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INSIDE Pizza and politics Learn more about the recent Pizza and Politics event where students and faculty discussed Syria and the controversy surrounding the situation. >> page 5

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Successful recruitment focuses on Greek values Olivia Marovich News editor This September Greek life made changes to its recruitment process and saw the largest incoming potential pledge class ever at Linfield.

“I think I can speak for all of [Linfield Panhellenic Council] when I say how rewarding it was to see our recruitment creation become reality and pay off in such

a monumental way,” Brita Gaeddert said, Linfield panhellenic council president.

“This is the most successful recruitment Linfield College has seen,” Gaeddert said.

Gaeddert, along with the rest of LPC and Dan Ferguson, director of college activities, changed the structure of Greek recruitment this year to focus on the values that Greek life promotes.

“The Greeks should always

be thinking about the values that they stand for,” Ferguson said.

“I think it was good as a community to know what the core values are for the women, and be able to express that. Any time you think and talk about your values then hopefully you will turn it into going forward and living those values,” Ferguson said.

Women’s recruitment changed to include an event on the Sunday before recruitment started called

First home game starts with a bang Students who serve Read stories from Linfield students who have or are currently serving in the military.

“Values Night.” All sororities participating in recruitment worked together to show potential new members the values of Greek life, including service, academics and athletics among others.

“Values Night was created to give a more informal introduction to the sororities at Linfield, our values and our sisters,” Gaeddert said. >> Please see Recruitment page 6

Recycling program, resources revamped Samantha Sigler Editor-in-chief

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New restaurant Learn about the new Latin American restaurant on Third Street directly from the owners. >> page 10

Women’s soccer Read about the undefeated women’s soccer team, who won their home games against Puget Sound and George Fox. >> page 16

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Drew Mahrt/Senior sports reporter Senior quarterback Jeff Yoder stiff-arms his way to the endzone. Linfield started the season strong, winning their first home game on Sept. 21.

As many students and staff may have noticed, there are several new easy-to-use recycling and compost bins placed around campus for all to use.

After an environmental sociology class on campus found a high percentage of recyclable material in trash bins, Linfield’s Sustainability Office, Greenfield and facilities came together to find a way to make the campus more sustainable.

The new bins are placed in Riley Hall, T.J. Day Hall, Elkinton, Frerichs and in the Health and in the Human Performance and Athletics building.

There are also plans to place larger, more durable bins outside of Dillin Hall.

Two sets of four bins are also in storage that students can use for any club or organization events.

“With three parties focused on similar issues, I saw and opportunity for a campus wide project,” Duncan Reid, sustainability coordinator in the Office of Sustainability, said in an email. “And the zero waste campaign was born.”

The bins are 90 percent recycled material, and were purchased during the 2013 summer and put around campus during the first week of classes.

Students and staff that were involved spent a great deal of time on the graphics and design of the new bins.

The goal was to make the bins noticeable and easy to use for everyone, even those not as passionate about zero waste as students and staff involved in Greenfield or the sustainability office.

“We were seeing a need for a >> Please see Bins page 4

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Starbucks incorporates Linfield history The controversy over bringing Starbucks, a large chain store, onto campus is all too familiar.

Some people argue that large chain stores are not good for the Linfield College image, while others love their coffee and are ecstatic to see Starbucks move onto campus.

Whatever side you are on, we can all agree that Starbucks did a great job at integrating the Linfield spirit into its style and layout.

You can go into a Starbucks in pretty much any state in the U.S. and it will look similar to every other Starbucks you have been in.

However, Linfield’s

Starbucks is unique and applauded the organization for allowing Linfield to customize the coffee shop to fit the needs and wants of the student population.

Photos from the Linfield College archives cover the walls and give a comfy, warm ambiance.

These photos bring unique pieces of history to the new Starbucks.

It is nice that students have the opportunity to look at and learn about Linfield history and traditions while drinking their coffee.

A photo of the 1947 Linfield Review Staff hangs on one wall and is a great sense of pride for the cur-

rent newspaper staff.

Other clubs and sports on campus also appreciate that the history of their organization is also being showed off on the walls of the new Starbucks.

Although many current students were not at Linfield before the Old Oak fell on Jan. 8, 2008, it is still a great source of pride for current Linfield students and alumni.

The Old Oak is a symbol of Linfield College and because of this, many students were happy to see pieces of the Old Oak featured in the new Starbucks.

The overall feel of the shop feels much more warm and welcoming

than if it had looked like every other Starbucks in the nation.

The little additions have made a huge difference in making Starbucks feel like it wants to be a part of Linfield, rather than overtake it like many assume a big business wants to.

Ultimately, whether or not you like Starbucks being on campus, you can appreciate the organization’s effort to make the new coffee shop fit in with Linfield culture and history.

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POLITICS

Political views dwindle support for a cure Thousands of people flock to the Portland waterfront every September in support of the annual, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

But this year it was different.

With past participation reaching heights of 25 thousand walkers and runners, this year the amount of participants is not being disclosed, according to an article in the Oregonian.

Purely based on my own observation, the Portland Race for the Cure’s numbers have significantly dropped. This is not only the number of runners and walkers, but also the number of sponsors and vendors.

Many participants at the race on Sept. 15 said that they believed the lack

Kaylyn Peterson Managing editor of involvement was due to Komen’s actions early last year relating to Planned Parenthood.

One volunteer even went so far as to tell me that many Race for the Cure events have been effected. And, while the numbers of participants is not being disclosed, it was evident to me that there is a problem.

Though, Komen says the number of participants is not the point of

the event, according to an article in the Oregonian, it is sure disappointing to see the lack of support.

While the event raised nearly $100,000 more than the 2012 race, it was the sense of community and support that drew me to the races for the past 15 years.

I think it is great that Komen was able raise more money than previous years to go towards the cause.

However, the support for those affected by the disease, the survivors and their families, should not solely be translated through the amount of money raised.

If it is the situation caused between Planned Parenthood and Komen that is causing the decrease in participation,

I only have to say, people should go beyond the controversy.

This is a disease that can affect anyone: female, male, young, old and all races.

It’s time that the problems between those who are Pro-Choice and ProLife to be put to rest.

When it comes to events and causes that can better the lives of everyone, no matter what side you fall on, opinions should be set aside in order to join a better cause.

For those who are mad about Komen’s initial pull out from Planned Parenthood, these were the actions of a few individuals who did not give all the facts.

And, for those who are mad about Komen’s general involvement with

Planned Parenthood, Komen, while they do provide money to Planned Parenthood, give money for mammograms and breast health.

It is my hope that in future events and fundraisers, Komen is not only able to raise the needed funds, but the much needed participants.

Breast cancer affects everyone, whether they know it or not, and it is up to all of us to fight it, regardless of where your political views stand.

Let’s not punish those affected most because of being Pro-Life or ProChoice.

I’m Pro-Support, and everyone deserves support.

Kaylyn Peterson can be reached at linfieldreviewmanaging@gmail.com.

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Common reading essay is merely busy work

I can appreciate the effort and the idea behind it, but in the end, the common reading essay assignment given to freshmen by their colloquium professors was merely busy work.

The Program for Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement is a wonderful idea and it meshes perfectly with the philosophies of interconnectedness behind a liberal arts education.

I am not critiquing it.

However, I do believe that with a theme of such importance like “Legacies of War,” student engagement with PLACE should have been more meaningful

Ryan Morgan Senior reporter than an off-handedly written essay.

The idea behind the essay was to relate the book the freshmen class read during the summer, “Thieves of Baghdad” by Mathew Bogdanos to our Linfield curriculum or “LCs.” My colloquium professor

asked for a minimum of two LCs relations.

The idea behind the essay in and of itself is well thought out and of academic value.

However, in practice, the essay lost its value.

The common reading essay guidelines for most freshmen fell somewhere between a page and a half double-spaced and an 800 word maximum.

Or in other words, the essay was very easy to sit down and just rattle off a page and a half and call it good.

Which is the case for myself along with most

people that were required to write it.

There is both good and bad in that.

It is true that many freshmen are already experiencing a collegiate level workload.

With mounting daily obligations, it was quite nice to have low requirements for the essay that did not take long to write.

But what did freshman take away from the essay?

By accommodating freshmen schedules to the extent that it did, the common reading essay was stripped of any real need for in depth evaluation.

Merely keystrokes, not engaged assessments.

Even if the idea behind the common reading essay was of academic value, I do not believe that the worthiness of the idea transferred to the assignment and there is no reason to assign busy work.

So scrap the assignment and keep the idea.

