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Linfield baseball sweeps home series against Whitman on March 16 and 17 >> page 16

March 18, 2013

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Issue No. 16

Students announce Wildstock performers

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Samantha Sigler News editor

Pi Day run

Students, faculty, staff and McMinnville community members participate in Linfield’s first ever Pi Day Fun Run/Walk on March 14. >> page 6

Store relocates The Vortex moves from the Baker Street square shopping

center to Third Street.

Senior Nic Miles (left), outgoing ASLC president, along with other Cabinet members and Dan Fergueson, director of College Activities, surprise junior Dillon Casados with the announcement of Casados’ newly elected presidency.

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Linfield’s student body elects new ASLC president, vice Samantha Sigler News editor

Linfield orchestra The Linfield Chamber Orchestra performs for the last time March 15 in Ice Auditorium. >> page 11

Track and Field

Linfield’s track and field finishes first during the weekend. Junior Anna LaBeaume improves her status in Linfield’s record book. >> page 14

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Junior Dillon Casados was elected the Associated Students of Linfield College president, and junior Jake Baker was elected vice president on March 12.

Casados won with 387 votes and Baker won with 299. A total of 42 percent of the student body voted in the presidential elections, and 42 percent voted in the vice presiden-

tial elections.

“I’ve realized that when you put your mind to something and you put every ounce of passion that you embody into it, there are no limits” Casados said in an email.

Within the next few weeks, ASLC will be hiring for a new Cabinet. There have been around 15 applications. A board consisting of Casados, Baker and a few other past and present ASLC and Senate members will interview all of the

applicants. Casados’ main goal for electing the new ASLC Cabinet is to go into interviews with an open mind to find the right person for each position.

“Over the next few months, I plan on being in constant contact with Nic [Miles] to better understand what my obligations consist of as president,” Casados >> Please see ASLC page 6

Outasight and The Ready Set will be the headlining acts for Wildstock 2013, which is slated for May 10.

Junior Evan O’Kelly, vice president of programming for the Associated Students of Linfield College, left the announcement in the hands of 10 students to spread the word around campus.

“We considered different options, but we felt we had an offer we couldn’t refuse,” O’Kelly said.

The Ready Set, a pop band, and Outasight, a rapper, are touring together this year and came as a package deal. This made them more affordable for O’Kelly and Dan Fergueson, director of College Activities, to choose for Wildstock.

The opening act will be Rootdown, a band that performed at a Pro Cat Cab during spring 2012.

Each band will perform for one hour.

“Separately, there was no way we could afford both of them,” O’Kelly said.

Other changes for this Wildstock include Action Sports Entertainment providing secondary entertainment before the performances. There will be field games, such as relay races, football tosses and laser tag for students to participate in while waiting for the show to begin.

There will also be a battle of the bands May 10 and a comedian May 11.

“It will be like a three day festival,” O’Kelly said. “I feel pretty confident with our selection. I think students will really enjoy it.”

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

Student struck by vehicle in crosswalk Jessica Prokop Editor-in-chief A student was sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle, while riding his longboard across the Keck Drive crosswalk on campus.

The McMinnville Police Department and McMinnville Fire Department paramedics responded to the reports of a vehicle versus pedestrian acci-

dent at approximately 7:30 p.m.

March 13.

Sophomore Dillon Lystell, a pole vaulter on Linfield’s track and field team, was crossing the street on his longboard when a 1997 Geo Metro traveling westbound struck him.

The driver was 18-year-old Maira Alba of McMinnville. Alba had a 9-year-old girl and a 5-yearold boy in the car also. None of the occupants of the car were injured.

Alba estimated her speed to be

15 mph. She also stated that she did not see Lystell prior to the crash, according to the McMinnville Lystell P o l i c e Department.

A student who witnessed the accident, and who wishes to remain anonymous, said Lystell was about two thirds of the way

through the crosswalk when he was struck.

Lystell rolled up onto the windshield of the car and bounced off of it. He immediately stood up and tried walking it off, the witness said.

Lystell was coherent when the student approached him but was complaining about his back, the >> Please see Crash page 4

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Opinions

Students lack support for ASLC election On March 12, the student body as a whole made the unified decision of who to elect for ASLC president and vice president, or so we think.

Only 42 percent of the student body voted for the president and vice president elections. This means only 629 students voted for president and 628 students voted for the vice president.

It is shocking that less than half of Linfield students voted in such an important election to the future of Linfield.

Ideally, students should learn more about the candidates and their platforms in order to fully understand who they are

voting for.

This also leads us to question why students don’t take a few seconds out of their day to at least vote. It is so easy just to quickly vote on your phone or laptop.

“I think that overall student awareness and involvement is low on campus. It is hard to get everyone on the same page when everyone is busy with school work.

Students have to make campus involvement a priority in order for things to change,” said Maggie May, ASLC secretary.

“About 58 percent of Americans voted in the last elections. I would

hope that Linfield would top that since we are all supposed to be the thinkers and activists of our generation. Only 29 percent of Americans have a college degree.”

These elected leaders will determine Linfield’s future and be the voice for all students.

The president and vice president take part in huge decisions that affect the entire student body. It is your duty as a student to let your voice be heard.

We are happy for those who won the election, but it is disappointing that more students didn’t vote.

However, May took

note that student voting is improving. Twice as many students voted this year than last year.

Also, twice as many candidates ran for office.

However, there is still room for improvement, all of which rests in the hands of the general student body.

Take the initiative to decide your own fate, here at Linfield and in the country as a whole, and vote. It may be an overpreached subject, but until change is made, our generation will continue to hear it.

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POP CULTURE

‘The Bachelor’ portrays false sense of love

Don’t get me wrong... I love watching “The Bachelor.” It is safe to say that I was there for every single step of Sean Lowe’s search for love.

I effectively became a permanent, virtual third wheel on each of their dates. Let me tell you, riding elephants in Thailand...amazing!

But let’s get real, who would ever sign up for a show like that? Who would want to put themselves through weeks upon weeks of emotional torture? Desperate people, that’s who.

Sorry to call out all of you ladies who go on each new season of “The Bachelor,” but what is wrong with you? It’s called a bar.

Kate Straube Photo editor You go in, have a guy buy you a drink and start talking. It is really that simple.

OK, maybe you don’t like the bar scene, then try online dating or something. There are millions of men in this world and millions of places in which you can meet them. Open your eyes!

Look around, even though it may not seem

like it, there are more fish in the sea.

I find it shocking on so many levels that these women feel the need to go on national television where every single move of their dating lives are monitored and filmed.

Talk about a false reality.

It is proven that people act differently in front of cameras. It’s no wonder none of these marriages work out, the couple’s aren’t used to “normal life.” Heck, they probably don’t even know what to talk about when they finally go on a regular date to the local Applebee’s. Nothing like a tall cold glass of reality to end a marriage.

On top of all that, these

women decide to enter themselves into a situation where there is only one man to choose from.

Talk about not ever going to happen...ever.

The percentage of chance that any one of the cast members on the show will find their “perfect match” is so unrealistic.

Also, ladies, we want to elevate our chances of finding someone for a relationship not narrow it down to one. See what else is out there before you lock in your final answer... that is dating 101.

It’s no wonder relationships in this society are failing. We have pop culture outlets giving us a false sense of reality. It is unfair to ourselves to

think that love will magically come knocking on our doorstep one day.

I hate to break it to you, but sometimes finding the person you are meant to be with is not as easy as filling out an application for a dating TV show.

It is never good to force any kind of relationship, and I believe “The Bachelor” does just that. It forces people to learn how to love rather than find it naturally.

In my eyes, “The Bachelor” is like an arranged marriage that America participated in putting together.

I now pronounce you... divorced.

Kate Straube can be reached at linfieldreviewphotos@gmail.com.

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EDUCATION

Take advantage of unpaid internship opportunities With spring break right around the corner, I’ve been thinking more and more about the fast-approaching summer. Should I get a job, or should I get an internship? This is a question many students are being faced with.

A job means more money, which means less debt. An internship may possibly be unpaid, which means no money. Is an unpaid internship worth it? Is an internship as important as everyone makes it out to seem?

These are questions I’ve heard many of my peers ask. And the answer is, definitely go for the intern-

Alyssa Townsend Opinion editor ship.

“Internships are a great way to ‘test drive’ an industry or a company. Love a class in marketing? Try an internship in marketing to see how you want to focus your future coursework,” said Kristi Mackay, assistant director of Career

Development.

“Want to help people?

There are many non-profits and social service organizations that include interns as part of their management team.”

Even though some internships are unpaid, the experience you get will help you get paid more in your future career.

Most jobs require experience, and internships are the best way for undergraduates to get that crucial prerequisite.

“Approximately 60 percent of 2012 college graduates who took part in paid internships received at

least one job offer (Data from 2012 NACE Recruiting Benchmarks Survey).

Many of these offers came from the same organization where the student completed the intern experience,” Mackay said.

Some students recognize the advantages of an internship and are already gaining experience in their field of choice. They too, recommend that other students look for internships.

“Having an internship allowed me the opportunity to apply what I learned in the classroom to the work place and in my profession. It gave me an insight

on what skills are needed to succeed,” said senior Meg Burgess-Hull, a past intern for CeaseFire Washington.

Burgess-Hull worked from Christmas break to February.

Remember this when you’re making your summer plans or just looking for a new job. Internships are a great opportunity to gain experience, network and maybe even help you gain passion for a career field.

Mackay wants to remind students to apply for internships about a semester ahead of when you want to start. It takes a lot of time to

figure out where you want to intern and go through the interviewing process.

Some more tips include, asking professors for networking assistance and highlighting your leadership experience on campus.

When applying for internships, highlight the skills you do have and relate them to the position you are applying for.

