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Women’s tennis wins against the University of Puget Sound. >> page 14

April 16, 2012

INSIDE Co-ed dorm rooms Campuses across the nation are beginning to offer co-ed dorm rooms to students who wish to live with the opposite sex. >> page 6

Cannabis Learn about the origin of “4-20,” the legalization of medical marijuana and the reform groups that are in favor of the legalization of cannabis. >> page 7

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Nuclear disarmament proves to be difficult topic Samantha Nixon Staff writer In the final lecture of Linfield’s Faculty Lecture Series, Patrick Cottrell, associate professor of political science, discussed the complexities of nuclear disarmament.

His lecture began with the question: What would it take to achieve a world without nuclear weapons?

He discussed the Global Zero movement, an international effort to eliminate nuclear weapons worldwide.

This task is anything but simple. He showed a Google simu>> Please see Weapons page 4

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The Linfield Review hires 2012-13 Editor-in-chief Joanna Peterson Managing editor Junior Jessica Prokop has been hired as The Linfield Review's 201213 Editor-in-chief.

Prokop was hired April 13, after an interview with Brad Thompson, associate professor of mass communication, and senior Joanna Peterson, managing editor of TLR. This will be Prokop's consecutive year in the position, and she plans to continue shaping the paper into a better publication with a stronger online presence.

Prokop said that readers can expect more live posts from Twitter and Facebook as events are happening.

She also intends to make the newspaper's website more inter-

active and t i m e l y, featuring options like online polls and updated news posts throughout the week.

Prokop Prokop is driven to continue her role as editor-in-chief because of her passion for journalism.

Aside from her work at The Linfield Review, she was a 2011 Snowden Summer Intern and worked as a general reporter at The News-Review in Roseburg, Ore. last summer. She plans to write for The News-Register this summer.

She said that this immersion

in journalism is important to her because of the vital role it plays in democracy.

“As journalists, it's our job to act as the government's watch dog, not it's lap dog,” Prokop said.

She said that she also expects The Linfield Review to fulfill this role, in regard to student government and campus leadership.

“Even though we're a student newspaper, we have to cover hard stories. We have to be willing to tell readers the truth, even if it means reporting on controversial incidents regarding our own,” she said.

Upon beginning the 2011-12 year, Prokop switched the newspaper publication schedule from Fri>> Please see Editor-in-chief page 5

Linfield professor bikes on rooftop of the world

Culture show Catch a glimpse of some of the performances that demonstrate the diversity of Linfield. >> page 10

Softball The ’Cats win two out of their four games against Willamette University April 14 and 15. >> page 16

Photo courtesy of Cecilia Tang Cecilia Tang, visiting scholar of Chinese, spent her summer embarking on a 19-day adventure with a friend, exploring places such as Tibet, Nepal and Beijing, China.

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While most people spend their summer relaxing, one Linfield professor traveled across Tibet and Nepal by bicycle.

Cecilia Tang, visiting scholar of Chinese, made a 19-day trek, starting July 4 from Tibet to Nepal with a friend. Taking a train from

Beijing, China to Lhasa, Tibet, they started their journey with the goal of reaching the base camp of Mt. Everest.

Before leaving, Tang and her friend Han Jiang “did their homework.” They figured out where they would stay each night, where they would shop and where they would eat before embarking on the trip. Tang said the two also

bought used bikes, “because the new ones get stolen often.”

Tang’s journey was rocky at times after an unexpected injury.

“Before going, I was playing badminton, and I hurt my ankle,” Tang said. “I was in bed for a month.”

Once on their journey, Tang realized how much more experience Jiang had than she did when

she fell behind on the first part of the trip. Stopping in the road, a tractor with two men in it asked if she needed a ride. Despite a language barrier between Tang and the two men, she understood and took them up on their offer.

“It was the only time I got a >> Please see Bike page 5

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April 16, 2012

EDITORIAL

Colleges should be compared Most students remembers taking standardized tests in high school. While we may not enjoy taking these tests, they provide a way to measure the quality of education that students in each school district receives.

Colleges, however, do not have these tests, making it more difficult to measure how well college students are performing across the country.

While there are many college ranking systems, most of these are determined by a school’s reputation and admissions-selectivity, not student improvement.

There are plans to develop some type of assessment for colleges to administer to determine how well students improve skills such as critical thinking and problem solving throughout their college years.

Although standardized tests are not a perfect measurement of how students are performing, they can provide a general idea of how well a school is doing to improve students’ critical thinking and

problem-solving abilities.

With college tuition rates steadily rising, it can be helpful to know how a school’s education compares to other schools across the nation. Going to college is a huge investment, and it would be beneficial to have a standardized way to compare the value of different schools.

According to a recent article published in The New York Times, there are three tests in use by more than 300 state colleges that are in a group called the Voluntary System of Accountability.

There is the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Proficiency Profile, the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency and the Collegiate Learning Assessment.

These assessments, similar to ones given in high school, test critical thinking, reading, writing and mathematics.

Not only can these assessments help to compare schools, but it can be a tool to show which area an institution needs to improve upon.

However, there can certainly be

flaws in administering standardized tests to college students. Once students enter college, learning becomes more specialized as students declare areas of study.

As a result, some students end up taking more science and math courses, while others take more English and humanities courses.

At the same time, showing which areas students test stronger in at each school shows what types of students attend that school.

Someone who wants to major in biology could look for a school that tested higher in critical thinking and mathematics.

Another potential problem is that it may be difficult for every four-year college in the country to administer these tests to their students on top of all the other exams they have to take.

While no assessment is perfect, it seems that some sort of standardized test could be helpful for students choosing a college and for educators to improve educational systems.

-The Review Editorial Board

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Corrections The tuition costs listed in an opinion in last week’s issue were incorrect. Linfield’s 2009-10 tuition cost plus room and board is $37,040 a year, not $46,888. The pricing for Linfield’s tuition plus room and board for the 2012-13 year is also $34,000 a year, not $46,888. Also, the constant dollar cost of tuition for private institutions was for the 2009-10 year, not 2009-12.

The baseball team did not “surpass” Pacific Lutheran University in the league standings, as the headline read.

In a photo caption for men’s tennis, the player was incorrectly identified. The tennis player is actually junior Zach Lyons.

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American grammar has never been right

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As soon as we enter the school system, we are taught that there is only one proper way to speak English. Every day, grammar lessons are crammed into our heads, so that we are better prepared for our society.

Outside of the classroom, we expose ourselves to multiple dialects and slang that take a preference over what we learn in school.

There should not be so much emphasis on what we, as Americans, should sound like. The United States is known for its diversity, and the dialects within the country makes it that much more unique.

Many blame text messaging and slang for a student’s lack of grammar knowledge.

However, this is just a small portion of the problem.

Slang and dialects have always existed. They are a

Ivanna Tucker Features editor part of the creation of world cultures. Without these playing an aspect in the culture, there would be less diversity.

Grammar seems to be a constant problem in the United States, but it is seen as more of a serious issue now with the new technological developments.

Many teenagers are using electronics to communicate and a new form of slang has developed because of it.

According to a survey in Pew Internet & American

Life Project, 85 percent of 12 to 17-year-olds have reported to have used some sort of electronic communication.

These new advances are not hurting our grammar.

The U.S. has had grammatical issues since someone decided that there was only one way to speak English.

English itself is a difficult language to learn. As Americans, we expect ourselves to know every aspect of the language, but in actuality, we know less than we think.

The way we talk on a daily basis does not reflect the perfect criteria we set for speaking grammatically correct.

In California, schools are now teaching children in classrooms the “proper” way of speaking English.

They are teaching these children how bad their grammar is and then teach-

ing them the correct way to grammar. The expectations speak. we build are extremely high Dialects are being seen as and need to be more realisan unimportant part of our tic. It’s understandable that country. The voices of our we should try to better ourdiversity are slowly being selves as a country, but we lost. shouldn’t lose an aspect that The main dialects that makes us so diverse. are criticized are the African Every time that we and Mexican-American dia- speak, there will be some lects. These dialects are seen sort of grammatical error. as naïve and incapable of The English language is so communicating on the same complicated that it is imposlevel as those who pay close sible for someone to comattention to their grammar. pletely understand every Many people, such as element of it.

African American comedian Dialects have existed Steve Harvey, prove that this for a long time. There is no assumption is not true. He reason to try to force people presents most of his shows to believe that they do not using terms that fall into the sound right unless they category of “African Ameri- speak a certain way. can English.” Those who lisKnowing the basics is a ten to him understand him good foundation, but those and still know that he is still dialects developed shows a able to be successful. sense of individuality.

Americans have never Ivanna Tucker can be reached at been spot on with their linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com.

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‘Bully’ documentary should keep offensive language I came across the petition to change the rating of a new documentary when I was on Tumblr. Usually, when I encounter petitions on social networking sites, I scroll past them on the grounds that they’re silly or not something I agree with, or that there are a billion other petitions with the same goal. This one, though, caught my attention.

The documentary in question is called “Bully” and is directed by Lee Hirsch. It follows five kids and their families, recording the impact of bullying on their lives.

The trailer makes it clear that the goal of “Bully” is not only to expose the effects of

Sharon Gollery Culture editor bullying and show exactly how damaging it is, but also to motivate people to do something about it.