Perhaps a worksheet to be done in class where students must relate “Thieves of Baghdad” to every LC in a few sentences would preserve the idea and engage students more.

To be graded, of course.

I believe that almost any

in class assignment, for this particular case would have been more prudent.

Students tend to stay more focused under the eyes of their professors and particularly their peers, if there are competing ideas.

Based upon my experience with “Thieves of Baghdad” over the summer and colloquium over the last several weeks, I would have preferred to discuss the book as a class and then have a follow up worksheet where I could express my own ideas for my professor.

Ryan Morgan can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.

SUSTAINABILITY

Students engage in sustainability Duncan Reid Sustainability Coordinator Does anyone know what sustainability looks like?

How do you know when something is sustainable and when it is just “green washing”?

Sustainability has become a word that is overused and has lost meaning for many folks.

To better understand what sustainability actually looks like in our community, we need to focus on one of our life supporting systems: food, energy, transportation, waste or water.

Let’s look at food for an example.

Our current food system relies heavily on fossil fuels for fertilizer inputs, pesticides and herbicides, transportation and packaging.

To rely on this fossil fueled system for our food is simply unsustainable.

Sustainable agriculture is produced with local natural inputs, grown without the application of toxic chemicals and distributed locally with minimal packaging.

We are fortunate to live in McMinnville where we have an abundance of fresh, local produce at our fingertips.

Local farmers are also realizing the benefits of organic or bio-dynamic practices, which result in healthy and chemical free produce.

Linfield students are realizing the benefits of sustainable foods as well.

Approximately 10 percent of the student body showed up for the campus farmer’s market a few weeks ago and there has

been an uptick in interest in the Linfield Community Garden, located on the Renshaw field.

Several students have chosen to get their hands dirty on local farms through the Sustainable Agriculture Internship program, the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms and as volunteers in local community gardens.

Students are asking questions about where their food comes from and are increasingly concerned with the quality and sustainability of their food choices.

There are many opportunities to engage with sustainable food in our community.

On an individual level, you can visit the McMinnville farmer’s market on Thursdays from 1-6 p.m.

If you are on the meal plan or eating out, simply asking your server where ingredients come from is a good way to connect with your food and express your interest in sustainable food.

If you would like to get active with a group on campus, there is the Garden Club (garden@ linfield.edu) or Greenfield (kastewar@linfield.edu).

Also look out for applications in the spring for the Sustainable Agriculture Internship program through the Office of Sustainability.

No matter how you choose to get involved, just know that you have the power to act.

The transition to a sustainable food system starts with individual choice.

What will yours be?

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

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TECHNOLOGY

Emojis affect educational evolution The Egyptians were revolutionary—they created the Great Pyramids, which historians to this day still do not believe was their work.

Our current generation is not much different. With mankind’s alien-esque technology and inventions for everything, the strong similarity between the past and present of humanity is relevant.

Cognitively, the Egyptians created one of the first written languages, hieroglyphics.

Consisting of carvings with literary meaning, Egyptians began one of the most creative categories of communication.

Apple followed this up with the Emoji. Emoji, the Japanese term for ideograms or “smileys” is a term that has been adapted into daily iPhone culture.

Android phones do not

Rosa Johnson Copy editor have these adorable Mac characters. This separation between who can and cannot read and receive these pixelated faces is similar to the literacy of the Egyptians.

The Egyptians created hieroglyphics in preliterate times, a time when the arts were easily understood universally and was expressive communication was preferred to reading.

With over 21 million Emoji users on “Team iPhone,” this

form of faces is increasing in popularity.

But does this mean that our Intelligence quotient is decreasing as Emoji usage is gaining popularity?

We are equally as smart as the Egyptians, if not more with evolution, but our dependency on technology has dumbed us down. Googling our curiosities, all of the answers right at our fingertips. When it comes to homework, we turn to the Internet relying on the answers to appear in split seconds. Since we do not work for our knowledge by doing the excessive work to acquire it, it does not retain in our minds. We wait for others to have the answers for us.

The Internet culture has less grammar and more spelling errors, making it a casual encounter.

People drag these habits

into reality, using text lingo and emoticons in spoken conversation. The primary example we have all heard is when a group of giggling girls start screaming “OMG LOL” when something exciting happens.

We have all heard it, thus we have all wanted to slowly hit our heads on the nearest wall with faces of disapproval.

It is becoming more common for people to own smart phones, when they were first released it seemed like only business men who constantly needed to check their emails had to have one. But now you can see everyone’s faces smushed into his or her phones while walking.

For the fate of humanity, let’s hope we don’t walk into a pole, we’ve already lost enough brain cells as is.

Rosa Johnson can be reached at linfieldreviewcopyed@gmail.com.

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Lecture addresses government power during times of war Camille Weber Sports columnist

With the conflict of Syria’s use of chemical weapons, one of the main focuses is whether or not Syria has broken international law by using chemical weapons.

There is an even more important question we as Americans should be asking: can the president of the United States authorize a military bombing in Syria without breaking international law?

This is the topic that Elizabeth Hillman--provost, academic dean and professor of law at Hastings College, focused on during her lecture for the Frederick Douglas Forum on Sept. 19.

Hillman’s lecture provocatively entitled, “FDR, Obama, and When Presidents Drop Bombs,” focuses on the legalities of war. This includes the powers explicitly written in the constitution as well as international legalities.

According to Hillman, in the U.S. Constitution it was originally written that the president’s vague role as “Commander and Chief” of the United States armed services.

However, the power to declare war was overwhelmingly more geared towards Congress.

This power grew when

Congress passed the War Powers Resolution of 1973 that limited the president’s power to declare war.

Formerly, the president was obligated to receive authorization from the federal government to declare war, but if the nation was in a state of emergency, the president could send in troops for 60 days.

So, with the War Powers Resolution in mind, does

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of civilians shocked the conscience of humanity.”’

But in other cases, Roosevelt also believed that “allied bombing of German civilian would hasten the end of the war” in other words; bombs were necessary to end the violence during World War II. Hillman highlights that these are the tensions on American perspective on when it is okay to drop bombs.

If it is for the best of the majority of people, then it is justified.

So now we can go back to Hillman’s main question: Would a military strike against Syria’s use of chemical weapons today be a violation of law?

Well, here is the answer: The U.S. can lethalize a military strike if the U.S. claims to be doing it to protect other areas aside from the United States, such as Israel.

However, the answer given by Hillman on presidential power and the Syria debate is bittersweet.

The fact is, whether or not we act in Syria does not have a clear cut answer because often times, the answers to tough political situations cannot always be found in the law.

September 23, 2013

Bins: Promoting the message of a greener, sustainable campus

During President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, he believed that “allied bombing of German Civilians shocked the conscience of humanity.

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-Elizabeth Hillman Academic Dean of Students Professor of Law

Hastings College bombing count as a clear indication of war? Or does the War Powers Resolution only count if there are military boots on the ground?

“The answer is not very distinctive,” Hillman said.

Hillman indicates that if the US does authorize a military strike and we do drop bombs in Syria, it could still potentially lead to war.

So how do presidents justify when to drop bomb?

Hillman explains that “during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, he believed “German bombing

Camille Weber can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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New bins in Riley Hall showcase the variety of recycling options available to students, including compost, landfill, glass only and comingle. << Continued from page 1 different system on campus,” said junior Katricia Stewart, president of Greenfield. “I love how [the new bins] look. They stand out without being obnoxious.”

Tim Stewart, environmental services superintendent in facilities, played a large role in helping place the new bins around campus.

“I like the message that they’re sending,” Stewart said. “I’m pretty excited about the whole process.

It’s the right thing to do.”

Creating noticeable and appealing signage was a large part of the new recycling and composting system this year as well.

Each bin has a specific sticker on it with the title of waste that should be placed in it, as well as pictures of waste examples.

While there have been complaints of fruit flies in composting bins in residence halls, facilities is doing its best to maintain clean bins. “[The bins] will give the campus clearer options for comprehensive recycling and composting,” Reid said.

How do you feel about sexist lyrics in popular music today?

“I think the music most people listen to has more explicit sexism, but I prefer country music which still has sexism but it’s more subtle.”

- Junior Rebecca Kropp

“If I take the time to think about it I don’t agree with a lot of the lyrics but because it’s on the radio it’s easier to let it slide. It also makes it easier for guys to say offensive things because it’s so common in our culture.”

- Senior Mimi Seeley

“Pop culture has a different perception of what is appropriate and not. I’m split down the middle, it doesn’t make me uncomfortable and it depends on my mood.”