You’ll be glad you took that unpaid internship in college, when you land the job of your dreams after you graduate.

Alyssa Townsend can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.

TRAVEL

Get some rest during your spring break All of the stress of the semester has started to build in the Linfield student body, and the majority of us cannot wait for the week off. But, make sure there’s some actual relaxation in there.

Spring break for college students is often a time associated with road trips, parties and last minute homework sessions.

Well, this spring break try to actually get some relaxation in there. It is important to use this time off to refuel and reenergize because the second half of the semester starts as soon as you step back on campus April 1.

To those of you traveling for spring break, while traveling often leads to relaxation, don’t stress out during the process of getting there.

Planning trips can be stressful, add in road rage if you’re driving, or the craziness of airports if you’re flying, and you might need a breather. Road trips can also be stressful depending on who you go with.

If you don’t go with the right people, those being people you know and trust, things might take a turn for the unexpected.

For anyone using this time to party, you might be doing more harm to your body than good.

While I could go on about the dangers of alcohol, I’d rather talk about the fact that by drinking and staying up late, you are not getting any rest at all.

This will only make things worse when you get to the end of spring break, sleep deprived and stressed out by the home-

Kaylyn Peterson Copy editor work you were supposed to do before the end of spring break.

And just about everyone is guilty of putting off the homework given to them during spring break and turning in a half finished assignment thrown together Sunday night or Monday morning.

This is a surefire way to guarantee a stressful second half to the semester.

So spread it out, start a little before you actually leave for break, if it’s possible, and run with it.

Do an hour or two here and there, and it’ll be less stressful, and you’ll thank yourself later when you’re not cramming to finish that huge paper the first day back from break.

Finally, for anyone who might be working during spring break, remember this is a break!

Make sure you find some down time if you can afford it.

Although, it’d be nice to have some cash to come back to school with, it shouldn’t deprive you of this week off from classes.

Spring break will be fun, crazy and relaxing, as long as you think your plans through and find some time to rest at some point during the week.

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

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COLLEGE LIFE

Communication needs to be a priority A Linfield student hops out of a Campus Security vehicle, turns around and smiles, while thanking the driver for the ride across campus.

Just across the street, a student and another campus security officer walk sideby-side and share a laugh.

OK, so this is all highly improbable, but it sounds nice right? At least better than the dysfunction that’s affecting students and Linfield personnel now.

Conflict between Linfield students and College Public Safety (CPS) is nothing new—or abnormal. Students are constantly complaining and cracking jokes at CPS’ expense.

The relationship between students and CPS is quite simple.

Chrissy Shane Features editor Give students rules and someone needs to enforce those rules. Students will break the rules and someone will have to ensure the consequences.

Already, the relationship is off to a rocky start. No one wants to get in trouble, especially at our age. Most students have never experienced as much freedom as they have in college. These students are testing this freedom, which may ultimately

lead to breaking rules and getting in trouble. They obviously aren’t trying to get in trouble. Even so, there are boundaries that need to be maintained.

As of late, the line separating conflict and lack of respect is starting to blur and is often crossed.

Just last week I saw several students blatantly mocking officers during a procedure, but noticed at the same time that officers’ inquiries were tinged with condescendence—a far cry from the fanciful notion I first fabricated.

I think it’s quite simple: students are frustrated at their lack of voice and privacy, while CPS is tired of being disrespected for doing its job.

Perhaps students and

CPS simply don’t have a good enough understanding of each other and their roles within the Linfield community.

Candid conversation is the only way to develop a mutual understanding— reinventing and encouraging a positive relationship between students and authorities is going to take more than a campus-wide email.

Linfield is a close-knit community, honest discussion should be frequent and encouraged.

If we really want to harness “the power of small,” there needs to be adequate communication between students and personnel.

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

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Professor shares research findings on media Julian Adoff Multimedia editor

Media is moving into the future and a Linfield professor has experienced the changes along the way.

Michael Huntsberger, assistant professor of mass communication taught an audience about the three sectors of mass media during a March 13 lecture in Riley Hall.

Huntsberger was in the communications business long before he was a professor at Linfield College and was able to share firsthand experiences with audience members. His first experience in media was when he started as a freelancer in 1980 in community radio.

After receiving a faculty development grant in fall 2011, Huntsberger began a long term research project studying how community media has changed and evolved to a participatory media in the 21st century.

At the onset of the lecture, Huntsberger explained that the work he has done on the project so far is still in its preliminary stages.

One of the main themes that spread throughout the lecture was how the eight mass media trends have changed and evolved in the 21st century. Over time,

these trends have changed to encompass media users more directly. One key change that Huntsberger noted is that users are able to change the flow of news because of technology like the iPhone.

“I decide for me what news is. My definition of news can be completely different from yours,” Huntsberger said.

There are three sectors of mass media: commercial, public service and community. Each of these have certain areas of specialty when it comes to how they broadcast, but as with most media in the 21st century, the lines between the three are starting to blur.

Most of Huntsberger’s research has been in the community media sector. According to Huntsberger, community media is about giving citizens the opportunity to form a connection with each other. A main reason this occurs is because of the core belief that community members volunteer to create their own content.

While Huntsberger is still compiling qualitative data through original case studies, he has been able to draw some initial conclusions about community media.

Through observations and initial research, Huntsberger

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Michael Huntsberger, assistant professor of mass communication, spoke with students and faculty about community media in the 21st century on March 13 in Riley Hall. has found that the service goals of community media strive to provide people with cultural dissemination, language preservation, community development and civic engagement opportunities.

These four opportunities will play a key role in the

next stages of his research, especially the preservation of minority languages. He hopes to present his findings in 2014 at a conference in Tokyo.

Various members of the Linfield community noted before and after the lecture that many members of the

Department of Mass Communication have given talks this semester.

Senior Nic Miles, a mass communication major, feels he has benefited from being able to learn from the mass communication-based lectures this spring.

Students engage in leadership seminar Kelsey Sutton Managing editor Presenting a different kind of seminar, a former Oregon state representative helped Linfield students discover what it means to be a true leader. A small group showed up to listen to Jefferson Smith speak March 14 in Riley Hall, 201, expecting a lecture.

But Smith told everyone he didn’t want to do one of his speeches because they can easily be found on the Internet. He was more interested in getting to know the students in the audience.

“It’s way cooler to do something that we can’t replace,” Smith said. He wanted to focus on answering questions and creating a dialogue.

He asked members of the group to think of traits that belong to a great leader.

Students came up with characteristics like persistence, innovation, cooperation and responsibility. Smith suggested books and further resources that related to almost every trait written on the whiteboard.

Smith said leaders don’t necessarily need to be charismatic, but rather should embody discipline and selflessness.

“I don’t think someone

who’s magnetic or loud is necessarily a worse or better leader. Someone who is loud and obnoxious, or maybe shy and reserved, can make a tremendous leader.”

Smith then asked everyone to think of an example that linked to one of the leadership traits. Sophomore Ian Franceschi gave the example of Vlad the Impaler, or Dracula, as a great leader, which gave the group a good laugh.

“He was a slave for the longest time to the Turkish Empire. He ended up coming out of the woodworks from his slavery and coming back to his people with ideas that were used within the Turkish and Mongolian armies. He brought those ideas back and ended up becoming one of the most feared men, and leader-oriented men in all of Europe in his day,” Franceschi said.

“The lesson is, I would say he was innovative.”

Smith connected this example to the different eras of leadership in the world.

“For centuries, rule of the world was based on control of the best weaponry. I think the rule of the world today is dictated by access to the control of capital. The question is what the next era of history is controlled by, I think by ideas,” Smith said,

“The department is on a roll with lectures. It is refreshing hearing multiple lectures from multiple professors about a topic we study every day,” Miles said.

Julian Adoff can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

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Jefferson Smith, former Oregon state representative, leads an interactive discussion with students, exploring what it means to be a true leader and how to improve during a leadership seminar March 14 in Riley Hall, 201. giving his “dumb” interpretation of the arc of history.

Then he asked students to brainstorm the hard parts of being a leader, the things that most people would rather avoid. Asking for help, maintaining support, dealing with conflict and staying motivated were a few ideas that students came

up with.

With regard to motivation, he advised everyone to “never, ever, give up,” as Winston Churchill once said in a speech.

Smith gave advice for what he could, but said that for some, he had no answers. He admitted that he is actively working on

being able to deal with the hard parts, such as losing, criticism or failure.

Smith ended his presentation by saying that the most important thing a leader can do is develop other leaders. To lead is to empower, he said.

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witness said.

“He was trying to play it cool, but he was obviously shaken up by what happened. He was pretty calm though,” the witness said.

Lystell was transported to the Willamette Valley Medical Center for cuts and bruises, according to the McMinnville Police Department.

No one involved in the accident received a citation. However, the accident is still under investigation, according to the McMinnville Police Department.

“The crosswalk isn’t very noticeable. We students notice it because we walk across it all the time.

If you don’t drive on campus all the time, you might not notice it,” the witness added.

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

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Released convicted murderer adheres to parole Jessica Prokop Editor-in-chief Linfield’s College Public Safety has confirmed that convicted murderer Scott William Cox, who was released on parole in McMinnville in February, has not trespassed on campus since his release.

Cox pleaded no contest to

the murder of two women in the Portland area in 1993. As part of his parole, Cox must wear a GPS enabled ankle bracelet and be housed in the Yamhill County Jail from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. every night.

He is also not allowed on campus, according to a CPS email notification.

Cox has complied with all conditions of his parole to

date, said L i n d a Powell, senior director of Human Resources & College Cox Public Safety, in an email.

