from Linfield with majors in history and mass communication. He was on the baseball team and found the time to study abroad in Nottingham, England. Studying abroad exposed Lindblad to diverse cultures, “I learned more than I ever imagined and I realized I wanted to work with Latino students, increase awareness of different cultures and use my Spanish to create more equity in the schools,” he said in an interview with the Linfield Magazine in 2015. Wanting his students to have a more engaging history course than he had as a high school student, Lindblad fashioned games like history Jeopardy, had students sing songs, and create collages. He said, “I swore that if I ever taught, I would make it fun through projects, debates, and discussions.” His teaching philosophy centers on allowing students to form and voice their own opinions without much interference. Commencement will be Sunday, May 29, at the 10 a.m. in the Oak Grove. Elizabeth Stoeger can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com
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Review stands committed to educating community
The Review’s coverage of the recent meningitis health scare caused a significant amount of confusion about what the role of student journalism is on a college campus. The Review chose to release the name of the student who was believed to have contracted an unconfirmed but symptom matching case of meningitis. Cody Oden, ’17, is an education and economics double major. He is also a part of Linfield’s football team. The Review never intended to cause any harm to Oden. The intention of the article was to help educate the community of who was ill as well as to alert his friends and the Linfield
community as a whole so they could support him by knowing who it was that had gotten sick. Linfield administration is held to different standards in regards to student privacy than journalistic entities are. While the college is not able to release Oden’s name to the Linfield community, the Review had an obligation to inform its audience of who was ill, since some people were already aware of who was ill due to posts on Facebook and Twitter. The Review did not break any laws or journalistic codes by publishing Oden’s name. Publishing his name was an ethical and moral question rather than a legal one.
Members of the Review’s staff agreed that if the first time the Review published Oden’s name was if he died from his battle with his sickness that it would have been a tragedy to the community. The Linfield community deserves and should know when a fellow student and friend is fighting for his life against an illness that can cause death. Students and faculty expressed anxieties about the lack of information provided in the initial emails sent from the administration about the ill student and the planned antibiotic clinic. By naming who the ill student was, the Review helped inform people if they needed to go to the
antibiotic clinic. The Review also published additional follow up stories and ways to fight and prevent one’s self from contracting meningitis and other illnesses. While some students argued that the Review should not have published Oden’s name, it remains clear that the article, and subsequent articles after it, helped educate the community on the situation as it developed. The Review remains committed to informing the Linfield community of all news pertinent to each person’s daily life and their interactions with others.
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North Carolina transgender bill is inexcusable By Elizabeth Stoeger Staff Writer North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” is not only an inexcusable act of discrimination against the whole LGBTQ community but also yet another cruel, unwarranted action against the unoffending transgender population. North Carolina provoked the ire of many, and the support of some, by passing a bill on March 23 which requires that people use the restroom and locker room that corresponds to the biological sex listed on their birth certificates, not based on gender identity. The bill had unanimous Republication support in the Senate and Democrats protested by walking out. When the passing of the
bill was announced, many public figures and corporations condemned the new law. Bruce Springsteen was one of the first to cancel a concert in the state. Springsteen said in a statement, “Some things are more important than a rock show, and this fight against prejudice and bigotry, which is happening as I write, is one of them. It is the strongest means I have for raising my voice in opposition to those who continue to push us backwards instead of forwards.” Musicians like Ringo Starr, Jimmy Buffett, Cyndi Lauper, and the bands Mumford and Sons, Pearl Jam, and Duran Duran joined Springsteen in taking a stand against the discriminatory bathroom bill. NBA commissioner
Adam Silver suggested that the All-Star Game could be relocated if the law continued to limit protection for the LGBTQ community. In perhaps the most surprising turn of events, presidential candidate Donald Trump split with the majority of Republicans and came out against the bill while fellow nominee Ted Cruz harshly criticized him for doing so and supported North Carolina. Almost a month after the bill was passed, President Obama said the laws in North Carolina and Mississippi that target the LGBTQ community are “wrong and should be overturned,” in a joint press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on a recent trip to London. Those who support the bill cite the protection of
women and children as the primary factor motivating the bill. “In the first two months of 2015, at least seven transgender women of color — almost one a week — were murdered in the United States, from Miami to Los Angeles,” reported the Southern Poverty Law Center. The transgender community continues to be the target of horrific hate crimes and the suggestion that they would prey on women and children in bathrooms or locker rooms is a hideous insinuation and simply untrue. “I don’t look at the person whose locker is directly below mine. I’m not in there to spy on your kids. I’m not in there for any other reason but to change in a place that is not completely separate
from everybody else,” said Elliot Yoder, a 14-year-old transgender boy who created an uproar at a Dallas, Oregon School Board meeting because he wanted to use the men’s locker room. However, the fact that there is even a controversy like this in the 21st century is indicative of a larger problem of acceptance and ignorance. The saying ‘separate but equal is still not equal’ can be applied directly to this situation where transgender people do not want to use separate facilities and be thrown into the ‘other category even further. They simply want to be included and accepted for who they feel they are on the inside. Elizabeth Stoeger can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com
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Letter to the Editor
Health scare reveals administrative shortcomings
The recent meningitis conflict at Linfield highlights several shortcomings of the Linfield Administration’s approach toward ensuring the public health of both the faculty and the student body. The Linfield Review was ultimately the one to release the name of the infected student, and only after a series of vague emails from the administration that resulted in over 400 students rushing to the Student Health center out of fear for the unknown chance of infection.
At a small residential campus like Linfield, the threat of infectious disease is high. When that threat is coupled with the severity of meningitis, fear escalates. It is not only the administration’s job to quell the public health threat, which by all standards was appropriate, but it is also the job of the administration to adequately inform the students and faculty of the risk on campus. Although bound by law, by not releasing the name of the student the administration indirect-
ly propelled the mystery of the conflict. This mystery must be met with information pertaining to the risk involved. It was not. An accusation of Linfield’s lack of concern for the student body would be unfounded, however. The point at issue here is not one of a degree of concern, but rather a failure to inform the population of the threat involved. The fulcrum to the administrations folly, while perhaps unintentional, hinged on the
“informative” emails sent out, which consisted of a list of symptoms such as “nausea,” “headache,” and “fever,” each of which is quite common and subject to consideration. What was not initially included was a description of the way meningitis is transmitted, the likelihood of contraction, or a timetable of the disease. While releasing the name of the student may have helped some dismiss the the possibility of infection, it was not ultimately necessary
to fulfill the informative role of the administration. By being both uninformative and vague, the emails ran contrary to this end, and served to increase fear instead. The severity of the disease may not be understood by many, but it was understood by the administration. They went to great lengths to contact the appropriate agencies in response to the infection, but they did not present that effort to the student body. At the health screen-
ing the two questions students were immediately asked were if you were on the football team and if you went to a party at some address. If only the administration included more information in the emails, less students would have felt the need to go to the screening. Hopefully this serves as a learning experience for the administration.
