The Linfield Review Issue #6 November 7

The Linfield Review November 7, 2016

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‘I Remember Vietnam’ concert honors veterans Students in the Linfield Band and members of the McMInnville Second Winds Community Band honored veterans in their “I Remember Vietnam” concert on Sunday at the McMinnville Community Center in honor of Veterans Day on Friday, Nov. 11. The bands performed music popular during the Vietnam War era at the concert.

Librarian pulls back curtain on algorithm

By Elizabeth Stoeger Staff Writer Reference librarian Patrick Wohlmut presented his PLACE talk, “Pay No Attention to the Algorithm Behind the Curtain!” on Tuesday night in Riley 201.

He began by having the audience write down their definition of “relevant information” to make the point that “relevance is a subjective concept.”

Wohlmut reminded the audience of the human component behind the internet, “Search systems are not neutral . . . it was programmed by people and it continues to be programmed by people and people have very different ideas from each about what relevance is.”

The search engine Google’s job is to present the researcher with the most relevant information as quickly as possible.

To get the most out of a quick Google search, we need to understand how it sorts the results, which comes down to Google’s specialized algorithm.

Google accounts for 65.2 percent of all web searches worldwide and though it seems to have been a part

of our lives for a long time, it was founded in 1998.

During the next four years, the number of websites on the internet grew from 2, 700, (about the size of Estacada, OR), to the size of Houston, TX. (Over two million.) Today relevance is largely determined by a machine and the brains of that machine is the algorithm.

“Algorithms and Google are not the bad guys,” said Wohlmut, and it is important to understand both their advantages and disadvantages when conducting research.

Filter bubbles are especially problematic for social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. These bubbles mean that searches will come up with results that agree with one’s own personal beliefs.

If the algorithm judges someone to be a Republican or Democrat, the other search results will be somewhat tailored towards either party.

Google uses over 200 algorithmic symbols in its system. The most important of which is content placement on the webpage Page Rank (which judges how popular the entire page is,) and RankBrain.

RankBrain is a new form of artificial intelligence but its specific job is

not yet known. It is about 1 year old and was designed to be a learning machine, it does not have feelings like everyone’s worst Science Fiction fantasy.

However, since it is being kept a secret from the public about its abilities, some postulate that it helps Google employees do their day-today jobs somehow.

Because there so many different search results come up and there is sophisticated technology behind searching, “That doesn’t mean that it’s zeroing in on the correct answer, it just means that it’s building up the more nuanced, complex answer.

So knowing more about that answer will give us an idea of how Google makes decisions when we ask it do a search for us,” Wohlmut said.

Wohlmut gave students a challenge to be more internet savvy both immediately and in the future because “otherwise instead of us using the technology, the technology will start to use us.”

Elizabeth Stoeger can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com

Elizabeth Stoeger/staff Reference Librarian Patrick Wohlmut speaks about the internet at his talk on Nov. 1 in Riley 201.

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EDITORIAL

Linfield for Standing Rock inspires advocacy, action for marginilized Natives in North Dakota

It is common that when large disputes surface to the media, people stay within their comfort zone rather than fight for the cause.

We get it; people have their own lives to focus on.

Something we also realize is that it is easy to stay quiet when one is not the victim. It is important to stay aware of issues going on in society and fight with our brothers and sisters when immoral problems surface to the media.

Linfield for Standing Rock says, “We are deeply concerned for the rights of the continually marginalized Indigenous peoples who continue to suffer the systemic racism and discrimination built on a structure of colonialism. Their culture is important. Their sacred sites are important. And their water access is important.”

Here we see yet another example of the

social hiearchy that consumes America and prohibits us from truly prospering in unity as a nation.

The more people that fight against these issues, the more liable the people in control will be to take action. Whether the “people in control” are politicians, state officials, law enforcement, stakeholders or public officials; they too reason like regular people.

Higher ups have the opportunity to decide which issues are of value in society. When there is a lack of diversity within the population of people in control, there tends to be a lack on minority outlooks.

These people often end up making decisions based on their own views and experiences, typically leaving out the issues of those being victimized.

This $3.7 billion investment towards the

Dakota pipeline is supposed to simplify the transportation of oil productions, throughout the U.S. Although that sounds great for U.S. markets and oil corporations, it is selfish and inconsiderate of Native homeland. Manufacturing and building at the pleasure of ones pocket, and at the destruction of ancient artifacts and tribal lands.

Those looking to donate can do so by accessing the “Linfield for Standing Rock” Facebook page. The groups mission and story can also be found on there.

“We are driving to Standing Rock Reservation to support the Water Protectors, to lend our hands and our solidarity to this injustice.

We will be documenting the whole thing through social media, with a short documentary made after. “ -Linfield Review Editorial Board

Make a Difference Day a success

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SUSTAINABILITY

Indoor gardening provides sustainable year round food Kyle Huizinga Office of Sustainability At Linfield, there are many students who are currently engaging in indoor sustainable gardening.

Besides the Linfield Garden, there is another alternative in which students are able to grow food at little to no cost.

There is no doubt that the garden on campus is a wonderful resource for sustainable living, but for students whom are interested in more small scale gardening, indoor gardening might be a good choice for them.

Not only can it liven up a living space but it can also provide one with fresh produce year round.

Indoor gardening, as it sounds, is gardening within your own home, or living space. For example, fresh herbs like green onions can be bought and then used to grow even more. If you cut the tops off of green onions they will continue to grow in a glass of water as long as you use a moderate level of water.

Regardless of the produce, taking the root or base of the produce, and placing in moderate levels of water should yield successful growth. This is a wonderful activity for students living off campus, living in an on campus apartment, or even living in a residence hall. It’s easy to manage, doesn’t take up an excessive

amount of space, and can be very enjoyable for people.

Gardening this way also has the added benefit of reducing waste by eliminating the need of buying more of a certain produce item. More growing of food leads to less need to buy more of that food, which ultimately leads to less waste and more money saved. If gardening is an activity you enjoy, or want to get into, but want to do something on a small scale- this may be an excellent choice for you.

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

Make a Difference Day on Oct., 22 was a success. Linfield took part in the national day of service to help multiple McMinnville non-profits.

On Saturday, five organizations had Linfield students help them with duties. Some of the McMinnville groups were Habitat for Humanity, the Community Garden, Juliette’s House, Greater Yamhill Watershed Council, and Miller Woods help.

Deizhanna Kaya-Abad ‘17 the Change Corps day of service coordinator says, “The reason we do this is to make people aware of social issues in the community.

It also gives students the resources to serve the community”. On Saturday there were about fifty volunteers, who served for three hours each.

Tommy Tanatchangsang, a nursing major, came to help before his shift at the library. “I’m here because my friends spoke about it and it sounded fun. It’s not everyday you can volunteer your time to the community. I wish I could volunteer for longer”.

Emily Warner, ‘19, who was assisting with the event says: “I showed up to serve with my community and to learn more about other non-profits in McMinnville.

I think days of service are important because it gives Linfield students a chance to learn more about the community and make a large impact together”. The group was asked who or what inspires them.

Students answered from personal experiences to just wanting to serve.

For the volunteers waking up early was a small price to pay for a great day of helping the community that is their home away from home.

Alex Gogan can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

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Safe spaces and content warnings enhance education for all Margaret M. Russell Tribune News Service This past summer, incoming freshmen at the University of Chicago received a portentous letter from the dean of students.

It asserted: “Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called ‘trigger warnings,’ we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not condone the creation of intellectual ‘safe spaces’ where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own.”

In other words, “Welcome to college, young people, the land of ‘do not.’”

To his credit, the dean prefaced all these negatives with a host of laudable “defining characteristics” of the university, including its commitments to civility and respect for all

and to rigorous debate.