Some students have reported seeing Cox on cam-

pus since his release. However, each incident has not involved Cox. The man reported to be outside an off-campus house was actually a resident of the area. Additionally, CPS made contact with the man who was reported to be on the Wellness Trail on March 7. The individual was geocaching, said Alaina

Mayfield, an administrative officer for CPS, in an email.

“CPS will be immediately notified if Cox is near or on campus. We will in turn immediately notify the student body and staff. Linfield has been added to a list of areas, that should Cox enter those areas, he is in violation of his parole. If he violates his parole, he will go back

to jail,” Mayfield said in an email.

CPS routinely contacts the Yamhill County Corrections department for updates about the release of Cox but encourages students to contact its officers if they believe to see Cox on campus at 503-883-7233.

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

Speaker tells story of unlikely friendship, love Olivia Marovich Staff writer Connecting the personal stories from people affected by war is one of the ways guest speaker Frederick Tubach believes that we can grow as a civilization and overcome extreme hardships.

“Bernie and I were just two individuals, who happened to come from different sides of the Holocaust,” Tubach said when he visited Linfield on March 12.

Tubach and “Bernie,” Bernat Rosner, wrote the book “An Uncommon Friendship: From Opposite Sides of the Holocaust” about their childhoods during the Nazi occupation.

Tubach was born in California in 1930 to German parents, and after the death of his mother, his family moved back to Germany where he spent his childhood in the midst of World War II. Rosner is a Hungarian Jew who grew up at the same time as Tubach, but under different circumstances.

“As he recited his story to me, he sounded like a lawyer,” recalls Tubach of Rosner’s detachment from his past. Rosner was sent to Auschwitz Concentration

Camp at the height of Hitler’s Holocaust, a genocide in which he lost his entire family.

“Bernie said that religious thoughts did not help,” Tubach said of his friend’s process of dealing with the memories of one of the most notorious Nazi death camps.

“He did reconnect on some level, but he was never a firm believer again.”

After returning to Germany, Tubach’s father joined the Nazi Party and fought for the Germans during the war, while Tubach stayed home with his stepmother and her family.

“The Nazi’s attempted to obliterate the value of the individual life for what they believed was the higher good,” Tubach said.

As a member of the Nazi Youth Camp during his childhood, Tubach remembers his childhood as a time of confusion and contradiction under the Nazi regime.

Years later, when he discovered the truth of what happened during those years, he found it “incomprehensible.”

“This was not the war I experienced as a child and teenager, but I came to understand it as an adult,” Tubach said. “A genocide had happened in the middle

Olivia Marovich/Staff writer Guest speaker Frederick Tubach shares with Linfield and McMinnville community members a story of friendship, showing how people can grow and overcome hardships during his lecture “The Legacy of War: Story as Bridge, Liberation and Transformation” on March 12. of Europe, but I did not realize it until the Americans arrived. They put up a poster of the Warsaw Ghetto to show us ‘what we Germans had done.’”

To reconcile his childhood memories with the war he learned about as an adult, Tubach believes that there are two ways to experience any conflict.

“There is a war of personal experience and there is war as a grand design,” Tubach said. “I saw war

through the eyes of women—mothers for sons, wives for husbands, sisters for brothers.”

After returning to America and renouncing his German citizenship, Tubach attended the University of California at Berkeley and later became a professor. Attempting to put the past behind him, it was not until his wife ran into an old friend and decided to have her and her Hungarian-born husband over for dinner.

“It is such an American story,” Tubach joked of his chance meeting with Rosner. The two began a friendship based on sharing their stories from their time in Europe.

“World War II was two generations behind us. However, the past still weighed so heavily on our minds.”

Thirteen years into their friendship, the two decided to write a book about their pasts.

“The story offers no solu-

tion, but the hope that one day more bridge stories will emerge in conflicts like Israel and Palestine, the Sunni and the Shiite, India and Pakistan,” Tubach said of his book.

Tubach’s visit is part of the PLACE: Legacies of War lecture series at Linfield, which will host a number of events this semester.

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

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First Pi Day run spurs community involvement Sarah Mason For the Review As many people indulged themselves in slices of apple, berry and chocolate pie, students, faculty and McMinnville community members were invited to celebrate Pi Day by participating in Linfield’s First Annual Pi Day Fun Run/ Walk on March 14.

The event began at 3:30 p.m. in front of Walker Hall and was organized by the Student Health, Wellness and Counseling Center, the Linfield Math Club and Pi Mu Epsilon Honor Society.

“We wanted to give the Linfield Community a fun way to celebrate spring, while promoting movement in a fun and social way [and] recognizing the benefits of exercise for both mental and physical health,” said Pattie Haddeland, the director of Student Health, Wellness and Counseling, in an email.

The run/walk was meant to be low-key and non-competitive, encouraging everyone to participate. A total of 47 participants turned out for the event.

The celebration began with a 3.14 mile course. The

runners and walkers began the race in front of Walker Hall and continued their loop to the Wellness Trail and finally back to the start line.

College Public Safety ensured that participants safely crossed the street and helped mark the course.

Many participants impressively crossed the finish line in just less than 20 minutes.

A few of the top finishers for the men were seniors Cody Escott and Harper Taylor. For the women participants, sophomores Erin Crofcheck and Carrie Skuzeski finished in the top.

Following the event, participants were invited to attend an open house showcasing the recently integrated Student Health, Wellness and Counseling Center in Walker Hall.

The community was welcomed into the new office and introduced to its staff members. The new department encourages healthy behaviors and promotes well-being to students.

The Math Club and Pi Mu Epsilon members supplied creativity, artwork and volunteers for the event.

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Students, faculty, staff and community members participate in Linfield’s first Pi Day Fun Run/Walk on March 14.

“We had a good number of participants, and it was very well received by the

Linfield community,” said Allison Brosius, a student Health and Wellness intern.

“We hope to make this an annual event and incorporate more groups on campus

ASLC requests meeting to discuss bullying Jessica Prokop Editor-in-chief The Associated Students of Linfield College Cabinet has requested to meet with members of the FUSION Club on March 18 to address bullying of LGBTQ community members.

The meeting was requested by the Cabinet, according to a March 11 email sent by Aidan Willers, club president,

to FUSION members. The email requested that “anyone who has witnessed or been bullied at any time on Linfield’s campus to come and share their story to Cabinet, if they are comfortable.”

When asked about the email he sent, Willers declined to comment about the bullying incidences.

“This is obviously a very important, but sensitive, issue that certainly needs attention.

However, it is my superior’s, as well as my own, opinion that it is not an issue that should be brought to public attention at this time. Things are still premature regarding the issue, and I do not wish to pressure anyone into sharing a story that could become public,” Willers wrote in an email.

FUSION Club at Linfield deals with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/

questioning concerns. The club addresses “issues of sexuality with a focus on the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) social climates,” according to its Web page.

Jason Rodriguez, director of multicultural programs and FUSION co-adviser, echoed Willers’ sentiment.

“This is a sensitive subject for many and when the time is appropriate, and

FUSION feels ready to talk with The Linfield Review, then a FUSION representative will email you back or be in contact with you officially,” Rodriguez wrote in an email.

Efforts to reach club members directly were unsuccessful.

ASLC Cabinet meetings take place at 6 p.m. Mondays in the Riley Club Room.

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

Speech and debate team receives awards Julian Adoff Multimedia editor Members of Linfield College’s Forensics Team finished on top at the national championship.

Sophomore Megan Schwab, senior Clara Martinez, and senior Christopher Forrer participated in the Pi Kappa Delta National Championships on March 16 and 17 in St. Louis, Mo. “Pi Kappa Delta is the

forensics national honorary society, and it’s celebrating its 100th anniversary this year so it’s a pretty big tourney,” Forrer said in an email.

During the weekend, Schwab and Martinez were finalists in the British Parliamentary debate and Forrer received Excellent Impromptu Speaking and Informative Speaking.

Speaking events involve many rounds before six or

seven competitors make it to the final round where they compete for awards.

“There is usually a set number of preliminary rounds and then out rounds after that, meaning quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals, depending on the number of competitors,” freshman Austin Browning said.

The team also competed in the Western States Communication Association competition in February. Six

Linfield students competed in this competition, four of which made it to the finals.

The members of Linfield’s team participate in a variety of events. Browning and freshman Michael Zier partnered in the British Parliamentary debate, while other members, such as Forrer, participate in individual events.

During British Parliamentary debates, the team does not get to decide what

side of the argument it argues. By doing this, the forensics team is able to learn more about issues and become well-rounded individuals.

“This is part of the reason I love debate, it forces you to look at both sides of issues and really evaluate both aspects of an issue,” Browning said.

Julian Adoff can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

in the coming years.”

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said in an email.

Casados is also excited to be working alongside Baker, and said he believes that their personalities complement one another nicely.

“We are on the same page in terms of ASLC and what we want to do,” Baker said.

“This makes a big difference.”

Baker is excited to meet new people and have the chance to work with different groups around campus that he would not otherwise be able to interact with.

His goals for the upcoming year include meeting with organizations around campus, such as Greek Life, social programs and clubs to generate ideas for new projects.

“I want students and faculty to know that I am taking this job very seriously,” Baker said. “I would really like to leave Linfield knowing that I made tangible changes around campus.”

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

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WILDCATS WORK THE DAILY GRIND LADIES OF THE DUTCH BROS MAFIA Many students find off-campus jobs to be a breath of fresh air from the “Linfield bubble.” Several Wildcats think that working at Dutch Bros, a coffee hot spot for Linfield students, is an especially enjoyable job off campus. Dutch Bros is notorious for receiving good tips from its regular customers, which helps the Wildcat workers pay for textbooks, gas for their cars and other college expenses. The energetic environment offers relief from the stresses of being a student. Here are the Wildcats who double as ladies of the Dutch Mafia.

