Cats send the Boxers running. >> page 16
October 17, 2011
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Linfield College
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McMinnville, Ore.
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117th Year
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Issue No. 7
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Pursuing happiness Michael Hampton, director of career development gave a presentation which encouraged students to pursue their dreams Oct. 11 in Ice Auditorium. >> page 5
Professor profile New professors Susan Currie Sivek and Aaron Alford share their background stories before they joined the Linfield staff.
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Crowds of community members congregate on 3rd Street on Oct. 13 to hold Occupy McMinnville, a protest which followed the Occupy movement that has been sweeping the nation. A Linfield alumna organized the protest so that locals could have their voices heard.
Photo courtesy of Larry Harris
Alumna incites action, occupies McMinnville Joanna Peterson Managing editor
Feathers Thor Hanson, a conservation biologist, discussed the evolution of feathers Oct. 10 in Nicholson Library. >> page 11
Three for three Women’s soccer won all three of games this week against Lewis & Clark College, George Fox University and Willamette University. >> page 15
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A crowd of more than 70 people gathered along 3rd Street on Oct. 13, forming an Occupy McMinnville protest. A Linfield alumna organized the event as a chance for locals to stand up for their beliefs and show their support for protestors from larger cities who are still posted in major metropolitan streets.
Cheryl Hockaday, class of ’88, said she organized the event to empower citizens by giving them a place to express their opinions about corporate greed. She said that the Occupy McMinnville demonstration was to support protestors from larger cities, such as New York and Portland, who are still posted in streets and parks. “Even though it seems like a small town’s protest doesn’t get much attention, it is still an
Dance competition gets community on its feet for breast cancer Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor This year, a McMinnville medical center helped raise breast cancer awareness by submitting videos to the Pink Glove Dance Competition. More than 135 groups submitted videos to the competition. For the competitions, videos must include all participants wearing pink exam gloves and dancing to one of seven songs provided by Medline. The original Pink Glove Dance video was filmed at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Portland, Ore., two years ago.
important symbol of what we believe,” Hockaday said. “We have to be willing to support those protestors who are in the trenches day and night. They have to know that they are not alone, even if we can’t physically be there.” Hockaday, a small business owner in the community, said she had already received criticism for heading up the protests and that some locals didn’t understand why she decided to join the Occupy movement.
“It’s hard to step out and take risks and be counted,” Hockaday said. Other community members said that they joined the demonstration to draw attention to problems they see growing, from economic inequality to the influence of wealth on corporations and government. Joe Munger, who has been a >> Please see Occupy page 4
Since then, Medline has produced a sequel video and this competition. Steve Singleton, a surgical materials coordinator at Willamette Valley Medical Center, directed the videos. The staff asked him to film and produce the video since he had prior experience. Singleton said that the staff was inspired, which is why they wanted to make this video. “Our inspiration was our community,” Singleton said. “One of >> Please see Glove page 5
Photo courtesy of Mardi Mileham
The Pre-Nursing Club shows off its gloves to show support for the Pink Glove Dance Competition, raising Breast Cancer awareness.