But in my view, none of these educational goals is inconsistent with the presence of so-called safe spaces and trigger _ or, more accurately put, content warnings.

The letter’s false equivalency of safe spaces and content warnings with mandatory ideological censorship is not only a straw man type of fallacy based on extreme examples but it is also a misunderstanding of what these concepts truly entail.

Safe spaces and content warnings may even contribute to a fuller and more robust educational experience for all students, even the ones who would never choose to request them.

Students surely have the right to ask for safe spaces, and faculty have the academic freedom to offer content warnings. It is ironic that the University of Chicago failed to acknowledge this free speech right in the same letter in which it reiterated

its own view on the subject.

First, colleges and universities can have vastly different definitions and understandings of these terms based on their unique communities.

For example, at my university, the safe space program offers welcome and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning community members whose sexual minority status has been historically disrespected and silenced on campuses until relatively recently.

In contrast with the official invisibility of LGBTQ individuals in the absence of such programs, I see these safe spaces as adding immeasurably to a full educational experience for all community members.

The concept of safe spaces developed in response to the slow integration of historically excluded groups into non-diverse college and university populations.

When I entered college in the

1970s, my school had only years earlier started admitting women and people of color.

Fortunately, the presence of safe spaces such as the women’s center and the third world center provided me community without conformity and opportunities to increase rather than diminish my enthusiasm for intellectual rigor and disagreement.

Similarly, in my experience, the concept of content or trigger warnings offers an option , not a requirement , for educators to inform students in advance of potentially sensitive topics that may be deeply disturbing at a visceral level.

The goal is not to shelter students from engagement with different ideas but it is rather to acknowledge that some topics may be traumatic to students based on their personal experiences.

In my experience, students have grappled with rape, suicide, domes-

tic violence, racist epithets and other experiences that command my attention and empathy as an educator.

Teaching can actually become richer by acknowledging and respecting the range of personal experiences that students bring.

Finally, I agree with the dean’s contention that controversial speakers can have a lot of offer to campuses and that censorship through obstruction of speakers is wrong.

But students have a right to object vociferously and peacefully to ideas they find abhorrent, even if that means their protest make life more difficult for the administration.

As the heralded civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., has advised students, “Get into good trouble, necessary trouble.”

Students travel far for breaks and holidays Vanesa Montalvo Opinion Editor At Linfield, there are many students in which their home state is not Oregon, meaning that they are forced to drive a long route, sit on a train ride or have no choice but to utilize air travel. For some, it takes diligent and structured planning, to complete the simple task of going home.

According to the Linfield website, half of the student body is from an outside state, meaning that there are many students that have to travel a long way to get home for breaks and holidays. There is no doubt that traveling like this every time a break comes around can become tedious and inconvenient. Although, traveling students maintain positive attitudes when it comes to traveling back home for the holidays.

For some students, air travel does not occur as often as others. Havili Eteaki, a Linfield Sophomore, says that there aren’t any negatives when it comes to traveling back to his home state, Hawaii. “I went back for

every holiday last year and I plan to do the same this year,” he said.

Even though out of state students are not able to go home as often as they would like to, they always make sure to maintain a positive attitude and take advantage of the times that they are able to travel back home.

After four years, Linfield Senior, Cassidy Mace, has had her fair share of flying back and forth from Linfield to her home state of California.

“Living outside of Oregon generally means having to save up an extra 600 to 1000 dollars for plane tickets.” she said. In order to save some money, Mace opts to staying on campus but even then she is forced to spend her own money on groceries due to on campus diner hall not being open during breaks.

Traveling back home for breaks and holidays can be a simple task for those who live near by, but for those who are not from Oregon, it can become tedious year after year.

Vanesa Montalvo can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com

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Documentary ’13th’ fits the pieces together Leonard Pitts Jr. Tribune News Service

“Not whips and chains — all subliminal; instead of n----r, they use the word criminal” — Common from “Letter to the Free” In the end, she gives us grace. And by then, you really need it.

The end credits roll over pictures celebrating everyday joys of AfricanAmerican life. A beaming girl rides a pony. Boys flex. Fathers cuddle daughters.

The anger and pain that have sat heavily in your chest for more than 90 minutes begin to lift ever so slightly at these reminders of black life still stubbornly managing to be lived even in the midst of state-sponsored oppression. Otherwise called, without irony, the U.S. justice system.

In “13th,” the troubling new docu-

mentary from director Ava DuVernay now streaming on Netflix, the American prison industrial complex is laid bare as a machine designed for the suppression of an inconvenient populace. Meaning black men — the nation’s boogeymen for two centuries and counting. Like “The New Jim Crow,” the game-changing 2012 book by Michelle Alexander, “13th” doesn’t tell you anything you didn’t already know if you’ve been paying attention. Its triumph is to fit the pieces together, to make visible the pattern that was there all along.

Namely, that much of what we call justice is a 150-year effort to win back what was lost at Appomattox. Yet somehow, we never quite see.

Six point five percent of the country accounts for over 40 percent of its prisoners. The liberal looks at this and says, isn’t it a shame what pov-

erty does to them? The conservative looks at it and says, isn’t it a shame they embrace thug culture? The overt racist looks at it and says, isn’t it a shame they’re naturally criminal?

Hardly anyone looks at it and says, the system is working as designed.

Hardly anyone says, this is not about criminality, but control.

DuVernay says it forcefully, explicitly and convincingly. In “13th” — the title comes from the constitutional amendment that ended slavery — the director of “Selma” draws a line from Appomattox through convict leasing, through lynch law, through the Southern strategy, through mass incarceration, through the commodification of black bodies and black misery by private prison entrepreneurs. Up until now.

Cue Donald Trump. On screen, a black man is being spat upon at one

of his rallies. A black woman is being shoved. A black man is being sucker punched. And Trump is loving it.

“Knock the c--p out of ’em, would you? Get ’em out of here. In the good old days, this doesn’t happen, because they used to treat them very, very rough. And when they protested once, they would not do it again so easily. Like to punch him in the face, I’ll tell you.”

As he speaks, the images change.

It’s 1965 and Rev. C.T. Vivian is being knocked down the courthouse steps.

It’s 1960 and protesters are being hauled off lunch counter stools. It’s 1957 and reporter L. Alex Wilson is being kicked and pummeled down the streets by the good people of Little Rock.

All as Trump is reminiscing about the good old days. And a chill skitters up your spine.

We like to think we have distance from the past, don’t we? We profess to be mystified by it. How could people have done such things? If I had lived at that time, a man will assure you, I’d have never tolerated it. But, as attorney and author Bryan Stevenson reminds DuVernay’s camera, “the truth is, we are living at this time — and we are tolerating it.”

It is an unanswerable truth, a truth that leaves conscience maimed. The credits roll just then.

And yes, you are thankful for that small bit of grace.

Leonard Pitts Jr. is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and author of multiple books.

Readers may write to him via email at lpitts@miamiherald.com. He is scheduled to speak at Linfield College in February.

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This election will end, but the mental damage may not

By Deena Shanker Tribune News Service NEW YORK - More than half of Americans are experiencing election-related stress comparable to that often attributed to work, money, or the economy, the American Psychological Association has said.

And while the good news is the presidential contest will end next week, the bad news is that because of the ferocity of the campaign, the mental damage may linger. And for some groups, it may get even worse - depending on who wins.

There’s always disillusionment and anger when a presidential candidate loses. George W. Bush’s narrow victory over John Kerry in 2004 inflamed Democrats still angry over Bush’s first election, via the U.S. Supreme Court, four years earlier. That 5-4 ruling doomed the candidacy of Democratic Vice President Al Gore, capping what was arguably the most tempestuous U.S. presidential election in modern times. Until now.

The hope is that once this election is over, and the constant barrage of negativity via television, radio, and mobile phone ends, things may return to some semblance of normal. But not everyone is so op-

timistic.

