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’Cats head home after three out of four wins in Arizona. >> page 16

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‘Church of Totem’ reflects the artists

ASLC taxi service The new taxi service, which was implemented a couple weeks ago by ASLC, is already in need of a contract renewal with the D.C. Taxi Service. >> page 4

Tatted up ’Cats Students and faculty share tattoo experiences during a January Term Inquiry Seminar >> page 8 & 9

Ivanna Tucker/Features editor A student’s sculpture is displayed in the “Church of Totem,” a collaborative exhibit in the Linfield Art Gallery. Among the pieces in the exhibit are paintings, couches and a piece made out of toothpicks.

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Burglary remains unresolved New term

brings new goals for Senate restructure

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Pro Cat Cab ’Cats chill out to the tunes of pop-rock band, Ecletic Approach during a Pro Cat Cab on Feb. 16. >> page 11

Women’s tennis The lady ’Cats win their last three games: 9-0 against Pacific University, 6-3 against Whitman College and 6-3 against the University of Oregon. >> page 13

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A burglary took place just off campus at the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity house during the winter break.

Members of the fraternity were not present at the house when the burglary occurred, but they discovered it upon arrival.

The burglary was reported to the McMinnville Police Department on Dec. 19. The fraternity requested a missing items form but has not returned it yet, according to dispatch at the police department.

Junior Harper Taylor, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity vice president, discovered the break-in after checking on the property where he resides.

The items were taken from the West Annex housing unit.

The rooms inside the annex were trashed. The main house and East Annex, however, were untouched.

Various items were taken from the premises, including a Wii console and games, DVDs and an alarm clock, while other valuable items remained untouched.

“It’s just a weird robbery overall,” freshman Gabriel Wells said.

So far, none of the items have been returned.

It seems the intruder or intruders gained access after breaking down two doors and tampering with one of the keypads that serves as a lock.

Andra Kovacs Senior reporter

Photo courtesy of Harper Taylor

The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity house received damage after a burglary at its West Annex housing unit. The intruder or intruders broke open the doors and tampered with a keypad lock.

The incident is still under investigation.

At this time, there doesn’t seem to be a connection to the previous events that have happened on campus.

Since the burglary, the fraternity replaced the broken doors

and locks. It also plans to install an alarm system.

Students are encouraged to contact the McMinnville Police Department with any additional information about the crime.

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

ASLC Vice President senior Bradley Keliinoi has been working hard this year to make changes to Senate that he feels will help make the group more effective.

One of the aspects that he has changed is the way Senate meetings are run.

“This year, what I’ve really tried to do is divide the meetings between official Senate meetings where we handle Senate business, do our voting and have special reports and then we have our committee meetings where essentially we meet within our committees to really delve into the constituency concerns and work on projects,” Keliinoi said.

The meetings alternate each week, and every other Monday at the committee meetings, Keliinoi said he hopes to see more and more progress. “[I want to see] the committees really work as a group, as a team, >> Please see Senate page 6

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EDITORIAL

Planned Parenthood deserves funds Recently, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has found itself in the middle of a political battle between pro-life activists and prochoice activists for its relationship with Planned Parenthood.

In December, Komen decided to cut off most of its funding of Planned Parenthood after receiving pressure from pro-life activists.

Komen’s funding of Planned Parenthood goes toward breast cancer screening and education for low-income women. However, prolife activists are against the organization because it provides abortion services.

After the news went public Jan. 31, angered citizens expressed their feelings via social media sites, forcing Komen to rethink its decision.

“As a women’s health organization, we found it unfortunate that they [Susan G. Komen for the Cure] would succumb to right-wing bullying,” said Jimmy Radosta, spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Columbia-Willamette.

On Feb. 10, Komen’s founder,

Nancy G. Brinker, announced that Komen had reversed its decision, choosing to maintain its relationship with Planned Parenthood.

However, now that its relationship with Planned Parenthood is restored, many pro-life activists are once again angered at Komen.

What these activists fail to realize is that Komen is not funding abortions; it is funding breast cancer screenings for women who cannot afford them otherwise. Komen is trying to save lives and educate people about sex.

“We serve a very vulnerable population who need access to breast cancer screenings,” Radosta said.

Komen is dedicated to finding a cure for breast cancer; therefore, giving money to an organization that provides screening to women who wouldn’t otherwise get screened is an organization worth funding. All women deserve to be screened for breast cancer.

We at the Review believe that Komen shouldn’t have to be stuck in the middle of a political battle for

simply trying to promote women’s health.

“We hope they follow through on their [Susan G. Komen for the Cure] word to put women’s health first,” Radosta said.

Planned Parenthood, which some who oppose refer to as “Planned Murder,” provides more than abortions. The organization offers a wide range of services, including STD testing and treatment, HPV and Hepatitis vaccines, health services, patient education, emergency contraception and pregnancy testing.

“Our organization provides life saving cancer screenings, Radosta said. “It’s unfortunate that people put aside a health care provider.”

Komen’s relationship with Planned Parenthood is a positive one, helping to lower the number of women who die from breast cancer. Access to such a crucial service should not be jeopardized by a polarizing political debate that is only tangentially related.

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ENVIRONMENT

Composting enriches the community We’re all on a search for community, whether it’s discovering ways to engage in our cities or trying to understand how people work in groups and teams.

Usually, this investigation of community is a subconscious decision, such as navigating your way through a group project or chatting with a vender at the farmer’s market. But, if we want to be active participants in the world, it’s crucial to take a step further and engage on more intentional levels.

My latest, unexpected discovery is that something as mundane as creating compost for a garden is another window into the lives of people and communities.

It started last Saturday, when a small group of Linfield students—clad in rub-

Joanna Peterson Managing editor ber boots, old pants and sweatshirts—stood inside the gates of the community garden, learning the ins and outs of creating compost.

The students received buckets to bring home to their kitchens, and they learned how to deposit their coffee grounds, fruit peels and egg shells into a composting bin in the community garden.

Composting is easy. You just collect biodegradable

garbage and let it run its course, until it eventually breaks back down into soil.

After some brief instructions, the students were sent off with the promise that they would be positively impacting the earth and spurring improvement in Linfield’s little garden.

Triggering this natural cycle of composting is simple, but its benefits are farreaching and complex.

In fact, I think the benefits extend past the usual pamphlet-style list of reasons to compost, such as soil enrichment, natural fertilization or soil remediation.

Engaging in community projects like composting can help us understand people on a deeper level, adding another string to the web of our communities.

Even if you aren’t passionate about the environmental impacts of something like composting, it’s still valuable to participate in projects like the community garden at Linfield.

Novelist Barbara Kingsolver said, “Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.”

Simply watching and helping people complete an everyday aspect of their lives, like disposing of coffee grounds, is one of the richest ways to engage them.

Although participating in large fundraising projects or one-time community events is helpful and necessary, I believe that Kingsolver was right when she said the daily work adds up.

Spending a few extra minutes of your day to do something like composting for the community garden shows that you care about a group’s vision and interests enough to engage in the mundane and behind-thescenes aspects of their lives and goals.

And that work does add up, eventually, creating opportunities to build relationships in unexpected places and participate in larger, long-term goals and projects.

It sets the stage and gives context for deeper conversations and questions.

If you’re interested in the community garden or composting, contact Rachel Codd at rcodd@linfield.edu.

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Voicing one’s concerns can help spark change SOCIETY

Last week, I attended the town hall meeting about the safety concerns that students have about the previous incidents that occurred during the winter break and January Term.

I’ve heard numerous students complain that the school is not helping with this situation.

Their concerns would have easily been addressed if they went to the meeting.

However, only a few students attended the meeting, the

Ivanna Tucker Features editor majority being residence life advisers and students who live off campus.

As a student body, we worry about getting the best

college experience possible.

How can we accomplish this if there is no one actually trying to voice their opinion? It becomes harder to show that we actually care if we are not going to these meetings or directly discussing these issues. Our country was not built only on the opinion of a few people. It was carefully constructed on the voices of many.

The more each person complains and does nothing about it, the less gets done. With this

new presidential election coming up, our country’s wellbeing depends on the voices of our citizens. The well-being of our college is based on the voices of our students.

With every dilemma that has come up, there is a way to handle the situation properly.

Speak up about it. Don’t just complain to your friends and the people in your halls. The first amendment was established for a reason. Some may say that the school will most likely not listen; however, if

a considerably sized majority brings complaints before them, they will realize that this is more than just a small concern.

The school is trying to help but they cannot do so without our assistance. There have been resources created that students are able to use.

In order for the school to realize that we actually appreciate their efforts, we need to use them.

As students, the issues that need to be heard should be

voiced. Complaining can only get an issue so far if you are not doing anything about it.

By attending these events and making a simple statement, or asking a question, the school will see that the students care.

Instead, we are showing that these issues are not a big deal.

The few who are trying to save the college experience are trying to be heard but it takes more than a few to make something big happen.

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

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Linfield students tied up in college housing mandate

While comparing public and private schools before coming to college, the detail of being required to live in college housing can often be missed. Linfield requires its students to live in college housing until they are either living within 30 miles of the school with their parents, 21 years of age, married or in financial need.

