The linfield review issue 12 April 3

The Wildcats men’s tennis team struggled against nationally ranked teams in Texas during spring break. They lost to Southwestern 8-1, Texas-Tyler 9-0, Trinity 8-1 and Mary Hardin-Baylor 7-2.

The Wildcats baseball team traveled to California during spring break and lost to Chapman 4-3, won a double header against La Verne 5-3, 5-4, and won their last game against Cal Lutheran 13-9.

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Neal selected as Review 2017-18 editor-in-chief

By Malia Riggs

Malia Riggs The library was closed all weekend due to lack of heat. It will return to normal spring hours this week.

Repair at library reveals additional steam line failure

By Kaelia Neal

Linfield facilities planned a project to replace a steam pump in the library during spring break. However, a leak in the steam line was discovered, causing the building to be without heat since Monday, March 24.

“The pump that supplies steam to

the building needed to be replaced.

When they got that running, they found a unit in Nicholson that needed repair,” said Marilee Siewert, the Cleaning Services Coordinator for facilities at Linfield.

The heat was supposed to be re-

stored on Thursday, but the unit in the Nicholson mechanical room caused a delay.

“The steam was turned back on this morning about 9:30 a.m., so tem-

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The Linfield review is handing over the reins to a new editor-in-chief for the 2017-2018 school year.

Junior Kaelia Neal, was the only applicant for the position this year.

Neal is a mass communication major and sport management minor, and has been the sports editor for the Review the last two years.

Neal participates in numerous activities outside of the review. She has run cross-country and track last three years, she is apart of the black student union, and works for student accounts.

Neal was hired March 20, after being interviewed by Lisa Weidman, associate professor and chair of the mass communication department, Brad Thompson, associate professor of mass communication and Jonathan Williams, former editor and chief.

“Kaelia has a strong background from years of working on the paper.

And she knows when to ask for advice.” Thompson said. “I have a lot of confidence in Kaelia. She is well prepared to take over the top leadership position at the Review. She has the experience and the right attitude.”

Neal is the recipient of the Snowden Internship, which is a prestigious paid internship program through the University of Oregon that

places students at various newspapers around Oregon to gain experience. Neal will be at the Daily Astorian this summer.

Neal plans to continue to develop and change the paper for the better.

“I really like the direction it has gone this year. I want to keep that up and tackle the little things. As few errors and misspellings as possible,” Neal said.

She also plans on improving the work environment for her staff, “For my staff I want to change the dynamics and make it a privilege and not burden. I want to make it a fun work environment.”

In addition to changing the work dynamic and content of the paper, Neal plans to get more advertising into print and to write more stories that cover national news.

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Photo courtesy Kaley Dahl

Kerri Pasche, ‘18, Kaley Dahl, ‘19, Tristan Dahl, ‘17, Daniel Endicott, ‘20, Bruce Li, ‘19 traveled to Oakland to do community service projects in the area.

Photo courtesy Tommy Tanatchangsang

Deizhanna Kaya-Abad ‘17, paints the side of a house in Vancouver, Washington.

The group worked to restore and rebuild houses for Habitat for Humanity.

Alternative spring break

Students empower youth Students build houses, feed within Oakland schools hungry in Vancouver, Wash.

By Sara Levering

The Linfield Alternative Spring Break group that participated in Oakland, California in providing service for youth empowerment.

During that week, they volunteered at Grant Elementary School in five different classrooms.

The group of Linfield students organized libraries for the students and teacher, so they would have better access to their reading materials.

In spending time with the students, they did various art projects with the kids like paper making and painting. Other things they helped with was doing work in their school, garden, and organizing closets.

Tristan Dahl, ‘17, participated in alternative spring break last year and took on a leadership role this year. She viewed this job as something she was able to organize. “Taking on a leadership role was a huge privilege for me and I learned so much about service and myself,” said Tristan Dahl.

The Linfield students did artwork with the kids for their art auction that the school organizes.