- Junior Julie Ellings

“With these bins in place, students have an opportunity to move toward a zero waste lifestyle.”

Future plans include installing more bins around campus and documenting the progress of Linfield’s “waste stream,” according to Reid.

“I ask the Linfield community to please take the 10 [to] 15 minutes it takes to learn how to properly participate in the new systems,” Reid said. “Only together can we achieve zero waste.”

Samantha Sigler can be reached at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com.

“Because I’m from Holland, I’m used to it. I think there are limits to what you can say in songs, and if you respect those limits, it’s OK. It’s all just for fun, it isn’t meant to seriously offend people.”

- Freshman Vince Van’t Hoff

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Controversy in Syria debated at recent ‘Pizza and Politics’ Ryan Morgan Senior reporter As major media outlets focus on disarmament of Syrian chemical weapons, many overlook that disarmament has nothing to do with halting civil war in Syria.

This year’s first pizza and politics event on Sept.

16 explored the current state of affairs in Syria and some possible outcomes of U.S. involvement up to this point.

“There was an uprising in Syria that started in March 2011, peaceful protests... then the President of Syria, Bashar al- Assad, decided to use troops and force to quell the protests,” said Dawn Nowacki, Elizabeth and Morris Glicksman Chair in Political Science.

The force used by the Assad regime to quell the protests has been verified by United Nations inspectors to have included chemical weapons. The death attributed to these chemical agents numbers around 1,400 civilians.

Currently, a “diplomatic cycle” is in motion in the wake of Secretary of State, John Kerry’s, comment last week about Syria avoiding bombing by the U.S. by tallying their stores of chemical agents and handing them over to diplomatic officials of the U.N., said Dimitri

Helen Lee/Photo editor Professor of political science, Patrick Cottrell, makes a light-hearted comment during the otherwise serious conversation surrounding the debate of how the United States should respond to chemical attacks in Syria. Professors Dawn Nowacki and Dimitri Kelly complete the panel of political science professors at the event, which features debate and first-come first-served pizza.

Kelly, assistant professor of political science.

The diplomatic cycle is in motion with cooperation between the U.S., Syria and Russia.

Yet there are no terms in this diplomatic cycle that pertain to halting the civil war.

“I think it’s really troublesome that it takes the

use of chemical weapons as opposed to conventional bombing, including the bombing of hospitals to spark the moral outrage of the international community,” said Patrick Cottrell, associate professor of political science.

In regards to the diplomatic cycle, Cottrell said, “The deal seems to be very

good for everybody, politically. Obama is spared an embarrassing defeat in congress and the house on the use of force and his hand will be strengthened for future military strikes.

“Should this framework not work for whatever reason he can say he tried the diplomatic route.

“Russian diplomacy is

also a winner. They receive an allied share of the credit for jumping on Kerry’s gaffe and avoiding the military option even though, it is now noted that it is now that it is acting in its own self interest to uphold its client state Syria.

“And of course, the Assad regime having submitted its instruments for

ratification of the chemical weapons convention will avoid being bombed. And Assad gets to stay in power and continue his campaign against the rebel factions with impunity.

“Everyone is happy, politically, except for perhaps the rebels,” Cottrell said.

by the ALA, a professional group that many of the librarians at Linfield choose to join.

“This project is something the ALA has spear-headed for years,” Jean Caspers, head reference librarian said.

“Part of the reason is because the ethical codes that librarians have include supporting access to information for everybody. So censorship is against what we stand for in our profession. We participate because it is a reflection of our values,” Caspers said.

This year the event will be largely student-led, with the decisions for the display organized by junior, Dana Brumley and senior, Sylvan Tovar, along with help from other library staff.

“The lead reference librarian, Jean Caspers, asked the lead student workers for volunteers,” said Brumley. “So I said I would do it. I think it is important for people to read banned books because most of those books are ones that cause you to really think and consider difficult ideas or questions.”

Although the first amendment protects the freedom of speech, there has been a long history of banning books in America. A book can be challenged or banned at any individual library across the United States and a full list of all challenged books can be found on the ALA website.

Reasons for challenges could come from parent or religious groups, or from

organizations hoping to ban a certain political view, as in Germany where much Nazi literature is still banned.

“My opinion is that most people who try to have a book removed from a library or taken out of a school are well-meaning,”Caspers said. “A rule of thumb for librarians is that maybe 10 percent of your library collection should offend you.

That doesn’t mean, however, that they don’t have a place in the library where I work,” Caspers said.

Although she had encountered no censorship here at Linfield, Brumley has had to deal with cases of censorship in her past educational experiences.

“Basically every book I

read junior and senior year of high school for International Baccalaureate English is on the list of banned books,” Brumley said. “They were not banned yet, just challenged. One book most of my class wrote about was banned, and we all got zeros on that paper because the country grading them refused to because they had banned that book.”

Banned books is an issue Caspers feels strongly about, and believes that there should be access to information for all people and censorship should play no part in the learning process.

“This is a learning institution,” Caspers said. “One of the things that’s good to remember is that our free-

dom to have access to information and to speak and write freely is a freedom that we can’t take for granted.”

Brumley also has strong views on censorship in educational settings.

“Teachers select wellwritten books that have a huge impact or a lesson to teach,” Brumley said. “They usually break away from society or question the way society works. Books are a freedom of speech and if something in a book offends you, then don’t read it, but don’t stop others from reading it.”

The display will be up for the week and possibly extend longer due to interest.

Ryan Morgan can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

Banned books display does not judge book by its cover Olivia Marovich News editor

Linfield will host its annual Banned Books Week at the front of the Nicholson library on Sept. 23-30.

This year the display will feature a “Banned Books that Shaped America” section, and will include many banned books from the American Library Association, website of banned or challenged books.

The books will be wrapped in brown paper with the reasons they were challenged written on them.

It is up to students to unwrap what looks interesting and find out its title.

Banned books week is a nationwide event hosted

Olivia Marovich can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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Recruitment: Largest pledge class in history

Erin Heltsley/Review photographer Director of College Activities, Dan Ferguson and Greek Life Intern, Molly Ward, pose for the camera. During recruitment week the pair worked with both women and men to help plan and coordinate events. << Continued from page 1 There was also an all-fraternity barbecue on Sunday to attract a large group of potential new members for the men.

“The men’s approach is less-structured,” Ferguson said, “which actually comes from their governing body, so they pick three to five nights of events to host, and hopefully they are trying to pick events that show what their brotherhood stands for.”

Three of Linfield’s sororities follow the guidelines of the National Panhellenic Council when going through recruitment, which has a strict structure and process. This year it was slightly changed in order to improve retention rates.

“We had a real strange year last year,” Ferguson said. “A lot of women didn’t come back after the first

Erin Heltsley/Review photographer Junior Malika Reynolds is all smiles to be back in her Greek letters after spending recruitment week as a Rho Gamma.

day. So this year we wanted to be a little more open and upfront about time commitments, costs and what Greek life stood for so early on people would know that and wouldn’t leave.”

The women’s recruitment process was also spaced out more throughout the week, giving girls time to focus on academics and other activities.

All sororities participating in formal recruitment reached quota this year, which was 29 women for each chapter. The men also boasted high numbers, in total having 50 to 60 men pledging.

“We all go a good number of pledges across the board,” said senior Alex Lazar, president of Delta Psi Delta fraternity. “It was also because this freshman class is much more involved than past years.”

This year Sigma Kappa

Phi sorority opted not to take part in formal recruitment. As a local chapter it was not necessary for them to take part in any nationally mandated recruitment process.

“Historically they have done better with informal recruitment and they are hopefully going to get some good ladies this year,” Ferguson said. “Formal recruitment was a lot for them to take at times and didn’t fit as well with their personality.”

Sigma Kappa Phi will continue to have informal recruitment events as the month goes on. This structure of recruitment is similar to the way Linfield fraternities recruit members.

“Recruitment for the fraternities never ends.

You can rush someone the last week of school if you want,” Lazar said.

The success of recruit-

ment has made members of the Greek community hopeful that a stronger sense of community will continue this year.

“Recruitment works well when we all work together,” Lazar said. “Regardless of what house the guys join we just want them to join Greek life. The more success we have cooperating with each other the more inclined we are to keep that going.”

Looking forward, Linfield Greek life can expect to see more of these changes influencing the environment of the Greek culture.

“I think the recent recruitment changes are simply a more visible aspect of the foundational changes we are making as a Greek community,” Gaeddert said.

Olivia Marovich can be reached at linfieldreviewsnews@gmail.com.