-Rachael ‘16
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Earth week shows campus commitment for sustainability By Duncan Reid Office of Sustainability This year Linfield celebrated Earth Week through many diverse and dynamic events and workshops. Linfield hosted bike rides, movie screenings, hands on DIY workshops where students made their own all-purpose cleaner, deodorant and toothpaste, lectures and presentations about climate change, fracking and sustainable agriculture, trivia night in Dillin Hall, discussions on sustainability, lunch with sustainability focused alumni, built a greenhouse in the garden and celebrated it all with the Earth Day festival where we enjoyed music, food and activities with different clubs and organizations across campus. Thank you for those of you who participated in the events and helped support the cause, even if you just stopped by the table to win a pen, pencil, bag or bottle. We hope that you were able to participate in the Earth Week events this year and that you learned from them and enjoyed them. We strive to support students in learning about their connections with their ecological and social communities and what they can do to fundamentally shift their relationships towards more sustainable
and regenerative relationships. If you participated in events, we would love to hear what your thoughts were about them. If you did not, we would also like to hear from you about why you did not participate and what you would like to see in the future. With the end of April approaching, finals week is all too close and our semester is quickly drawing to a close. With Earth Week behind us, we are looking forward to a few key events and programs that we would love your help with. The first is the Give N Go program. We will be placing blue bins out in the residence halls and near campus apartments to collect donations of reusable items that you no longer need. These will be going to local charities, so please make sure they are useable and clean items. Secondly, we will once again feature reuseable “preserve ware” at Wild Stock this year. Please remember to return the dishes to the dish station as we would like to continue using them. And last but not least, there is always time to get involved with the garden during Saturday work parties from 9-noon. The Office of Sustainability can be reached at sustainability@linfield.edu
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‘Ghost in the Shell’ casting ignites ethnic tensions By Cassandra Martinez Staff Writer Hollywood tends to cast actors of the wrong ethnicity when making films with a person-of-color lead. Specifically, they cast white actors. In the case of ‘Ghost in the Shell’, Hollywood has gone so far as to use CGI to make the lead actress, Scarlett Johansson, appear more Asian. Johansson may fit the archetype when it comes to tough and bionic women, such as Lucy from Lucy and Black Widow from Marvel. But Kusanagi from ‘Ghost in the Shell’ is Japanese. ‘Ghost in the Shell’ was originally published as a seinen-genre manga before it became a big hit in Japan.
This manga is important to Japan’s heritage, as it is fictionally representative of their industrialization after the war. It is Japan’s own style of comics, telling Japan’s own story. White-washing is a cultural phenomenon in which roles that could easily be given to a person of color are given to a white one, or in its extreme, when roles that are written for someone not-white are given to white actors. The announcement of Johansson as the lead for this upcoming 2017 liveaction adaptation sparked a lot of negativity on social media websites. On Esquire Magazine’s website, staff writer Evelyn Wang stated that the studio allegedly ran CGI tests to make Johansson
more Asian, although they scrapped the idea soon after. Apparently, Johansson didn’t know why tests were being done. Has Hollywood not learned its lesson in whitewashing films? After failures such as ‘Pan and Aloha’ one would think they would see the trend. Many wonder if this controversy could have been avoided if the movie had changed the characters to make it more Westernized, but the answer is it wouldn’t make a difference. ‘Ghost in the Shell’ has a huge cult following, and Hollywood probably cast Johansson in an effort to appeal to the masses, and to draw in new viewers. With her popularity in The Avengers films, there’s
no doubt she was considered a great choice. But in the end, the decision devalues the cultural significance of the film. What is the more important choice for the industry? Obviously, the idea of losing money is worse to them than possibly making progress by, horror of all horrors, casting an unknown (well, to Americans, at least) actor. It’s not wrong to want to share something great from another culture with the world, but changing what makes it inherently theirs is unforgivable, and our generation knows it.
Cassandra Martinez can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com
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Griffin Yerian/staff photographer Students and professor of health and human performance Dawn Graff-Haight (right) lead a discussion during the sexism panel discussion on Thursday, April 21.
Panel highlights gender bias, sexism on campus By Gillian Wilson For the Review
Students discussed the issue of objectification on the social media app Yik Yak and the pressure on women to be perfect in a forum on sexism and gender identity discrimination. The President’s Diversity Advisory Council sponsored the student led panel on Thursday in Jonasson. “On Yik Yak there have been some really disparaging comments towards women,” said Alleta WeissMeier, ’18, President of Linfield’s Queer Student Union. Weiss-Meier said the sexist comments on the app are indicative of a bigger problem. One example was the extremely negative reaction some Yik Yak users had in response to “Speak Like A Girl,” a feminist, spoken word poetry show at Linfield. Dawn Graff-Haight, Professor of Health Education at Linfield, added that sex-
ist comments on Yik Yak, as well as sexism itself, can be directed towards males as well as females. Female students also spoke about feeling that they have to try harder in order to be heard or taken seriously by male classmates. Several female students at the forum said they felt like they had something extra to prove in comparison to male classmates. Graff-Haight said that almost every female physics major has raised the issue of feeling a “pressure to be extra” as women in the physics department. “In a lot of classrooms, it tends to be more male dominated when it comes to discussions,” Diana Vazquez Duque said. Duque pointed out that this is the case even though Linfield’s student population is 60 percent females. Elizabeth Lukas added that it would help if professors stood up for those who got interrupted. The forum also discussed
giving more gender specific preparation for study abroad, as well as how the gender options on the housing form are being updated for next year to be more inclusive. “The problem is that a lot of people don’t think there is a problem,” said WeissMeier. The first step to ending sexism is recognizing that it does exist. If members of the Linfield community reflect on unconscious biases, it will be a step in the right direction. Graff-Haight said that on Monday there will be a faculty forum to discuss these same issues, facilitated by herself and other faculty members. If you would like to recommend a topic for an upcoming student forum, please send it to the President’s Advisory Council (DAC@linfield.edu).
