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’Cats end the weekend with a 4-2 win against the Bearcats. >> page 14

March 12, 2012

INSIDE Reaching out again Kappa Sigma Fraternity works hard to win Linfield’s Campus Outstanding Services Award for a fourth year in a row. >> page 4

Dubstep Learn about the history of dubstep and how quickly the music is gaining popularity. >> pages 8 and 9

Pottery Students hone their pottery skills with visiting master potter Steven Branfman. >> page 11

Softball The Wildcats suffer their first loss of the season against Pacific Lutheran University on March 11 at home. >> page 16

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Candidates open up to students Andra Kovacs Senior reporter The Associated Students of Linfield College General Election came one step closer to voting after a Q-and-A session for the candidates on March 5 in the Fred Meyer Lounge.

The official presidential candidate is junior Nic Miles who is a mass communication major.

The two vice president candidates are junior Susana Fajardo, an anthropology major, and sophomore Jennifer Derke, philosophy major.

The Q-and-A session began with questions from ASLC Secretary

Clara Martinez and Dan Fergueson, director of College Activities.

They asked general questions to Miles all three candidates concerning issues like safety on and off campus, diversity and getting international students more involved on campus, and their definitions and experience with leadership.

Next, the candidates were all asked specific questions pertaining to their applied positions. They had three minutes to answer and were

to discuss topics like their goals, their anticipated challenges, and were asked to evaluate the curFajardo rent president and vice president.

The question and answer session concluded with questions from current ASLC President Rachel Coffey to Miles and questions from current ASLC Vice President, Bradley Keliinoi to Derke and Fajardo.

Voting for the ASLC General Election will be held online from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 13. All students

will receive an email with a link to the online ballot where votes will remain anonymous.

The results Derke will be announced later that evening. Any questions regarding the voting process can be directed to Martinez at cmartin3@linfield.edu For full coverage of the Q-and-A session, check out Wildcat Production’s video posted on the Review’s website.

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

Student faces sexual abuse charge Jessica Prokop Editor-in-chief A Linfield sophomore is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing March 22 in Washington County Circuit Court on a charge of first-degree sexual abuse. The charge alleges that he had a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl four years ago.

Kyle Ross McLennan, 20, was arrested Feb. 10, posted bail at $27,000 and was released the same day after being held at the Washington County Jail, according to court documents.

McLennan was arrested at his off-campus residence by Hillsboro detectives on accusations that he engaged in a sexual relationship with a minor in 2008, according to Lt. Mike Rouches, a Hillsboro police spokesman, who was cited in an Oregon Live article.

Efforts to reach Rouches were unsuccessful.

On or about Jan. 1, 2008 in Washington County, McLennan “unlawfully and knowingly” subjected a girl, younger than 14 years of age, to sexual contact by touching her inappropriately, according to court documents.

Court documents also revealed that at the time of McLennan’s arrest, he was charged with six charges: second-degree rape, third-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse, second-degree sexual abuse, second-degree sexual pen>> Please see Arrest page 4

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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, daughter of Robert Kennedy, argues that volunteerism and community involvement through politics is crucial for furthering the well-being of the nation during a March 6 guest lecture in Ice Auditorium.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend shares her views about religion and politics Nick Hahn Copy editor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend encouraged students to get involved in national politics though her lecture “The College: Our Shining City on the Hill” on March 6 in Ice Auditorium.

Townsend, noting that “we become fully human in society,”

argued that while individualism is one of America’s greatest achievements, it is in a community that we find true meaning.

While lieutenant governor of Maryland, Kennedy founded the Maryland Student Service Alliance, making Maryland the first and only state to require students to perform community service to graduate Townsend said, how-

ever, her views on volunteerism have since changed. While the intention of volunteering locally and through non profits is good, she noted that big changes come only through the political process. >> Please see Townsend page 4

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March 12, 2012

EDITORIAL

Did Limbaugh go too far?

Would you like to be called a “slut” or a ‘prostitute’ on national radio by a talk-show host simply for standing up for your beliefs?

Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh recently stirred up controversy when he called out Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke on-air for advocating for contraceptives to be covered by health insurance in front of a House committee.

Limbaugh attacked the 30-yearold law student on his radio show with comments such as, “She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex.”

The next day on his show, Limbaugh went as far as to say, “If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, thus pay for you to have sex...we want you to post the videos online, so we can all watch.”

“He is always trying to push the envelope, but he went way too far this time,” said Haydn Nason, general manager for Linfield’s radio station, 90.3 KSLC. “I would never want anyone on my staff to say that.”

His comments outraged many people and even caused him to lose

advertisers.

“He wasn’t thinking about externalities,” Nason said. “He’s lost more than 26 advertisements.”

As a result, Limbaugh issued an apology, but those angry at him weren’t buying it.

“I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices,” Limbaugh said.

However, Limbaugh couldn’t stick to a simple apology, defending himself by saying, “Rappers can say anything they want about women.

It’s called art. And they win awards.”

Limbaugh’s comments can certainly be seen as demeaning to women. While some believe that people shouldn’t have sex before marriage, the fact of the matter is that many people do.

Don’t responsible women in relationships outside of wedlock deserve to be protected from pregnancy and STDs without being referred to as a “slut” or a “prostitute”?

By attacking Fluke, Limbaugh essentially attacked every collegeage woman who wants to have safe sex.

These women are simply being

realistic. They realize that if sex is a possibility, they want to be prepared.

If more women had access to birth control, abortion wouldn’t be as big of an issue, because unwanted pregnancy could be more easily prevented in the first place.

Birth control pills, for some women, aren’t just about preventing an unwanted pregnancy. Women with irregular menstrual cycles might go on a birth control pill in order to regulate it.

At the same time, Limbaugh may have a point under his poor choice of words. If contraceptives are covered in Obama’s health care plan, even Americans who don’t believe in the use of contraceptives will have to pay for them with their tax money.

While it would be beneficial for many women to have contraceptives covered by health insurance, it’s not fair to make the people who don’t believe in the use of contraceptives to pay for it.

This is simply another issue that Americans will have to take into consideration when voting in the presidential elections this year.

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STUDENT LIFE

Study abroad is worth lengthy application When I came to Linfield, one of my expectations was that I would study abroad before I left. It was always going to happen; I just didn’t expect it to happen so soon.

It’s not like I can blame anyone for making time pass faster than usual. International travel is, after all, something that needs to be planned far in advance, and spending a year or semester abroad is more than just travel. If there’s anyone who is at fault for not paying attention to the passing of time, it’s me.

As the kind of student who came to college wanting to explore everything before settling on a major, I found myself suddenly rushing last fall to decide whether I want-

Sharon Gollery Culture editor ed French as a minor and a semester abroad, or a French major and a year in France. I chose the major, just in time to complete my application and turn it in to the International Programs Office.

As Spring Semester rolls on, students across campus are going through the same process as I am. There are forms to be filled out, signatures to be obtained and pho-

tocopies to be made.

Applicants have worked on their pre-orientation assignments since they were sent out on Feb. 14 and then again on Feb. 27, and the orientation itself took place on March 9 and 10.

The timing of the study abroad orientation was something that I heard a great deal of complaining about. It ran from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 10, causing students to wonder what on earth could possibly take up an entire Saturday.

While I do appreciate the orientation being on a weekend instead of during the week, I am also feeling pinched for time. In a world where any given day might contain more work than

hours in which to do it, it me whenever I’m feeling sometimes seems crazy to the stress of study abroad want to do more. requirements.

And the I have also heard other knowledge that I’m not the study abroad applicants only one having problems worry about the school with the application process applications and forms that is helping me deal with my are unique to each program. anxiety.

Some of these are proI would encourage everyvided by IPO, while some are one who is going through the responsibility of the stu- the study abroad application dent. It is sometimes hard to process to look forward to keep track of which is which. next year. Sure, these forms, Perhaps a nice clear checklist fees and assignments are would help in this case. obnoxious now, but there’s Despite all this, I think it a reason why everyone says is likely that IPO is getting studying abroad is so amazall of this done early to avoid ing. last-minute mishaps. It is betSo, good luck to all of the ter to have sorted out a prob- study abroad applicants out lem months before you leave there, and don’t let stress get than to have it pop up in the the better of you. last week.

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Occupy Wall Street movement needs direction

The Occupy Wall Street movement, now more of an international Occupy X movement, has been one of the most controversial and hottest topics of the last year.

This grass-roots movement has been both derided and cheered by many Americans and by citizens of countries worldwide.

It would be difficult to find someone who could define the long-term plans and goals of the movement.

The spontaneous, diffuse and passionate atmosphere of Occupy Wall Street has been both its greatest strength and its greatest weakness.

The movement has garnered much media attention, but has ultimately done little in moving forward. This begs the

Nick Kintop Staff writer question; has this movement been a success or a failure? In short, the answer is both.

The protesters of the movement have called for drastic political and economic changes. These range from economic issues such taxes that regulate the income discrepancy, ending private campaign financing, and the two party system while increasing government transparency.

These concerns are both valid and relevant to many Americans, many of whom have been frustrated with these governmental and economic aspects for some time.

The fact that these concerns are being voiced in a way that has attracted the massive media attention that it has is the epitome of effectively expressing the values of the First Amendment.

Despite the massive attention and support this movement has gained, it has yet to achieve a focused and practical plan toward the widespread change it calls for.

