Linfield Review Issue #4 October 12

The Linfield Review October 12, 2015

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Moving forward after local college shooting

By Elizabeth Stoeger Staff Writer On the morning of Oct. 1, phones were set ablaze notifying everyone about the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.

In the sleepy town of Roseburg with a population of a little under 22,000, shots rang out and chaos ensued soon after morning classes began.

A gunman, armed with six guns and more ammunition, shot and killed 9 students, leaving 9 others wounded.

A visibly upset President Obama gave a fiery statement to the press hours later saying, “Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My

response here at this podium ends up being routine. The conversation in the aftermath of it. We’ve become numb to this.”

The same afternoon, Linfield President Thomas Hellie sent an email to the community expressing sympathy and giving support to the people of Roseburg, “Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, and all those who are suffering due to this morning’s tragedy … our thoughts and prayers are with everyone impacted by this tragedy.”

In addition Susan Hopp, Dean of Students, sent out an email saying, “As a college community, we stand in support of our higher education colleagues and have expressed our deepest sympathy

to the UCC community.”

She outlined the support available to students who might be struggling, reminding students that there is counseling, a chaplain, and anonymous care reports available.

A few days later, Hopp sent a follow up email encouraging students to help. “We have been shocked by the scenes of violence and our sense of security has been shaken. We worry about how the survivors are doing as they deal with heartache, grief and anguish.

No matter where you are, you can make a difference.”

Reaching out is one way to help, “You may be worried that you don’t know what to say, but don’t let that stop you … There are no magic words or slogans,

but you can make a difference by being there for others. They may forget your exact words, but they will remember your presence and compassion.”

The shooting made national headlines and reignited the debate about gun control and mental health funding.

In his statement Obama reminded us, “We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few months.”

He went on to say, “This is a political choice that we make to allow this to happen every few months in America. We collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction.”

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islation, media coverage of the Roseburg shooting also came under fire.

Alyssa Swanson, sophomore communications major, said, “I feel as though the media should focus on the victims and their actions and how we can makes sure this does not happen again.”

Following the shooting, those on social media started a movement to focus on the heroes and victims instead of the shooter himself.

Chris Mintz, an Army veteran, was shot seven times while charging at the shooter, protecting other students. His picture and story were widely circulated after the incident and he is regarded as a hero.

Makenna Jansen, sophomore Spanish and international relations >> See shooting on page 6

Payment now required at health center

By Megan Ditore For the Review

Kyle Huizinga/Photo editor Members of the Wildcat Men’s Glee Club sing during the fall choir concert on Oct. 11 in Ice Auditorium. The men performed two works as a group and also sang in the concert choir.

Linfield Choir performs PLACE themed concert

INSIDE Editorial .......... 2 News ............... 4 Features............ 7 Arts................... 8 Sports................12

News

Read about marijuana polices at Linfield and what students need to know now that it is legal at the state level in Oregon >> Page 4

Features

Arts

Learn about some of the best places to study at Linfield by yourself or with a group.

Read about the culture, music and poetry in Norwegian and Sami life.

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Talking to a trained professional about harmful thoughts; is it worth the cost of a caramel latte?

The counseling center is charging $15 a month for their services.

The student fee is due at the time of first service in the month and is payable by cash or can be billed to the student’s account. Students can go as many times as necessary to them in the span of each month.

The counseling center offers short-term counseling to full time undergraduate students on the McMinnville campus. These counseling sessions provide students care for those with concerns and difficulties that students encounter in early adulthood.

Anything from developmental or psychological concerns are included in care according to the Linfield website. Examples include homesickness, choosing appropriate major, learning and improving communication skills, low selfesteem, recovering from traumatic incidents, eating disorders, anxiety and substance abuse.

The Student Health Center is located in Walker 103 and offers a full range of primary care medical >> See counseling on page 4

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EDITORIAL

Campus shootings deserve conversation The last week has left many with a loss as to what to do. After the shooting at Umpqua Community College and two more at other universities seem to have led to a breaking point when it comes to acts of violence.

While there are many differing opinions of what the United States needs to do to protect citizens, there is one thing we can all agree on.

We need to support those who have suffered these unimaginable tragedies.

While many of us may not always be connected to the regions these acts of violence have taken place in or personally know anyone affected, we all share a common thread— higher education.

This connection makes it all the more important to support those who have been personally affected by the events that have occurred.

Linfield has felt the pain of losing one of our own.

We also know what it is like to receive support from other schools.

The support that we received only strengthened our ability to band together as a campus to get through tough times last year.

This is now what UCC is having to do.

They are having to lean on each other for support, but they should not be alone.

They need the continuous support of other institutes of higher education

in order to rebuild their community.

The Linfield community has already started showing its support through banners and letters of encouragement.

Linfield football has shown their support by honoring those who lost their lives with stickers on their helmets.

We have only just begun, though.

When the camera crews leave and the spotlight goes out on Roseburg, there will still be a heartbroken community, there will still be those continuing to suffer the loss of a friend or classmate.

This is why it is important for Linfield to continue to support UCC. We all share a common bond, we are trying to

further our education to create better lives for ourselves and others.

There is no clear answer as to what should happen next.

It is going to be difficult for people to agree on the best solution for our country, but for now we can all do one simple thing.

We need to honor those who lost their lives, but we also need to help those who may still be struggling.

This is a conversation that needs to continue throughout institutes of higher education.

We all need to support each other in times of need.

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Outside drinks restricted at games

By Katelyn Prendergast For the Review Dressed head-to-toe in red and purple under the blistering sun, Linfield Wildcat football fans are die-hard.

Standing in the crowded bleachers with your favorite Linfield water bottle in hand—oh, wait.

Outside beverages aren’t allowed in Maxwell Field.

The field has restrictions on what fans can bring into the area.

While the restrictions are limited to beverages, the recent 90-degree weather for both home football games in September make this rule a big

deal for spectators.

That heat calls for a lot of hydration. Not only for the players, but the fans too.

Although the players have their water supplied for them, fans of the Catdome are not allowed to bring outside beverages through the gates.

The gate checkers will not let anyone holding a drink, empty or full, through the gate.

Scott Carnahan, director of athletics for Linfield College, monitors and enforces these restrictions along with the employees during football games.

The main reason for the rule is to restrict outside beverages from the sporting events that offer

concessions and require a ticket to watch the game: football and basketball.

Other fall sports like soccer and volleyball don’t have concessions or ticket revenue, so the rule doesn’t apply there.

Students are smart.

The concern is that many will disguise an alcoholic drink to make it look like a harmless liquid.

Since tailgating is taking place before the football games and alcohol consumption occurs, the athletic department doesn’t want to encourage additional alcoholic consumption while in the Catdome.

That makes sense, but what’s the alternative?

Sparky’s Shack is the concession stand at Maxwell and offers a variety of food and beverage options.

They only accept cash, but the closest ATM is in Riley Center, which is a 5-minute walk from the Catdome.

The athletic department is looking to expand Internet connection to Sparky’s Shack to allow debit/credit card transactions in the future.

If a spectator does not want to spend the $2 for a bottle of water, there is a drinking fountain for use near the field that is free of charge.

The profit from Sparky’s Shack and ticket sales support non-budget-

ed items for the athletic department.

The concession stand and ticket sales for basketball games that happen in the Health, Human Performance and Athletics building also support non-budgeted items.

As frustrating as it can be not to have the ability to supply yourself with your own water or other non-alcoholic beverages, the athletic department has valid reasons for their restrictions and offers a great alternative with Sparky’s.

Stay hydrated out there, Wildcats.

Katelyn Prendergast can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

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Living the high life, nuanced legality of weed

By Haylee Harris For the Review As of October 1, anyone over the age of 21 in Oregon can celebrate 4/20 legally, except for those in college.

Oregon’s Measure 91 was passed in November of 2014, which made it legal to regulate and tax marijuana the same way alcohol is.

Then in July of this year, the measure made it legal for people over the age of 21 to grow, posses, and privately use marijuana.