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I get to meet people from the community, and Dutch Bros is a fun atmosphere where work doesn’t seem like work. The hardest thing is just learning how to manage your time because no one wants to be on a timed schedule constantly.

“My boss is awesome. My managers are so fun and easy to work with. My coworkers make me smile daily. Our coffee is amazing. We play bombdigity music, and we love our jobs. It’s amazing how a smile and a good cup of coffee can seriously make someone’s day!”

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The managers are really flexible with my school schedule. I have learned that time management is key, and I was just lucky to be working for such a great company that understands that school comes first. I like that I get to work at a place that I love, and I get to see other people besides students.

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Although working and taking classes can be extremely difficult at times, working off campus gets you out of the Linfield bubble. There are so many different and interesting people in McMinnville, and I love getting to know them.

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to Third

A snug space, tightly packed between the

Dollar Tree and Mac Nails is now vacant. The windows are empty, the lights are off, and the once luminescent black and yellow sign no longer lights up the modest strip mall.

But just a few minutes away, the same yellow glow illuminates Third Street.

The lights read “The Vortex,” the name of the record store that was once tucked in that compact space.

Now, the specialty music shop unfolds comfortably into its new home on Third Street between Danger Valley and The Moonlight Theatre, as if it had been there all along.

“Customers have told us, ‘this is where you look like you belong,’” said Bruce LaVerne, owner of The Vortex.

The move, which took place a mere six weeks ago, marks the third relocation of The Vortex—so why the change?

“Let’s go to day one,” LaVerne said.

Day one takes you to the beginning of 1991. LaVerne is living in Longview, Wash., and working a 9-5 office job.

“I didn’t know what to do so I ended up buying and selling,” LaVerne said.

Come February of the same year, LaVerne left his office job and became a firsttime owner of his own music shop, one that was different from the store he owns now.

“We were primarily focused on alternative, Indian funk,” LaVerne said. “The niche is what we were trying to fill. We didn’t carry

Chrissy Shane/Features editor From left: Aaron Schroeder and owner Bruce LaVerne sort CDs in their specialty music store, The Vortex, at its new location on Third Street.

country, pop or rap.”

But after 11 years, it became clear to LaVerne that filling that niche was a dead end.

“So, I did my research, and in February of 2003, we moved to Mac and became The Vortex,” LaVerne said.

Interestingly, Third Street management was the first to approach LaVerne about a space, but he decided to move to Baker Street Square Shopping Center where The Vortex lived in the cozy space for 10 years.

“That’s a nice word for it,” LaVerne laughed.

“At first, the location was an advantage, and it worked great for a little while,” LaVerne said.

Initially, the location was attractive: close proximity to the high school, good parking and a good landlord made the decision easy.

But the music industry is about as easy to predict as a wild animal, and after a

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Chrissy Shane/Features editor The Vortex sells records and CDs representing a wide variety of musical styles, but is also a popular destination for body jewelry and wall tapestries.

while, it began to rear its riotous head.

“As the [music] industry kind of collapsed, the business changed,” LaVerne said. “It wasn’t so dependent on the people that were going to the mall.”

The solution? Change.

“If you don’t change, you die of natural selection in the business sense,” LaVerne said. “Any time you make a major decision in your life or in business there’s risk involved.”

But the risk was worth it, as loyal customers have already followed the specialty shop’s destination.

“It’s a museum of the way things used to be,” LaVerne called it.

Which makes it a perfect match for the historical Third Street.

The only thing that hasn’t changed is the dedication to its customers.

“You depend on customers finding you,” LaVerne said. “I guess the basic theme is you’ve got to follow where your customers take you.”

LaVerne works alongside longtime associate, Aaron Schroeder, the first person to work

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Chrissy Shane/Features editor The Vortex carries a collection of music tees and other clothing, and LaVerne plans on expanding the inventory.

Chrissy Shane/Features editor The Vortex keeps its collection up-to-date, with its “Just In” section.

for The Vortex when it moved to McMinnville in 2003.

(Fun fact: Schroeder’s mother, Deanne Schroeder, works for the Linfield Post Office.)

“Aaron’s why I’m not dead,” LaVerne laughed. “Without him being here, I’d be lying on the store floor twitching.”

LaVerne and Schroeder are still settling into The Vortex’ new home and have a lot planned for the store, including expanding its clothing section.

“There’s more to go,” LaVerne said.

Chrissy Shane can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

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Soul band attracts large crowd at Pro Cat Cab Olivia Marovich Staff writer Down North visited Linfield for the March 14 Pro Cat Cab and displayed its unique sound they call “alternative soul,” which invited a sizeable turnout for the performance.

“We’re a spin-off of a genre.

We feel like we’re a soulful band, but we have a dynamic range of everything,” bassist Brandon Storms said. “We have something for everyone, one for the kids, one for the rocker, one for the person who just wants to dance.”

And dance they did. Front man Anthony Briscoe busted out moves in the vein of some of his favorite performers Michael Jackson and Prince.

The band wowed audience members with their energetic performance.

“The main singer and the whole band had lots of high energy and some amazing dance moves,” sophomore Megan Beach said.

For three years, Down North has been working in the Seattle music scene to promote its individual sound and draw attention to the soul genre.

“The soul scene in Seattle is growing. It’s always been there, but now it’s starting to take the spotlight,” Briscoe said of the burgeoning genre in one of the country’s largest underground music scenes.

Storms and Briscoe, along with guitarist Nick Quiller and drummer Conrad Real, admit that they practice “almost never,” preferring to

treat performances like live rehearsals.

“We know how the songs are supposed to sound in our heads, but you have to recreate it every time,” Storms said.

“We played a fairly new song today and made a couple of mistakes, but you just have to roll with it.”

The band writes and creates original music, with a few songs written by Briscoe’s sister, who recently passed away.

Briscoe grew up performing in churches with his sister and mother as a way to make money through donations.

“Ever since then, that’s the only thing that I knew, I thought everybody did this,” Briscoe said. “I knew that this, performing, is how I wanted to do things, how I wanted to make money.”

One song in particular, “So What,” written by Briscoe’s sister, is about interracial relationships, and the performance had an added power due to the recent passing.

“I’m not good at writing lyrics. She was always a lot better than me and would help me out a lot,” Briscoe said.

The band currently has an EP out with a few of its songs, including its hit “Heartbreaker.”

It is also in negotiations with legendary producer Ken Scott who has worked with bands like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, David Bowie and Elton John.

“These negotiations with Mr. Scott put the brakes on everything,” Storms said.

Joel Ray/Senior photographer The lead singer of Down North, Anthony Briscoe, performs during a Pro Cat Cab on March 14 in the Fred Meyer Lounge.

The band played soul music that incorporates a wide variety of genres.

“He’s been in retirement for five years but has continued to look for ‘the band,’ and he told us that we were that band.”

With exciting opportunities in its future, this band promises to bring soulful spirit and infectious energy to its music.

Comedian fails to meet expectations, lacks originality Quinn Carlin Staff writer Comedian Mary Patterson Broome performed March 16 at Ice Auditorium, attempting to keep the crowd’s attention through some mediocre comedy.

This southern belle brought up problems that all students deal with like social media, dating, getting a job and parents.

Although she was able to relate to the audience, her jokes were only funny enough to cause people to smile, not laugh.

Despite the inability to bring the audience to laugh out loud standards, Broome did a good job of playing into the audience that was there.

While the auditorium only had about a third of the seats full, she made sure to keep things alive by interacting with specific audience members, calling out a person for coming in late and giving out thanks

to those who were physically responsive to her initial jokes.

Although her interactive nature kept the women in the audience satisfied, a number of men left early from the show.

Awkward dating stories and acknowledgment of her subtle attractiveness probably left the men in the audience feeling just as awkward as she did and itching to leave.

She talked about her jobs before comedy, including her job selling all-natural honey at a Los Angeles farmers market.

In a southern accent, she called herself a “honey hustler peddling that sweet nectar.” She defined it as one of the most degrading points of her life in Hollywood.

Broome could work on originality. Hearing jokes about how British people have bad teeth or how theatre majors are over dramatic are the oldest stereo-

“The first job of any band is to define your sound and define your image, that’s a really deep subject for this band,” Storms said. “You

Southern comedian Mary Patterson Broome tosses around dating jokes and British stereotypes during her show March 14 in Ice Auditorium. types in the book.

She tried to add her own twist, yet her inexperience showed through.

To find more information on Mary Patterson Broome or her comedic jokes, you can visit her blog called “Upper-Middle

Class Angst,” where she discusses the problems of being a moocher off her parents, while trying to make it in Hollywood.

Quinn Carlin can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

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

Bob Dylan is first rock musician in elite arts and letters group Randy Lewis Los Angeles Times

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have to really believe in your product.”

Bob Dylan has become the first rock musician inducted into the New York-based American Academy of Arts and Letters, an elite group of composers, artists, authors and architects that the group describes as “the highest formal recognition of artistic merit in the United States.”

“The board of directors considered the diversity of his work and acknowledged his iconic place in the American culture,” the academy’s executive director, Virginia Dajani, told the Associated Press. “Bob Dylan is a multi-talented artist whose work so thoroughly crosses several disciplines that it defies categorization.”

The 115-year-old academy, whose inaugural class of honorees included Mark Twain, has selected Dylan both for his musical and his lyrical achievements. He joins current members including Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Meryl Streep among popular entertainers voted into the body, which has a

fixed membership of 250, who are elected for life, and pay no dues. New members are voted in when an existing member dies, and only current members can nominate and elect new members.

Current members include writers Robert Bly, Harold Bloom, Ann Beattie, E.L. Doctorow, artists Christo, Mary Frank, Mark di Suvero, John Baldessari, Frank Gehry and Maya Lin and musicians Philip Glass, John Corigliano, Stephen Sondheim and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. The member of longest standing is New York poet Richard Wilbur, elected in 1957.