Considering more than half of the student population does not live within 30 miles, and the majority of the students are entering Linfield shortly after high school, a good number of students do not qualify to live off campus.

But why is it so difficult to be allowed off campus?

At public schools, such as Oregon State University and the University of Oregon, the school does not require its students to live on campus even during their first year, as do many other schools. This leads one to question why Linfield restricts this liberty that is given to students at other institutions.

Although public schools do not require first-year students to live on campus, there are benefits to living in college housing for the first year of college.

For instance, students are able to make new friends and make an easy transition. In making new friends, freshmen are able to create a comfortable environment to make any adjustments they might need to make with the help of trained staff.

Another plus to living on campus is that students are then closer to their classes.

After the first year of college, the decision of where you’d like to live should include living off-campus.

College is all about independence and growing up; forcing students to live on campus clashes violently with the liberty that is supposed to come with adulthood and higher education.

Other colleges that require this are private schools a lot

Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor like Linfield, such as Pacific University, Willamette University and the University of Puget Sound.

While looking at the schools that often require this, one would think that a student’s desire to make their college experience more affordable would be enough of a reason to be allowed to live off-campus.

When someone wants to go through the process of being approved to move off-campus, the process is tiresome. There are so many people you have to see if you don’t meet any of the requirements.

Students can be sent to many places for information, such as financial aid, residence’s life or student affairs.

It’s like being told to jump through a bunch of hoops; it shouldn’t have to be that difficult.

Living off-campus can help a student realize what it’s actually like to take on the responsibilities of being an adult on your own. It creates a turning point in life where students can make the transition from being a teenager to being an independent adult.

While the incentive for the college to fill its coffers with bloated housing fees is obvious, the potential benefits to the student should also be taken into consideration.

While there are many positive reasons to living oncampus, there are also reasons to live off-campus. Let the students decide where they’d like to live in this new chapter of their lives.

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

Be open minded and honest

RELATIONSHIPS

Coming into college is a major life change. On top of school, money and other stressors, add relationships.

It’s almost inevitable; this time in our lives will bring people that mean more to us than anyone else ever has.

College is about finding yourself, discovering what makes you tick and exploring your passions. So how do you balance relationships? Because it can definitely get dramatic.

I believe at our age, dating is crucial. Test the waters, date different varieties of people so you can find out what kind of person is right for you, and what kind of person is all wrong.

Then, of course, you might find that one person who you can tolerate for hours at a time and might even find yourself putting on decent clothes for.

I have a lot of relationship pet peeves. The first one is when couples aren’t

Kelsey Sutton Copy chief honest with each other.

Honesty is such a simple thing. So many conflicts can be avoided by just telling each other the truth.

If something is bothering you, tell them. If you are not happy, tell them. If you made a mistake, tell them. If they get mad, so what? The truth is so much better than a complicated, twisted lie. When you lie about something, it’s like a spider web. You have to remember so many details to keep your story straight.

It’s much easier to just tell it how it is and deal with it.

The other person is not a mind reader, so be straightforward. And don’t play

mind games, because no one likes those.

Another thing that bothers me is when one person is controlling. If you’re worried about your boyfriend or girlfriend being unfaithful, talk to him about it.

Don’t whine and complain and tell him that he can’t hang out with other girls.

Insecurity is not attractive. Confidence, on the other hand, is. He or she is with you for a reason, so remember that.

Trust them in their intentions and let them do what they want and go where they please. If you know for a fact he or she isn’t being faithful, get out while you can.

We all need to remember that we are our own individuals and we cannot depend on another person for happiness. Ultimately, you are the only person who can make yourself happy.

While in the beginning, you may want to spend all

of your time with the other person, it is important to take time for yourself. It’s easy to get caught up in the love and the affection of it all, but in the end, being completely attached to someone else isn’t healthy.

One thing that I always tell people is if you are in a relationship, and you don’t feel right about it or you are questioning it, then it isn’t right for you. Now, if you’re just casually dating this doesn’t necessarily apply.

But if the other person is dead-set on forever and you can’t get that nagging feeling out of your head, you shouldn’t be with them.

There shouldn’t be a doubt in your mind with the person you’re going to spend forever with.

Don’t take relationships so seriously. Enjoy your college experience, and save the stress for schoolwork.

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

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Anthro museum displays historical arctic artifacts Sharon Gollery Culture editor The Linfield College Anthropology Museum presents “Expressions of Arctic Traditions,” a series of historic items from the Arctic.

Curated by Keni Sturgeon, adjunct professor of Sociology and Anthropology, the exhibit features objects on loan from the Jensen Arctic Museum and several from Gerald McCray Sr., a resident of McMinnville.

An opening reception for the exhibit was held Feb. 16 in the foyer of Walker Hall.

“Expressions of Arctic Traditions” will run from Feb. 16 to the end of May. The collection includes everything from masks and parkas, to carvings and baskets.

The items are examples of the work of the Inuit of Canada and Greenland, the Yup’ik of southern Alaska and the Inupiat of northern Alaska, according to a news release on the Linfield website.

The featured objects range in age from before contact with European explorers to the present day.

The display is themed

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The Linfield College Anthropology Museum is housing a variety of artifacts from the Inuit of Canada and Greenland, the Yup’ik of southern Alaska and the Inupiat of northern Alaska during its “Expressions of Arctic Traditions” display located in Walker Hall. The exhibit runs through the end of May. along the interconnection between humans and the Arctic environment and

humans’ dependence on animals, which is a key aspect of life in the Arctic.

The Linfield College Anthropology Museum is located on the first floor of

Town hall meeting addresses latest campus crimes, concerns Samantha Sigler News editor Several incidents that have occurred on and around campus throughout the 2011-12 school year have caused unease among many students. To address students’ concerns, a town hall meeting was conducted Feb. 7 in Ice Auditorium.

Robert Cepeda, director and chief of College Public Safety, updated students about lighting around campus in response to students’ concerns about how dark Davis Street is at night.

A recommendation was sent to McMinnville’s city department by a student, which was answered with

Ivanna Tucker/Features editor new lighting on Davis Street.

Robert Cepeda, director and chief of College Public Safety; Dennis A recommendation has also been Marks, captain of the McMinnville Police Department and senior sent to the city department for other Rachel Coffey, Associated Students of Linfield College, address stuareas on and off campus that require dents’ concerns during a town hall meeting Feb. 7 in Ice Auditorium. more lighting, such as the area around Taylor Hall.

Marks said. ings and walking in groups. “[We] don’t know if we can anticiTo discourage students from “Plan the whole evening, even the pate this happening again in three walking alone or in small groups late end,” said Jeff Mackay, associate dean months,” said Dennis Marks, captain at night, the Associated Students of of students. of the McMinnville Police Depart- Linfield College has offered to cover Mackay advised students to stay ment, in regard to the beginning pat- half of the fare for a taxi service for together the whole night and to not tern of attacks near campus. all students. leave each other behind.

So far, Linfield has had robberies A ride from campus to 3rd Street Any concerns students have about in Pi Kappa Alpha and Theta Chi fra- is $5.00, which means the cost for stu- public lighting can be directed to the ternities, two thefts on campus, one dents is $2.50. The taxis can hold up city of McMinnville, however stukidnapping and a few assaults. to six passengers. All students need dents are also welcome to contact the “We want to find the underlying to have to ride is their student I.D. school with any concerns. issue and make sure they don’t hap- card with a current sticker. Cash on For more information about the pen in the future,” Marks said. hand is not required, and the fare can taxi service, visit www.linfield.edu/ The cases are still under investiga- be charged to your student account. aslc/taxi.html. tion and more interviews still need to Other tips for staying safe on and be conducted. However, the police off campus include staying in well-lit Samantha Sigler can be reached at department does have some leads, areas, staying alert to your surround- linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

Walker Hall. It is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and is free

and open to the public.

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News Briefs

Linfield receives variety of media attention in January Linfield College was recognized with 163 media stories and citations in January, according to a press release sent from Nadene LeCheminant, the director of Media Relations.

Some of the top featured stories appeared in Business Officer, Coach and Athletic Director Magazine, El Hispanic News, The Oregonian, Oregon Wine Press and U.S. News & World Report.

Coach and Athletic Director Magazine published an 11-page story about Linfield football, featuring Head Coach Joseph Smith, Athletic Director Scott Carnahan, Quarterbacks Coach Brett Elliott, Defensive Coordinator Jackson Vaughan and senior quarterback Mickey Inns.

Crimes ensue around campus during January Term A male Linfield student was robbed while walking on Davis Street near Potter Hall on Jan. 18.

He was pushed to the ground, and the suspect demanded his money. The student didn’t resist and gave the man his wallet. The suspect was unarmed and the student was not harmed.

Later that night, a female Linfield student was kidnapped by someone in a van near Naomi Way and Rummel Street.

She was dragged into the van and dropped off in another part of McMinnville. She was unharmed, and there didn’t appear to be any weapons.

At the Town Hall meeting on Feb. 7, the investigation was said to be ongoing.