Now, people over 21 can legally buy limited

amounts of weed from medical marijuana dispensaries, a safer and cleaner way of attaining the drug.

For those living on college campuses that are over 21-years-old however, nothing has changed.

Since colleges receive federal funding, and weed isn’t legal according to federal law, it’s illegal to possess, use or grow on a campus.

Seeing that it is against federal law, it makes sense that marijuana is still considered illegal in a place that gets money from the federal

government even if the state government says it is legal.

If federal law were to change and make marijuana legal however, things would be different.

College students will still smoke marijuana even if it’s illegal and will continue to do so even though they are breaking college policy, just like those who drink underage drink and it’s a risk.

We are told from a very young age that drinking and doing drugs is bad, and when people are told not to

do something, they do it anyway.

By making things like pot seem like something “dangerous” that could get them in trouble, it makes kids want to try it even more.

By making marijuana less taboo it takes away from the danger that’s been presented to kids by their parents and teachers and may make students less interested in the drug.

There are real dangers that come with marijuana because it has hallucinogenic properties and may cause bad trips for certain people. Also,

the most common way to ingest marijuana is to smoke it, which can lead to lung complications later in life.

People also need to be aware of where the drug is coming from because it can be laced with other drugs.

This should be less of a problem in Oregon because people over the age of 21 are able to get the drug legally.

If taken responsibly and in moderation, however, it is a safe drug to consume.

If the federal government were to adopt the same state laws regard-

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ing marijuana such as Oregon and Colorado, it would eliminate the amount of arrests that occur not only for college students, but people everywhere.

For now however, college students will have to keep hiding their weed and their bongs and wait for the day they can walk freely from their local dispensary back to school without being worried about getting a strike.

Haylee Harris can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

SUSTAINABILITY

Use sustainable dishware, reduce waste at events

By Nicole Lewis Office of Sustainability Hey Wildcats!

Have any of you seen the reusable green dishware around our campus? If you haven’t, now you will!

It is called Preserve dishware and it is available for checkout and use for any club, hall, or academic event.

The dishware is reusable and made out of recycled plastic which is great because it took less resources to make it than the typical plastic or Styrofoam disposable dishware you purchase from a store.

It is also completely free to use!

This is why the green dishware is so great.

It provides a waste free and cost free alternative to disposable dishware for any event.

You may be thinking: This sounds perfect! How do I acquire the Preserve dishware in time for my next event?

All you have to do is email preserve@linfield.edu with the amount of plates, cups, bowls, and flatware you desire and it will be prepared for you before the time of your event.

Of course, in order for the Preserve dishware to continue being reusable, it is necessary for it all to be returned to the Dillin dish room for cleaning after your event so it can be used again.

As tempting as it may be to not return it and to take it back to your dorm or apartment, please refrain.

Or maybe you have a habit of throwing things away after you use them; however, this dishware is

not one of those things that should be thrown away.

The point of the reusable dishware is for it to get as many uses as possible to reduce our waste as a campus, especially for events in which it may be tempting to use disposable dishware because it is easy.

As we all know, our overconsumption and overuse of resources has put us is a worldwide predicament.

Although it may seem like an overwhelming problem in which there is nothing an individual can do to make a big difference, that could not be further from the truth.

Here at Linfield College we try to do what we can to reduce our impact by recycling, composting, reusing, and not taking more than what we need.

Every effort to reduce your impact matters and makes a difference, no matter how small it may seem at the time.

Small changes lead to big changes and your small changes could be inspiring those around you to make similar small changes that all add up.

Using Preserve dishware at your next event would be a perfect example of a small change that could have a large, lasting, and positive impact on our community as a whole.

Please do what you can to create a sustainable community and planet.

If you have any questions, sustainability@linfield.edu would love to hear them!

The Office of Sustainability can be reached at sustainability@linfield.edu

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Assault survey needs to be heard

By Jordan Morris For the Review Safety is one of the most important concerns on every college campus, yet one in five students experience some form of sexual assault in their four years of college life.

This statistic may come to a surprise to many students at Linfield because of the size of our school, but it is absolutely the case for small campuses, as well as big ones.

For the past nine months, a survey questioning students’ experiences with sexual violence was sent out to 57 private colleges across the nation.

A group called the Higher Education Data Sharing, otherwise known as HEDS, conducted this survey in order to discover how prevalent sexual harass-

ment is on college campuses.

The survey asked for both those who have experienced unwanted sexual contact or sexual assault and those who have not, to participate.

The idea and intentions of this survey seem to be in the right place, but there is one problem.

The results of the survey and the schools that participated are being withheld from the public.

The director of the survey, Kirsten Skillrud, said, “To facilitate this open sharing of data among HEDS institutions, we promised that we would neither publicize the results nor identify the participating institutions.”

If the results of this survey are not displayed, then what is the point?

The best way to make a change is by giving proof and speaking up.

In response to the withholding of the survey’s data, Jennifer Freyed, a professor at the University of Oregon, said, “One of the most important steps institutions can take in addressing sexual violence is to model and embrace transparency.”

By not sharing the resluts of this survey, students are not able to fully understant how big of an issue sexual assault is.

One of the statistics that was released from HEDS was that one in eight students that were sexually assaulted, told no one.

This is a big problem on all college campuses, including Linfield.

Linfield is a small campus and people may be afraid to speak up because they feel as though everyone will find out.

If students were aware

of how big of a problem this is and that they are not the only one this has happened to, they may be more likely to report it.

It is also important for students to help their friends feel confident enough to report sexual assaults.

They may be able to encourage their friends to report if they have more facts and are able to make an informed decision.

Showing college students how real this matter is and how many people have undergone sexual abuse or harassment, could lead students to be more careful and aware on campus and coerce those who have been assaulted to speak up.

Jordan Morris can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

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Marijuana legal in Oregon, banned at Linfield

By Megan Ditore For the Review

New Oregon law changes nothing.

Linfield College, like other institutions of higher education across the country, is required under the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989 to educate students about the illegal use of drugs and alcohol.

Linfield wants students and employees to be thoughtful to the problems which alcohol and other

drugs pose for the successful functioning of individuals and as an institution of learning according to the Linfield website.

The mission of the college is to provide an environment that is safe and promotes excellence in learning for its students and in work performance for all of its employees.

Therefore, the misuse and illegal use, possession, transportation, distribution, manufacture, or sale of alcohol and other drugs is not permitted on property

owned or controlled by the college, or while representing the college on business or in other college sponsored activity, according to the Linfield Drug Policy.

Recreational sale to adults and use of marijuana became legal in Oregon on Oct. 1 but that doesn’t make it legal for the students on campus.

Students 21 years of age or older do not get a pass if caught using marijuana on campus. Nor can they smoke weed in the privacy of a dorm room.

spare time as a hobby.

Lebow said that his inspiration came from a quote

by Ferdinand Porsche, “I couldn’t find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.”

He changed the quote slightly saying, “I couldn’t afford the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.”

After saving money, Lebow bought the 1983 Porsche 911 off Craigslist and got to work.

He then explained that he had to drop the old engine out of the car in order to put the electric engine in.

There were several things he had to consider such as cost and which battery to use. He spent $15,000 on the batteries for the car.

He is often asked if he is actually saving any money with his electric car. He said that his electric bill has only gone up about $20 versus the $80 to $100 he used to spend on gas each month.

He then addressed the future of electric cars, saying that in order for them to be more commercially available the batteries they have need to be able to charge quicker than they currently do.

Lebow now takes his electric Porsche to car shows to promote this more environmentally friendly mode of transportation.

Reed College alumni discusses electric Porsche project

By Emily Eisert Staff Writer

Joey Lebow discussed how he made his electric Porsche on Thursday, Oct. 1, in Graf Hall as a part of the PLACE lecture series.

Lebow presented for 45 minutes to a group of students and faculty. He began by talking about who he is and offered a piece of advice.

“Keep exploring new things, keep learning,” the Reed College graduate said.

Lebow works at FEI Company, a company that specializes in innovative microscopes and has many Linfield alumni employees.

