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INSIDE Humanitarianism Dr. Michael Barnett, a scholar of international relations and humanitarianism, discusses the history and trends of the effects of humanitarianism on society.

Jessica Prokop Editor-in-chief

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Housing Check out the Renter’s Guide to help make the on-campus housing registration process less stressful. >> pages 8 and 9

Photo courtesy of Nick Irving Joe Robinson, class of ’09, is donating all the money he raises while hiking from Mexico to Canada to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Built to burn Community members gather to watch the burning of Linfield’s January Term class Intro to Studio Art sculpture April 20. >> page 10

Women’s tennis Women’s tennis wins its first tournament against Willamette on April 21, but loses against Whitman on April 22. >> page 16

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Issue No. 20

Linfield graduate hikes for a cause Samantha Sigler News editor Hiking from Mexico to Canada, which is the equivalent of 100 marathons, is not a journey that many people would choose to take on every day. Fewer people have stood on the summit of Mount Everest than completed the Pacific Trail in a single hike.

However, that is exactly what one man is doing to raise $25,000 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Joe Robinson, class of ’09, decided to take on this difficult

task after his mother died of the disease in 2006. His journey will begin April 26, 2012, after Robinson leaves his job as a retail merchandising manager at deviantART in Los Angeles, Calif.

Robinson will then begin his 2,650 mile walk along the Pacific Crest Trail toward the Northwest.

He will document his journey through photographs and videos and upload them to Facebook and the fundraiser website.

Senior Nick Irving is aiding Robinson with his goal by acting as the 100marathons.org Project

Communications Manager. Irving develops sponsorship packages and reaches out to sponsors such as REI, The North Face and Columbia Sportswear; manages the social community; and handles media relations.

In addition to these tasks, Irving will also act as a direct link between Robinson on the trail and the online social community and will upload photos and videos of Robinson. >> Please see Hiking page 5

A Linfield sophomore is scheduled to appear in court for his arraignment May 3 in Yamhill County Circuit Court on charges of identity theft, second-degree theft and third-degree theft.

The charges allege that he stole hundreds of dollars from fellow classmates at Linfield College.

William Chou, 20, was arrested April 3, posted bail at $5,250 and was released to appear in circuit court April 4 after being held at the Yamhill CounChou ty Jail, according to court documents.

Chou was arrested after two students filed reports of theft with the McMinnville Police Department.

Senior Kaia Machalek turned in a Citizen Crime Report (CCR) on March 21, stating that her ATM card and pin had been used without her permission on three different occasions. The total of the transactions was $626 in ATM withdrawals. The larger transactions were made at an ATM machine located on campus.

At the time of the report, Machalek said that she did not have any suspect information. However, she reported later that she believed her friend, Chou, had stolen her ATM card and used it, court documents reveal.

A search warrant was issued March 28, as a result of Machalek’s report and another connecting case that identified Chou as the >> Please see Theft page 4

Bike Co-Op encourages sustainability, community involvement Andra Kovacs Senior reporter Linfield’s Bike Co-Op has recently become sustainable in more ways than one. As one of the school’s leaders in sustainability efforts, the Bike Co-Op encourages the use of bicycles.

On April 13, the Bike Co-Op partnered with the community to donate old bikes and bike parts for the Community Connect Event in June. The event provides resources that impoverished and homeless would not

normally have access to; however, the resources are free to the entire community. Everything provided is completely free and is donated by individuals or groups like the Bike Co-Op. Sophomore Zane Carey who is the bike shop manager, was contacted by Ashlee Carlson of Linfield’s Office of Community Engagement and Service, who was helping with the Community Connect Event this June.

“It was great that this opportunity presented itself because I was in the process of looking for the

best way to get rid of some bikes and parts that weren’t of any use to the co-op,” Carey said.

Carey said that bikes are especially valued in events like these because it can be some people’s only form of transportation, so the transaction ended up being incredibly helpful to both the coop and to the community event.

“We were able to donate about two truck loads of bikes and parts to the man behind the whole project, Dean,” Carey said. “Dean has already refurbished over 100 bikes and has donated back into

the community to similar events such as this one.”

As one of the fundamental values of the Bike Co-Op is sustainability, it was a perfect opportunity to promote and practice it through reusing their parts and sharing with the community.

“This opportunity was a great way for the Linfield Bike Co-Op to be involved in giving back to the community,” Carey said. “I couldn’t think of any better place I >> Please see Co-Op page 6

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Apartments should be coed Many college campuses around the nation allow students of the opposite sex to live together. The University of Oregon, the University of California-Berkeley, the University of California, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California-Davis are examples of universities that allow coed housing.

At colleges that allow coed housing, people of the opposite sex are only paired with one another upon request.

The closest that Linfield has to coed housing is coed dorm halls, with each floor being separated by gender. Even in the on-campus apartments, members of the opposite gender can’t live together.

Linfield should reconsider its rules on coed living, at least for the apartments. In the real world, apartments don’t have rules about who can live with one another. Why should the on-campus apartments at Linfield be any different?

By the time Linfield students are allowed to live in the on-campus apartments, they are of at least junior status, which means that the majority of students living in these apart-

ments are between the ages of 20-22.

These students are adults and are old enough to decide who to live with. If that means someone of the opposite gender, then they should have that freedom.

One reason why coed housing isn’t always encouraged is that two people may be in a relationship and break up, resulting in them being stuck together.

Although this could be an issue for some, it doesn’t seem like a valid reason to not let members of the opposite gender live together.

If a couple wants to live together, they should be allowed the option.

Of course, there is always the chance that they may break up, but if they are willing to take that risk and live with each other anyway, then they should face the consequences.

Moving in with a boyfriend or girlfriend is a part of growing up for many, and one can learn a lot about being in a relationship by moving in with someone.

In regard to couples living together, homosexual couples technically already have the option to live with one another, even in the dorm

rooms.

A homosexual couple living together is no different from a heterosexual couple living together. The same issues can come up, regardless of sexual orientation.

Homosexual students may feel uncomfortable living with other students of the same gender in the same way that heterosexual students may feel uncomfortable living with students of the opposite gender.

In this case, homosexual students may feel more comfortable living with a friend or friends of the opposite sex.

Besides couples living together, anyone can have a problem with a roommate. Best friends who become roommates can stop being friends.

The bottom line is that anyone can have issues with a roommate, regardless of gender. Learning how to live with another person is part of growing up.

If people of the opposite gender want to live with each other by the time they are allowed to live in the apartments, they should have that option.

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Corrections The tuition costs listed in an opinion in the April 9 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 has since increased, but is not $46,888 a year, like it originally said.

In the April 16 issue, Pat Cottrell’s title is incorrect. He is an Assistant Professor of Political Science.

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EDUCATION

Choose your major based on your passions “What do you want to do for the rest of your life?”

This common question is always popping up around campus, and it is usually the follow up question to “what is your major?”

These questions are often answered with something like, “business major with a minor in economics, and hopefully that will get me a good-paying job after college,” or something entirely different, such as, “art major with a minor in philosophy… I’ll be going to work as an interior designer.”

Are those taking business and economics classes doing this just to get a high paying job, or do they truly love what they do?

Are the art majors taking these classes because they are extremely passionate

Alyssa Carano Senior photographer about their artwork, even though they know that they may likely struggle to secure a job after college?

Either way, we all choose our majors for a multitude of different reasons.

One good reason for choosing a major is money.

Everyone worries about money, and choosing a major that would score you a high paying job right off the bat is ideal for being financially successful, but is it necessarily the right

thing to do?

If you choose a major that will land you swimming in cash, you might be able to buy a ridiculous amount of cool stuff, but will you be happy?

And is choosing a major that allows you to only explore your passions a good idea? How many artists out there actually make it big and get discovered?

Unfortunately, few art majors will end up hanging their paintings in the Guggenheim. But how does one go about sacrificing his or her passions for cash, and vice versa?

As college students, we often don’t think about our futures further than the paper that’s due tomorrow.

We often procrastinate to the point of writing a 10-page paper the night

before it’s due. less of the money that we Thinking about our will or will not make, will future beyond college can end up content and sucbe a stretch, but it is some- cessful in life. thing we all worry about.

We’ll get the opportunity We’ve all heard our parents to love what we do, day in or friends talk about how and day out. difficult the job market is While we might not be right now. Naturally, this rolling in cash, we’ll cerstresses us out. tainly live in a loving, posiFor those who are tak- tive environment. ing the business classes, And even though we they can easily shrug this may struggle at times, such remark off. But for those of as when we have to pay us who choose majors that our mortgages or begin to will not land us a secured raise families, we’ll always job after college, this be happy knowing that remark worries us. we chose to spend our It sends our brains spin- lives loving every single ning in different directions. moment that we spend at We even begin to doubt work. ourselves, wondering if we After all, what if even chose the right major.

Beethoven had chosen However, I believe that to focus on mathematics those of us who choose our instead of music? majors because we are pas- Alyssa Carano can be reached at sionate about them, regard- linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.

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Students shouldn’t be eager to hurry through college The more high school students take college classes, the more college becomes like a glorified high school.

It’s hard to admit—especially because I earned a few college credits during high school—but until we stop seeing college as something to finish as quickly as possible, the power of our higher education system will continue to decline.

Rather than supporting the pursuit of knowledge and experience, which

Joanna Peterson Managing editor should be the goal of higher education, college classes in high schools create the culturally destructive mindset that higher education is something to race through

as quickly and cheaply as you can, so you can get a high paying job and start earning money.

Money seems to be the primary motivation for everyone who champions the college during high school programs. Parents support it because finances are tight and college tuition is intimidating.

