The Linfield Review August 29 issue #1

The Linfield Review August 29, 2016

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Photos by Griffin Yerian and John Christensen/staff From top left: Students get ready to pose for their class picture in the Oak Grove on Friday, Aug. 26. Right: Students hold up an “L” during their class picture. Bottom left: a new student is greeted by current students at Maxwell Stadium during Cat Camp on Thursday, Aug. 25.

Class of 2020 leads Linfield into the future Students engage in service, community

By Megan Ditore Staff Writer First CLAS at Linfield is a weeklong leadership and service-learning pre-orientation program for new students that is centered around Community, Leadership, Action and Service through service projects with local non-profit organizations.

Throughout the week students learn valuable leadership skills and discover resources that both McMinnville and Linfield have to offer.

Through First CLAS, students were able to start making friends, engage in community service, learn leadership roles and were introduced to opportunities both on and off campus.

Alexis Kron ’19 was an assistant leader for the First CLAS program this year. She got involved after having a great time as a participant her freshman year.

“I owe a lot of my success to the skills and connections I gained

through First CLAS. I wanted to have a positive impact on incoming freshman through helping them with their transition into college.”

As an assistant leader, Kron “bounced between six small groups of participants as we engaged in activities and workshops designed to help us grow as leaders and community members.”

Students used the skills and knowledge that they learned to apply them to service learning projects within the McMinnville community such as YCAP’s food bank, Juliette’s House and more.

This year, one group in First CLAS did three different service projects.

First they helped clean the McMinnville Library. Alex Jensen ’20, said, “This saved 40-50 hours of work for the staff.”

First CLAS also expanded trails in the Miller woods. The trail will not have to be worked on again for two years.

For their last service project they

went to a food bank where they spent the day packing and bagging beans.

“By doing that we gave over 5,000 dinners to people in need of food,” Jensen said.

Jensen recommends incoming freshman do First CLAS because it allows you to meet people with similar interests.

“We are all there to help people and build on our leadership skills.

We were able to discuss similar things. We grew very close and connected because we believe in service and community work.”

Kron said that over all, the program went great this year. “The participants worked so hard during our service projects and we were able to do work in our community that will directly benefit around 20,000 people.”

Megan Ditore can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com

Photo courtesy First Clas A new student sorts newspapers at the McMinnville Public Library as part of a service project through First Clas. >> Check out more photos from the week on our website.

Get involved with KSLC, Linfield’s Radio Station Love music? Interested in being on the radio? Well this is for you! KSLC is Linfield’s own student-run radio station and they are looking for more DJs to get on the air. Contact John Christensen, at jchriste@ linfield.edu if you would like more information about how you can get involved with KSLC. Listen to KSLC 24/7 at 90.3 FM (locally) or streaming online (globally) from the KSLC website: http://www.linfield. edu/kslcfm.html, by clicking the “Listen Live” button.

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An upperclassmen’s guide to freshman year Ross Passeck Staff Writer

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So you aren’t gods but you are freshmen and while you may be the lowest rung on the totem pole you have been imbued with special powers afforded uniquely to first-year college students.

Your first year of college will undoubtedly be one of the most liberating and empowering experiences of your life so there is a very rigid set of rules for properly enjoying this school year.

The first rule is to take breaks and risks, but not too many. Sometimes it’s best to just close the textbooks and shut down the laptop.

Make time for going out and hanging out with friends. Find a happy compromise to academic and social life. College is not only a time to continue your education, but also a time to make life-long memories and friends.

The second rule is to smile at everyone. If you see someone on the street smile at them and tell them to look out for the car coming at them.

If you bump into a buddy at Starbucks smile at them before you burn your mouth with a dark roast.

The third rule is to exercise. I am sure you have heard of the fresh-

men 15, and I can assure you that it is not a myth. You might start feeling overwhelmed, and to cope you begin eating Lay’s Potato Chips and binge watching Netflix for hours on end. Instead, you might want to consider taking a break from everything by doing a refreshing workout.

You can use the fitness room, weight room, pool or gym in the HHPA. Try walking or jogging on the track or on the Wellness Trail. Remember, exercise increases your endorphins and endorphins make you happy.

The happier you are, the easier it is to smile (see rule two).

The fourth rule is do not ever listen to upper classmen. Just because they have been here for a few years does not mean that they know anything more about college than you.

