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Men’s soccer loses both final home games of the season >> page 16

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Enrollment rises for Adult Degree Program INSIDE Jessica Prokop Editor-in-chief

War veteran Doug Peacock, a war veteran turned nature advocate, speaks with students about conserving the earth Oct. 24 in Ice auditorium. >> page 5

For students like Luis Figueroa-Mota, who works fulltime to support a family, earning a bachelor’s degree is not only important to him but possible thanks to Linfield’s Adult Degree Program online.

Rising in popularity for students in similar situations to

Figueroa’s, Linfield’s online program experienced a 12 percent increase in enrollment this fall.

One reason Linfield’s program is so popular is because the school offers the “real” Linfield degree, whether students take courses on-campus or online. There is no distinction between the two methods of education or quality of the degree, said Janet Gifford, associate director of the Adult

Degree Program.

In fact, one out of four Linfield students completes their education through the Adult Degree Program, Gifford added.

“The benefits of online learning are up to the individual student to evaluate for themselves.

In my case, online classes are maybe even better because I am able to do the research and the learning without distraction,”

Figueroa said via email.

Figueroa is majoring in marketing, the newest major in the Adult Degree Program.

The program offers bachelor’s degrees in management, marketing, accounting, nursing, international business, and social and behavioral sciences. It also offers >> Please see Online page 5

Students learn how to navigate life abroad Mentalist

Mentalist Craig Karges visits Linfield and demonstrates his extrasensory perception Oct. 27 in Ice Auditorium. >> page 10

On the radio

Four students take a trip to Portland to sit in the audience of a live radio show with guest Sherman Alexie. >> page 11

Cross country

Cross country competes at its conference championships Oct. 27, ending with the women placing fourth and the men placing sixth. >> page 14

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Sarah Mason Staff writer “Experience brings learning,” Michael Vande Berg said, encouraging students during a study abroad presentation Oct. 25 in Ice Auditorium.

As a speaker and trainer, Vande Berg encouraged students to acknowledge frames and spoke about how to handle ambiguity while abroad in the future in order to get the most out of their study abroad experiences.

“Simply going abroad is not a guarantee that students will gain those skills,” said Violeta Ramsay, associate professor of Modern Language-Spanish Language and Literature, via email. “They need to be fully prepared before departure. They should know how they can effectively gain those desired skills.”

Through a series of activities, Vande Berg provided students with the opportunity to prepare themselves with the necessary skills for studying abroad, including a better understanding of frames. “[Frames are] ways that we perceive and organize the world,” Vande Berg said. “Those frames contain in them the emotional feeling, the certainty that the way that we perceive is the right way. And that conviction is very powerful.”

“Frames are not only a mental thing, but hugely emotional and behavioral,” Vande Berg said.

“Coming into awareness and developing the capacity to frame shift offers us choices, it liberates us. The truth is, when we aren’t aware of this, we are locked into a way of thinking, a way of feeling, a way of acting.”

Vande Berg believes that in order to gain the most extraordinary studying abroad experience, students must know how to recognize and react by frame-shifting. >> Please see Abroad page 4

Photo courtesy of Emma Newman

Sophomore Andra Kovacs and junior Amanda Maxwell traveled to Victoria, British Columbia, to protest against the tar sands that are damaging the coast of Canada through “Defend our Coast” on Oct. 22.

Students participate in tar sand protests during international event Samantha Sigler News editor Approximately 5,000 people turned out for Canada’s “Defend our Coast” protests against tar sands, pipelines and tankers Oct. 22, including two Linfield students.

After reading about the event and hearing of others going, sophomore Andra Kovacs and junior Amanda Maxwell drove 11 hours Oct. 21 to Victoria, British Columbia, with another student

from the University of Oregon to protest against the tar sands, which is something that Kovacs feels fervently about.

“This issue is something that I feel incredibly passionate about doing whatever is in my power to stop it,” Kovacs said. “It was absolutely phenomenal to see so many people turn out for that.”

The three students first attended training Oct. 21, in which they were designated to be marshals, a job that involved crowd control and dealing with the police and

media. They chose this job as to not risk getting arrested while in another country, Kovacs said.