Some employers enjoy it because it provides them with newer, younger members of the workforce.

The government benefits

because it uses up less of its education budget, and those new members of the workforce become taxpayers.

Obviously, money naturally plays a key role in choosing to attend a university because the costs of a four-year program can be daunting, but earning a higher education is one of the greatest investments you can make.

Receiving a lot of college credits in high school to save money and expedite your university graduation date

only dilutes your educational experience and puts you in the nine to five work force sooner than usual, causing you to miss out on the transition from youth to adulthood that a four-year span at a university can provide (e.g., breaking away from parents, being immersed in a diverse community, etc…).

Not only does speeding through college damage your educational experience, but it also compromises the effectiveness of democracy.

The goal to receive a diploma

as quickly as possible just to become eligible for a specific job skips over the important goals of becoming fully knowledgeable and engaged in society.

How can we take advantage of freedoms like voting, serving jury duty, and raising families if our primary vision for higher education is career training instead of becoming well-rounded and informed participants in the world?

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

POLITICS

War on terror subverts civil liberties Holder v. The Humanitarian Law Project is a June 2010 decision made by the Supreme Court that seriously challenges our freedoms of speech and association.

Although a bit dated, I feel the lack of popular knowledge on this topic justifies the lack of novelty.

The Humanitarian Law Project challenged the material support provision of an anti-terror law passed in 1996 that banned Americans from aiding groups labeled by the government as terrorists.

The HLP sought to assist the Kurdistan Workers Party in Turkey and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam by giving them legal advice on how to non-violently end their respective conflicts.

Unfortunately, their plans fell under the material support provision, and thus they challenged it, winning several rulings in the lower courts by arguing that the language of the provision was too vague and conflicted with the First Amendment right to free speech.

The Supreme Court failed to see similarly, acquiescing 6-3 to the continued criminalization of the type of work that the HLP wanted to perform.

Justice John G. Roberts, who wrote the majority decision, claimed that even intangible aid could allow terrorist groups to redirect their funds toward arms.

Although this situation is truly a possibility, a few questions arise. Does this hypothetical scenario justify the watering down of our freedoms of speech and association, long praised as the cornerstone of America?

I would argue that it doesn’t, and that we ought not to succumb to the paranoid, jingoistic rhetoric that has become the post-9/11 standard regarding foreign policy.

Nick Hahn Copy editor It is also important to highlight the arbitrary nature of the State Department’s list of terrorist groups. There is no review despite the fact there is widespread international dispute concerning some groups presently labeled as terrorists by our government.

If we are going to assume the worst and extrapolate the hypothetical regarding groups like the Kurdistan Workers Party and the Liberation Tigers, I argue that we must hold our government to the same standard: what is there to stop them from abusing their ability to designate groups as terrorists? Presently, nothing.

The decision itself is alarming, but what deserves more attention is the response which it has received.

In the post- 9/11 era, terrorism has become the magic bullet that allows the government to exempt itself from its end of the constitutional bargain.

Yesterday’s communism is today’s terrorism. I suspect this systematic assault on liberty will be looked back upon much how we view McCarthyism; why can’t we learn from the past?

Although quoted almost to the point of exhaustion, I will leave you with the words of Benjamin Franklin, “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. “ Nick Hahn can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.

BUSINESS

Starbucks is a positive corporation

Because corporations are such powerful figures in the economy, they have a social responsibility to make their economic, environmental and global effects known.

Corporations like Starbucks are inevitable in our economy. Starbucks is arguably the most popular coffee store in the world. With 19,345 stores in 58 countries, it has twice as many locations as Wal-Mart. Although I fully agree with supporting local businesses, Starbucks is one of my favorite coffee shops.

Starbucks treats its employees well with health care coverage, bonuses and other benefits. Part of its mission statement is to treat its employees with respect. It was named one of Fortune’s “Top 100 best companies to work for.”

Starbucks advocates for positive action within the community. The people of Starbucks do this with their environmental awareness and volunteer involvement in areas such as after-school

Kelsey Sutton Copy chief programs.

The Hands On Network and Starbucks have partnered to create more volunteer opportunities for employees of the coffee chain. Their goal is to contribute one million volunteer hours by 2015.

Many Starbucks stores have “Grounds for your Garden,” which is one of my favorite things about the company. They give their leftover coffee grounds to anyone who wants them for composting.

Starbucks is a large contributor of the fair trade movement. The company buys much of its coffee from developing countries,

helping family farmers and bringing consumer attention to the fair trade labels.

EPA.org says that in 2004, Starbucks decreased its waste load by 1.8 million pounds.

In 2009, the company implemented a water-saving system that reportedly saves up to 150 gallons of water a day.

Starbucks needs to have recyclable cups; however, customers get discounts when they bring reusable cups, and the coffee sleeves are made from 60 percent recycled fiber.

Starbucks also prides itself on supporting human rights and ending discrimination in the workplace. The company is a known supporter of marriage equality and various charitable organizations.

During the winter holiday season, Starbucks donates five cents per drink to help eliminate AIDS through its partnership with Product RED. The corporation is also a sponsor of Planned Parenthood.

Through the Starbucks Pride Alliance Partner Net-

work, the company works to enact positive change and support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The company offers the same benefits to same-sex and opposite-sex partners.

Transgender employees are offered mental health counseling and short-term leave after surgical procedures. Starbucks stores in Washington D.C. have switched all of their bathrooms to be gender-neutral, in an effort to be more inclusive of trans customers.

So, you can rest assured that when you buy a cup of coffee that you’re buying from a company that takes social responsibility and doesn’t contribute to any unethical labor practices.

But also, remember to support local and independently owned coffee shops in McMinnville like Cornerstone. They are more sustainable and build stronger communities.

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

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Professor discusses the power of social media Samantha Nixon Staff writer A Facebook page created

by Ahmed Maher and Issra Abdel-Fattah, supporting a worker’s strike in Egypt, played a key role in Egypt’s youth movement, journalist and author David Wolman explained during his lecture April 17. This movement showcased the power of social media in inspiring real-life revolution.

Wolman’s lecture depicted his journey as he followed the movement.

He originally picked up the story in 2008, when the Facebook page “April 6 Youth” was created in support of the strike. The page had gained more than 70,000 people in three weeks.

“My job as a journalist is to tell interesting stories,” Wolman said. “I know it when I see it.”

He knew that this was an important story that needed to be told.

Wolman wanted to find out who these young people were. He traveled to Cairo that summer, and after a “failed” protest, the youth movement went underground.

With the help of the Internet, the youth involved in the movement began researching other movements and protests, including speeches

by Martin Luther King Jr. They began to realize that they had the power to go against the regime.

Alyssa Carano/Senior photographer David Wolman, journalist and author, explained during his April 17 lecture about the power of social media and how it can inspire revolutions, using the strike in Egypt as an example.

“They came up with protest techniques that put the authorities in a pickle,” Wolman said.

The protests and riots brought media attention, and the regime’s action or inaction would both have reflected poorly on the authorities.

Facebook and social media had proven to be successful tools, but the next step in the protest was

to figure out how to move from the keyboard into the streets.

“Tools are great, but they are just tools,” Wolman said.

Many people did not have Internet access, and they knew that using the Internet was not enough to make the necessary changes in Egypt.

After the police brutally beat and murdered Khalid Mohamed Said, and

an image of his mangled face leaked online, another Facebook page was created called “We Are All Khalid Said.” This online memorial quickly gained 180,000 fans.

The two online groups began to collaborate on further protests. “[The protesters] had an almost militaristic commitment to nonviolent protest,” Wolman said.

If they saw someone

becoming agitated and potentially violent, they would form a circle around that person and move them away.

This was important because the military would not open fire on nonviolent protesters. They used nonviolent strategizing to ensure the success of their protests, Wolman said.

Wolman explained that thugs with machetes on the

backs of camels would kill protesters and foreign journalists.

Eventually, the regime shut off the Internet in an attempt to end the communication and collaboration of these groups. This attempt backfired.

After the Internet was shut down, people were forced out of their homes in order to communicate. It sent them out to the streets and infuriated many who were not originally participating in the protests.

Wolman returned to Cairo in March and joined protest leaders at a café.

When Wolman mentioned the original failed protest, they referred to it as a “beautiful day, a great day.” Wolman asked why, since the protest didn’t go anywhere and was stopped by the police before they were able to accomplish what they wanted.

The answer was simple.

That day had shown the protest leaders how powerful they really were because the regime was scared of them.

When looking back on the protests, Wolman said that many of the people he spoke with had a similar response: “We were all one hand.”

The Internet and Facebook allowed these young people to unite, work together and realize their power to create change and revolution.

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

Theft: Student accused of stealing hundreds of dollars << Continued from page 1 suspect in gift card thefts.

When officers contacted Chou, he admitted to using Machalek’s ATM card and pin number without her permission for the three transactions on campus.

Chou was arrested April 3 and was initially facing charges of identity theft,

second-degree theft and fraudulent use of a credit card.

Now, he is facing three counts of identity theft, three counts of seconddegree theft and three counts of third-degree theft.

Court documents reveal that on or about March 9, 13 and 20, 2012, Chou unlawfully possessed, obtained, transferred, created, uttered

or converted to his own use, the personal identification of Machalek. He committed theft of money in the total amounts of $202, $302, $102 and $20.

Documents also show that on or about Feb. 1, 2012 to Feb. 27, 2012, Chou unlawfully and knowingly committed theft of property of three Nordstrom gift cards from sophomore

Natalie Cohrs, totaling less than $100.

As conditions of the court, Chou is not to have any contact with the victims.

Chou declined to comment about the case.