The student’s name has not been released to the Linfield community.

Students receive recognition for documentary Sophomore Annika Yates and junior Collin Morris were recognized by The Oregonian for producing a documentary titled “Tap That.”

The film promotes the banning of bottled water on campus and campuses across the country.

According to a press release on Linfield’s website, the two students have been speaking at Linfield and on public radio.

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Funds dwindle for campus taxi service Sammi Palmer Staff writer It’s no secret that Linfield students get great discounts around town.

Chances are, you’ve probably heard about the newest deal for students. The Associated Students of Linfield College has arranged for Linfield students to pay half price on taxi service in McMinnville through D.C. Taxi.

Unfortunately, this service may not pan out. The deposit put down by the ASLC to cover half of each students’ fare has already run out, with no apparent plan for renewal.

At the beginning of the Spring Semester, ASLC President senior Rachel Coffey contacted D.C. Taxi to arrange the new service, called the “Taxi Project,” which can be found on the ASLC section of the Linfield website.

Approximately $150 was put into a fund to pay 50 percent of student fares.

Those funds are already gone.

D.C. Taxi driver, Mar-

vin Black, who deals with all the student calls said he had been trying to contact Coffey, but with no luck.

The contract needs to be extended for D.C. Taxi to continue charging money to the school, but the contract couldn’t be extended “without authorization from the school,” Black said.

Efforts to reach Coffey were unsuccessful.

There is only one van in commission, driven by one man.

Black began his shift at 7 p.m. Feb. 17 and was still driving 28 hours later. In that span of time, he’d only had a two-hour break.

The new business from Linfield students, while appreciated, has turned out to be almost too much for him.

“Student runs are taking over,” Black said. “I’m trying to keep up.”

He also has regular contracts for weekend service with a local bar.

His regular contracts combined with the new business from Linfield students has kept him busy all

weekend. Unfortunately, he said he couldn’t take every call.

With the long drive back to Salem coming up, he said he debated cutting the night short and getting some sleep before returning.

With so much demand for service, it looks like the “Taxi Project” might come to an abrupt end.

Even if the school doesn’t continues to pay 50 percent of the bill, Black said that he thinks D.C. Taxi is a reliable and fun way to get around McMinnville.

Black keeps a bag of candy near the driver’s seat and offers conversation during the drive.

Students can call Black at 503-474-0101 for a ride.

The taxi service runs 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. Monday through Thursday and continuously Friday at 7 p.m. through Sunday at 4 a.m.

To receive a student discount, just show the driver your student I.D. card. Students must have a Spring 2012 sticker.

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to hopefully, at the end of this semester, have some sort of goal or something accomplished that’s tangible to show the students that this is what Senate did this year,” Keliinoi said.

There are four committees that are working within Senate. The Senate Governance Committee, the Campus Liaison Committee, the Campus Improvement Committee and the Club

Support and Finance Committee.

Each is beginning to work on separate projects with the new semester.

The Campus Liaison Committee is working to put forth a resolution in support of the Tap That campaign, with the goal of banning bottled water sales on campus and educating students on the negative repercussions of bottled water use.

They are also in the midst of figuring out a plan to distribute the newly purchased

recycling bins, ensuring that there is a bin in each room of each residence hall.

The Club Support and Finance Committee is reviewing clubs, making sure they’re active, encouraging them to use their funds and being a resource for clubs so that club leaders know how they can access funds.

The Campus Improvement Committee is working on putting together a student survey, asking students what they’d like to see in a

each representative area, Peterson interviewed 250 different families per year for three years. These were randomly sampled from applications in summer and winter.

The surveys showed an array of health issues that were usually related to living conditions in the various surveyed towns.

For instance, respiratory problems could be linked to traditional poyos, Guatemalan huts built for roasting food. A significant amount of smoke is produced while cooking in the huts, which can lead to lung and respiratory issues.

Habitat for Humanity Guatemala took this into consideration before designing a new style of cooking hut, which piped the smoke out of the small room, drastically reducing the carbon monoxide levels.

Peterson said that exploring the link between health and housing could help the organization tailor-design solutions for different areas.

“The data we collect could be used for more planning, like other things we can do, other than building houses,” he said. “All the programs are national, but maybe we could work more on stoves in some areas, and in others areas, we could work more on other

needs like drainage systems.”

Peterson said that cultural and linguistic boundaries have presented challenges to his work.

For instance, he said he discovered that most Guatemalans aren’t eager to discuss their health histories, which made it difficult to collect accurate medical information for the survey.

“I realized I needed to go up and show what my intent was, that I could meet with families and was concerned about them,” Peterson said.

“It was something that you wouldn’t necessarily find in a textbook.”

Peterson said that it was also a challenge to integrate the new housing changes, such as the improved poyo designs, into the lives of Guatemalans.

He said that while most mothers were anxious to implement the new poyos, he realized that as soon as the mothers left the house to run an errand, the daughters would start using the old poyos again because they weren’t familiar with the new design.

Peterson said that Habitat for Humanity is coming up with ideas to train families how to use the improvements installed in their living areas.

He said that his overall

Professor advocates for home improvement in Guatemala Joanna Peterson Managing editor It would be more effective to make improvements on existing houses in Guatemala, rather than providing low income families with completely new houses.

That’s what Jeff Peterson, associate professor of Sociology, is aiming to advocate through his work with Guatemala’s Habitat for Humanity.

During a faculty lecture Feb. 15, he explained that home improvements could help boost overall health in the country.

Peterson first became involved with the habitat project when he led a group of Linfield students and McMinnville residents on a trip to Guatemala, he said.

He met with the director of Habitat for Humanity Guatemala to discuss how proper housing could be used as preventative medicine.

“We wanted to know the impact of a Habitat for Humanity house on a family’s health,” Peterson said.

They decided to create a basic survey for representative areas across Guatemala to determine the state of health in different regions and how health was impacted by living conditions.

Along with affiliates from

student union or what areas on campus they’d like to see improved, whether it’s Dillin Hall, Riley, the weight room or other exercise facilities.

The Senate Governance Committee is working on elections. They are brainstorming how to promote the elections, how to get people to vote and how to get people to run.

They’re also working on senator applications and deciding whether to fill all Senate positions before sum-

mer break or have applications in the beginning of the Fall Semester.

As the head of Senate, one of Keliinoi’s own personal goals is to “put a face to Senate,” he said. “Since the whole Senate restructuring, it’s been sort of vague who each senator represents.”

Keliinoi hopes in introducing the student body to senators in various ways, he can help increase the interactions between senators and their constituents, he said.

Keliinoi said that he would also love to see all the senator vacancies filled this semester.

There are still two junior at large positions, two senior at large positions, one sophomore at large position and four club senator positions.

If you are interested in getting involved and becoming a senator, you can email Keliinoi at aslcvp@linfield. edu.

Andra Kovacs can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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Through involvement in Habitat for Humanity Guatemala, Jeff Peterson, associate professor of Sociology, led a group of students and community members in the building of a new syle of cooking hut. experience has given him a fuller view of Guatemala as a country with different needs and citizens.

“My work there has given

me windows into the whole organization,” he said. “It’s weird the way that in one minute, I’ll be out in a truck looking at stoves, and in another

minute, I’ll be drinking wine with Guatemala’s elite.”

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

February 20, 2012

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The anatomy of Every day, millions go online to write a short message or blurb that consists of 140 characters or less. They are all tweeting to colleagues, friends and family.

Founded in 2006, Twitter was established so that people could send out messages that could be read by a group at one time.

Hashtag #makesmyday links to tweet to related posts During the past few years, millions have joined the website and have helped it become the latest social media trend.

Following the paths of social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, Twitter has become a topic that many people bring up in their daily life. Newspaper companies, celebrities and many others have started to use the site for professional purposes.

Susan Sivek, assistant professor of Mass Communication, uses Twitter to communicate with classes and establish herself as a journalist.

“It gives people a way to connect with each other that isn’t that intimidating,” Sivek said. “Instead of adding someone as a friend, you can follow them in a more casual way.”

Tweeting consists of composing a blurb of 140 characters or less. In a tweet, the users can include links or photos along with basic text. In each tweet, people tend to use mentions and hashtags.

Users can mention other people in a tweet by including the “@” symbol followed by the person’s mentioned username. The person will see it and also everyone who follows you and the person you mentioned.

Hashtags are ways to categorize the tweets that a user posts. The Twitter site compiles all the tweets with familiar hashtags together so you can see all the tweets with similar topics.

Popular hashtags that are used a great deal are referred to as a “mass trend.” After the death of Whitney Houston, millions

began tweeting about the pop singer and included the hashtag “#RIPWhitney.”

People use the site for multiple reasons, some for social networking and some just to voice the thoughts they have throughout the day. With access to Twitter now available on smartphones, people can instantly find out information on the go.

Even though there are many people using Twitter now, some still do not want to join the social site. Common thoughts about the site are that it is confusing or it is too simple.

Twitter’s simple format makes it so that more information can be published and any person could use the site for multiple purposes. The site allows users to receive up-to-date information from pages that they follow directly onto their personal feed.