He then began explaining his inspiration for building the car, which he did in his

Marijuana, in all its forms, still violates school regulations at any Oregon college that receives federal funding.

Ron Noble, Director of College Public Safety (CPS), said that under the Safe Schools Act it is a violation to be in possession of marijuana on campus because the school receives federal funding.

With federal funding come things like financial aid. Even if Linfield wasn’t under the Safe Schools Act, campus is still located on

private property so the school could decide against the new state law on their own property.

If a student is caught with marijuana, CPS will usually write a conduct referral to either the Area Director or Resident Advisor. They will also dispose of all illegal contents present.

CPS officers assist in maintaining public peace and order. They protect faculty, staff, students, visitors and property from crime and safety hazards.

All CPS Officers are li-

censed and certified by the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training and may issue warnings or initiate arrests as defined in the Oregon Revised Statues, according to the Linfield website.

Even though the state of Oregon can now sell recreational marijuana legally, nothing has changed or will change on campus.

Megan Ditore can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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Counseling: students must now pay for consultation

Joey Lebow’s self-made electric porsche was avaible for students and faculty to see after his talk on Oct. 1 in Graff hall.

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<< Continued from page 1 services to Linfield students. Almost one-third of the students use the counseling services on campus.

The charge of $15 a month is new this year, starting at the beginning of the year.

Recently though, the news has been posted to Yik Yak, an anonymous social media site, and students are enraged.

Many students are saying that they won’t go now because of this change.

This same thing happened when health care started to charge students, everyone was upset but in retrospect it has ultimately benefited the students because they are able to get better care.

Three years ago the Health, Wellness, and Counseling centers joined together to help give better care to students, before there was little communication between each of the centers. Now that they are combined, they are easier to find, and work with.

With this, the demand has gone up.

Patty Haddeland,director of Student Health, Wellness and Counseling centers

said, “Every year we have had to increase the staff to meet the demands of the students.”

With more staff there are more hours available for students to get help. Some counselors are even on call twenty-four seven for students who need it.

She also said that she does not think that adding a charge to the counseling center will deter students from wanting to go. The fee has been active since the beginning of the year and in September there were a record number of students who came in for counselor care.

“The typical studentcounseling relationship is the students come in weekly for about an hour long; if you do the math, this adds up to about $3.75 an hour.

That is equivalent to a caramel latte at Starbucks,” she said.

Amy Halloransteiner, who works on campus as well as off, has starting rates of $80 for people at her off campus clinic.

Haddeland also said, “On Oct 9th the Student Health and Wellness and Counsel-

ing center received confirmation that the Linfield Insurance provider, Regence, will reimburse subscribers for the counseling office visit.” This means that if they have the Linfield Student Health Insurance, it is suggested that the fee be billed to their account as a “health fee.”

In doing this, Regence will send an itemized check with all of the students’ names that are being reimbursed for the month, by billing their Linfield Student Health Insurance and the fee will be cleared from their account.

“Students who do not carry the Linfield Student Health Insurance may submit the receipt they receive at the time of the visit to their insurance carrier for reimbursement if they so desire,” Haddeland said.

This is the same practice Linfield Student Health, Wellness and Counseling has used for the Health side for years and it has worked extremely well.

Megan Ditore can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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Activist exposes lack of HIV, sex education for youth

By Adam Myren Staff Writer

As the test-taker looked down at Thomas Davis’ 60 second HIV test and told him it showed reactive, Davis thought, “Ok, what do I do know? What is HIV?” On the evening of Oct. 6 in Ice Auditorium, Thomas Davis courageously shared his story of being HIV positive.

This talk was funded in part by Linfield’s diversity committee “to explore and support the intellectual and research interests of students, faculty and staff in areas of diversity and inclusion, promoting courageous conversations about diversity and lived experience across our college and communities,” according to the Linfield website.

Davis, 23, grew up in Estes Park, CO, as one of very

few black students in his high school. Davis spoke about his upbringing in the margins of society from being both black in a predominately white town and gay in a strict religious community.

He also shared that he was adopted. As he regarded the community’s reception of his atypical characteristics and sexual orientation, “dealing with me is something that they hadn’t really done before.”

As he approached high school graduation, Davis shared his understanding of societal life and his future hopes for college, “I didn’t fit in … I wanted to be somewhere else with more diversity.”

When he arrived in Los Angeles he described it as, “the best culture shock in the world” to have students that were black and

an LGBT community in the city.

Davis jumped to his senior year of college where he accompanied a close friend to “Out of the Closet,” a thrift store in Los Angeles that also sponsored HIV testing. That was the day he learned not only that he had HIV, but also that he actually knew nothing about it.

Davis spoke about the absence of knowledge in the areas of sexually transmitted diseases and sexual health in general as a result of silence and inability to communicate.

He also referenced the lack of education that results from state laws, using his childhood in Colorado as an example of a state that does not mandate safe sex education.

As he told the audience, “I didn’t even really know

on Wednesday with recipes being distributed which promoted healthy eating.

Students were able to receive flu shots and meningococcal vaccines oncampus both Thursday and Friday.

Friday also focused on stress reduction. Chalk was provided for students to write how they reduce stress.

Kepple was in charge of Wellness Week and said that it is important to promote wellness this time of the year.

“We like to do it in the beginning of the year because with freshman students coming in, we want to give them the information that they need,” said Kepple.

Providing students with the information they need to be healthy and successful at Linfield is one of the main reasons the Health and Wellness center puts on Wellness Week.

“I think it’s important for students to have information and it’s important for us to get out and give the information,” said sophomore Ellen Jung who works

for the health center.

Wellness week is the start of wellness programming for the year.

Next week is the beginning of the Verizon Hopeline Drive, which supports domestic violence survivors, and wellness chairs in the residence halls will be doing two events within their halls to continue the promotion of health that Wellness Week began.

“Giving information to the students and the students saying that the information really helps was fun to see,” said Kepple.

Students who participated in the week’s wellness events are now more informed about health and wellness issues.

Students learn about health and wellness

By Emily Eisert Staff Writer The Health, Wellness and Counseling center hosted Wellness Week and had events focusing on a different aspect of health each day.

Students were able to participate in the activities and get brochures and flyers with information about the topic at a table in the Walker Courtyard.

“We want to spread awareness about wellness issues on campus and things to keep people healthy,” said Kara Kepple, coordinator of health and wellness programming.

The week started with a physical activity focus.

Students were able to participate in activities such as hula hooping and jump roping.

Tuesdays focus was sexual health and healthy relationships. Students were able to pick up “love kits” which included condoms so students can practice safe sex.

Nutrition was the focus

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what was going on.”

Taken aback by his lack of knowledge, Davis decided to begin extensive research on HIV and started to immerse himself in the online communities that offered relatable stories and information.

His research led to medical understandings, such as the goal to keep his “viral load” low and his CD4, combined with T-cells form white blood cell, count high.

Although, from a cultural standpoint he found that most of the stories he was exposed to were told by white men. Davis, once again, felt the thinly designated area of the margin that reminded him he was different in his childhood.

As he emphasized, “Where were MY people?

Where was MY community?”

Davis decided that his statistic needed a voice to become more than just that and began his journey of speaking out.

After becoming an active voice for the gay, black, HIV positive community, the audience then watched the introduction to Davis’ video featured on The Poz+ Life, another platform for HIV positive people to share stories and offer support for one another through experience.

Davis then posed the question, “Why is it we don’t want to talk about HIV?” He deduced that we as a society don’t want to talk about sex and went on to share how he never felt comfortable talking to his family or teachers about sex.

He debunked the impractical ideas that talking about sex would only pro-

mote kids having it with the line, “If not talking about sex prevents kids from having it, then I should have never had it.”

Finally, Davis spoke about the importance of self-value, as opposed to the perceived values of others, as an aid for people to talk about awkward subjects like sex and not worry about the response their questions or comments might get.

Davis then shared the video of a dance he personally choreographed and performed with a partner to convey the emotions and feelings of two people waiting to be tested.

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with the deceased.