Due to students’ information being protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the school cannot comment on Chou’s con-

duct or whether there were any consequences, said Jeff Mackay, associate dean of students.

Victims involved in the case are also asked to keep any information regarding potential consequences, such as a conduct hearing, confidential.

Machalek declined to comment for this reason.

According to Chou’s

Facebook page, he is majoring in elementary education and music-piano performance. He is a student caller for the Linfield College Department of Annual Giving, is an office assistant and usher for the Linfield Music Department and was a peer adviser for 2011-12 Colloquium.

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

How do you feel about coed dorm rooms?

“I would prefer to live in a girls only dorm because it’s more clean and quiet.” Freshman Yu Yan

“I think it’s a good idea. It’s really annoying to have your roommate’s boyfriend live there all the time anyway.” - Senior Kate Schmidt

“From the view of an area director, roommate wise, I don’t think coed rooms are a good idea, but coed floors are fine.”

- Sophomore Kiersten Hendrix

“I think it’s a great way to fill a spot, and it would make housing a lot easier.”

- Sophomore Jerry Young

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Graduates face better job prospects as well as angst Hiking:

Student, alum raise money to fight disease

Meghan Farnsworth The Hechinger Report Meredith Ballard is an economics major at Colorado College. But when she began her senior year last fall, she started feeling she was spending more time traveling to job interviews than going to class.

“It got stressful,” said Ballard, 22, of Green Oaks, Ill. “I had to work on my thesis on top of having a very difficult class while trying to land a job.”

The employment market may be picking up, but graduating seniors like Ballard—who landed a job with a Chicago advertising agency and will start next month—have in many cases known nothing during their college careers but economic turbulence and high unemployment.

“Nowhere has the economic impact been as traumatic (as) for college seniors graduating in the last four years,” said Richard Berman, director of career services at Oberlin College.

To forestall entering the job market, many soonto-be graduates are taking unpaid internships or social service work, going to graduate school, or even trying to start their own businesses.

Those who are searching for jobs are making it a higher priority than schoolwork. Gone is the luxury of taking it easy senior year.

There are some glimmers of hope. The unemployment rate for recent college graduates is 6.2 percent, lower than the overall rate and the lowest since the start of the recession.

And employers surveyed by the National Association of Colleges and Employers said they planned to hire 10.2 percent more new graduates this year than last year.

Still, the odds for jobseekers in many fields remain long.

“This year’s seniors are landing more interviews, but I think it’s more a function of their tenacity” than an increase in the number

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Tom Kimmell/MCT Meredith Ballard, a 22-year-old economics major at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo., started to feel she was spending more time traveling to job interviews than going to class last fall as she started her senior year. of jobs available, said Lisa Kastor, director of career services at the College of Wooster in Ohio.

Jacob Meyers of Elyria, Ohio, for example, applied for 35 jobs and got three interviews, but no offers.

“I just don’t want to be floating around after college,” said Meyers, 22, who is job-huntinging while finishing requirements for his triple major in English, theater, and gender, sexuality and feminist studies at Oberlin. “There just seems to be this pressure from everywhere. Everyone is looking for a job. Even my mom is dead set on me finding one. She’s scared, too.”

At Washington and Lee University in Virginia, 15 students applied to meet on campus with a recruiter for an investment bank. Six got interviews. The bank has

one position available.

“The employers are doing a lot more screening,” including remotely

by Skype before even entertaining the idea of an in-person interview, said Beverly Lorig, director of career services at Washington and Lee. “There’s less willingness to consider a ‘maybe’ candidate.”

Meanwhile, students and their families have been subjected to unrelenting bad news from the job front.

“It bruises the psyche of your graduating class,” Lorig said. “There’s stress with seniors, and there’s stress with parents. It’s really important that we teach students to be resilient in these times. I fear that a lot of seniors withdraw after they get roughed up a bit with the rejections.”

Many students have rea-

son to be worried. Those who took out loans for college are graduating with an average debt of more than $25,000—twice the 1996 figure—according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Some students say they are beginning their job searches a year before graduation, and they are networking more often with college alumni.

“Just because the front door to an organization is tighter, and therefore harder to open, doesn’t mean that there aren’t side doors into it,” Berman said.

“One has to build networking opportunities through recent grads and alumni.”

For Lauren Martinez of Redmond, Wash., the time she took to job-hunt last semester paid off: The senior economics major at Macalester College in Minnesota found a job at a

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But Martinez said the offer came at the expense of time and energy she could have applied toward schoolwork.

“My grades suffered at the beginning of the semester when I was spending so much time traveling to interviews, practicing interviewing and filling out applications,” Martinez said. “It was all so overwhelming.”

Still, she’s glad she has a job. “It’s definitely a relief to know that I’ll have a paycheck,” she said. “With that in mind, the rest of my senior year will be a lot easier.”

Irving and Robinson met during Irving’s freshman year in 2008 at Linfield after he rushed the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, which Robinson was a member of.

“Over the course of his last year in college, he served as a role model and friend as I began the journey that is college,” Irving said in an email. “Typically, people find it hard to stay in contact with friends that move away, but Joe and I continued to share personal successes, troubles and laughs with each other.”

Robinson told Irving over a beer one night that he planned to walk from Mexico to Canada to raise money for multiple sclerosis.

While some people may have thought of it as a joke, Irving saw how determined Robinson was and decided to help in anyway he could.

“Joe’s journey along the Pacific Crest Trail brings inspiring awareness to a disease that keeps people from moving through the use of today’s modern social media platforms,” Irving said. “By bringing an online community together in support of a worthy cause, I am finding a purpose in something bigger than anything I can accomplish alone.”

Irving’s main objectives are to raise and donate $25,000 to the Multiple Sclerosis Society and to inspire people to live everyday with a purpose.

Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating disease that keeps people from walking, and Irving said that he feels that with every step Robinson takes on the trail it will inspire himself and influence others to be motivated to seize their days on Earth.

“What [Robinson] is setting out to do is an incredibly dangerous and difficult task, but he would walk 100 marathons 10 times over if it would bring his mom back,” Irving said.

“Help us out. This is a story about what we as a community can do to combat the vicious disease that is Multiple Sclerosis.”

To donate or for more information about what Irving and Robinson are accomplishing, visit www.100marathons.org or their Facebook page facebook.com/100marathons. org.

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Students learn history of humanitarianism Carrie Skuzeski Staff writer

During a April 16 lecture, Dr. Michael Barnett, a scholar of international relations and humanitarianism, asserted that humanitarianism hasn’t changed since the Cold War. Students gathered in Ice Auditorium to hear Barnett’s presentation titled “Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism.”

During his lecture, Barnett shared the research he began working on in 1994.

At the beginning of his research, Barnett focused on the causes and consequences of humanitarianism after the Cold War. According to his findings, it seemed that humanitarian agencies were prominent more than ever and wanted to make the world a humane place during the post-Cold War Era. Barnett hypothesized that the increasing popularity of humanitarian projects was because of the negative attention the United States’ government received for the complexities of the Cold War. Such increasing popularity revealed humanitarian agencies straying away from their principles and moving toward politics. Barnett explained that because humanitarians had such elaborate goals to solve root problems in our world, they chose

Co-Op: Bike Co-Op connects with local community << Continued from page 1 would like to see those parts and bikes to be donated.

We were able to free up some much needed space in the shop while knowing that our donations will really be making an impact in the community and in someone’s life” Carey said that this was a great opportunity for the co-op to get in touch with community partners and push them to create similar projects in the future.

“It is nice to know now that if we are presented with any donations ourselves it is great to know of such a great way to give the bikes a second life,” Carey said. “I would like to see in the future Linfield and the co-op getting involved with this project or something similar.”

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

to involve themselves in politics to achieve their goals.

Two years into his research, Barnett realized that there was not a change in humanitarianism after the Cold War. “Humanitarianism always had great ambitions,” Barnett said.

Humanitarians throughout history strived to make the world a better place, and they were also always involved in politics. From that point, Barnett conducted research to discover why humanitarianism is tied with politics.

“The modern idea of humanitarianism, to help strangers across the world, creates contradictions,” Barnett said.

He said that the first contradiction was that humanitarianism is simultaneously universal and circumstantial.

A humanitarian agency chooses what problem most needs their attention and overlooks the other problems.

“Any act of intervention, no matter how undermining, is still an act of power,” Barnett said, describing the second contradiction he found.

Barnett said that humanitarians, even when they are acting with good intentions, must be careful of dominance.

He went on to reveal that humanitarians acted in ways that not only helped others,

Kate Straube/Photo editor Dr. Michael Barnett, scholar of international relations and humanitarianism, discussed the past trends of humanitarianism and why humanitarianism is the way it is today. but also helped themselves.

Whether it was superiority or guilt, people often times desired to contribute to a good cause to demonstrate that they were good people.

In the final part of his lecture, Barnett said that humanitarianism has not been climbing upward throughout time, but that its

presence has been more visible during times of despair.

He explained that humanitarianism has been used to convince the people in the world that they are good and will continue to improve.

Barnett concluded his lecture by saying, “It’s proper to call humanitarianism an empire.

It defends its power by help-

ing the helpless.”

Barnett is a university professor of International Affairs and Political Science at The George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs. He formerly taught at the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin, Macalester College, Wellesley College and

the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He has published numerous works on global governance and humanitarian action and has written books, such as “The Empire of Humanity” and “A History of Humanitarianism.”

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

High school students jump into college classes Laura Isensee McClatchy Newspapers

In one corner of MiamiDade College’s sprawling Kendall, Fla., campus, Tiffany Pineda slips into class. Attenzione! It’s time for Italian pronouns and grammar.

In jeans, a black tank top and red sneakers, she looks like a typical college student.