Tar sands are a way of extracting oil that creates large deposits of oil that are damaging to the environment, Kovacs said. The extracting is happening in Canada on lands belonging to the firstnations people, which was the driving force of the protest that took place last week. >> Please see Protests page 5

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Opinions

Keep trick-or-treating on campus

Halloween is a time for kids to get dressed up and enjoy their time spent trying to get as much candy as possible. Being at college, we are no longer exposed to the fun childlike side of Halloween.

Fortunately, students at Linfield have the opportunity to have a family-friendly Halloween away from home, while at the same time helping the McMinnville community. They do this by participating in Linfield’s annual trick-or-treating for McMinnville children.

“On October 31, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) members will lead the children around campus to the designated rooms where the occupants [in costume] will distribute candy.

The trick-or-treating will start at 4 p.m. and goes until 7 p.m., but participants are able to take down their door

sign early if need be,” said Olivia Fragoso, a resident hall advisor.

However, some students have expressed their opinion that trick-or-treating in the dorms isn’t appropriate for little kids.

They believe that the college students dress too scary, and in doing so, frighten the children. These people argue that it can be traumatizing for children to see people dressed up because they can’t tell the difference between what is real and fake.

We disagree. We think that the annual trick-or-treating is a great experience for McMinnville children and Linfield students. For many underpriveleged kids, the college is the only place that their parents can bring them to get candy. The college is safe in comparison to some

of the streets in McMinnville.

Also, this is a great promotional activity for the college.

By exposing children and parents to the facilities, one day they might consider Linfield in their future plans. It is also a great chance for Linfield students to show that they care about the town they reside in.

“I used to baby-sit a lot in high school, so since being in college, I don’t get to spend as much time with kids, and I kind of miss it. This is a great opportunity to spend time in a family atmosphere that us college students are missing out on while being away from home,” sophomore Riley Denson said.

However, those opposing trick-or-treating at Linfield do have a point that children can be easily frightened. This may seem obvious, however, as college students who

celebrate a much more provocative and scary adaptation of Halloween, we must remember that these are children we are giving candy to.

Don’t dress in provocative or scary costumes because it isn’t appropriate for the kids. It could potentially give the college and its students a bad image.

If you want to keep the trick-or-treating going, it is crucial that you keep the costumes classy and ageappropriate.

Linfield’s trick-or-treat event ultimately helps kids have a fun and safe Halloween, while at the same time giving students a chance to do some good. Let’s keep this tradition around by keeping it family-friendly.

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RELATIONSHIPS

Friendship is an earned privilege, not a right I think it’s important that we all keep the various areas of our lives balanced, a topic I mentioned in my last opinion article.

Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about friendships and how it is essential to keep them balanced as well.

When it comes to our friends, we have to give and take appropriately.

At the start of our first semester at Linfield, I’m sure many of us missed our family. It’s a little nervewracking to be surrounded by unfamiliar faces and feel the pressure to make new friends.

Being away at college can make you feel lonesome, but it probably wasn’t long until we made new friends who started to fill those lonely spaces.

It’s pretty widely understood that friends offer us great things. They improve everyday activities and special occasions alike.

Carrie Skuzeski Senior reporter They help us out, and we help them out in return.

However, sometimes I feel concerned about the pressure we put on our friends to make us happy, and vice versa. I think that college students treat their friends as stand-in family members.

And that’s OK, but only to a certain degree. We must remember that having friendships is a privilege. While friends can provide the love and support that we’re missing from our families, we cannot depend on them to take care of us.

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ers taking advantage of their friends. I hear nagging, whining and complaining, and think to myself how awful it would be to have to take care of another person while I feel like I can barely take care of myself.

I see people ask their friends to do their laundry, make them food, buy them things and the list goes on.

Asking for a little help is reasonable, but allocating demands is selfish. I’ve seen girls be so upset about a friend not texting them back, I swear, you’d think the friend ran off with her boyfriend and got married.

I have to say it’s the negativity that really gets to me. Nobody wants to be around a negative Nancy, and nobody wants to be around someone who ruins a happy atmosphere.

So please, don’t be that person. If it’s been one of those days, venting to friends is normal and

acceptable. Just remember that there is a fine line between venting and dragging others down with you.

I will be the first to admit I can be guilty of using my friends to assist me, and being much too negative at times.

We all go through phases of stress, and if you have good friends, they will understand. It’s just important not to drag out those stressful vent sessions.

Spreading positivity is ideal, but nobody’s perfect, and acceptance is a large part of strong friendships.