This lack of organization and focus can ironically be best seen in Occupy Wall Street’s attempt at organizational and political focus.

A rough list of demands was released by occupywallstreet.org some months ago.

As of yet, the list of demands has been less than lackluster in alleviating these concerns. The demands call for trading tariffs so that domestic “mom and pop” stores and farming may be more competitively active in the economy while at the same time mandating free college education on top of trillions of dollars of spending in various ecological and infrastructure projects.

A better educational system is of the utmost importance, and the increased employment that the New Deal-inspired infrastructure push would achieve would do much for the job market. However, many of these would be

more detrimental than helpful, especially in the sense that we can ill-afford more trilliondollar plus spending in our present state of horrendous debt and deficit.

This is not to say that a number of these demands do not have substantial merit, but in any movement for social or political change, restraint is required.

This can be best achieved with at least some form of centralized or recognized leadership.

While many would say that creating any form of leadership would be a bastardization of the very values that the movement stands for, compromises have to be made in the face of reality.

Occupy Wall Street in

many ways embodies the dissatisfaction and frustration that many Americans feel toward both the government and the economy, especially big business’ abuse of Capitalism and the rampant partisanship in government which has ground many reforms to a halt in Congress.

It is composed of citizens from all walks of life and has just as many agendas as it does varied individuals.

It is the single greatest exercise of democratic rights in the recent history of the United States.

But the movement needs to gain direction and achieve common ground to best bring about change.

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

CAMPUS

Health is not optional: Why is food choice?

Coming into college, students expect the dining situation to improve from high school. Though the food quality has improved slightly this year, healthy options and food variety are not there.

With Sodexo providing three locations for food on campus, students are well fed throughout the week. When it comes to the weekend, O’Riley’s closes and Catty shack’s hours are reduced.

With the weekend being the key time for students to work on schoolwork, an additional dining facility with hours to accommodate the late working college student would be nice.

While Catty shack is open until midnight during the week, this option is not available to those who can’t get food off-campus. At other colleges, such as Oregon State University and Pacific University, dining services are open later than just midnight and do not close early on the weekend.

In addition to having more locations with longer hours, Linfield needs more fresh produce options. Although there is not always an abundance of fresh produce, Sodexo does a good job at providing what it can.

Sodexo prides itself on its use of local produce.

Although this is a positive, offering more fresh produce options would give the students more healthy food options, regardless of where it comes from.

As well as having a wider variety of healthy food, we should have more than just Sodexo dining facilities and more variety in food types. Dillin consistently

Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor serves pizza, Mexican food, pasta, burgers and chicken strips. While this variety suits the small college student population, students get tired of the same thing over and over again.

With the limited choices that are offered, students eat junk food. The salad bar is one of the only ways to get fresh produce on any given day. The other option for fresh produce in Dillin and Catty is the basket of fruit the dining services provide.

Linfield has already started bringing in more produce, but not many students know about it.

According to the Linfield Garden Club’s website, one of its long-term goals is to work with Sodexo.

Although produce would only be available during certain seasons, it’s a start.

The Oregon Food Bank is constantly working with people on not only feeding those in need, but also by teaching them about ways to cook it and to be healthy.

If some education behind the proper way of cooking this fresh produce was offered to them, students would not only be learning skills that they would use in college, but skills they can use all their lives.

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

FASHION

Leave TOMS out of your closets After my pair of TOMS shoes wear out, I won’t be replacing them. The toll they take on other countries’ economies isn’t worth the false sense of philanthropy that buying them can give.

I bought my first pair of TOMS when I was living in England, and the whole experience felt like I was joining an crucial movement. Everything from the font on the shoe box, to the poster display next to the shoe rack, sold the idea that I was becoming a philanthropist by buying this brand.

As I sat in a cushy chair, the store clerk helped me select the perfect shoe size, explaining the characteristics of a well-fit pair of TOMS.

Joanna Peterson Managing editor It’s undeniable that TOMS markets its products well, packing boxes with pictures of children in third-world countries holding new foot-wear, a faded TOMS flag, your own pair of small, canvas shoes and the promise that you are changing the world.

In retrospect, I’m embarrassed of the image of

myself—a middle class college student—sitting in an upscale store, getting fit for trendy shoes, living in the fantasy that I was a philanthropist.

In reality, many recipients of TOMS live in towns that are capable of producing their own shoes, and when companies like TOMS hand out free footwear, it reduces local transactions and business opportunities, negatively impacting the economies.

There is no doubt that some of the people who receive free pairs of TOMS don’t have money to buy shoes from local proprietors, and they probably appreciate the hand out, but supporting TOMS only treats the symptoms of impov-

erished lifestyles, rather than creating long-term solutions.

Effective aid has to include a committed and organized partnership with the recipient of the aid, such as setting up lasting systems and programs within a struggling community.

Even after much criticism on its lack of long-term planning, TOMS’ website doesn’t elaborate on its relationships with the shoe recipients. It just says that it only gives shoes to those who are truly in need.

It’s a nice gesture, but the impacts of this gift aren’t worth that short-term burst of good feelings.

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

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Arrest: Linfield fraternity reaches out to community Student awaits hearing Samantha Sigler News editor

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etration and third-degree sodomy.

McLennan was arraigned for the count one firstdegree sexual abuse, which was filed Feb. 17.

First-degree sexual abuse is a Measure 11 crime, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of more than six years in prison.

McLennan’s attorney, Robin Runstein McLennan of Kell, Alterman & Runstein, declined to comment about the case on McLennan’s behalf.

As part of McLennan’s security release agreement, he is not allowed to have any direct or indirect contact with the victim/s or minors.

Court documents show that McLennan is not to go within 100 yards of the victim’s residence, work, vehicle or person and lists two girls who fall under these conditions.

McLennan, a business management major and defensive line football player, “was suspended from the football team, pending the outcome of his case,” Mardi Mileham, director of communications said. “The college’s athletic policy calls for a student to be immediately suspended from any athletic team upon an arrest. He was notified of his suspension.”

McLennan’s player profile was removed from the Linfield Athletics website.

According to the Oregon Live article, “Detectives have been interviewing girls who have had past relationships with McLennan. Anyone with more information is asked to contact Hillsboro Detective Renee Schwartz at 503-681-6175.”

Efforts to reach Schwartz were unsuccessful.

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

After receiving Linfield’s Campus Outstanding Service Award for three consecutive years and achieving 2,000 plus hours of service last year, Linfield’s Kappa Sigma Fraternity has begun to build a reputation it is proud to uphold.

“Community service is important to us,” said soph-

omore Dylan Ruef, grand master of Kappa Sigma.

Service is one of the four pillars for Kappa Sigma, a pillar it is proud of having represent its fraternity.

The other three pillars include scholarship, leadership and fellowship.

Kappa Sigma has collaborated with McMinnville Wastewater Services division to help protect local rivers and streams.

The group has put

up “no dumping” signs around McMinnville in an effort to stop pollution, as well as, to give back to the community.

By doing this, the group hopes to encourage McMinnville residents to avoid dumping in the water, as well as, to remind residents that storm water; continues to go untreated into the rivers.

In addition to aiding the community with water

safety and awareness, Kappa Sigma is also known for its community service to the Special Olympics with bowling during the fall and with aiding them with track and field in the spring.

The men also spend a lot of their volunteering time at soup kitchens.

So far this year, they have reached a little more than 1,000 hours of community service and plan on gaining even more by the

end of the semester. “[We are] always looking for stuff to do [and] ways to give back,” Ruef said.

Kappa Sigma plans to continue with its good service reputation and always encourages others in Greek life, as well as those in the Linfield community, to come join in with volunteer activities.

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

Townsend: Urging Americans to come together << Continued from page 1 Senior Josh Bott, who attended the lecture, recognized the genuine intentions of Townsend but disagreed with her disdain for local volunteering, noting frankly that he was “far more suspicious of big government than volunteer groups.”

Rather than volunteer, Townsend called on college students to get involved in national politics. She challenged Linfield students to get involved in nationally organized groups, citing that volunteer organizations only enact change on a small scale.

She asserted that there is too much at stake for youth to focus on their local, enclosed community.

She criticized the indifference of corporations and the wealthy to education, claiming that “the one percent is making their money elsewhere and don’t care about education here.”

“It’s difficult to listen to someone in an expensive suit and pearls talk to you about the 99 percent,” senior Greg Larson said.

She also talked briefly of her book, “Failing America’s Faithful: How Today’s Churches are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way.” The book focuses on how churches have always been in the forefront of influencing social progressions, however, now they are becoming so consumed with fighting political battles that they are beginning to

Alyssa Carano/Senior photographer Kathleen Kennedy Townsend explains why she feels Americans need to become more patriotic and how she thinks it can be done during a March 6 lecture in Ice Auditorium. lose sight of helping the neediness in society. The book conveys a message of hope, explaining that there is a growing opposition to this distortion of Christian traditions.

Alarmed by the loss

of religion in America, Townsend said that “if you lose religion, you lose the sense of seeing god as our neighbors.”

Townsend, who came to Linfield through the Woodrow Wilson Fellows Pro-

gram, was on campus from March 5-9, attending and speaking during several classes and meeting with students and professors for meals.

“I think Linfield is a fabulous college with smart

students who care about the community,” Kennedy said. “[Now], how can [students] build a state and community that cares about America again?”