“There’s going to be tremendous alienation by all the people who lose on Nov. 9,” said Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. In the event of a Donald Trump victory, many Latinos, blacks, and Muslims are likely to see his election as a popular affirmation of the Republican’s most negative characterizations of each group during the course of the campaign.

“It’s a sampling of human opinion, how we vote,” Humphreys said. So for Mexican Americans, he explained, a Republican victory would put a national imprimatur on Trump’s statement, during a speech launching his campaign, that immigrants coming to the U.S. from Mexico are rapists and drug dealers.

More than half of the Latino community reported experiencing election-related stress in the survey by the APA last month. For undocumented immigrants, those fears are likely to be even more acute, said Susan Macios, director of Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey in Camden, N.J. “Our Mexican population has been expressing anxiety about deportation,” she

said, adding that a Trump victory could send many of them into hiding.

The “election cycle has unleashed negativity and somehow given license to be mean and hateful. It has left deep scars on our society,” says Farha Abbasi, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Michigan State University and the managing editor for Journal of Muslim Mental Health. Verbal and physical attacks on Muslims, and even on people mistaken for Muslims, have caused mental trauma for an entire segment of American citizenry, she said.

A report from Georgetown University found that hate crimes against Muslims have spiked over the course of the presidential election. “We’re not imagining it,” Abbasi said. “It’s happening.”

Anxieties run deep as people of all ages and levels of religious observance find their loyalties being questioned, she said, pointing to the unvarnished bigotry triggered in some quarters by Trump’s candidacy. “Even in a really highly educated environment, there are comments that make people uneasy,” said Abbasi. No matter who wins, she says, that bell cannot be un-rung.

A victory by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, shouldn’t be mistaken for a quick fix of the stress and doubt suffered by minority groups in this campaign. “Whenever Bill Clinton talks about how Muslims have to cooperate in countering extremism, it says that there is something inherently wrong with Muslims,” Abbasi said.

“Just because I’m Muslim doesn’t put extra responsibility on me.”

Even in very pro-Trump parts of rural America, where mental health care is usually hard to come by, the Republican’s words have struck a particularly painful chord for victims of sexual assault. Sallie Richards, a clinical psychologist at Rural Mental Health Associates Inc. in Oil City, Pa., said “all of the statements, and the debates, and the ads that continue to play the audio clips of him speaking in a sexually assaultive manner, brought up past things that never came up in therapy before.” While she treats mostly women, the men she sees, Richards says, aren’t experiencing that same kind of personalized stress. “They’re just worried about what their future is going to be like,” she says, “a lot of ‘nothing good is going to come of this.’” She mentions issues like the Affordable Care Act, abortion and

gun rights as concerns.

If Trump loses, it may take a psychological toll on his most fervent supporters, exacerbating feelings of grievance and alienation among many whites who flocked to him, said Humphreys, whose work has focused on remote areas of West Virginia, his own home state. “If Trump loses, they will feel like, ‘I’ve been thrown away,’” he said.

Richards agreed. “If Hillary takes the presidency, there’s going to be a lot of anger, frustration, and fear,” she said.

For both sides, at least the uncertainty - barring a 2000-like finish will be gone come Nov. 9. Whoever wins, Lynn Bufka, associate executive director of practice research at the APA, said “there will be some degree of relief because of the onslaught of negative campaigning for both federal and local elections will presumably disappear.”

“Uncertainty is stressful,” said William Eaton, a professor of mental health at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

“There will be a large proportion of the population that will be relieved that it’s over.”

Linfield professor studies pivotal character in Irish history

By Elizabeth Stoeger Staff Writer

James Connolly was an Irish socialist and revolutionary who was put to death by firing squad for inciting the Easter Rising of 1916 at the age of 48.

History professor Peter Buckingham researched the time Connolly spent in America during his year-long sabbatical in Ireland.

“Eyewitness to History: A Sabbatical in Ireland,” highlighted the work he did as a Moore Fellow at the National University Ireland in Galway.

“It was a great experience, all of this was just wonderful. But I spent

much of my time helping the Irish commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising,” said Buckingham. He was in Ireland for the centennial, where there was renewed interest in Connolly and the history of the rebellion.

As a Moore Fellow, Buckingham participated in a debate on Connolly and read the extensive collection on Connolly’s work at the National Library in Dublin.

Buckingham was also able to read the papers of C. Desmond Greaves, a Marxist journalist who wrote an acclaimed biography on Connolly’s life. Buckingham also was the first person ever to read Greaves’ personal diaries.

Connolly spent 1902 through 1910 in America and it was during this time Connolly joined the Socialist Party of America and the IWW, the Industrial Workers of the World.

He wrote songs and poem in support of the Socialist cause but he thought Americans were too moderate and weren’t willing to fight so he went back to Ireland.

There he joined the movement of Irish dock workers and created the Irish Citizen Army, “trying to get a revolution up.”

But even in this group, Connolly was

“regarded as too militant” by the leaders. They decided to let him join the ranks, however, because they were afraid he would try to rise up too early.

Connolly was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising, which lasted six days and led to the execution of several heads of the Citizen Army.

Leading the Citizen’s Army, he walked into the government post office (GPO) in Dublin and announced that there was a revolution taking place.

Patrick Pierce read a declaration of the principles for the revolution outside the post office which included equality for women and children, “it was indeed quite radical,” said Buckingham. “[Connolly] was surprised that the British were willing to destroy the center of Dublin with artillery.

He thought, ‘They’re never going to touch the capitalists, the banks’ and so forth, but they did. They just wrecked the whole thing to get at the rebels inside the GPO and

“[Connolly] was surprised that the British were willing to destroy the center of Dublin with artillery. He thought, ‘They’re never going to touch the capitalists, the banks,’ and so forth, but they did.”

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Chair, History Department

that turned a lot of the Irish people against the rebellion. In fact, when they surrendered, they were booed in the streets as they were led off in chains,” recounted Buckingham.

Connolly was shot several times during the Easter Rising but the wound was neglected and he was dying from Gangrene until he was nursed back to health by the British only to be executed.

Buckingham explained that, “Connolly hoped that the rebellion would be the match that set the fire that would lead to independence. It cost many people their lives” but ultimately “It’s looked upon in the long run historically as not a tragedy but as something to be celebrated.”

This event was sponsored by the internation programs office, they can be reached at ipo@linfield.com

Elizabeth Stoeger can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com

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Photos by Annika Lindburg/staff From left: Parent Ted DeChatelet, McMinnville High School students Dakotah Moore and Jacob Barlow speak at the “Screenagers” panel.

‘Screenagers’ media literacy panel discusses young adults, phones

By Annika Lindburg Staff Writer “The Screenagers” documentary provided an in-depth look into the lives of young adults who are constantly engaged with screens.

The documentary also considers how the parents deal with this newfound technology and setting limits.

The film provided staggering facts about adolescents usage of screens. “Adolescents spend on average six and a half hours looking at screens, not including

school work. It’s a huge amount of time, and young adults are losing their self control since their phone is always within arms reach. But there is some hope: “Students can increase their self control over time.” Some young adults were sent to rehab facilities where they were not allowed to use any screens and thus regained their self control.

According to the documentary, it’s especially important to not use your phone during class, as daydreaming and doodling are healthy for your brain while be-

ing on your phone is not. “When you’re daydreaming and doodling your processing what’s going on around you. You’re not processing that work with daydreaming when your on your phone.”

The documentary showed families trying different techniques to limit their child’s screen intake.

One family decided to make a contract, which the daughter had to agree with and sign. A single mother decided to be the “bad cop” and limit her son’s screen time by helping him find new hobbies.

Black Student Union at Linfield College

By Mikayla Bay-Washington Staff Writer Acknowledgment and appreciation for the black experience in America has been on the rise for the last five decades.