Sometimes, companies tweet about job openings and the latest developments.

Recently, Twitter has become involved in the 2012 presidential election.

Twitter pages have been created for the candidates, which display their campaign themes and ideas. Also, they tweet about upcoming appearances and views on what is going on.

This connection provides the new “web generation” a chance to be more involved in politics.

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Besides using the site for professional communication, a majority of the young users are turning to Twitter for personal reasons.

Many share their personal thoughts that connect them with other users with similar interests.

There is a specific lexicon that comes along with the site. The website has a glossary of words that many use to shorten response, giving the site its own personality.

Terms, such as “retweet” and “tweet” have no meaning without understanding the context of what the site has established as

Mention @linfieldreview connects to user’s page

its meaning.

Senior Adrienne Berthot decided to use Twitter so that she could follow celebrities and news stories.

“I think Twitter is just a different form of social networking and that it is gaining popularity because of its ease of use in seeing what is happening and in talking to other people,” Berthot said.

On a normal basis, Berthot tweets a few times a week, but checks the site daily.

She acknowledges that people can use the site not just for entertainment news but also to see what is going on in the world.

Across campus, the trend is spreading and becoming a popular topic.

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

Twitter Terms

Tweet: the post that users put up Tweeter: a person that posts and reads things on Twitter Retweet: when something is reposted from someone you follow, often referred to as RT Hashtags: using the # symbol, way to categorize your tweet with keywords @: used to connect tweet with other users that connects it to their profile DM: stands for Direct Message, where can privately send someone a message Follow: subscribing to the posts that a user posts

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It didn’t take long for students to realize they had registered for was anything but the Titled “Tattoos, Piercings and Postmodern Ide Harris, assistant professor of Multicultural Ed

The idea for the class came to Harris a tattoo parlors are spaces of agency. She the the skills needed to teach it.

The first two weeks of the class focus and writing along with the topic of body modi expanded well beyond tattoos and piercings traditions among other topics.

Each form of body modification was co postmodern lens. These identities included g Students were asked to consider their own id class content. The second half of the short t and the Secret Fan” by Lisa See and focused

During the final week of class, Harris o tattoo parlor in Newberg. She explained that the environment that students had been stud interview tattoo artists.

Only a handful of the students in the cl this field trip was a new venture.

The plan was to take Linfield vans to th getting to know the people and environment, restaurant. The small tattoo parlor barely fit t three tattoo and piercing artists. At 10 a.m. o body modification customers so the class ha

While snacking on doughnuts and coffe dents listened as tattooist Jason “Mr. Clean” for tattoo customers. While Jason and Janet looking at tattoo possibilities and explored th on a daily basis.

Just as students began getting restless getting a tattoo outline drawn on them. Althou was Harris who sat down in the chair, ready f

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Photo courtesy of Emily Jenkins Gennie Harris, assistant professor of Multicultural Education taught students about how tattoos and piercings influence identity during a January Term Inquiry Seminar “Tattoos, Piercings and Postmodern Identities.” Harris has three tattoos, two of which is a cherry blossom on her arm (top left) and the word “Abundance” on her forearm (top right) that she got during a class field trip to Bad Kitties Tattoo Parlor.

Cris Moss, instructional associate of Art and Visual Culture has two bars on his forearm (left, middle) and Chuck Dunn, associate professor of Mathematics is known for his sleeve tattoo (left, bottom).

make the tattoo permanent. Harris chose her left upper forearm as the location for the outline, which had the word “Abundance” written in script with a heart detail. It took a matter of minutes before the outline was complete, but then Jason started up the “machine,” as he called the tattoo needle gun.

The buzzing sound of the needle gun peaked the attention of the students, who could be heard wondering what was about to happen.

“Gennie, are you getting a tattoo?” asked one student. Harris’ response was simsed on the basics of academic research ply to smile and nod. ification. The focus of body modification

“Yes I am,” Harris said. and included plastic surgery and cultural

Students crowded around the tattoo station taking pictures, tweeting, posting on Facebook and simply trying to get a good look at their professor receiving her third tatonnected through various identities using a too during a class session. The simple tattoo took about half an hour to complete. It is gender, sexuality, cultures, religion, etc. pretty safe to say that never before has a professor tattooed his or her body in front of dentities and discourses compared to the an entire class. term included a novel study of “Snowflower Harris received her first tattoo while in her Doctoral program. She got a female d on completing the final research paper. fairy on her back that is reaching its arms up to the stars. It represents empowerment. organized a field trip to the Bad Kitties After reading “Snowflower and the Secret Fan,” she decided to get cherry blossoms to the purpose of the trip was to experience show how she connected with women who felt like they were bound by aspects in life. dying and have the opportunity to meet and But Harris isn’t the only professor on campus to sport tattoos.

For instance, Chuck Dunn, associate professor of Mathematics has multiple tatlass had a tattoo of their own, so for many, toos, ranging from Calvin and Hobbes to a dragon on his right arm.

“There is a notion of being different, which I like,” Dunn said. he parlor, spend some time touring and On his ankle, he has a gecko with its tail wrapped around a Peterson graph. then eat an early lunch at a local pizza

The gecko stands for how he lived in Arizona, while the graph was to encourage the 25 students and faculty, along with the him to finish his doctorate. Dunn’s sleeve length tattoo instantly catches the eye of his on a Wednesday morning, there were no students. ad exclusive access to Bad Kitties.

Cris Moss, instructional associate of Art and Visual Culture, has a tattoo of two ee provided by the manager, Janet, stuparallel black lines on his forearm. told of humorous stories and nicknames

“Sometimes, when people ask me about them and what they mean, I tell them spoke, students flipped through art books it’s about the parallel lives we live that never meet, or some other cheesy, deep meanhe small shop and the various tools used ing description,” Moss said.

He actually got the tattoo because he received a coupon from his sister who s, Jason asked if anyone was interested in won it at a benefit raffle at her son’s school. ugh several students expressed interest, it Moss instantly knew what he wanted without even glancing through a catalogue. for a temporary tattoo outline.

“I’m not sure where the idea came from but I am glad that I did it,” Moss said.

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Student Cat Cab blends variety of instruments

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A group of students played a series of cover songs at the student Cat Cab on Feb. 9 in the Fred Meyer Lounge. The music featured a variety of instruments from the guitar to a drum and a mandolin.

Left: Sophomore Slyvan Tovar plays the bass with sophomore Daniel Namazi on the guitar.

Right: Sophomore Joey Gale (left) sings with junior Collin Morris.

Above: Namazi (left) combines efforts with junior Lucas Cook (middle) and Gale (right).

Hardcore Harry Potter fans, rejoice! Students take a ‘Taste of’ Greek food in Portland Tish Wells McClatchy Newspapers

An oversized coffeetable behemoth of a book, “Harry Potter: Page to Screen” by Bob McCabe is a wonderful wallow.

The 504 pages are rich with photographs, drawings and anecdotes from the movies.

It is aimed squarely at the “Harry Potter” fan who has it all, and it hits the bull’s-eye.

The film world of “Harry Potter” started in 1997 when producer David Heyman was introduced to the manuscript of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” — the British title for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

The manuscript had been retrieved from a slush pile in the office, and while skeptical, Heyman started reading and fell in love.

Twelve years later, they wrapped the eighth and final movie of a blockbuster series of films.

Over those years much happened. There was the tragedy of the 9/11 attacks, the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, terrorism in London, and several stock

market crashes.

Real life was less than happy for many people.

Inside the boarding school of Hogwarts, the trio of Potter and his friends Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley learned to be wizards, faced death several times, went through adolescence torment, and fell in love. Sound familiar?

But, in the end in Harry Potter’s world, good conquers evil and made book and cinematic history.

The “Harry Potter” series may have been based in a school, but the book makes clear that the films WERE a school in more than one sense.

A talented crew of young actors learned their trade from some of the finest thespians in Britain, including the late Richard Harris.

For example, Daniel Radcliffe — the hero Harry Potter — credits Kenneth Branagh, a noted Shakespearean actor, with a discussion of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”: “What a privilege and what a teacher.”

Tom Felton, who played the bullying, conflicted Draco Malfoy, says working with Jason Isaacs

(Draco’s father, the vicious Lucius) was a privilege.

“He’d be telling me a story right before a scene, and as he’s saying, ‘I was working with Scorsese on this film …’ we’d hear ‘Action!” and boom, he turns straightaway into this insane person — literally Lucifer himself. … I just soaked in everything he did and then tried to display it myself.”

The production section of “Page to Screen” is fantastic. There are fold-out pages of brooms, Death Eaters’ masks and dragons.

Want to make the wand of a Death Eater? You can start by seeing production sketches of them.

Concept designer Adam Brockbank says of the evil Voldemort’s wand, “I had this idea that it was carved to resemble a bone, probably a human one.”

For the kitten plates on the walls of Dolores Umbridge’s office, they filmed 40 cats.

“We had a fantastic allday session … filming kittens dressed in knighted wool cardigans, jackets, and ruffs; on the ‘beach’ with sand castles and seashells; and, of course, wearing a witch’s hat and sitting in an empty cauldron,”

says set decorator Stephenie McMillan.

