The Linfield Review

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August 27 , 2012

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LINFIELD REVIEW 900 SE Baker St. Unit A518 McMinnville, OR 97128

Phone: (503) 883-5789 E-mail: linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com Web: www.linfieldreview.com Editor-in-chief Jessica Prokop Managing editor Kelsey Sutton Copy chief Kaylyn Peterson Copy editor Business manager Jessica Pham News editor Samantha Sigler Sports editor Ivanna Tucker Culture editor Samantha Nixon Features editor Christina Shane Opinion editor Photo editor Kate Straube

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FROM THE EDITOR

TLR looks forward to new school year Although summer is drawing to a close, and classes are in full swing, The Linfield Review has a lot to be excited about this year.

Last school year, members of the mass communication department were busy readying a student media convergence room for all campus media organizations to use.

The room was finally completed this summer and can be found in the basement of Renshaw.

Now, The Linfield Review, KSLC, Wildcat Productions and CAMAS have a work area of our own to produce materials for the Linfield com-

Jessica Prokop Editor-in-chief munity.

The room was made possible through a generous donation from the grandmother of a previous Review editor.

The Review’s goal for the room is to promote collaboration between all student media groups and offer the opportunity for students to express their creativity whenever they please.

However, in order to use the room, you must be a staff member of one of the media organizations.

But don’t fret. If you are interested in becoming involved with The Linfield Review, there are positions still available.

The Review is seeking a copy editor, opinion editor, online editor and illustrator at this time.

Previous experience at a newspaper is not required.

For more information about open staff positions, please visit www. linfieldreview.com, and look under the ‘Jobs’ tab.

Applications, along with work samples or a

resume are due noon Friday, Sept. 7 to Renshaw 102B. They can be slipped under the door or left in the drop box next to it.

For those simply wanting to keep up on happenings around campus, look for the Review at popular spots, such as Renshaw, Dillin, Riley, the post office and more.

We publish every Monday afternoon throughout the school year, expect during breaks and January Term.

For more information about the Review, feel free to email me at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail. com.

Jessica Prokop can be reached at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com.

Editor-in-chief Tuesdays 2:30-3:00 p.m.

Sundays 12:00-3:00 p.m. or by appointment Managing editor Mondays 1:30-2:00 p.m.

Fridays 12:30-1:00 p.m. or by appointment

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New ’Cats scratch at Linfield’s door

Online editor Graphics/ads designer Brinn Hovde Illustrator Senior reporter Senior photographer Joel Ray Circulation manager Samantha Sigler Columnists “Dear Bailey” Adviser Brad Thompson Associate Professor of Mass Communication The Linfield Review is an independent, student-run newspaper. The contents of this publication are the opinions and responsibility of the Review staff and do not reflect the views or policy of the Associated Students of Linfield College or of Linfield College. Signed commentaries and comics are the opinions of the individual writers or artists.

Above: Freshmen get to know each other by sitting on one another’s laps without using their hands. The activity is meant to break the ice and exercise trust.

Students played different games to build friendships during Playfair on Aug. 24.

Left: Students learn how to get involved in different clubs and organizations around campus at the Activities Fair on Aug. 26.

The Review is funded by advertising and subscription revenue and ASLC and is produced in cooperation with the Linfield College Department of Mass Communication.

The Linfield Review is published weekly on Mondays throughout the fall and spring semesters. Exceptions include the week before and of Thanksgiving and Spring Break and the week of final exams in both semesters.

A single copy of the Review is free from newsstands. Subscriptions are $50 for a year and $35 for a semester.

Memberships The Linfield Review is a member of the collegiate division of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and the Associated Collegiate Press, a national college newspaper group.

Awards 2012 ONPA second place Best Website 2012 ONPA honorable mention General Excellence Letters to the editor Letters to the editor must be signed with name, date and address.

Students should include major and year. The Review reserves the right to refuse any letter and to edit letters for length. Letters must be received no later than 5 p.m. Friday to appear in the Review the following Monday.

Letters are limited to 250 words or fewer. Longer pieces may be submitted as guest commentary.

Photos by Kate Straube/Photo editor

Linfield alum soothes students with vocals Ivanna Tucker Sports editor Students and families gathered in the Oak Grove on Aug. 23 for the Cat Cab All Star performance. Jessie Goergen, class of ’12, returned for this special performance and brought a few guests on stage to help throughout the concert.

The mezzo-soprano has performed at numerous Cat Cabs while attending Linfield and also opened for Macklemore this past May at Wildstock.

Goergen performed covers of popular songs, such as “Mercy” by Duffy and the Adele hit “Someone

Like You.” She gave it her own spin by mixing it with the hook of “Wild One” by Flo Rida.

During the performance, Goergen also included some of her original songs including her popular song “Miss You,” which she wrote when she and senior Evan O’Kelly first started performing together.