The realizations that black people are continually being systematically oppressed and routinely threatened by law enforcement forced some young people to actively engage in protests and thoughtful discussion.

Another result of these realizations was the creation of young African-American individuals aggregating in groups they called Black Student Unions.

The name became popular amongst college students.

“The group at San Francisco State is the first that we know to use that term… Later on, there was a conference in California where black students at other campuses all adopted that name,”says Akinyele Umoja, associate professor of African American studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta and a leader at the National Council for Black Studies.

Throughout the period between the 1960s and 2010s black students created these groups at predominantly white schools.

A Black Student Union typically symbolized a safe space in which African-American youth could feel free to express them selves.

In addition to BSUs being safe havens they were and are currently a place to have facilitated discussions about race and injustices that occur on a daily basis within the United States of America.

Here at Linfield College the Black Student Union is alive and well.

The Black Student Union sponsors events and partners with other clubs to raise awareness on a multitude of issues.

Educating the majority of Linfield students on systematic oppression as well as black culture is Linfield BSU’s most pressing task.

Their objective is to teach willing individuals outside of black culture why it is not okay to use demeaning words, appropriate the African-American culture, or how to avoid abusing their privi-

lege, along with recurring issues that must be solved now.

The BSU here on campus is open to educating people of any race, nationality, or ethnicity that wants to learn more about black people and their culture.

BSU represents inclusiveness and giving students asafe outlet for relief, advice and good company. Similarly to the Multicultural Center where BSU gathers.

Some students have experienced microaggressions, racism and unsafe situations; the BSU community offers any of students comfort and the resources they need to overcome these obstacles .

BSU would like emphasize that everyone is welcome to the club, it is safe and respecful environment inclusive to all.

For more information contact the Black Student Union here on campus at eparker@linfield. edu. Also check out our “Linfield BSU” Facebook page for regular updates on events, meetings and updates.

Mikayla Bay-Washington can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.

The panel after the film put this film into context- highschool seniors, parents, and teachers were the panelists.

Kerrie Savage, a McMinnville High School teacher noted how contrary to many people’s beliefs on social media, “teenagers are still being social every day.” Many teens interact with their peers through pulling up a funny photo on their phone and talking about it.

Jacob Barlow, a McMinnville Senior noted how using a phone helps relieve anxiety. “Using a

phone helps relieve anxiety. It’s meaningful to talk face-to-face but it’s easier to talk over the phone.”

It is important for parents to have a discussion with their children in order to find a technique that works for them. Too much screen time is not beneficial for a child while too little keeps them out of the loop.

Annika Lindburg can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com

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Latino clubs bring traditional Mexican holiday to Linfield

By Vanessa Montalvo Staff Writer

Linfield MEChA and Spanish Club honored and remembered friends and family that have died in the traditional Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead, on November 2nd in the Fred Meyer Lounge.

The celebration was from 6 to 8 p.m., there was food, face painting, music and crafts. As a part of the tradition, the two clubs put together an altar that was decorated with photographs, food, candles and flowers as a commemoration of friends and family that have died.

“It took us about a month, we started planning this since the beginning of the school year,” said Jesus Perez, President of MEChA club at Linfield. FML was filled with lively colors, traditional Mexican music and food, and

an altar, all of which embodied the traditional Mexican holiday.

A bread that is called Pan De Muerto is specifically made for this holiday. The sweet bread roll is made during the weeks leading up to the holiday.

The Day of the Dead is a two day holiday that is celebrated on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, the first day is dedicated to acknowledging the souls of children that have passed and the second is dedicated to the adults, according to the Huffington Post.

This holiday is one that is deeply embedded into the Mexican culture, which is one of the many reason on why MEChA and Spanish club find it important to present this tradition at Linfield, every year. It is a sense of welcoming for the dead to come back and celebrate. Day of the dead puts death and the passing of our friends and family in a positive

light.

Around this time of year, many tend to forget about the additional holidays that are celebrated in other cultures. Perez says, “I think it is good to make everyone aware that we do have a latino community and that there are other traditions out there.”

Bringing the Mexican tradition to Linfield is a way in which MECha and Spanish Club are able to make non-hispanic students aware of what this holiday incorporates.

Showcasing this tradition at Linfield is something that Perez is immensely fond of, as he himself celebrates this tradition at home.

Vanessa Montalvo can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com

Above: An example of an alter for the Day of the Dead celebration in FML during Oct. 26 through Nov.2. Top Right: A student in FML during the Day of the Dead celebrations on Nov. 2 Middle Right: A student gets her face painted for the final Day of the Dead celebrations in FML.

Sept., 19 2016 President Barack Obama launched the “It’s On Us” Campaign. This campaign focuses on sexual assualt awareness and prevention. The campaign has gotten more than 200 colleges involved thus far.

The “It On Us” pledge is: To Recognize the non-consensual sex is sexual assualt.

To Identify situation in which sexual assualt may occur.

To Intervene in situations where consent has not or cannot be given.

To Create an environment in which sexual assualt is unnacceptable and survivors are supported.

For more information visit itsonus.org

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Linfield against sexual assault A student writes on the wooden wall during the It’s On Us campaign against sexual assault.

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Linfield students travel to Standing Rock to inspire future activism on campus

By Elizabeth Stoeger Staff Writer What began as a conversation between friends about the injustices of the situation in Standing Rock, ND, has materialized into what will be a whirlwind four-day trip for 11 Linfield students.

The 1, 200 mile Dakota Access Pipeline is scheduled to be built in underneath the Missouri River, the chief source of water for the Standing Rock Sioux. It is also a sacred burial ground for the Sioux.

Those protesting the pipeline have been, among other things, beaten, maced, shot with rubber bullets, and arrested by the National Guard and police sent in by North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple.

In an article for YES! Magazine, Kelly Hayes, an indigenous woman, called it a resurgence of the struggle against colonial violence.

Hayes wrote, “Yes, everyone should be talking about climate change, but you should also be talking about the fact that Native communities deserve to survive, because our lives are worth defending in their own right — not simply because ‘this affects us all.’”

It is in this spirit that Linfield students are traveling approximately 40 hours round-trip by car.

The group discussed flying over but it seemed hypocritical because of the large amount of oil planes use, oil probably produced by one of the companies they are protesting. They decided to drive and plan to do carbon offsets for the gas money.

Alaire Hughey, ’17, one of the participants, said, “Our goal is to stand with people who need to be stood with.

Who are asking for people to be there, to help, because we were sort of asking ourselves, ‘If this isn’t it, what is it that makes us do this?’ This is this unholy merging of environmental degradation and huge human rights injustices.

We’re hoping to just be on the right side of history.”

In addition to the environmental and human rights aspect of the trip,

several students also expressed a frustration that Linfield seems to be lacking an activist spirit, something they hope to spark.

One of the organizers, Sarah Stark, ’17, said, “We always talk about how apathetic our campus seems to be and how it seems to be more so than other schools. No one here engages in the political system on a level higher than posting online . . . We don’t want to have that be the only action that students are taking.”

As much as this is an opportunity to support a group and call attention to issues of climate change and oil, these students have a Linfield specific goal in mind. This is, perhaps even more so, a chance to show seemingly lackadaisical Linfield students what being fully engaged can mean.

The whole process, from its inception to the return trip, will be documented by Kyle Huizinga, ’18, and shown at a PLACE event in the future.

“We really want to make sure that this isn’t an experience that only we have. We’re really intentionally trying to make sure that our peers and other students are involved in it,” Stark said.

Peri Muellner, ‘18, said, “I know that this is not my fight, so I’m hoping to just do everything I can to support those who are trying to protect their own land . . . I know that just a small group of students isn’t going to make a big difference, but I’m hoping that our trip inspires other small student groups and all together we really could make a difference.”