One prerequisite of election to the academy is the honoree’s acceptance of membership, a condition Dylan reportedly has accepted. But it is unknown whether he will attend the academy’s awards dinner in April or the induction ceremony in May. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon is the keynote speaker at the induction ceremony and is scheduled to give a talk titled “Rock and Roll.”

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Linfield Chamber Orchestra conducts final performance Kaylyn Peterson Copy chief The concert on March 15 ended in tears for many of the members of the Linfield Chamber Orchestra, but none more so than that of the conductor.

Michael Gesme has conducted the LCO for 10 seasons, and for his tearful farewell, he recited a poem dedicated to each member of the LCO. Gesme was given a three-minute long standing ovation.

“Emotions were high. For everyone on stage, it was hard

to hold back the tears. We knew what the last few measures meant to us and to the entire orchestra,” sophomore Christian Santangelo said in an email. “I will hold that experience and those final moments close to my heart for the rest of my life.”

The concert featured the five Concerto Competition winners. The winners included juniors Zach Davis and Jaimie McDonald and sophomores Tabitha Gholi, Kelsey Garrett and Santangelo. Each musician performed a solo.

The first to perform was Santangelo. He played a per-

cussion number titled, “Concerto for Percussion and Small Orchestra,” by Darius Milhaud.

Santangelo said that the piece he performed incorporated many different percussion instruments and “it [was] a piece that Maestro Gesme had never heard of so he was very excited to be able to conduct that piece.”

Davis was second to play his piano piece. He performed W. A. Mozart’s “Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466.”

Garrett performed third and she played “Marimba solo” by Ney Rosauro.

Fourth to perform was McDonald, who sang a song from the opera “Carmen.” Additionally, she performed “Je dis que rien ne m’epouvante” by Georges

Bizet.

The final soloist was Gholi, who played the violin. She played “Csardas” which was originally by Vittorio Monti.

For the final number the

magazines. He aims to find the ways Muslim people and members of the Taliban, often called insurgents, are misrepresented in the American media.

Gusterson said his findings indicate such people are often dehumanized and stereotyped. U.S. citizens frequently see this in popular media sources, and in turn, develop a skewed viewpoint of insurgents.

“It’s deeply embedded in our conscious as an optic for viewing the Muslim troops,” Gusterson said, explaining the way many media consumers disregard distorted portrayals.

Gusterson first examined the depiction of insurgents

from mainstream media sources.

His discussed the tropes or figures of speech that the mainstream media use to portray the Taliban. He said they are often described as cruel, sneaky and mysterious. Many expressions used by American journalists lead readers to conceive an image of facelessness for insurgents.

Gusterson quoted a writer from The New York Times that described the Taliban as “a canny but mostly unseen force.”

According to Gusterson, a journalist from NPR explained that the media is simply relaying the attack and hide method used by the Taliban. However, Gusterson

said this interpretation works to demonize insurgents and to define them as opposites of Americans. “[The media] portray them as different so you can feel justified killing the enemy,” Gusterson said.

The use of animal metaphors to describe the Taliban is common.

Gusterson said he has encountered words and phrases, such as breeding ground, nests, ant hole and Taliban-infested. He found an article from the Washington Post that said, “They are like bees. How many do you have to kill to get them all?”

Gusterson said the mainstream media gives a violent and cruel impression of insur-

gents. However, they neglect to highlight similar wrongdoings committed by the U.S. in the same fashion.

“When the media talks about [American] soldiers killing, they use military language, such as ‘collateral damage,’” Gusterson said.

There are journalists, however, who have broken past barriers to interact with insurgents. Gusterson focused on these journalists, who work from alternative media sources, for the second half of the lecture.

He told the story of Wafal Bilal, an Arab performance artist. “He wanted his artwork to bring attention to the vulnerability of Iraqi civilians, to the travesty of the current

Photo courtesy of Yucheng Zhang Junior Jaimie McDonald sings with the Linfield Chamber Orchestra during its last performance March 15 in Ice Auditorium. entire LCO performed Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36.”

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

Professor examines misportrayal of Taliban in the media Carrie Skuzeski Culture editor During a rare face-to-face interview, an American journalist spoke with a member of the Taliban. His young son sat upon his lap and told the journalist that Osama Bin Laden is not a good Muslim.

This tame view of the Taliban is not commonly represented in American media.

Hugh Gusterson, a professor of cultural studies and anthropology at George Mason University, presented “Can the Insurgent Speak?” on March 14 in the Pioneer Reading Room.

Gusterson has spent a large chunk of his time poring over newspapers and

war and to expose racist generalizations and profiling,” Gusterson said.

Other journalists, such as Nazir Roden, who works for the Rolling Stone magazine, and Dahr Jamail, who is famous for his reporting of the war in Iraq, have gained ground in etching more personalized images for insurgents.

Gusterson admitted to having a bias toward the alternative media’s portrayal of insurgents because they hold a more critical point of view when covering the war.

Gusterson’s lecture was part of Linfield’s Legacies of War project.

Carrie Skuzeski can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

Guest lecturer discusses issues of Mexican-American studies Kaylyn Peterson Copy chief

Joel Ray/Senior photographer Nolan Cabrera, a professor from the University of Arizona, discusses students’ struggles to be heard and maintain Mexican-American studies in the Tucson Unified School District on March 14 in Ice Auditorium.

Problems revolving around Mexican-American Studies (MAS) in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) are growing, and one McMinnville native is working to help the students be heard.

Nolan Cabrera, an assistant professor of educational policy studies and practice at the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona, spoke out against the banning of the MAS program in the TUSD on March 14 in Riley Hall, 201.

“In terms of context, Arizona is insane,” Cabrera said.

“And, I don’t mean that in a flippant way. I mean, I wake up everyday and read the Arizona Star, and I think that I woke up in Superman’s Bizzaro world, where up is down and black is white. It just doesn’t make sense.”

Cabrera said the problems surroundings the MAS started in 1968, when the University of Arizona adopted the program.

After the University of

Arizona established the MAS program, TUSD integrated the idea into the K-12 program.

In 2002, the MAS program became mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act. In more recent years, the program has fallen under attack. Members of the school board decided that the program did not meet the standards of the educational act, HB2281, in 2010. One of the board members was Michael Hicks, who is now known for his interview on The Daily Show.

Cabrera attended the school board meetings where they were discussing banning the program.

To Cabrera’s surprise, before the meeting started, several students stormed the table where the board members were supposed to sit.

The students took the seats and chained themselves to the chairs causing the meeting to be postponed.

“The amount of planning that went into [the student protest], whether you agree or disagree with it, was impressive,” Cabrera said.

Cabrera also talked about

how the superintendent, John Pedicone, believed that the students were being “brainwashed” by adults into performing the protest.

“I know students do stupid things. I’m not immune from it, I did stupid things as a student,” Cabrera said. “But these students weren’t even at the table for their voices to be heard in conversations about their education.”

Cabrera and other MAS supporters decided to bring the question of how they felt about the program being banned from the school curriculum.

Their response displayed the extent of what they were willing to go through to see this program live, including arrest.

“If we didn’t stand up for what we believe in, then who would?” Cabrera read a quote from one of the student protesters.

“Our jobs as citizens are to stop unjust laws, and not to be pushed around and treated unjustly. We will take a stand no matter what the consequences.”

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‘The Catcher in the Rye,’ a powerful American novel Paige Jurgensen For the Review J.D. Salinger’s 1951 novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” gives the angst-ridden teenagers of this world a worthy champion: Holden Caulfield.

Set in the ‘50s, “The Catcher in the Rye” describes the misadventures of sixteenyear-old Holden Caulfield before he is hospitalized after a mental breakdown.

After flunking out of a reputable preparatory school, Holden flees to his home-

town of New York City on a midnight train. While in the city, he takes refuge in a seedy hotel that Holden describes as being “lousy with perverts,” which, unknown to Holden, ends up being the best decision that he makes throughout the novel. From there, he finds himself searching for something, or someone, to fill the emptiness that resonates within him Holden Caulfield shares several qualities with typical teenagers, regardless of the era. That is, he hates himself

but still thinks he is better than everyone else. He often finds himself in states of unwavering depression that no amount of cigarettes or conversations with prostitutes can cure.

Holden can be described as many things, few of which are positive, but the simplest description of his character would have to be: lovable douchebag. Holden is crass, judgmental, sexually frustrated, a compulsive liar and teeming with teenage angst.

But who isn’t at that age?

It’s these characteristics that make “The Catcher in the Rye” classically popular with teenaged readers.

Like any novel, “The Catcher in the Rye” has its share of both positive and negative criticism. For instance, Adam Gopnik of the The New Yorker said, “No book has ever captured a city better than ‘Catcher in the Rye’ captured New York in the ‘50s.”

In contrast, BBC’s Finlo Rohrer, whom Holden would undoubtedly shrug off as a

phony, said that Holden was a “self-obsessed central character” with “too much whining.”

Salinger’s novel has faced a bit of controversy in its near 62 years since publication, because for some reason or another, fanatics of the novel think it’s a grand idea to murder people. Some of the shootings associated with the novel include John Lennon’s 1980 murder, in which the shooter was arrested with the novel on his person, and the 1981 attempted assassination on

then-president Ronald Reagan.

So, if you already have some homicidal tendencies, “The Catcher in the Rye” may not be the best literary choice for you.

But if you’re a moderately sane person with limited access to firearms, why not head down to Linfield’s Nicholson Library and borrow this charming (and strangely influential) novel?

Paige Jurgensen can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

When persistence becomes creepy “What sort of actions cross the line of what is considered stalking?”