Nick Hahn can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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Topology presentation shows new outlooks Ivanna Tucker Features editor A Pacific University professor was invited to discuss how manifolds are constructed and explained the different aspects of surfaces. Students, faculty, and visiting professors filled the audience. The event was a part of the weekly science colloquium series.

Bill Breslin, assistant professor of Mathematics, focused his presentation on “What Are Those Surfaces Doing in My Hyperbolic 3-Manifold?”

Topics discussed included 3-manifolds, Heegard surfaces, surface bundles and fibers, hyperbolic 3-manifolds and principal curvatures.

He began by describing what 2-manifolds are and how they are constructed.

“You can’t wander off into infinity in a compact 2-manifold,” Breslin said.

Breslin then explained how to construct a surface by using the example of cutting an octagon in half.

Breslin decided to go into

topology due to liking the visualization of it and the pictures. He even displayed an image of the doodles in his research journal and also those that his 6-year-old son composed.

Before going more in depth, Breslin discussed why people study 3-manifolds. One of the reasons he included was that we live in a 3-manifold.

Breslin discussed how mathematicians like cut-andpaste topology. This idea comes from the concept of cutting these objects apart and pasting them back together.

He said that by drawing where the loops are in a surface will help determine where the 3-manifold is.

He gave an explanation of what a 3-topus was given and shown why it is a part of 3-manifolds.

“If I looked up at the top of the ceiling, I would see my feet,” Breslin said.

The main topic that Breslin covered was hyperbolic 3-manifolds. He then described principal curva-

tures and how they can be changed. Breslin stated that flat curvatures equal zero and that you can change the principal curvature by isotaping it.

With this information, he began to discuss his own personal results to his research.

The main question that he tried to answer was, “What can you say about the geometry of typological important surfaces?”

Breslin found that it is possible to flatten Heegaard surfaces and fibers in hyperbolic 3-manifolds to a certain extent.

During his first year teaching at the University of Michigan, Breslin decided to figure out how close to one the constant C can be. His results found that the closest it can get is to the interval [-1,1]. He received his doctorate from University of California in Davis.

“That’s what I want to do all day is draw pictures,” Breslin said. “It’s a very rich subject. A lot comes out of it.”

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

Ivanna Tucker/Features editor Bill Breslin, assistant professor of Mathematics at Pacific University, gave an overview of manifolds and explained results of his own personal research during a March 8 lecture in Murdock Hall.

Senate supports stopping sale of plastic water bottles Andra Kovacs Senior reporter

Joel Ray/Staff photographer Students gathered to discuss the new water botle proclamation to ban the selling of plastic water bottles on campus on March 5 in TJ Day hall, passing the proclomation 9 to 6.

Six new faces showed up at the March 5 Senate meeting to voice their support for the water bottle proclamation being voted on.

The proclamation, presented by the Campus Liaison Committee, expresses support for the removal of the sale of plastic water bottles on campus—a goal made by the recent campus movement, Tap That. The proclamation passed 9-6 votes after nearly an hour of open discussion.

Junior Collin Morris and sophomore Annika Yates,

who have spearheaded the movement, attended the meeting to express their ideas and support their campaign. Sophomore Sylvan Tovar, juniors Katharine Holm, Rachel Codd and Kassie Russell, who have been working alongside Yates and Morris to educate and empower the student body, were also there. The proclamation, now with Senate’s support, will be voted on by the Associated Students of Linfield College Cabinet.

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

How do you feel about Kony 2012?

“I think it’s crazy how quickly it spread. I feel like it was an unknown thing, and then, bam, it’s everywhere.” - Junior Rhianna Wallace

“I think it’s funny that it’s just now being brought up, when it’s been happening for years.” - Sophomore Alex Josephy

“I like that they are raising awareness, but I think Invisible Children is kind of a sketchy charity. The video has major propaganda.” - Sophomore Laura Breshock

“I think people are making a big deal of nothing.

There are so many things like this going on around the world. It’s a good cause, but it isn’t doing much.”

- Freshman Jack Nunn

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Do education colleges prepare teachers well?

Leslie Postal and Denise-Marie Balona The Orlando Sentinel Teachers have been under a hot spotlight in recent years, blamed for public education’s shortcomings. Now the colleges that train them are feeling the heat.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is calling for reforms in the nation’s education schools, arguing too many are “mediocre” and send out graduates who aren’t ready to teach.

In a speech last month, Duncan noted 62 percent of new teachers reported feeling unprepared. He called that figure from a 2006 study “staggering.”

The Florida Department of Education has crunched student-test-score data and tied results back to teachers’ education schools, looking to tease out which institutions are best.

That effort could ramp up into a more-detailed rating system for all Florida’s education schools.

The most intense, and controversial, scrutiny likely will come when teacher colleges find themselves graded A to F next year, with the results posted in U.S. News & World Report.

Florida’s college and uni-

versities, which produce about 7,000 teacher candidates a year, chafe at the criticism and object to the new efforts to grade, judge and rank them. They are confident they do a good job preparing new teachers, noting most school districts happily snap up their graduates.

Sandra Robinson, dean of the University of Central Florida’s College of Education, thinks the broad-brush complaints aren’t fair to her school, which produces more teachers than any other in the state.

“Certainly, there is a sense of frustration with regard to that,” she said, as UCF graduates leave ready for the classroom.

“Our students—absolutely, no question in the 95th percentile or the 98th percentile—feel not just prepared but well-prepared,” she added.

Elizabeth Brumer, a UCF education major, would agree—to a point.

Brumer, in her last semester of college, is a confident student-teacher at Grand Avenue Primary Learning Center in Orlando.

But she wonders how her strong skills will seem when she is a full-fledged teacher with a classroom of her own.

Without the support of an

experienced teacher, one of her friends went from “star intern” to “struggling” teacher after graduation.

“I feel like they prepare us very well,” she said of her UCF professors, but they should probably provide stu-

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Teacher preparation is a vital part of having the best teachers in the classroom.

dents more opportunities “to take on their own class and develop their own methods.”

That is one of the key concerns prompting the new focus on education schools: that would-be teachers do not get enough practice teaching before they start full-time work. Some worry that fuels high turnover in the field. In Florida, after five years on the job, 40 percent of new teachers have left the profession, state data show.

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David Joles/Minneapolis Tribune/MCT Graduating Gustavus Adolphus senior Resada Ward, 21, second from left, sits in a medical sociology lecture on the final day of class at the small liberal arts college, May 13, 2009, in St. Peter, Minnesota. are becoming more progressive.”

A little more than 22 percent of respondents described themselves as conservative or “far right.”

About 30 percent said they were liberal or “far left,” while 47.4 percent called themselves “middle of the road.”

Despite the apparent liberalization, political advocates hoping to recruit

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Liberalism spreading among college freshman Already inclined toward liberalism, college freshmen are leaning even farther left on key political issues, a nationwide survey of first-year students has found.

An all-time high of 71.3 percent of the new students support same-sex marriage, 6.4 percentage points higher than in 2009, according to the annual survey of more than 200,000 freshmen conducted by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute.

Nearly 43 percent of conservative freshmen said gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry.

Opinions on abortion, marijuana legalization, immigration and affirmative action also grew more liberal in 2011, according to data released Wednesday.

The 270-school survey—the country’s largest sampling of college students—was first used in 1966.

“It’s not so much that liberal students are becoming more liberal,” said Linda DeAngelo, one of the report’s authors. “It’s that students who describe themselves as conservative

colleges are not selective enough in whom they admit—elementary education teachers have average SAT scores below the national mean—and don’t give wouldbe teachers sufficient skills to teach their curriculum or

students to their causes need to realize the survey is more reflective of young people’s tolerance on social issues, not enthusiasm, said Ange-Marie Hancock, a political science professor at the University of Southern California.

“They’re not like ATMs, where you can just withdraw their support,” she said. “You have to cultivate them as voters.”

instruct diverse groups of students.

Florida has begun preliminary work on a detailed rating system for its teacher programs, one that would encourage better “field experiences” for education students, said Kathy Hebda, the Education Department’s deputy chancellor for educator quality.

The state’s 2-year-old effort to tie student growth on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test to teacher

programs is a “first step” in that effort.

“Teacher preparation is a vital part of having the best teachers in our classroom,” she added.

Florida’s teacher-education schools, though working with the state, are not willing participants in the U.S. News review. The state’s publicrecords laws, however, mean that these institutions will be graded in the magazine’s first-ever rating of the nation’s more than 1,000 teacher-preparation schools.

“There’s definitely a quality issue with teacher-preparation programs in this country,” said Arthur McKee, the council’s managing director of teacher-preparation studies.

“We’re not where we need to be.”

The review, due out in fall 2012, has the support of the Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of large, urban school districts that includes Orange County and five other big Florida school systems.

The group sent a support letter in August saying “too many Colleges of Education are graduating students who are poorly prepared academically and not ready to provide quality instruction in our urban classrooms.”

Many educators accept that education schools don’t provide new teachers everything they need to do well on the job.

Volusia County schools, in partnership with its teachers union, this year devised a new mentor program for beginning teachers, seeking to bridge the gap between college and classroom.

Many new teachers struggle to manage their classes, said Michele McCoy, a veteran teacher who works in the new peer-assistance program.