Though they do not know exactly what to expect, students are planning to do largely physical labor at Standing Rock. Things like chopping wood, making food, and helping to coordinate some of the logistical elements of the protest will help those on the frontlines.

While the ultimate goal is to halt construction of the pipeline, another goal is “to get as many Linfield students to experience what activism looks like from a student’s perspective.

Here we are dropping in on the weekend then leaving immediately, that’s a

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Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune Soldiers and law enforcement stand in formation equipped with firearms and a turret-mounted truck to push protestors trying to block construction from private lands. lot of privilege.”

“We’re bringing a lot of different baggage . . . There’s been many conversations about how appropriate it is to do that, but we think that the amount of impact we’ll have hopefully amongst our student body will be great enough that it will be worth it,” said Stark.

Quinn Riesenman, ’17, who is also going on the trip, agreed that it was a matter of “showing younger Linfield students that if there’s a problem you want to address, you have to do it yourselves.”

“I think there’s something about going and not just trusting these different sources of information on the internet for what’s going on but having a full experience there and it’s not just a matter of taking sides on a viewpoint that’s being posted online, it’s a matter of what are these people saying, how are they acting, and what’s actually going on in front of me,” Riesenman said.

For Bailey Morales, ’17, “It has less to do with the environment and more

to do with human rights . . . I’m going there to try and understand what exactly is happening to the people who are being marginalized.”

Morales wants to understand “how the government and business interests use their power, in a way, to exert what they want in the world at large and within our own society.”

Muellner, sees this as a way to fully utilize everything she has learned at Linfield in a concrete way. “I’ve learned a lot about how protesting can make a real difference, when people just band together and peacefully show their support for a cause. I think it’s time I apply what I’ve been learning, because sitting in a classroom hearing about the horrible things happening in the world without being able to do anything about them isn’t going to cut it for me anymore,” Harnessing the ideas and lessons learned at Linfield is another benefit of the trip, “We spent the last three and a half years studying what is wrong

with the world and there’s a lot, and studying issues that seem pretty insurmountable and overwhelming. Part of especially sociology and anthropology is that you learn [that] you problematize everything, especially the solutions.”

“We feel pretty powerless and so going [to Standing Rock], though obviously we’re not going to stop the pipeline by being 11 more white bodies, but doing something tangible feels really rewarding and refreshing after only being able to post something,” Hughey said.

Going to Standing Rock also poses the potential risk of being arrested.

Several high-profile journalists and actors have been arrested while trying to document or protest the pipeline.

Journalists Amy Goodman and Deia Schlosberg as well as actress Shailene Woodley were among those detained.

“You can’t predict anything and it’s something that we have all had to have a serious conversation about, but we are going in a safe way as students that are representing our college and none of us have the intention of being arrested and all of us will try to stay away and I don’t think it will be that difficult,” said Hughey.

To spread awareness, they created a Facebook Page, Linfield for Standing Rock, which has almost 500 likes, and sent out a campus wide email with more information on how to be involved and support them at home.

Students are also encouraged to donate money for firewood, and donation bins for winter coats and lighters can be found in the Multicultural Center. Signing petitions and emailing ASLC senators are all ways to show institutional support.

The group does not know what the result will be but simply by going, they show a compassion and strength of conviction that has recently been hidden at Linfield.

“No matter what happens here, at last we’re trying which is more than a lot of students feel they’re able to do,” said Hughey.

Muellner echoed her sentiments, “you can come up with a million reasons not to do something, but you just have to make the conscious decision that this is the most important thing to be doing right now. Everything else will fall into place.”

Photo courtesy Jason Rodriguez

Elizabeth Stoeger can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

From left: Carmen Chasse, ‘20, Andreanna Kovacs, ‘18, Rose Letsinger, ‘20, Alaire Hughey, ‘17, Angel Rosas, ‘19 hold up a “Linfield Stands With Standing Rock” banner.

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Photos by Griffin Yerian/Staff Students perform in the “Madwoman of Chaillot.”

Marshall Theater’s latest sucess: ‘Madwoman’

By Kellie Bowen Staff Writer

The first thing I gawked at when I entered the theater for a sneek peek was the set Linfield’s Theater built for this week’s play, “Madwoman of Chaillot.”.

But I only had the chance to see one side of the set ... the whole stage was built on a roatating floor, allowing the performers to act on two completely different scenes.

At 7:10 p.m., 20 minutes before the play started, the actors were already on stage.

A hot-headed chef was scream-

ing at his annoyed employees while they were setting up the café, the stage for the first act.

Other ambient actors roamed the stage, selling shoelaces and post cards and handing out flowers to the auience.

The mimes made their entrance during this time, too, one shrieking the name “Sheri” in an urgent and frantic manor.

Setting up the play like this was a pleasant way to begin the entertainment. It was funny and audience interactive.

The mimes talked to individual audience members and played charades.

Another impressive part of this production was the costumes.

A few audience members said that this production’s costumes were some of the best they have seen.

The three madwomen in the play had over-the-top costumes to match thier over-the-top personalities.

I daresay this was a production that is going to be talked about for a few years, much like last year’s biggest sucess, “The Tempest.”

A theater-goer said that her favorite characters were the flamboyant mimes, played by Bailey Sipila and Clement Hossaert.

Another favorite was Antoine

Johnson’s character, an un-ruly cowboy that has no sense of personal space.

The play had all the necessities: the comedic relief, the protagonist, antagonists, a plot for world domination, love, politics and a dash of crazy.

There were imaginary dogs, imaginary guests and an imaginary world.

This production got even more whimsical when it added puppets to the power-thirsty villians.

The president of a big-time company dangled the hooks and strings of his two assistants, making a metaphore that he controls everyone,

even his closest men.

The press was depicted through the actor wearing puppets in the front and behind and being able to control them with poles so that they all move synchronously.

This clever and witty play depicted the corruption between power-greedy and hard working people.

It was comedic, smart and incredibly well produced.

This was one of Linfield Theater’s best productions ever!

Kellie Bowen can be reached at linfieldreviewarts@gmail.com

Impressive circus duo performs

By Cassandra Martinez Staff Writer Linfield College had another night of guest entertainment for its students and community members of McMinnville. The performer who was there on Saturday Oct. 29 at Ice Auditorium was Michael DuBois. DuBois is a Solo Circus performer who is talented in the art of magic, juggling, riding a unicycle and performing amazing tricks and stunts.

He started off his performance with bouncing an inflatable ball on his nose and then used a jump rope to swing under the ball as it was in the air. Next he does a juggling act with three balls and asks for a volunteer from the audience.

With the help from the audience member, who tossed additional balls as he juggled three of them, DuBois managed to stun the crowd of his ability to juggle a total of seven balls.

Dubois wasn’t the only performer that graced the stage Saturday night. Linfield had the honor of meeting Viktoria Grim-

my, an amazing acrobatic performer.

Grimmy is a fifth generation circus performer. DuBois mentioned as Grimmy made her way to the stage that she was part of the movie Burlesque, a Specialty Artist on Britney Spears’ World Circus Tour, and part of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus.

Linfield witnessed Grimmy’s amazing hula hoop performance as she performed with not one or two, but multiple hula hoops and doing a cool acrobatics routine to show multiples ways to keep the hula hoops spinning.

Dubois followed up with more juggling, but used clubs this time around and enlisted the help from Grimmy to create a duo juggling routine. Next Dubois did “old style juggling,” where it involved glass plates and sticks. The audience was in awe as Dubois balanced the glass plates on the sticks. Then he did a multiple juggling routine involving plates, balls, clubs, and hula hoops.

Grimmy then made her

appearance once again to perform amazing whip trick. With a little help from Dubois, who holds the flowers in place, she cuts the flowers in perfect strikes.