Erin Heltsley/Review photographer Sophomore Morgan Gerke sports her Bid Day t-shirt for Alpha Phi sorority. Bid Day is an event immediately following the reveal of which sorority new members are in and allows girls to begin to bond with their sisters.

ry and his contributions to the theory over the past 45 years.

In 1968, McCombs conducted an experiment to determine the capacity of mass media to shape what voters thought were important aspects of the presidential election that year.

When this study was published in 1972 in “Public Opinion Quarterly”, he coined the term “agenda setting” to refer to the ability of mass media to influence public opinion.

McCombs has had a notable career, including teaching internationally.

McCombs has been a visiting professor at the University of Navarra in Spain, the University of Vienna in Austria and at Catholic University and Diego Portales University, both in Santiago, Chile.

Nationally, his professorship includes teaching at the school of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin where he retired in 2011 as the Jesse H. Jones Centennial Chair in Com-

munication.

He was also the John Ben Snow professor of research at Syracuse University in New York prior to teaching at University of Texas at Austin.

McCombs has also had success as an author.

While McCombs has written numerous books and innumerable journal articles, his most notable and enduring work is arguably his book, “Setting the Agenda: The Mass Media and Public Opinion.”

Originally published

in 2004, it has been translated into seven languages.

An updated edition of the book is due for release next year.

McCombs received his bachelor ’s degree at Tulane University in New Orleans where he also worked as a journalist for the New Orleans Time-Picayune.

He also earned both a master ’s degree and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in California.

This lecture is free and open to the public thanks to Linfield’s mass commu-

Scholar to speak about mass communication theory Ryan Morgan Senior reporter Maxwell McCombs—an internationally renowned scholar and highlyesteemed giant in the field of mass communications— will be giving a lecture at Linfield on Sept. 24.

McCombs will begin speaking at 5:30 pm in Riley Hall room 201.

He will be lecturing on “Shaping the Foundations of Public Opinion,” which will cover the development of the agenda-setting theo-

nication department, political science department and the theatre and communication arts department as well as the office of academic affairs.

If you have any questions about the event, Lisa Weidman, assistant professor of mass communications at Linfield, can be reached at lweidman@linfield.edu.

Ryan Morgan can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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New sushi restaurant splashes into McMinnville Kaylyn Peterson/Managing editor

McMinnville is getting a new slice of Japanese culture as a new sushi restaurant aims to open its door by October.

Sushi Kyo Express has taken up occupancy in the strip of businesses across the parking lot from Albertson’s, at 887 SW Keck Dr.

After eight years and two other locations in Salem, the business owner’s decided to branch out to McMinnville.

“When we were driving around we saw the college and right here, [there wasn’t] any sushi places,” Elvis Yan said.

“We decided to come here and give it a try.”

Sushi Kyo is family owned, according to Yan. As part of the family, Yan explained that the manager of McMinnville’s SushiKyo has not been chosen, but it will be decided before opening in October.

“We’re trying to [open] by the first week of next month,” Yan said. “If that does not happen, we’ll [try] for sometime in October.”

According to their website, “at Sushi Kyo, [their] goal is to provide people with healthy and delicious foods,” and

“[the] atmosphere is tranquil and inviting, and our staff is courteous and knowledgeable about the menu selections. We treat our staff like a family so that in return, they treat our customers with respect and are eager to please,” Yan said.

The food at Sushi Kyo features traditional Japanese cuisine as well as some sushi rolls with a new twist. The price ranges from $1.35 to $2.45 for sushi available from the conveyor belt bar. They also sell party platters for $37.95 to $52.60.

Sushi Kyo also has a selection of non-sushi items so that anyone can enjoy.

While the restaurant is under construction, the owners declined access inside.

“We want it be a surprise for everyone,” Yan said.

The restaurant’s website features a blog, featuring the business’s updates, short articles on sushi and where coupons are available.

For more information on Sushi Kyo, visit their website at www.sushi-kyo.com.

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Students study, serve Gilberto Galvez/Features editor

Being a “student” isn’t Readiness Inspection.

Hanson wanted to, since ence because he had been always a college student’s “For males in South her family had a history of a flight control technician only job description. Some Korea, it is [their] duty to service. She wanted to con- on a B-2 Stealth bomber, may have a job back home serve in military service,” tinue that. Wes went along but he decided to do someor a job here on campus, Park said. “The short- for the ride. Being married thing completely different, but others work in places a est term in the military is during training definite- something he was passionlittle more different. two years. I served for two ly made their experience ate about.

Freshman Kaitlyn years.” different from any other He left the military Stratton and sophomores According to Park, trainees. with an honorable leave Nohheon Park, Wes Han- most South Korean males “They accidentally after two years through an son and Leigh Hanson have decided to serve in the mil- put us in the same flight in early leave program. He either served in the military itary after their freshman basic training,” Wes said, will be a junior at the end or are currently serving. year of college even though “so that was a really awk- of this term. He is eligible Through their work in the they can postpone until ward experience, trying to to return to the military military, they have a differ- after graduation because avoid each other as much and has considered it after ent perspective on life here they know they’ll be busy as possible, so we wouldn’t finding out that he only had at Linfield. after. get in trouble.”

70 percent of his schooling

Stratton joined the As a new student to “You’re supposed to paid for.

U.S. Military after realizing Linfield, Park had to take be very focused on learning “I actually enjoyed my time that she wanted to do in the military,” he said. something and leave Leigh joined the miliher town. She received tary with her husband all her basic training in and worked as a mental various bases around health technician. the country. She deals “It’s not an easy life,” with civilian affairs Leigh said through and is currently in reemail about the miliserve, but on the weektary, “but it does have ends she’ll serve at an its rewards. Neither of army base near Linus would be in school field, filling out papers without it.” for incoming troops “I have free healthand other paperwork. care, not to mention the After college, her team intangibles it teaches is planning to be you, like discipline, redeployed. spect, integrity and self “Thieves of Baghconfidence.”

Photo courtesy of Wes Hanson dad,” the common Linfield helps its stuAirforce soldiers march down a road at the Whiteman Air Force Base. reading book for this dents, and students in year, was a different the military receive as book to read for Stratton colloquium and read the to become a member of the much help as any other. than most freshmen. common reading book.

Air Force,” Wes said. “Hav- Jeff Mackay, associate

“[It] was a compel- “The basic concept of ing her there every day was dean of students, rememling novel,” Stratton said the military is similar,” Park definitely a distraction. We bers one instance of a stuby email. “It was easily said. “The different thing got severely reprimanded dent being called into serrelatable, coming from a is that the U.S. Army has when they found out we vice when the Iraq War first military background and a more liberal atmosphere were married. It ended up started. The college helped being able to understand because the U.S. Military working out.” set him up to leave and for all the procedures and tac- is not fighting in their own There were also oth- his return, making sure he tics Bogdanos was talking country. [Korea is] more er ways their marriage af- could return with relative about. It also made the tensed. It is changing now. fected their time in train- ease. That is the help probook more personal to me, Technically we are not the ing. Wes and Leigh ended vided to any student who knowing that he is a fellow stopping the war, but it is up spending all their train- would need some time off soldier. just a ceasefire.” ing at the same base, the from school because of the

Park served in the Ko- The war Park de- Whiteman Air Force Base military. rean military at K-55 Osan scribes is the war between in Montana. They never Air Base as clerk for Opera- North and South Korea. moved once, something tions Command, where he Wes, who is 32 years strange in the military. prepared and scored drills old, enlisted in the army Wes thought about Gilberto Galvez can be reached at such as the Operational because his wife, Leigh majoring in computer sci- linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

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Photo courtesy of Kaitlyn Stratton Freshman Kaitlyn Stratton stands at her graduation from Battles with two of her friends. Stratton joined the army as a PVT and was promoted to a PV2 in August of this year, which is now her current rank.

Photo courtesy of Nohheon Park Sophomore Nohheon Park (right) stands in front of his apartment before discharge with Jiyong Song.

Photo courtesy of Wes Hanson Sophomore Wes Hanson worked on B-2 Stealth Bombers as a flight control technician during his time at Whiteman Air Force Base.

Photos courtesy of Wes Hanson Sophomores Wes Hanson (left) and Leigh Hanson served together at Whiteman Air Force Base while married. These are their basic training photos.

Photo courtesy of Kaitlyn Stratton Freshman Kaitlyn Stratton recieves a promotion from her Battalion Commander.

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Pura Vida brings new Latin American cuisine Mariah Gonzales Culture editor

The new Pura Vida Cocina y Arte restaurant brings a taste of South American Latin food to McMinnville’s Third Street, where one can find a variety of five star cuisines.