“That’s common across new teachers since the beginning of time,” she said.

McCoy said colleges could do more to help students with practical skills instead of spending so much time teaching about educational theories.

“That’s a background piece,” McCoy said. “What new teachers need is, ‘What is it supposed to look like in a modern classroom?’ “ Lindsey Roseboom is a new first-grade teacher at Pride Elementary in Deltona.

McCoy is her mentor and her “go-to professional friend.”

McCoy’s regular classroom visits and constant advice have made Roseboom’s year easier, she said. “It’s great to have someone that’s on your side, walking with you.”

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hen the topic of college relationships comes up, people tend to make assumptions about what students expect from relationships. The traditional view of dating is slowly fading away as students enter college.

Dating in college is an experience that many will encounter during their four years in school. People tend to be more sexually active while in college because of the freedom they gain.

Some dating expectations are mutual on both ends. However, women tend to have a different perception of the overall experience.

The first move: The common consensus from women is that men should make the first move. Even though many aspects of dating have changed, the traditional gender roles are commonly represented.

There is a broad range of what college women want out of relationships.

Some want hook-ups, while some say they want commitment.

According to data collected by sociologist Paula England from Stanford University, 72 percent of both men and women have hooked up at least once during their time in college.

The ideal places that women on campus go to find people are fraternities and sometimes in class. Either way, there are difficulties based on comfort level. Linfield’s women to men ratio of 3 to 1 makes finding a good match a challenge.

The traditional way of dating still exists within campus, but it becomes rare to find it. Dating is not like it was in high school. Hooking up is more of a common trend among female students.

Instead of looking for intimacy, many

women look for the next eye-catcher to bring home for the night.

The definition of these two terms changes from person to person. To one female college student, “hooking up” may mean that they make out with a person, while to another, it means that they have sex. Females tend to lean toward the minimum side of these two definitions, while many males believe the opposite.

Respect is one of the main things that female students seem to be looking for in a relationship. The term connects with a variety of other characteristics that many females feel are ideal when trying to start a relationship.

“I think that a girl just wants a guy who will treat her like the world and care for her,” freshman Corcoran Brown said. “Whether that is for a month or the rest of her life.”

Once in a relationship, the hardest part starts, staying in it. In college, it becomes more difficult to maintain relationships, especially those that are long distance or started prior to college.

According to a study conducted by the American Psychological Association, women are happier in relationships when their significant other expresses empathy.

As dating has evolved, communicating has become a greater issue because it has become less common for students to actually go on dates.

To avoid the pressures of dating, it is becoming more common for girls to just “talk” to a guy instead of putting a label on their relationship. This new way of dating has allowed female students to explore and recognize what exactly they want from a relationship.

There is also the idea that women will meet their future spouse while in college.

“I know it doesn’t happen for everyone, but that belief puts a lot of pressure on people to find their future husband in these four years,” said junior Lori McEwen. “At the same time, many people actually do find someone in college.”

Research by the Institute for American Values, a survey showed that 63 percent of the college women who answered the survey agreed, “I would like to meet my future husband while in college.”

“Everyone is different,” said sophomore Miranda Horne. “Generalizing when you will find your husband is silly.”

Dates do not happen as often while in school. Instead, most people just want to hang out. Girls feel less pressure, but they do wish it would become clearer what guys want out of the relationship.

“I think being focused on finding dates is a distraction from school, freshman Dana Brumley said, “but if you are involved in an exclusive, lasting and healthy relationship, then it can help you grow in school and in yourself because they are a dedicated support-source during stressful times.”

Commitment is the ideal goal for most female students. After realizing that this will be hard to find, women can start to gain a new outlook on dating.

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Dubstep Hits Freestylers Cracks (Flux Pavilion remix) Redlight Get Out My Head (Trypt Remix) Skrillex This is a Shark Attack Bassnectar Bass Head Gotye Somebody that I used to know (KDrew Remix)

Dubstep. It’s hard to define, yet it’s something that almost everyone is familiar with.

Dubstep is a type of electronic dance music that originated in the London dance scene. It can be identified by the drops, the heavy beats, wobble bass, fast tempos and electronic sounds It’s a flexible genre of music with many different definitions, varying from person to person.

“My friends and I always joke that dubstep sounds like transformers having sex,” sophomore Kendra Dahl said.

Dubstep started as an experimental genre that resembled garage and grime music. It began in small clubs and music scenes and quickly spread internationally during 2005 and 2006. It’s widely popular at raves and festivals.

Some of the sub-genre names that can be found are two-step, post-dubstep, bass music, snorestep, mechastep, vocal dubstep and brostep. Although it is a “joke sub-genre,” brostep is said to be the most recognized. Artists like Skrillex and Datsik are often labeled as brostep.

“I love dubstep music, but I also love electronic. I don’t really put it into genres,” freshman Connor Wicknick said.

Wicknick said he is a huge fan of dubstep, and he often DJed parties at home in Washington.

“It’s been made into who has the biggest drops,” Wicknick said. “It’s all about the subbass. When you’re at a show, you can just feel

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it. Your body just vibrates.”

The term first came into use in 2002. DJs often mix their own dubstep on the spot at clubs. Usually, at big raves, some of which have more than 10,000 people attending, the tracks are prerecorded to avoid mistakes during the shows.

“A really good DJ knows what will make a crowd go wild,” Wicknick said. “ It’s cool to see a DJ enjoying himself.”

The feel of most dubstep songs is usually dark and in a minor key. The wobble bass is a common sound heard in the music.

Popular artists, such as Britney Spears and FloRida use dubstep in their music. Dubstep DJs will often take popular songs and remix them into electronic and dubstep songs.

“When you’re at a show or a rave, everyone realizes that everyone looks like an idiot dancing around,” Wicknick said. “It’s just a giant dance party.”

If you want to hear some more dubstep, check out thissongslaps.com and getliftedtonight.com.

Dubstep has become increasingly popular in the U.S., especially among the younger generations.

“I like to put on dubstep, turn the speakers up and feel the bass,” Dahl said. “It’s a great feeling, and it’s just fun.”

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Customers hungry for natural dog treats Marino Eccher McClatchy Newspapers David Baldus boasts that the dog treats and chews he makes are “tested on Labs, not tested in labs.”

And while he might toss a few to his dog, Jasper, or one of the others running around the warehouse, the testing doesn’t stop there.

He might simply take a bite himself.

“Everything is foodgrade,” Baldus said. “I eat everything.”

Baldus, 55, is the founder and president of Front Porch Pets Inc., in Waukesha, Wis., an all-natural dog treat supplier that specializes in dehydrated sweet potato chews.

The company, which moved into its 10,000-squarefoot Waukesha distribution center last year, has 30 fulltime employees and did a shade less than $1 million in sales in 2007. Not bad, considering Baldus was selling the same chews out of his mother’s garage in Wauwatosa, Wis., two years ago.

The idea for the chews came to Baldus in 2003, when he was living in Memphis, Tenn., and working as director of menu development for Perkins Restaurant and Bakery.

As a side project, he was

working on a “rejuvenation diet” for people who wanted to cut down on processed, high-allergen foods. The diet centered on high-nutrient foods, including sweet potatoes.

One night, Baldus said, he didn’t feel like doing the dishes and put the leftover potatoes in his dehydrator instead.

“A few days later, I opened it up and it looked like rawhide,” he said.

When Jasper grabbed one of the potato slices and began chewing happily, Baldus thought he might be on to something.

He gave the chews to friends and co-workers until the requests became too numerous to keep giving them away for free. At that point, he began selling bags of the treats at farmers markets.

“I would sell out every week,” he said. “Business just kept picking up.”

After Baldus’ father died in 2003, he moved back to Wauwatosa to be closer to his mother. There, he set up a pair of dehydrators in his mother’s garage and continued selling the chews, expanding into independent pet stores and holistic veterinary offices.

As sales grew, he briefly moved the company to California, the top state in the

dehydration industry . But he found that the Midwest and East Coast accounted for most of his business, so he moved back to Milwaukee.

David’s sister, Jan Baldus, moved back to Milwaukee from Florida in 2005 to become the company’s distribution manager.

The company’s first investor was its sweet potato supplier.

“Every week, he saw me adding more and more potatoes to the order,” he said.

“He must have thought this was going somewhere.”

Today, Front Porch Pets is a large-scale version of the operation Baldus ran out of his mother’s garage. Jumbo sweet potatoes are cut into three sizes—standard rawhide-shaped chews, a “Big Boyz” version for larger dogs and a “Bichon Fries” line for small dogs. They’re then grooved to help keep teeth clean.

The chews are laid out on trays and dehydrated at 110 to 150 degrees for up to 30 hours. The low dehydration temperature helps preserve the color and nutrients, David said.

The chews are not as durable as animal products such as rawhide or pig’s ears, but they’re tough and flexible to the touch. They take dogs as long as 20

Collection focuses on early mystery writers Tish Wells McClatchy Newspapers An excellent collection of short stories culled from the 19th-century popular press, “The Dead Witness”

by Michael Sims shines a light on long-forgotten “mystery” writers such as Wilkie Collins, Alexandre Dumas Sr., Charles Dickens and Mark Twain.

These authors, better known for their other writings, and others, created a fiction genre that continues to be overwhelming popular.

“In the long view of history, detectives are a recent phenomenon. Crime is not,” Sims says.