Then she followed it up with a beautiful and eye-catching acrobatics routine.

Finally, Dubois wrapped up the night with the impressive upcycling technique. With a student assistant from the audience, he juggled knives while riding a unicycle. But what gave the audience a surprise was the straitjacket escape while riding the unicycle. He done the routine so effortlessly that the audience was gasping the whole time and cheered once Dubois pulled it off.

The performance by both Dubois and Grimmy was an amazing and brilliant performance that had Linfield cheering for more.

Cassandra Martinez can be reached at linfieldreviewarts@gmail.com

Photos by Griffin Yerian/Staff Circus performers Viktoria Grimmy (in top photo) and Michael DuBois (in bottom photo) balance and juggle for Linfield.

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Ben talks Glass Animals

By Ben Niesen For the Review

Photos by John Christensen/Staff

KSLC Radio Day

From left: Sophomore Antoine Johnson and Senior Tre Ovalle both perform live on KSLC 90.3 FM for College Radio Day. KSLC celebrated National College Radio day on Nov. 4 with 11 hours of Live programming spanning genres from folk to EDM.

Portland Baroque Orchestra and Pacific MusicWords team up

By Kellie Bowen Staff Writer The Portland Baroque Orchestra and Pacific MusicWords collaborated to perform a wonderful concert of songs from the sixteenth and seventeenth century on Sunday in Ice Auditorium.

The focus of this concert was to blend the sound of the voice and the cornetto to examine the remarkable similarities between the instrument and a human voice.

Hana Blažíková sang soprano with Bruce Dickey, who played the cornetto.

Monica Huggett and Tekla Cunningham played the violin. Joanna Blendulf played the viola de gamba, which looks like a smaller cello.

Michael Sponseller played the harpsichord and organ to give the music a renaissance-like sound.

Stephen Stubbs played the theorbo, which looks like an over-sized guitar, and added a satisfying twang to the music.

The concert had several ancient hymns, like Regina coeli, that could be heard in an old cathedral. Even though Blažíková was singing alone, she was still able to fill the auditorium with sound, doing these songs justice.

The first few songs they performed had a lot of energy, but dissonant and minor notes gave the music an uneasy and ancient tone.

The two violin players had the spotlight while Blažíková took a seat behind the band for three Sonatas throughout the concert.

The only thing I would criticize on this performance is that I wish Blažíková had memorized her music. Her and the band were expressing stories of love and devotion and sorrow, but her connection with

How in the hell does a band follow a debut like Zaba?

Where does one go after taking listeners for a ride down the Amazon?

If you have these questions, then Glass Animals would like to invite you to a change of scene with How To Be A Human Being.

I didn’t think they could do it, but, slowly and gently, Glass Animals takes the listener from the depths of the Amazon to a suburban Sahara.

The key here is “slowly and gently.” Meander is also a good descriptor. And they definitely meander before the stellar tracks like “Mama’s Gun” and “Poplar Street.” But hey, no one ever explored by sticking to the path, and these animals are content to roam.

However, had the whole album played from the same place as “Mama’s Gun” and “The Other Side Of Paradise,” it would’ve been a goddamn masterpiece.

Seriously.

the audience and storytelling was interrupted with page turns and looking down at the music instead of the audience.

The performers were clearly expressive and put a lot of emotion into the music they played. They

obviously enjoyed themselves when they shared their love of music with us.

Kellie Bowen can be reached at linfieldreviewarts@gmail.com

Grade: B Ben Niesen can be reached at linfieldreviewarts@gmail.com Check out Ben’s blog at www.thefriedneckbones.wordpress.com.

Blade Runner for PLACE Alex Jensen Staff Writer

Griffin Yerian/Staff Hana Blažíková performs during the Portland Baroque Orchestra and Pacifc MusicWords concert in Ice auditorium.

Forget about that sweat ridden, Amazonian alternative debut.

Glass Animals are ready to blow brains out from “Mama’s Gun” to album’s end, sounding more convinced than they ever were on Zaba.

They’ve sharpened their teeth and are not afraid to bite, capping summer’s end with an existentialist edge and a tribal R&B beat behind the classic oozing vocals and synth work.

And “The Other Side Of Paradise” does just that while waxing politic on the corrupting nature of camera lust: “I miss him don’t you blame me/ That boy went stone cold crazy/ Caught up in camera lust he’s/ Chasing that pappy pipe dream.”

It’s a testament to Glass Animals’s status as more than just a one-hit wonder. They explore violence, drug use and the surrealism of paradise with confidence while adding new musical tricks to their trade.

And if there’s one thing to take away: we still have no freaking clue where Glass Animals will go next.

This was my first time watching Blade Runner (1982) Wednesday night at the PLACE event.

Knowing nothing beside it being a science fiction and was one of the most anticipated movies of the 80’s. As a science fiction film lover, I was bummed at my lack of interest for the movie.

This film confused me immensely. Several times troughout the movie, I found myself asking, what is this about?

The scenes take place in Los Angeles in the year 2019. Main Character Rick Deckard, played

by Harrison Ford, is a Blade Runner who is on a mission to terminate rogue Replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

The city has a gaudy but bleak landscape. It is a city bounded by industrial towers where giant advertising billboards are featured everywhere.

Police have the ability to cruise vertically or horizontally flying through the air on their patrol routes. The city seems empty in the age of space travel where anyone with the means has gone away only leaving the dirt people.

It is always raining and dark in the city. The only time natural light is viewed is from the top of a corporation tower.

The film has creative effects and interesting cinematography.

In one chase scene Deckard is going after one of the feminine Replicants. She runs through glass walls repeatedly. Each shatter of

glass would hit the light, making each shard forge a mystifying dramatic scene.

The soundtrack causes confusing emotions and plays as a distraction from the overall scenes.

The score often lead the audience to believe that a scary event is near, but the outcome of the scenes never matched the music.

There were several occasionas that the scenes held unnecessary sound effects that took away from the overall emotion and focus.

In one scene a piano is being played alongside Syfy musical effects, leading to even more auditory confusion.

The film initially ends in a baffling manner, which cannot be revealed, but will eventually make sense once in midst of watching.

This allows the entirety of the piece to also make sense.

The PLACE theme for this year is the digital self. A panel was held after Blade Runner discussing topics of the film in relation to the PLACE theme.

The panel featured Linfield professors Yanna Weisberg, Chad Tillberg, Jamie Friedman, Joelle Murray, Jennifer Williams and Leonard Finkelman.

Professor Weisberg picked this film to be featured because they wanted to flip flop the place topic on its head. “Not how do we think of ourselves digitally- but what if we were digital,” Weisberg said.

Alex Jensen can be reached at linfieldreviewarts@gmail.com

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Justin Grodem/staff Freshman Taylor Cole battles a Missionary for the ball in a home match on Saturday. The Linfield Wildcats defeated the Whitman Missionaries 1-0 in overtime to finish third in the NWC.

Wildcats pounce on Whits in downpour

By Camille Botello Staff Writer The Wildcat women’s soccer team persevered despite the downpour in Saturday’s home game against Whitman College.

Linfield starters Sarah Bailey, Jamie Mars, Dani Nurmi, Lexi Kerr, Shelby DeRocher, Taylor Cole, Kendra McSheridan, Baylie Cameron, Mary Cait Moriarty, and Annie Ferguson patiently awaited their opportunities to strike.

“I think that staying competitive all throughout the game and being aggressive on offense was crucial. We played through the entire game and it payed off in overtime,” Bailey, ‘19, said.

Moriarty, ‘20, had multiple shots on goal in the first half.

“Our main strategies were to keep the intensity high and stay tight on our marks. Both of which I believe we succeeded in completing,” she said.

The ‘Cats kept the ball near Whitman’s net for the first half, but were unable to score. Whitman started pushing toward Linfield’s goal, but the Wildcat defenders held them off.