In short, stalking is when the repeated actions of one person toward another are unwanted and cause the victim to feel fearful. Another way to identify if a person is crossing that line is if their actions are considered harassment. Stalking can happen between couples and friends, not just acquaintances or ex-partners. Victims can be female or male.

There is the stereotypical following of the victim to or from home, work or other regular “hangouts.” One example would be the perpetrator showing up at your work with the sole purpose of watching you or being around you.

At school, it could be waiting for you to go in to or come out of class when they have no other reason to be in the area (and you haven’t agreed to meet up). This doesn’t mean that someone who needs to talk to you about homework

or a project is a stalker—that person has an objective.

Similar to this, would be the victim finding unwanted gifts from the perpetrator.

Flowers, jewelry, poems or other items that show up repeatedly are not symbols of love when it makes the receiver uncomfortable.

It is also not about love when one member of a couple uses money spent on the other as a way to manipulate or guilt the recipient. Even though it’s not necessarily stalking, I feel the need to mention that. All of the gift-giving behavior is about power.

Repeated communication from the perpetrator through

any channels, such as phone, email and social media, that is unwanted and frightening would be considered stalking.

Threats to harm the victim, the victim’s family, friends, pets or property would fall under communication.

Communication can be direct or indirect. Direct would be the perpetrator calling the victim or sending messages. Because indirect is, well… indirect, I think many people overlook it or don’t think it is considered to be stalking.

Indirect forms of communication would be the perpetrator talking to or asking family, friends or acquaintances about the victim. It can also be spreading rumors or information about the victim to as many people as they can either by word of mouth or the Internet.

A perpetrator can try to obtain information about a victim by going through their trash, following the victim, searching the Internet for records or hiring a private

investigator. Facebook and other social media sites are easy places for stalkers to look.

If you think you are being stalked, trust yourself. Record any incidences—what happened, who did it, pictures if you can and the date and time. Save all correspondences from the perpetrator, such as text messages and emails.

If you feel like you are in immediate danger, call the police. If a police officer makes any remarks about overreacting or does not offer much assistance, find another officer when you are done talking to the first. This creates a paper trail and evidence of the situation for your protection.

Finally, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE. In McMinnville, the local center for domestic violence is The Henderson House, located on First and Ford streets.

Kourtney Bailey can be reached at linfieldreviewbailey@gmail.com.

Garage band strives to compete in indie scene Haydn Nason KSLC Music Director Seattle natives, Empirates, give a new name to garage rock. Making its way into the indie scene, Empirates released its second EP, “Provosaurus” earlier this year.

Empirates first came together in 2009 where it started to establish its indierock feel. This four-person indie band recorded its first album in the living room of its engineer Randy Cordner, who has previously worked with members of Coldplay and The Used.

This EP contains six tracks with similar sounds.

At times, the songs sound alike, giving the listener little variety. Compared to other indie-rock bands that have a similar feel, Empirates still has a lot of work and promotion to do.

The third track, “Shadows of Fall,” is the only song that sounds different than the others. It has a slower melody that incorporates electric guitar and strong vocals. There

“Pretentiously Awesome” album cover is a great guitar solo halfway through that shows how much talent and potential this garage band has and is not using.

This band seems to have all the right tools and talents, but for reasons that are unknown, it just doesn’t have the overall sounds to compete in the indie-rock scene. The songs have the same sounds, except for track three, and its lyrics are hard to understand.

Despite the similar

sounds of the tracks, the title “Provosaurus” has a fun background to the inspiration of the name. “’Provosaurus’ is a tribute to all the self-entitled musicians who felt that they were more important than anyone else in the area just because they were the ones who had been around the longest. They were dinosaurs, and their music had never evolved into anything great,” guitarist Travis White said.

The concept of the dinosaurs posed as an interesting theme for the album and made up for the lack of variation in the songs.

White also said that this EP was written out of frustration about the local indie scene. However, this EP does not add any depth or differentiation.

The Empirates website is currently not working so there is no way to learn or hear more of its music. It’s difficult to be a competing music artist with no working website and minuscule Facebook presence.

KSLC is about exploring new music, and this was not any different. Empirates’ “Provosaurus” is not for everyone, but people who appreciate raw, uncut garage bands should check them out.

Keep listening to KSLC 90.3 FM to hear the latest alternative music. You can also listen online at www.linfield.edu/kslcfm or stream the station on iTunes.

Haydn Nason can be reached at KSLCmusic@gmail.com.

Upcoming events Marshall “UMW”

Theatre:

7:30 p.m. March 19, 20, 21, and 22, Marshall Theatre

Celtic Christian Worship Service

8 p.m. March 19, Fred Meyer Lounge

Highlights of Oaxaca Student Lecture

3:30 p.m. March Jonasson Hall

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Wildcats fall in tight match against Loggers Chris Haddeland Senior reporter

Tyson Takeuchi/Senior photographer Junior Nick Fisher hits a triple out to right center during the game against Whitman College on March 17. The Wildcats won 7-2.

Baseball: Wildcats climb up to top of NWC rankings << Continued from page 16 walks. Thomassen went seven innings, gave up three hits and three walks and just one run. The difference in the game was made by senior third baseman Jordan Harlow. Sophomore Kameron Bates and Wylie on second and third base for Linfield, Harlow drove both men in on a two out two-run single to right field.

“That’s definitely a situation that every athlete waits for…I was really excited.

Any time that you are put in a spot to help your team win, it’s a lot of fun,” said Harlow, “it was my turn to pick [my teammates] up. I got a good pitch to hit and put a good swing on it.”

With the lead in hand,

Huckins picked up the victory for Linfield—his first of the season. He fired two innings in relief of Thomassen, giving up one hit and striking out one.

The game on Sunday was tied at two before a four-run sixth inning gave Linfield the lead for good.

The sixth inning outburst was started with a walk by senior Michael Hopp, a bunt single from Wilson and a walk from Wylie.

Lindell scored Hopp with an infield single, and then junior Nick Fisher delivered the key blow: a bases-clearing triple to right center field. The triple was part of a three-hit day for Fisher.

Lindell and Wilson both had four hits on the day to end their weekends.

Sophomore pitcher Joe Stevick picked up his first victory of the season in relief of starting pitcher junior Zach Brandon. Stevick went 2 1/3 innings and struck out one.

With the victories, Linfield improved its record to 15-3, 8-1 NWC. The team will travel to Spokane next weekend to play the Whitworth Pirates (9-8-1, 4-2 NWC). Whitworth’s record is misleading—it was picked to win the NWC by the coaches.

“We believe we are better than anyone we will play this year. We believe in ourselves and we play very well in these big games,” Lindell said.

Tyler Bradley can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Softball: Catball hits six home runs in doubleheader << Continued from page 16

ing themselves into first place in the conference standings.

In game one, the Wildcats slammed the Pioneers 11-1.

Prestianni and junior Ashley Garcia hit two home runs, keeping the Wildcats’ lead against the Pioneers.

Prestianni’s homer in the second allowed Catball to score three more runs.

The Wildcats had 11 hits throughout the game. The Pioneers were only able to have three off of Paavola.

Paavola had a no-hitter going through the first four innings, but the Pioneers disrupted Paavola’s dominance in the fifth with a sin-

gle. Two singles later, the Pioneers scored, ending the shutout for Watson Paavola.

In game two, the Wildcats beat the Pioneers in shutout fashion, 15-0.

VandeBergh pitched her first career no hitter, and retired all batters except for the leadoff batter, which she hit.

Junior Haylie Watson and Yamamoto both hit two home runs each in the first three innings of the game.

By the end of the first inning, the Wildcats had secured a solid lead with seven runs.

T h e Pioneers remained hitless, while the Wi l d c a t s raked in a total of Paavola 14 hits, with the help of two errors.

Brosig also had two hits during the game.

Yamamoto had six RBI and went three for three, scoring three runs for Catball.

The Wildcats will next face La Verne College in a doubleheader during their visit to Southern California at 2 p.m. March 20.

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

The women’s tennis team lost a tight match against the University of Puget Sound Loggers on March 15, losing 5-4.

The Wildcats got off to an early lead after doubles play taking two of the three matches. Sophomore Gretchen Jernstedt and senior Lexi Thomas took the number one doubles matchup, 8-5.

“In doubles, my partner Gretchen and I were able to come together and not give up,” Thomas said. “Some of our games took 10-15 minutes just to complete, but we knew that this was our match to win.”

Junior Caroline Brigham and freshman Kwynn Ecton lost a tightly contested number two doubles matchup, losing after a tiebreaker, 8-9 (1-7).

“For doubles, I wasn’t as aggressive as I have been in past matches,” Ecton said.

“If I was more aggressive the outcome would have been different.”

Sophomores Katie Krieger and Kaila Nip took the final doubles match for the Wild-

cats, winning, 8-5.

T h e Loggers bounced back from their early deficit, taking four of the six Brigham singles matches, edging out the Wildcats in the final match up of the day.

The first three singles matches were all close, each match going to three sets.

Puget Sound’s Maddie Thiesse defeated Thomas in the number one singles match, 6-1, 2-6 and 6-4.

“Individually, I was able to place the ball more into the court, whereas the past few weeks I’ve been consistently hitting the ball three inches off the singles sideline,” Thomas said. “Also, I was able to control my anger more and not get frustrated after every shot I missed.”

Brigham won in the number one singles spot for the ’Cats. After dropping the first set 4-6, the junior bounced back taking the next two 6-1 and 7-5.

The Loggers took three of the other four singles match-

es, defeating Nip in the number three slot 6-3, 2-6 and 7-5, Ecton in the number four position 6-2, Thomas 6-3 and Krieger in the number six matchup 6-4, 6-3. Jernstedt took the number five singles match with a win over the Logger’s Josephine Dow, 7-5, 4-6 and 7-5.