Jany Termine, costume designer for “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” provides her insights: “A character’s clothing must have just as much history as the character who wears them.” For example, Emma Watson’s multi-tiered dress for the Yule ball was “really special.

It took three months just to make this one dress alone, including twelve meters (thirty-nine feet) of chiffon.”

It “was the real start of her being an object of desire for Ron.” Termine had no problem dressing Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint). “Ron’s mother, Molly, loves to use all these colors (brown, orange and red) in the knitted sweaters and scarves she unrelentingly bestows on her children.”

“Page to Screen” devotes page even to lesser characters.

Even Barty Crouch Jr., played by David Tennant, who will be better known for his years on “Doctor Who,” has a full page of his thug costume.

The only thing lacking in “Page to Screen” is an index.

Caleb Goad Staff writer

A group of eight students had the opportunity to experience a “Taste of Greece” on Feb. 15.

For only four dollars, they were given the chance to try a variety of authentic Greek food. “[We] had sliced bread served with olive oil and some sort of ground olive spread while we waited for our food,” senior Ethan Trachtenberg said.

Trachtenberg’s meal would have normally cost more than $19, but through the Linfield Activities Board, it cost him less than a quarter of that.

“It was braised lamb… inside this flaky dough, I forgot the name of… [it was] definitely a good choice,” Trachtenberg said.

This was his first time eating authentic Greek food. The same was true for many of the other students.

About every other week, LAB sponsors a trip to a different “authentic restauran,t” giving students the opportunity to try foods from a variety of cultures. Past “Taste of” events include “Taste of India,” “Taste of Spain” and “Taste of Korea.”

These trips only cost students about four dollars, which is quite a deal when some dishes can cost upwards of $20 to $25.

If you’re looking for an inexpensive change of pace for dinner, check out the next “Taste of” event next month.

“I’m into saving money and for four dollars, I couldn’t ask for more.”

Caleb Goad can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

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Collaborative display blends church and art Chrissy Shane Staff writer Totem Shriver, adjunct professor of 3D Design, wants you to have an experience.

“The Church of Totem” exhibit is now open in the Linfield Gallery, featuring new woodcarvings, photographs, paintings and three-dimensional works all addressing the same question: What would I want in my church?

Considering the connotation of the words “church” and “totem,” the title itself is somewhat contradictory, but not without reason.

“Contradictions are big in my art, and I think in everybody’s thinking,” Shriver said.

Contrast makes an appearance in his style as well as an unlikely combination of indigenous patterns and bold, geometric shapes intermingle in many of his pieces.

It is essentially an indefinable style.

“There’s a sense of mystery...I think that’s a positive thing,” he said.

That obscurity is exactly what Shriver was

aiming for, not only because it allows for individual interpretation, but it also inspires conversation.

“I’m trying to get people to open up discussion,” Shriver said, patting the timeworn couch he sits on.

In fact, there are two couches that face each other, right in the center of the gallery.

“I wanted a place for people to relax around the art,” he adds.

Typically, the word “exhibit” evokes a somewhat stiff setting, where art is guarded by cold, glass cases.

Shriver has achieved a different tone with his showcase.

One can sit and become part of the exhibit.

The gallery is anything but quiet on Friday evenings.

From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Shriver invites the public to attend his “meetings” to share creatively.

The Friday evening events include a large range of possibilities, all depending on what the participants would like to do.

Musical and theatrical performances, discussions

of art in life, singing, rituals, even yoga, are all potential outcomes of Shriver’s creative gatherings.

Friend and fellow artist, Tom Alfsen, joined the Feb. 17 meeting to play music and appreciate the art.

Alfsen said that he wouldn’t put anything on the walls of his hypothetical church.

“My church ain’t got no walls,” Alfsen said.

Various students and members of the community took part in the exhibit’s successful opening night on Feb. 10.

One of the participants, Sophomore Colton Wright was able to bring his own ritual to the event when Shriver invited him to share his hidden talent.

Colton is a “traceur,” a French term used to tag practitioners of Parkour—a training method focused on maneuvering around urban environments.

“Parkour has become my church,” Wright said.

Previous experience with art training is not necessary to enjoy the exhibit, “Art is in everything… it helps you to think creatively, regardless of

your discipline,” Shriver said.

All he asks viewers to have with them when they arrive are their beliefs and the openness to discover new ones.

Shriver would like to open the exhibit to professors and students for class discussions or other gatherings. The exhibit will run through March 17.

He can be reached by email at tshrive@linfield. edu.

The Linfield Art Gallery is located in the James F. Miller Fine Arts Center.

Chrissy Shane can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

Photos by Ivanna Tucker/Features editor The works featured in “The Church of Totem” are meant to invite viewers to become part of the exhibit. “The Church of Totem” will run through March 17.

Rising rock group shows skill and charisma Nick Kintop Staff reporter There are not many bands that can go into a setting where they are largely unknown, and yet after an hour, they can have everyone who came to see them dancing, laughing and just having a good time.

However, this improbable situation is exactly what Pro Cat Cab’s debut band Eclectic Approach achieved.

With professional musical quality, yet a light and relaxed atmosphere, Eclectic Approach won the crowd over in less than 10 minutes.

For the five ‘Eclectic’ personalities who compose this unique and innovative cadre of musicians, this vibe of energy and positive atmosphere is nothing new.

Vocalists Jowed Hadeed and Mark Putnam, bassist Scotty Faraone and guitarist Ryan Jander have often had this effect on audiences around the country.

When Jander was asked how this degree of positivity was achieved on such a consistent and intense level, he replied “We act in every show that we have fun together and if we’re having fun, then other people want to have fun and have a good time.”

If Eclectic Approach’s skyrocketing popularity within the last two years is any indication, the wisdom in this advice is not to be taken lightly.

There are several reasons for this rising success, even with the ability to create captivating music aside.

Eclectic Approach came from somewhat humble, yet stable beginnings.

The band was originally conceived as a hip-hop group, yet throughout its seven-year career expanded musically into rock with smatterings of other genres.

Other than the uniqueness of their sound, Jander said that the most important key to success in any band is the ability to get along.

“The first thing is to do is learn how to get along,” Jander said. “When up-andcoming bands don’t have that vibe between them how can the audience feed off that? Find the best people and players you can.”

Eclectic Approach has been busy of late, with its gig at Linfield being one of more than 250 shows within the last several years. ”Last year we played 50 more shows than the year before,” Jander said. “A few years ago it was 75 and last

Nick Kintop/Staff writer Pop rock group Eclectic Approach displays its energy, enthusiasm and musical talent during the Pro Cat Cab on Feb. 16. year it was 150. We played every weekend, sometimes even multiple times during the week.”

In addition to playing many local gigs, Eclectic Approach’s recent national tour saw the band all the way to Texas and back twice.

The band’s résumé consists of many notable feats, including appearances at many music events, such as Bite of Seattle, multiple fes-

tivals in the tri-city area and playing with many bands.

They were also the opening act for Average White Band.

As was seen at Cat Cab, this band has not only a unique sound, but it is also adaptive and is composed of competent musicians.

Several times during the show, the audience was asked to give a topic for a song, which would then be performed on the spot.

From the tender, heart-

felt lyrics of “Make-up Sex,” to the whimsical, daydream images evoked by “The Zoo,” Eclectic Approach demonstrated not only spontaneous musical ability, but also the capacity to branch this out to many different styles of vocals and music within a short time while maintaining its own special brand of humor and energy.

Eclectic Approach’s impressive repertoire of

skills and unique sound with a strong charisma has seen the band rising to popularity quickly within the last few years.

If the enthusiasm of both the audience and the band itself at Cat Cab was any indication, up may be the only direction possible for this band in both the immediate and distant future.

Nick Kintop can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

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Indie group produces sweet sound in Southern setting James Testa KSLC 90.3 FM Alabama-based rock group Wild Sweet Orange provides a unique, indierock sound in its album, “We Have Cause to be Uneasy.”

The band is made up of Preston Lovinggood on vocals and guitar, Chip Kilpatrick on drums, Taylor

Shaw on guitar and Garret Kelly on bass.

The intimacy that the band strives for on tracks, such as “Ten Dead Dogs,” which contains smooth acoustic riffs and vocals that seem like they come from a Pacific Northwest group, is coupled with an unbridled intensity.

That intensity is shown in the song “Tilt,” which

begins with soft acoustics but is then turned up with emphatic percussion, emotional vocals and heavy guitar to give the track a superb energy.

“Sour Milk” features intimate lyrics accompanied by remarkable guitar riffs and an accordion that gives the song great depth.

Its southern roots are shown in the song “An Atlas

to Follow.” The variety of stringed instruments in the song is impressive, with fiddles, lap steel, and acoustic guitars. These instruments are intertwined to provide a smooth, honest southern vibe that is matched with new age lyrics.

The band got its start in Homewood, Ala., where Lovinggood and Kilpatrick met at church choir practice

and instantly began making music together.

The group took all the time they could while putting “We Have Cause to be Uneasy” together. It was composed in a span of two years.