The score was tied at zeros at the end of the first half.

Both teams came out ready to score in the second half, getting more physical with their play.

“Our possession was strong but we had to focus on carrying

that possession upfield to gain ground,” Cameron, ‘20, stated.

Still scoreless with 12 seconds left, Whitman’s offsides goal was discredited, giving the Wildcats a chance keep fighting for the win.

Regulation ended with a tie between the ‘Cats and the Blues.

As the game entered overtime, Linfield’s energy was visible.

Around the five minute mark in the 10 minute overtime, Cole, ‘20, scored the winning goal against Whitman.

“Our best game strategy was getting into wide spaces and spreading their defense, which is ultimately how we scored our goal in overtime. Our results are showing our talent these past couple games,” Cole said about Saturday’s win.

The Wildcats ended their season with a 1-0 victory over Whitworth at home on Sunday.

The visiting Pirates had a few more shot attempts and corner kicks than the ‘Cats, but one goal from Ferguson, ‘19, was all Linfield needed.

With the final win, the Wildcats tie with the Pirates for third place in the Northwest Conference with eight wins, five losses, and three ties.

The ‘Cats are sad to see off their three seniors: McSheridan, Nurmi, and Karlee Willcox, who have all started and played in their last games as Wildcats.

“I’m sad to see our seniors

Griffin Yerian/staff Members of the Linfield women’s soccer team huddle together in excitement after a play against Whitworth. leave us. They are all such inspiring players and amazing leaders. I will definitely miss them next year,” Cole said.

“These experiences allow us to learn the unteachable lessons

about teamwork, individual growth, and life in general. Even though we’re saying goodbye to some valuable seniors and nursing major sophomores, we need to keep looking ahead,” Cameron

said about the 2016 season.

Camille Botello can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

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Men’s soccer finishes on high note PSU Viks shut out Wildcats 87-62 Natalie Kelley Staff Writer

The men’s soccer team battled the Willamette Bearcats on Saturday, Nov. 5 in Salem, Ore. and ending the last day of the Northwest Conference men’s soccer season with a winning score of 2-1.

Isaias Flores, ‘20, made the Wildcats’ first goal in the 11th minute. The game tied in the 15th minute with a goal by Willamette’s Jack Elton.

Senior Rhys Lendio brought the Wildcats back into the lead in the 57th minute.

“Brian was able to have a greater influence on the game once we dropped him into the midfield at the center attacking mid position.

We stifled their possession,” said coach Alex Bockel.

“He has been our main source of goals and attacking threats, but also led by example on the field all year long with his work ethic and intensity. He had a rough start to the season, but was resilient, which is one of our core values,” said Bockel.

The Wildcats’ defense stayed strong in the last 33 minutes as the Bearcats attempted many more goals.

“I believe that our tenacity and work rate from everyone contributed a lot to the team winning this game,” said Chris Palmer, ‘18.

The team lost captain Jake Smith two weeks ago to a torn

ACL, as well as Dylan Shepard to the same injury, both midfield players.

Despite the lack of these two players, Bockel said the team “played with heart. We didn’t dominate the game in any category or facet of the game but we battled.”

Bockel describes the first half of the season as tough, as it was difficult to find the formation that fit the individual players best and the team was still learning to work with the new coaching staff, but continued to improve during the course of the season.

“The team improved immensely this season. We could have easily given up with the way the first half went, but we grinded and put in a lot of hard work and effort in practices and in the end became a team that will be a real threat in the conference next year,” said Palmer.

The turning point for the team was during their game against George Fox, when despite missing three of their best players, they stepped up and won the game.

“From then on, the guys played every game with the belief that they could win,” said Bockel.

“Despite finishing seventh, I would call it a fun and successful year, and I think most of the guys would agree.”

Natalie Kelley can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

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Malia Riggs/staff Marshall Denley,’19, goes to kick in a previous game against Whitman.

’Cats triumph Lutes, Bruins in home games

By Alex Jensen Staff Writer

Malia Riggs/staff Sophomore Taylor Petersen goes up for the kill in previous volleyball game. Linfield ended the season fourth in conference with a record of 8-8 and an overall record of 13-9.

The Wildcats triumphed in a point by point battle to the finish.

The Linfield volleyball team beat the Pacific Lutheran Lutes 25-21, 22-25, 25-17, 10-25 and 16-14 Friday night in the Ted Wilson Gym. “It was a lot of up and downs and it’s super exciting always doing a fifth set. It’s one of my favorites,” Taylor Petersen, ’19, said.

The Wildcats came out strong early on but it was clear this match was going to be a battle. Set leaders kept switching from the ‘Cats to the Lutes and back to the ‘Cats “It’s always nice to beat PLU, and I think we started strong and winning the first set is really helpful against them. I was proud of how we shook off the fourth set after getting slaughtered and then coming back and winning the fifth; that was a good bounce back,” Molly McTaggart, ’17, said.

The ’Cats attack was led by Audrey Hyem, ’19, with 16 kills and 35 total attempts. Darian Stedman, ’19, closely followed with 14 kills and a whopping 52 total attempts.

Petersen and McTaggart, followed with 13 and 11 kills.

The Wildcats had a total of 61 kills, 34 errors, 192 total attempts and a hitting percentage of .141, compared to the Lutes 52 kills, 19 errors, 173 total attempts and a .191 hitting percentage.

Jamie Talbo, ’18 and Casie Gaza, ’17, were on their assist queens game Friday night. Gaza had 33 assists and Talbo 21 assists. ’Cats had a total of 60 assists for the night.

It was a very stressful match.

“We…practice this all the time like we do point by point so I kind felt like just a practice drill and just knowing that we have done it so many times kind of made it easier,” Lou said.

The Wildcats had seven service aces for the night. Stedman had a slaying three. McTaggart came out with two. Hyem and Gaza closed out with one each.

The Wildcats defense was led by Magbaleta with a massive 38 digs.

Gaza follows with 14 digs.

Talbo had 11 digs. Stedman and Lou came out with 10 digs each.

“It was a good win because earlier this season we lost in four so it was nice that we were able to take it back and win in five and we’ll just forget the fourth game that happened today,” Mackenzie Courtney, ’20, said.

On Saturday night, the Wildcats swept Bruins in three sets to close the season on a good note. Linfield beat George Fox in 25-23, 25-22 and 25-19. This was the ‘Cats last game and senior night for outside hitter Molly McTaggart, ‘17, and setter Casie Gaza, ‘17.

“It feels really good this was kinds the end of our season and it was really nice cause this was the first winning season we’ve had. I think it was a really nice way to end the season and so it was good,” Gaza said.

The first set had 10 kills, two errors, 40 total attempts and a .200 hitting percentage. The set had multiple back-to-back long rallies. The Bruins were receiving ball well and returning it just as hard.

McTaggart led Wildcats attack

with 11 kills and 32 total attempts.

Darian Stedman, ‘19, closely followed with 10 kills and also 32 total attempts. Audrey Hyem, ‘19, had eight kills for the night.

The ‘Cats had a total of 39 kills, 15 errors, 132 total attempts and a .182 hitting percentage. Compared to their opponent who had 32 kills, 20 errors, 126 total attempts and a .095 hitting percentage.

On how the game felt, Taylor Petersen, ’19, said, “It felt great, it felt really good winning on a five match streak like we won the last five in a row after we kinda had a rough first half of conference ending on a high note felt awesome and I am going to miss our seniors a lot.”

Jamie Talbo, ’19, and Gaza were once again assist queens. Gaza killed it with 18 assists for the evening.

Talbo ended the night with 13 assists.

The second set had 13 kills, seven errors, 45 total attempts and .133 hitting percentage. The Wildcats came out strong taking advantage of their opponents’ errors left and right.