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Speaker discusses fracking
Taylor Brorby speaks to students during his presentation “The Future of Fracking: What your parents don’t want you to know about fracking” on April 21.
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Photo courtesy Saintmotel.com Members of the band “Saint Motel” gather for a photo. The band will play at Wildstock on Friday, May 13.
Wildstock band announced By Samantha West Staff Writer
Wildstock is the biggest celebration of the year, as past years have seen artists like Macklemore, Augustana, and Maddie & Tae take the stage at Linfield. The American indie rock band Saint Motel will be performing at the 2016 Wildstock party. They were chosen because of their appealing genre and availability. “We wanted a more alternative band,” said Heidi Ambrose, ‘16. Then the ASLC board started checking tour dates and calling band managers, looking for one that would fit the school’s budget of $50 per Linfield student.
This year, the concert has an underwater theme, inspired by last year’s unintentionally country-themed roundup. “We thought it was a fun way for people to more tangibly participate in the event,” said Ambrose. When asked if the event would require swimsuits, Ambrose said that they were an option, but not necessary. “You’re not going to get soaking wet,” she said. Other attractions include a petting zoo and an inflatable obstacle course, along with old favorites like face painting. Like last year, students can expect the same free meal of tacos or hamburgers, brought to Linfield by Pura Vida and Ribslayer. In previous years, the
event has been open on the IM field. Last year, the event was fenced in. This year will continue that tradition. “This is a student-only event,” Ambrose said, explaining that previous security issues in the past have involved non-Linfield students. However, Ambrose is an advocate for opening the event to the public and charging non-students a fee of $60 in order to be fair with what Linfield students pay. ASLC estimates about 75 percent of the student body will attend, going off of previous years. The event opens at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 13.
Samantha West can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com
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Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity to host walk against sexual violence By Elizabeth Stoeger Staff Writer Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity’s Delta Rho chapter at Linfield will host their annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event to combat sexual assault and violence against women. Fraternity members will walk a mile in high-heeled shoes “as a way to raise money and increase awareness to prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, and gender violence at Linfield, and throughout the world,” according to their Facebook page. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is an international organization that has been working to raise awareness of sexualized violence since 2001. “As a group we want to show our support for the fight against sexual assault. We raised over $5,800 last year for this cause and we are hoping to exceed our goal of $7,500 this year for
the Henderson House,” said Will Samp, ‘17, president of the Detla Rho chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha. Not only Linfield will participate, but cities and colleges around the globe will walk in support of women. From Rutger’s Medical School to John Cabot University in Rome, men have traipsed around in high heels as a way “to open communication about sexualized violence,” according to the organization’s website. This light-hearted walk will be the second for Linfield. Last year, Pi Kappa Alpha raised $5,583, which all went to the Henderson house, a local shelter for victims of domestic violence. The event will be held on April 30 and will begin at 11 a.m. outside Riley Hall. Elizabeth Stoeger can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com
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Students bring life to Linfield garden
Students partcipate in the garden work party this past weekend put on by Greenfield and the Office of Sustainability.
Lab results inconclusive for meningitis According to an email from the Dean of Students, lab results have not identified a bacterial cause for meningitis for Cody Oden, ’17, who was sent to Oregon Health & Sciences University last week
after experiencing symptoms related to meningitis. Tom Eversole, Yamhill County Public health manager, told the News Register that the test results “did not allow certainty of diagnosis … (tests) can’t prove or rule out meningitis.” No new cases have been
reported on campus. The college is still encouraging anyone who experiences “symptoms of fever, headache, stiff neck, nausea or vomiting” to see a medical provider for assessment. “When there is potential exposure to meningitis bacteria, antibiotic treatment
should be started as soon as possible and ideally within 24 hours,” said Tom Eversole, Yamhill County Public health manager. Oden declined to comment.
Lin introduced her international program that allows students to travel abroad and learn the culture of Beijing. These classes are small and interactive with only five students per class. They are provided with the opportunity to be absorbed in the Chinese culture, learn the language, some kung fu moves and travel to other areas in the country. Lin concluded her presentation with the discussion of traditional Chinese cuisine.
China possesses a variety of delicious foods, all flavored with garlic, ginger and green onion. Lin told the group that her favorite dish is whole, steamed fish. This dish is traditionally eaten during the new years spring festival, where it is traditionally believed to bring good luck. Students and faculty were able to get a taste of the Chinese culture and break any preexisting stereotypes. It became more of an interac-
tive discussion than a formal lecture. “Lin is such a kind person and has done so much for her students in the Chinese language and culture courses. We are so happy that she was able to share information about her country and culture with the larger Linfield community,” said Michele Tomseth, Assistant Director of the International Programs Office (IPO). The International Programs Office sponsors these events to broaden the mind of the
Linfield student by introducing new cultures. “IPO puts on two to three similar programs each semester highlighting international students, visiting scholars, faculty, past study abroad participants and others. We are grateful to the individuals who choose to share their experience with us,” Tomseth said.
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Visiting professor aims to break stereotypes of Chinese culture By Michaela Fujita Staff Writer Chinese culture was the main focus of the Linfield visiting professor’s lecture and attendees were greeted with homemade traditional dishes like, fried rice and a spicy tofu platter. On Wednesday, visiting Professor Lily Lin presented “China: More than Meets the Eye” in Riley 201. Lin began her presentation by breaking any negative
stereotypes that Chinese individuals face. It is commonly thought that Chinese people “all look the same.” However, Lin stated that China possesses over 56 different subcultures, all of which have distinctive facial features and customs. Han Zu is the largest of these groups within China. The rest, including inner Mongolians, Menggu Zu, Bai Zu and Hui Zu, and people of Muslim descent, are considered the minorities in China.
Michaela Fujita can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com
What did you do during the thunder and lightening storm?
“I was in the shower and I was concerned that the power was going to go out!” -Hope Flores-Austin, Sophomore
“I went outside in a t-shirt, leggings, and my socks and watched the storm in the pouring rain.” -Makenna Jansen, Sophomore
“I ran back to my dorm. . . I don’t like thunder and lightening.”
-Odalys Diaz, Freshman
“The lightening was far enough away that I got out my umbrella and stood out in the rain and watched.”