As Lovinggood explains on his website, “It was a humbling and sometimes tiresome experience…but we also knew that these

songs were good enough and if we worked hard enough, they’d take us to where we wanted to be.”

The band’s genuine desire to put together great music has defined the group’s sound and the connection between Wild Sweet Orange and its audience.

James Testa can be reached at kslcmusic@gmail.com.

Pure Romance promotes health I went to a Pure Romance party during the break.

I had never been to one before, and like I expected, it was quite fun.

For those who don’t know, Pure Romance is a company that promotes healthy sex and awareness for women with products for women and a few things for men to enhance their sex lives in multiple ways.

The products range from beauty products, such as makeup and perfume, to aids, such as toys and lubricants/creams for women, men and couples.

Like Mary Kay, Pure Romance consultants hold parties at a host’s house and share some of the products with the prospective customers.

After exploring what the company has to offer, the consultant takes the women into a separate room to place their orders.

These are women-only

events for multiple reasons. Primarily, there are legal issues. There are also comfort concerns. Adult stores have both men and women customers and women can often feel uncomfortable surrounded with sex products while in mixed company. Prohibiting male presence tends to encourage customers to feel more comfortable and frees up their ability to ask questions.

The first product I got to experience was a tingling balm for lips and nipples.

The consultant gave some to everyone and said that she had never had anyone

not put it on their nipples.

So, naturally, everyone had to try it.

The next product was perfume that is pheromone-based, designed to entice by smell. It brought out a personal scent for everyone.

Part of the event’s fun was games with products from the catalog. The first game was to pass an object around a circle alternating from knees to elbows.

At the end we played a game of ring toss and one girl wore a strap-on dildo as a target.

Consultants sold lube in the sensitive, long lasting and flavored varieties.

They also had creams for men.

Included was a mouth numbing cream, which we got to try, and a numbing cream for men that is designed to make them last longer.

We finally got to the toys,

starting off with bullets.

The consultant brought one out and passed it around to feel the strength and texture. All the toys are pretty powerful with multiple settings.

There were even discreet clitoral vibrators available, which are just as powerful.

At least two of us jumped when we turned them on because it was so unexpected.

Also in the catalog are vaginal vibrators, g-spot stimulators and rabbits.

All range from simple to different sizes and textures for individual needs. There are a few collections that provide their own special aspects.

It would be fun to have someone host a party like this for female Linfield students. Would you come if one was hosted?

Bailey can be reached at linfieldreviewbailey@gmail.com.

Review: ‘Chronicle,’ ‘Star Wars Ep. 1 (3D)’ Ian Storey For the Review “Chronicle” I am not a fan of the “found-footage” genre.

Though the idea was introduced in 1980 with “Cannibal Holocaust,” it was the monstrous success of “The Blair Witch Project” that compelled Hollywood to relentlessly pump out film after film with the same home video camera concept since its release in 1999 (The “Paranormal Activity” series, “Apollo 18,” “Cloverfield”).

My gripe is not with the style itself but rather how it is used. Though the found footage perspective communicates an excellent sense of realism because it presents the viewer with a display he is familiar viewing his personal reality with, the potential for story-telling epicness is usually squandered because all of the action happens off screen.

This renders the foundfootage style more of a gim-

mick, a cover up for a low budget, a way of manipulating the audience to see something we otherwise would not. For this, the found-footage genre mostly contains horror movies, lots of them, and bad ones.

Worried?

Don’t be; because “Chronicle” is the best found footage film so far.

From the trailer, “Chronicle” follows three high school kids—the popular jock, the withdrawn nerd and the complacent but good-natured jerk, who become close friends after they mysteriously gain telekinetic super powers.

Where Clark Kent would take to the streets fighting crime, these guys use their powers in ways high school kids would: to impress girls, excel in sports and play in other ways I always dreamed about in math class.

However, as the story unfolds, their powers get stronger and the picked on nerd of the group cannot

restrain his will to “even the score.”

Without spoiling anything, the jock and the jerk leap into action as the only ones who can stop their friend and hijinks ensue.

This superiority complex creates a rift between the friends that harkens to the rivalry between Doctor Magneto and Professor Xavier from the “Magnificent X-men” comics, but as the film begins to reach its climax in the third act, it begins to more closely resemble the anime epic, “Akira.”

If you know what I am talking about, this movie is right up your alley, but if you don’t, it’s still worth seeing for a couple of reasons.

The found-footage aspect of the film really drew me in, and it actually allows the film to shine as an action movie.

The action develops well onscreen and pulls no punches, particularly when things begin to speed up; the

director throws unexpected but effective shifts in perspective and style that keep the action from becoming run-of-the-mill and boring.

It has an excellent script and actors, however, that give the action scenes any weight.

The dialogue and interactions between the three friends offer realistic insight into teenage students and their relationships, and as a result, crafts characters that viewers can actually care about. This builds tension and ultimately enhances the action segments of the movie.

I’d give it a: See it in theatres! This movie is worth the ticket price.

Though it is aimed at an action hungry demographic, the story offers enough emotional depth to please any movie fan.

“Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace” in 3D It’s still bad.

Ian Storey can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

Upcoming events Lecture: Dr. Richard W. Etulain

Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m.

Austin Reading Room

Student Cat Cab

Feb. 23, 9:00 p.m.

Fred Meyer Lounge

Linfield Chamber Orchestra Concert

Feb. 24, 8:00 p.m.

Ice Auditorium

Faculty Recital: P. Gold smith, R. Ringering

Feb. 25, 7:00 p.m.

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February 20, 2012

Linfield’s track and field hits the ground running Meghan O’Rourke Opinion editor A Linfield athlete set a record at the Washington Indoor Open at the University of Washington on Feb. 11 and 12, representing Linfield alongside 12 other athletes.

Senior Catherine Street set a new NCAA Division III pole vault record with a height of 13-09.25.

“I have been working so hard and I’m really happy to see it starting to pay off,” Street Street said.

Street attends the Portland nursing campus, making it difficult to be part of the team.

“I’m lucky the Linfield coaches let me practice at my club, Willamette Strider Track Club in Oregon City so I don’t have to drive every day to McMinnville,” Street said.

Despite not being able to workout with the team, Street still practices on her own for two to four hours a day.

Street hopes to be the first women NCAA Division III athlete to pole vault over 14 feet and hopes to make it to the Olympic trials someday.

Senior Misty Corwin also competed well in the pole vault, clearing 11 feet.

Five Linfield athletes competed in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash.

In the women’s 60-meter dash, junior Melany Crocker ran 8.25 seconds, while freshman Halsie Peek ran 8.21 seconds.

In the women’s 200-meter dash, Crocker ran 27.62 seconds while Peek ran 27.85 seconds.

In the men’s 200 meter dash, sophomore Michael Madden ran 24.17 seconds,

junior Clayton Cooper ran 24.07 seconds and freshman Colin Nelson ran 23.67 seconds.

Cooper and Madden also competed in the 400-meter dash, running 53.23 seconds and 53.08 seconds, respectively. Senior Barrett Zetterberg also competed in the 400-meter dash, with a time of 53.85 seconds.

Freshman Madison Trowbridge ran the 800-meter run in her first collegiate indoor track meet, finishing with a time of 2:27.10.

Senior Lucian Battaglia ran the 800-meter run for the men’s side, finishing with a time of 1:58.65.

T w o w o m e n represented Linfield in the shot put.

S o p h o m o re LaBeaume Courtney Alley threw 30-10.50, while sophomore Anna LeBeaume threw 41-02.50.

“Anna LeBeaume did well in the shot and has a shot at making nationals,” head track and field coach Travis Olson said.

Freshman Garrett Soumokil was the only Linfield athlete to participate in the jumps. In the long jump, Soumokil jumped 19-08.25.

In the triple jump, Soumokil jumped 41-08.00.

“Our goal this year is to be in the top three on both the men’s and women’s teams,” Olson said. “I feel like the women have a good shot at winning the conference if everything goes well toward the end of the season.”

Linfield’s next track meet will be a home meet.

The Linfield Erik Anderson Icebreaker is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. March 2 and 9 a.m. March 3.

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Wildcat Sports Schedule Wednesday, Feb. 22 Softball

vs. Concordia University

3:30 p.m.

Men’s Tennis

vs. George Fox University

3:30 p.m.

Women’s Tennis

@George Fox University

Friday, Feb. 24

3 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 25 Baseball

vs. Lewis & Clark University

11 a.m.

Women’s Tennis

@ Lewis & Clark University

11 a.m.

Softball

@ Whitworth University

Noon

Men’s Tennis

vs. Lewis & Clark University

1 p.m.

Women’s Lacrosse

@ Forest Grove, Ore.

9 a.m.

Baseball

vs. Lewis & Clark University

Noon

Softball

@ Whitworth University

Noon

Saturday, Dec. 28

Sports Brief

Meghan O’Rourke can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.

Photo courtesy of Tyson Takeushi Sophomore Caroline Brigham fights for the lead against Whitman singles player Alyssa Roberg on Feb. 18 at home.