He introduces his history of detective fiction starting with two biblical stories from the Book of Daniel then skipping through time to 1740s France and Voltaire. Finally, in 1841, you reach a familiar name: Edgar Allan Poe and his classic story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”

“The Dead Witness” starts with “The Secret Cell” from 1837, a tale of

an inheritance, a missing daughter and a laundress. Sims points out that that was the year Victoria became queen and therefore a good starting point for this collection.

For each story, Sims provides the writer’s historical and social context. For example, Australian Mary Fortune wrote the first detective story by a woman in 1866.

She suffered the fate of many woman authors— “(Her editor) Walstab reduced Fortune’s pen name to a genderless W.W. Not only bias against women kept her identity under wraps: the stories were narrated by a male detective and presented in a factual-sounding and realistic tone.”

He goes on to say that her gender wasn’t discovered for nearly 100 years and her first collection of stories was published in 1989.

Alexandre Dumas Sr., known for the “Three Musketeers” used d’Artagnan as a detective in the novel “Ten Years Later.” Here Sims includes the chapter

where d’Artagnan deduces the truth of a terrible accident for the king.

But the big kahuna is Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation dominated the detective field so well that he invited parodies almost instantly.

In “A Stolen CigarCase,” Bret Hart, a rival of Twain, wrote, “I found Hemlock Jones in the old Brook Street lodgings, musing before the fire. With the freedom of an old friend I at once threw myself into my old familiar attitude at his feet, and generally caressed his boot. I was induced to do this for two reasons; one that it enabled me to get a good look at his bent, concentrated face, and the other that it seemed to indicate my reverence for his superhuman insight.”

“The Dead Witness” concludes at the end of the Victorian era in 1901 but the popularity of detective fiction lives on. PBS’ “Masterpiece Mystery!” series starts the second season of its modern update to Sherlock Holmes, “Sherlock” in early May.

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“We try to get it so it’s leathery,” David said. “It’s very digestible for dogs.”

The company also makes a line of herbal treats that combine sweet potatoes, apples and a variety of seeds, fruits and herbs.

Michele Tegen, retail director for the Wisconsin Humane Society, said her organization’s Animal Antics store in Milwaukee carries Front Porch Pet products, in part because of their health appeal.

“We try to stay away

from anything with byproducts or preservatives,” Tegen said. “I think people are lot more conscious about what they’re feeding their animals nowadays.”

Dave Krause, owner of Petlicious Dog Biscuit Bakery in Pewaukee, Wis., said the sweet potato chews fit nicely with his store’s allnatural approach—and sell at a brisk pace.

“There’s no colors or chemicals in it,” Krause said.

“It’s an excellent long-term chew and it helps with dental health.

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ucts are sold in about 1,500 pet stores in all 50 states and online at www.frontporchpets.com. In January, the company broke its onemonth record, generating almost $130,000 in sales.

Last year, sales totaled $995,000. Baldus said his sales goal for this year is $2 million.

To get there, the company will release its first meat product later this year, a combination of sweet potatoes, apples and buffalo meat aimed at providing energy for hunting and sporting dogs.

Student recital features oboe

Kate Straube/Photo editor Above: Senior Amanda Summers plays oboe in a student recital on March 11 in Delkin Recital Hall.

The recital featured Summers with Staff Accompanist Debra Huddleston on piano and several student accompanists.

Left: Summers, on the oboe, and freshman Amanda Pierce, on the trumpet, play “The Glendy Burk” from “A Stephen Foster Sett” by Stephen Foster.

Summers also performed music pieces by Francis Poulenc, Ingrid Michaelson and Emile Paladilhe.

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Alyssa Carano/Senior photographer Master potter Steven Branfman demonstrates pottery techniques during a workshop on March 8. Branfman gave a slide lecture on low-fire ceramic processes March 5 in the Miller Fine Arts Center, and he held hands-on workshops with students during the week. The workshops focused on glazing on March 6 and firing on March 8.

Musician sees social potential in collaboration Chrissy Shane Staff writer Sophomore Sylvan Tovar looks like a rock star.

With hair comparable to Guns n Roses star Slash, Tovar is easily recognizable—but not just for his distinctive hair.

“He is a talented bassist, guitarist, mandolinist, and from what I hear, he can play a mean trombone and euphonium as well,” said friend and fellow musician, Collin Morris, in an email.

The multi-instrumental musician, seven instruments to be exact, works with a variety of student groups on campus.

“I get texts from people every now and again, asking me if I want to play at a Cat Cab with them. Usually I’ll play bass, because it’s what I play best,” Tovar said.

Photo courtesy of Marit Berning Tovar seeks out any opportunity to get musically involved; he can be found playing trombone and bass for Linfield’s Jazz Band and Jazz Choir.

However, Tovar’s musical domain isn’t limited to the Linfield campus. He has participated locally, performing with Morris for one of Cornerstone Coffee Roaster’s monthly Open

Mic Nights. Tovar and three other Linfield students placed second at a Battle of the Bands competition last year.

His experiences don’t stop at the local level. As just a junior in high school, Tovar spent a year abroad in Denmark and brought his talent with him.

“I played in a high school pit-orchestra for the musical

Moulin Rouge, which was a lot of fun,” Tovar said.

Tovar’s relationship with music hasn’t always been this high-spirited.

His mother introduced Tovar to music at a young age, signing him up for piano, violin and guitar lessons.

“I hated them all,” he said, “I wasn’t having any fun.”

Although homeschooled up until the ninth grade, Tovar participated in a school band around the age of 13. It was during this time that his relationship with music shifted dramatically.

“It wasn’t just one-onone lessons anymore. I was responsible for making music within a group and I loved that,” Tovar said.

Surprisingly, Tovar hasn’t pursued any solo performances—not at a Cat

Cab, nor a local event. The musician hardly seems to mind, as he views music as a catalyst for interpersonal connections.

“It’s one of the properties of music I enjoy most,” Tovar said. “I’ve always progressed as a musician playing with new people and getting new perspectives.”

Tovar’s humility and ability to flourish in a group setting doesn’t go unnoticed among his peers.

“Sylvan is open and receptive to other peoples’ ideas, and that is what makes him such an important asset in any musical project,” Morris said.

Tovar is also a committed guest in all the musical events Linfield or the community has to offer.

Although a Folk aficionado, Tovar is excited for Mackl-

emore’s appearance at Linfield’s Wildstock event.

“Live music is what really inspires me, and Macklemore definitely appeals to emotion,” Tovar said.

Emotion and music are not mutually exclusive to Sylvan. Although the philosophy major does not plan on playing music professionally, he is certain that music will always be a part of his life.

“I connect to music whenever I can, because it is something that I feel so much,” he said.

Even Tovar’s peers cannot seem to separate Tovar and music.

“I think he wouldn’t be fully human without the strong presence of music in his life,” Morris said.

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

Movie nights explore cultures Sam Nixon Staff writer The modern language teaching assistants are hosting weekly International Movie Nights that allow students to view movies in other languages, exposing them to different cultures.

“The aim is to show films in different languages,” said Essé Dabla, the French Fulbright assistant.

The teaching assistants already host language tables in Dillin Hall during lunch and a Modern Language Café every Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Students can study and practice speaking

different languages at these events.

The International Movie Nights are held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday in the French Room in Walker 302.

There will be movies featured in Spanish, American Sign Language, Chinese, German, French and Japanese. The movies have English subtitles and provide an insight into both the different languages and cultures.

The next showing will be March 15, where they will be playing “My Neighbor Totoro,” a Japanese movie that is in both English and Japanese. It is an ani-

mated fantasy film that has received positive feedback and audience reviews.

Dabla explained that the teaching assistants’ goal is to hold more events this semester. She said that the International Movie Nights were originally Manuela Faschang’s idea. Faschang came from Austria and is the German teaching assistant this year.

Nao Okumura, the teaching assistant from Japan, is in charge of presenting movies in Japanese, and Cecilia Tang is in charge of presenting Chinese movies.

Noelia Alfaro Fernandez, the Spanish teaching

assistant, created the International Movie Night poster and has selected movies in both Spanish and American Sign Language.

“As for me, I have chosen movies in French, and with the help of Mamadou Samb, visiting assistant professor, we were able to show a Senegalese movie [last Thursday],” Dubla said.

The Linfield International Movie Night Facebook page posts photos and updates on which movies will be playing in the upcoming weeks.

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Figure 45 album displays versatility James Testa KSLC 90.3 FM

Riding a wave of success from its EP, Figure 45 has broken ground with its debut studio album, “The Open Moment.”

The album provides a superb demonstration of the band’s ability to cut through musical genres with its heavy arsenal of instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, ukulele, trumpet and a proven rhythm section.

With provocative, engaging lyrics and enthusiastic rhythms, “The Open Moment” is a big step in the right direction for Figure 45.

The group is spearheaded by multi-talented singersongwriter B. Lev, and if you thought his name was cool the fact that he also plays five instruments while also singing is worthy of some

acknowledgment, too.

B. Lev has composed songs since his childhood.

Coming from a musical family, he studied the keyboard and musical theory before going on to play with accomplished jazz bands across the United States and Europe.

Through these experiences, the front man for Figure 45 started learning guitar and collaborating on his own compositions with musical friends until 2011, when several of them decided to form Figure 45.