But she’s a 16-year-old high school junior.

Like Tiffany, a growing number of high school students are taking college courses before graduation, a practice called dual enrollment that rewards them with tuition-free college credits.

For high schools, it gives students a way to accelerate.

It can also help lift the schools’ academic standing; in 2010, Florida started to factor dual enrollment into state-issued letter grades.

That has created a surge in dual enrollment through Florida International University, according to FIU Provost Douglas Wartzok—an eightfold over the last three years.

Across Florida, the number of students who participated in dual enrollment rose 23 percent last year.

In Miami-Dade, students can participate in a number of ways.

They can take a college class at their home school, taught by a Miami-Dade teacher who has been credentialed by FIU. FIU saw about 5,500 students enroll in classes at high schools last year.

A university professor can come to the high school to teach.

Students can take classes at a college campus.

Students can apply for early admission and take their senior year at a university.

At Westland Hialeah Senior High, about 230 of the 1,950 students—nearly 12 percent—take classes through FIU. Another 94 go to MiamiDade College for courses.

Those programs not only helped Westland Hialeah lift its grade to an A from a B, said Principal Guillermo Munoz, they also reflect a change in culture at the young school.

Dade schools and FIU share the expense of dual enrollment, which costs the public university about $250,000, Wartzok said. “As

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the school system gets better, the community gets better, and that’s good for everyone, including the university.”

The demand of dual enrollment programs in Broward, Fla., has grown so much that two high schools _ Coconut

College Academy at Broward College, where more than 300 juniors and seniors report to the Davie, Fla., campus instead of a traditional high school.

“We’re developing some very strong partnerships,” said Cynthia Park, director of advanced academic programs for Broward County Schools.

Park said that last year, about 2,000 students completed dual enrollment courses at Broward College and the Broward campuses of Florida Atlantic University and FIU. “Most of them leave with their associate’s degree, and it helps cut the cost of college in half,” she said. “Financially, it’s a good reason for many families.”

Two Miami-Dade programs—the School for Advanced Studies at MiamiDade College and the Academy for Advanced Studies at FIU—allow students to split their course load between college classes with university students and accelerated courses with other high schoolers.

Most of them leave with their associate’s degree, and it helps cut the cost of college in half.

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Creek and South Broward in Hollywood—are starting programs in which teachers accredited by Broward College will teach at the schools.

The two new projects will try to mimic the success of McArthur High School in Hollywood, Fla., where students can enroll in the “Mustang Academy,” a section of college-level courses. Several teachers at Cooper City High and Coral Springs High are also licensed to teach dual enrollment courses.

The Broward School District has also established the

“I like how I get to pick my own college classes. I get to pick classes I actually like _ the freedom of it,” Tiffany said.

While Miami-Dade County Public Schools and Miami Dade College launched SAS in 1988, the program has grown in recent years.

Some 520 juniors and seniors study at its four Florida campuses, in Homestead, Kendall, North Miami-Dade and downtown Miami. The Kendall campus is the biggest, with 213 students. More than 800 people showed up at a recruitment event last fall at the Kendall campus—for 100 spots in the junior class. It draws students from public, private and parochial schools and home schoolers.

Several seniors in the School for Advanced Studies at the Kendall campus said they were looking for a challenge, like Ivan Cuartas who used to attend G. Holmes Braddock Senior High. “Now I’m getting humbled,” said Cuartas, 18, who wants to be a chemical engineer.

“It’s rigorous, but there’s a small learning community where they can not only help each other but get help from their teachers,” said Dennis Lindsay, a spokesman for SAS. “That alleviates some of the pressure.”

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Celebrity moonlighters Actors with outside talents are exploring their opportunities in the music industry Chrissy Shane/Staff Writer

Jason Shwartzman American actor Jason Shwartzman is best known for his roles in Hollywood films such as “Rushmore,” “Darjeeling Limited” and “I Heart Huckabees.”

Before Shwartzman hit the big screen, he was the drummer-songwriter for “Phantom Planet,” a southern California alternative rock band that’s best known for making the theme song “California” for the Fox TV series “The O.C.”

Shwartzman now has a solo indie-pop music project from Los Angeles called “Coconut Records,” which he started in 2006.

Coconut Records released its first album “Nighttiming” in 2007, which features the hit song “Westcoast,” and released its sophomore album “Davy” in 2009.

Jada Pinkett Smith When the American actress isn’t acting, producing or directing, she becomes Jada Koren, the lead singer for the heavy metal Los Angeles band “Wicked Evolution.” The band, formerly called “Wicked Wisdom,” formed in 2002. Adorned in black leather and heavy eyeliner, the head banging Smith sings lyrics such as “I crave your pain because it’s my only

friend,” from their song “Bleed All Over Me.” “Wicked Evolution” has toured with the heavy metal band “Sevendust,” the band has also performed in the 2004 Britney Spears’ Onyx Hotel Tour, as well as, the 2005 Ozzfest. It released its album “Wicked Wisdom” in 2006.

Ryan Gosling Canadian actor Ryan Gosling hasn’t had official training in acting but is now well-known for his roles in Hollywood films like “Young Hercules,” “Remember the Titans” and “The Notebook.”

Gosling’s musical calling came before his acting career, taking off when he joined “The All New Mickey Mouse Club” in 1993 when he performed with the young Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

Gosling’s musical talent re-emerged in 2007 when he released a solo recording called “Put

Me in the Car,” which he made available to download.

In 2005, Gosling met Canadian actor Zach Shields and their mutual fascination with ghosts eventually led to the formation of their folk-rock band, “Dead Man’s Bones.” The duo went on to release their self-titled first album in 2009. It consists of haunting songs about ghosts and other creatures that go bump-in-the-night, and it features the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir.

Zoey Deschanel The Golden Globe and Grammy nominated American actress is best known for her roles in films such as “Almost Famous,” “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and “500 Days of Summer.”

Deschanel is also a musician and singersongwriter, a talent that has bled into her acting career as Deschanel sings the theme song for the new Fox sitcom “New Girl.”

On the set of the film “The Go Getter,” Deschanel met Portland-based guitarist and singer-songwriter, M.Ward, and the encounter eventually led to the formation of their indie duo “She & Him” in 2006.

Deschanel is the lead vocalist, as well as a pianist and ukulele player for “She & Him,” while Ward plays guitar and assists in producing the albums.

The track “In the Sun,” from the feel-good album “She & Him: Volume Two,” has cheery lyrics such as “well alright, it’s okay, we all get the slips sometimes.”

Their first album, “She & Him: Volume One” was released in 2008 and was followed by “She & Him: Volume Two” in 2010.

The duo has also released “A Very She & Him Christmas” in 2011.

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

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Ivanna Tucker/F Residence Halls Anderson Hall (male only): singles, doubles, triples Features: Window seats (some), built-in bunk beds (some) Campbell Hall (coed): Singles, Doubles, Triples Features: Walk-in closets (most) Elkinton Hall (coed): Singles, Doubles, Triples Features: Sinks in room, handicap access, and color-accented walls Frerichs Hall (coed, substance-free): Singles, doubles, triples Features: Color-accented walls, window seats (some), bike storage inside Grover Hall (female only): Singles, doubles, triples Features: Sinks in room (most) Hewitt Hall (coed): Singles, doubles Features: Recently re-modeled Jane Failing Hall (coed): Singles, doubles, triples Features: Sinks in room (most), walk-in closet (select rooms), window-seats (third floor) Larsell (coed): Singles, doubles, triples, suites Features: Two lounge spaces Latourette Hall (coed): Doubles, triples Features: Walk-in closets, built-in bunk beds

Mahaffey Hall (coed): Singles, doubles, triples Features: Inside bike storage, elevator, handicap access Memorial Hall (female only): Singles, doubles, triples Features: Armoires Miller Hall (coed): Singles, doubles, triples, suites Features: Easy access to athletic facilities Newby Hall (coed): Doubles, triples, quads/suites Features: All suite resident, living/dining area and kitchenette Pioneer Hall (female only): Doubles, triples, quad/suites Features: High ceilings, tall windows Potter Hall (coed): Singles, doubles, triples Features: Extra-long twin beds, walk-in closets (some) Terrell Hall (coed): Singles, doubles, triples Features: Sinks in room, color-accented walls, extra-long beds, handicap access Whitman Hall (coed): Singles, doubles, triples Features: Color-accented wall, window seats (some), extra-long twin beds, inside bike storage, handicap access

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Dana Hall: Doubles Features: Two bedroom/one bath, kitchenette, com The Blaine Street Apartments (“The Greens”): Do Features: Two furnished bedrooms, unfurnished liv The College Avenue Apartments (“The Whites”): Features: Furnished bedrooms, unfurnished living Hewlett-Packard Park Apartments (“HPs”): Doubl Features: Fully furnished, individual laundry machi

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Legacy Apartments: Doubles Features: Cat-friendly, unfurnished bedrooms, unfurnished living room, outdoor patio space, full kitchen The 540 Apartments (The Reds”): Doubles Features: Unfurnished living room, full kitchen, furnished bedrooms, backyard space

Housing Changes

Linfield’s Residence Life has planned multiple changes to housing for the 2012-2013 school year.

The Legacy Apartments, which are off-campus, are becoming “cat-friendly.”

Potter Hall will no longer be considered a substance free or Wellness Hall.

During the summer, Latourette Hall will be renovated.

Dana Hall will be used as double apartments.

Registration Process

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Priority is given to those who have the most credit hours, and if a tie occurs between groups, it goes to the student with the most credits in a group. If there is a tie between that, the student with the lowest student identification number gains priority.

Make sure you have a list of your housing preferences just in case you do not get your first choice.