Originally, the Motion Picture Association of America gave the documentary an “R” rating, which would have made it hard for anyone under 17 to see it. And, since

the film aims to change the way middle and high school students treat each other, an “R” rating would effectively prevent the documentary from reaching its target audience.

The petition was to change the rating to “PG-13” so that kids could see it. According to Change.org, more than 500,000 people signed the petition, and now, after some minor edits, the film has been rated “PG-13.”

An article on The Vancouver Sun’s website describes how six uses of the f-bomb in the movie had resulted in the “R” rating, and how Hirsch agreed to edit out three of

those in return for the rating of “PG-13.”

There never should have been a question about the rating. According to The Vancouver Sun, multiple uses of that particular curse word in a movie gets an automatic “R” rating from the MPAA, and I would agree with that in the case of any other movie.

However, this is bullying we’re talking about. I think any documentary about bullying would be incomplete if it did not include the things that kids call each other, and if I recall correctly, middle school bullies are not exactly the cleanest-mouthed of peo-

ple when it comes to verbal abuse.

It’s also clear that the target audience of “Bully” consists of kids who have experienced bullying, whether they are the bullies or the victims.

These kids are likely to have heard cursing before in reallife bullying situations. Taking that into consideration, it seems pointless to try to protect them from language that they have probably heard already.

Even if the f-bomb is a shocker, I think that the importance of showing kids the effects of their actions far overrules the danger of hearing an offensive word. This is

a documentary that needs to be seen to have the effect its director intended, which is not only widespread acceptance that bullying is a legitimate issue, but also a shift in the way kids treat each other.

Bullying is not something that we can stop by telling children to buck up and deal with it, or repeating bland sayings like “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.”

It’s a harsh reality, and a documentary about it is necessarily going to be harsh.

That doesn’t mean that kids shouldn’t be able to see it.

Sharon Gollery can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

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‘Hunger Games’ fans shed light on racism issues Recent comments made by ignorant fans of “The Hunger Games” shed light on the racism which is still alive in our country today.

When some readers found out that Rue and Thresh, who are described in the book as having “dark brown skin,” are played by African-Americans, they shared their feelings on Twitter.

One Twitter fan posted: “Why does Rue have to be black, not gonna lie, kinda ruined the movie.”

Another fan posted: “Why is Rue a little black girl?”

Posts like this are disturbing, inferring that just because Rue is a little black girl instead of a little white girl, her life isn’t as valuable.

Unsurprisingly, many people found these comments to be offensive, retaliating to the point where a few of the fans who posted these racist comments deleted their Twitter accounts.

It’s great that people are willing to speak up against these comments, but attacking the people who make these racist comments is the wrong way to go about it.

Telling people that they are wrong won’t change their opinions, it will only make them keep their thoughts to themselves.

As Professor Jean Moule said in her speech about unconscious racism at Linfield, she would rather deal with someone who acknowledges that they have race issues than someone who hides it.

People who hide their racism are still going to treat people of other races unfairly. The difference is that it will be in a more passiveaggressive way, which can be much more difficult to handle than someone who is upfront about how they feel.

The racist comments

Meghan O’Rourke Opinion editor made by these “Hunger Games” fans provides the perfect opportunity to confront the racist thoughts that still remain in our country.

Rather than attacking these people and turning them into passive-aggressive racists, we should ask them why they feel the way they do, forcing them to think about their racism.

“Kk call me racist but when I found out Rue was black her death wasn’t as sad,” wrote one Twitter fan, with the hashtag #ihatemyself.

This disturbing quote proves that some people are racist, despite knowing that their feelings are wrong.

For this reason, we need to get these people to consider where their racist thoughts come from, helping them work toward becoming more racially accepting people.

I personally thought that the actors chosen to play Rue and Thresh were spoton choices, and it surprised me to learn otherwise.

I am upset that there are actually people who don’t find Rue’s death to be sad simply because she is black.

Not feeling sad at a child’s death because of that child’s race is how horrifying events like the Holocaust happen. For this reason, we need to work on changing racist views by being understanding and listening to where people’s racism stems from.

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

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Feminism is about equality for sexes

The term “feminist” often has a negative connotation. Many associate feminists with hairy armpits, burly women and man-haters.

There are many myths when it comes to the complex movement called feminism. First, many assume feminism is only for women. Second, some believe that all feminists must be lesbians. Third, they all hate men. And it is sometimes assumed that all feminists want female supremacy, and they will go after it in angry, violent ways.

Some believe that feminists are “slut-shamers.”

Slut-shaming is attacking or targeting a woman for having multiple sexual partners, wearing revealing clothing or expressing

Kelsey Sutton Copy chief sexuality. It implies that a woman who does anything of this nature should feel inferior, unworthy or guilty.

Although they do not believe in trying to gain male approval, they don’t shame women for being strippers or porn stars.

Feminists believe in the freedom of sexual expression. Women should be allowed to dress how they wish without fear of being

assaulted or insulted.

Feminists believe in equal rights for women and men. It isn’t about women getting higher pay than men. It’s about men and women receiving the same amount. It’s not about women being better than men. It’s about the equality of everyone.

They believe in dissolving the patriarchal system with the equal rights of everyone. You cannot simply be a man or a woman, gay or straight, white or Latino. We are all unique in how we’re made up.

Most think feminism means hating men. In reality, it will take the support of men to make headway on the issue. Many feminists are actually in relationships with men.

Similarly, men can be oppressed by women and other men. Feminists recognize this. They encourage men to share their stories about abuse, assault or oppression, and to then take action.

Stereotypes are instilled in all of us early on through societal institutions such as religion, family, marriage or school.

Feminism doesn’t just benefit women. Improving the quality of life for women betters the lives of everyone.

When we can stop perpetuating myths like these and begin to recognize our subconscious stereotypes, we can start to work together toward equality.

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

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Weapons: Nuclear disarmament is anything but simple << Continued from page 1 lation of the effects of a nuclear bomb if one were to be dropped in Portland. The casualties would reach as far as McMinnville.

Cottrell said that the first step toward elimination of all nuclear weapons is to change the way that people think about them.

He used the example of the successful International Campaign to Ban Land Mines as a potential model for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.

He explained that at one time, land mines were accepted as a necessity of war, but when awareness of their tragic consequences spread, people’s attitudes changed. This change in public attitude eventually led to policy shifts.

Public attitude is part of the problem, because people do not take the danger of nuclear war seriously. Cottrell referred to the quote, “The day after a nuclear attack, what would we wish we had done? Why aren’t we doing that now?”

The potential for nuclear war is not with the superpowers, but rather the dangers of terrorists using the weapons or accidental detonation.

He then described the conflict between the need for a solution to global

Kate Straube/Photo editor Patrick Cottrell, associate professor of political science, discusses with students the complexities of nuclear disarmament during his lecture, “Confronting the Nuclear Paradox: Nonproliferation, Green Energy, and a Tale of Two Zeros” on April 11 in Riley 201. warming and the pollution of fossil fuels, which nuclear technology can solve, and the desire to eliminate all nuclear weapons.

“I thought the lecture was very relevant considering the fact that North Korea just set off a rocket. Even though this was a failed

attempt, the attention of the international community has now been focused on the uprising of nuclear capabilities in many countries,” freshman Kayla Anderson said “In the lecture, ideas were brought up about why countries decide to work on their nuclear programs.

These same ideas will certainly be visited now in response to North Korea.”

The Global Zero movement is growing and pursuing this complex and difficult task with many world leaders and President Obama’s support.

The Global Zero website

quotes Obama’s endorsement. “I want each of you to know that Global Zero continues to have a partner in my Administration and that we will never waiver in pursuit of a world free of nuclear weapons,” Obama said.

Cottrell concluded with

audience questions and said that it’s scary because we have created a weapon that can literally destroy humanity.

“The real challenge is that once it’s created, you can’t undo it,” Cottrell said.

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

Linfield forensics team debates impact of U.S. pop culture Nick Hahn Copy editor Two Chinese students participated with the Linfield College Forensics Team in a debate on the impact of U.S. pop culture April 10.

Zhou Zixi and Bihan Zhang of Xi’an International Studies University, along with their sponsor, Yang Ge, also attended several classes in the Modern Languages, Communication Arts, Politi-

cal Science and Business departments.

The event, which was held in the Pioneer Reading Room, followed the British Parliamentary Debate format. Jackson Miller, associate professor of communication arts, who coaches the forensics team, mentioned in his opening remarks that Linfield’s team has almost exclusively shifted to this style of debate because of its unique, collaborative aspect.

Other formats involve only two teams, whereas in British Parliamentary Debate, there are four, two arguing for and two arguing against the proposition.

Although the allied teams are not allowed to prepare together, they must cooperate and build on each other’s arguments. Thus, in order to successfully defeat the opposition, teamwork is required.

Although it was just an exhibition match, the

debate was a lively contest. Those arguing in favor of U.S. pop culture highlighted the impact it has played in enacting positive change to conservative systems, such as education.

They also emphasized the convenience that American technological innovations have provided.

The opposition argued that the hegemonic influence of the U.S. is detrimental to cultural diversity and

decried the materialism that the U.S. is globally spreading.

The debate’s focus on pop culture gave a unique and fresh feel to the discussion on globalization. From Michael Jackson, to ESPN’s Gluttonbowl, to the iPad, no topic seemed off limits.

This is the third consecutive year in which Linfield’s forensics team has hosted students from China. The connections that have recently been made between Chi-

nese institutions and Northwest colleges have led to the formation of the China Debate Association, of which Linfield is a member.