The restaurant’s Spanish name, ‘Pura Vida’ is the Costa Rican song for good life and ‘cocina y arte’ means kitchen and art.

In April 2013, Carmen Borrasé and Ricardo Antunez-Bahena leased the space that used to be known as the Ochard Bistro.

Together the duo created Pura Vida Cocina y Arte that highlights Bahena’s chef skills and Borrasé’s artistic skills.

“We saw that [Ricardo’]

Latin style food and my Latin merchandise had a good relationship,” Borrasé said.

According to Pura Vida Arte y Cocina’s Biography Description, the restaurants’ colorful and artistic interior makes the space an open and friendly.

The use of warm, rich colors for the furniture done by local artisans, paintings made by Costa Rican painters and the wide selection of artwork and merchandise mostly made by Borrasé also add to the restaurants Latin atmosphere. And don’t forget Bahena’s Latin American dishes!

Bahena, who grew up working in his mother’s restaurant, has learned to add his own twist to the dishes to make them unique from the traditional recipes he

Helen Lee/Photo editor Pura Vida Cocina y Arte is a new restaurant on Third Street in downtown McMinnville. The restaurant serves a variety of Latin dishes from various countries in Latin America.

Helen Lee/Photo editor Pura Vida’s churros and chocolate sauce for dipping.

The restaurant also sells Latin American art.

picked up from exposure to different culture in Latin America and San Francisco.

“What comes [out of Pura Vida’s] kitchen is a little piece of art.” Borrasé said, referring to Bahena’s Latin dishes that also have an artistic presentation.

Pura Vida’s Latin dishes are made from local and fresh McMinnville produce. And the artistic merchandise are made from recycled materials.

For instance, there some pieces are made out of “Jewelry made out of seeds and dried fruit… wooden boxes with metallic applications and wooden non-toxic toys.”

Borrasé , who is from Costa Rica, became interested in art as a child from the influence of her grandfather, Tomas Povedano, who was the founder of one of the fine arts school called Academia de Bellas Artes de

Costa Rica at the end of the 19th century.

She studied art in college as well. Art became a way to express herself.

On Wednesdays Pura Vida Cocina y Ate have a Linfield Special Day discount for students and faculty.

They will give a 10 percent discount with the presentation of a valid Linfield ID. Pura Vida also offers

cocktails that are made with fruit and Latin American imported from beer, including Imperial, a Costa Rican favorite. The restaurant also carries imported coffee from Costa Rica.

Pura Vida Restaurant is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and they have several employees’ that include Linfield students.

Mariah Gonzales can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

Students serve community, ‘Taste of Service’ Ryan Morgan

Senior reporter Record number of Linfield students participated in this year’s “Taste of Service Day,” giving back not only to their campus, but also to the nearby McMinnville community.

The “Taste of Service” event was organized by the Linfield Change Corps, a student leadership team through the office of community engagement and service.

Nearly 200 students signed up to volunteer for “Taste of Service Day” this year.

Last year, after only about 130 students had signed up, registration had to be closed earlier than expected.

“I could not be happier with the turn out and interest in our first day of service this year. It shows a strong interest in my peers desire to give back and get out into the community,” senior Shelby Hollenbeck said by email, director of days of service and special events for the Change Corps. I am looking forward to the next three days service this year and making them even more successful.”

“Community engagement is very important and a wide variety of Linfield Students are taking a interest which is amazing,” Hollenbeck said.

The Change Corps specializes in providing Linfield students with a variety of service-learning

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out the McMinnville community,” Hollenbeck said.

The “Taste of Service” event provided volunteers with the opportunity to work at one of fourteen sites, ranging from local non-profit to local organic farm.

“We love to share our

I could not be happier with the turn out and interest in our first day of service this year.

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-Senior Shelby Hollenbeck, Change Corps director of special events

events both on and off campus throughout the year.

“We are the liaison between Linfield College and Yamhill community partners, we work to create a welcoming and vibrant culture of service on the Linfield campus with various days of service, Alternative Spring break, and organizing on-going volunteer opportunities through-

passion for service learning with students and help them find what they are passionate about,” Hollenbeck said.

The sites included: the McMinnville and Linfield community garden, Barbra Boyer Farms, St. Vincent de Paul, the Yamhill Gospel Mission, the cooperative Saturday morning breakfast, the Walnut City Home-

Kaylyn Peterson/Managing editor Linfield students gathered in Fred Meyer Lounge this Sept. 21 to join in Taste of Service. The students volunteered to go out to various sites around McMinnville and perform various types of community service. stead, the GYWC Watershed, the Linfield Wellness trail, Linfield Story Street, YCAP Roth’s, YCAP Grocery Outlet, Homeward Bound and ReStore.

The Change Corps’ next event will be “Make A Difference Day” on Oct. 26.

If you have any questions pertaining to volunteering or any of the service-learn-

ing events on campus, the Linfield Change Corps can be reached at changecorps@ linfield.edu.

Ryan Morgan can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmailcom

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Student’s passion for music is recognized, awarded Mariah Gonzales Culture editor Senior Zach Gulaboff Davis, began playing piano around five or six years old.

“At the age of 12, I began to study [piano playing] with a professor from Willamette University, Dr. Elise Yun,” Davis said. “At which point I became more serious [about playing] due to the increased demands placed on me.”

Davis is known for his art of piano playing around in the Linfield community.

However, his talent is being noticed around the Northwest region.

Davis travels to many places for performances in Oregon and around the Willamette Valley, Washington and San Francisco.

He has performed at Linfield a numbers of times. For instance, Davis’ most recent performance for Linfield was as a piano concerto soloist at the Linfield Chamber Orchestra. He has also played in the Willamette Valley Symphony, Salem Youth Symphony, Linfield Concert Band, and Philharmonia Orchestra.

He also teaches private piano lessons. Davis has also won many awards, including Winner of the 2012 Linfield College Chamber Orchestra

concerto competition, second place in the 2012 collegiate division of the Oregon Music Teachers Association piano competition, winner of the 2011 Salem Youth Symphony Concerto Competition and winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs’ award for a new chamber music composition with my composition, “Sonata for Viola and Piano.”

He also plays a variety of other instruments other than the piano as well.

“I am also an orchestral percussionist, meaning that I play timpani, snare drum, mallet instruments, and other percussion instruments,” Davis said.

Davis is a music major, and specifically studies in piano performance and composition. He also is minoring in mathematics and education.

Since Davis is a composer, he has a keen “interest in new music, especially that of 20th century Russian composers.”

However, he likes playing a pieces from a wide variety of music genres, including from the Baroque period to contemporary Classical music.

“Music has a very direct and profound way of communicating with the audi-

YuCheng Zhang/Senior photographer Senior Zach Gulaboff Davis is a music major, emphasis on piano performance and composition. This summer, he received a Young Composers Award from one of the world’s largest music organizations, the National Federation of Music Clubs. Davis has also performed in Oregon, Washington, and California. ence. And I enjoy connecting with them through that means—both in playing other composers’ works and composing my own,” Davis said. “I believe that music can express emotions that words fail to convey. And I strive to bring these emotions to the listener, whether in my interpretation of another com-

Cat Cab: Nelly’s Echo

poser’s work or in my own compositions.”

After Davis graduates, he plans on attending graduate school to continue to study composition and piano. He is still researching possible graduate schools, working on pieces for future auditions and completing his portfolio for his compositions.

Nelson Emokpae is the lead singer, guitarist and founder of the band Nelly’s Echo that performed at Cat Cab Sept. 19 in the Fred Meyer Lounge. Emokpae writes the band’s original songs, which are influenced

by Jason Mraz.

Nov. 5, 2013 in Delkin Recital Hall located in the Vivian Bull Music Center.

And his senior piano recital is at 6 p.m. on April 19, 2014, also in Delkin Recital Hall in the Vivian Bull Music Center.

Mariah Gonzales can be reached at linfieldreviewmanaging@gmail.com

Theater performance on military, war stirs up intense emotions Mariah Gonzales Culture editor The production “Legacies of War Ontsage in Three Acts” was held Sept. 20-21 at the Marshall Theatre in Ford Hall. The three act play consisted of two acts with a discussion of the production at the end.

Claire Lebowitz, an actor, director and play writer from New York City, and Jerry Goralnick, from The Living Theatre in New York, collaborated to write the three act production.

Gorlalink wrote Act I: called “NO SIR”.

This act examines military recruitment, specifically for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

The act is also performed in front of a military requirement commercial. Jackson Miller, professor of communication arts and director of forensics, said that this act was originally performed in on the giant screen in Times Square to protest war.