The loss drops the Wildcats’ record to 4-7, 4-3 in Northwest Conference play, while the Loggers improve to 5-3 overall and hold the same mark in conference.

The Wildcats’ next match is in Newberg, Ore., to play the George Fox Bruins at 3 p.m. March 19.

“We came back from behind in a lot of our singles matches, which was good, but it wasn’t enough to win the match as a whole,” Brigham said. “For our next match against George Fox, we just need to play confidently with a lot of energy to help us take control of the match.”

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

Wildcat Sports Schedule

Monday, March 18 Men’s Golf

@ Corban Invitational

8:30 a.m.

Lacrosse

vs. Allegheny

6 p.m.

Men’s Golf

@ Corban Invitational

8:30 a.m.

Women’s Tennis

@ George Fox

3 p.m.

Lacrosse

vs. North Central

6 p.m.

vs. La Verne

2 p.m.

@ Portland, Ore.

1 p.m.

Tuesday, March 19

Wednesday, March 20 Softball Thursday, March 21 Softball Friday, March 22 Track & Field

@ Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open 10 a.m.

Softball

@ Chapman

2 p.m.

Women’s Tennis

@ Lewis & Clark

4 p.m.

Track & Field

@ Lewis & Clark

10 a.m.

Baseball

@ Chapman

noon

Women’s Tennis

@ Cal Lutheran

5 p.m.

Baseball

@ Whitworth

noon

Women’s Golf

@ George Fox Spring Preview

1 p.m.

Saturday, March 23

Sunday, March 24

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Tyson Takeuchi/Senior photographer Sophomore Micah Roos swings at the ball during a match against Puget Sound University on March 15. Roos won his double match with freshman Tim Hawkins, 9-8.

Men’s tennis faces two more losses, 6-3 Tyler Bradley Sports columnist The Linfield men’s tennis team remained winless during the weekend, losing 6-3 to Puget Sound University and George Fox University on March 15 and 16.

The two losses dropped Linfield’s record to 0-9 for the season with just three conference games remaining.

The battle with Puget Sound did produce positive results from freshman Tim Hawkins. Hawkins dispatched Puget Sound’s

Jake Peterson 6-4, 6-4 and also teamed up with sophomore Micah Roos for a 9-8 doubles victory. The two victories were the first of Hawkins’ collegiate singles and doubles career.

“It was an amazing feeling. It was a huge sigh of relief to finally win a doubles and singles match,” said Hawkins about his first collegiate victories.

Hawkins said his first serve was particularly effective in his doubles match, which helped set up Roos for simple finishes. In his singles match, Hawkins

said his forehand was in good shape and it helped dictate the points.

Roos, the Linfield No. 2, provided the other victory against Puget Sound, winning 5-7, 7-5 and 10-8.

Puget Sound’s Michael Cutter beat Linfield senior No. 1 Zach Lyons in a three set match, 1-6, 6-3 and 6-4.

With the victory, Puget Sound collected its first NWC victory of the season, which leaves Linfield as the only NWC team with a zero in the win column this season.

When asked about the

overall team loss, Hawkins said, “We were pretty disappointed…we all want to win overall. I think that loss will act as motivation to continue working hard to get our first win of the season.”

Saturday’s tussle with George Fox saw Linfield win two of the three doubles matches. Roos and Hawkins teamed up again for an 8-4 victory against George Fox’s Justin McClain and Matt Deming. In the No. 1 doubles slot, Lyons and sophomore Lukas Kleinman rebounded

from their 9-7 doubles on Friday and defeated their Saturday adversaries, 8-6.

Kleinman continued his success against George Fox with a 6-3, 6-4 singles victory in the No. 4 slot against Chace Stalcup.

The tennis team does not have a match next week because of spring break. Its next match is April 5, and it sends the team to Portland to play Lewis & Clark (3-7, 3-5 NWC). Linfield played Lewis & Clark earlier this year and lost 7-2. Linfield has different doubles partnerships (Roos/Hawkins,

Lyons/Kleinman) this time around so Lewis & Clark will see a different Linfield squad. Hawkins is confident Linfield can beat them this next time around.

“We are going to win,” Hawkins said. “We went into our first meeting with them expecting an easy match. Now we know what to expect. We are more experienced now as a team, and we really want a win so I think that we have a good shot at beating them.”

Tyler Bradley can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Track & field shines at Wildcat Open Lacrosse: ’Cats struggle to score during second half Ivanna Tucker Sports editor

The track and field team had another strong finish at the Wildcat Open on March 16.

Junior Anna LeBeaume moved up to second in the Linfield record books for the hammer throw with 162 feet, 10 inches. She ended in second at the meet behind the defending NAIA national champion Sharayah Kenady from Concordia University. LaBeaume also got fourth in shot put and fifth in discus.

Sophomore Halsie Peek placed on top for both 100and 200-meter dash. Senior Melany Crocker fell behind, placing third in the 100 and fourth in the 200. Peek and Crocker, along with sophomore Ellie Schmidt and

senior Rachael Gernhart won both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays, gaining a seasonbest, while running Peek the four laps with 4 minutes 9.97 seconds.

“I believe that winning is driven very much by one’s mental attitude. Therefore, taking first in all four events gave me a sense of personal accomplishment,” Peek said. “I feel that I’ve achieved a goal that will further improve my mentality.”

Gernhart also brought in an individual win in the triple jump, leaping 34 feet, 4 inches.

On the men’s side, junior

Jason Cheyne finished first in the 100 and second in the 200-met e r d a s h .

S e n i o r L e s t e r Maxwell Ewing pulled in around the corner in third place, speeding into the finish line in second for the 800-meter, with 1 minute, 56.64 seconds.

In field events, sophomore Morgunn Ewing won first place, throwing 180 feet. Senior Drew Wert placed third in shot put, with 42 feet, 5.5 inches.

Freshman Steven Holland came in second for high jump, while junior Charlie Poppen came in third. This was their first time competing in this event.

“As a whole, we did really well,” Peek said.

“Having a Linfield athlete place in the top four for Harpham almost every event gives us a good outlook for the rest of the season, where we will only continue to improve.”

Freshman Joy Harpham competed in her first career heptathon March 14 and 15 at the Boxer Combined Event. Harpham finished in 11th overall.

The Wildcats will next compete at the Lewis & Clark Open at 10 a.m.

March 22 and 23.

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

<< Continued from page 16 Phillips blocked the first goal attempt from the Pioneers. Phillips served as a replacement for freshman Erika Phillipo, who was out on injury.

However, less than a minute later, the Pioneers scored their first goal.

Tittle and junior Shelby Duarte both contributed two goals for the Wildcats.

Sophomore Halee Helgerson scored the Wildcats’ final goal of the game.

For the remainder of the first half and the remainder of the game, the Wildcats remained scoreless.

Smith had a strong lead at the beginning of the second half, 15-5. Phillipo made 10 saves, splitting them each in half.

Senior Tittle Ly n e t t e Cole was able to scoop five ground balls for the Wildcats.

The Wildcats will next face Allegheny College at 6 p.m. March 18 on the soccer field.

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

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Wildcat earns her spot after slow recovery Chris Haddeland Senior reporter The Wildcats’ softball team has a tradition of excellence that has stemmed from great coaching, experienced veteran play and emerging young talent. This combination has led to nine consecutive conference championships, winning two national championships during that span.

A new piece of the Wildcats’ arsenal this year is sophomore Erin Carson.

As a freshman, Carson competed in 21 of the Wildcats’ games, posting a batting average of .333.

With an outfield consist-

Carson ing of two seniors and a junior, Carson’s opportunities were usually limited to pinch-hitting.

“I pinched hit a lot last year,” Carson said. “It helped me get experience against the other pitchers in

our conference.”

This October, Carson had surgery on her meniscus, losing the chance to practice through the fall with her team.

“I’ve had knee issues since my senior year of high school,” Carson said. “I got meniscus surgery in October and spent all of the fall getting healthy.”

Carson continued to work on rehabilitating her knee, having less than three months until the start of the spring season.

“Doctors told me to take it slow. I started walking, then power walking and then jogging,” Carson said.

“I took it easy in fall term

and just jumped into it in January.”

When January came Carson had a few things to work on.

Along with a newly repaired knee, Carson would be making the switch from middle infield to the outfield position.

“The outfield is still new to me,” Carson said. “I try to get better every day at practice.”

With the loss of two senior outfielders and program greats, Staci Doucette and Emilee Lepp to graduation, Carson has received more chances to prove herself as a starter, already starting 11 of the Wildcats’

first 17 games, as well as pinch-hitting in three more.

“Getting the opportunity to be in the starting line up is important to me,” Carson said. “I can hit and I have the potential to hit consistently instead of just pinchhitting opportunities.”

Carson has made the most of her opportunities this year.

The left-handed hitter currently has a .457 batting average with 11 RBI and a .600 slugging percentage.

Despite playing a new position, Carson has fared well, not making a single error up-to-date in her six opportunities.

Currently, the Wildcats

are 13-4 overall, 10-2 in Northwest Conference play and post the best record in the conference. Along with the conference standings, the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association ranks Linfield ninth in the nation, highest among Northwest Conference teams.

Carson and the Wildcats take a trip to Southern California starting March 20.

The ’Cats are scheduled to play six games in three days, with double headers against University of La Verne, California Lutheran University and Chapman University.

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

March Madness bracket regulations too strict It’s that time of year again. The words “buzzer beater,” “upset,” “Cinderella” and “Final Four” permeate the American vernacular. Brackets are filled, tears are shed and legends are made.

If you are lucky enough, you can win a bracket competition and tell everybody that the victory came from an innate skill—after all, it was obvious Norfolk State would beat Missouri, wake up people—and win some excellent prizes. Awesome!