In fact be suspicious of everyone older than you. Odds are they are just trying to trick you.

Follow this advice and your college experience is sure to be worth the investment of your time, money, and hard work. When it is time to walk across the stage and hold your diploma, you will reflect on your college experience. Make sure you leave with no regrets.

Ross Passeck can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

‘The Circle’ shines a light on the digital society Jonathan Williams Sigma Tau Delta Dave Egger’s electric novel “The Circle” provides a window into some of today’s most pressing ethical and moral questions between one’s relations with technology and its seemingly magnetic grasp on the world and individual’s lives.

The novel, which chronicles recent liberal arts college graduate Mae Holland’s time at the sleek, powerful technology company The Circle — a company much like Facebook or Amazon — confronts readers with issues of surveillance, transparency, privacy, and, above all, constant connectivity and participation to The Circle.

Led by the “Three Wise Men” the

Circle as a company transforms itself from an innovative tech company to a totalitarian, capitalist monopoly that’s pulse is ever present in the world.

As Eggers carefully crafted story unfolds over pages of rapid dialogue, it becomes strikingly clear of Mae’s impact and influence over the future of the Circle.

Mae’s industrious qualities coupled with the demanding and instant gratification environment at the Circle leave her left to endure what most would deem “information overload” and completely exhausted with little to no time for reflection at the end of her days.

Her only refuge is paddling through a bay on her kayak — but even that disappears with her quick

ascent to celebrity status at the Circle when she becomes “totally transparent” by wearing a camera around her neck that anyone can watch.

While the text operates simultaneously as a utopian and dystopian vision of the world, it also reveals the tragic results of being on camera nearly all the time and the give and take nature in creating a utopian society.

Theatricality becomes a central part of everyday life for Circle employees and politicians who become overnight celebrities and are instantly elevated to the world’s stage as a result of going totally transparent.

Many characters in the novel have an extreme dislike for any ambiguity and uncertainty in their life, leaving

little room for spontaneity, especially when they are transparent, which in turn cuts off any learning about one’s self.

The only voices of morality come from Mae’s ex-boyfriend Mercer and Kalden, a mysterious man Mae meets at the Circle. Both fail to rein Mae in and to help her see their way of thinking.

Ultimately, the Circle as an experiment leaves readers grappling with a stark picture of what life could be like if we all but forget the importance of reflection, empathy and laboring over what is right and just in our ever increasing digital society.

Sigma Tau Delta, Linfield’s English honors society, regularly contributes book reviews to The Linfield Review.

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By the numbers: Oregonians dominate class of 2020

Information gathered from http://www.linfield.edu/admission/learn/meettheclass.html

Students participating in iFocus explore the tidepools at a beach near Newport.

Photos courtesy Troy Taylor A student works on a project in the science lab during iFocus.

iFocus shows new students science, research at Linfield Megan Ditore Staff Writer iFOCUS, a week-long program for new students at Linfield, is a great way for first-year students to get involved in the sciences on campus. The program provides students an outlet to learn about different sciences taught at Linfield.

Troy Taylor, ’19, got involved by being there to answer any

questions that the incoming freshmen had. He was a friend to the incoming students who had experience with the college and science life.

“This year, the iFOCUS group went to six different modules, led by different faculty members from Linfield. These modules ranged through the biggest fields in the sciences,” Taylor said.

His favorite part was seeing everything come together in the

poster presentation session.

New student Mikayla Bradly, ‘20, said, “We got a head start, we got to know different science professors and had a taste of all of the science fields.” iFOCUS students were exposed to Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math, Psychology, and Molecular Biology.

“Some students found they were interested in fields that they hadn’t previously thought

about,” she said.

Bradly said iFOCUS was nice in that the students were preexposed to things such as the labs and professors. “It was nice to get our feet wet and meet new people.” Since her group only had twelve students they got to know each other well.

Bradly’s favorite part was experimenting with professor of chemistry Dr. Megan Bestwick.

Taylor said, “iFOCUS to me is

really just an overall great experience, it gets students used to the concepts of the different sciences and gives them a small taste of what it’s like to be a researcher.

It gets them ready to take on college and allows them to become comfortable a week before all of the other students which can be extremely helpful.”