Perhaps I’m just lucky that I have low-maintenance, balanced friendships because I have wonderful friends that put up with my scatterbrained traits.

I must acknowledge that each person has a different idea of the role friends play in their life. If an individual likes to have a more highmaintenance friendship, I just hope that they give as

much as they receive.

It’s all well and good, as long as you have a shared understanding of what you expect from each other.

I hate to be critical because I really do mean well. Friends are helpful support systems, and I think it’s necessary that we all honor them with respect.

For those out there with friends who seem more like toddlers than college kids, perhaps you’ll agree with me.

Please just keep in mind that most college students are scrambling to keep their lives in order and may not have the time to dedicate everything to friendships.

Let’s all try to be positive, and remember: just because you don’t have your mom’s parade to rain on at college, doesn’t mean you should rain on your friends’ instead.

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

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FASHION

Don’t underestimate the power of good wool socks If you weren’t aware, the nice sunny, warm weather of our perfect Oregon summer is gone. This means rain, cold and miserable grey skies for the foreseeable future.

Now, there are many ways to combat this harsh weather. Beanies, jackets and pants are the typical clothing items for most of us to stay warm for the five to 10 minute walk from our rooms to class.

Although these items cover the majority of our bodies, there is still one very sensitive area left unprotected: our feet.

Socks and shoes do a

Chris Haddeland Culture editor somewhat adequate job of keeping our 10 toes away from the elements, but nothing does this better than wool socks.

Wool socks are excellent at keeping feet warm and cozy. The socks are thick enough to keep feet warm, even worn with slip-on san-

dals, when temperatures drop into the “I don’t want to get out of bed” range.

We all wear sweatshirts and sweatpants as we venture out to class, so it only makes sense that our feet get the same lazy, warm conditions.

Another amazing quality of wool socks is their ability to keep feet at the perfect temperature.

Never have I worn wool socks and thought, “My feet are way too warm.”

Wool socks keep feet perfectly insulated at an ideal temperature, making the experience like a little slice of heaven wrapped around your feet.

Many of our athletes even wear wool socks while participating in practices and other extracurricular activities, like intramural sports. With this in mind, overheating of the feet is just an unnecessary worry.

I have heard, while having discussions on this great piece of clothing, there is a stigma that wool socks are not cool, or even unfashionable. These accusations are outrageous and unintelligent. Some of the most impressive looking socks I have ever seen are wool socks.

There are an infinite amount of wool sock

designs, and depending on what you picked out of your wardrobe in the morning, there is definitely a quality pair of wool socks to complement your outfit.

Now, if you are still in the minority that continues to believe wool socks do not look good, there is another option. Wear those comfortable, lovable socks, and put your pants over the top of them.

Your friends and peers will be unable to see the wool socks, but your feet will remain cozy and your mind will be at ease knowing you aren’t committing a fashion sin.

For those young women who choose to wear yoga pants to class, there is another sensible option for you to pursue. Sheepskin boots are a great tool for keeping your disastrous fashion decision hidden from curious onlookers.

Your feet will be in a delightful trance while you can still strut your stuff without any distress of judgment.

So next time you are in a rush for class, don’t forget the most important choice of your clothing ensemble: wool socks.

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

MEDIA & POLITICS

Prescription drug ads shouldn’t be on television Every year, the American adolescent will watch roughly 360,000 ads on television that try to sell anything from car insurance to body wash and everything in-between.

Some make us laugh with their wise talking Australian geckos, or make us somber when starving children and animals, and most recently, politicians, ask us for money.

Commercials not only affect how we spend our money, but also affect how we feel about others and ourselves.

Companies will spend anywhere from a few hundred dollars for a short local ad, to an estimated $2.4 million for 30 seconds on Super bowl Sunday.

It is understandable that people want to know the facts in some commercials, such as prices of cars, when Macy’s is having a sale and where they can get the new age-defying skin cream.

But why should pharmaceutical companies tell the public why they need to take a product?

The people behind these persuasive ads are more interested in making a profit with their product than actually helping the buyer. Doctors should know the best medication for their client and whether it is necessary.

They should be the ones telling their patients about the new diabetes testers or revolutionary new sleeping pills, not the commercials trying to shove their new product down your throat.

On the commercials, after the person has taken the “miracle drug,” they are happy and healthy, which makes the viewer even more excited to try it. This person is also usually thin and self-confident.