Tennis teams bounce ahead Without a moment to spare, the men’s and women’s tennis teams are in full swing with the start of their season. The women’s team played its second match of the season Feb. 17 at home against Pacific University.

The Wildcats were able to pull out a win for their first Northwest Conference match, winning nine matches, while Pacific won none.

The women’s team played again against Whitman University Feb. 18 at home. The match was also successful, with the Wildcats winning six of the nine matches, leaving them with a 3-0 record.

The men’s team started its season Feb. 19 at home. It competed against the College of Idaho.

Narrowly missing the win, the men lost five of the nine matches.

Both teams’ next competition is Feb. 24. The men play at home at 3:30 p.m. against George Fox University. The women play at 3 p.m. at George Fox University.

~Kaylyn Peterson/ Sports editor

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Wildcats recognized for all their hard work Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor There are many distinctions an athlete or coach can receive during their time as a Wildcat. Among these is being recognized at the Oregon Sports Awards. This year, there were five individuals nominated for awards, as well as the Linfield softball team. The ceremony was held Feb. 12 in Beaverton, Ore., at the Nike World Headquarter Campus.

Linfield was well represented at the OSA. Up for individual awards were seniors Drew Fisher, Staci Doucette, Emily Lepp and junior Tim Wilson. Softball coach Jackson Vaughan was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association coaching staff of the year.

The Linfield softball team was nominated and was awarded the Pasero Award.

The softball team broke both the Northwest Conference record for games won in a season, winning 51 contests in 2011. They also beat the team home run record with 103 home runs. Another high point the team reached this season was being ranked in the top-20 in the country for their grade point average of 3.4.

Accepting the award for

the team were Kayla Hurich and Claire Velaski, class of ’11. This is the second time the softball team has received the Pasero Award.

The Linfield football team has also received this award, receiving it five times in the last 30 years.

Vaughan was nominated for the Slats Gill Sportsperson of the Year Award, which honors Oregon’s top coach or athletics administrator.

“The other finalists were Chip Kelly, Nigel Burton, Merritt Paulson and Steve Coury. The winner ended up being Merritt Paulson— the Owner of the Portland Timbers,” Vaughan said in an email. “I was very honored to be nominated for the award and to represent Linfield and the other small colleges in Oregon against some of the biggest names in Oregon sports.”

Many athletes gathered for the distribution of awards. Throughout the night, 26 awards in 19 categories were given out. Both Fisher and Wilson were nominated for the men’s Ad Rutschman Small College Athlete of the Year award, but were beat out by Concordia University’s Bryant Sentman.

Meanwhile, Doucette and Lepp were nominated for

Photo courtesy of Kelly Bird Kayla Hurich and Claire Velaski, class of ’11, accept the Pasero Award on behalf of the Linfield softball team Feb. 12. the women’s Ad Rutschman Award, which was given to Oregon Tech University’s Jackie Imhof.

Lepp was honored by the experience of being nominat-

ed for an award and being a part of such a strong athletic program.

“It has made my college experience very fulfilling,” Lepp said. “My teammates

mean the world to me and I don’t know what I would do or where I would be without them. They are my closest friends, and they have made my college experience

one that I will look back on and remember all these great memories that I’ve had with them.”

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

Men’s basketball season Basketball: Women’s team comes to a skidding halt loses key players next season Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor

The Wildcats fell to the University of Puget Sound during the last game of the season. The men’s basketball team fought to keep up with the Loggers but ended the season with a halt when the Loggers pulled ahead in the second half during its home game Feb. 18.

The game started off with sophomore Cory Hendryx taking the lead by sinking two free throws in the first 30 seconds of the game.

However, the game quickly changed when the Loggers took the lead in the first half and doubled the Wildcats in the first 10 minutes.

Keeping up the fight, the Wildcats worked their way back into contention, ending the first half in a tie of 35-35.

Starting the second half, the Loggers lost no time getting ahead. The Wildcats struggled to keep up, losing 87 to 67.

The Wildcats made 45 of 100 shots, while the Loggers made 56 of 103 shots.

In previous action, on Feb. 17, the Wildcats competed against the George

Fox University Bruins in Newberg, Ore. They took an early lead, setting the pace during the first half.

The team racked up Anderson the points early, ending the first half with a score of 33-18.

Continuing on with the second half, the Wildcats did not slow down. They scored shot after shot, doubling their points from the second half by the end of the game, winning 61-37.

The team ended the season with a record of five wins and 19 losses.

“I feel this season did not go as anyone wanted it to,” freshman Chris Dirks said in an email. “We definitely had our ups like our game on the road against George Fox and our home game against Willamette.

But overall I think we all wanted better results.”

Reflecting on the season, the team faced some challenges, but worked to overcome them.

“Our team faced a fair share of challenges this year, from players quitting to a coach quitting,” Dirks

said. “On top of that, we had a lot of injuries. The worst was our road g a m e against P a c i f i c University because [Zach MeiLee kle], David Lee, and Andrew Batiuk were all hurt. David Lee also missed a lot of our games which hurt a lot, and once he returned, we started playing much better.”

The team will lose two seniors, Anderson and Lee, two major scorers for the team.

Dirks describes the seniors as “[the] players that stood out the most.

[They] both had amazing seasons,” Dirks said.

Men’s Basketball Score by periods: Puget Sound

35 45 - 80

Linfield

35 32 - 67

Score by periods: Linfield

33 28 - 61

George Fox

18 19 - 37

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

<< Continued from page 16 rebounds.

Freshman Tyra Barawis was out with a broken foot for most of the season and plans on coming back strong next year.

Throughout the game, there were many shots taken but few were actually made.

Missed shots allowed the Loggers to gain a lead over the Wildcats.

The game ended with a win for the Loggers.

The Wildcats played the George Fox Bruins on Feb. 17, who just gained their fifth conference title.

With the Bruins having an undefeated season, the Wildcats had their work cut out for them.

Owens scored 20 points

with Henson following behind with 12 points.

Within the first few minutes, it seemed that the Wildcats were starting off strong, fighting to end the Bruin’s undefeated season.

The Wildcats lost steam after tying the game at 9:16 with a score of 18-18.

The game changed as the Bruin’s took charge of the court and made a great lead for the team.

The first half ended with the Bruins leading 43-27.

The Bruins kept their lead throughout the second half and kept their streak with their win of 66-52.

Henson had three blocks and five rebounds.

Junior Nicole Barton helped with her two blocks made in the first half of the game.

The team plans on hosting optional practices so that players can still keep improving and those who were injured have the chance to practice with the team again.

Next season’s team will have to recover from losing its leading scorer who averaged 19 points per game.

Women’s Basketball Score by periods: Puget Sound

37 38 - 75

Linfield

33 28 - 61

Score by periods: Linfield

27 25 - 52

George Fox

43 23 - 66

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

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A fresh face Cheaters sneak past honesty leads the men’s soccer team Bob Klapisch McClatchy-Tribune

Samantha Sigler News editor After a disappointing season, the men’s soccer team received a new coach this year, Chuck Bechtol, who has been coaching for 17 years at a variety of different levels.

Bechtol said he decided to come to Linfield after feeling that the school had a solid opportunity for success.

“I like the thought of being part of changing the culture and creating a proBechtol gram that the current players, future players and the alumni can be proud of,” Bechtol said in an email.

Bechtol has spent time coaching club soccer in McMinnville with MYSA as well as in Portland with FC Portland. In addition, he was the head coach of the boy’s soccer team for the past four years and the girl’s head coach for the past two years at McMinnville High School.

Bechtol said he felt that being an alumnus created much interest for him in coming back in hopes of

becoming a part of the team and turning things around. “[I wanted to be a coach because] it was a way for me to give back. Some of the greatest influential people in my life were the coaches I played for,” Bechtol said.

Bechtol said that by becoming a coach, he would be able to become a part of helping to develop people as well as players.

“The game has been very good to me, and I wanted to give back,” Bechtol said.

Bechtol played soccer, basketball and golf in high school, as well as soccer in college.

While here at Linfield, Bechtol has many goals for the future.

“My main goal is to create change,” Bechtol said.

“And, to give the players who are currently in the program an opportunity to develop, improve and enjoy their experience here.

To get better every day, both as players and people, on and off the field.”

Next season has high hopes for change. With the strength coming behind a new coach, the team will have a good chance of success.

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

So maybe you’d drifted off into some fuzzy alternate reality, where major leaguers have no interest in performance enhancing drugs.

Then you blink: Ryan Braun’s tesKlapisch tosterone levels are a chemist’s dream and suddenly you’re staring at baseball’s darker angels again.

Or as Michael Corleone famously put it, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”

Seriously, did you believe the PED era was actually over?

Better question: do you think it’ll ever end?

Let’s work backwards and begin with a presumption of innocence that Braun is entitled to. That comes first. So is the opportunity for Braun to tell his side of this unfortunate tale _ the appeal process will spill over into January, so there’s time for closer examination. And as for the breach of confidentiality...well, no one profits from ESPN’s scoop, especially if Braun is clean, as he claims.

But what if he’s not, as many experts are convinced?