“We put up monuments to remember people and yet when we put them up, they become part of the landscape, so we ignore it.”

She said that the point of putting up stone monuments is to call attention to the loss of an individual (or many), to say “Look, the human landscape has changed. Pay attention.”

She gave examples of how stone is used in various cultures to commemorate the dead, showing pictures of grand mounds, steles (similar to tombstones), stupas (“memorials that involve relics, particularly relics of saints”), pagodas, and tombstones.

Higgins went on to explain how the nondescript character of stone enables it to be used as a token, but added that upright stones can command attention.

She described tombstones as “tablets on which we are communicating, albeit at a distance,” with loved ones who have died.

Tombstones are a way to

maintain a connection with the dead, and provide a physical object to replace the loss of the deceased person’s physical presence.

Higgins pointed out that the strength of stones means they can represent either an obstacle between the living and the dead, or protection for loved ones who have died.

Higgins has published seven books, edited seven more, and written six textbooks. She has also written over 50 journal articles and book chapters, and serves on the editorial boards of five prestigious journals.

Adam Myren can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

Philosophy professor explores connection between stone, death

Stone is inextricably linked to memorializing the dead in many cultures, but not many people understand why.

Kathleen Higgins, a philosophy professor at the University of Texas at Austin, tackled this question in the 44th Walter Powell-Linfield College Philosophy Lecture on Thursday.

The lecture was titled “Life and Death in Rock: Meditations on Tomb Stones.”

Higgins suggested that defying death, preserving memory, maintaining a connection with the deceased, and symbolizing a restoration to life all contribute to the connection between stone and honoring the deceased.

She pointed out how “Stones are capable of freezing things in place,” which in terms of tombstones, represents a defiance of death and the preservation of a connection

Aspen Brooks can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

How are you preparing for midterms?

Elizabeth Stoeger can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail. com.

“I am preparing by staying organized and keeping up with studies.”

-Shelby Sweet,

Sophomore

“I throw on the headphones, bunker down, and grind it out. With long, bored breaks, of course.”

“I don’t really have any midterms but I’ve been studying for all my classes.”

“Just keep practicing and staying loose.”

-Joel Wenrich, Sophomore

-Sierra Denend,

Sophomore

-Alex La Rosa, Freshman

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Linfield English professor gets article published in New Yorker

By Elizabeth Stoeger Staff Writer Daniel Pollack-Pelzer, professor of English at Linfield, was pleasantly surprised when his article appeared on the New Yorker’s online website.

Professor Pollack-Pelzner Pollack-Pelzner’s article, “Why we (Mostly) Stopped Messing with Shakespeare’s Language,” defended the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s (OSF) decision to update the language of Shakespeare in is next season.

First established in 1925, the New Yorker has earned a reputation for brilliance in writing and reporting.

Pollack-Pelzner said, “I’ve subscribed to the New Yorker for twenty years, but I never dreamed that I would have an article published there. I had been corresponding with the literary editor, but I didn’t know that the piece was officially accepted until I saw it on the New Yorker website.”

When OSF announced that it would translate Shakespeare’s plays into modern English, it ignited a furor among hardened

Shakespeare devotees.

“These days, we tend to assume that productions can change anything about Shakespeare (the setting, the period, the characters’ race or gender), as long as the script stays intact—cut or reordered, perhaps, but not rewritten. This is a fairly recent notion,” he argued in the article.

In the eighteenth century, it was common for theater companies to spruce up Shakespeare’s language, sometimes altering plot points as well, to make the plays neater.

It was the German Romantics and British critics that changed this, “Rather than subject Shakespeare to critical standards, Shakespeare became the standard,” according to Pollack-Pelzner.

However, “Even in a climate of reverence for Shakespeare, the authentic text of his plays remains elusive.”

His original manuscripts no longer exist so those who wish to republish or produce the play are forced to make changes and “cobble together the most plausible passages from early quartos and folios, modernizing the spelling and punctuation and relying on the history of editorial emendations to clarify obscure cruxes.”

On why he wrote the article, he said, “I wrote the piece to give a historical perspective on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s new project to translate Shakespeare’s plays into modern

English, and I was glad that my colleagues at OSF told me that my article was helping them to make their case.”

The most exciting aspect of the project “is that at least half of the playwrights updating Shakespeare will be women and at least half will be writers of color.

The Shakespeare texts we read have always been the products of collaboration between playwrights and editors and actors and directors, and now those collaborators will reflect the wonderful diversity of artists who care about his language. A lot of the critics of the project disregarded this inclusive aspect, and I was glad to draw attention to it.”

When he submitted his article to the New Yorker, Pollack-Pelzner said, “I’ve never been as rigorously edited as I was by the New Yorker: every word was challenged, every punctuation mark was assessed, every fact was checked … it was covered in so many red lines that you could hardly find my original text.”

Being published in the New Yorker is an incredible achievement and a great excitement for any writer and Pollack-Pelzner is certainly no exception, “I even love the typeface that the magazine uses, and it was so exciting to see my words printed in that New Yorker font!”

Elizabeth Stoeger can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail. com.

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Students expand knowledge of sexuality through Linfield course People are who they are, each person has their own values, if they don’t take time to explore and expand on issues, they may make decisions that they wouldn’t have intended.

“The goals are the framework which create the context, it covers a little anatomy, a lot about social influences, sexual communication, how to express and be sexually healthy and responsible human beings,” said Graff-Haight.

One of her most impor-

The Human Sexuality course taught by Dawn Graff-Haight is an overview of human sexuality topics as they relate to health.

It covers components of healthy sexuality, influences on sexuality, and similar topics, with an emphasis on gender, sociocultural factors, and sexual orientation.

The three-credit course is designed to expand the thinking of each student.

In this class students explore a wide range of human sexuality topics, including sexual structure and function, historical and cultural influences, gender role development, love and relationships and more.

Students become aware of the nature of human sexuality and the role that it plays in human health, they are also able to clarify personal attitudes and values regarding sexuality.

tant goals is to educate students to know enough about sexuality to make healthy decisions.

Graff-Haight is a professor of Heal Education and the former chair of the Department of Health, Human Performance and Athletics; she has been on faculty since 1996.

She started her professional career as a public school health teacher in the early 70s, and first started teaching human sexuality to elementary students as part of her teaching responsibilities.

Later, after obtaining her Ph.D., she began teaching a much more comprehensive sexuality course for college age students, first at Eastern Montana College then at Portland State University.

When she arrived at Linfield, she inherited the

By Megan Ditore For the Review

Human Sexuality course from Scott Carnahan who had been the previous instructor.

The course has changed over the years due to new technology, she said. Today she is able to teach the class with fewer lectures and more engagement into

“I didn’t realize who I was until I sat in class last year.”

-Past student of Professor Graff-

Haight’s human sexuality class

what the topic is.

She said that it was most important to have “good information,” meaning science based information, to understand how our bodies work. She said, “all of us have opinions, and we are all entitled to our own but she wants students to be able to base theirs on facts.”

“The class is about you,” Graff-Haight said, it is a practical class in which you can learn where you fit.

A former student of hers said to her, “I didn’t realize who I was until I sat in class last year.”

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major agreed, “I think that people people take tragedies like these and push them towards an agenda … the media should have focused more on how we can support the community and the families.”

Hopp said, “Let yourself be inspired by the courage of those who risked their own lives to protect others … It’s essential that you acknowledge the heartache and suffering, but don’t lose heart about the future.”

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence released a statement the same day saying, “We join the rest of the nation in shock, horror, and grief as the news of today’s school shooting in Oregon continues to unfold.

What should have been a sanctuary for education and a symbol of bright futures will now become the latest memorial of victims lost to America’s gun violence

epidemic.”

While those in Roseburg were still mourning the students killed at UCC, two more shooting occurred on college campuses in the day following.

Eight days after UCC, one student was killed and three were injured in a shooting at Northern Arizona University’s Flagstaff campus.

On that same day, another student at Texas Southern University was killed. Bomb threats were also issued on several campuses the same week.