McMinnville is only one stop on a tour of the Northwest for Zixi and Zhang, who will also debate at the Oregon State Penitentiary, Willamette University, the University of Puget Sound and Northwest University.

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

Do you play games on your phone?

“I don’t play any games because I don’t want to get addicted. I had to stop playing tetris because I would play it in class.” - Sophomore Kate Shear

“I don’t really have time to play any games like that, and I think it’s a waste of time. I mainly only use facebook.” - Junior Christian Juanillo

“Usually when I’m walking places and if I’m in a meeting I’ll play games on my phone, but I mostly do it as a time filler.” - Freshman Terran Sobel-Smith

“I do it to kill time or if I’m bored, but I rarely play video games on my phone.”

- Senior Christian Arsenault

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Physics lecture presents ideas on the nanoscale Andra Kovacs Senior reporter

Dr. Ethan Minot, a physics professor from Oregon State University, presented the science colloquium lecture April 12 in Murdock Hall.

He discussed building electronics at the nanoscale in order to watch nature at the nanoscale.

He explained that through the application of recent microscopic techniques, one could control matter on the atomic and molecular scale.

By doing so, scientists could study the action of individual biomolecules.

Minot divided his talk into three main parts to make his point clear.

He asserted that it is possible to detect a single protein using nanotube electronics.

First, he explained the process of building a nanotube, an electronic on the nanoscale.

In the second part of his lecture, he explained that nanometrology is a metrology which focuses on the nanoscale level and plays a huge role in nanomanufac-

Kate Straube/Photo editor This week’s science colloquium was presented by Dr. Ethan Minot, a physics professor from Oregon State University, in Murdock 105 on April 12.

Minot discussed building electronics and nature at the nanoscale. turing.

The final part of his lecture was used for discussing research that he and his group had done using nanotubes to detect single

proteins.

Junior Addison Wisthoff, who attended the lecture, thought that the topic was interesting as it correlated with research that she par-

ticipated in last summer.

“I found his ideas very interesting,” Wisthoff said.

“It is always fascinating to see research done by a physicist that is conduct-

ing research on the fringe of two sciences. I found the talk interesting even though there were some parts of the talk that were harder to understand than

others. But all in all the talk was interesting for me, as a physics major.”

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

Editor-in-chief: TLR Bike: A prepares to hire staff 19-day, for 2012-13 school year summer << Continued from page 1 day afternoons to Monday afternoons. She said that she intends to keep this schedule because it provides readers with more current updates on athletics and weekend events.

Prokop said that the 201112 year—her first term as editor-in-chief— has been a transitional period for The Linfield Review.

Most of Prokop's current staff are freshmen, which meant that most of her time was dedicated to training new editors and organizing a system that would work for the people she hired.

But now that the staff is more familiar with the skills it takes to produce a newspaper, she expects the coming year to be more focused on building an online presence and ramping up the quality of writing and reporting.

While Prokop expects some current editors to reapply for staff positions, she said she would like new applicants, as well.

If you are interested in working for The Linfield Review as an editor, writer, photographer, or illustrator, go to www.linfieldreview. com and download an application under the “jobs” tab.

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

adventure << Continued from page 1 ride during the trip,” Tang said, only to realize that she had also taken the train to catch up to her friend.

Finally catching up to her friend, they met with some other bicyclists and traveled with them for some time.

Along the way, Tang stayed in hostels.

“There were six of us at one time, and it only cost us $10 to stay for all of us,” Tang said.

While Tang was a beginner in long distance biking, she said that there weren’t too many days that were difficult.

“There were only three really hard days,” Tang said. “During the rest of the time, we traveled on flatter roads.”

Upon her arrival in Nepal and Tibet, Tang said that things were different from China. After experiencing new foods and culture, Tang described both as beautiful.

Tang also talked about other routes that she would suggest traveling. These included bike trips to

Photo courtesy of Cecelia Tang Cecilia Tang, visiting scholar of Chinese, used a bike to get around for the majority of her journey, only getting a ride twice from two local men and a train.

Qinghai Lake, Sichuan to Xinjiang, and a city tour of Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou.

Tang plans to take another bike trip during the summer of 2012 in east Asia, including Vietnam

and Malaysia.

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

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More universities offer co-ed dorm rooms Laurel Rosenhall McClatchy Newspapers

College students filling out their dormitory housing requests this summer are making decisions about their future roommate: Messy or neat?

Smoker or non? Early bird or night owl?

Now many of them have a new question to ponder: Male or female?

Across the country, colleges are changing the roommate rules and allowing men and women to share a bedroom.

Only a small portion of students are choosing the option, college officials say. And when they do, the arrangements almost always are platonic.

But the shift marks the next step in a decades-long evolution that’s shrunk the space that once separated the sexes on college campuses.

“Back in the dark ages, a coed dorm was separate floors (for men and women) with an RA making sure you didn’t have guys on your floor after a certain time,” said Vicky Jones, a Bay Area homemaker who graduated from UCLA in 1974.

Then came co-ed floors. And then co-ed bathrooms.

Now Jones’ daughter Kendall goes to Occidental College in Los Angeles, where she roomed with a male friend her sophomore year. Occidental is one of more than 50 colleges across the nation that offer what’s described as “gender-inclusive” or “gender-neutral” housing _ rooms or suites shared by male and female students.

“My main reason for choosing gender-neutral housing was simply feeling more comfortable with a guy as a roommate,” Kendall Jones, 20, wrote in an e-mail interview with The Bee. Kendall Jones grew up with three brothers and said she was fed up with female energy after a freshman year in which she was one of three girls squeezed into a room built for two.

“It made me cringe to think about living with a girl the next year, so when I found out there was another option I jumped at the chance,” she wrote.

Jones chose to live with her friend James Case. He said they were compatible because they have similar lifestyles and the same tolerance for mess. There was nothing awkward about it, Case said.

“When one of us would change, you’d say, ‘Hey turn

around for 10 seconds.’ It really wasn’t complicated,” he said.

Other schools that allow men and women to room together include the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, Riverside, Stanford, Humboldt State and the University of Oregon. The

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ples who are asking to share a room. The requests tend to come from gay and lesbian students who feel awkward being paired with a roommate of the same sex, or from transgender students who feel their identity makes it difficult to fit into a typical dorm setting.

My main reason for choosing gender-neutral housing was simply feeling more comfortable with a guy as a roommate.

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University of California, Davis, officials said they will research the option in the coming year.

College housing officials say mixed housing hasn’t led to increases in sexual violence.

Most schools limit mixed-gender rooms to specific buildings or floors. They assign students to mixed rooms only when both people request it.

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“It’s been a natural progression in university housing,” said Marty Takimoto, a University of California, Berkeley, housing director. “Students, as the customers, are the determiners of their living situation.”

About 10 students on the Berkeley campus lived in mixed-gender rooms last year, Takimoto said—out of a residential population of 5,900. And

all the mixed-gender rooms are in Unity House, a dormitory designated for people who care about issues of sexuality and gender identity.

One resident was Rose DeLeon-Foote, 19, of Sacramento. She said she is not a lesbian but wanted to live in Unity House because she is passionate about gay rights. She shared a room with a transgender man, who was born female but identifies as male.

“I have a lot of close friends that are gay,” DeLeon-Foote said. “I thought Unity would be fun, it would be a place for me to get some friends at Cal.” The gender-neutral housing at Humboldt State is also in a section of the dorms reserved for people who are gay or care about gay issues. Sophomore Corrina Wells, who described herself as a lesbian, said she enjoyed sharing a room with a gay male friend _ for the most part.

“There’s the classic boy stuff, where the room smells like boy or there’s a pile of laundry,” said Wells, 19. “But after a while I got comfortable with it.”

Making gay students more comfortable is part of the drive for mixed-gender housing, but

not the entire story, said David Norton, executive director of the National Student Genderblind Campaign, which helps students lobby for gender-neutral housing. He co-founded the campaign when he was in college and was forbidden from sharing a room with a woman who had been his best friend since middle school.

“Many best friends these days are opposite genders,” said Norton, 24. “It doesn’t make sense to have a policy that makes it so you can’t live with the person you feel most comfortable living with.”

Occidental student Laura Harmon was able to share a room with her best friend, a straight guy. The mixed-gender housing at her school is advertised as being a good option for gay students—but not restricted to them.

“We kind of felt like we were taking advantage of the system as two straight people,” she said.

Now, as they plan housing for their senior year, Harmon has decided to rent a house offcampus with a group of women. And her former roommate will be in a campus suite, full of men.

College grads adopt environmentally-friendly outfits Larry Gordon Los Angeles Times The ceremonial gowns for Animo Venice Charter High School’s graduation will be navy blue, but the philosophy behind them is all green.

The campus is among a number of high schools and colleges across California and the nation that are adopting environmentally friendly graduation garb made from either renewable wood fibers or recycled plastic bottles.

The eco-robes being worn at Animo Venice, for example, are designed to decompose quickly if graduates decide to discard them.

“If it ends up in the trash, at least we know we won’t hurt the environment,” said Animo Venice salutatorian Monica Bautista, 18. That’s why her class decided to pay $10 more for the wood-fiber “Elements” gowns from Minnesota-based Jostens Inc. instead of going with the firm’s more traditional polyester graduation robes.