Act II, called “Bradass87” was produced by Lebowitz for the Whitsleblowers Theatre. This play investigates the actions of WikiLeaks

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“With his diligence, talent, determination, and ‘can do’ attitude, he has great potential for success in music composition and piano,” said Joan Paddock, professor of music. “He has already distinguished himself as a young composer and pianist.”

Davis’s senior composition recital is at 8 p.m. on

whitslebower, Bradley Manning, private first class, who exposed private information to the U.S. public. He was put into solitary confinement at Quantico Marine Corp Brig in Quantico, Va. This act was composed from chat logs, trial transcripts and interviews from Manning’s case.

Act III consisted of a dialogue or discussion with Lebowitz and Goralink. The panel also featured Ronnie

become much more complicated,” Shuck said.

Senior Angie Aguilar, who starred in the ensemble, “Stop the War,” to the tune of the “Star Spangled Banner” in Act I was emotionally intense. “What would people do if they actually listened [to the song]?“ Aguilar said.

“I felt mixed emotions [about the production] because my dad is from the navy,” s e n i o r S a m a n tha Javier said, whose father has encouraged her to join the U.S. armed forces before.

“But how do I enter this job, but the people of the country don’t like what you’re doing?”

“Legacies of War in Three Acts” affected the audience members and those who participated in the production in various ways.

However, Lacroute was there to remind the audience during the dialogue that it is the use of the arts, whether it is in a play or in music, it brought controversial issues to light.

I felt mixed emotions [about the production].

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-Samantha Javier

Senior Lacroute, Linfield College trustee and arts benefactor, and Erick Shuck, professor of economics, who is also a third generation naval officer.

The discussion was also open to the audience and actors from the play to share their opinions and ask questions.

In the dialogue Shuck portrayed the complications of war from a soldier’s standpoint. “The moment you begin killing people outside of arms reach, things

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Novel’s satirical realism draws in readers Paige Jurgensen Columnist

Kurt Vonnegut is immensely talented at writing stories in which the plot seems to have no direction or purpose until suddenly, and unexpectedly, it does.

Vonnegut took that talent and ran with it in his 1963 novel: “Cat’s Cradle.”

Like much of Vonnegut’s work, the plot of “Cat’s Cradle” is a bit busy in the timeline and much of the book is background information for the actual story that the narrator, in this case the perfectly normal John, wants to tell.

John is an ambitious

“Cat’s Cradle” encourages readers to be aware of the world they live in. writer who begins his journey with the goal of writing a book about the day Hiroshima was bombed and the

American side of it all, so he hunts down the children of Felix Hoenikker, that man who helped develop the atomic bomb.

John found that the Hoenikker children, now adults, were less than normal. There was Newt, an extremely little little-person, Angela, an unpleasant mothering sort, and Franklin, who had disappeared and was presumed dead somewhere in Cuba.

John traveled around upstate New York trying to find as much as he could about the Hoenikker family.

He finds out that one, when the atomic bomb dropped, Felix Hoenikker was bus-

ily playing cat’s cradle, and two, he may have been creating more than just bombs.

However, none of that is a part of the true story.

The true story begins and becomes busier with John on a plane, by chance with two of the Hoenikker children, to the small island of the Republic of San Lorenzo. San Lorenzo is ruled by a dying dictator, “Papa” Monzano and his right-hand man, an American scientist.

On the island, John discovers the religion of Bokononism, which is illegal yet widely practiced. Bokononists are usually skeptics that believe in good will towards men and more than any-

thing they believe that mistakes cannot be made; that everything is for a reason, more or less.

The religion makes John realize that all the business that followed his arrival to San Lorenzo was just as it was supposed to be.

If the purpose of “Cat’s Cradle” had to be guessed, as it can only be guessed, I would guess that Vonnegut wanted his readers to appreciate fragility.

The world is fragile, but the world is also busy. Busy, busy, busy.

The world could freeze in an instant and Vonnegut wants his readers to appreciate the world, or hate,

or feel however they want about it, just as long as they are aware of it.

Ironically, Bokononists probably would not like “Cat’s Cradle,” as they are too skeptical for such dark, yet light hearted stories.

The novel hurts and is terrifying with satirical realism, and if read too deeply it could easily break the reader, but assumedly, most readers would rather be broken a thousand times and end their world and thousand times more than to have not read “Cat’s Cradle” at all.

Paige Jurgensen can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

Thai culture, food hits sweet spot for students Special Lovincey Columnist Thai Country is the type of restaurant that I could dine at two or more times a week and never get sick of eating it. The food is authentic and the service is warming.

One of the most admirable aspects of the restaurant in my eyes is the interior decoration.

You walk inside and immediately greeted by the Buddha women figurine, in addition to the sweet and genuine servers.

The figure, and the plethora of elephant décor that can be seen all throughout the restaurant, set the environment.

Elephants are the symbol of Thailand and hold a deep meaning to the culture.

The wallpaper, elephant carved chairs and miniature statues all over the restaurant add to the cultural appreciation of elephants and any per-

son walking into Thai Country will take notice.

Thai Country’s menu is made up a variety of veggiebased stir-fry dishes and deli-

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vegans can enjoy just about anything on the menu.

In addition to this, meateaters can also indulge in a meal that will satisfy their

Again, I will reiterate my love for Thai Country.

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-Special Lovincey, Columnist cious curries.

Although I haven’t tried everything on the menu, I can’t imagine you could go wrong with ordering anything.

Another aspect that I appreciate about Thai food is since the food is heavily veggie-based. Vegetarians and

animal-protein craving.

Whether you’re the pork, beef, chicken, shrimp or squid-type, all the plates at Thai Country give you those options to pick your poison.

Every time I eat here, I discover new favorites.

This week’s picks were the Gang Ga Ree, a hot, creamy,

yellow curry with a generous amount of vegetables and the Pad Garlic, steamed veggies with perfectly sautéed mushrooms over white rice.

Again, I’ll reiterate my love for Thai Country being that you can’t go wrong with ordering anything on the menu.

Coming from me, that is a wonderful thing to be able to do, putting trust into their menu and chefs, because I am just about the most indecisive person to walk into their restaurant.

So, when it comes to Thai Country, not only is the food appealing and you’ll want to take in all that your stomach allows you, but emphasize taking in your surroundings and appreciating the replicas of the Thai culture that is seen throughout the restaurant.

Special Lovincey can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

Artist sways listeners with soft tunes Ivanna Tucker KSLC Assistant Music Director Simple, soft vocals ooze on each track of Missy Higgins’ “On A Clear Night” album.

The Australian pop, indie artist released it in 2007 following the success of “The Sound of White.”

Higgins has a vocal quality that is similar to Sara Bareilles and Christina Perri.

Her soft sentimental tone meshes well with the instruments used on each track.

Over the course of six months, she spent time gaining inspiration from Broome, Western Australia.

Some of the tracks reflect the landscapes she witnessed and also contains some songs about past relationships.

“Where I Stood” opens with Higgins’ ballad-like, deep tone sitting nicely on top of simple piano chords.

Drums lightly join in and allow Higgins’ vocals to shine.

The chorus “Cause I don’t

Photo courtesy of missyhiggins.com know who I am, who I am without you” draws listeners in and showcases a sense of desperation that many feel in the mist of a break up.

This is one of the best tracks on the album and has been featured on ABC Family’s “Pretty Little Liars” and Lifetime’s “The Client List.”

“100 Rounds The Bend” gave the album a nice change of pace that showcases Higgins’ range and her versatility.

The third track and her first single off the album

“Steer” reflects her love for her country and how she admires the Broome beach at night.

It features more high-pitch vocals than the other songs and has an upbeat tempo that makes the song very catchy to listen to.

Even though it is more on the fast side, Higgins’ maintains the acoustic vibe that she tends to stick with throughout the album.

Inspired by her second breakup with her ex-boyfriend, “Peachy” shows a

darker side of Higgins’ and is one of the shorter songs on the album.

“It’s all those mind games you play with someone you’ve just broken up with,” Higgins said to the Herald Sun. “They’re pretending they’ve moved on; you’re pretending you have, too, but neither of you has. It’s ridiculous.”

The album closes out with “Forgive Me” which is a ballad that everyone can easily connect to and her vocals are accented well with just a guitar backing her up.

“On A Clear Night” is perfect for people who just need something to listen to while they just want to reflect and think about life.

It’s smooth quality is something mainstream indiepop is missing. Some of the tracks do lack depth but overall it is worth a listen.

Higgins last released an album in 2012 called “The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle.”