If you want to live in a suburb, each student must have 62 credits minimum or have an approved Suburb Housing Petition.

When going to register, you must bring the housing registration card, which was placed in eligible students’ mailboxes.

Registration will take place in the upper gym, and you have to bring your student ID card.

A contract will be signed when you sign up for a room. You cannot hold open spaces for students who are not eligible to register or won’t be on campus.

If you are unable to attend registration, you have to arrange with someone to choose for you. They must bring your housing preference card and a note signed by you.

A student can only register once for housing and you must have enough students to fill the room.

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Drag queen embraces differences Meghan O’Rourke Opinion editor Students had the opportunity to learn about sexuality from Shannel, a drag queen made famous from season one of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Shannel is an experienced performer with a background of putting on shows in Las Vegas and competing on the reality show, RuPaul’s Drag Race.

“I think the one thing that really resounded with me was his whole coming out story,” freshman Aidan Willers said. “It was so profound how he overcame so much.”

Shannel’s father professed his sexuality when Shannel was only two-yearsold, leaving his mother for a man. It wasn’t until Shannel was 16 that his father told

him the truth about who he was, but he stated that if he ever had a gay child, he would kill himself.

Shannel had to overcome sexuality issues, weight issues and bullying, eventually learning to accept and love himself for who he is.

“He was really down to Earth,” freshman Alexis Heredia said. “As soon as he started talking to us, he was a normal person.”

Through Shannel’s own story of growing up, struggling to fit in, and eventually loving himself the way that he is, Shannel told everyone the importance of being happy in one’s own skin.

“I really liked how it was about self-empowerment and trying to be secure with who you are,” Willers said.

Besides talking to students about self-acceptance,

Students move through multiple food experiences Sharon Gollery Culture editor In a tour sponsored by the Linfield Activities Board, 11 students visited a series of popular food carts and eateries in the Mississippi district of Portland. The tour took place April 21 and lasted for three hours.

“The district is famous for its community involvement, sustainability and the rebuilding center, and a lot of the places were built from recycled materials,” senior Nicole Szanto said in an email.

The tour started at the Mee Sen Thai Eatery and moved from there to Little Big Burger, Sidecar 11, Koi Fusion, The Meadow and Ruby Jewel Scoop Shop. Students sampled food that ranged from glass noodle salad and burgers with goat cheese to gourmet chocolates and homemade ice creams.

“All the food was excellent,” junior Kate McMullan said. “There really wasn’t a low point in the whole tour.”

McMullan said the tour emphasized how important sustainability and local produce is in Portland.

“Little Big Burger focused on how their buns were made in a bakery in Portland,” McMullan said. “They make their own ketchup, and they pickle their own pickles.”

Szanto said the dessert portion of the trip also featured homemade foods.

“At the Ruby Jewel Scoop Shop, everything from their ice cream, to the cones, soda and cookies is homemade, except for their salt, which they purchase from The Meadow next door,” Szanto said. “We had ice cream

sandwiches, one chocolate chip cookie with vanilla bean ice cream and one lemon cookie with honey lavender ice cream.”

The trip was put on by Forktown Food Tours, an organization that offers culinary walking tours of Portland.

“The tour guide was very knowledgeable about the area and it showed the unique culture of Portland and how people from all different backgrounds and cultures have come together to make it their own,” Szanto said.

McMullan said the group’s tour guide also gave them historical facts about Portland and the area they were touring.

“Down one street, she’d found chickens that people own,” McMullan said. “They were these urban chickens just roaming down streets and around the area. We were trying to find where these chickens were from, and the owners saw us looking at their chickens, so they asked us if we wanted to see their coop. They showed us their garden, their compost, their worm farm and even how the chicken waste goes into the compost.”

McMullan said she had trouble picking a favorite restaurant or food out of all the places featured in the tour, but if she had to choose, it would be the Mee Sen Thai Eatery.

“We had a glass noodle dish and these fried chicken wings with sweet and sour sauce on top,” she said. “It was really excellent. I’m going to have to go back there.”

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

he also performed for everyone, lip syncing and dancing along to the music of Rihanna.

He also allowed people to ask questions and take pictures with him.

This entire show was made possible by Fusion, Linfield’s gay/straight alliance, that has been planning this event for about three months.

According to Willers, Shannel’s price for coming to Linfield was cheap compared to other drag queens, still costing more than $1,500.

“Fusion is a place you can go where you won’t be judged,” Willers said. “What makes you different sexuality-wise shouldn’t make you different as a person.”

Raising awareness about accepting everyone’s sexuality is Fusion’s main goal.

Fusion focuses on educating the community about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered individuals, helping people realize that sexual orientation doesn’t make someone any less of a person.

Bringing Shannel to Linfield highlighted issues of sexuality and bullying through one’s life experiences, giving students a story to carry with them when thinking about these themes.

“It made me realize that there are less differences between me and people who I thought I would never have a connection with,” Heredia said. “I never discriminated against anyone’s sexuality, but after the show, it made me appreciate their struggles more.”

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

Kate Straube/Photo editor Shannel, a drag queen, performs to music by Rihanna on April 20 in Ice Auditorium. The event promoted sexual diversity and acceptance and was hosted by the Fusion Club.

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Kate Straube/Photo editor A crowd of students, faculty, staff and community members circle around a burning sculpture April 20. Totem Shriver, adjunct professor of 3D Design, and his January Term Introduction to Studio Art class created the wooden tower with the intention of burning it during this ceremony. The piece explored themes of religion and the types of things people embrace as their personal churches.

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Oregon-based band moves audience, makes music Sharon Gollery Culture editor Oregon band Rootdown had its audience dancing, clapping and singing along at the band’s Pro Cat Cab performance April 20 in the Fred Meyer Lounge.

Rootdown is a four-man band from Eugene, Ore., featuring Paul Wright on vocals and guitar, Jackson Michelson on vocals and bass, Matt Salinas on guitar and Craig Paulson on drums.

Their sound was an upbeat reggae/rock style, and by the way the band members jumped and danced around the stage area, it was obvious they were having a good time. They were constantly encouraging the audience to clap and dance along.

“Audience involvement is important to us,” Wright said. “I think we feed off each other’s energy when we’re all in it like that. We want that crowd participation. If we’re getting that, it makes us feel like we’re doing our job right.”

There were several songs that the band had the audience sing along with the chorus, and even one that had the audience split into two groups, shouting a response call back to each other. But

Alyssa Carano/Senior photographer An Oregon-based band, Rootdown, performs a rock and reggae show during a Pro Cat Cab on April 20 in the Fred Meyer Lounge. the song that got the best reaction from the audience was an unexpected improvisation session about halfway through the concert.

“Who watches the show ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’”

Wright asked the audience.

“We really like the improv on that show, so during our

shows, we like to do some improv locally.”

Wright asked for suggestions of local things to include in their improvisation. The result was a song about the UFO parade, the Oregon burrito, Muchas Gracias, Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and of course the Lin-

field mascot, the Wildcats.

“We don’t do improv like that for every show—it’s usually just if the moment’s right,” Wright said. “This was one of the best. I feel like it fit the college, it fit the town. Improv is something fresh and in-the-moment where we can show our

days, but it’s exciting to go around doing readings like this one and read my poems out loud, which is where I wanted them.”

The themes that Corrigan explores in her poems include autism, family, loss and parenting. Corrigan said her book covers about 20 years of her life, and it incorporates a lot of her family history.

The poems she read spoke about family members from her grandfather and her husband’s adopted brothers to her baby nephew and her own son, who is on the autism spectrum.

“99 percent of people who find my website find it by searching “poems about autism,’” Corrigan said.

Corrigan is the poetry

editor of the online magazine “Hyperlexia,” a journal that publishes fiction and nonfiction, as well as poetry about autism.

“We don’t get a ton of submissions, but they’re mostly poetry,” Corrigan said. “We’ve thought about expanding the magazine to disabilities in general, but all three of the editors have kids who are autistic, so we wanted to keep it just autism for now.”

Besides “Hyperlexia,” Corrigan said that she has had single poems published in several magazines.

“It’s hard to publish a whole book of poetry,” Corrigan said. “Single poems are easier to publish, so you start to develop a platform and you can work toward

a small book. I had mine entered in a lot of first-book contests and I would advertise the contests on all my social networking sites. My editor actually found me on Facebook,” she said.

She is also working on “40 Weeks,” a chapbook scheduled to be published in July. Corrigan said a chapbook is a smaller book of poetry, usually about 32 pages, that has a single theme.

“It’s basically a weekby-week pregnancy poem,” she said. “I originally wanted it to be a pregnancy journal that had my poems in it, but also blank pages, with prompts for expecting mothers so they could write about their experiences. I wanted something different

Poet creates web of family issues Sharon Gollery Culture editor

Plates of cookies and low chatter welcomed audience members as they made their way between the shelves to where their seats waited for them. They were there to hear Portland writer Brittney Corrigan read a selection of poems from her recently published book, “Navigation,” on April 18 in the Austin Reading Room.

“Navigation,” which is Corrigan’s first full-length poetry collection, had been published only two days earlier.

“Being published is exciting,” Corrigan said. “I can’t say it’s changed me because it’s only been a couple of

talent. It’s engaging and entertaining, not just for the audience, but also for us, especially when it’s good like it was tonight.”

Rootdown has been playing together since 2007.

According to Wright, the band has played at more than 70 colleges in the past

couple of years.

“We played at a festival, and from that we got booked at a bunch of colleges from Alaska down through California, and over to Denver,” Wright said.

Rootdown’s new CD, “Tidal Wave,” has brought them attention from radio and record companies, as well as colleges.