-Zoya Miller, Sophomore
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Writer, critic discusses American diversity struggle By Emma Bloomfield Staff Writer Almost all the seats were filled as the speaker started his discussion on the miracle of shared space. Teju Cole is a writer, art historian, and photographer. Cole is the author of two books: a novella, ‘Every Day is for the Thief’, and ‘Open City’, a novel that also featured on numerous book of the year lists. Cole spoke on Monday night in Ice Auditorium. He is a distinguished writer and a photography critic of the New York Times Magazine. He was born in the U.S. and raised in Nigeria. He made jokes throughout his speech and the audience was thoroughly engaged throughout. Cole did not have a barrier when it came to discussing the controversial topics of white supremacy and diversity. “Diversity is not a burden, it is an advantage,” said
Cole. The problem in today’s society is that people are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them, he continued. He read excerpts from his books towards the end of the lecture. James Baldwin, a character in one of Cole’s books, wrote an essay called “Stranger in the Village”. It recounts the experience of being black in an all white village and portrays the American racial situation in the 1950s. To be a stranger is to be looked at but to be black is to be looked at especially and people of color were seen as “living wonders,” Cole said. “And yet I, born in the United States and living half a century after Baldwin, continue to understand because I have experienced in my own body the undimmed fury he felt about racism,” said Cole, reading from his book. He said diversity is about the fundamentals of a person such as love, sorrow, and
Linfield student still missing By Jonathan Williams Staff Writer A Linfield junior has been missing since 3 a.m. on April 17 in the Depoe Bay area on the Oregon coast, according to the McMinnville Police Department. Owen Woods, 22, is a brother in the Delta Psi Delta fraternity. He is originally from Troutdale, Oregon. Kellie Bowen, ’18, who is friends with Woods, said that one of Woods’ friends was told that his cell phone and music playing device were found on the side of the road on highway 101. He was driving a silver 1995 Toyota Tercel when he went missing. The license plate number is XSP426, according to McMinnville police. His parents are con-
cerned for his well-being since he has a history of depression.
Anyone who has information regarding the whereabouts of Woods are asked to call CPS at 503883-7233. People can also all the McMinnville Police department at 503-434-6500 with any information they have. His case number is 16-1780. Jonathan Williams can be reached at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com
Photo by Malia Riggs/staff photographer Teju Cole, a writer, critic and art historian stayed at Linfield for two days to discuss diversity with students and faculty. grief; the exterior is just a landscape. This fantasy about the disposability of black life has been a constant in American history and this disposability
continues today. “It takes white people a while to understand it, it takes non-black people of color a while to understand it, and everyone else a while to
understand it,” said Cole. American racism has many ruling parts and has had many centuries in which to evolve impressive camouflage. Cole said the worst part
is that some people pretend to look the other way.
By Elizabeth Stoeger Staff Writer
about slash-and-burn farming.” Slash-and-burn farming is a method widely used by farmers and consists of cutting down an area of forest, burning it, and using the ash that is left as fertilizer. When that is washed away, so is the soil and the farmer repeats the cycle in another area of forest until eventually the soil is completely depleted and the forest can never be revived. In addition to the destructive slash-and-burn method, the pesticides and chemical fertilizers typically used in farming can cause various forms of cancer in the farmers and birth defects in their children. Using these chemicals can also cause devastation of the topsoil, death of the microorganisms that live in the soil, and reduction in the overall viability of the soil. This often leads to drought, flooding, and other disasters that further denigrate the environment. Despite this, Reed believes
there is still hope. “I think that we still can turn things around and get back to having a healthy planet that will support all of us,” said Reed, “The reason that I’m optimistic is because of the 2,500 farmers who are currently or have been through Sustainable Harvest’s program.” SHI teaches organic farming practices through a fivephase program. The program begins by having farmers make realistic goals for the farm. Next farmers learn the practices that will transform their farm by working with a field trainer. The motto of the program is that “healthy soils are what create healthy crops” and environmental health “all starts with the soil.” The third phase deals with ways to increase the economic income of the farm. For example, the herb Culantro can often fetch a considerable sum of money each week at local markets. Then they focus on devel-
oping the entrepreneurial skills of the farmers and encourage them to take part in community leadership. The last phase is graduation from the program, which takes about 5 years to complete. One prime example of the power of SHI to transform both the local ecosystem and the lives of the farmers they assist is the story of Edilberto Mendoza. Mendoza inherited a piece of farmland he was told would never yield any crops. By graduation from the SHI program, he had a thriving farm that grew dozens of different crops, was able to improve his family’s diet, and made enough money to send his daughters to high school. In the 18 years since SHI was established, they have planted 3.7 million trees and saved about 90,000 acres of tropical forest.
Emma Bloomfield can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail. com
Scholar is hopeful for sustainable farming
Tropical forests are being destroyed at the rate of one acre per second and biodiversity is similarly affected with seven species going extinct every day. On the eve of Earth Day, Florence Reed presented her lecture, “Making a Real Difference on Earth Day and Every Day,” in Ice Auditorium. Reed is the 2016 Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, a program that brings together non-academic specialists in various fields with colleges across the nation. In 1997, Reed founded Sustainable Harvest International (SHI), an organization that aims to save the forests and foster biodiversity by teaching farmers in Belize, Honduras, and Panama to practice organic, eco-friendly farming rather than slashand-burn farming. Reed said, “When we talk about shifting cultivation, in many cases we’re talking
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Wine maker finds joy in arts, supports Linfield By Jenny Horniman Staff Writer
Though her primary profession is acting as the owner of WillaKenzie Estate, a winery in Yamhill, Ronni LaCroute has been a passionate and impactful supporter of the arts programs at Linfield for the past several years. LaCroute’s influence has gone as far as to coin the LaCroute Annual Art Series, a display of various visual arts that connect to social change and address issues such as diversity and multicultural appreciation. This art series is somewhat of an embodiment of LaCroute’s thoughts and feelings toward art. “Art in itself is aesthetically beautiful, but art with a real meaning attached to it - that’s what touches the heart and engages the mind,” she said. LaCroute is also a member of the Linfield Board of Trustees. She brings an innovative outlook, and encourages all different types and forms of art taught at Linfield. Despite the fact that she has been involved in over 125 non-profits in the past year, and spends three to four days in Portland per week, it is rare that she ever misses the opportunity to see a performance or art display put on at Linfield. Her dedication to the school, its programs, and its students is felt both by students and staff members. “Ronni has brought so
much to Linfield with her support of theatre, music and art in addition to the wine archives” said Susan Barnes Whyte. “Plus she’s terrifically bright and fun to speak with. She’s such an engaged person in her own life and brings this energy to her work with the Linfield community.” LaCroute has a colorful past, from attending a boarding school in Geneva, Switzerland in her youth, to eventually moving to Oregon to pursue a longtime dream of owning a winery. Between the two has been a whirlwind of homes and passions and occupations. She attended Cornell University until her junior year of college, at which point she transferred to a university in Paris with an intended double major in International Relations and French. She then attended the University of Michigan for grad school. Since then, she has taught both French and Spanish at a high academic level in several places, which she admits could be one of the reasons that she enjoys being involved at Linfield. She is very passionate about teaching and misses being involved with students, and here she can do that while fulfilling her dreams of owning a winery. “In addition to running WillaKenzie, she plays a huge philanthropic role in the theater and arts community at Linfield and in Portland,” said Linfield ar-
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chivist Rachael Woody. “It’s no wonder she was Oregon Wine Press’ person of the year in 2011, which honors people who make significant community contributions.” Woody also made comments about LaCroute’s generous donations of time and energy, apart from just the financial support she provides. LaCroute says that, “All students should have access to the arts, it is an experience that no one should live without.” Many theatres in Portland have asked her to get involved with their programs or at least give them her opinions, particularly on social equity projects. Some of her expertise in the area comes from having attended lots of world class theatre when she was living in Europe with her family. LaCroute has also been involved in a youth orchestra in an economically poor area of Portland, and she reports seeing the program “change [the student’s] lives through passion”. LaCroute has made herself very well known and respected in several areas of society, her impact has been felt and appreciated by many. Despite being spread so thin, she still manages to prioritize Linfield and shows unwavering support for its programs. Jenny Horniman can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@ gmail.com
Photo courtesy Oregon Wine press and Linfield College Archives Top: Ronni LaCroute stands on the deck of the tasting room at her WillaKenzie Estate winery. Left: LaCroute supports students at a wine history project presentation at Linfield.