Most commercials include the phrase “then ask your doctor about the drug.” So the

Maddie Berman Staff writer doctor is only present to write the prescription.

Then, the commercials are followed by a long stream of warnings and limitations said too quickly for the listener to comprehend. There is a reason for the incline of addictions and crime related to prescription drugs. Prescription drugs have become the biggest cause of drug-related deaths.

Not all of these people are the shady criminals that you would expect. A large number of these deaths are from people who are taking medication for a valid reason, and the overdose is accidental.

Children are growing up with the idea that problems can easily be fixed with pills.

If they ever become overweight, pills are the answer, not a healthy lifestyle.

More and more, people are looking to pills for the answers. In the future, this may lead people to believe that they won’t be able to do anything for themselves.

Why is it okay to advertise products like Viagra, or Cialis on national television where it can be viewed by any age group, including children?

It is not as bad when over the counter drugs are advertised because that is one of the best ways to inform individuals about their warnings.

However, prescription drugs belong in the doctor’s office, not our living rooms.

Maddie Bergman can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.

EDUCATION

Music programs are under-appreciated For the past 12 years, music has been a huge part of my life, so much so that the two have become one in the same. While I’m sure everyone loves their particular genre of music or the famous artist who wrote it, I think that music programs in schools are completely underrated by my peers.

Students should be more aware of how hard musicians on campus work and support their effort by going to more of the concerts at Linfield.

Many of your favorite singers, DJs, and instrumentalists started in a program at school or in the community, so it really is upsetting to see my fellow students not fully appreciating the music program here at Linfield. Some people seem to think that the music here is boring or that it isn’t their style, but there is a genre for everyone here.

You might not like classical music from the choir and orchestra, but the band often plays jazz, and as we all know, Cat Cabs span

Alyssa Townsend Opinion editor all the genres of music.

One day, that really good soprano singer or awesome guitarist may be the next famous rock star.

Students disregard how beneficial being in a music class or activity can be, and I think that adults underestimate this as well.

My experiences in orchestra have been some of my best to this day. It can teach a person how to express him or herself through a healthy outlet.

It teaches memorization and is almost like learning another language. I think music is very helpful in developing cognitive skills.

“The musician is constantly adjusting deci-

sions on tempo, tone, style, rhythm, phrasing, and feeling—training the brain to become incredibly good at organizing and conducting numerous activities at once. Dedicated practice of this orchestration can have a great payoff for lifelong attention skills, intelligence, and an ability for self-knowledge and expression,” said John Ratey in “A User’s Guide to the Brain.”

“Learning and performing music actually exercises the brain—not merely by developing specific music skills, but also by strengthening the synapses between brain cells… What is important is not how well a student plays but rather the simultaneous engagement of senses, muscles and intellect.

Brain scans taken during musical performances show that virtually the entire cerebral cortex is active while musicians are playing. Can you think of a better exercise for the mind? In short, making music actively engages the

brain synapses, and there is good reason to believe that it increases the brain’s capacity by increasing the strengths of connections among neurons,” said Norman Weinber in “The Music in Our Minds.”

I think it is completely ignorant when people don’t recognize how hard musicians in a school setting work. Just because we aren’t famous doesn’t mean we don’t spend hours trying to make each piece perfect.

Just because our music program might not get as much media attention or national recognition as another program here at Linfield doesn’t mean we aren’t working hard and achieving a lot, because we definitely are.

I think students should be a little more aware of how hard musicians work, as well as show support for the music program at Linfield by attending more performances on campus.

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

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Author encourages students to be financially literate Chrissy Shane Features editor Guest speaker Dave Straube shared his book, “Someday is Not a Plan,” with students and faculty Oct. 25 in Nicholson Library’s Reading Room, revealing financial advice geared toward people in their 20s.

“Someday is Not a Plan” provides financial advice in a “no graphs, no charts” manner, while following a conversation between 20-something Larry and his Uncle Roger.

“It’s supposed to be an easy read,” Straube said. “In a nutshell, it’s a financial coming-of-age story.”

After experiencing his own financial blunders as a young adult, Straube was inspired to write “Someday is Not a Plan” when he realized that his children, now in their 20s, had limited knowledge of finance, just as he once had.

“Because of that lack of education, I made every mistake in money that could be made,” Straube said.

“Part of the lessons in my book are from my own life.”