Call it social responsibility or savvy marketing, graduation eco-chic was launched this year by several companies and taken up by such California schools as Mills College in Oakland, the University of San Diego, the University of California Berkeley and Humboldt State. Elsewhere in the country, the University of Oregon, Michigan State, Wake Forest University in North Carolina, Yale University in Con-

necticut and Smith College in Massachusetts are among those joining in.

Douglas Bolin, recent past president of the North American Association of Commencement Officers, said college students’ tastes probably will expand the trend next year. “It seems that a lot of college students are sensitive to the environment, and I do think they are demanding different products,” said Bolin, artistic director of university events at the University of Texas, Austin.

His school last month used the new “GreenWeaver” gown, made of two dozen melted-down plastic water bottles. That robe accounts for about 6 percent of the graduation gown business this year for Virginia-based manufacturer Oak Hall Cap & Gown Co., and that share will probably double or triple next year, according to its president, Joseph D’Angelo.

“Sustainability is something many schools are embracing,” he said.

Another of his customers is Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where bookstore customer service manager Janet Carlstrom said the decision to switch to those gowns for the school’s Saturday commencement “just seemed like the right thing to do.”

The price is $36.75 for undergraduate cap, gown and tassel, she said.

Mills College gave graduates a choice for their May 15 commencement. Nearly

Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times Animo Westside Charter Middle School salutatorian Monica Bautista, 18, left, and valedictorian, Waldo Sigala, 18, poses with their graduation gowns made of eco-friendly material in Venice, California, June 2, 2010.

70 percent selected the environmentally themed outfit from Jostens: $28 for the cap, gown and tassel, according to Renee Jadushlever, the college’s vice president for operations. The rest stayed with the traditional polyester, which cost $7 less, she said.

Alissa Chasten of Sacramento, a recent Mills graduate, said she bought an eco-gown even though she suspected it might be a sales stunt. “Regardless if it was a marketing tool to accrue

a lot more money for the companies, I thought it was still a great idea,” said Chasten, who was involved in recycling projects at school.

Other than being a slightly darker black, the new gown did not look or feel different from others. “It was pretty comfortable. It was breathable,” she said.

Older alumni might be surprised that most schools no longer rent cloth gowns that are returned for cleaning and re-used. Companies say that became more diffi-

cult as students kept the garb for post-graduation photos and parties and some robes were lost. Also, they say, the dry cleaning and return shipping created extra costs and pollution.

So cloth rentals were replaced mainly by polyester gowns, which graduates would buy and then save, toss or donate to a future student.

For this latest generation of robes, Oak Hall stresses that the use of plastic bottles for its GreenWeaver gowns

reduces waste and saves trees. D’Angelo said the company will accept used gowns that will also be recycled and made into new ones.

Jostens says the fibers in its Elements gown are from renewable forests and that most of the robe will decompose in a year if buried in the ground.

Its advertisements ask: “Helping protect the Earth’s future as your students begin their own? Now that’s a legacy worth leaving.”

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Setting some facts straight on a celebratory day for marijuana-users Ivanna Tucker/Features editor It’s a constant topic of controversy: Cannabis use.

Cannabis is a plant that can be grown in many types of environments. Usable material is made from the drying and curing of the plant’s flower and sometimes leaves.

The drug can be taken in multiple forms, including being smoked in rolled papers or in a pipe. Another popular form is eating “medibles.” These are foods that have been infused with Cannabis in one way or another. For example, “canabudder,” is a butter that has been cooked with Cannabis clippings, strained and used in a recipe.

Other names for Cannabis are marijuana, grass, pot, dope, Mary Jane and weed.

According to a study done by the University of Washington, 49.5 percent of people between the ages of 20 to 29 have reported using the substance, and the average age that someone begins to use it is 18.8 years.

With minimum intake, Cannabis can affect attention, coordination and the way the mind processes information.

Although there have been few studies on marijuana and the pros and cons of continual use, doctors often

prescribe the substance to ease chronic pain, increase appetite for those who would otherwise not have the ability to intake nutrients (sufferers of HIV/AIDS and cancer patients, etc.) and control muscle spasms.

Consequences for illegal possession can range from a $500 fine to receiving a felony charge, which is more than 10 years in prison and possibly a fine of more than $100,000, depending on the criminal record.

The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act was passed in the 1998 General Election and then amended twice in the 1999 and 2005 legislative sessions.

This allows Oregonians with severe medical conditions to use medical marijuana.

According to Oregon Health Authority, there are 55,807 patients in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program and 28,214 caregivers.

On April 20, smokers from all across the country celebrate the unofficial holiday by lighting up.

There have been many myths established about the origin of the holiday.

False myths include that 4-20 is the bill number to legalize Cannabis or that it is the police code for marijuana possession.

According to an article

on About.com, a group of Cannabis users at a northern California school smoked at a specific location every day at 4:20 p.m.

The phrase became popular among people outside of the group as a term for “lighting up.”

At the University of Colorado Boulder, 4-20 events can draw as many as 10,000 people. This event created major controversy in the media and the school provided information to prevent the event from happening. Despite the efforts, the celebration went on.

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws was founded in 1970 and provides a voice for those who oppose marijuana prohibition.

Many have joined together to protest either for or against the laws for Cannabis legalization.

States are slowly allowing medical marijuana to be used.

Approximately 17 states and the District of Columbia have legalized it for medical use.

Protestors are still fighting to make it legal if used responsibly.

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Harry Potter has been one of the most talked about characters since the release of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” in 2001.

Author, J.K. Rowling, developed the book series that followed a young boy and his adventures while at wizardry school.

Potter and his friends fought to save their magical world and school.

The book series enticed a generation of young people to dive into books with more than 520 pages.

The movie version of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” gained more than $317.5 million in the box office. The last movie, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II,” received almost $381 million, making it the 12 highest United States box office of all-time.

The movie and book sale success has led to the creation of the Harry Potter theme park in Florida and the United Kingdom.

Fans from around the world have identified themselves with certain houses and created their own adventures based on the book series.

Pottermore, an interactive website, has become the newest craze since the movies wrapped up. The interactive site allows users to go through the stories with access to new content.

At first, the site was only open to the million beta testers; however, the site is now officially open for anyone to sign up for free.

Once on the site, people are put into houses as they compete with one another to see which house is the best.

E-books of the title are also becoming more popular because people are able to purchase the series in English, German, Spanish, Italian and French.

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The book saga by Stephanie Meye tween the main character Bella, her werew love interest.

The movies showed success in the raising more than $191 million and the lat raising more than $281 million.

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“I’m not really sure how to describe extremely dramatic to the point of wanting next,” freshman Jessica Newton said.

In November, “Breaking Dawn, Part clude the saga.

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The latest movie-book trend, “The Hunger Games” trilogy, has become the obsession of many teens and young adults.

Author Suzanne Collins tells the story of Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers to enter the competition between her country’s 12 districts, where 24 children (two from each district) must kill each other until there is only one victor.

“There’s just so many turns that the story makes, whereas ‘Twilight’ is kind of predictable,” sophomore Alex Gieber said.

The trilogy keeps readers at the edge of their seats with its descriptive and suspenseful plot line.

Controversy has sparked about the content of the novel and some people are trying to get “The Hunger Games” added to the banned books list.

Even though the movie was recently released, it has grossed about $500 million worldwide.

Archery has become a more popular activity because of the trilogy. Clubs across the country have risen in numbers because of the release of the film.

Romance is another feature within the story as fans are starting to pick teams-Team Peeta and Team Gale.

This franchise is following the steps of the other bookmovie releases and challenging its competitors in the box office.

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Faculty recital features Sherrill Roberts and guests Joanna Peterson Managing editor She slid her bow across the cello strings with piercing intensity, playing along to lines about sea foam and love.

That’s how Sherill Roberts, cellist and adjunct professor of music, opened her faculty recital April 15 in the Delkin Recital Hall.

The packed room listened as Roberts and a variety of accompanists created music to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking.

Roberts’ accompanists included her daughters Rosemary Roberts on the harp and Amelia Bierly on the cello.

The family trio blended the harp and cellos to weave together, “A Shape of Ice,” a piece composed by Bierly.

Bierly gained inspiration to write the piece from Tom Har-

dy’s 1912 poem, “The Convergence of the Twain (Lines on the loss of the Titanic).”

“I took inspiration from the rhythmic and melodic cadences of Hardy’s words,” Bierly said. “His rich, yet sparse writing style challenged me to create full textures and timbres while still maintaining a sense of great space.”

The next pieces were parts of the trio, “Enchantment of April,” which featured the sounds of piano, cello and clarinet. Chris Engbretson accompanied on piano while Theresa Schumacher mixed in clarinet.

Between pieces, Roberts took a break from playing cello to introduce Judy Koontz, an audience member whose grandmother, Kate Herman, was a passenger on the Titanic.

Roberts circled the room,

Kate Straube/Photo editor Sherill Roberts (middle), adjunct professor of music, performs a song in memory of the sinking of the Titanic with her daughters Rosemary Roberts (left) and Amelia Bierly (right), who wrote the piece, during a recital April 15 in the Delkin Recital Hall. showing a faded photo of Herman at age 24.

The next song,”Rest in Peace, Titanic,” was composed by Schumacher’s aunt.

“When I mentioned to [Schumacher] that this concert

was on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, she said that her Great Aunt Tilly had published a song about the event,” Roberts said. “We thought it would be fun to include in the pro-

gram.”