Ivanna Tucker can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

Upcoming events Maxwell McCombs speaking on “Shaping the Foundations of Public Opinion”

5:30 p.m. September 24, Riley Hall 201

Joe Wilkins, creative writing faculty member presentation

7:30 p.m. September 26 Nicholson Library

Hispanic Heritage Day

2 p.m. September 28 I.M. Field

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Soccer: Women’s soccer Wildcats score high at Northwest Classic still undefeated Camille Weber Sports columnist Both Linfield’s men and women cross country teams celebrated astounding efforts demonstrated at the Northwest Cross Country Classic on Sept. 19 at Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore. Despite having to fight through the rain and cold weather, the women’s team earned first place overall in the classic, with five women finishing in the top-10 spots.

Senior Hannah Greider finished in third place with a time of 18:48. She placed behind George Fox powerhouse, Emily Painter, Senior Siena Noe finished in fifth place with a time of 19:23. Senior Katie Skinner finished in seventh place with a time of 19:47.

Tyson Takeuchi/Senior sports photographer Sophomore forward Tegan Grunwald (right) against University of Puget Sound’s Bailey Edwards advances the ball to the goal. Grunwald scored for the team on Sept. 21 << Continued from page 16 in the first half with an unassisted cross goal kick. That gave McCool her third goal of the year.

Excellent defense by the linfield keeper was what kept the Cats afloat. Kallina Haase recorded a perfect three saves on the game.

For Linfield's 3rd game of the week they took on George Fox. With Emily Fellow not playing, the Wildcats

still pulled out an easy win with a score of 5-0.

They spread the ball around nicely as 5 different Wildcats scored during the game. Three of which came in the first half (Ellie Schmidt, Emma Vukic, and Molly McCool) and two in the second (Tegan Grunwald and Sara Miller.)

Gorge Fox only managed to get off a total of 2 shots during the game, neither of which were directed at the goal, giving Linfield keeper

Taylor Collinsworth an easy, relaxing game.

This game Continued Linfield’s winning streak and perfect record. They sit at 7-0 going into week 4.

The Linfield Women’s Soccer team plays next at 12:00 on Sept 28th and 29th.

Both are away games. They first play Whitworth, then Whitman. They will hope to increase their record to 9-0 after these games.

Drew Mahrt can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Junior Madison Trowbridge finished in eighth place with a time of 19:51 seconds and senior Claire Hann finished in tenth place with a time of 19:57 seconds.

All five of the top finshers also completed in the 5K race and finished the course in under 25 minutes!

As a team, Linfield scored 33 points, beating out Yamhill Country and rival school George Fox University by 24 points!

Lane Community College, the race’s host, placed third with 75 points.

The University of Oregon Running Club followed with 84 points and Pacific University with 105 points.

The men’s team took third place overall, behind the University of Oregon Running Club and Lane Community College.

Senior Joe Gladow

placed ninth and averaged 5:19 miles during the fourmile course. His final time was 21:15.

Other Wildcat runners that placed in the top-25 were junior Calvin Howell, freshman Michael O’Neil and sophomore Alex Mangan.

O’Neil came in 14th place with a time of 21:28, Howell came in 22nd place with 21:47 and Mangan came in 25th place with a time of 21:54 seconds.

Junior Chad Linnerooth came in 33rd place finishing with a time of 22: 19.

The next scheduled meet for the Wildcats is at the Willamette Open, on Oct. 5.

Camille Weber can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Senior football player takes a hard head-hit Stephanie Hofmann Sports editor On Sept. 14, during the football game against Hardin-Simmons, senior cornerback Brandon Funk, experienced a full-targeting hit to the head.

The collision occurred when an opponent headbutted Funk, just seconds after senior Kyle Wright had been tackled, ending the play.

“The play started just like any other,” Funk said in an email. “I was about four

yards from him [Wright] at the time the play was over.

I had started to take my mouth guard out to get the play for the next down, and the next thing I knew I was on the ground.”

The referees ejected the Hardin-Simmons player from the game shortly after.

Not only did the referees see the head collision, but the entire nation later saw a clip of the headbutt featured on ESPN. The clip was shown as an example of why the “no tar-

geting” rule exists. “[Its] kinda cool I guess,” Funk said in an email. “No one wants to be on a national stage [seen being] trucked, but I’m fairly confident that just about anyone, under those same circumstances, would yield pretty similar results. So that makes it not so bad and the fact that I wasn’t hurt at all makes it fun and exciting to be on ESPN.” Stephanie Hofmann can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Wildcat Sports Schedule Friday, September 27 Volleyball

Willamette

Home

7 p.m.

Saturday September 28 Woman’s Golf

PLU Invitational

Lake Spanaway

All day

Men’s Golf

Culturame Classic

The Reserve

All day

Men’s Soccer

Pacific Lutheran

Tacoma, Wash.

2:30 p.m.

Volleyball

Lewis & Clark

Home

7 p.m.

Womans Soccer

Whitworth

Spokane, Wash.

Noon

Football

Case Western

Cleveland, Ohio

Noon EST

Woman’s Golf

PLU Invitational

Lake Spanaway

All day

Men’s Golf

Culturame Classic

The Reserve

All day

Men’s Soccer

Puget Sound

Tacoma, Wash.

2:30 p.m.

Woman’s Soccer

Whitman

Walla Walla, Wash.

Noon

Sunday, September 29

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Football: First home game ends with an overwhelming win

Helen Lee/Photo editor Junior Westly Meng (left) reaches forward to make one of the seven touchdowns during the game. This was the team’s first football game at the home field this season, and the extra energy helped keep the game alive.

Tyson Takeuchi/Senior sports photographer Senior Kyle Wright (left) making the only interception of the second quarter. The Wildcats dethroned the Kingsmen on Sept. 21, 52-14.

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The defense was just as impressive and got an interception, which led to a touchdown. The defense held the Kingsmen to two touchdowns.

“I think we have a special team this year,” sophomore Brian Balsiger said in an email. “[We] are capable

of performing at an elite level, so no I wasn’t surprised when we got rolling early on in the game. It’s definitely the ‘cherry on top’ to beat a rival handily.”

Even with a great win such as Saturday’s, the Wildcats refuse to let their success get to their heads.

“I don’t think the game said a whole lot,” Balsiger said in an email. “We will

always get every team’s best shot each and every week, so as long as we execute and stay disciplined it can be a great season.”

The team will face off at noon on Sept. 28 against Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Stephanie Hofmann can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Young team captures Volleyball falls in second at invitational Stepahnie Hofmann Sports editor The men’s golf team went into this tournament almost a completely new team and finished second overall at the Pacific Invitational on Sept. 21-22.

The Wildcats competed against Willamette University, Puget Sound University, Oregon Technical Institute, Corban University, Pacific University, Lewis & Clark College, George Fox University and Trinity Lutheran College.

“We have some untested players,” head coach Greg Copeland said. “We lost some people last year and a lot of our players are new.

We are still going to be pretty good.”

The team ended the first day tied for first place with notable performances from juniors Kevin Kawasaki, who finished fourth, and Taylor Pirnke, who finished eighth.

“I think all the younger kids did really well and held their composer,” Pirn-

ke said. “Everyone really did well. Overall it was a good weekend and we can build from there.”

On the second day, the weather picked up causing many players scores to increase by a good amount.

The team, however, kept strong and held their

Junior Taylor Pirnke ground giving them second in tournament as a team.

Pivotal players of this day were Kawasaki and Taylor Klopp who both got in the top-15.

With these wins behind them, the team now looks forward to future tournaments.

“I think this year is going to go well,” Prinke said. “Overall we are optimistic about the future and the team.”

The team plays at the Culturame Classic next Sept. 28-29 at the Reserve. “[I’m] just really excited to get going,” Copeland

Junior Kevin Kawasaki said. “We have a change to get into the conference again. I’m excited to see what this new team can do.”

Stephanie Hofmann can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

conference openers Kaylyn Peterson Managing editor The Wildcats got knocked down at the gate and started their conference ranking at the bottom, with a 0-2 record.

Linfield faced off with Pacific Lutheran University on Sept. 21 in Tacoma, Wash. While the Wildcats took the initial lead for the first two game, the lead slipped from their paws as Pacific Lutheran took the game 3-0.

Junior Kailana RitteCamara scored the first kill of the game, earning the Wildcats their only lead of the set. Pacific Lutheran later took the first set 25-12.

Re-energized. the Wildcats started the next set off with a five-zero lead, but after junior Courtney Wanamaker’s serving error on her fifth serve, the Lutes started a comeback. The set remained close, but ended with another Pacific Lutheran win, 25-19.