Straube’s “tongue-incheek and serious talk” stressed the importance of starting financial awareness immediately.

“The longer you wait, the

Kate Straube/Photo editor Dave Straube (left) speaks with a Linfield audience member after discussing with students the seven steps for financial independence. more it’s going to hurt you in the long run,” Straube said.

“People focus too much on the short term and need to focus on the long term.”

Straube explained his “Seven Rules of Financial Success,” emphasizing the importance of thinking

ahead, with “Take the Long View” being his first rule.

“You have to get in the game early and be aware of what you’re doing financially,” Straube said.

Straube talk also included five ways to build wealth.

He shared tips that helped

him become financially aware.

“Ask successful people questions,” Straube said. “In our culture, people aren’t comfortable sharing their financial information, but are willing to share their financial knowledge.”

Additionally, Straube encouraged audience members to strive to educate themselves.

“I read one finance article per week,” Straube said.

He also encouraged the audience to read two financial books a year.

“Be a financial student for life,” Straube said.

For more information on Dave Straube and his book, “Someday is Not a Plan,” visit somedayisnotaplan. com Chrissy Shane can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com.

Abroad: Lecturer advises how to best experience study abroad << Continued from page 1 He conveyed this message through three interactive activities.

“A common theme among the activities was introducing you to the experience of what we as human beings do all the time, which is frame,” Vande Berg said. “[By] introducing this as a possibility, we can frame- shift if we want to and know that this action is in our control.

“You’ve heard that people who are intercultural are really good at tolerating ambiguity,” Vande Berg said.

“What [these activities] did was present us with ambigu-

ity. The way we act in situations of ambiguity tells us a lot about who we are.”

Having an understanding of frames will lead to a more rewarding study abroad experience, Vande Berg emphasized.

During his presentation, he provided a lot of information to audience members but there were a few main points he hoped students took away from the 90-minute presentation.

“At least an increased awareness that we as human beings frame, that’s the first thing,” he said. “The second thing, the idea that frameshifting is possible and in [one’s] control.”

Sophomore Cody Purchase, who plans to study abroad in Japan next fall, felt that he had especially benefited from the presentation.

He has previously been to Japan, Jordan and Costa Rica.

He was able to reflect on his past experiences while considering the new information Vande Berg presented.

“The presentation was awesome,” Purchase said.

“It gave me ways to recognize my own behavior and better it, as well as things to consider. It organized all the things I had felt before into a concept I can remember and hope to utilize.

“In Japan, I had noticed a sort of polite restraint or lack

of opening up among many of the people I met,” Purchase said. “It was not impolite but it did make me a little hesitant, making me wonder if I had perhaps said something offensive or there had been a miscommunication of sorts. I eventually found out it is just a cultural norm.

As more time went by, I was able to talk about more indepth things and we became friendlier together. At first they were simply honoring me as their guest, but later on, as I wanted it to happen, I became more of a part of the family.”

Purchase understands the importance of frame-shifting from his own firsthand expe-

riences and encourages his fellow students to take note on Vande Berg’s expertise.

“One important point of this presentation was the power of the human brain,” he said. “Not only can it pick up on such minute differences and apply them to its own “frame” of life, but it can also (with time, patience and practice) become a more globally-minded brain, one able to shift more lucidly from frame to frame in the context of different cultures.

Once you are able to truly accept a culture in this way, you will learn more than you would ever be able to by seeing the temples, ancient ruins [and so on].”

At the end of the night, students like Purchase were glad they attended the presentation.

Vande Berg trained students in such a way that would help them have the most fun and best learning experience possible while abroad. “[With the ability to frame-shift] you will come as close as you can get to actually being an embodiment of the culture,” Purchase said.

“Maybe even be able to feel the culture from within, rather than just seeing it from the outside.”

Sarah Mason can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

News Briefs

Safe & Sane Trick-or-Treat

McMinnville is hosting Safe & Sane Trick-or-Treat on Oct. 31 for those who want to engage in activities and trick-or-treating downtown. The event will have free hay rides hosted by Heiser Farm and games hosted by Linfield College students from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Third and Davis streets, Halloween photos for $1.00 to benefit the Susan G. Komen For the Cure foundation from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Third and Ford streets, cartoons playing for free at the Moonlight Theater at 433 NE 3rd St. and downtown trick-or-treating from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The event is sponsored

by Citizens Bank, Frontier, Monrovia Nursery, News-Register and ON-LINE NW.