“It’s always interesting what ending I do because I do it differently every time,” Goergen said to the audience after belting out the last line.

O’Kelly and Jeremy Moll, class of ’12, played guitar in the background.

Moll performed “Every Lit-

tle Step” by Bobby Brown with Goergen. Senior Nic Miles joined the group on stage to play the summer hit “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen.

Goergen closed the show with the song “Wagon Wheel” a version by Jack Ruby Presents, a group of Linfield alum.

Cat Cabs are held every Thursday in the Fred Meyer Lounge and are sponsored by the Linfield Activities Board. The musical entertainment chair Evan O’Kelly organizes the performances by students and outside performers.

Ivanna Tucker can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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Jessie Goergen, class of ’12, returns to the Linfield stage to perform for new students during the All Star Cat Cab on Aug. 23.

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Johns Hopkins professor discusses biomedical ethics Kelsey Sutton Managing editor

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Ruth Faden, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, flips through her PowerPoint presentation about the biomedical ethics surrounding the Henrietta Lacks case during Linfield’s Opening Convocation on Aug. 24 in the Ted Wilson Gymnasium.

Students and parents questioned the ethics of human tissue donation with help from a biomedical ethics professor from Johns Hopkins University. Ruth Faden, the speaker for this year’s Opening Convocation in the Ted Wilson Gymnasium, based her lecture on the required reading for Colloquium.

Faden began by telling the story of Henrietta Lacks.

Incoming students were required to read “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot.

The book tells the story of Lacks, a poor black woman with five children in the ’50s.

She was diagnosed with cervical cancer and treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital, one of the only hospitals willing to treat African American people at the time.

Without her consent or knowledge, doctors took tissue samples from Lacks and created an immortal cell line.

Lacks had special cells that were removed not for care, but for research. Doctors and researchers used her cells to develop the polio vaccine that later saved many lives.

Lacks never gave consent for the removal of her tissues and cells. She never even knew about the researchers’ achievements or the sale of her cells.

Lacks’ identity was made public in 1971. The family never received any compensation, and Lacks died without knowing about her contribution to science.

Faden outlined the ethical issues surrounding this story and others like Lacks.

Should doctors get consent for all possible future uses of samples, even if they aren’t predictable?

Should patients be compensated if the scientists profit? What and when should patients be told about the research findings from tissue samples?

Faden also brought questions of social justice to light.

The Lacks family could not

afford to see doctors, even though their mother’s tissue gave researchers so much success. Their quality of life continued to suffer despite their mother’s legacy.

If the family had received compensation, would there still be ethical questions?

What if the family was white and had access to health insurance? Would the situation have turned out differently?

Faden said yes, ethical questions still stand. She said there needs to be a better model for the donation of biomedical samples. The samples benefit all human kind.

Faden is the Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics at Johns Hopkins University. She has written numerous articles and books about biomedical ethics, moral philosophy and health policies. She is also a member of the Institute of Medicine.

Kelsey Sutton can be reached at linfieldreviewmanaging@gmail.com.

How would Linfield be different without Nicholson Library?

Rachel Go For the Review The Nicholson Library is well-known on campus, but many of its contributions are not. Take a moment to picture Linfield College without the library…

You’re sitting in your dormitory lounge, you’ve been sexiled and you have eight hours left before your test. There’s a group of people sitting a few feet away, watching the big game and getting angry at the TV. There is no quiet library to study in. There are no study rooms with white boards or flat screen TVs that you can hook your laptop to. Good luck on that test.

Now you’re in class, furiously writing down what your professor is saying because he doesn’t have a PowerPoint up. After all, there are no projectors available without the library. It doesn’t help that he’s speaking a mile a minute. You have no idea what

the key points are and you know you won’t remember what he says for the final. So you’re writing everything, or trying to, at least. Say hello to early-onset carpel tunnel.

How about this; there’s a book that you’ve wanted to read for a year now, and you just don’t have enough time or money to go to the store and buy it. You can’t order it from one of 37 schools through Summit or the many libraries around the world through interlibrary loan. Guess you’ll have to wait another year or two.

You finished a paper just in time for class. You have five minutes before you have to turn it in, but you need to print it and you don’t have a printer.

They’re bulky, take up too much space in your tiny room and ink is ridiculously expensive. Renshaw is full, and there’s a line in front of the printer because it isn’t working. The five printers in the library don’t exist—

neither do the scanners, laminators or photocopiers.

You should probably start hunting down some friends who have printers.

What about this; you have a research paper for a class (ahem info gathering) and it needs to be perfect.

You need your facts straight and you need details, citations and references. Where do you look? There are no online databases available to you and there aren’t any reference librarians to ask.

The books, government documents and periodicals at the Nicholson Library aren’t there. Yes, it’s time to panic.

If you didn’t enjoy picturing yourself in these situations, thank Linfield’s own Nicholson Library for having study rooms, research resources, newspaper records from a century ago, laptops, computers, printers, educational media services and so much more.