Amidst these other two shootings, Obama visited and consoled the families in Roseburg on Oct. 9, little more than a week after the UCC shooting.

He was greeted by protestors and gun rights activists but made his purpose in Roseburg clear, “Today it’s about the families and their grief, and the love we feel

for them. And they surely do appreciate all the support that they’ve received.”

There is no clear way forward and there is nothing that will make this situation less heartbreaking than it is and will be for many months to come.

Let us take a small amount of comfort from President Obama’s words, “May God bless the memories of those who were killed today. May He bring comfort to their families, and courage to the injured as they fight their way back.

And may He give us the strength to come together and find the courage to change.”

Elizabeth Stoeger can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail. com.

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Places to study on campus

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From top left: seniors Shawna Jacobson-Sims and Baily Smith work on homework in Fred Myer Lounge. Top right: Damien Cannon studies in the courtyard next to Starbucks and Walker hall.

Lower left: the lobby in the HHPA athletic complex is often a good place to study. Lower right: residence hall lounges are also a great place to meet with friends to study. Bottom left: Nicholson Library is full of many movable white boards for students to use. Bottom right: TJ Day hall is full of smaller spaces to study in as well as classrooms to have group study sessions in.

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Norwegian, Sami culture on display for students

By Kellie Bowen Staff Writer

Linfield’s PLACE program put together an event that was both a performance and discussion panel about the similarities between the Sámi people of Norway and some Native American tribes.

There were three natives from Arctic Norway, two men to represent the Native American tribes, two translators, and Linfield’s Anthropology/Sociology professor, Tom Love.

The Norwegians performed a small collection of songs.

Most of these songs were about the hardship of winter and longing for the warm

summer.

Stina Fagertun sang the lyrical songs and recited poems of faith and prayer and were recited over a soft melody played on the piano. Øistein Hanssen played a variety of short songs that he wrote on several different kinds of Sámi flutes, few of which he made himself. Anita Barth-Jørgensen played the piano, drum and sang backup vocals for Fagertun.

One of the two men who were from the Native American tribes said that there are many original Native songs that sound very similar to a different tribes’ songs or even today’s modern tunes.

“You might actually find this song I’m going to play

familiar.”

He performed a chant with a handmade drum with a melody that did sound vaguely recognizable.

The man to his right was a story teller, who told the audience an ancient Native myth of an ogre woman, Tataklea, who ate children who misbehaved.

At the end of the performances, the two translators talked about their experience in wanting to share the culture with others as well as reciting a Sámi poem.

Professor Love transitioned into the panel discussion with a brief description of Norwegian culture.

Kellie Bowen can be reached at linfieldreviewarts@gmail.com

Kellie Bowen/Staff writer Performers at the Sami and Norwegian culture event beat a drum and sing and clap during the music portion of the event on Oct. 7.

‘Dualities’ exhibit opens eyes to mental disorders

By Malia Riggs For the Review

Griffin Yerian/For the Review Professor Art Brian Winkenweder talks to a viewer at Professor Liz Obert’s panel discussion event of her exhibit “Dualities” in the Linfield Gallery on Sept. 30.

Students recount their experiences, journey abroad

By Jenny Horniman For the Review

It is not uncommon for those who travel abroad to discover new things about other places and people that may challenge and reshape our perceptions about the identity of that culture. However, for three Linfield students who went abroad last year, the experience revealed something else that people may not expect when going abroad, which is how they identify themselves.

The title of the presentation, “3 Minds, 3 Worlds, One Universe”, was meant to represent the journey of the three girls, the relationships that they have with South America, Mexico, and the U.S., and how they discovered that the only real identity that matters is that of humanity.

For Stephanie Sánchez, Lorena Álvarez, and Sandra

García-Hernández, travelling to South America was an opportunity to discover more about their Latino roots as well as their current cultural identities. The countries that they visited include Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.

Living in the U.S., people don’t think twice when someone says that they are Mexican American, however subconsciously most people then associate that person more strongly with Mexico, since that is the thing that sets them apart from other Americans. Sandra GarcíaHernández said that made explaining their cultural identity slightly more complicated when travelling through South America, and made them consider their identity as Americans, not just Mexicans.

These girls had many experiences on this trip that they say have impacted the

way they view the world.

Stephanie Sánchez said that the trip to the Amazon was one of her fondest memories because of the immersion into nature and a culture without the presence of modern technology, such as electricity.

The students were able to go to many historical sites on their travels such as Machu Picchu, an icon of ancient Incan civilization in Peru.

They learned a lot about history and archeology, especially when in Peru with Linfield’s own anthropology professor, Dr. Tom Love.

Overall the students said that it was a life changing experience, and that they would recommend similar trips to any and all other students if they have the opportunity.

Jenny Horniman can be reached at linfieldreviewarts@gmail.com

“I have two personalities, the side I can actually show to the world and the side of how I really feel,” Professor of Art Liz Obert said during a panel discussion on her “Dualities” exhibit on Sept.

30.

Dealing with bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness) and depression is a growing problem not only in young people but nationally, today.

Obert captured the essence of depression and bipolar disorder in her photography exhibit.

She took photos of subjects who are suffering from bipolar disorder and shows the different sides of how they’re affected by their illnesses.

Obert started this project because she, too, suffers from bipolar disorder.

“I wanted to show that a lot of people do suffer from this disorder along with depression and that they are not alone,” Obert said. “Hav-

ing someone you can call makes all the difference.”

“Dualities” is a series of work that shows how different people suffer from bipolar disorder and how it is becoming more common in today’s society. Obert shows this through a series of two different photographs of each of her subjects.

“I wanted to capture the two personalities that I show to the world. In the first picture, I photograph how they react when they are in a depressed or low state, in the second picture I capture how they want to be seen or perceived by the world as themselves,” Obert said.

After having “Dualities” published on Slate, an online photo blog and magazine, she started to gain popularity around the U.S., and was able to travel to the east coast to photograph some of her subjects.

“I started out photographing friends, and friends of friends, but after the article was published people actually started to contact me about my project. I am lucky

to have such an outpouring number of models,” Obert said.

One of Obert’s subjects, who is a local to the Willamette valley said “I saw Liz’s work, and thought that this is a very positive way to view my and many others diagnosis, and realized someone is actually saying this is a significant thing. It really scared me when I found out that she was in the same town as me, I had to contact her.”

Her popularity continues to grow throughout the McMinnville and Yamhill county area and is gaining praises from an array of people.

“What she is doing is phenomenal, I’m so impressed.

She is putting a face on all this and that takes real guts,” said Laura Rodgers, a psych nurse practitioner at Linfield’s Portland campus.

As a culture we tend to push mental illness aside, Obert decides to bring it up front and get people to understand that its ok to be different.

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Kyle Huizinga/Photo editor Senior Jeff Laws sings deeply during the PLACE themed choir concert on Oct. 11.

Linfield Choirs perform environmental, PLACE themed concert

By Cassandra Martinez A & E editor Linfield is known to perform the most amazing and eye-catching choir concerts throughout the years. Linfield’s Choirs decided to perform a PLACE themed concert titled, “To My Old Brown Earth.”

The director of the concert, Professor of Music Anna Song, said, “The title [of the concert] is actually the title of a song by Peter Seeger that will be sung by all three choirs at the very end of the concert.” Song explains, “As you may know, Seeger was not only a very talented folk singer/song-writer, but also an activist who dedicated his life to environmental activism, nuclear disarmament, civil rights, and world peace.”

“Each piece was chosen for its unique power to express the themes connected to the PLACE theme hope, despair, environmental

stewardship, responsibility, or nature. If I had to pick on, I guess I’d say the Dem dunkeln Schoss by Brahms and the Seeger.”

“There is not much repertoire specifically connected to environmental activism,” Song explained.

Song was happy to report that she had no problems with the choirs. “I wouldn’t say there are challenges working with a large choir in particular, but that it takes an incredible amount of dedicated time and effort to synchronize the voices of all the singers in a choir into an expressive force.” Song said.