Schumacher explained how the family didn’t know how her aunt had written music until after she passed away.

“It was quite a surprise

when we found that sheet music in one of her drawers,” Schumacher said. “Dear old Aunt Tilly could do more than everyone thought.”

“Rest in Peace, Titanic” featured bold piano chords

by Engbretson, Roberts on the cello, and accompanying singing by soprano Natalie Gunn.

Roberts finished the evening with an emotional, lively rendition of Frank Schubert’s “Quintet in C Major, Opus 163.” Accompanists added violins and a viola to Roberts’ and Bierly’s cellos, creating dramatic, passionate music.

“The two cellos have some sublime melodic passages that need to sound almost as one instrument,” Roberts said. “To find a cellist who could play so perfectly with me, I had to grow my own.”

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

Review: Senior performs final show Christina Shane Staff writer Senior Jessie Goergen, mezzo-soprano, presented her Senior Voice Recital on April 14 in Ice Auditorium, integrating four years of music study in a two-part performance that audience members described as diverse and soulful.

The performance showcased Goergen’s talents and featured songs of a variety of languages and musical styles that received a standing ovation.

Goergen began the recital with classical opera pieces in German and Italian, accompanied by pianist Debra Huddleston.

She was later joined by senior Logan Freitas, sophomore Jaimie McDonald, senior Jeremy Moll and senior Kayla Wilkens for a theatrical

performance of “Habañera.”

“It’s from the opera ‘Carmen,’ which is one of the most seductive operas,” Freitas said.

Goergen concluded the first half of the performance with two George Gershwin songs from the 1920 Broadway musicals “Lady Be Good” and “Oh, Kay!” “I was in my head for the first song, but after that I got out of it,” Goergen said about her initial nervousness. The mezzo-soprano never let her stage fright show, gracing the stage with confidence and energy that flooded the auditorium.

The second half of the performance brought a change of style. Goergen was joined by pianist Dana Libonati, tenor sax David Floratas, bassist Glen Libonatti and drummer Anthony Libonati for jazz and pop performances that

received an energetic reaction from the audience.

“There is nothing greater than connecting emotionally with an audience and having the power to move someone with your music,” Goergen said in an email.

Goergen has been singing and performing since she was young, participating in jazz, country and pop vocal competitions. She has also been honored by the Oregon State Fair and the KPOD BiCoastal Media Texico Country Showdown.

“I have a very musical family. Music has always been a huge part of my life,” Goergen said.

While at Linfield, Goergen has taken every opportunity to get musically involved, as she has sung for the Jazz Choir, Concert Choir and the Women’s Ensemble and is currently the president of

Linfield’s A Cappella Choir.

“I’m very grateful to have received many accomplishments and opportunities in performing at Linfield over the years,” said Goergen in an email.

Goergen has worked extensively with voice coaches Gwen Leonard, professor emerita of music, and Natalie Gunn, adjunct professor, who have seen her mature as a musician.

“During her time at Linfield she’s come to enjoy and appreciate the classical style of singing,” Gunn said.

“I am very fortunate to be able to study under great voice teachers who have taught me a tremendous amount in technique and performance,” Goergen said.

The preparation for the recital was a considerable one. She has been working for three semesters to perfect

Alyssa Carano/Staff photographer Senior Jessie Goergen shows off her hard work during her senior recital April 14 in Ice Auditorium. her work for her senior capstone, and the work has paid off.

Goergen is currently writing her own music for upcoming concerts, as well as preparing to perform for Linfield’s Wildstock in May. Although she is pursuing law school after graduation,

she intends on continuing her career as a musician.

“My dream and passion is to be a musician who touches lives, inspires others and connects with those around me,” she said.

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

Culture show exhibits international dance, food

Photos by Alyssa Carano/Staff photographer Left: Junior Yan Yu performs the ancient Chinese art of Sichuan Opera at the International Club’s Culture Show on April 13.

Above: Junior Timmy Prag and Manuela Faschang, a German teaching student, jump and clap during a German folk dance.

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Comedy discusses effects of technology on society Alyssa Carano Staff photographer The lights go down in the Marshall Theatre. The room is pitch black, until five cell phone screens light up the stage. The screens begin to move, bouncing around the stage. These dancing cell phones create an enticing opening scene to the comedy, “Dead Man’s Cell Phone.”

This entertaining production has been in the works for a few months. The cast members were able to get to know each other during the course of two and a half months— a long time in the theatre world. It is performed by six main actors and five members of the ensemble, who danced between scenes and creatively changed the equipment by moving robotically. The actors of the play worked together seamlessly.

The main character, Jean, played by junior Paige Keith, is a woman who gets completely entangled in a new world simply by picking up a cell phone.

“This was the best cast and crew I have worked

with,” Keith said. “It was the most fun I have had in a production since high school.”

Keith has previously performed at Linfield in “The Comedy of Errors,” “West Moon Street” and “Execution of Justice.” She is a theatre and business double major.

Keith had pre-stage jitters before the show and said that her heart was racing before each play. However, she added that the cast had performed the show so many times that they all had it down. She said she is able to get into the flow once the lights go on and she walks onstage.

Freshman Nicholas Granato, who is hoping to pursue acting as a profession, played the dead man himself. He has performed in Chekhov’s “The Bear,” “Fifth of July” and in numerous other shows. He played Gordon, a dead man who is discovered by Jean at a nondescript café.

“We had a great cast. No one ever fought,” Granato said.

However, the process was not an easy one.

“The first read through was confusing, no one knew what they were reading,” he said.

However, the play had certainly improved since the first read through; it was obvious when watching the actors that they were confident in their work.

Among Keith and Granato were seniors Grace Becket and Bailey Maxwell and juniors Daphne Dosset and Jacob Preister. The ensemble was made up of animated actors. Sophomore Tim Marl impressed the audience with his skillful robotic moves. He has been dancing since he was four years old, and “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” was his first performance at Linfield.

The play isn’t just a mindless comedy. It brings about insightful thoughts about the effects of technology on today’s society. The characters are plagued by their cellular devices. Jean wouldn’t have ever gotten involved with Gordon’s odd family if she had ignored the obnoxious ringtone, or better yet if Gordon had politely silenced

Joel Ray/Staff photographer Junior Paige Keith as Jean, the main character of “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” stumbles upon the cell phone of the dead man in the latest production at Marshall Theatre. his cell phone before he died.

Instead, Jean answers the cell phone, and continues to entangle herself in Gordon’s eccentric family by continuing to pick up the device.

Senior plays final Cat Cab

Jean simply cannot let the device go, until she learns the hard way that technology isn’t as important as she once believed.

The play was a success

Senior Don DeFrang and junior Nic Miles brought a rock’n’roll sound to a student Cat Cab on April 12 in the Fred Meyer Lounge.

Above: DeFrang plays guitar while Abigael Irwin Schmidt sings “I’m Yours”

by Jason Mraz. She dedicated the song to her husband.

Left: DeFrang and Miles sing together during the performance, which was DeFrang’s last appearance in a Cat Cab.

Alyssa Carano/Staff photographer

Alyssa Carano can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

Students sample Swedish cuisine at Portland cafe Cassie Wong For the Review

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for the theatre department, selling out on opening night.

The play will continue April 19, 20 and 21.

The Associated Students of Linfield College took 11 students to Broder, a Swedish restaurant, April 11 in Portland.

Broder means “Brother” in Swedish. It comes from the owner Peter Bro’s Swedish last name. The restaurant was featured in The New York Times last year in the article “36 Hours in Portland, Ore.” The restaurant has a neon “Café” sign hanging above the entrance. In its humble space, there is an open kitchen and bar surrounded by dining tables.

The interior of the restaurant is lighted by candles and candle-like lights.

“I especially liked the dim lighting, which makes everything more mystical,” Hong Kong exchange student Queenie Ng said.

For $4, each participant had up to $17 to spend. A main course in the restaurant costs around $10, so most of them were able to have a main course, a side dish and a dessert.

Since the breakfast and lunch dishes are served all day, students had a great variety of choices. Some of them had Swedish Meat-

balls and Lamb Burgers, while others went for alternatives like Forlorade Agg (Lost Eggs) and Smorrebrod (Trio of Open-faced Sandwiches).

As for side dishes, most had the mushroom and potato soup, green salad or potato pancakes.

The waiter explained their culture and cuisine with patience. He said that Swedish people use a lot of eggs for food and their sandwiches are all open faced.

There was only one waiter and one chef on duty and food was not served until all was done. This made the wait a little too long for some of the students.

“The waiting time is really a turn-off,” said Ng. However, the participants enjoyed the main courses and side dishes, thinking they were worth the wait. It was the desserts that really excited them.

They had the Swedish style desserts like currant and orange coffee cakes and chocolate sandwich cookies.

Overall, students enjoyed the meal and left the restaurant knowing more about Swedish cuisine.

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‘American Reunion’ still satisfies Ian Storey For the Review Our generation has had the, well; let’s call it, luxury, of growing up with “The American Pie” movies. Whether you like them or not, it is kind of cool that we got to see “The Animal House” of our generation grow throughout its four incarnations.

What is most interesting is how this movie has grown. For me, and most of the readers of this newspaper, “The American Pie” movies have been meant to parallel the demographic one step ahead of us.