Overall, they worked on creating bonds with kids in the classrooms varying in age.

“This was my first alternative spring break and it was so awesome. The teachers and children at the school were so appreciative of our help,” said Kaley Dahl, ‘19.

The garden they worked on was completely overgrown when they first arrived and they worked with the kids throughout the week to recreate a safe and fun learning environment for them.

“The trip was 100% positive.

I loved the days of service at the elementary school more than the free day we got to spend in San Francisco. The atmosphere was so light and encouraging and every-

one was happy the whole time,” said Kaley Dahl.

“Going into the trip all of us had a passion for service and kids, so we didn’t have an issue ‘giving up’ our spring break. We all felt like we accomplished something and we helped in teachers and students fill a need during a time we were privileged to have,” said Tristan Dahl.

“The trip was 100 percent positive. I loved the days of service at the elementary school more than the free day we got to spend in San Francisco.”

“I feel like we made an impact on them and their school, but the kids just as big of an impact on us.

Throughout the week, we realized how excited we were to be working with kids in the future, as most of us want jobs where interacting with children For myself, I know it helped me completely solidify the choice of becoming a pediatric nurse,” concluded Kaley Dahl.

“All of us came away from the trip with increased passion for service and children. All of the people on this trip came away with new friends, 7-year-old penpals, and lots of love for eachother and service,” concluded Tristan Dahl.

By Rilee Macaluso

Hunger and homelessness aren’t topics often associated with spring break, but for the eight Linfield students that traveled to Vancouver, Washington helping those less fortunate was their mission.

“I am passionate about service learning and I felt like I could learn a lot more about homelessness and poverty as well as the different organizations that help to relieve these social issues,” said Deizhanna Kaya-Abad, ’16.

Kaya-Abad had served on two previous ASB trips before taking her final trip this year.

The group accompanied by Resident Life Area Director Dakota Bennett spent their week working with Habitat for Humanity to restore and build houses. From installing insulation to painting an entire house, the team worked for eight hours every day alongside other volunteers.

The first day the team was in Washington they got the opportunity to help reorganize the local Habitat for Humanity Restore, where they organized tiles and tested paint along with other various activities to help the store workers. The Restore is a local store front where community members can donate any old or unused equipment and household items.

Each day, they had the opportunity to work on a different aspect of building and repairing a house, leaving them with skills and experiences unique to their alternative spring break trip.

As for the “hunger” part of the trip, Monday night the students prepared and served dinner at a soup kitchen, The Share House. They also finished their trip Saturday morning by serving breakfast again at the soup kitchen.

Anne Ferguson, ‘19 and assistant leader Maricar Valdez, ‘19 led them.

This was the second experience with the alternative spring break program for both of the trip’s leaders. At the end of each day the leaders sat down

with the group and they reflected on the day’s work and challenges that they faced. This required the members to gain a better sense of community and service learning.

“The most rewarding part was working with our community partners and learning more about Habitat for Humanity. Also, it was rewarding to see the impact of our work and the feeling you get at the end of the day knowing that you made an impact in someone’s life,” Valdez said.

“It was rewarding to see the impact of our work and the feeling you get at the end of the day knowing that you made an impact in someone’s life.”

But the team bonded over more than just hard work, they spent months preparing for their trip and getting to know each other better. During their last night in Washington, they dined at Olive Garden to reward themselves for all the work that they put into helping the greater community during the week.

“Any moment we finished a very difficult task and looking back and seeing all the progress we made on difficult projects was the icing on the cake for me,” Kaya-Abad said.

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Library: Heat still not restored

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Malia Riggs

The Department of Modern Languages held in Walker Hall has changed the department name. It will now be known as Department of Global Languages and Cultural Studies.

Although the steam was turned back on around 9:30 a.m. Friday morning, the system was unable to hold pressure in the heating line.

“The inability to hold pressure is an indication of a leak, which needs to be repaired before heat can be restored to the buildings,” Allison Horn, Director of Facilities and Auxiliary Services, said in an email on Friday.