Defense was led Kayla Magbaleta, ’19, with an insane 34 digs. Talbo followed with nine, and, Gabi Lou with six digs.

Souza said, “Awesome, it was really nice to finish on a good note.”

“Especially in three after last night going into five it was pretty rough on us, yeah it was nice just to finish quickly,” said Talbo.

The Linfield Wildcats Volleyball team finished 8-8 in the Northwest Conference. They finished fourth out of nine.

Alex Jensen can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

The Linfield men’s basketball team played a strong game against the Portland State University Vikings, but ultimately lost 87-62.

Linfield was ahead at the start and Portland State was unable to make a basket until the 17:17 mark.

The game was nail bitingly close, as Linfield and Portland were tied 13-13 until the midway point of the half before the Vikings scored ten more points.

“These exhibition games are an opportunity to get some experience and trails with varying combinations. They also put some money in our budget, which is critical,” said head coach Shanan Rosenberg.

Notably, Linfield did outscore Portland States’ bench 15-9.

“I thought that the game went well for playing a division 1 team.

We turned the ball over a little too much but I thought we were competitive,” said Kyle Maloof, ‘18.

Austin Daniels, ‘17, scored eight points in a starting role while Liam O’Reilly scored seven points off the bench.

“I thought it was a great experience,” said Austin Murray, ‘18.

“I’m proud of the team’s’ effort and we definitely held our own against a tough team,” said Murray.

Jason Augliera, ‘20, managed to score three points for the ’Cats in the final seconds of the game.

“We just want to use this week as an opportunity to get better in all phases of the game, get closer as a group, and get accustomed to playing on the road,” said Rosenberg.

“Our first countable game is in two weeks in Santa Cruz,” he said.

“For our next game I think if we limit our turnovers we have a really good shot over Eastern Washington,” said Maloof.

The ’Cats will play against Eastern Washington University at noon on Friday, November 11 in Cheney, Washington.

Linfield has high hopes for having a successful season.

The team returns Rosenberg as a head coach for the fourth year.

11 players also return, making the Wildcats confident in the possibility of finishing in the top half of the conference.

In addition to the returners, the men’s basketball team also gained talented transfers and freshman to make Linfield a real threat.

Annika Lindburg can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

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November 7, 2016

Swimming defeats Pirates, fall to Missionaries

By Sara Levering Staff Writer The Linfield swim team traveled to the Whits this weekend, competing hard against Whitworth and Whitman.

The Pirates have always been strong swimmers, but Linfield’s men’s swim team managed to beat them for the first time since the mid-1990’s, which is no doubt an accomplishment for third year coach Kyle Kimball who has built the program up.

Linfield won a total of 14 out of 22 events, including all the relays to come out with the win. The men won by one point, beating Whitworth 103-102. The women’s team pushed past the Pirates 10897.

Evette Dow, ‘19, won three individual events, including the 500 Freestyle, 1,650 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle.

Kaedi Fry, ‘19, won the 200 individual medley in 2:16:18.

Newcomer Grace Lawson, ‘20, won the 50 freestyle in 25:15 and Alexis Murphy, ‘20, won the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:15:66.

On the men’s side, newcomer Noah Cutting, ‘20, set a school record in the 100 backstroke on the leadoff leg of the medley relay. His time of 51:49 surpassed the previous record of 51.72 set last season. Cutting was also victorious in the 200 Freestyle and 200 Backstroke.

Victor Brasil, ‘18, grabbed first in the 200 breaststroke.

Juan Vidal, ‘17, scored some points for the team and placed second in the 200 butterfly.

“We came into the meet knowing we had to gamble a few events to give ourselves the chance to win. We had immediate momentum from the first win in the 400 medley relay that fed into the next few events and we knew this wasn’t just talk anymore,” Vidal

said.

“Touching the wall ahead of them and watching the pool erupt was one of the most amazing experiences in my swimming career. Being able to topple them sends a strong message to the conference of the direction this team is going and I know the team is motivated moving forward next weekend against UPS and PLU,” Vidal continued.

“The team was extremely excited after the win. We hadn’t beat Whitworth in close to 20 years so it was a big win,” David Brody, ‘17, said.

“There were some really fast swims tonight. For the guys, Noah Cutting won all his events, Josh Luffred and David Flores swam the hardest schedule possible, Juan Vidal clinched the Whitworth meet for us and that was just a few big races we had,” Brody said.

Linfield found itself on the other side on Saturday’s matchup against the Missionaries. The Linfield men fell 115.5-89.5 and the women lost 120-85.

Dow again won a pair of races seizing the 200 Freestyle and 1,650 Freestyle and took second in the 100 Freestyle.

Cutting again had an impressive meet, winning the 200 Freestyle and 500 Freestyle. Fry won the 400 individual medley and Molli Hartzell, ‘20, grabbed the 100 Backstroke in 1:00:79.

For the men, Brasil clocked 59.04 seconds to capture the 100 Breastroke for the Wildcats.

David Flores, ‘19, and Josh Luffred, ‘18, swam the toughest events, swimming the 500 and 1,650 Freestyles as well as the 400 Individual Medley.

“As a team, we were all impressed at some high quality swims early in the season. We also were able to put some fast relays together despite some of the guys

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on the team being a little broken down. This shows how much our guys are invested into the team and how they will step up big when it counts,” Vidal said.

“My first year swimming for Linfield was also the first year Kyle Kimball was hired as head coach. In just a few short years, it’s been amazing to see how far we’ve come as a team and we plan on continuing to make the

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The Linfield men’s swimming team huddles after a hard fought one point win over the Pirates 103-102.

Wildcats a strong presence in the swimming community,” Vidal said.

“I think one of the biggest obstacles our team still have to overcome is finding a way to perform back to back against tough schools. Our team was definitely tired on Saturday after some exciting but exhausting wins against Whitworth. As we continue to build training, I have no doubt

this will simply be a temporary set-back,” Vidal concluded.

Linfield is back at home next weekend to face the University of Puget Sound on Friday night and Pacific Lutheran University on Saturday afternoon at the Linfield Aquatics Center.

Sara Levering can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com

Football claims D3 playoff birth after stumping Loggers

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Photo courtesy Alexis Murphy

Linfield football has already assured itself another consecutive winning season, another North Western Conference title, and 100 career wins for head coach Joe Smith. Entering Saturday’s game there was only one thing left to check off the list this regular season: clinch a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs.

“I don’t want to sound cocky but we kind of expected it coming in to the season because we know our coaches will do a great job of getting us prepared every week and we trust our training and our ability to get the job done on the field,” Kennedy Johnson, ’17, said.

“It’s awesome winning league but our goals are much more

beyond just league,” Spencer Payne, ’17, said.

The University of Puget Sound Loggers put up a decent fight against an offense that has been steamrolling defenses as of late with over 50 points in their last contest with the George Fox Bruins.

Freshman Kicker Willy Warne brought nearly half of its first quarter points with his boot, launching a 36-yard and another 22-yard field goal.

Reed Peterson, ’17, also connected with Quarterback Sam Riddle, ’17, for an immense 70-yard touchdown pass. The ’Cats went into the half outscoring the Loggers 13-0.

Linfield’s defensive shutout held until early in the fourth quarter when Puget Sound managed to sneak in a 12-yard pass

for a touchdown at the end of an eleven-play drive.

Payne cut down the Loggers’ hope for a comeback with the final touchdown of the game coming off of a one-yard run into the end zone.

With this victory, the Wildcats move to 7-1 overall on the season and undefeated at 6-0 within conference matchups. Their final regular season game comes next Saturday against Pacific Lutheran University for a battle in the Hall of McMinnville Fame game.

The regular season is drawing to a close but with this victory the Wildcats have already cemented their place in the 2016 post season.

Ross Passeck can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com