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Built to Burn sculpture lights up the night
All photos Griffin Yerian/staff photographer Left: The “Roots” sculpture burns during the built to burn event. Top right: a student writes a message on the sculpture. Above: Professor of art Totem Shriver talks to students and community members during the event on Friday, April 22.
Culture show transports audience across globe By Kate Seaholm Staff Writter Guests traveled to eight countries in one hour and dove right into different cultures at the Culture Show Friday. Emcees cracked jokes about racking up air mileage points from the long flights we were taking across continents. The Culture Show, an annual tradition put on by ASLC and the International Club, consisted of dances, songs and a fashion show from cultures represented at Linfield. The night began with a Taiko performance that included three pieces of traditional Japanese drumming. Then, Clément Hossaert and Arun Bajracharya performed “La Valse à Mille Temps,” an old French song. Khaing Sandee Lynn had a beautiful performance of a Burmese dance wearing traditional costume.
The 3 Wildgirls, consisting of two saxophones and a flute, played an instrumental Japanese piece. Xiaochuan (Amanda) Ma sang an emotionally deep song about the want to return home and see loved ones again. She sang the theme song of the Chinese animation, “The Lotus Lamp”. Linfield’s Spanish Club had a comedic performance that represented music and dance from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Spain. Sarah-Michael Gaston, president of the Linfield Black Student Union, put together an informational video with interviews from Linfield students asking what black stereotypes they know. It also included conversations with black students about their perspective on the black community. In Arun Bajracharya’s second performance of the night he sang a poetic Nepalese song titled “Pahilo Junima” which means “previ-
ous life/existence.” The newly founded Waltz Club danced a six person Viennese Waltz to Strauss’s “Blue Danube.” Ending on a high note, Natalie Nguyen, Aya Okawauchi and Anh Vo sang and played piano to a Vietnamese song, “Tinh Ve Noi Dau (Where do we go?)”. After the student performances were completed, the emcees returned to narrate a fashion show which included students in traditional attires from different cultures such as Germany, Thailand, China and Burma. Performers and audience members then proceeded down to Jonasson Hall for an array of free food from the cultures represented in the show.
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John Christensen/Staff Writer A student plays the saxophone at the Culture Show on Friday, April 22, in Ice auditorium.
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John Christensen/Staff Photographer Logan Mays, ‘16, sings during the Linfield Oscars event in FML on April 21.
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John Christensen/Staff Photographer Oscar winner Angelina Saplan, ‘16, looks at the crowd after reading from her poetry.
Linfield Oscars shows off student talent By Michaela Fujita Staff Writer On Thursday evening, Linfield students crowded into the Fred Meyer Lounge to watch the OSCARS. The Original Student Created Artwork Revealing Showcase (OSCARS) is where six student groups performed their creative writing pieces, personally written music and choreographed dances. To the side of the room were a beautiful presentation
of visual arts: pottery, paintings and other graphics. These artists are judged by Professor Anton Belov, ASLC President Alex Ogle and College Activities and Greek Life Program Assistant Sarah Fuller. Angelina Saplan, ‘16, who was the winner of the Oscars, will get the opportunity to open for the opener band, My Brothers and I, at Wildstock. Saplan will also receive a free shirt and get to be first in line for all the activities
and food. Saplan performed two beautifully constructed poems. Her poems portrayed a raw and painful emotion. Due to the amount of talent this event brought, the judges decided to reward the runner up with the opportunity to perform one song during Wildstock. The band, The Floors, comprised of Luke Carter, Matt Munyon, Luke Gershlinger and Kellie Bowen, was announced the runner up. Although there were two winners tonight, FML
exploded with unbelievable talent. Ben Bartu, ‘18, entertained the audience with his theatrical yet emotionally deep creative writing pieces. Arun Bajracharya performed his own composed instrumental song on his electric guitar. The Wildcat Dance Team comprised of Kate Seaholm, Miranda Gill, Erynn Friend, Hannah Flom, Maddy McCormack, Mary Smalley and Nizhoni Garcia moved the audience both physically and literally. Andy “the Admiral” Nelson hyped
up the crowd with his rap titled “CatDome.” The night closed with the band, Jonesing for Hope, comprised of Maggie Harlow, Matthew Piikea Kailio, Hope Hudson, Nathan Pellatz, Adrian Clifford, Joel Wenrich, Cramer Harlow and Lucas Balala. “I think the event was a great display of the diversity of talent and cultures here at Linfield,” Hedie Ambrose, ‘16, said. The event was a great way for all areas of Linfield student body to come together
and appreciate each other’s talent. “It was great seeing the Linfield community come out and support their fellow wildcats. Everybody who performed did great tonight. I can’t wait to do more events like this in the future,” said newly elected ASLC Vice President of Programming Cruz Morey, ‘17. Michaela Fujita can be reached at linfieldreviewarts@gmail. com
Professor’s translation reveals poet’s social issue opinions By Mickayla-Bay Washington Staff Writer
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Music soars at cello concert
Anna Vanderschaegen, ‘18, plays at the cello extravaganza concert on April 24.