Jazz-rock drummer Jesse Broman, upright and electric bassist Louis Rudner and versatile guitarist Zach Cowden give the group a seasoned cast of eclectic players.

The tracks on “The Open Moment” are as flexible and appealing as the musicians behind the music. The opening track, “Searching for the Key,” kicks off the album with

an upbeat rhythm, accompanied with squeaky-clean electric guitar riffs, rich bass lines and acoustic guitar progressions. The song is an uplifting track that demonstrates B. Lev’s lyrical ability with his powerful declarations.

The diversity of the album can be seen in the first two songs. As “Searching for the Key” was an energetic kickoff, “What’s Gonna Move Us Forward?” is a deep track that encompasses the group’s ability to evoke an array of emotions.

The song begins with a keyboard intro and is soon followed by the soft melodies of the rhythm section that set a smooth vibe throughout the song while B. Lev asks, “What’s gonna move us forward? What’s gonna move us back? What’s going to move us over the hill to safety?”

The song ends with an innovative combination of

electric guitar and trumpet.

The album even includes an a capella track, which has more than a dozen harmonizing vocal tracks syncopated with B. Lev singing his resourceful lyrics.

The ukulele-driven “Hard to Keep Track” exemplifies Figure 45’s ability to span the musical spectrum while still producing quality tunes.

From its rare influences of Jamiroquai, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bob Dylan, Figure 45 has found a promising fusion of various musical styles that will serve them well while they build on their career.

Look for “The Open Moment” to hit the KSLC rotation next week and hear the tracks for yourself. It’s like a musical buffet, and who doesn’t like the sound of that?

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

‘John Carter’ shows off action, CGI

Mars, which allows him to jump like Super Mario, for example.

What is so interesting about “John Carter of Mars” is the fact that this science fiction-fantasy-adventure story pre-dates just about any science fiction, fantasy or adventure story that moviegoers are familiar with today.

Anyone familiar with “A Princess from Mars” can see parallels with “Star Wars,” “Superman” and even “Lord of the Rings.”

With links to the “John Carter from Mars” narrative so thoroughly engrained into the narratives of our media

culture, that is, not just movies but literature, comic books and video games, the realization that the story has finally made it to the big screen is an enormous one.

Disney is well aware of “John Carter’s” historical importance and relevance.

So to ensure the success of its new franchise, it equipped the project with an enormous budget—the likes of which only Disney could provide— to film the movie in 3D and furnish it with a thoroughly fanciful yet realistic cast of CGI characters.

That coupled with the leadership and vision of Andrew Stanton, a writerdirector who has proven himself as more than worthy directing modern day classics like “Wall-E” and “Finding Nemo” and writing the everloved “Toy Story” series.

Needless to say, Disney planned the live-action equivalent of a Pixar film, which is appropriate considering the influential literature the movie is based on. With all of that said, do not expect

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doing “event planning” for an upcoming meeting.

Emailing can also be an easier way to express what you like, because you are not face-to-face and you can take your time describing and getting the details right.

For a little quicker response, instant messaging or sexting is great. These

can be fun because you can do them throughout the day without the need for privacy, and it gives you something to look forward to. Like email, it can build the excitement with short suggestions. It doesn’t have to be explicit either. A quick text saying “I can’t wait to hold you,” or “I have something amazing planned for tonight,” can be just suggestive enough.

Picture messages are included with the previous two. This requires a little more privacy on both sides to take and receive the photos. It can be a photo covering erotic areas, an outfit or showing everything. Just prepare them

to receive the photo so they aren’t blind-sided by it in the middle of something important.

Video sex requires complete privacy, but for people who don’t live together, it can be a great option. It’s not only visual, but it can be more intimate than a message. It is just like masturbating with the person there or showing them what you like, except they don’t get to touch you.

Although, to be fair, they will probably be busy with themselves.

I do have to put out a warning that I’m sure everyone has heard before. Proceed with caution when trying any

Ian Storey For the Review There is a lot you should know about “John Carter.”

The trailer depicts a new Disney franchise with enough special effects, 3D and alienslaying packed into it to make any action movie fan pump their fist in tense anticipation, but what the trailers fail to mention is “John Carter’s” or more accurately, “John Carter of Mars’” rich history.

John Carter, the character and hero, makes his first appearance in “A Princess of Mars,” the first book in a series written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of “Tarzan,” published in 1912, exactly 100 years ago.

The book and the movie tell the story of an average young man who is mysteriously transported to a fictionalized world on the planet Mars. He becomes the hero of Mars thanks to his super strength, which comes naturally to him simply because the gravity on planet Earth is much heavier than that of

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too much from Disney’s “John Carter.”

There isn’t much to say about the plot that hasn’t already been said, but to sum it up, if you are familiar with the story of Mario and Princess Peach, this film won’t present you with many twists and turns, but what it will give you is some lovely eye candy to look at. The 3D is used effectively, though it still probably isn’t worth the extra money. It’s refreshing to see some new actors, and the CGI and the action scenes are definitely some of the best I have ever seen, and I am a self-proclaimed action movie junkie.

At the end of the day, John Carter is more of an extra glossy action flick than an age-defining epic like the descendants of the original material. If you appreciate action movies or just enjoy the visual wonder of modern cinema, I have to recommend this movie.

Upcoming culture events Censorship in Literature: lecture by Pancho Savery

3:30 p.m. March 13 T.J. Day Hall 219

Taste of Brazil

5 p.m. March 14 Portland

Student Cat Cab: Logan Veith

9 p.m. March 15 Fred Meyer Lounge

Senior Performance Project: Jeremy Moll

7:30 p.m. March 16 Ice Auditorium

Wicked: The Musical

5 p.m. March 20 Portland

Cybersex presents a variety of possibilities

With new technology comes a new form of sex: cybersex. Chatting, sexting, phone sex and video are all common. Many people do it, and there are many warnings and stigmas that go along with it. There are definitely good things about cybersex, and I would like to bring those to the surface a little more.

Messaging through emails may be the slowest in the group. Even so, it is perfect for foreplay, especially for women because more detail can be incorporated than in a text. It can build up the tension and excitement throughout the day, a few days or longer with suggestions or by

of these. They are all great options to have fun and add spice, but they can also be harmful. You must be able to trust the person who you are sexting with or sending pictures to. I know many people do this early in a relationship or even when they aren’t in one. Hormones are high, it’s exciting and caution can easily go flying out the window.

This can come back to haunt you. When you write that email or text, and you don’t fully trust the person you are sending it to, be prepared for someone else to read it.

This also goes for other things besides sexy talk. If you send a picture, that person

now has it and they could use it against you or put it somewhere for everyone to see.

Videos can be recorded, so if you don’t want that, tell your partner. If you don’t mind having it recorded for them to go back to when you’re unavailable, be sure that you can trust that they will keep it private.

These are only possibilities, and I’m not saying they will happen. I encourage the emailing, sexting and, if you are comfortable, video sex. Be aware of who you are sharing these intimate actions with.

Bailey can be reached at linfieldreviewbailey@gmail.com.

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Wildcat Sports Schedule Monday, March 12 Men’s Golf

@ Texas Lutheran Invitiational

All day

@ Texas Lutheran Invitiational

All day

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Trail Blazers defeat Washington Wizards

Tuesday, March 13 Men’s Golf Wednesday, March 14 Lacrsosse

vs. Pacific

6 p.m.

vs. Pacific

4 p.m.

@ Forest Grove, Ore.

3 p.m.

Track and Field

@ Forest Grove, Ore.

10 a.m.

Baseball

@ Walla Walla, Wash.

Noon

Softball

@ Forest Grove, Ore.

Noon

Women’s Tennis

vs. Whitworth

1 p.m.

Men’s Tennis

@ Spokane, Wash.

5 p.m.

Men’s Golf

@ Reserve Golf Club

All day

Women’s Golf

Sunday, March 18

@ Reserve Golf Club

All day

Track and Field

@ Eugene, Ore.

10 a.m.

Baseball

@ Walla Walla, Wash.

Noon

Softball

vs. Lewis & Clark

Noon

Women’s Tennis

@ Vancouver, Wash.

Noon

Men’s Golf

@ Reserve Golf Club

All day

Women’s Golf

@ Reserve Golf Club

All day

Thursday, March 15 Men’s Tennis Friday, March 16 Women’s Tennis Saturday, March 17

Harry E. Walker/MCT Portland Trail Blazers point guard Raymond Felton (5) passes the ball after getting by Washington Wizards point guard John Wall (2) during the first half of their game played at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., on March 10, 2012.

Spring athletic seasons begin to take shape Hey ‘Cats. Now that it’s March, spring sports are in full swing. However, the season picture is starting to take shape more clearly for some sports than others.

The softball program’s title defense is going well but not without hiccups, while the baseball team seems to be sliding into inconsistent habits that question their lofty rise to No. 2 in the nation only a short while ago.

It’s no secret that the softball program has risen to new heights in the last year, starting with a slew of NCAA records and ending with a new national championship trophy in the display case and a matching placard in the adjoining hall in the Ted Wilson Gymnasium.

However, one extraordinary record just fell out of their reach on Sunday: the nation’s first undefeated season since 1995.

Sports Commentary

Chris Forrer Sports columnist Catball had yet to drop a contest this season until they got down early to Pacific Lutheran University and ended up losing 9-5; given that nearly all of their games have ended after only five innings because of the mercy rule, you folks were probably as surprised as I was by a four-run margin of defeat.