She even explained the reward with have a combined choirs, since there are three types of choirs. “When you sing in a choir, you become part of something bigger than yourself … it is an amazing experience, and the connection you have with one another, and with the audience, can be electric, enthralling, and powerful,”

Song said.

Song hopes that the audience would capture the meaning of the concert. “I hope the message of the songs about the earth, the ancient elements, and our responsibility to take care of it for future generations will reach the audience in a new way,” Song said.

She also added this personal this message to her fellow faculty and the students of Linfield College. “I invite all students on campus to consider singing in choir during their time at Linfield … singing is a basic human form of expression, and unfortunately, our society today seems to communicate that only those who are specially “gifted” can and should sing. The truth is, everyone can learn to sing.”

Ice auditorium was packed with friends, families, and local McMinnville residents, eagerly waiting for the concert to start.

The Wildcat Men’s Glee

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and is decidedly more relatable than A Study in Scarlet.

The book is unique because it humanizes the complicated literary characters that we may think of as “heroes” and “villains.”

It highlights Sherlock’s cocaine addiction, and references the military corruption and racial discrimination existed during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The issue of unjust “racial profiling” in detective cases and police work is also touched upon.

What I found most interesting about The Sign of the Four is that although Holmes solves the case, he insists upon talking to the convicted man and asking questions of motivation--the one aspect that seems to elude him.

However, Watson is quite content with the explanation that the killer’s “savage instincts” must have taken over. This difference in the two men is remarkable, and can further be seen in their daily interactions with char-

acters.

While Holmes goes out of his way to make friends with the street urchins, gamblers, and other low-lives of the city who aid in his detective work, Watson is much quicker to judge by appearances.

He holds pre-conceived notions of what it means to be “a criminal,” “a woman,” or “a foreigner,” and then projects those ideas onto others.

It is unsurprising that he falls in love with Ms. Mary Morstan, practically at first sight, thinking of her as the demure, graceful picture of femininity.

Watson’s biased narration adds to an already layered plot, and, by framing the narrative in this way, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle prompts us to think about how judging others can be a reflection of our own character.

Club preformed first and sang two pieces, “Der Jäger Abschied” (The Hunter’s Farewell) and “Wade in the Water”. Both pieces captured the audience’s attention due to the harmonization of the male choir. “Wade in the Water” was one of the pieces performed, which gave an upbeat tempo and was an entertaining performance.

The Women’s Vocal Ensemble performed soon after them, with a set list of more clam and smooth pieces. “A ta Nasza Narew” and “To Agni” were both calm and harmonizing pieces, which described water (A ta Nasza Narew) and fire (To Agni).

Then the Concert Choir performed four different pieces. They were called “Emerald Stream,” “Cloudburst,” Dem dunkeln Schob der Heilgen Erde,” and “Kasar Mie La Gaji” (The Earth is Tired). Two of the most eye-catching song pieces were “Cloudburst” and

“Kasar Mie La Gaji,” due to the interesting choices the choir made while preforming these two songs.

“Cloudburst” had musical instruments to accompany the piece because of the significance of imitating rainfall and thunderstorms.

“Kasar Mie La Gaji” had the choir members made gasping or harsh voices to symbolize the Earth becoming weak.

The grand finale was called “To My Old Brown Earth,” hence to the title of the program. The choir students were so thrilled that the audience loved their performance.

Senior and bass vocalist Logan Mays was one of those students. “What I was looking most forward to today was seeing all of the smiling faces of the audience members as we provide them with the music we’ve worked so hard on. It’s always a pleasure performing for a crowd of people willing to listen to

us.” said Mays.

“My favorite piece is ‘Cloudburst’ by Eric Whitacre. I feel he captures the feeling of rain quite accurately, and overall I feel our choir performs this piece well! It’s absolutely beautiful,” Mays said.

Sophomore and soprano Miriam Kilian said, “I look forward to simply being able to perform and getting to show everyone how much we accomplished in such a short period of time.” She mentions her favorite piece, “If I had to choose, it would be “Emerald Stream.”

I love its tempo and it’s message, it’s way fun to sing.”said Kilian The concert was an interesting, if not amazing debut of the choir concert series of the Linfield’s year of 2016-2017.

Cassandra Martinez can be reached at linfieldreviewarts@gmail.com

Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel is Guest speaker changes the way students lead through talk full of mystery, love, suspense Joanna Buchholz Sigma Tau Delta The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a mystery that has all the trademarks of a rollicking adventure novel--a treasure map, a hero’s quest, and of course a dash of romance.

Years after the mysterious disappearance of her father, Ms. Mary Morstan receives a string of pearls and a letter claiming that she is a “wronged woman.” She consults detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and the three embark on a journey that leads them to the home of Thaddeus Sholto, a mild-mannered man with an extraordinary tale of friendship and betrayal.

When tragedy strikes, Holmes and company set off in search of an Indian treasure that has been pilfered by a vengeful one-legged man and his cannibal sidekick.

Fast-paced and intricatelyplotted, with plenty of cliffhangers, The Sign of the Four has more plot twists than

Senior Joanna Buchholz is a member of Sigma Tau Delta, Linfield’s English Honors Society. The society contributes book reviews regularly to The Linfield Review.

knows you.

She concluded her talk by telling the audiIgniting change with ence that it’s the hyphen, or yourself was the topic disdash, in your life that really cussed by a guest matters because “it’s speaker on Thursthe stuff you do in day, Oct. 8 in the the middle.” NorTed Wilson Gymnaman says our experisium.

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-Tish Norman said. It’s the lives we A “personal touch around us and leadership brand” how we used our talshe called it. Norman said being selective and strategic ents and abilities that influthat your brand “is a motiva- in the friends that you make. ence our dash. tor for you.” It is what people She compared it to being Norman is the execuknow and say about you friends with chickens, who tive director of Transformbecause it is unique. are the followers, or with ing Leaders Now a graduate During her talk, Norman eagles, the challengers. from Kentucky State Uniwent through the process of Norman says that find- versity and has a master’s getting your own brand. She ing a mentor and someone degree in education from began with identifying what to look up to would help you Pepperdine University. She she called your mission state- achieve having a personal currently is pursuing a docment and strategic plan. She leadership brand. She said torate in Pan-African studies. said this would help identify that you develop relationwhat your mission in life is. ship with people because it is Shelby Saylors can be reached She also talked about not who you know, it is who at linfieldreviewarts@gmail.com

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Women’s soccer suffers loss, gains win against rivalries

By Sammantha Hopkins For the Review This past weekend led to losses, lessons and victories for the Lady Wildcats’ soccer team.

On Saturday, October 10 the ’Cats went head to head against Pacific Lutheran. With just their third loss of the season, the final score was 0-1.

Ladies on the soccer team had a general idea of the competition going into the game.

“PLU was tied with us for second going into this weekend, so they were the tougher competition,” Brianna Norris, ’16, said.

Even though the competition was tough, the lady ‘Cats still had success.

“Saturday against PLU was one of our best games, possession- wise. We passed the ball really well in small spaces and controlled the pace of the game. We were much faster and better technically,” Norris said.

With a mostly evenly matched game, the Lutes of Pacific Lutheran were able to gain the one goal they needed to win.

“They (Pacific Lutheran) took advantage of a good break away from our defense and scored in the 58th minute,” Marisa Specht, ’16, said.

“We connected really well with each other but just couldn’t put the ball in the back of the net,” Specht said.

Though Pacific Lutheran came out with the win, Linfield also had some opportunities.

“We had a couple shots on goal first half and should have been up 1-0 at half but could not put it in the net. Second half- the wind was really strong and that affected our ability to clear the ball or run up the field to attack,” Norris said.

“We had great opportunities in the opening minutes of the game with a corner kick and a free kick outside the box, but we weren’t able to capitalize,” Danielle Nurmi, ’17, said.

Immediately following the loss against Pacific Lutheran, the Lady ’Cats played on Sunday, October 11 against George Fox. Linfield had a victory of 2-0.