Megan Ditore can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com

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Levi Horner-Villa, Rose Letsinger and Mary Grace Sizemore perform a song on Aug. 25 in Delkin Hall at the conclusion of the Arts and Humanties in Action program.

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Photos courtesy Savannah Hurst Hana Lee Oshima and Jordan Keller support their classmates at the kickball game against students from iFocus.

Students channel creativity in arts, humanities program Ross Passeck Staff Writer Linfield has a new group of talented and creative students on campus who have already embarked on their passions through the Arts and Humanities in Action (AHA!) pre-orientation program for students interested in the arts and humanities.

On Thursday their program came to its conclusion in the form of presentations in Delkin Recital in the Vivian Bull Music Center.

Their projects were centered on a historical case they studied this week about the first convicted murderess in the Oregon terri-

tory, Charity Lamb.

“I am very grateful to have had the pleasure of being a liaison between the incoming freshman class and Linfield’s art and humanities community. Watching the students expand their academic horizons as well as growing into themselves in the process was fulfilling,” said peer mentor Savannah Hurst, ‘18.

The first presentations brought student written lyrics to life with beautiful lyrics and piano accompaniment. Celtic murder ballads opened for a pop rendition of break up music and the presentations were well on their way.

Students stood nervous before

their peers and instructors and bared their souls in the form of spoken word poetry, satirical haikus, and dark, provocative short stories.

One performance even incorporated three languages alongside a ukulele.

“All three of us come from completely different musical backgrounds, it’s really cool having all of us contribute from different angles,” Mary Grace ,’20, said.

Many of the performances were musical in nature ranging from the classic murder ballad all the way to rap. Although perhaps one of the most touching moments

came from Claire Hamada who drew and painted all of her fellow AHA-ers on a poster.

“I wanted to focus on the friends I made,” Hamada said at the start of her presentation.

The students spent the week doing historical research, creative writing, philosophic inquiry, art making, prose responses and reading a one act play about the Charity Lamb story called “Trifles.”

“This year’s cohort of AHA!ers displayed a wide and impressive array of musical talents. It is also clear that they took away much of the knowledge that Linfield¹s faculty shared with them at each of

the workshops. We were pleased that they have built a strong cohort of solidarity and ability to work with each other,” said coordinator of the program, professor Tom Mertes.

“They were generous, emotionally receptive to one another; there never was a time where they felt awkward around each other.

They all really hit the ground running. Spunky is a good word for them,” professor of English Anna Keesey said.

Ross Passeck can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

Students engage in sustainability through Linfield SOIL program Ian Cooper Staff Writer

Photos courtesy Duncan Reid

Students work in the forest for one of their projects as part of the SOIL program.

Over the past week, nine students arrived to engage in the SOIL Project (Sustainably Orientated Interconnected Living) in a self-selection program that is intended to provide them with the tools necessary to help the campus and their surrounding community for sustainable living.

Duncan Reid, the head of the SOIL Project and the Sustainability Coordinator at Linfield, was very excited about this year’s group. “We’re looking for students who are interested in taking a more active role in encouraging sustainability at Linfield,” Reid said.

SOIL is one of four pre-Fall programs offered by Linfield, along with iFocus, AHA!, and First Clas.

Now in its third year, SOIL has only had around thirty people

total go through the program.

Despite that, the ideas add variety to the differing pre-orientation programs, and Reid is sure that for people who want a smaller group focus, SOIL is a great fit.

“I want to keep the program between 12-16 people at most, at least for the short term,” explained Reid.

The reasoning behind this he says is so that while he loves having people learn about sustainable living, he also really believes it’s important that people need to develop close relationships, and keeping a cohesive group feel is something that he values highly.

Over the course of almost a week, these students are engaged in a variety of activities, with a focus on welcoming new students to the Linfield community, and getting them used to the campus and surrounding area “through the lens of sustainability.”

There are several arenas where

the SOIL Project gets students involved that may be familiar to students outside the program, such as in the Linfield Garden or helping clean Cozine Creek.

Alongside that, the SOIL Project also tries to introduce students via workshops such as Zero Waste or Food Values, which help students maintain a sustainable and waste-free lifestyle.

Reid has seen the changes taking place on campus since it the program began.

He has seen students come back after their initial SOIL project to lead subsequent ones, meaning that students have been taking advantage of Linfield’s sustainability programs, and come back to help others.

Ian Cooper can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com