To be fair, an undefeated season in 2012 might have been the most impressive achievement in the history of Oregon sports. In 1995, the season only consisted

of 15 games. If Linfield had gone undefeated this season, they would have played in and won more than three times that many games. And to be completely honest, no matter how good this team is, a 45-50 game winning streak would have been unprecedented, so losing out on this one really isn’t indicative of how this team will fare in the long run.

Senior slugger Emilee Lepp going 0-4 at the plate was a bit concerning though. Shutting down this team’s top hitter is a surefire way to make games against the ’Cats a lot closer.

I wish I could say things were going as picture-perfect for the baseball team, but lately a few puzzling losses have left me scratching my head and wondering if this year’s team might have been more than a little over hyped in the preseason.

After starting the year at a red-hot 6-1, the team has gone 2-3 in their last five games. Two of those losses were to 6-9 Pacific and one to woeful 4-12 Willamette, teams that this highly touted Linfield group had no business losing against.

Earlier in the season they escaped an embarrassing loss against 2-14 Lewis & Clark on a ninth-inning run.

Are the teams at the bottom of the NWC playing better ball than their terrible records suggest, or did Linfield just stumble big time? I hate to say it, but I’m inclined to lean towards the latter, the NWC isn’t exactly the deepest conference in the country.

The slide has left the ’Cats at 6-3 in conference play and second place in the NWC behind 4-1 Pacific Lutheran. Thankfully, the ’Cats have only fallen as far as No. 5 nationally. Howev-

er, if losses like these continue, that national ranking isn’t going to stay so high and this extremely loaded team that on paper looks like a national title contender is going to have a lot of questions to answer in the off-season.

On a brighter note, here’s a shout-out to Linfield pole vaulter Catherine Street, who finally captured a national title in the event that she has otherwise owned nationally for the past four years.

Street is only the third female track and field athlete in Linfield history to own in individual national championship.

In the last four years, Street has run up an impressive list of achievements, including four All-American team selections, the West Region’s female field athlete of the year and the DivisionIII record for indoor pole vault. A national title is a

nice feather to add to her cap and almost certainly cements her place as a future Linfield athletics hall of famer.

One more parting shot on the women’s side of things: the tennis team is playing out-of-their-mind good this season and sports a 7-0 record, all of which came in conference play.

Sister sensations Kiana and Kaila Nip are 7-0 in doubles play and also have yet to lose in singles play. The program nabbed an NCAA tournament berth last year but lost in the opening round; could this be a team primed for a playoff run?

The team isn’t nationally ranked, but don’t count them out on that alone.

This is a talented team with some unfinished business, and that can go a long way come playoff time.

Chris Forrer can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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Junior Karleigh Prestianni hit the only home run of the game, bringing in Doucette and herself for two more runs.

The Loggers scored their first and only run during the fourth inning.

Earning the last few runs of the game during the fourth inning, freshman McKenna Spieth brought in fellow freshman Lisa Bennett.

Senior Emilee Lepp hit a triple, bringing in Spieth for another run.

The final run of the game was scored by Lepp, off a single by freshman Lisa Yamamoto.

This ended the game 15-1 after the Loggers’ fifth inning at bat.

For Linfield’s second game of the day, the Wildcats pulled ahead early in the game and scored six runs in the first inning.

The game ended in the fifth inning with a score of 8-0.

The Wildcats are second in the Northwest Conference standings, behind Pacific Lutheran.

The team will play against Pacific Univer-

sity on March 17 in Forest Grove, Ore., and then they will play against Lewis & Clark University on March 18 at home in Del Smith Stadium.

Softball Box score:

R H E

Pacific Lutheran

- 6 121

Linfield

- 2 5 2

Box score:

R H E

Pacific Lutheran

- 9 11 2

Linfield

- 5 11 4

Joel Ray/Staff photographer Kaylyn Peterson can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Senior Staci Doucette takes the plate during the game against the Pacific Lutheran University Lutes on March 11 at the Del Smith Stadium.

Women’s tennis continues winning streak Meghan O’Rourke Opinion editor Linfield’s women’s tennis team won yet another match March 10 against the University of Puget Sound Loggers with a score of 8-1, leaving them undefeated.

“I think we have a really great chance to be the conference champs. That’s our goal and we’re all hoping to achieve it,” freshman Gretchen Jernstedt said.

In the singles competition, senior Abby Olbrich defeated Logger player Maddison Holtz 6-0, 6-0.

Wildcat sophomore Caroline Brigham beat her opponent, J e n n a Gerdsen, 6-3, 6-0. “ M y Brigham goals for this season are definitely to win conference and the conference tournament so we can go to regionals again this year,” Brigham said.

Freshman Kaila Nip won her match 6-1, 6-1 against Maddie Thiesse, but Logger

Basebal team inches ahead of Willamette Carson Crepeaux Staff writer In a series against Willamette, the Wildcats gladly welcomed back sophomore Nate McClellan to the lineup. McClellan was the hot hitter, going 6-11 this weekend in three games.

During the first game of the series, the Linfield Wildcats struggled to figure out Willamette pitcher Brandon Simon.

Simon, sporting a 6.38 ERA for the season, was able to deceive the Wildcats and pitched a complete game, shutting down Linfield’s offense by only allowing seven hits and one run, resulting in a Linfield loss, 1-4.

Hitting has been an issue in the past few games for the Wildcats. However, in the second game of the

series, they stepped up their game with 13 hits.

“We were more aggressive at the plate” junior Tim Wilson said. “We were attacking the fastball and our hits began to drop in for us.”

Going off the momentum from a game-winning single by McClellan, the Wildcats began the third game with a bang.

In this game, not only did the Linfield players bat in a couple runs in the first few innings, but also the Willamette Bearcats handed Linfield another pair of runs with a wild throw past the first baseman in the bottom of the fifth.

Junior Zach Manley pitched four and twothirds innings before being relieved by senior Casey Cameron. In the follow-

Logan Thompson beat Wildcat junior Lexi Thomas 6-4, 6-4.

“It takes a lot of hard work, repetition, and a strong will to become a good tennis player,” Brigham said.

Senior Kiana Nip defeated her opponent Marissa Friedman 6-3, 6-0, and freshman Kelly Watanabe won her singles match against Josephine Dow 6-4, 6-4.

“Our strengths are our confidence and belief in our ability,” Jernstedt said.

“Also, depth and the will to win and never give up.”

Baseball Box score:

R H E

Willamette

- 2 5 4

Linfield

- 4 5 2

Box score:

R H E

Willamette

- 3 5 0

Linfield

- 4 13 1

Box score:

R H E

Willamette

- 4 8 0

Linfield

- 1 7 1

ing inning senior Spencer Crepeaux came in to pitch, remaining until the last inning when sophomore Zach Brandon came in to shut down the Bearcats.

Pitcher junior Zach Manley attributes his effectiveness to “keeping the ball low and in the zone” he said. “Also, being a four pitch guy helps me to have success while I’m on the mound.”

The Wildcats continue next weekend in Walla Walla, Wash. Their opponent will be Whitman, who experienced three blowout losses against Pacific Lutheran University last weekend.

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

T h e doubles competition ended completely in the Wildcats’ favor.

Olbrich and Brigham defeatJernstedt ed their opponents, Holtz and Dow 8-3.

Brigham said she had been strengthing her communication skills on the court, adding to her teamwork.

“Abby and I have been working a lot on communi-

cation and new strategies, which seemed to work well in our match this weekend,” Brigham said.

The Nip sisters won 8-2 against Loggers duo Thompson and Friedman, and Watanabe and Thomas beat Ada Yu and Thiesse 8-5.

Brigham speculated on the team’s upcoming challenges, saying that she viewed the competition as an opportunity to improve.

“Our biggest conference opponents are Whitman and Whitworth, but we are playing some nationally ranked

teams when we go to California over Spring Break, which will be really tough matches,” Brigham said.

On March 16, the Wildcats travel to Forest Grove to play against Pacific University and play at home on March 17 against Whitworth University.

The big match this weekend is the match against Whitworth.

“That should be a good match to show who is number one in the conference,” Jernstedt said.

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

Women’s golf gains its footing for spring season Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor Venturing north, the women’s golf team faced off with five Northwest Conference teams March 10 and 11 at the Pacific Lutheran University Invitational in Walla Walla, Wash.

Restarting the season, the Wildcats pushed through wind and rain during the first day of the PLU Invitational.

“Spring golf can be rough because of the conditions that we will be playing in,” junior Brinn Hovde said.

“Rain, hail and snow are all things that we will be facing, which can definitely add some complications to the game.”

The Wildcats finished the PLU Invitational in third place out of the seven teams.

The team scored a total of 526 strokes, 94 strokes above par. The invitational winning team was George Fox

University, scoring 491.

Linfield’s top competitor was sophomore Hannah Christianson, who placed 14th. Following closely behind Christianson were her four teammates, sophomore Alexandria Smith, Hovde, and seniors Sophia Corr and Lyndia Smith, placing 16th, 17th, 18th and 21st.

“We all have our minds in the right spot and that’s a solid foundation to build off of,” Hovde said. “We are excited for the season, and I know that we will embrace this to perform at a level to get us on top.”