Stifler, Jim and the crew were in high school when we were in junior high and they were getting married just before we shipped off to college. So we, as viewers, have had the unique ability to look at our future selves and that next step

in our lives, something we take so seriously, and laugh.

Sure, there is not much wisdom to be gained from a sex-driven comedy, but its nice to see, even if it is fictional, that things will change, but there are always people who you can depend on, whether those are your high school bud-

dies or over the top jokes from Sean William Scott.

Now, is this movie the next instant comedy classic? No. But whether it is a good movie or not will more likely depend on how much you enjoyed the previous films in the series. I liked “American Pies 1” and 2, and I can assure fans of the series that “American

Reunion” is a more than a worthy addition.

The fourth installment brings back all of the characters from the first three movies, and it’s fun seeing how some of the more minor characters make their return.

Fans will appreciate other subtle references and homages from earlier entries as well in the form of Youtube videos, character histories and back stories hinted at through dialogue, and entirely new characters that seamlessly fit into the “American Pie” narrative.

So for what it’s worth, “American Reunion” is a riotously fun comedy. As the fourth movie in a series that started a relatively short time ago, this movie does what it does very well.

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

Vocalist, pianist sings like a ‘Birdy’ James Testa KSLC 90.3 FM The enchanting voice of up-and-coming singer and pianist Birdy is wonderfully exposed in her self-titled, debut album.

Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, who goes by her long-time nickname Birdy, rose to recognition how millions of other musicians in this modern age have attempted: on YouTube.

The 15-year-old prodigy learned the piano at the age of seven, quickly mastering it and making up her own songs just a year later as an eight year old.

Birdy was beginning what has become a promising career in music. When she was 12 she uploaded a video of herself performing one of her own songs on YouTube and from that got a look from Warner Brother’s Records.

What has resulted is Birdy’s first album, consisting of covers of songs that she describes as her influence.

“It’s just an introduction to my style,” the artist explains on her website, although “Without a Word,” which is

one of her own songs, appears on the album as well.

The opening track is Birdy’s interpretation of Phoenix’s hit song “1901.” It softly starts with the defining sound of a grand piano and is backed by a smooth rhythm section that supplements the piano and the amazing voice of Birdy.

The tempo of this track is much slower than the original played by Phoenix, but none of the energy is lost, and in fact, with the sonic guitar riffs deeper into the song, might even be intensified. Upon this first impression, it is hard not to replay it before continuing into the album, but the following track might be the highlight of the entire composition.

Bon Iver fans should very much enjoy her version of “Skinny Love,” which is a great example of Birdy’s talent, both vocally and on the keys. As the song progresses, Birdy’s voice begins to heighten, exposing the depth and passion that resides within the young singer. It is an understatement to say she does the song justice when her official

music video for the song on YouTube has received more than 20 million views.

Birdy reaches further into her alternative influences in her performance of The Postal Service’s “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight.” Originally, an electronic driven song, she is able to use her piano playing to add a sense of volume that is only matched by the elegance of her voice and the unique way in which she approaches the lyrics. The maturity in her vocal performance in this song makes it hard to believe that the person behind the microphone is only 15.

She matches the power of her voice with her ability to soften her vocals in “I’ll Never Forget You,” the song originally performed by Francis and The Lights. Only featuring her piano, voice and the addition of subtle effects, this track provides listeners with an example of Birdy’s raw emotion and justifies the majestic nature of her voice.

The one original song on the album conveys the best vocal performance that can be heard on it. “Without a Word”

is an emotional powerhouse, featuring a piano coupled with some use of effects. But under Birdy’s vocals, both could go unheard due to the breadth and passion that she contains. It concludes with her emphatically singing the title phrase with such emotion that it makes you want to re-play the last 30 seconds of the song over and over again.

In her debut album, Birdy rightfully asserts herself as a legitimate breakthrough performer alongside fellow UK artists such as Adele.

The comparison might seem like a stretch, but it becomes more reasonable the more you listen to her performances.

Birdy carries a bluesy, lengthy tone like that of the late, great vocal artist Eva Cassidy and is well on her way to obtaining the fame and recognition she deserves.

Listen for tracks from Birdy’s self-titled, debut album on the KSLC’s airwaves in the coming week.

Upcoming culture events 21st Annual Linfield Study Abroad Photo Contest

3 p.m. April 18 Fred Meyer Lounge

Poetry reading

7:30 p.m. April 18 Nicholson Library

Pro Cat Cab: Rootdown

9 p.m. April 19 Fred Meyer Lounge

Divas of Diversity

7 p.m. April 20 Ice Auditorium

Food Cart tour of Portland

1 p.m. April 21 Off Campus

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

‘Wild’: On the trail, hiker battles pain of loss Amanda St. Amand McClatchy Newspapers Before I read “Wild,” I had never heard of the Pacific Crest Trail.

Now I want to hike it, just like Cheryl Strayed did and writes about in her compelling, warts-and-all book recounting her adventure in the mid-1990s. As Strayed writes, despite her outdoorsy upbringing in a house that lacked indoor

plumbing or running water in rural Minnesota, she was ill-prepared for the 1,000-mile-plus journey from the California desert to the forests of Oregon.

Not that she lacks the physical equipment. She has that in such volume that after she crams her backpack full and ties things to the frame, she can’t even lift it. And when she finally does manage to heave it up on her back, “It still seemed

like a Volkswagen Beetle, only now it seemed like a Volkswagen Beetle that was parked on my back.”

And that is before she has walked a single step. She walks through 100-degree heat, rain and snow—and in pain. Her vivid recounting of the pain in her back, her shoulders, her legs and especially her godforsaken feet will bring tears of laughter—and recognition—to anyone who

has attempted a lengthy hike, a marathon or any other feat of physical and mental endurance.

To wit about her big toes: “They were so swollen that it looked as if my nails were simply going to pop off. It occurred to me that popping them off might actually be a good idea. I pinched one of the nails and with a solid tug ...

The nail gave way and I felt instant almost total relief.”

But the strength of this book also lies in the reasons the author hit the trail. Left adrift by the death of her mother at 45, she recounts the intensity of their love, her anger over her premature death and her sense of loss as the rest of her family drifts apart. And while much of her trek is done in solitude, she meets up with enough interesting characters along the way to keep the story moving at a brisk

pace.

Does Strayed find what she’s looking for by spending three months hiking the Pacific Crest Trial? Not really. There’s no epiphany to explain why she dabbled in drugs or casual sex.

But Strayed gives readers such a riveting and unflinching look at her life that you don’t really need answers. The story is gift enough.

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Linfield falls to Pacific in final matches of season

Photos courtesy of Tyson Takeuchi Above: Junior Zach Lyons faces off with Whitworth singles player Daniel Redfern during the final home match April 7.

Right: Senior Cody Levien competes with senior partner Zach Lyons against the Whitworth doubles team and fall 8-4 during Seniors’ Weekend at home April 7.

Caleb Goad Staff writer The curtain has closed on the season for the Linfield men’s tennis team.

Three seniors, Bryce Borland, Cody Levien and Ian Rapport, will be saying goodbye to the Wildcats.

“Playing for the Wildcats has been a great honor, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to do so,” Levien said.

Along with junior Zach Lyons, Levien has led the team this year.

“Playing doubles with

Zach has been a lot of fun, and we had a good record and some really good wins.”

Levien had a rough season in singles, with a 2-14 record.

But he and Lyons earned a 11-6 record in doubles.

“Zach and Cody have put together an all-conference season in doubles, and they finished the season on a high note,” coach Carl Swanson said.

Levien, along with hoping to continue playing tennis, looks forward to seeing his younger teammates improve as players.

“Hopefully, I can find some time to come back next year to watch some of the matches. I’m really interested in seeing how this team will grow over the next three years,” Levien said.

Also leaving the team is international student Matthijs Baurichter from the Netherlands.

This year has been Baurichter’s first experience with college-level play.

“It has been a great opportunity. We’ve had a good trainer. He’s a great coach,” Baurichter said.

Track: Wildcats excell in recent meet << Continued from page 16

To top off her victories, she merely finished third in the hammer throw with a heave of 41.93 meters.

Distance runners excelled during the meet. Junior Shanna Peaden won the women’s 5,000-meter by nearly a full minute with a blistering time of 18:45.11.

In the men’s 5,000-meter, senior Arian Anderson and freshman Calvin Howell finished first and second.

Anderson won the race with a time of 15:53.48, and Howell set a personal record with a time of 16:17.20.

The women’s 1,500-meter saw freshman Audrey Lichten grab hold of third place by

running a season-best 4:52.71.

The men’s side saw a third place finish as well from senior Alex Van Slyke, who ran a fantastic 4:06.98. Sophomore Brandon Leme r a n d e finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:00.11.

Steele F i e l d events on the men’s side had a winner in the javelin.

Senior Sean Boedeker tossed a season-best at 53.61 meters.

Boedeker’s teammate, junior Josh Melander, took second with a league-qualify-

ing toss of 50.44 meters.

Juniors Drew Wert, Caleb Stringer and Kyle Pfeifer all finished in the top three in their events: shotput, discus and hammer toss.

Sophomore Bryan Takano and freshman Garrett Soumokil tied for third in the long jump with career-best efforts.

Their distance of 6.12 meters was good enough to qualify for the league championships.

As the athletes prepare for the NWC Championships, Evans believes that the team is “full of morale.”