“In order to safely locate the leak and make the repair, the steam has been turned back off and will remain off through the weekend so that the system can cool down enough for staff to safely work on it. Staff is scheduled to be in early Monday morning to locate the leak, make the repair and restore heat as quickly as possible,” Horn said.

Nicholson, Ford, and Facilities Building staff members were informed via email on Wednesday, March 22, that this project would be

taking place during spring break to minimize the impact on students.

However, there are 15 library staff members who are affected when these projects take place.

“Some staff worked at home on Tuesday and Wednesday,” Library Director Susan Barnes Whyte said.

“I didn’t want them to get sick or get too cold at work.”

Members of the community also use Linfield’s library, and one women who regularly uses the library’s resources left because of the cold.

To accommodate the cold, space heaters have been set out in the library, which are usually available for these types of projects. However, “the library is still chilly,” Barnes Whyte said.

“As an overview, we’ve been experiencing problems in the streamline trench between Facilities and HP Park, which has resulted in

flooding in the steam vault,” Horn said in email sent to staff members.

“This week we installed a pump in the steam vault designed to handle extreme water temperatures for two main reasons: The cost of installing so many hi-temp submersible pumps that can’t handle the conditions, and the risk of employee injury replacing pumps every few weeks is too great,” Horn said.

Last summer, testing of the steam piping system revealed that there were leaks in the system.

“I believe the next step would be to replace the next section of steam pipe between SW6 and SW5 by the Music center, but that is quite expensive and extremely disruptive,” Tom Barker said in an email. “This will require considerable planning and coordination.”

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“Covering national news is just as important when it impacts the Linfield community,” Neal said.

“We need to cover news about our city, state, nation and the world and how those issues impact Linfield.”

Neal will be editor and chief for the remainder of this school year, and next year as well.

“I think she has the passion, drive and dedication necessary to produce a great publication,” Wil-

liams said. “I am very excited for Kaelia to lead the Review next year.”

Neal is excited to be taking over the The Linfield Review, and encourages anyone who is interested

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The Department of Art and Visual Culture held in the Miller Fine Arts center has changed the department name to the Department of Art.

Fine art, languages depts. change names

By Kellie Bowen

Recently, students received an email notifying them that the Department of Art and Visual Culture and the Department of Modern Languages are changing their names. They are being changed to the Department of Art and the Department of Global Languages and Cultural Studies.

Department chair Brian Winkenweder said in an email interview, “The Department of Art and Visual Culture changed the name for the sake of precision, clarity and efficiency.” The Linfield software for course registration needs a four-letter prefix.

“Originally, we proposed to use AART as the 4-letter prefix, but the registrar pointed out that it had a Piratelike quality (“AAAaaaaaarrrrghhhhht!”) that we may not want,” Winkenweder said. “So, the compromise was ARTS. The “S” is only to satisfy the need for a four-letter prefix.”

The switch from the Department of Modern Languages to the Depart-

ment of Global Languages and Cultural Studies (GLCS) was also changed for clarity reasons.

Christopher Keaveney said in an email interview, “The new department name and description reflects more faithfully than does the former one what it is that we provide for our students through our curriculum. … Not only are half of the full-time faculty in our department the product of literary studies, cultural studies or regional studies graduate programs, but nearly one quarter of our current offerings are culture courses taught in English.”

There is a change of departments along with a change of how people think about subjects in a more global sense. “Learning a language and attempting to understand the cultural values and practices of the people that speak the language are central to success in a variety of disciplines and careers,” Keaveny said.

Photo courtesy Kelsey Bruce Kellen Johansen, ‘18, Dr. Jackson Miller and Kelsey Bruce, ’19, gather for a photo at the 50th Biennial Pi Kappa Delta Honarary Tournament at Boise State University.

Forensics team earns national ranking

By Alex Jensen

The Linfield Forensics team took national ranking with championship duo Kelsey Bruce, ’19, and Kellen Johansen, ’18, who earned top “Superior” distinction overall meaning they are national champions.