The team placed fourth in the first day of the invitational. Taking the lead of the competition was Whitman with a team score of 329 strokes.

The Wildcats trailed the lead team by 26 strokes.

Hovde said, the fivewoman team hopes to keep its high standings this

spring, despite a drop in team members.

During the last nine years, the membership of the women’s golf team has bounced around from as many as 10, to a low of four.

Coach Brian Trowbridge joined the team in the 20102011 season.

However, only a year and a half later, Trowbridge resigned, and he was replaced by interim head coach James Yen. Hovde said that the team would have to be self-motivated during the coming season.

“This spring we are going to have to keep working hard to maintain our high standing in the conference,” Hovde said. “We lost a couple players but we are going to keep it in the right perspective and step up to take on the extra responsibility.”

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

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Wildcats grab national title and multiple victories Ivanna Tucker Features editor

Joel Ray/Staff photographer Senior Cody Levien (left) and junior Zach Lyons regroup after a match against Whitman double team Andew La Cava and Adriel Borshansky on March 11 at home.

Tennis: Duo faces first loss of season << Continued from page 16 ferent playing styles which complement each other well.

“Cody is an explosive player and very high energy.

Zach is more thoughtful and crafty,” Swanson said.

Levien attributed their success in doubles to good coaching.

“Carl is a great doubles coach; he really focuses on fundamentals. I think our fundamentals are a big part of our success.” Levien said.

By sticking to fundamentals, the duo has managed to win several tough matches

by being “like a wall,” Lyons said.

By repeatedly executing the fundamentals of good doubles play, the pair overwhelms their opponents.

On March 10, the pair stole an 8-3 win from Puget Sound’s Michael Cutter and Ben Muller.

“A lot of other teams are really aggressive, but we’ve been sticking to the fundamentals, and it’s really helped,” Levien said after the match.

On March 11, the Wildcats faced Whitman, the NWC defending champions.

Levien and Lyons lost

their first match this season, with a close 6-8, but they weren’t discouraged.

“It was a good match,” Levien said. “They were pretty tricky.”

The two have been leaders for the rest of the team.

“I’m proud of both of them for setting a good example as leaders and mentors, showing our younger players the pathway to success,” Swanson said.

At the March 10 match, the Wildcats beat Puget Sound 6-3 with four solid wins in singles and two in doubles.

Freshmen Micah Roos

and Lukas Kleinman worked together for an 8-4 victory at No. 2 doubles.

Both Levien and Lyons fought hard for victories in the third set at No. 1 and 2 singles.

Levien faced Muller at No. 1 for a close 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 win, while Lyons outlasted Cutter 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 at No. 2.

Freshmen Joel Trousdale and Kleinman also won their singles matches 6-2, 6-4 and 6-2, 6-0, respectively.

The Wildcats will host Pacific at 4 p.m. on March 15.

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

One of Linfield’s pole vaulters made history this weekend as Catherine Street won the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. The meet was held at Grinnell College in Iowa.

Street’s goal was to set a new personal and meet record with 13 feet 9 ¾ inches. Even though she did not meet this, she still pulled in a victory. This is the fourth time that she has attended the meet, but it is the first title that she has won.

She is now joining the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame alongside two other female track and field champions.

The track teams also competed in a dual meet against George Fox on March 10.

The women’s team lost with a score of 80-73. The men’s team beat the Bruins 97-71.

Overall, the two teams won a total of 17 events.

On the women’s side, junior Melany Crocker won the 100-meter dash with freshman Halsie Peek receiving third. Sophomore Nelly Evans took first in the 800-meter dash with freshman Audrey Lichten pulling in close behind her in second. Both women qualified to compete in the conference championship.

Junior Shanna Peaden had no opponents for the 5000-meter run but qualified for conference with a time of 18 minutes and 31.92 seconds.

Senior Misty Corwin won pole vault and also qualified for conference championships. Sophomore Courtney Alley threw her season’s best and took first in discus.

“All I want to do is throw a new personal record in

discus,” Alley said.

“I’ve been chasing it since my senior year in high school, and I’m very Street motivated and hopeful that I can get it.”

Anna LaBeaume won the hammer throw and placed second in both shot put and discus throw.

Sophomore Jason Cheyne took first in the 100-meter relay with a time of 11.22. Teammate sophomore Nicholas Turner followed close behind with a time of 11.53.

Freshman Colin Nelson qualified for conference in the 400 with his winning time of 51.19.

The Linfield men’s 4x100 meter relay pulled in a win over George Fox with a time of 43.5.

The team consisted of Nelson, sophomore Zach Kawamoto, Turner and Nelson.

Sophomore Michael Madden and freshman Chad Linnerooth both received first in events.

Madden took the top spot in 400 hurdles and Linnerooth winning the 1500.

Linfield ended the meet with wins in four of the men’s field events: pole vault, shot put, hammer throw and javelin.

Junior Kyle Pfeifer met his season’s best with a toss of 159 feet 4 inches.

“The girls’ side of the team seems to be getting stronger,” Alley said. “[The men’s] throwers seem to be setting new personal records for themselves each week in at least one event.”

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Catline Wildcats lose NWC lead to the Lutes Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor

Northwest Conference Standings Baseball Pacific Lutheran

5-1

.833

Linfield

6-3

.667

Pacific

4-2

.667

George Fox

3-3

.500

Puget Sound

1-2

.333

Whitman

2-4

.333

Willamette

2-4

.333

Whitman

2-4

.333

Lewis & Clark

1-5

.167

Whitworth

0-0

.000

Softball Pacific Lutheran

11-1

.917

Linfield

10-2

.833

George Fox

6-3

.667

Willamette

6-4

.600

Pacific

6-6

.500

Puget Sound

2-8

.200

2-10

.167

0-9

.000

Whitworth Lewis & Clark

Men’s Tennis Whitman

7-0

Pacific

5-1

1.000 .833

George Fox

4-2

.667

Willamette

3-2

.600

Whitworth

3-2

.600

Pacific Lutheran

2-4

.333

Linfield

2-4

.333

Lewis & Clark

1-5

.167

Puget Sound

0-7

.000

Linfield

7-0

1.000

Whitworth

5-0

1.000

Whitman

6-1

.857

Pacific

4-3

.571

Willamette

3-3

.500

Puget Sound

3-5

.375

George Fox

1-4

.200

Lewis & Clark

0-6

.000

Pacific Lutheran

0-7

.000

The Wildcats swung away at the competition on March 10 and 11 at the Del Smith Stadium.

Linfield battled in a doubleheader against Pacific Lutheran University on March 11.

Facing off with the Lutes, the Wildcats met their first loss of the season.

Linfield took a short lead of 3-2 during the first inning.

The Wildcats lost the lead after the second inning when Pacific Lutheran scored three more runs.

Inching ahead, the Lutes continued to outscore the Wildcats, beating them 9-5.

“Pacific Lutheran is a good team. They hit the ball pretty well and match up well against us. We had several good games with them last year”, senior Staci Doucette said. “We [know] that they are going to come at us with everything they have.”

Concluding their second game against the Lutes, the Wildcats lost 6-2. Linfield led the second game 2-0 until the seventh inning, when the Lutes scored all six of its runs.

“Our hitting and pitching are both very strong and compliment each other well”, senior Jaydee Baxter said. “Something bigger than that though is our ability to stay level headed. We play a very mental game that is based on fail-

Joel Ray/Staff photographer The softball team cheers on senior Jaydee Baxter as she crosses the plate after hitting a home run in the fifth inning against Pacific Lutheran University on March 11 at Del Smith Stadium. ure and our team has the ability to stay mentally tough and find success no matter who is playing well. We find ways to win even in the face of adversity.”

Starting off the weekend, the softball team faced off for a doubleheader with the University of

Puget Sound on March 10.

Kicking off the game, the Loggers were first to step up to the plate.

The Wildcats took the second inning by storm, scoring 12 of their 15 runs.

The frenzy of runs started

when Baxter hit the ball into centerfield, bringing in senior Jordan Mixsell and freshman Kate Hasty.

The scoring continued as the Wildcats cycled through the line>> Please see Softball page 14

Whitman sweeps men’s tennis

Women’s Tennis

Caleb Goad Staff writer

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

See page 13>>

Senior Cody Levien and junior Zach Lyons continued their solid winning streak March 2 and 3.

The duo had their first loss to Whitman College, putting them at 6-1 in doubles.

“Zach and Cody played together last year at the No. 2 doubles position,” Coach Carl Swanson said.

“They had a solid winning percentage, and they are building off of that foundation of success this year.”

Part of their success comes from consistent teamwork.

The two are friends off the court.

Levien said they’ve known each other for about three years, since Lyons started at Linfield.

This friendship is a foundation of good teamwork, Lyons said.

“I think a good relationship off the court translates to a good relationship on the court. [It] helps us communicate better,” he said.

Levien and Lyons have dif-

Women’s tennis is undefeated The women’s tennis team is ranked No. 1 in the NWC and continues to play hard.

See page 14>> Baseball strides ahead in season The Wildcats go up against Willamette University winning two of the three games.

See page 14>> Wildcats strive for excellence Track and field athletes place high in George Fox Invitational.

See page 15>>

Joel Ray/Staff photographer Junior Zach Lyons faces off with Whitman senior Adriel Borshansky during the match on March 11 at home.

>> Please see Tennis page 15