The Lutes started the third and final set with the lead. The first point earned by the Wildcats was earned off of a kill by freshman Sam Hammons. Despite Linfield’s effort, the Wildcats could not catch the Lutes, ending the set 24-21.

Ritte-Camara had eight kills, she made the most kills of anyone in the game.

Close behind her was junior Victoria Thompson with seven kills. Also, only three Wildcats earned service aces: Wanamaker, Ritte-Camara and freshman Casie Gaza.

Prior to their game against Pacific Lutheran, the Wildcats played Puget Sound University on Sept.

20.

The Wildcats started the game off with a lead after an attacking error made by the Loggers and a service ace made by sophomore Courtney Uyeda. The teams battled for the lead for nine points, when the Loggers pulled ahead ending the first set 25-14.

During the second set, the Loggers and Wildcats went point-for-point for the first half of the set. However, the battle was shortlived, and Puget Sound pulled ahead after their 10th point. The set ended, 25-15, with a Logger win.

The Wildcats failed to gain the footing they needed to take control of the final set. With the Loggers leading the entire time, the Wildcats lost the set 25-17.

Despite the lose against the Loggers, Linfield earned 31 kills, 14 of which were earned by Ritte-Camara, six by freshman Molly McTaggart, four by Thompson, four by Hammons, two by senior Shayli Coppock and one by freshman Suzanne Dahl.

The Wildcats will play against Willamette University at 7 p.m. on Sept. 27. at home. Linfield will then host Lewis & Clark University at 7 p.m. on Sept. 28.

Kaylyn Peterson can be reached at linfieldreviewmanaging@gmail.com.

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Helen Lee/Photo editor Freshman goalkeeper Jorge Rodriguez defends the Whitworth Pirates’ onslaught. The Wildcats lost two home and one away game weighing in with a 4-3 record.

Wildcats lose back-to-back games at home Drew Mahrt Senior sports reporter The men’s soccer team’s new record is 4-3 after playing two home games this past week. The Wildcats lost in their first game against Whitworth University and again in their game against Whitman College.

In their game against

Whitworth, the team didn’t play bad defense, but they just couldn’t get their offense going at all during the game.

Freshman goal keeper Jorge Rodriguez tried his best to keep his team in it, but gave up the only goal of the game midway through the second half.

Linfield did a good job

at keeping the ball on Whitworth’s side of the field for the first half managing seven shots on goal, but struggled with getting the ball moving in the second. They tallied eight shots on goal total for the game against Whitworth’s 10.

“We weren’t being smart with our passes. We were too direct with just kicking

the ball upfield,” freshman defender Wyatt Lay said.

The men also took a loss in their second game of the week, but they did show improvement.

Rodriguez had eight saves in the game, but was overwhelmed by Whitman’s 20 shots.

The Wildcats gave up one goal in the first, but

Baseball team honored recieve championship rings

Helen Lee/Photo editor The baseball team received their championship rings during half-time at the first home football game on Sept. 21. The team captured the NCAA Division III National Championship title last May. The Wildcat season ended with a record of 42-8, and went 21-3 in the Northwest Conference.

came back to take the lead 2-1 early in the second.

This lead didn’t hold; however, as Whitman scored two more goals in the middle part of the second half, pushing the team ahead.

Despite a great effort to come back in the second half with a goal from both freshman Brian DeGrand-

mont and senior Harper Taylor, Linfield lost the game 3-2.

The men’s soccer team will play again at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 28 and 29 in Tacoma, Wash. They will play Pacific Lutheran University and Puget Sound University.

Drew Mahrt can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Wildcats begin season optimistically Stephanie Hofmann Sports editor The women’s golf team started the season off by earning eighth place at the Pacific Invitational on Sept.

21 and Sept. 22.

“With three returning players, this was the first tournament for two women on the team,” head coach, Brynn Hurdus, said in an email. “It will be exciting to see how each of them grows throughout the season. Our returning players have already shown much promise in the growth of their games even in the first weeks of the season, and they will certainly be key players to follow throughout the year.”

On the first day, the Wildcats were ranked number eight among 12 teams.

A few notable players included freshman Abigail Heringer who was at third palace with a 74 and Senior Alexandria Smith got an 83.

The team then encountered some rough weather on the second day that presses many players to worse scores than normal, but the team still managed to keep the team at eighth.

“As the season progresses and our new players gain more experience in collegiate tournament

Freshman Abigail Heringer play,” Hurdus said in an email. “I see our team also progressing within the conference. All of our players, new and returning have already grown so much in their games thus far, and I know this will only continue.”

The team is continuing with their season at the Culturame Classic at The Reserve on Sat. 28 to Sun. 29, where the team will be looking forward to improving.

“Well we get a lot of team and individual goals,” Junior Malika Reynolds said. “We have a lot of strong girls who are making really good scores. I think we have a really good chance to place at the top if we keep following our goals.”

Stepahnie Hofmann can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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Catline Wildcats crush Kingsmen, 52-14

FOOTBALL Pacific Linfield Pacific Lutheran Willamette Whitworth Puget Sound Lewis & Clark

VOLLEYBALL Puget Sound Pacific Lutheran Whitman Whitworth Lewis & Clark Pacific George Fox Linfield Willamette

MEN’S SOCCER Pacific Lutheran Puget Sound Willamette Whitman Whitworth Pacific Linfield George Fox

Overall

NWC

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

3-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-1 1-1 0-3

NWC

Overall

2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2

7-4 6-4 4-11 7-7 2-6 2-7 5-5 4-5 4-7

NWC

Overall

2-0 2-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2

7-0-1 4-3 5-1-1 1-4-2 3-2-1 2-3 3-3 1-7

NWC

Overall

3-0 2-0-1 2-1-1 2-2 1-1-1 0-0-2 0-1-1 0-2 0-3

7-0 5-1-1 5-2-1 6-2 4-1-2 2-2-2 2-2-1 2-4 2-5

WOMEN’S SOCCER Linfield Lewis & Clark Whitworth Whitman Pacific Pacific Lutheran Puget Sound George Fox Willamette

Cross Country wins at latest meet

The cross country men and women teams win big at the lastest meet at the Northwest Cross Country Classic.

See page 13>>

Men’s golf team wins second place at the invitational

The men’s golf team starts off the season on a high note by getting second place at the tournament.

See page 14>>

Men’s soccer team loses two games on home turf The men’s soccer team loses two games at home pushing them further back in the conference charts.

See page 15>>

Helen Lee/Photo editor Senior Josh Hill (center-left) celebrates after making the first of the teams’s seven total touchdowns during their game against Cal Lutheran University. The team will head to Cleveland, Ohio on Sept. 28 to take on the Spartans.

Stephanie Hofmann Sports editor The undefeated football team dethroned the California Lutheran University Kingsmen, 52-14, on Sept. 21.

The Wildcats never let the Kingsmen take the lead, only tying with them once in the first quarter before regaining the lead.

The teams’ talent, matched with a home field advantage, made them just about unstoppable.

“Being at home is both physically and mentality easier without question,” head coach Joe Smith said. “The crowd also gives you an energy boost that makes playing all that much better.”

The team used these advan-

tages in addition to their talented personnel to pull off a win. The Wildcat offense proved its abilities by nailing a total of seven >> Please see Football page 14

Women’s soccer continues winning streak Drew Mahrt Senior sports reporter The Wildcats added three more wins to their perfect record, moving them to a 7-0 record after defeating George Fox University, Puget Sound University and Pacific University.

Linfield started off their week with a 4-2 win over Pacific University. They were led by senior Emily Fellows who put up two goals helping the Wildcats to a victory. Fellows now has a five-game goal streak.

The game started off close in the first half as it was deadlocked in a 1-1 tie, but Linfield came out on top in the second half scoring three goals against Pacific University’s one.

Linfield took a substantially larger amount of shots on goal than Pacific University did, totaling 13, nine of which came in the first half.

The Wildcats played almost perfect offense in the second half missing only one shot and scoring with their other three.

Their second game of the week was against Puget Sound University. It was a close one, but Linfield managed to pull out another win with the final score being 1-0.

Despite having only taken four shots on goal compared to Puget Sound’s seven, the Wildcats chalked in their sixth win of the year.

Linfield's only goal of the game came by the leg of Molly McCool >> Please see Soccer page 13

Tyson Takeuchi/Senior sports photographer Freshman midfielder Molly McCool looks to pass the ball down field with a University of Puget Sound opponent on her back. McCool scored her first career goal, which was also the winning goal in a 1-0 win.