Bruce and Johansen also placed third in the final showcase.

The team attended the 50th Bien-

nial Pi Kappa Delta National Forensics Honorary Tournament and Convention at Boise State University from March 21st-25th Also, representing Linfield was Alberto Morini, ’20, and Amanda Liles, ’20, accompanied by their coach and communications professor Jackson Miller and visiting professor Zhen Qiang.

Following their success at Pi Kappa Delta Bruce and Annika Albrecht, ’20 are currently competing in the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament at Bradley University. The pair will be competing until Tuesday.

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Wildcat jumps over life’s hurdles, finds success

By Kaelia Neal

“Runners to your mark,” the start line official says, starting gun in hand.

The competitors drive their knees and launch themselves into the air before placing their feet in the starting blocks. They crouch down in a squat and place their fingertips just behind the white starting line. The women stoop their heads down, revering the nature of the task before them. Taking slow, deep breaths, they become motionless.

“Set,” the official says, as he waits for every competitor to straighten their knees and raise their hips, ready to explode out of the blocks.

Boom! They athletes spring into action.

And who’s in the lead? It’s simple: whoever gets out the blocks the fastest and arrives first to the hurdle. And that’s always Dallas Edge’s goal.

Edge takes roughly eight quick steps and leaps over the first 33inch obstacle. Her curly, brown hair drags behind her while her eyes fixate on the finish line, determined to get there first. She makes quick work of the 10 hurdles within the 100-meter race, and in a matter of less than 15 seconds the purple singlet reaches the end first.

14.27 illuminates in the first position across the scoreboard, and the Linfield Wildcat is the 2014 Northwest Conference 100-meters hurdles champion.

That was just the preview of the impact Edge’s collegiate career would have on Linfield College.

Standing at 5 feet 5 inches with a slim figure, she appears smaller than most of her competitors.

However, Edge is a natural athlete and loves a challenge. She considers herself an adrenaline junkie

as she enjoys surfing, kitesurfing, paddle boarding and even went bungee jumping. Because of her braveness and competitiveness, she is now a five-time Division III NCAA qualifier, two-time Northwest Conference champion, twotime NCAA all-American, and school record holder.

“I would describe Dallas as focused,” teammate Taylor Petersen said. “She gets tunnel vision on what she needs to do in her race. I’ve never seen something like this. She’s so mentally focused it’s like a switch.”

“On the track, Dallas is very focused and determined,” Linfield head track

Edge advanced to the Washington state track meet her sophomore, junior and senior year of high school. She placed in the topeight each year, and even took home a third place performance her senior year in the 100m hurdles.

After her high school track career, Edge decided to continue her success collegiately.

She chose Linfield College because her high school coaches spoke highly of the track and program and knew the coaches, Travis Olson and Garry Killgore.

Edge concluded her freshman year of track with a NWC championship, a school record and

coach Travis Olson said. “She doesn’t let other things get in the way of her commitment to track.”

Edge began track at Kopachuck Middle School and fell in love, but because of her height, she had to convince her coaches at Gig Harbor High School in Washington to let her to race the hurdles.

“Little Dally” and “shrimp” is how her high school coaches would address her.

It took her nearly a year and a half to prove to her coaches she had the proper technique to be successful. “It taught me patience and I didn’t pick up any bad habits,” Edge said. “It made me want to work hard because I was small.”

a trip to nationals. “She started off freshman year making way bigger improvements than I think she expected,” Olson said. Consequently, she was riding a wave of confidence going into her sophomore year of college.

She advanced to the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships in 2015, where she became all-American with her eighth place performance. Edge was prepared to have yet another successful season until she came to a crash during an ordinary afternoon practice session.

“I came back from indoor nationals with a high, but I did one block start and broke my elbow

and got a concussion.”

Edge was originally told by a doctor in McMinnville that her season was over, but she wanted to get a second opinion when she went home to Washington during spring break. “My doctor at home said I was okay, so I did hurdle walk-overs with no running.”