Not only does baseball’s war on PEDs take a devastating hit, but Bud Selig—the man who championed the game’s clean-up—will be remem-

bered as the sap who only managed to make the cheaters more resourceful.

Of course, Selig’s front men will point to the new Collective Bargaining Agreement’s blood tests, as well as the punitive muscle behind it: not only does a first offense net you a 50-game suspension, but now MLB can screen for HGH instead of just steroids.

Sounds impressive, except for one disturbing asterisk: There are many ways for a determined PED-user to still beat these tests. Victor Conte, the founder and former president of the now-defunct Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) recently told Yahoo! Sports the new detection process has “a loophole you could drive a Mack truck through.”

Apparently, testosterone is the new helper of choice, which, combined with growth hormone, speeds muscle recovery between workouts (or games). A ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone that’s greater than 4-1 will trigger a positive test, but Conte says players looking for that extra edge will use any number of patches, creams and gels and oral medications immediately after a night game. They can be “clean” by the next afternoon, when random testing is usually administered in the clubhouse.

This doesn’t explain how Braun got caught. If he’s guilty, he may have simply gotten carried away—the Daily News reported the slug-

ger’s testosterone levels were “insanely high,” more than double the amount of any previous test.

Braun’s camp is hinting that he’ll plead to a medical condition, insisting the use of testosterone boosters were part of his treatment. If this is the crux of Braun’s defense, he’s in trouble. MLB allows for a waiver called Therapeutic Use Exemption that permits players diagnosed with, say, attention-deficit disorder to use Ritalin, which is otherwise banned by the sport.

So why didn’t Braun apply for a TUE? Maybe because he’s no better or worse than so many other athletes who’ve wanted to perform at a higher level—and to make more money. It doesn’t make Braun a bad guy, not if you consider how prevalent cheating has been for 20 years. But he’s not the industry savior Selig has propped up, either.

So guess who’s having a private last laugh? None other than Barry Bonds, who was sentenced on Friday to 30 days home confinement, 250 hours of community service and two years probation.

This, after the government spends years (and millions) to put the disgraced slugger in jail for perjury. The feds failed miserably; the case was flawed from the outset and Bonds can rightfully say cheating absolutely pays.

The difference between Braun and Bonds is that one of these stars cared about public opinion, the other sneered in our faces. Bonds finished his

career with more home runs than anyone in the game’s history, and it was your problem, not his, if you thought the record was fraudulent.

Braun, on the other hand, still has a long run ahead of him, which is why he needs to be careful about his legacy.

The odds are Braun will be suspended for the first 50 games next season—industry insiders believe, privately, there’s no chance he’ll win the appeal, no matter what line of defense he chooses.

It’s likely Braun’s good name is history. If the days of Norman Rockwell-innocence are over, his next-best option is to simply tell the truth. The heated, near-hysterical denials aren’t helping—just be honest about the temptation that’s been too powerful to resist.

If Braun wants to help baseball, not to mention his own place among the elite, he’ll tell his public that PEDs are a bad idea, that he got caught up doing something he now regrets. He will look into the cameras and say: “anyone thinking of using steroids or HGH or testosterone boosters....don’t. It’s not worth it.”

If it stops even one young athlete from cheating, Braun’s candor will be have paid off.

But there’s no point in delusion, either. Testing will never truly clean up the game, not when there are hundreds of millions of dollars waiting on the other end of a syringe. Or gel. Or cream. Somehow, they always pull you back in.

Portland Trail Blazers fall short against Dallas Mavericks

Brad Loper/MCT The Dallas Mavericks’ Delonte West (13) scrambles for a loose ball with the Portland Trail Blazers’ Kurt Thomas (40) in the first half at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, February 11, 2012. Dallas needed double overtime for a 97-94 triumph.

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Catline Not even heat can beat the ’Cats Carson Crepeaux Staff writer

Northwest Conference Standings Men’s Basketball Whitworth

15-1

.938

Puget Sound

11-5

.688

Whitman

11-5

.688

Lewis & Clark

9-7

.562

Pacific Lutheran

9-7

.562

George Fox

8-8

.500

Linfield

3-13

.188

Pacific

3-13

.188

Willamette

3-13

.188

Men’s Swimming Whitworth

6-0

1.000

Pacific Lutheran

5-0

1.000

Whitman

5-1

.833

Puget Sound

4-3

.571

Pacific

2-5

.285

Linfield

2-5

.285

Lewis & Clark

1-6

.142

Willamette

0-7

.000

Women’s Basketball George Fox

16-0

1.000

Lewis & Clark

14-2

.875

Whitman

12-2

.750

9-7

.562

7-9

.438

Puget Sound Whitworth Pacific

6-10

.375

Linfield

4-12

.250

Pacific Lutheran

4-12

.250

Willamette

0-16

.000

Women’s Swimming Whitman

6-0

1.000

Whitworth

5-1

.883

Puget Sound

5-2

.714

Pacific Lutheran

3-2

.600

Pacific

3-3

.500

Lewis & Clark

2-5

.285

Linfield

1-6

.142

Willamette

0-7

.000

Sports schedule Check out the sports schedule to see when your favorite teams play this weekend.

See page 13>> Track kick starts its season Starting the season off with a trip to Seattle, Wash., track and field compete in its first meet Feb. 11.

See page 13>> Oregon Sports Awards Wildcats are recognized for multiple nominations at the Oregon Sport Award ceremony on Feb. 12.

See page 14>> New Coach takes the field The men’s soccer team has new management, with one coach gone, a new head coach takes charge.

See page 15>>

The Linfield baseball team traveled to play in a four-game series Feb. 16 through Feb. 19 in Anthem, Ariz.

Entering his fifth season as head coach of the baseball team, Scott Brosius once again leads his team toward the goal of reaching the Division III World Series.

The first game of the season was a successful one.

After going down by two in the first inning, the ’Cats returned fire and scored six runs throughout the game, including a home run by senior Zach Boskovich.

The Linfield Wildcats won their first game 6-2 against McMurray State from Abilene, Texas.

The second game against Claremont-Mudd-Scrippis on Feb. 18 was a hard fought game, but in the end, the ’Cats lost their first game of the season 3-5.

Senior Robert Vaughn started the second game and looked impressive after returning from a mid-season injury last year.

“In 2009, I had Tommy John surgery and also tweaked my arm mid- season of last year,” Vaughn said.

The baseball team responded in its next game against Sul Ross State University. Linfield brought out the bats and scored an outstanding 21 runs to Sul Ross’ 2 runs.

Sophomore pitcher Zach Brandon started the game for the ’Cats.

“I’m refining my mechanics and playing with different grips,” Brandon said.

He said he also enjoys the fact

Carson Crepeaux/ Staff writer Sophomore pitcher Zach Brandon (left) and junior catcher Kyle Chamberlain (right) walk off the field after an inning during a Feb. 18th game in Anthem, Ariz. that the coaches are aware that it’s the beginning of the season and are not letting the pitchers get to a high pitch count early in the season.

Brandon was followed by senior pitcher Jacob Nolte and freshman pitcher Chris Haddeland Feb. 18.

Haddeland had a strong start for his Linfield debut.

The Wildcats faced their final challenge of the week against California Lutheran University on Feb. 19.

Senior Zach Manley started the game pitching for the ’Cats and

threw six scoreless innings.

Senior pitcher Spencer Crepeaux came in as relief . Two unearned runs were scored in the eighth inning.

After hitting a batter in the ninth with one out, Crepeaux was relieved by sophomore Garett Speyer who got the last two outs and finished the game by striking out the last batter to end the threat in the top of the ninth inning.

The Wildcats won the game 3-2.

One impressive defensive play was done by Manley and com-

pany. There was a bunt back to the pitcher’s mound and Manley bare handed the ball threw a bullet to second, which allowed shortstop sophomore Kenny Johnson to fire the ball to first for a double-play.

Kicking off the season with a good start, the Linfield baseball team came out of its Arizona tournament with three of its four games.

The Wildcats’ next game is against Lewis & Clark University at 11 a.m. Feb. 25 at home.

Carson Crepeaux can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Loggers chop down ’Cats in final game Ivanna Tucker Features editor As the season comes to a close, seniors Gretchen Owens and Brynna Fuller finished strong with Owens scoring 22 points and Fuller making all six of her free throw shots during the game against the University of Puget Sound on Feb. 18.

During the first half of the game, the lead went back and forth between both teams.

By intermission, the Loggers had a four-point lead with the score at 37-33.

During the second half, the game changed as many more shots were missed, which allowed the Loggers to maintain their lead throughout the rest of the game.

Players fought to try to catch up with the closest being at 11:22, then Owens made a shot and only gave the Loggers a three-point lead.

Freshman Katelyn Henson scored 12 points and had six rebounds.

With the statistics of this season, Henson should have a strong season next year.

Sophomore Kaely Maltman also spotlighted during the game with 12 points and three >> Please see Basketball page 14

Kaylyn Peterson/ Sports editor Senior Brynna Fuller passes the ball to freshman Alex Owen during the third quarter against the University of Puget Sound on Feb. 18 at home.