Costa Rica’s leading 20th century poet, Eunice Odio, was introduced to a new generation of listeners. Keith Ekiss and Sonia Ticas have taken the time and effort to translate a majority of Eunice Odio’s magnificent works. Unfortunately, Mr. Ekiss could not make it to the poetry reading, on Wednesday night, due to sudden illness. Yet his counterpart Sonia Ticas seamlessly made up for his absence. The event started off with Ticas explaining who Eunice
Odio was. As well as why Odio’s work had such strong opinions concerning women and politics. “She wrote in the Democratic Spring,” said Ticas, referring to the period in which dictatorships were continuously being toppled in Central American countries. This affected Eunice’s work in a positive fashion. Making her aware of social issues as well as other prominent poets of the time. Ticas selected four pieces to read. Two of those pieces were short and mainly described observations she made about nature. Selections from one of
Odio’s most famous collections, “Los Elementos Terrestres,” were read in the original spanish text then in an English translation. After the readings concluded, Sonia was greeted with applause and questions concerning the other poetic works she plans on translating next. In all, every student that attended the event was introduced to a great poet that contributed to the expansion of her particular genre.
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Amanda Gibbon/For the Review Junior Kane Kennedy hands the baton off to sophomore Ryan Orlandini during the 4X100-meter relay. The team, which also consisted of junior Spencer Payne and junior Jake Mihelich tied their career best time of 42.26 seconds to finish
Ana Ramirez/For the Review Junior Jake Mihelich stands on the podium as the men’s 200m champion at the Northwest Conference Championships. He was also the winner of the men’s 400m dash.
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The women’s 4X100-meter relay team, which consisted of (left to right) junior Dallas Edge, senior Brenna Gomez, junior Madison Gladding and sophomore Jade Everage, placed third at the NWC Championships in a time of 48.97 seconds. Willamette won in a time of 48.44.
Four Wildcats represented Linfield in the women’s 10,000-meters run at the Northwest Conference Championships. Freshman Courtney Beard placed among the top-eight competitors by placing seventh in a time of 39:30.66. Whitworth’s Allison Wood won the race in a time of 37:35.55.
Track makes noise at NWC Champs By Ross Passeck Staff Writer The Linfield Wildcats had many top performances at the Northwest Conference Championships, which was held on April 22 and 23 at Lewis and Clark College. Both the men and women’s teams finished among the top-three teams overall. The men had a score of 105.5 points and the women scored 97 points. Whitworth took the victory on both the men and women’s side. From the Wildcat men’s team, the upper classmen lead the charge. Junior Jake Mihelich took first in the 200-meters and 400m dash with a time of 21.50 and 47.88 seconds. Mihelich anchored the runner-up 4X100m relay and the runner-up 4X400m relay.
The men’s 4X100m relay, which consisted of Kane Kennedy, Ryan Orlandini, Spencer Payne and Mihelich, placed second in a time of 42.26. The men’s 4X400m relay consisted of Steven Holland, Manuel Finley, Kennedy and Mihelich and also finished second in a time of 3:17.57, which puts the team among the top-10 all time at Linfield. Other members of the relay also contributed to team points by placing in their individual events. Finley placed second in the 800m with a time of 1:54.34 seconds, and Holland placed seventh in the high jump with a clearance of 1.89 meters. Senior JC Grim placed fifth in the men’s high jump, clearing the bar at 1.94 meters. Grim also placed third in the long jump in a distance of 6.82m and fifth in
the triple jump with a mark of 13.18m. Junior Taylor Vicknair placed seventh in the men’s 110m hurdles in a time of 16.10. Junior Dallas Fagen placed fourth in the pole vault, clearing the bar at 4.28m, and Junior Hayden Davisson tied for fifth with a height of 4.13m. In the men’s shot put, sophomore Jeff Lieder threw 14.26m for a fourth place effort. Sophomore Ryne Fuhrmark placed sixth with a mark of 13.67m and junior Scott Anderson threw 13.07m to finish eighth. Lieder also placed seventh in the men’s discus with a mark of 41.07m. Senior Morgunn Ewing placed fifth in the men’s javelin with a mark of 56.33m. Close behind were teammates Senior Chris Beresford, who placed sixth with
a mark of 55.34m, and Grim who placed seventh, throwing 54.28m. On the women’s side, junior Dallas Edge placed fourth in the women’s 100m in a time of 12.84 and won the women’s 100m hurdles in a time of 14.86. Freshman Kycie Richwine and sophomore Olivia Bannerot placed seventh and eighth in the hurdles. Richwine had a time of 15.74 and Bannerot ran 16.72. Senior Brenna Gomez snuck some points in for the ’Cats by placing eighth in the women’s 100m in a time of 13.02. Gomez also placed seventh in the women’s 200m in a time of 26.22 and seventh in the women’s long jump in a distance of 5.31m. Bannerot also placed fourth in the long jump with a mark of 5.46m and third in the javelin with a throw of 41.53m.
Sophomore Kaelia Neal and freshman Courtney Beard represented the distances on the women’s side. Neal third in the women’s 1500m in a time of 4:44.59 and fifth in the 800m in a time of 2:20.25 while Beard placed seventh in both the 5000m and 10000m. Her 5000m time was 18:54.98 and her 10000 time was 39:30.66. Junior Madison Gladding placed sixth in the 400m hurdles in a time of 1:06.63. Sophomore Patricia Reeves placed fifth in the women’s high jump, clearing the bar at 1.56m, and sophomore Kailey Wright placed fifth in the women’s hammer throw with a mark of 43.43m. Overall, freshmen highly contributed to Linfield’s success, especially on the jumps side. Freshman Olivia Mc-
Daniel placed sixth in the women’s pole vault in a height of 3.16m, and freshman Mehana Sabado-Halpern placed second in the women’s triple jump with a mark of 11.20m. The women’s 4X100m relay consisted of Gladding, Gomez, Jade Everage and Edge. The team finished third in a time of 48.97. The women’s 4X400m relay consisted of Gladding, Taylor Petersen, SabadoHalpern and Gomez. The Wildcats placed fourth in a time of 4:05.49. Based on the outstanding performances, several Wildcats now have a shot of making it to the DIII national championships in May.