Edge immediately began training when she returned to Linfield.

Despite her month-long recovery stint with no competition, she still managed to advance to outdoor nationals. “I accelerated that process really fast, and I got lucky I didn’t get hurt again.” Edge is tenacious, and will not take no for an answer even when the odds are stacked against her.

During her junior year, Edge punched tickets to the indoor and outdoor track and field championships. However, she still felt the effects physically and mentally from her injury sophomore year and ultimately did not make it to the finals. “It was a rollercoaster.

I was emotionally and physically drained,” she said.

Although Edge’s collegiate career looked impressive, she knew she was capable of much more.

She did not feel like the same runner since her concussion and broken elbow. But during her attendance at 2017 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships this past March, Edge had an experience that reminded her who she was as an athlete and a person.

“I was really focused to make it out of prelims, which meant I needed to focus on getting out of the blocks and win my heat.” This proved to not be an issue for Edge as she won her heat and advanced to the finals.

From there, she not let up.

Edge kept her focus and knew she

had to keep the same goal: get out of the blocks first. With this in mind during finals, she found herself flying over the hurdles, aligning herself with the top finishers as she crossed the finish line. “I knew it was really close,” Edge said. “I don’t even remember the race because it’s really short and fast.”

Moments later, Edge learned her time of 8.70 seconds earned her a third place finish, the highest placement for a female Wildcat in a running event since 2001.

She was in complete disbelief at what she had accomplished.

“I was speechless because I had never experienced that before.

I’ve never really put down a good performance my six other times at nationals,” Edge said.

“All the other girls were talking to each other before awards and I was sitting there like, ‘Oh my God.’ It didn’t really hit me that I got third.”

After dealing with nagging injuries and battling confidence the last two years, Edge is finally able to perform at the level she is capable of. “For her to overcome all of those obstacles as senior, it’s like she can do anything,” Olson said.

“Everyone was saying ‘Yay! You did it!’ And I was like, ‘Wow, I really did do it,’” Edge said. Her performance at indoor nationals was a start to what could be the preview of having a successful, final season as a Linfield Wildcat.

Some people question if Edge has the “right” build for hurdles, and injuries were always a battle.

Despite the tribulations, her fierce, competitive, and adrenaline-fueled drive propelled her to national success. Edge is ready for one last collegiate national experience, and will not let anything block her from achieving her goals.

Mac Dutch Bros Coffee donates to upgrade HHPA student lounge

By Kaelia Neal

Throughout the month of March, the Health, Human Performance and Athletics building underwent a renovation to improve the lounge across from the Hall of Fame due to a donation from McMinnville Dutch Bros Coffee that helped make the project possible.

“I am very grateful to Kory Spencer, a man I have known since we both were down in Grants Pass, for donating so graciously to make this happen,” Head football coach Joe Smith said.

Kory Spencer, the owner of

McMinnville Dutch Bros, was not available for comment.

Smith, Kelly Bird, Scott Carnahan, Dave Ostrander, Doug Hire, and Garry Killgore were all involved in designing the lounge.

The HHPA lounge was already remodeled in December with the help of TopCat Club, Linfield’s booster club. However, there were some areas that needed improvement in order to finish the project.

“We needed to complete the whole foyer so that it matched the style of the Hall of Fame, and we wanted to do it in a way that our students could have a wonder-

ful place to hang out in-between classes,” Smith said.

“We host so many students for recruiting, so it’s nice to have a place to look comfortable for them to hang out,” Carnahan, Director of Athletics, said. “It’s also a good idea for students to have a lounge area between classes.”

Carnahan did not disclose the total cost of the renovation.

One of the projects was improving the lighting in the lobby, since it seemed too dim.

“Scott Carnahan is working on having track lighting installed to make it a bit brighter,” Smith said.

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The “classroom for success” is located in the HHPA building and will provide a place for students to study as well as a meeting place for recruits.