Linfield recognized with 513 media stories, citations National Public Radio discussed Jackson Miller, communication arts professor, and his students after they traveled to the Oregon State Penitentiary to practice their debating skills with prisoners. The news was aired on NPR radio throughout the Pacific Northwest, one of the stations being Oregon Public Broadcasting. The Oregonian also featured an opinion column by economics professor Eric Schuck, who wrote about a controversial farm bill that ran in a Sunday edition of The Oregonian. Schuck’s story also ran in more than 100 news outlets including the International Business Times, San Francisco Chronicle and Boston Globe. Linfield’s Oregon Wine History Archive also received attention in the Portland Tribune and Forest Grove News-Times, which mentioned President Thomas Hellie, Linfield Center for the Northwest Director Jeff Peterson, library director Susan Barnes Whyte, archivists Rachael Woody, donors Dick Erath, Susan Sokol Blosser, Dick and Nancy Ponzi and sophomore Terran Sobel-Smith. ~Compiled by Samantha Sigler/News editor

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Author, veteran focuses on environment Kelsey Sutton Managing editor

A war veteran and wilderness-lover shared his stories of grizzly bears and Vietnam with a book reading Oct. 23 and a lecture Oct. 24. Through his tales, Doug Peacock presented an urgent message about conserving the Earth.

“He’s close friends with some of my heroes, and he’s one of my own heroes,” said David Sumner, assistant professor of English, before introducing Peacock.

Peacock is a nationally known author and environmental crusader. He has written several memoirs about his experiences in the wild and at war. He is also a strong advocate for preserving the environment, saying his legacy is the wilderness and importance of conserving it. Peacock calls the environmental issues

today the real war of the world.

“No one is talking in these election days about the things I think are important: the health and economy of the planet,” Peacock said. “This underlies all human activities and what supports it. We’re not taking a good look at what lies in the survival of our species: our planet, which is really in peril.”

Peacock quit college multiple times after every semester because he felt uncomfortable out of the wild. He wasn’t married or a full-time student, so after dodging the draft three times, he finally decided to enlist. He enjoyed the Central Highlands, which he describes as the most beautiful mountain range in Vietnam, but he looked at his map of Yellowstone almost every night.

“The war wasn’t always terrible. I loved the country,

I loved the people,” Peacock said.

After returning from the Vietnam War, where he served as a Green Beret

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of sorts, and I couldn’t be around people,” Peacock said.

Peacock took his refuge camping in the Yellowstone

No one is talking in these election days about the things I think are important: the health and economy of the planet.

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Medic for two years, Peacock found solace in the wilderness where he belonged. He headed back to the western wild, frequenting the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone.

“I came back feeling out

-Doug Peacock, veteran & author wilderness, where he witnessed his first mother grizzly bear.

He was soaking in a hot spring and trying to break a fever when he saw the bear and her cubs standing a mere 250 feet away. He

tried to escape and blacked out from the severe temperature change, smacking his head. He came to, climbed a tree and waited for them to go away, hoping they wouldn’t notice him, bleeding and freezing in the tree.

“So I started hanging out with the grizzlies,” Peacock said.

In 1968, he tracked an alpha grizzly for months.

He became an advocate for the grizzlies when they were in trouble in Yellowstone.

He filmed the bears and wrote about them, making their plight known to the public. He appeared on many national television shows and even took Arnold Schwarzenegger to see the bears, all in attempts to save them.

Author Edward Abbey, Peacock’s longtime friend and fellow environmentalist, has said, “Now, more than ever before, the only

thing I can see worth saving is wilderness.”

Abbey and Peacock spent months together in the wilderness. Peacock was the inspiration for Abbey’s character George Washington Hayduke in his book “The Monkey Wrench Gang.” Abbey described Peacock as a “determined and crazy Vietnam vet.”

When Abbey died, Peacock and a few other friends buried him in the Southwest Arizona desert in an illegal grave. After digging it, Peacock laid in the grave to determine if it was right.

He decided it was meant to be when he saw Abbey’s spirit animal, the vulture, circling overhead.

“The lines between life and death had blurred for me,” Peacock said. “The real Hayduke was buried.”

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Gifford said that enrollment increases are taking place in the majors that are related to family-wage jobs in those fields.