“Playing George Fox is

always an emotional game, but we came out hard both the first half and the second half. Our strengths were finding the outside backs, making the wide runs and winning balls out of the air all over the field,” Specht said.

Using what they had learned as weaknesses from last game, Linfield team members were able to improve on a lot leading to a victory.

“Strengths of this game were that we took advantage of all throw in opportunities, while in the PLU game we gave the ball away a lot of the time on our throw ins.

We played with good energy, strength and had good touches on the ball,” Nurmi said.

The Lady ’Cats were able to learn from errors made against PLU and used them to take home the win on Sunday against George Fox. Next up, the women take on Willamette University in a home match at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

Sammantha Hopkins can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Men’s soccer defeats Willamette, bounces back from past losses

By Sara Levering Staff writer The Wildcats earned a win while visiting the Willamette Bearcats on a wet, Saturday evening at Sparks Field in Salem, Ore. Playing under the lights after an afternoon of rain, the Wildcats made a showing.

Linfield held possession well throughout the game, attempting 13 shots to Willamette’s seven in the first half.

In the 13th minute, Ivan Colin, ’16, stole the ball from a defender and dribbled from the left side of the field and shot into the right corner of the goal, unassisted to make the score 1-0. This was Colin’s first goal of the season.

Over the next 17 minutes, the ’Cats took 10 shots until halftime.

In the second half things calmed down. Linfield only made six shots, and Willa-

mette attempted to step up their game with four shots.

In the 53rd minute, off of a corner kick, the Wildcats scored again. This time

by Alexander Gosselin, ’16, assisted by Colin to make the score 2-0.

The Wildcats and Bearcats ended up dead even on corner kicks for the game.

Goalkeeper Jorge Rodriguez, ’17, registered the win for Linfield with three saves.

However, Rodriquez did not make a save in the second half but did knock the ball away on several occasions and cut off connecting passes making it difficult for Willamette to score.

Both teams were relatively physical tallying 15 fouls for each team.

Moi Diaz led all players with most shots on goal. Linfield defeated Willamette 2-0.

Brian DeGrandmont, ’17, said, “The game went very

well, and we were a cohesive unit.”

DeGrandmont said the communication was maintained throughout the game but said it is something that can always be improved upon. He also has high hopes for the remainder of the season.

“We’re hoping this game is a turning point to the rest of our season, and if we play like that every game not a lot of teams will be able to stop us,” DeGrandmont said.

Linfield is now 3-4 in the Northwest Conference.

Next weekend, the Linfield Wildcats take on Puget Sound on Saturday, October 17 at 2:30 p.m., and Pacific Lutheran University on Sunday, October 18 at 2:30 p.m. at Linfield.

Sara Levering can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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Caylee Larkin/For the Review Senior Marisa Specht goes up for a header as sophomore Ashley McFall gets ready to assist her. The team lost 0-1 to Pacific Lutheran and won 2-0 against George Fox this weekend.

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Women’s volleyball rebound from loss, claw their way to victory

By Aspen Brooks Staff Writer

Photo courtesy Casie Gaza Members of the vollebyall and men’s and women’s swim team gather for a photo after the vollebyall game on Oct. 10. Both team’s wore pink in support of breast cancer awareness.

After falling to the Pacific Lutheran Lutes in three sets on Friday, the Wildcats volleyball team beat the George Fox Bruins in an intense fiveset match Saturday night.

The Lutes handled the ’Cats quickly, winning 25-23, 25-16, 25-12. Although the Wildcats had 67 digs to the Lutes’ 64, the Lutes’ offense was more effective, racking up 40 kills to the Wildcats’ 30.

Eryka Keoho, ’19, led the Wildcats’ offense with seven kills, followed by Caiti Barrie, ’16, Jamie Talbo, ’18, and Molly McTaggart, ’17 with six kills each.

Libero Courtney Uyeda, ’16, contributed 16 digs to the Wildcats’ defense, followed

by Talbo with 14 and Darian Stedman, ’19, with 12.

Saturday night saw a much stronger offense from the Wildcats, earning 60 kills while the Bruins only scraped up 40. It was an intense match, with the Wildcats los-

ing the first two sets and then battling back to win the last three, with scores of 22-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-18 and 15-3.

Stedman led the Wildcats’ offense with 14 kills, followed by 12 a piece from Barrie and McTaggart, and 11 from Keoho.

Stedman also had the most digs of the night at 20, with Uyeda and Talbo contributing 20 and 14 digs respectively to the Wildcats’ total of 88 digs.

In comparison, the Bruins only notched 62 digs.

Coach Shane Kimura said that the Wildcats “cut down some unforced mistakes as the match went on, and used that momentum” to drive their comeback.

In the first set, the two teams battled back and forth, with the score tied 12 times and the lead switching six times. Although the Wildcats had a higher hitting percentage, the Bruins beat them 22-25.

The second set was even closer than the first, with neither team securing a lead

greater than three points at any point. The Wildcats had a lower hitting efficiency, leading to a 23-25 loss.

The momentum shifted dramatically in the third set, with the Wildcats maintaining a consistent lead. Their offense was on fire, earning a .406 hitting efficiency and winning 25-19.

The fourth set started out close, but the Wildcats pulled away and won 25-18 to tie the match at 2-2.

The Wildcats’ crowd was roaring in support as the fifth set began. The Wildcats dominated the Bruins, winning the set 15-3 and winning the match 3-2.

Next, the Wildcats take on the Boxers at 7 p.m. Oct 14 at Pacific University. Their next home match will be against the top-ranked Willamette Bearcats at 7 p.m. Oct 16 in the Ted Wilson Gymnasium.

Aspen Brooks can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail. com.

’Cats float like a butterfly, sting like a bee in Boxers knockout

By Ross Passeck Staff Writer The Wildcats beat the Boxers at their own game with a one-two punch knockout.

The Pacific Boxers came into the Catdome Saturday off of a two game winning streak and a 3-1 overall record. There was plenty of buzz around campus that this was going to be a close game but even Pacific’s competitive record paled in comparison to Linfield’s undefeated momentum.

At 3-0, the ’Cats sported three immense victories coming into their last contest, averaging over 56 points per game. The streak of dominance continued on Saturday with a 77-10 victory over Pacific.

Pacific won the coin toss and elected to receive. The Boxers’ first drive of the game was made as brief as possible by the Linfield defense. After three plays the Boxers were forced to kick.

Cornerback Dylan Lewis, ’19, received the kick just past the 50-yard line. Immediately after his catch Lewis exploited a massive lane on the left side of the field to return the kick 51 yards for a touchdown, putting the ’Cats on the board within the first seconds of their possession.

The Boxers threatened to score on their next drive, making it into the red zone at the 16-yard line. With the Boxers hopeful for a touchdown, defensive end Alex Hoff, ’16, put a stop to their momentum with a sack on the Boxers’ quarterback Warner Shaw, knocking the ball loose and recovering the fumble him-

self.

“I lined up in a different position than usual so I used that to my advantage just to get my guy,” Hoff said. “I thought I missed him but on the way by I swooped out the ball and saw my teammate getting on it and it popped out to the side so I seized the opportunity to get on that thing.”

After the end of that drive the Boxers’ momentum felt the full force of a haymaker and would struggle to return for the entirety of the game.

Quarterback Sam Riddle, ’17, and running back Spencer Payne, ’17, proved to be a lethal combination against the Pacific defense.

“Spencer was feeling it today. They tried this technique of putting the D-ends on him and that doesn’t really fair well for them, Spencer’s a pretty fast guy,” Riddle said.

In total the two combined for 71 yards and a touchdown, but even those stats do little to illustrate how effectively Riddle and Payne dissected the Pacific defense. Their execution of coach Joe Smith’s game plan was flawless.

“Coach Smith always provides us with a good game plan and he had a good game plan against Pacific last year.

Not much changed since then,” Riddle said. “Coach Smith is the offensive scientist or whatever you want to call it. He’s great at what he does and all the other coaches take their time to make the right calls.”