“I liked their sound; I liked the bass. They had a good beat, and good audience involvement,” freshman Lexy Chapman said. “I love the freestyle rapping.

I’ve been to a few concerts where they did that, and this was one of the better ones.”

The Cat Cab featured a number of Rootdown’s newest songs. Wright said playing new songs at concerts is the way the band tests them to see how people react to them.

“With songwriting, usually the music comes first, then I fit words to it,” Wright said. “Usually, I write about what’s going on in my life at the time, just whatever makes sense for the song. We also use a lot of improv during shows or in the studio, so songs can grow from that.”

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

Alyssa Carano/Senior photographer Brittney Corrigan, a Portland-based writer, shares a collection of poems that explore her family history April 18 in the Austin Reading Room. than other pregnancy journals, the kind that are all pink and sparkly and have little hearts and cartoony drawings, but that didn’t work out.”

Corrigan’s other projects include two poetry

series, one about parenting guilt and one about raising a child on the autism spectrum, as well as several children’s books.

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

Concert brings students, community, music together Sharon Gollery Culture editor An evening concert brought Linfield students and community members together to raise money for Juliette’s House on April 21 in Ice Auditorium.

The concert was titled “Community in the Spotlight,” and it featured student and community artists who played music styles from traditional Irish and Scottish tunes to jazzy original songs and casual blues to Texas-

Photo courtesy of Sam Javier Freshman Katricia Stewart plays a song she wrote. style fiddling.

“In high school, I was part of Key Club, and I decided I wanted to showcase tal-

ent and raise money,” said sophomore Chelsea Ploof, who organized the concert and got the artists together.

“So this concert is kind of a similar thing. The high school one was called ‘Night of the Arts,’ and it had musical performance and a kind of art gallery. We ended up raising around $800. So I wanted to continue that kind of event in college.”

Ploof said when she came to Linfield, she got involved in Circle K Club as a continuation of Key Club, which is the kind of community service organization that wants to help out and get involved in the community. According

to Ploof, the club has helped out in soup kitchens, gardens and senior homes.

“I thought it was important to bring together the community and Linfield,” Ploof said. “We started planning this a long time ago, like toward the beginning of this school year, and it kind of became this mix of students and community artists.”

Juliette’s House is a child abuse intervention center in McMinnville that was created in 1997 to be a child-friendly facility for the assessment of

child abuse. Ploof said she knew she wanted to donate the proceeds of “Community in the Spotlight” to some community-oriented cause, so she settled on Juliette’s House.

“This concert is something I hope to continue,” Ploof said. “It just blossomed into this huge event, and there was a lot of support from Circle K. I was really impressed with the performance.”

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Novel chronicles the adventures of a plucky girl Alana Semuels McClatchy Newspapers

Young adult novelists are increasingly tackling darker subjects: kidnappings, drugs, rape. But few have delved into so many dark subjects as novelist Thane Rosenbaum, who ventures into YA territory with his latest, “The Stranger Within Sarah Stein,” a novel revolving around divorce, Sept. 11, homelessness and the Holocaust.

What might be most odd about this combination of subjects is that the book isn’t glum at all. Told through the eyes of the perky, bike-riding 12-year-old Sarah Stein, the

daughter of a candy-making mother and an artist-painter father, it works as more of a fantasy than as a dark rumination on tragedy. There is sadness between the lines, but also a bright fairy-tale aspect, a kind of “Willy Wonka” meets “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.”

The book opens as Sarah’s parents decide to divorce, forcing her to shuttle, on bike, between her father’s loft in TriBeCa and her mother’s Brooklyn pad, near the chocolate factory (Carly Cocoa’s Chocolate Factory — see what I mean about fairy tale?).

Upset by her wrenched-apart life, Sarah slowly becomes

two separate Sarahs, one who is girly but ditzy and lives in Brooklyn, another who is biker chic and lives in Manhattan.Sarah is not taking the divorce well, but she finds an ally one day as she’s crossing the Brooklyn Bridge. Upset by thoughts of divorce, Sarah crashes her bike into a homeless man who happens to live in a secret portal in the bridge filled with “cuckoo clocks and toy fire engines and a small replica of a volcano.” He knows uncanny things about her, calling her chocolate girl and telling her she’s running away from something. She sees a picture of the homeless man—who calls himself

Clarence Wind—next to an article describing a decorated fireman disgraced after the bombing of the World Trade Center in 2001. Our Wind has a murky past, and though Sarah is scared of him, they decide to become friends.

Wind’s Brooklyn Bridge becomes a third home for Sarah as she moves between her parents, allowing her a stopping place to change clothes and personalities, and a friend to confide in. Neither of her parents notices that she’s split her personalities: Sarah’s grandmother, who we learn narrowly escaped the Holocaust, is the only other adult to notice her transformation.

As Sarah becomes more confused about who she wants to be, Wind begins appearing everywhere—outside a nice restaurant where Sarah’s family eats dinner or as a waiter at her father’s art opening—but won’t answer questions about his past. Instead, he gives her a melted piece of steel and some dust-covered rosary beads.

As Sarah solves the mystery of Wind’s past and learns what her grandmother suffered during Hitler’s reign, she also becomes an unlikely hero at a 9/11 hearing, of all places.

It’s at this point that Rosenbaum’s narrative may strain credulity for readers expect-

ing a story more grounded in realism. But realism and fantasy have always merged in Rosenbaum’s work, especially in his 2003 novel “The Golems of Gotham,” and the same is true here.

Rosenbaum is skillful at writing from a child’s perspective about the very real challenges of divorce—Sarah describes her new schedule with her parents in a pitchperfect way, describing how they had to split each holiday: The story tackles many large issues, but it’s Sarah’s story of struggling with her parents and her new life that resonates the most.

Freshen up with morning sex I feel it is my duty this week to inform you about a little known fact regarding starting your day off right. I should warn you that we have been misled for centuries in regards to this question.

As most lies and unhealthy cultural influences regarding sexual health in America can be traced back to the ignorance of the Puritans, I feel compelled to blame them for the misleading.

In trying to figure out how best to start their miserable and sexually oppressed lives every morning, they found that it was best to start it on the right foot.

Starting your day off on the right foot might seem best, but actually there are greater health benefits to starting the day off on a different body part; your back.

Before we delve in deep-

Ethan Donnolly Sexpert er I want to assure you that the rest of this article, unlike this current paragraph, is factual and based on reliable sources like the Centers for Disease Control, Men’s Health and possibly Cosmo.

It is not unusual for people to spend between 30 minutes to an hour getting ready in the morning, especially for those who apply makeup and style their hair. But why waste all that time on something that can be done in just

15 minutes? Morning sex is the answer.

You may be saying to your self, “Certainly sex is all well and good Dr. Donnolly, but the morning is not the time for it.”

I understand your hesitance, but I have faith that, as well-educated college students, you can find a way of getting around the problem of your partners morning breath.

I have heard that positioning yourself behind it might be the best solution for keeping a safe distance from it. The fact is that sex causes vasodilation and releases hormones that give us that perfect glow we are all after. It will flush your cheeks, brighten up your eyes, give your lips that perfect color and your hair that conditioned shine.

It has also been shown to slow the signs of aging, including reducing wrinkles

and revitalizing your skin.

According to sexpert Mary Jo Rapini, M.Ed, L.P.C., “You end up being functionally younger ... it’s a consistent effect. If a woman has an average sex life, her real age can be two to eight years younger than the number on her driver’s license. It also lowers your risk of heart disease, cancer, depression, suicide and mood changes.”

You will be able to sleep in longer, save money on cosmetics and stay physically and mentally healthy.

So in the name of health, science and finance, grab your partner first thing in the morning and help them look and feel his or her best all day. It might just be that early morning orgasm that gives them the edge they need in a job interview or exam.

Ethan Donnolly can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

Album provides musical legacy Haydn Nason KSLC 90.3 FM Less than six months after Amy Winehouse’s tragic death, fans were able to listen to one last album dedicated to her legacy and life. “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” is a perfect yet subtle story of Amy Winehouse’s legacy and talents all compiled into one extraordinary album.

Jazz, R&B and soul are mixed into Winehouse’s last album, creating sounds that only she could have produced. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Winehouse used that to her advantage and was able to tour and become a world-wide star, not only in Europe, but also in the U.S. “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” is filled with artists and other collaborators such as Tony Bennett, Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi. Most of the tracks on Winehouse’s last album were either original recordings produced

“Lioness: Hidden Treasures” album cover solely by Winehouse, or alternative versions of past songs that she recreated with a different twist.

One of Winehouse’s popular songs, “Valerie,” made its début early in her career, but on her final album, she had been holding onto a different version that she had messed around with in the

studio. On this album, “Valerie” is played with blues and soul pertinent to the ’60s, making it a nice transition on the overall album.

Even though Winehouse’s success was sometimes dismayed due to her personal struggles and addiction, the inner battle Winehouse faced was por-

trayed in songs on her final album, such as “Wake Up Alone” and “Our Day Will Come.” Both of these tracks leave you with a sense that Winehouse was at times ready to leave this world, but wanted to make sure her dedicated fans had a final extraordinary album to remember her by.

Remember Winehouse not by the personal struggles she faced, but by her talents of giving listeners the pleasures of soul, blues and R&B. This album will make you wonder where Winehouse would have been able to take her remarkable talents if her life had continued.

Tune into KSLC 90.3 FM for an exclusive sneak peak of Amy Winehouse’s final album, “Lioness: Hidden Treasures.” You can also listen online at www.linfield. edu/kslcfm or stream the station on iTunes.