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Women’s tennis drops matches, Men’s soccer head eliminated from NWC tournament coach steps down Sara Levering Staff Writer The Linfield Wildcats entered the tournament as the number three seed for the Northwest Conference Tennis Tournament. The ’Cats played shorthanded and were eliminated from the Northwest Conference Women’s Tennis Tournament by Whitman. Whitman notched a 5-0 victory over the ’Cats at the Lewis and Clark Tennis Dome in Portland, Oregon. “Whitman is a strong team with many respectable qualities. Our team fought hard and gave it their all, which is all I could ask for as a captain. Although we fell short of making it to the final, we never fell short of playing with heart and grit,” Junior Courtney Mostul said. The Whitman Missionaries swept doubles 3-0. They continued to sweep second and fourth singles flights easily to get the victory over Linfield. Sophomore Ella Riddle who makes up half of the number one doubles team and had consistently held the number one singles position over the entire season was out due to an injury, leaving only six healthy and available players to take on Whitman. Mostul filled in for Riddle with freshman Elsa Harris in the number one
doubles position. The duo struggled against a tough Whitman number one duo 8-3. Number two doubles consisting of the power sophomore duo, Marisa Doveri and Basia Kopecka were in reach of taking the match and putting Linfield on the scoreboard, but it slipped away, losing a tough-fought battle 8-6. In number three doubles, junior Marisa Kume and sophomore Sierra Lemon struggled and were defeated 8-3, which gave Whitman their 3-0 lead to begin singles. In singles action, only four singles matches began. Two were needed to close out the match for Whitman, that was done fairly easily. First to go down was Doveri 6-1, 6-2. The match that ultimately gave Whitman the win came from fourth singles, Kume, who lost 6-1, 6-1. Harris moved up to play number one singles and had lost the first set in a toughfought set 6-4 and play ended after the first set. Also, third singles played by Kopecka who also went down after a tough-fought set 6-4, she too did not continue to play, due to the match being already won by Whitman.
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Malia Riggs/Staff Photographer Junior Courtney Mostul attacks the ball. Mostul filled in for sophomore Ella Riddle as freshman Elsa Harris’ doubles partner. The team lost to Whitman at the Northwest Conference Tournament and has been eliminated.
Linfield Wildcats men’s soccer head coach Chuck Bechtol has stepped down from his position, as announced Tuesday on the Linfield Athletics website. Bechtol was fresh off his best finish in his four years at the helm of the program, with a 9-11-0 record, and 5-9-0 in Northwest Conference play, good enough for a sixth place finish. Bechtol, a Linfield alum, was All-Conference Honorable Mention as a player in 1989, and First Team AllConference in 1991. He holds the record for the fourth most points in a career in program history with 70, and fourth all time in program history in goals with 29. The Wildcats compiled a 30-42-2 overall record and a 19-35-2 record in conference play in the four years under Bechtol. Bechtol reportedly resigned due to increasing demands from his full-time career. 2007 Linfield alum and former Linfield Wildcats women’s soccer assistant coach Adam Howard has been named Bechtol’s replacement as the new men’s head coach, effective immediately. “I am excited for this great opportunity to be part of a program I played in,”
Howard said, as quoted in the press release posted by the Linfield Athletic Department. “As a former studentathlete at Linfield, I have a ton of pride in the Wildcat soccer programs,” he said. Howard lettered three times in his playing days at Linfield and was a member of Linfield’s 2003 Northwest Conference Championship team, one of two in program history. Before his two seasons with the Linfield women’s team, Howard has previously been the head coach for the Yamhill-Carlton High School men’s soccer team and the McMinnville High School women’s soccer team. Howard’s team will be well equipped for the 2016 season, with the Wildcats returning seven seniors when their season starts next September. “I have been fortunate to be a part of the women’s side where the program has been a conference title contender for several years,” said Howard, as quoted in the press release posted by the Linfield Athletic Department. “And I hope to carry that success over to the men’s side and continue building on what Chuck has started,” he said.
Joe Stuart can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@ gmail.com
Wildcats fall to Seattle University in last match of season Sara Levering Staff Writer The Linfield Wildcats traveled to Seattle to face Seattle University and might have played their best tennis and saved their best performance for last, even though it resulted in a loss. They came out on the
losing side of the match, getting defeated 9-0. At one doubles, senior Tim Hawkins and freshman Trent Prussing performed well, before getting defeated 6-2. In number two doubles, the freshmen duo of Jacob Mangan and Carter Pentz battled, but also fell 6-3. Third doubles duo of
junior Charlie Farrenkopf and Liam Spearnak were the lone doubles team to grab a victory for Linfield, winning 6-4. In singles action, Prussing went down in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 at number one singles. In second singles, Mangan was defeated 6-0, 6-1. Third singles played by Hawkins,
Seniors leave with a proper sendoff By Ross Passeck Staff Writer
Linfield golf managed to finish strong in its final tournament of the year. Men’s golf left the Northwest Conference Championship at Crosswater Club in Sunriver, Oregon with a fourth place finish while the women earned a sixth place finish. Kyle Hargrave, ’16, and Mason Krieger, ’19, led the team finishing adjacent to each other in 10th and 11th place respectively. Meanwhile Tiana Yamaoka, ’18, and Maggie Harlow, ’16, finished tied for 23rd with a score of 170 over two rounds. Both Hargrave and Harlow led their teams in what would be the final
tournament of their careers at Linfield. Hargrave shot 77 the first day and finished strong with 73 the second day for a collective score of 130. Harlow shot 82 the first day but was unable to match her first score with an 88 the second day. The fantastic scores of these two seniors do not do justice for the difficulty of the course conditions, particularly for the first day. “The weather had our number for the first day. My face is wind burnt from the first day. In the end we made the necessary adjustments to finish well,” Logan Davis, ’18, said. The temperature was also a factor, “It was around freezing both days so conditions were tough both days,” Hargrave said.
All in all the story of this tournament was Hargrave punctuating his career here at Linfield with an exclamation point. “My mentality was just to enjoy my last round as a Wildcat and not to worry,” Hargrave said. “It was a mix of relaxed, positive mentality, and playing confidently.” Hargrave looked back at his career as a Wildcat with pride. “I don’t think I could have done much better. Also my whole family was there to watch so I’m glad I could cap off my career with a pretty solid round,” Hargrave said.