“We have top performers in most events, and I feel like we have a good shot of being top contenders,” Evans said.

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

This past season has been a tough one for the entire team.

The team is mainly comprised of freshmen, so a rough start might be expected.

However, most of the team has three more years to continue to grow and improve.

“This is a season of rebuilding,” Assistant Coach Matt Levering said.

All of the players have grown during this past season.

Freshman Micah Roos

attained the highest record in singles among the freshmen, at 5-14.

Freshman Luke Kleinman managed a 4-12 record in singles.

Lyons achieved the highest record in singles this year, with 6-12.

The Wildcats played their last two matches April 13 and 14.

Friday’s match, against the University of Puget Sound, ended in a close 5-4 loss.

The Loggers took all three victories in doubles, but the

Wildcats came back, winning four out of six singles.

Lyons, Levien, Kleinman, and freshman Ben Brewer all won their singles matches.

At Saturday’s match, Lyons and Levien won their last doubles match, 8-6, earning the Wildcats’ only point in the 8-1 loss against Pacific University.

The Wildcats ended the season 2-17 in NWC standings.

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

Sports Briefs Women’s Lacrosse

The women’s lacrosse team participated in two away matches this weekend, falling short of a victory in both.

Linfield lost 14-10 against Pacific University on April 14.

On Sunday, the Wildcats travelled to Tacoma, Wash., playing against the University of Puget Sound Loggers. The final score was in the Loggers’ favor, 21-10.

Men’s Golf The men’s golf team placed first in a match April 14 at the Illahe Hills Country Club in Salem, Ore. Linfield won with a total score of 300 and par +12. Wildcat senior Alex Fitch placed first in the individual scores with a total of 69 and par -3.

George Fox University placed second, followed by Linfield’s B team. Willamette University came in last place, with a total of 333 and par +45.

The Wildcats finished first overall, with a total score of 602.

Women’s Golf Placing third in a match April 14, the women’s golf team traveled to the Illahe Hills Country Club in Salem, Ore., playing against George Fox University, Willamette University and Lewis & Clark College.

With a total of 322 and par +30, George Fox won the match. Willamette placed second, with a total of 348 and par +56, followed by Linfield. Lewis & Clark did not finish the match.

The team finished in third, rounding out the score 711. ~Compiled by Meghan O’Rourke/Opinion editor

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Wildcats go into NWC tournament undefeated Joanna Peterson Managing editor Freshman Kaila and senior Kiana Nip grabbed wins in both singles and doubles April 14, wrapping up the tennis season with perfect scores and leading the women’s tennis team to an undefeated season against Northwest Conference opponents.

The Wildcats swept the University of Puget Sound, 7-2.

The conference record was part of the women’s tennis team’s seven-year run of Northwest Conference victories.

The game marked the last time that the Nip sisters will play a conference game together, but despite this fact, they led the team, collecting wins in each of their singles matches. Kaila earned her 12th victory of the season after defeating Puget Sound’s Logan Thomapson, 6-0, 6-0.

Kiana also reached 12 victories throughout the season, finishing with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Maddie Thiesse.

The sisters collaborated in a doubles match, nabbing wins over Marissa Friedman and Thompson with an 8-3 score.

Other notable players included senior Abby Olbrich and sophomore Caroline Brigham, who each scored singles victories.

Olbrich overtook Madi-

son Holtz, 6-3, 6-0, while Brigham defeated Jenna Gerdsen, 6-1, 6-2.

The pair, who is ranked as the west region’s seventh doubles duo, scored an 8-2 win over Holtz and Josephine Dow. Kaila said that she would have to re-adjust her game after her sister graduated and would no longer be her doubles partner.

“It will be hard to adjust to not playing with my sister, and I will miss her a lot,” Kaila said. “On the court, she pushes me to play my best, and of course, she doesn’t sugarcoat anything because she is my sister. I like to set up the point and she likes to the put the ball away. We have complimenting games.”

She said that Kiana was the uniting force on the team, and that some of Kaila’s best times on the court were associated with her older sister.

“I can’t pinpoint an exact favorite memory on the court but I do love playing with my sister,” Kaila said.

“Our coach said on Senior Day that she is the glue that brings our team together, and I agree. It will be hard to not have her on the team next year.”

Kaila said that one of the best matches of the season was at Whitman College’s home court.

“The highlight of the season this year was beating Whitman at their home courts because we all contributed to that win with a

Kate Straube/Photo editor Senior Abby Olbrich plays a doubles competition against the University of Puget Sound on April 13 at home. sweep in doubles and pulling through in singles,” Kaila said. “I personally felt accomplished because I was

unsure if I could beat Morgan, the twin from Texas, but I surprised myself with how well I was playing and

how much I improved this season. I honestly feel like I did not have a lowlight this season. We, as a team have

worked hard to have undefeated season.”

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

Linfield alumnus steps up to coaching and playing overseas Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor Traveling overseas, one Linfield alumnus has pushed his way into professional basketball.

After working hard at Linfield, Erik Olson, class of ‘09, ventured to Scotland, where he began his professional career.

After transferring to Linfield as a junior, the physical education major began to play for the Wildcats. “[Olson] had a strong work ethic during his playing days at Linfield,” Linfield basketball coach Larry Doty said. “He was a very good shooter when he transferred here as a junior and then worked hard in the off-season to transform himself from a 3-point shooter to a player who could get to the rim, the foul line and rebound.”

After college, Olson’s journey to the professional league had a rocky beginning before he was offered an opportunity in Falkirk, Scotland.

After playing in Scot-

land, Olson had an offseason, where he attended try-outs and training camps before being signed to play in Australia.

“I am now entering my third season of professional basketball, and I also serve as head coach of both the top club team, Wagga Wagga Heat, and the under-18 development team,” Olson said.

In starting his coaching career, Olson hopes to have a long career of coaching.

“I do not have the interest to move about forever and I will hopefully be able to get into college athletics,” Olson said. “I would like to coach at a liberal arts college or overseas at the professional level where I would love to get involved in countries like Norway, Sweden and Iceland, which all have great basketball leagues and friendly cultures.”

Olson’s growing interest in basketball stemmed from his early exposure to the sport.

His father’s college-level coaching career of more

than 20 years, most recently at Dartmouth College, has greatly influenced Olson’s desire to coach.

“Being raised in a coach’s household, I was truly around the game from the time I can remember,” Olson said. “Being around practices, players and coaches from the time I can remember has helped me succeed as a player and a coach as I have witnessed so many different situations and how they were handled.”

Olson’s dedication to the game is purely based on his love for the sport. “[My motivation] simply the fact that I can continue to play the game I love at a high level,” Olson said. “I am hopeful to continue to have these experiences and playing contacts, and that requires a lot of hard work and preparation. It is easy to find motivation when you are playing the sport you love and have always had as a constant in your life.”

While Olson’s love for the game is evident to those

all around, it is clear that his future will continue to have basketball in it.

“Erik loved basketball.

He loved being in the gym [and he] loved spending hours working on his game.

By the time he left Linfield, he was one of the best percentage shooters in the conference from the field and the foul line,” Doty said.

“He made great strides in his game from being pretty much just a 3-point shooter to someone who could get to the rim, put the ball on the floor and score the medium range jumper and both those things put got him to the foul line where he was one of the top free throw shooters in the NWC.” In coming so far from his college basketball career, Olson has not forgotten all the hard work that has led him to where he is now.

“Linfield played such a large role in my development that without my time there, I am confident I would not be playing internationally,” Olson said.

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

Photo courtesy of Kelly Bird Erik Olson, class of ’09, shoots a 3-pointer at a game he played during his time at Linfield.

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Head-scratching home concerns for Wildcats

Kate Straube/Photo editor Linfield outfielders celebrate during the game against Willamette University at Del Smith Stadium on April 14.

Softball: ’Cats crush Bearcats in final games << Continued from page 16 was able to score off a single hit by sophomore Katy Brosig.

Willamette made a final attempt to catch up, but only managed to score two more runs, ending the game 5-3.

Starting their final game of the day, the Wildcats scored the first three runs of the game in the second inning. All three runs were scored off a home run hit by Brosig. During the third inning, Prestianni hit a double putting freshman Grace Middelstadt in scoring position, and Linfield scored its fourth run. Scoring Linfield’s final run was Lepp, who scored off a single hit by Doucette in the fifth inning.

The Wildcats held off the Bearcats for the rest off the game, allowing Linfield to win 5-2.

Linfield had the home field advantage when facing Willamette for the first double header of the weekend. Losing the first game against the

Bearcats, 2-0, the Wildcats came back and won the second game, 8-0.

With this weekend’s wins, Linfield remains in the No. 1 spot for the Northwest Conference. The Wildcats will host the Northwest Conference tournament April 21 and 22.

“Once the Conference tournament starts, we have to forget about everything that happened earlier this season because none of that matters anymore,” sophomore Ashley Garcia said. “What matters is taking the tournament.”

While the team had hoped for no losses this season, senior Jaydee Baxter said that the team feels good about the upcoming NWC tournament.

“We didn’t want to lose any games, but it’s nice going in being the first place team, having home field advantage and being the number one seeded team,” Baxter said.

With the seniors all playing their last conference game before the NWC tournament, Baxter passes on advice for

younger players based on her own experience.

“We work hard and we have really long practices,” Baxter said. “Jackson expects a lot from us, and so just having the mentality of working hard and doing your best to win games and doing things right really helps.”