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

Upcoming culture events Ingrid Michaelson concert

6 p.m. April 23 Off campus

Spring Band Concert

7:30 p.m. April 24 Ice Auditorium

Blues Dance Class

7 p.m. April 24 Off campus

Ecstatic Dance

6 p.m. April 26 Pioneer Reading Room

Student Film Festival

4 p.m. April 27 Riley Center 201

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scores of all three defeats and it took time to find any consistent pattern. In the first PLU loss this season, the Lutes piled it on early and then late to outscore the ‘Cats. In the second, it took until the seventh-inning for PLU to find a six-run outburst to bury Linfield. This time, two close games came down to the final inning and Catball just couldn’t come from behind a 3-0 deficit late.

I’ll admit that I’m not the

best at reading softball box scores, but I did eventually manage to find my answer for Walt. In three losses to PLU before Sunday, the ’Cats were averaging 3.3 errors per game opposed to their overall season average of 0.7. That’s a staggering 2.6 errors more against one opponent! And in the NWC match on Saturday, all three of the Lutes’ runs were scored on Linfield errors.

It’s clear to me now that the answer to Linfield’s PLU struggles is 100 percent in the mind. The Lutes have gotten into Catball’s head and shaken the mental

toughness that was so key in last season’s championship run. The grit, the focus, the mental fortitude has been rattled by a pair of comefrom-behind home losses to a dangerous team in March.

What I saw from PLU this weekend was swagger.

They oozed confidence and looked like they were salivating at a chance to send the ’Cats packing in their own house. It looked familiar; it looked like us last season. And they rode that confidence straight to the house for a 3-1 record against Linfield in the NWC tourney.

Here’s the thing though.

Sandwiched between these two heartbreaking PLU losses were two impressive wins. A tough 4-2 victory over Willamette was followed by a cardiac-inducing, come-from-behind thriller over the Lutes in which Catball scored the tying and winning runs on their last out in the bottom of the seventh.

When I got to the field at the bottom of the sixth, you could have heard a pin drop in Del Smith Stadium. It was utterly lifeless in the dugout and stands, at least among those wearing purple. It was the first time I’d ever seen

this team truly scared.

But by the end of the game, a complete change had come over the Wildcats. They were scrapping, fighting and struggling with every ounce of their ability. The focus was back. The mental toughness, the grit, was back, and the result was a victory for the ages. Sadly, it didn’t take more than two hours for PLU’s bullpen to pitch it back into submission.

Honestly, this loss doesn’t really matter in the scope of a playoff bid. They may have lost the NWC and this may hurt like hell,

but they’re going, and that really hasn’t ever been in question. But if this loaded team with title aspirations wants to hoist the D-III title trophy for a second year in a row, they’re going to need to find that mental toughness and focus from last year and hold onto it for dear life. Catch the seventh inning of Sunday’s first PLU game in a bottle and drink it before every contest. Otherwise, it’s going to be a short post-season for Catball this spring.

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

Wildcats fair well while at NWC championships Tyler Bradley Staff writer

Alyssa Carano/Senior photographer Junior Lexi Thomas competes against Willamette University’s Emily Bee. The match was left unfinished April 21 at home.

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“They’ve done an excellent job of coming together.

Even when the cards were seemingly stacked against them, they continued to fight hard,” she said.

For next year, Smith said the team intends to pick up where it left off and continue to improve.

Two seniors, Kiana Nip and Olbrich, will be saying goodbye this year.

Olbrich is a finance major with an economics minor. She plans to continue playing tennis after college.

“I’d like to either play on a USTA team or just play in some local tournaments.”

Nip is an internaNIp tional business major with a Japanese minor. She also hopes to continue playing, but not competitively.

Nip has had the opportunity to play alongside her younger sister this year.

Sunday’s match marked their only loss in doubles, making them 12-1 in league standings.

B o t h seniors have many fond memories with the team.

“Spending time with my t e a m Olbrich mates and making unforgettable friendships is something I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world,” Olbrich said.

“I’m proud of how we did this year. My best memories from Linfield are from this season,” Nip said.

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

After two days of events on April 20 and 21 at the Pacific Lutheran Track & Field Facility in Parkland, Wash., the NWC Championships drew to a close, and the Wildcats proved that they were a team that had to be respected throughout the entire competition.

Leading the way for the Wildcats on the first day of the Championships was senior All-American Catherine Street. In the pole vault, Street cleared a bar of 13 feet, 9.75 inches to win her fourth straight conference title.

Street left the competition in the dust; she beat the runnerup by 3 feet and the previous conference record by 1.5 inches. By doing this, she also set the all-time Division III outdoor record for the pole vault.

Street was not the only person who had success at the competition. The Linfield Track and Field team entered the NWC Championships with a lot of confidence. Although they were not favored to win, the men’s and women’s teams finished in fourth and third place, respectively. They believed they could represent Linfield in a more impressive fashion than had been done in a few years, and they accomplished that goal in fine fashion.

On the women’s side, sophomore Anna LaBeaume defended her NWC shot put title with a toss of 42 feet, 9 inches. She also threw a career best in the hammer and won the event in the process, with a throw of 46.59 meters.

The standout 4x100 relay team of junior Melany Crocker, freshman Halsie Peek, senior Misty Corwin and Street won their race with a school record time of 48.61 seconds.

Crocker added to her relay victory with a second

Howell place finish in the 100-yard dash with a time of 12.60, and a third place finish in the 200.

Her 200 time of 25.10 was the second-fastest in Linfield history.

Other female victories for the Linfield team included junior Shanna Peaden,who took second in the 10,000-meter with a time of 38 minutes, 43.28 seconds.

Junior Nelly Evans also took second in her 800-meter race, just barely missing out on first place with a time of 2:18.95.

On the men’s side, the distance runners had success on both days of the competition.

Junior Scott Gage, senior Arian Anderson and sophomore Joe Gladow finished second, fifth and seventh, respectively in the 10,000. Gage ran with a time of 31:51.48, Anderson with a career-best 33:01.55 and Gladow with a 33:10.64.

Senior Alex Van Slyke placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a career-best time of 9:32.25.

Gage, Van Slyke and Gladow also impressed in the 5,000 on day two. Finishing fourth, fifth and sixth. Gage ran a 15:31.45, Van Slyke a 15:32.94 and Gladow a 15:36.22.

The two-lap race also showcased three Linfield runners.

Juniors Lester Maxwell and Lucian Battaglia, along with senior Eric Weinbender, grabbed third, fourth and sixth place by the horns. Max-

well ran a 1:56.88, Battaglia posted a 1:56.94 and Weinbender a 1:57.73. Weinbender also added a fourth place finish in the 1,500 with a time of 4:00.78.

A few more running successes were the 4x100 relay team of senior Clayton Cooper, freshman Colin Nelson, junior Jason Cheyne and sophomore Nick Turner, who took second place with a time of 43.36. Cooper, Battaglia, Maxwell and Nelson also finished fourth as a team in the 4x400 relay with a seasonbest time of 3:23.24.

Nelson continued his busy day with a career best time of 50.10 in the 400, which was good enough for fourth place. Sophomore Michael Madden and senior Barrett Zetterberg finished third and fourth, respectively in the 400 hurdles with times of 57.02 and 57.43.

The success of the Linfield team was mainly because of the outstanding efforts from athletes who had been here before. Freshman Calvin Howell, who competed in the 10,000-meter run, talked about the inspiring performances of his older teammates.

“Seeing the older athletes dominate the competition inspires me to work hard and try to be as successful as them in the future. They are role models.”

As the championships end, these role models enter competitions to try and qualify for the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships begin. The first test for Linfield athletes comes at the Lane Twilight in Eugene, Ore., at 3 p.m. on April 27.

If we learned anything else about the team this weekend, the Linfield athletes will show their mettle in many areas of the competition.

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

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Wildcat Sports Schedule Friday, April 27 Track and Field

@ Eugene, Ore.

3 p.m.

Baseball

@ Lewiston, Idaho

6 p.m.

Saturday, April 28 Baseball

@ Lewiston, Idaho

1 p.m.

@ Lewiston, Idaho

1 p.m.

Sunday, April 29 Baseball

Men’s and women’s golf teams face wins and losses in the NWC Meghan O’Rourke Opinion editor Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor The Linfield golf teams both competed at the Northwest Conference Championship on April 21 and 22. The men played at the Canyon Lakes Golf Course in Kennewick, Wash., while the women’s team competed at Columbia Point Golf Course in Richland, Wash.

The Linfield women’s golf team placed fifth at the Northwest Conference Championships on Saturday and Sunday.

Whitman College, George Fox University and Whitworth University were the top three teams after the two-day tournament in Richland, Wash.

On Saturday, Linfield was in fourth place, with a total of 358.

Sophomore Alexandria Smith placed highest out of the Linfield women on the first day, placing ninth out of 40 players.

Wildcats senior Sophie

Corr placed 14th, junior Brinn Hovde placed 16th, sophomore Hannah Christianson placed 23rd and senior Lydia Smith placed 27th.

On Sunday, Linfield slipped into fifth place in the conference, with a total of 699.

“The first day we played alright, but we definitely struggled [on Sunday],” Alexandria Smith said.

“For me, it was the little shots that got in the way of scoring well.”

Smith once again placed highest for Linfield, tying for 14th place with Elizabeth Martin from Whitworth.

Corr placed 20th, Hovde placed 21st, Christianson placed 27th, and Lydia Smith placed 29th.

On the men’s side, the Wildcats placed first out of the nine NWC teams.

With a score of 596, Linfield beat Whitworth University by a mere three points.

The Wildcats had three men in the top-10. Defending his conference title,

senior Alex Fitch nabbed first and finished with a score of 142 strokes.