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but he was defeated in straight sets 6-0, 6-0. In the bottom flight of singles, junior Alec Wisthoff played four singles and went down in straight sets 6-2, 6-2. Farrenkopf played five singles and was beat 6-2, 6-1. At six singles, freshman Eric Rutherford was beat easily 6-0, 6-0. This concludes
Coach Belletto’s first season as a coach at Linfield with a 4-14 record. “I’m so excited with the way everyone competed. I’m sad the season has come to a close, but next season will be special and I can’t wait for fall,” Belletto said. “Things we could have done better are not play a D1 team and I think we
could have done better in singles and been more aggressive,” Spearnak said. “It’s been a great season overall and I wouldn’t want to share it with a different group of guys,” he said.
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Photo courtesy Mikaela Viloria The Linfield softball team beat Whitworth and George Fox in the NWC tournament, making the Wildcats the champions with a bid to the DIII softball NCAA playoffs.
Catball dominates at NWC tournament By Joe Stuart Staff Writer
The Linfield Wildcats softball program grabbed their 11th straight Northwest Conference Championship this weekend, defeating their opponents in dominant fashion. The 11 straight championships have all been under head coach Jackson Vaughn, now in his 15th year with the team. In game one, Linfield, the three-seed in the tourney, had strong pitching and hitting, winning in a 9-0 shutout against the two-seed George Fox University Bruins. Shelby Saylors, ’19, threw all six innings for her 10th complete game of the season. She only allowed two hits and walked four batters while striking out three. The first burst of offense for Linfield of the weekend came in the top of the third inning, when Cheyenne Fletcher, ’18, hit a two-RBI double to score Jacinda Swiger, ’19, and Emily Allen, ’18. Fletcher was then brought home thanks to an RBI base hit by Melanie Oord, ’18, to put the ’Cats up 3-0. They tacked on another in the fourth inning, when Paige Smotherman, ’19, scored from third off a single by Swiger. Swiger would finish with three hits on the day, a high for either team. With the game already well in hand, Linfield put emphasis on their win in the top of the ninth, scoring five runs. The first two were scored off a sacrifice and errors, but were followed by a three-run home run by Erin Tauscher, ’17, to create the final score of 9-0.
Game two would pose a difficult opposition in the one-seed Whitworth Pirates, who had finished the regular season in first place and were the hosts of the tournament. Brynn Lio, ’17, started in the second game of the tourney, but would only last two and onethirds innings, allowing five runs off of eight hits and two walks. Whitworth scored all six of their runs through the first four innings of play, with Linfield only scoring one off a solo home run by Oord. Linfield’s bats came alive in the top of the fifth, starting with a three-run homer by Erin Kinney, ’18. Tauscher then homered to go back-to-back and cut the lead to just one run. Saylors would come in as a relief pitcher in the bottom of the fifth, and shut down the Pirates, allowing just one hit and one walk in her three innings. She would be awarded her second win of the season. Shortly after Saylors took the mound, severe thunder and lightning caused the game to be suspended and delayed until Saturday morning with the score at 6-5, in Whitworth’s favor. When play resumed the next morning, the Pirates bats went quiet, but Linfield was able to take advantage, scoring two runs in the seventh inning to put themselves in a 7-6 lead. Saylors would retire the three Whitworth batters in the bottom of the seventh, completing one of the greatest comebacks in Linfield history and sending the Wildcats to the championship game to face George Fox again. Saylors started in the championship game, and continued her dominance with another com-
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plete game, and putting her record at 17-4 on the season. The 17 wins put her tied for second on the season in the NWC in her freshman campaign. Saylors also finished her freshman campaign with 73 strikeouts, fourth in the conference. The championship game started out slow, with Linfield going up 2-0 through the fifth inning. The first run came when Fletcher hit an RBI triple to left field to score Alissa Buss, ’17. It was Fletcher’s third triple of the season, a team high. The second run came in the fourth, when Kenzie Schmoll, ’18, bunted to score Jessica Woodruff,
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Overall 18-4
Whitman 11-1 Lewis and Clark 10-2
19-8 13-8
Whitman Linfield
10-2 9-3
14-10 12-6
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NWC Lewis and Clark 12-0
Overall 18-2
27-10 25-16 24-16
Whitworth Linfield George Fox
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George Fox Willamette Puget Sound
14-10 11-13 11-13
21-17 18-18 15-22
Pacific 17-11 Pacific Lutheran 14-14
25-16-1 22-16
Whitworth George Fox
8-4 6-6
12-8 9-10
George Fox Whitworth
7-5 6-6
12-9 7-12
Lewis and Clark 11-17 Willamette 10-18
17-23 14-19
Linfield Willamette
3-9 3-9
4-12 3-10
Pacific 5-7 Pacific Lutheran 4-8
7-10 5-10
Puget Sound
10-28
Puget Sound 1-11 Pacific Lutheran 1-11
1-11 1-15
Puget Sound Willamette
2-16 0-15
13-25 12-28
4-24
29-13 29-13 30-14
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Northwest Conference Rankings
Women’s Tennis NWC 11-1
Whitworth 17-7 Pacific Lutheran 15-9 Pacific 14-10
Whitman 8-16 Lewis and Clark 4-20
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come, as Linfield clinched the Northwest Conference title 12-2. “It has been a really up and down season, but our team is peaking at the right time, and now we are pumped for regionals,” Mikaela Viloria, ’17, said. With an 11th conference trophy in the case, Linfield will now get set to play in the NCAA DivisionIII Regionals, starting May 13th. “This group of girls has heart and fire and winning the tournament has only fueled us,” Smotherman said. “I’d be afraid to be in the other dugout.”
Photo courtesy Mikaela Viloria (Left to right) Mikaela Viloria, Danielle Duman, Erin Tauscher, Alissa Buss, and Alex Andreotti stand together after winning the Northwest Conference Championship in Spokane, Washington.
Men’s Tennis NWC
’18 on a squeeze play. What seemed like a close game was blown open in the sixth inning by Linfield. Led off with a solo home run by slugger Daniel Duman, ’16, the ’Cats scored five runs to make the game 7-0. The scoring continued in the seventh, with Linfield putting another five on the board, three scoring off of wild pitches. Going into the bottom of the seventh, the Bruins were in a 12-0 hole, seemingly insurmountable lead. George Fox was able to put two runs across the board, but the large lead was too much to over-
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