Unless you are a NCAA athlete, then it’s not OK to win anything at all.

Last week, Linfield students were reminded via email from Amy Dames Smith, the Linfield NCAA Compliance Coordinator, of a certain NCAA law that, according to the email, bans student-athletes from competing in “March Madness pools where there is a prize of tangible value on the line.”

When asked about the rule, freshman Catie Mets, a basketball player here at Linfield, said, “It kind of takes the fun out of making a bracket… a Division I team to us is basically no different from the NBA or NFL. There is absolutely

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Tyler Bradley Sports columnist no connection or conflict of interest.”

Mets does illuminate the necessity of this rule for Division I athletes. An athlete gambling on a competition where he or she also participates is problematic (just ask Pete Rose).

But how come athletes from other sports are banned from lucrative bracket competitions? How come Division II and III athletes—who have no connection to Division I March Madness at all—are banned from lucrative bracket competitions?

This makes no sense at all.

Sure, all athletes can still fill out a bracket, but winning something because of a bracket is one of the most satisfying feelings one can have.

“I’m torn. I recognize it’s

an NCAA rule, and I have to obey, but as a basketball player, March takes on even more meaning for me…so to not be able to compete and enjoy brackets as a Division III athlete is kind of a slap in the face,” said junior Jake Hillyer, a Linfield basketball player.

Bracket competitions abound, privately and publicly, across the country. The grand prize for the online ESPN Tournament Challenge, for example, is a $10,000 gift card to Best Buy. Do you know what the grand prize is for the NCAA because of the NCAA tournament? $797 million. This is the total income for this year from the media rights agreement by the NCAA, CBS sports and Turner Broadcasting. Next year, the total will increase by about 2 percent.

The popularity of major college sports is undeniable and always growing. TV deals will not go away.

Look no further than the newly formed PAC-12 conference. After signing a 12-year, $3 billion TV deal with Fox and ESPN, the PAC-12 networks began last August and will pro-

vide around $30 million annually to each school.

This money is possible because people want to watch the athletes, not because they appreciate the business acumen of the NCAA. And yet, an athlete from Linfield or any other Division III school can’t win money or prizes by filling out a bracket?

This does not make any sense to me.

The hypocrisy of the NCAA is well documented.

It hides behind a faulty banner that says, “student-athletes are amateurs,” while filling its pockets with $797 million.

The student-athletes provide the work and the entertainment and get paid zero dollars.

The hypocrisy is not restricted to the NCAA tournament of course. The infamous Terrelle Pryor, for example, and other Ohio State football players traded memorabilia for free tattoos, and the players received suspensions.

How much does a tattoo cost? I guarantee it doesn’t cost $50 million—which is roughly the total revenue the Ohio State football team generates per year. So, why

does the NCAA care about smaller benefits? Why does the NCAA care about gambling in Division III? According to a study conducted by the NCAA (conflict of interest) in 2008, 36.9 percent of male student-athletes in Division III wager on sports. Oh no, the shame!

The study found that 22.4 percent of male student-athletes in Division I wagered on sports. This makes sense, considering Division III students have less to lose, and they don’t participate in sports that generate gobs of revenue for the NCAA. But the NCAA investigating the gambling habits of student-athletes and presenting the data as a problem is hypocritical.

Student-athletes should be able to gamble on sports if they want to. The NCAA wants to pretend that gambling shouldn’t exist, but guess what?

Gambling will always exist when the games continue to play, and the NCAA will continue cashing checks, while the games continue to play.

The NCAA should not be able to pretend its gambling restrictions are mor-

ally correct until the NCAA eliminates the hypocrisy of its own business.

If gambling is illegal for all student-athletes, Division I, II and III, then shouldn’t players see some of the $797 million from the NCAA and athletic departments?

In the meantime, Division III student-athletes will fill out brackets for the Division I tournament and miss out on winning money and enjoying the March Madness experience, and the leaders of the NCAA will pop $797 million worth of champagne. Champagne that is subsidized by the skills of the athletes it punishes for trying to win money…from the very same tournament.

So, while Cinderella stories and buzzer beaters and upsets will occur on the road to the Final Four, just as they always do, the NCAA will bathe in cash while NCAA athletes across the country lose an opportunity to make some cash.

This makes no sense at all.

Tyler Bradley can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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Catline Wildcats strike out Missionaries Tyler Bradley Sports columnist

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

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

MEN’S TENNIS Whitman George Fox Pacific Lutheran Willamette Pacific Whitworth Lewis & Clark Puget Sound Linfield

NWC

Overall

8-1 8-1 6-3 4-2 4-5 2-4 2-7 1-7 0-6

15-3 15-5 13-6 9-8-1 4-11 7-12 7-12 6-13 2-15

NWC

Overall

10-2 8-4 10-6 8-7 8-8 6-6 5-11 0-11

13-4 9-4 13-9 11-10 11-13 10-12 10-14 0-15

NWC

Overall

7-0 7-1 6-1 5-4 4-5 4-5 3-5 1-7 0-9

9-2 9-3 6-2 5-6 4-6 4-10 3-7 1-7 0-9

NWC

Overall

8-0 8-1

11-2 9-2

5-3 5-3 4-3 5-4 2-6 1-8 0-10

6-3 6-3 4-7 5-5 4-7 1-9 1-10

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

The Linfield baseball team swept a three-game series against Whitman College on March 16 and 17, winning 13-1, 3-1 and 7-2.

Juniors Kramer Lindell and Tim Wilson raked at the dish all weekend. Lindell went 7-10 with three walks, six runs scored and one RBI, while Wilson finished 7-11 with two walks, two runs scored, three RBI and two triples.

Lindell also added two stolen bases. Both Lindell and Wilson had four hits on Sunday to end their weekends.

After this weekend, Lindell is hitting .459 with an OPS of 1.135.

Wilson is not far behind, hitting .403 with an OPS of 1.066.

When asked about his success at the plate, Lindell said, “Our lineup is solid from one to nine and that forces pitchers to go right after you. Staying patient and attacking your pitch has been the formula this year.”

The team effort was evident in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader. Linfield lambasted Whitman’s pitching, highlighted by a seven-run fifth inning where Linfield sent 12 men to the plate.

All seven runs in the fifth inning were scored with two outs. Wilson was 3-3, sophomore Corey VanDomelen reached base three times and scored two runs, and junior Jake Wylie smashed three hits—two of them doubles—and knocked in four RBI. With the game out of hand after six innings—Linfield led 11-0— starting pitcher junior Chris Had-

Tyson Takeuchi/Senior photographer Senior All-American Tim Wilson races toward second base after hitting a line drive single up the middle, scoring senior Jordan Harlow. Wilson went four for five on the day with one triple and an RBI. deland (4-1, 0.97 ERA) was pulled after an efficient six innings. He threw 70 pitches, struck out three and allowed just three hits and one walk.

Ivanna Tucker Sports editor

Senior Lynette Cole scoops a ground ball for the Wildcats during the March 17 match against Smith College.

The men’s tennis team takes the early lead in doubles, but slips after singles.

See page 14>>

Softball standout

Sophomore Erin Carson has been one of the Wildcats’ notable hitters for the softball team.

See page 15>>

TLR sports columnist Tyler Bradley argues that lower division athletes should

be

able

brackets.

See page 15>>

Women’s lacrosse falls hard to Smith College Pioneers, lose 22-5 Ivanna Tucker Sports editor

March Madness to

participate

in

gave up just one run, despite giving up three hits and six >> Please see Baseball page 13

Wildcats take down Pacific Boxers during weekend, win series

Tyson Takeuchi/Senior photographer

Tennis loss

Game two of the doubleheader was a pitcher’s duel between Whitman’s Spencer Hobson and sophomore Aaron Thomassen.

Hobson lasted 6 2/3 innings and

The women’s lacrosse team struggled both offensively and defensively during its match against Smith College on March 17, losing 22-5. This makes its overall record 0-3.

In the first six minutes, the Pioneers already had a four-point

lead over the Wildcats. The match began with a couple of quick plays from the Wildcats, showing a chance for strength.

Sophomore Chas Tittle was able to snatch away the opening draw control, while sophomore goalkeeper Kaleigh >> Please see Lacrosse page 14

Linfield softball had a successful weekend, taking down both Pacific University and Lewis and Clark College in doubleheaders March 16 and 17.

In the games against Pacific University, the Wildcats won the first game 1-0 and second game 10-2.

During game one, junior Karina Paavola pitched a complete game, earning her sixth win of the season.

The sole run of the game was scored by freshman outfielder Kristen Vroom, who scored from second because of a fielding error caused by a ground ball from junior Katy Brosig.

Pitching and defense kept the offenses in check, holding both teams to multiple innings without runs or hits. Each team had one error.

In the second game, the Wildcats offense outpowered the Pioneers by a score of 10-1.

Junior Shelby VandeBergh pitched four solid innings, allowing one run, two strikeouts and three hits.

The Wildcats came out firing,

scoring two runs in the first by s o p h o m o re s Grace Middelstadt and Lisa Yamamoto.

In the second inning, Catball tripled the Yamamoto score with four more runs. Yamamoto hit a two-run home run during her second plate appearance, scoring senior Megan Wallo.

A sac bunt from senior Karleigh Prestianni in the fourth inning sent Middelstadt straight to home, giving the Wildcats their seventh run of the game.

In the sixth, sophomore Montana McNealy hit a home run, scoring the last run of the game and securing the Wildcats’ victory.

Due to high chances of rain in the weather forecast, the Wildcats moved their doubleheader to start at 10:30 a.m. against Lewis & Clark College on March 16.

Even with the rain, the Wildcats blasted six home runs throughout the afternoon, mov>> Please see Softball page 13