Tying for fourth, freshman Connor Magnuson finished the game in 149 strokes.

Fellow freshman Taylor Klopp was in a three-way tie with Whitworth University’s Joey Degroff and Willamette University’s Cody Plofker.

The final two members of the men’s golf team placed in the top-30. Sophomore A.J. Taylor landed in 17th place, while Tommy Schmitz finished in 30th.

The men’s team earned its fourth NWC title win for the last five seasons.

As the women’s season comes to an end, the men’s team will continue on to the next round, where it will play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Championships.

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Wildcats hit a speed bump while on the road Carson Crepeaux Staff writer Everything went wrong April 21 and 22 for the Wildcats. They had great pitching, but no hitting, great hitting, but poor defense, or a failure on both ends of offense and defense.

“The weekend could have gone a lot better” senior Spencer Crepeaux said.

The first game showed an impressive display of pitching by senior Ryan Larson.

However, with a lack of hitting after the first inning, Linfield scored its only run of the game.

To add to their low scoring, the ‘Cats made two errors in the seventh inning to extend it, allowing George Fox University to pull ahead 2-1.

The ‘Cats were unable to answer and dropped the first game of the day 2-1.

“We didn’t capitalize on the opportunities we had to win games” senior Casey Cameron said.

In the second game, the ‘Cats took charge early by putting up seven runs in the first five innings.

However, the seven run

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lead didn’t last for the ‘Cats. Once again, errors hurt Linfield as senior Robert Vaughn was pulled from the game after 5 2/3 innings. Vaughn gave up six runs with only four of them being earned.

Crepeaux came in for relief and stayed in the game until a final error (a

passed ball) ended the game as the runner from third coasted across the plate as the ball rolled toward the Linfield dugout.

The third game of the series was just an overall blowout of the Linfield Wildcats. The Bruins scored run upon run as the innings progressed.

By the end of the game, the ‘Cats were beaten soundly, losing 1-9 to George Fox. For the first time in the season, the ‘Cats were swept by a team.

This ends the regular season games with the ‘Cats having little or no chance for a playoff berth.

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

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Kate Straube/Photo editor Freshman Grace Middelstadt slides into home causing celebration for the Wildcats as they pull ahead against Pacific Lutheran University on April 22 at Del Smith Stadium.

Kate Straube/Photo editor Linfield fans line the outfield fence, standing on chairs to get peak of the Northwest Conference Tournament on April 22 at Del Smith Stadium.

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Kate Straube/Photo editor Senior Jordan Mixsell hugs fellow senior Jaydee Baxter after her final at bat, ending Linfield’s reign as Northwest Conference champions.

Kate Straube/Photo editor Junior Bri Brewer stretches to get the out at second base while playing against Pacific Lutheran University on April 22 at Del Smith Stadium.

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sixth inning at bat but fell short in the final inning.

In the second game against Pacific Lutheran, Linfield came back from behind in the final inning.

The seventh inning earned the Wildcats three runs, allowing them to pull ahead of Pacific Lutheran’s two runs it earned throughout the game.

Senior Jordan Mixsell scored the first run off a single to left center hit by freshman Lisa Yamamoto.

Senior Staci Doucette hit a single, which brought the final two runs scored by fellow senior Emilee Lepp and freshman Grace Middelstadt.

In the Wildcats’ final game against the Lutes, both teams fought hard to gain the lead, but Pacific

Lutheran grabbed it in the first inning scoring two runs.

With strong defense, the Wildcats pushed to stop the Lutes in their tracks, but in the end fell 3-0.

Though the team faced some struggles, the Wildcats still pushed forward.

“Of course with this sport being a game based on failure, we will all struggle individually at some point,” senior Jaydee Baxter said. “We are breaking in some players at new positions and have some young talent. We have always worked hard and strive for excellence everyday. Our struggles seem to motivate us to get better really.”

While the tournament ended in a loss, Linfield earned two wins earlier.

In the first game of the the tournament, the Wildcats faced off with George Fox University, winning

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3-0.

The Wildcats also went up against Willamette University. Though the team struggled at first, it pulled ahead against the Bearcats in the end.

During the final inning, the Wildcats scored three

runs, resulting in a 4-2 win.

While the team lost its reign over the NWC, it improved from last season.

“Last year we all played great at the same time, and when a team has almost every player on their game it is hard to beat them,” Garcia said. “This year we have all had our struggles, and we have had to learn how to take it for what it is and keep looking forward.”

Though the team lost the Conference title, Linfield is still likely to receive a bid for the National Collegiate Athletic Association regional competition.

“We should still get an at large bid for the regional tournament because of our record and standing,” sophomore Kim Chase said.

“So we are still ready to get back in the game and keep working hard.”

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

Kate Straube/Photo editor Linfield students support the Wildcats’ journey through the Northwest Conference Tournament with signs in windows facing Del Smith Stadium.

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Mental toughness will make or break softball

Catline Northwest Conference Standings

Sports Commentary

Baseball Pacific

17-4

Whitworth

16-5

.810 .762

Pacific Lutheran

15-6

.714

Linfield

15-9

.625

George Fox

15-9

.625

Willamette

7-14

.333

Puget Sound

5-16

.238

Whitman

5-16

.238

Lewis & Clark

4-20

.167

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

Whitman

12-0

1.000

Pacific

11-1

.917

9-3

.750

Chris Forrer Sports columnist

Softball

Men’s Tennis

George Fox Whitworth

8-4

.667

Pacific Lutheran

5-7

.417

Willamette

3-9

.250

2-10

.167

Linfield

2-10

.167

Puget Sound

2-10

.167

Lewis & Clark

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

1.000

Wildcats take three and four In the final NWC meet, Linfield’s track team grabs its places near the middle of the competition.

See page 13>> Golf teams approach the end The men’s and women’s golf teams compete in the NWC tournament, where one will advance and the other has met its end.

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

See page 14>> Softball brings out community While the Wildcats pushed through the heat, the fans were showing support during the NWC tournament.

See page 15>>

extended her elbow while making a play in the Lutes’ third inning at bat. Junior Bri Brewer stepped in for Garcia, playing second the rest of the tournament Pacific Lutheran held the lead into the sixth inning, when the Lutes scored another two runs. In retaliation, the Wildcats fought to catch up, scoring one run in their

I hate to say I told you so.

I really do. But unfortunately, Pacific Lutheran handed the Linfield softball team two more home losses and broke an eight-year streak of Northwest Conference titles. In both cases, PLU’s pitching unit was just too much for the ’Cats to overcome. Just as I wrote about last week, we seem to be unable to beat them at home.

I was informed of the first defeat Saturday night by a friend of mine, Walt Haight, husband of Linfield professor Dawn GraffHaight. I shook my head, saying, Well, I guess I’ve got my column for tomorrow. PLU has just got its number this season. Walt looked at me and, with a grin, asked, why?

Why do they have their number?

Is it pitching? Hitting? I couldn’t answer. There’s your angle, he told me.

Well Walt, when you’re right you’re right. I looked at the box

>> Please see Softball page 15

>> Please see Column page 13

Kate Straube/Photo editor Senior Jordan Mixsell takes a moment to kneel by first base after being the last to bat in the final game of the Northwest Conference Tournament on April 22 at Del Smith Stadium.

Wildcats face crushing losses to PLU Lutes Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor Going into the Northwest Conference Tournament in the No. 1 spot, the Wildcats nearly had a perfect season.

With a record of 34-3, Linfield hosted the NWC Tournament on April 21 and 22 at Del Smith Stadium.

The Wildcats faced off with the

NWC No. 2 team three times during the tournament, ultimately falling from the NWC champion spot with two losses to Pacific Lutheran University.

During Linfield and Pacific Lutheran’s first game, the Lutes took an early lead in the second inning when they scored their first run.

The game took a turn for the worse for the Wildcats when sophomore Ashley Garcia hyper-

Women’s tennis struggles in NWC finals Caleb Goad Staff writer The Wildcats women’s tennis team’s exceptional season has come to a disappointing end.

The Wildcats faced off against Willamette University for the Northwest Conference semi-finals April 21.

The Wildcats fought hard to take a 5-0 victory.

Starting off strong, the ‘Cats won all three doubles matches.

In No. 1 doubles, senior Abby Olbrich and sophomore Caroline Brigham won, 8-5, over Willamette’s Sabrina Gutierrez and Shannon Palmer.

Senior Kiana Nip and freshman Kaila Nip won 8-3 at No. 2 doubles, while junior Lexi Thomas and freshman Kelly Watanabe, at No. 3, finished 8-5.

“It’s always nice to be able to win at 1, 2 and 3 doubles because that just gives you a lot of momentum going into singles and takes some of the pressure off,” Head Coach Amy Smith said.

Olbrich and Brigham also played well in singles; Oblrich defeated Palmer 6-0, 6-3, and Brigham beat Guitierrez 6-3, 6-1.

The Wildcats faced the Whitman Missionaries for the NWC Championship on April 22.

The Missionaries overwhelmed the ‘Cats with a 5-1 win.

“We weren’t at full strength today, but the girls fought really hard,” Smith said. “I’m proud of their effort.”

The Wildcats’ lone point came from Thomas and Watanabe at No. 3 doubles. The pair earned an 8-5 victory over the Missionaries’ Maddy Webster and Hannah Palkowitz.

The singles ended with three losses and three unfinished matches. Brigham, Thomas and freshman Gretchen Jernstedt lost their singles matches.

The Wildcats ended the season 13-1 in NWC standings.

Smith said she is proud of the team. >> Please see Softball page 13

Alyssa Carano/Senior photographer Senior Abby Olbrich defeats Willamette University senior Shannon Palmer on April 21 at home.