The first half was full of offensive woes for Pacific until it started raining. The Boxers’ offense seemed to have new life when they

scored on a 13-yard run from Bronson Barretto, taking the score to 36-7.

Just when there seemed to be hope for the Boxers to compete, the ’Cats delivered a final uppercut with 3:57 left in the first half.

On fourth-and-10, Linfield elected to kick; however, when they lined up, cornerback Cory Stowell, ’18, shot up the field, and the kicker Kevin McClean, ’17, floated a pass to him for a 66-yard touchdown. This brought Linfield’s lead to 43-7.

“We hadn’t originally called for the fake punt. No one lined up on me and I was a bullet,” Stowell said. “I just signaled the punter and went from there.”

The half concluded with a 15-yard touchdown pass from Riddle to tight end Levi Altringer, ’16, with 0:08 left on the clock. The score had reached 50-7 by the time the first half came to a close.

Ultimately the Boxers seemed in a daze all game, and the ’Cats were more than capable of running circles around them on every end of the ball.

By the end of the game the score totaled 77-10, Linfield.

With such a towering blowout against the Boxers it’s hard not to think of the ’Cats like Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston after his first round knockout.

Ross Passeck can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail. com.

NWC to honor fallen Wildcat

By Joe Stuart For the Review The Northwest Conference announced on Oct. 3 that football coaches and athletes from around the league had decided to dedicate the 2015 season to the memory of Linfield College’s own Parker Moore.

Moore was tragically killed last November just before the playoffs. The incident is one of the darkest and saddest moments in Linfield’s history.

To honor the memory of Moore, every Northwest Conference football player will be wearing special helmet decals featuring his jersey number, #35, and initials.

Moore is remembered for his hard work as an athlete, his strong leadership skills on and off the field, and how he treated everyone he met as a friend.

The decals will be on every NWC helmet through the course of the rest of league play.

All photos by Kyle Huizinga/For the Review

Top: Junior Spencer Payne carries the football away from the Pacific defense. Bottom: Junior Sam Riddle gets ready to pass the ball to an offensive player during a play on Saturday’s game against Pacific.

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Cross country runs laps around NWC competitors

By Joe Stuart For the Review Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams had solid outings this past Saturday at the George Fox University Invitational.

The Lady Wildcats finished second overall out of six teams, coming in behind University of Oregon Running Club by only 11 points, scoring 64 to UO’s 53.

Linfield still had plenty of speed though, with third place Northwest University finishing 18 points behind them.

Two Lady Wildcats finished in the top-10 out of 65 runners in the five-kilometer race. Kaelia Neal, ’18, finished third with an impressive time of 18 minutes 52.6 seconds.

Emma Knudson, ’18, finished 10th running 19:41.6.

Unattached runner Amber Rozcicha won the race in a time of 18:16.9.

“I was happy with how our teams placed. But I think individually most of us were disappointed with our times. The course was tougher than I expected,” Neal said.

Courtney Beard, ’19, also had a strong performance, finishing 12th with a time of 19:46.1.

The men’s team finished in third out of eight teams, scoring a 75, missing second place UO Running Club by just three points. Lane Communi-

ty College finished first in the meet, scoring a 52.

Team captain Alex Mangan, ’16, led the team in the eight-kilometer run, finishing the race in 26:40.6.

Mangan finished seventh overall.

Jeff Lee, ’18, and Adrian Clifford, ’17, also both ran well, finishing 13th and 15th respectively. Lee ran a 27:01.7 and Clifford clocked in at 27:14.3.

Ryan Jones from the UO Running Club was the winner with a time of 25:59.1.

This meet showed the overall team dominance that Linfield has in the Northwest Conference.

“We’re coming off of some tough training so it’s definitely encouraging to see how our teams placed,” Mangan said. “We’re definitely moving in the right direction for our championship season.”

Both the men and women have their next race in Estacada next Saturday at the Lewis and Clark Invitational, which is the last regular season meet before the Northwest Conference Championships on the 31st in Tacoma, Washington.

“I’m just looking forward to next weekend,” Neal said. “It’s the first 6k of the season, and that’s the distance we run during championship season.”

Joe Stuart can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

All photos by Kyle Huizinga/Photo editor

From top left: Senior Calivn Howell catches his breath after a race. Top right: Sophomore Jeff Lee push on through the race toward the finish line. Bottom right: members of the men’s cross country team sprint with the throng of other runners at the start of the race.

Men’s golf struggles through Sunriver invitational

By Kaelia Neal & Ross Passeck Staff writers The venue for the men’s golf team’s most recent tournament was sublime but their game was anything but. Wind and illness blindsided the team this weekend at the idyllic Woodlands Golf Course in Sunriver, Ore. “Overall we were disappointed,” Coach Greg Copeland said. “I think every single guy thinks he didn’t play well and could have played a lot better.”

Captain Sam McLain, ’17, said, “We had a rough weekend overall as

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a team. Both days were a struggle for pretty much everyone.”

On the first day of the tournament 35 mph gusts of wind were whipping across the course, ramping up the difficulty for the team.

Linfield ended the day tied for fifth place with Lewis and Clark with a score of 337. Willamette led with 310.

Kyle Hargrave, 18, led the team the first day with a score of 81 points.

Logan Davis, ’18, followed three strokes behind, scoring 84.

Lucas Balala, ’18, scored 85, McLain shot 87 and Mason Krieger, ’19, earned a 90. Overall this was not up to par with coach Copeland’s expectations.

6-0-1 5-1

10-0-1 7-4

“Typically we’re all in the 70s,” Copeland said. “We just didn’t play up to our normal standards.”

On the second day the ’Cats faced another setback in the form of illness.

Hargrave, Linfield’s lowest scorer on the first day of the tournament, became ill and was unable to play.

Fortunately the sophomores were able to step up for the team. Davis had the best score for the ’Cats of 79 points with Lucas Balala, ’18, closely behind at 80.

Despite their low scores Linfield fell from fifth to sixth place, and Whitworth won the tournament.

“We had some pretty good shots and made some nice birdies, but

NWC Overall

Willamette Puget Sound

6-2 4-0-4

6-5-1 8-0-4

Linfield Whitworth George Fox

2-0 2-0 1-1

4-0 5-0 3-2

Linfield Lewis and Clark

4-3-1 3-4-1

7-3-1 7-4-1

Pacific Puget Sound

1-1 1-1

Pacific Lutheran 4-2 George Fox 3-3-1 Linfield 3-4

8-4 6-6-1 7-6

Willamette Pacific

2-5 1-5-1

3-8-1 3-8-1

Whitworth Pacific

3-5 2-5-1

5-7 2-9-1

Whitman

1-5-1

1-8-1

Whitman George Fox

1-4-3 1-6-1

1-8-3 3-7-2

Willamette

team to maintain a sense of humor and continue to look forward.

“Our team camaraderie is flawless,” McLain said. “We are all very close and we all support each other through the good times and bad.”

Huddled together in a van on the trip back to Linfield, McLain said the team is cracking jokes to lighten up the mood.

“We can’t take anything too seriously. We know we’re good, and we know we’re going to do better next time,” he said.

Kaelia Neal and Ross Passeck can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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Football

NWC Overall Pacific Lutheran 6-1-1 10-1-1

because the scores were high they didn’t play well overall,” Copeland said.

Copeland said even if the Wildcats win the two tournaments in the spring, it would be difficult for them to move to first place.

McLain said the team’s score does not look impressive compared to the rest of the conference, but the ’Cats are much better than that.

“We are good enough to play with anyone in this conference and we just need to get timing right,” McLain said.

No one on the team could be happy with this tournament’s results however it is never a struggle for this

NWC Overall 7-1 11-5

Whitworth 6-2 Pacific Lutheran 5-3

12-6 11-6

3-2 2-2

Lewis and Clark 4-4 Puget Sound 4-4

7-8 7-9

Willamette 1-1 Lewis and Clark 0-2

1-3 0-4

Pacific Linfield

4-4 3-5

7-9 6-11

Pacific Lutheran 0-2

0-4

Whitman George Fox

2-6 1-7

4-10 4-12