The Linfield library is located between Miller Hall, the

Kate Straube/Photo editor

The Nicholson Library is located between Miller Hall, the art building and Ford Hall, the theater building. art building, and Ford Hall, the theater department. You can support the library by going today.

If you’d like to learn more about the Nicholson Library, follow it on

Twitter at twitter.com/#!/ linlibraries, become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/linfieldlibraries or go to www.linfield.edu/ linfield-libraries.html. The library also has a blog at lin-

fieldlibrarynews.blogspot. com/ and a Pinterest account at pinterest.com/ linlibraries/.

If you have questions, please call 503-883-2261 or email bvalen@linfield.edu.

NewsBrief The Princeton Review named Linfield College one of the top schools in the region. Linfield was recognized for academic strength, sense of community on campus and engaging professors based on student surveys and reports from high school counselors.

In the surveys, students described Linfield as having a “studious atmosphere,” with a strong sense of community. They described professors as informative and approachable, encouraging students to succeed and be individuals. Linfield students also praised the school’s Study Abroad program, which was ranked by the Institute of International Education as one of the top 40 schools in the nation for student participation.

The Princeton Review recognized only 25 percent of the nation’s four-year colleges for “Regional Best.” Linfield is one of 122 other schools that were named on the “Best in the West” list. The Princeton Review also featured Linfield in the 2012 “Guide to Green Colleges.” ~ Compiled by Kelsey Sutton/Managing editor

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Wildcats expected to take on fall season with full force Ivanna Tucker Sports editor

As the fall season begins for the Wildcats, the athletic program seems to be heading in the right direction with its preparation for upcoming games.

The preseason rankings for the football team are set for it to gain another conference title and placing fifth overall in the division.

Women’s soccer is ranked to compete for the title as well against the Puget Sound Loggers. The volleyball team is predicted to get fifth in the league right behind Lewis & Clark. Men’s soccer is ranked seventh, with new leadership of Linfield alumni Chuck Bechtol.

The football team has been practicing daily in order to prepare for its first game against Menlo on Sept.

1. The Wildcats are scheduled to play Cal Lutheran on Sept. 15, which was one of

the closest games of the last season with a score of 30-27.

After a tough loss to the Loggers in the final season game, the women’s soccer team has been working hard to prepare for another successful season. Junior Emily Fellows is returning to the field this year after sitting out last year because of a bone bruise on her knee.

“She is a big contributor scoring wise, but also she’s a really great leadership presence on the field and works hard,” sophomore Emily Ing said. “It’s awesome having her back.”

The team has gained three new coaches, including someone to assist with the goalies. Its preseason is scheduled against some tough competitors, starting with Cal Lutheran on Aug. 31.

Men’s soccer has been working hard to improve from previous seasons.

Bechtol has had a good deal

of experience with coaching and is set to make the program better as time goes on.

This year’s team has eight seniors, including leading scorer Xavier Reed.

The volleyball team is set to come back strong after a building season last year that had seven freshmen on the court. With only three seniors graduated, the team has a solid foundation of returners to lead them to a successful season. Sophomore Kailana Ritte-Camara is one of the team’s top offensive players and is set to make a strong appearance in this season’s matches.

The cross country team started off its practices with early morning runs each day. As a team, members have bonded through movie nights and other activities.

Both the men’s and women’s teams are expected to have another successful season, with the women finishing fifth at the NCAA

Kate Straube/Photo editor

Wildcat football players spend the evening practicing out at the Catdome in preparation for the 2013 fall season.

West Regional and the men placing seventh. Juniors Joe Gladow and Mimi Seeley are some of this year’s stand out

Wildcat Sports Schedule 3 p.m.

Portland, Ore.

Men’s Soccer

Home

10:30 a.m.

Women’s Soccer

Home

1 p.m.

Volleyball

Eugene, Ore.

7 p.m.

to improve their programs as the season progresses.

Ivanna Tucker can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

New students explore campus

Friday, Aug. 31 Cross Country

runners.

Overall, the Wildcats are ready to take on the fall season with full force and aim

Saturday, Sept. 1 Football

Home

12:30 p.m.

Home

5 p.m.

Eugene, Ore.

4 p.m.

Home

7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 2 Volleyball Monday, Sept. 3 Volleyball Wednesday, Sept. 5 Women’s Soccer Friday, Sept. 7 Volleyball

St. Paul, Minn.

2 & 4 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 8 Football

Home

Men’s Soccer

Santa Cruz, Calif.

Volleyball

St. Paul, Minn.

1:30 p.m.

2 p.m.

8 a.m. & noon

Sunday, Sept. 9 Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer

Santa Cruz, Calif.

2 p.m.

Everett, Wash.

1 p.m.

Kate Straube/Photo editor

Incoming students play icebreaker games during Playfair on Aug. 26.