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

Hey ’Cats. Remember last spring when Mac was so consistently rainy and wet that the softball team spent most of its “home games” at other neutral locations?

Back then it was a reassuring thing to know that our team could win on the road, but I still bemoaned the lack of home games.

This year, I’d take the neutral games in a heartbeat. In fact, I think I’d go so far as to say both the softball and baseball programs would be better off spending the postseason on the road come May. Don’t get me wrong, both programs boast quality teams. But Catball has surrendered all three of its season losses at home and the baseball squad has dropped as many at home (5) as they have on the road.

The baseball team was overrated in the preseason.

I think that’s clear by now.

This club started the year at No. 2 in the nation and proceeded to go 20-10 through the first 30 games; not exactly a stellar winning percentage. The ’Cats have freefallen 19 spots to No. 21 and

Sports Commentary

Chris Forrer Sports columnist left their postseason hopes muddled.

At second place in the Northwest Conference with nine games remaining, a conference title and automatic postseason berth is still possible. But only five of those games come against conference foes and none against top-ranked Pacific.

Winning out will help the team’s case for a regional playoff berth, as will the fact that they’ve been selected to host one of the Division-III regional sites for the fourth time in the past five years.

But unless they can come on strong in the end of the season, I really don’t know that being home is a good thing.

It would beat being left out

and having to watch other teams play at Roy Helser field, though.

At the risk of igniting a firestorm around the Catball loyal, I’m also worried about three puzzling home losses and what it means for this team’s postseason odds. Yes, they are the topranked team in the nation; yes, they are a solid club from top to bottom; yes, every team loses games.

I’m just surprised and a bit concerned that the odds-on favorite to bag the national title has lost three home contests. If the comforts of home don’t bring in the wins, road games against the nation’s elite could be potentially dangerous.

On the other hand, I hear Willamette has a fantastic pitcher, and PLU has shown they’re worthy of an at-large bid for the D-III regional playoffs, so maybe I’m overreacting. Or maybe its a good thing the school’s bid to host a regional site was denied. We’ll see. Go ’Cats.

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

Wildcat Sports Schedule Friday, April 20 Track and Field

@ Tacoma, Wash.

2 p.m.

Baseball

@ Portland, Ore.

12 p.m.

Track and Field

@ Tacoma, Wash.

12 p.m.

Men’s Golf

@ Canyon Lakes Golf Course

All day

Women’s Golf

@ Columbia Point Golf Course

All day

Women’s Tennis

NWC Tournament

All day

Softball

@ Home of No. 1 seed

Saturday, April 21

TBA

Sunday, April 22 Baseball

@ Portland, Ore.

12 p.m.

Men’s Golf

@ Canyon Lakes Golf Course

All day

Women’s Golf

@ Columbia Point Golf Course

All day

Softball

@ Home of No. 1 seed

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Catline Northwest Conference Standings

Tyler Bradley For the Review

Baseball Pacific

14-4

Whitworth

13-5

.722

Linfield

15-6

.714

Pacific Lutheran

12-6

.667

George Fox

12-9

.571

Willamette

7-11

.389

Puget Sound

5-13

.278

Whitman

5-16

.238

Lewis & Clark

4-17

.190

.778

Linfield

25-3

.893

Pacific Lutheran

24-4

.857

Willamette

19-9

.679

George Fox

15-13

.536

Whitworth

12-16

.429

Pacific

11-14

.393

Lewis & Clark

3-25

.107

Puget Sound

3-25

.107

Softball

Kate Straube/Photo editor

Men’s Tennis Whitman

12-0

1.000

Pacific

10-1

.909

George Fox

9-3

.750

Whitworth

8-4

.667

Pacific Lutheran

5-7

.417

Willamette

3-9

.250

Linfield

2-9

.182

Lewis & Clark

2-10

.167

Puget Sound

2-10

.167

Women’s Tennis Linfield

12-0

Whitman

10-2

.833

Whitworth

9-3

.750

Pacific

6-6

.500

Puget Sound

6-6

.500

Willamette

5-6

.417

George Fox

3-9

.250

Lewis & Clark

3-9

.250

0-12

.000

Pacific Lutheran

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Wildcats end season with loss The men’s tennis team faces final two losses of the season April 14 and 15.

See page 13>> Women’s Tennis is undefeated Linfield continues on to NWC tournament while facing no losses this season.

See page 14>> Alum faces new life experience Linfield graduate goes on to coach and play basketball in Europe.

See page 14>> Sports schedule Check out the sports schedule to see when your favorite teams play this weekend.

See page 15>>

Sophomore Katy Brosig stretches to make a double play against Willamette University at Del Smith Stadium on April 14.

Wildcats claim home field advantage for NWC tournament Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor Facing their last opponents of the season before the Northwest Conference tournament, the Wildcats captured the No. 1 spot in the conference after winning three of the four games against Willamette University on April 14 and 15.

The Wildcats took the field knowing that any more losses would put them at jeopardy of losing the home field advantage for the NWC tournament. For the first game of the day, Linfield started out behind the Bearcats, when they scored their first run during the second inning. Coming back, the Wildcats scored three runs during the fourth inning. Senior Staci Doucette hit a home run, allow-

ing herself and fellow senior Emilee Lepp to score. Freshman Kate Hasty also scored off a throwing error made by Willamette’s catcher.

Linfield scored its final two runs of the game during the seventh inning. Doucette hit a second home run, and junior Karleigh Prestianni

The final regular season event for the Linfield track and field team finished with great success April 14 at the Pacific University Luau at Lincoln Park Stadium.

Approximately 14 Wildcats posted season-best times on the day, which bodes well for the upcoming NWC Conference Championships on April 20 and 21.

The event that exemplified the excellence of the track team on April 14 was the 800-meter run. Junior Nelly Evans smoked the competition on the women’s side with the eighth-fastest time in Linfield history (2:18.88).

On the men’s side, junior Lester Maxwell won the event with a season-best time of 1:56.35, and his two teammates finished off a 1-2-3 Linfield finish. Junior Lucian Battaglia nabbed second with a time of 1:56.84 and senior Eric Weinbender grabbed third place with a time of 1:57.26.

Junior Melany Crocker swept the women’s 100 and 200-meter races, posting a time of 12.61 in the 100 and 25.96 in the 200. The men’s 400-meter dash was won by freshman Colin Nelson with a time of 50.53.

Two more Linfield women claimed multiple events on April 14. Senior Misty Corwin ended the day victorious in the pole vault, clearing a season-best 3.5-meter bar.

Sophomore Anna LaBeaume won the shot put with a throw of 13.09 meters, and she also won the discus with a toss of 36.26 meters.

>> Please see Softball page 15

>> Please see Track page 13

Linfield splits series in California Carson Crepeaux Staff writer It was the tale of two types of Linfield baseball in Orange, Calif., this weekend against the Chapman Panthers.

The first game of the series was a rough one for the Wildcats. Senior Robert Vaughn started the game for the ‘Cats and was poorly backed up by his infielders. After two errors that extended the second inning, Vaughn gave up a grand slam to Chapman. All six runs scored off Vaughn were unearned. Chapman’s players shut down the Linfield batters, striking out 16 and only giving up six hits.

The second game of the evening showed a more competitive Linfield team. Senior Ryan Larson pitched a gem, allowing only four hits and one earned run in nine innings. The ‘Cats scored early in the second and third innings to pick up a two-

run lead which they held through the rest of the game. Linfield only racked up five hits throughout the game, but taking advantage of walks and errors early allowed them to win the game 2-1.

During the third game, errors again plagued the ‘Cats and cost them the game. Poor hitting and fielding caused Linfield to drop the ball and lose the third game of the series, 1-6. Sophomore Zach Brandon started the third game and pitched 4.1 innings until senior Spencer Crepeaux came in for relief.

Crepeaux gave up two earned runs in 2.2 innings. Senior Casey Cameron came in to close the game, giving up one earned run.

“We had to forget about the last game and focus on the things we could control in the next” sophomore Kenny Johnson said.

Senior Zach Boskovich went 0-15 with eight strikeouts in the series, but his bat was not needed for the final game of the series, rather his

arm. With the game tied at two to two in the bottom of the eighth, Chapman’s Connor Battaglia hit a single to left field. As Troy Newman tried to go home, Boskovich threw a strike to catcher junior Kyle Chamberlain, who tagged out Newman at the plate and ended the threat in the bottom of the eighth.

After eight innings of play, freshman Chris Haddeland was relieved by sophomore Justin Huckins, who ended up pitching the next five innings. Huckins gave up only one hit and two walks in five innings of play.

The Wildcats were under the clock however, as the 13th inning rolled around. They were in their final inning no matter what because of their need to leave soon because of their flight time. The ‘Cats didn’t disappoint. In the top of the 13th, sophomore Kramer Lindell came up to the plate with a runner at first and sent the ball sailing over the fence for a two run shot that gave the ‘Cats

a two run lead headed into the bottom of the 13th. When asked how it felt to hit the home run that gave Linfield the lead, Lindell responded, “Good.” To finish the game, Huckins threw a fastball past Charlie Piro, who struck out looking to end any hope of a comeback by Chapman.

The next series the Wildcats play will be against George Fox University on April 21. The ‘Cats, currently third in the Northwest Conference, will look to further close the gap with Pacific and Whitworth.

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