The increase in online learning is becoming a national trend.

“Adults know they need a college degree in order to get ahead,” Gifford said.

“Students come into the program already knowing what they want to major in. They are more careerfocused.”

The average age for students going through the Adult Degree Program is 38. The majority of these students already have jobs and family obligations, Gifford said.

Apart from offering the same quality of degrees to online students, Linfield also offers each student his or her own academic adviser. This adviser helps in mapping out the best

approach in pursuing a degree, Gifford said.

“Linfield has taken the best of what it is known for and provides the same services to students online,” Gifford said. “Advisers take the time and attention to support students.”

Students also have access to e-tutoring, library services and career services.

Some students even go abroad. For instance, more students working toward their Registered Nurse degrees are doing clinicals internationally, in places like Africa, Central America and Asia.

Typically, students take about eight credits per semester, participate in a January Term course, which runs for five weeks, and continue classes through the Summer Term.

“Most students think of their education as 12 months a year,” Gifford said. “The students who choose Linfield’s program want to excel. They have a higher level of expectations for the courses.”

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

The Defend our Coast action was one of the biggest peaceful civil disobediences that Canada has ever seen, according to Kovacs.

It involved going to the legislative building in Victoria, British Columbia, and filling the lawn in front of the building with protesters, a stage and black tarps that were approximately 770 feet long. They represented the tankers that were used to transport the oil from the tar sands. Tankers are also a large threat to the environment because they take a large amount of excess energy to transport the tar sands.

“The possibility of the tankers leaking or something going wrong with them is huge,” Kovacs said.

Protesters then proceeded to write messages on the tarp, a majority of them targeting two specific legislatures believed to have a large amount of power over what’s happening with the tar sands and to be abusing this power.

After setting up the protest, those who had turned out sat in solidarity around the legislative building in front of the tarp “tanker” and listened to speakers while the day progressed.

“It was hugely successful. Everything went flawlessly,” Kovacs said. “Seeing how well organized it was was incredible—it was really inspiring.”

Although police showed up for the protest, in the end there were no arrests made. They helped the protestors block off the main

Photo courtesy of Emma Newman

Sophomore Andra Kovacs (left), junior Amanda Maxwell (center) and University of Oregon student Emma Newman (right) drove 11 hours to Canada to participate in protests against tar sands harming the environment Oct. 22. street in front of the legislative building with the tarp and handed out candy throughout the event.

“It was amazing, there were no problems whatsoever,” Kovacs said. “I’ve never gotten to be a part of such a huge-scale direct action before, and being able to do that for the first time with something that I feel so passionately about.

It was absolutely phenomenal.”

In addition to being involved with the tar sands

protests, Kovacs is also involved on campus as the service and sustainability coordinator, director of communications and publicity for Change Corps, member of Greenfield, member of the Advisory Committee for Environment and Sustainability, and coordinator of the TAP That campaign.

Outside of Linfield, Kovacs also has recently become involved with the Sierra Student Coalition, which had helped her

become more involved in environmental issues on a national level.

“It was a really unique experience to get to see environmental activism taking place internationally and getting to see that perspective too,” Kovacs said.

“The empowering energy that I got from that made me so inspired, so alive and so ready to really create change here at Linfield.”

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Students, relatives enjoy Family Weekend

Joel Ray/Senior photographer Families talk with representatives from different colleges during Linfield’s campus meet and greet Oct. 27 in Riley Hall.

Joel Ray/Senior photographer Kate Straube/Photo editor Freshman Morgan Gerke won the Alpha Phi Sorority Star Search on Oct. 26 with her country singing.

Students and families gathered together for a barbeque Oct. 27 in the upstairs gymnasium in the Health, Human Performance and Athletics building.

Make a Difference Day gives back to the community Chrissy Shane Features editor

On Oct. 27, upwards of 150 people, consisting of individuals from the Linfield community and surrounding area, joined together and set out to serve the greater community, taking part in the annual Make a Difference Day—the national day of helping in the U.S. that was created by USA Weekend Magazine.

“Make A Difference Day is the most encompassing national day of helping others. It is a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors,” said Monique Ellefson, VISTA student engagement coordinator.

After an 8 a.m. check in, the event began with a kick-off in the Fred Meyer Lounge.

Once in their volunteer groups, the participants traveled to their project sites around Yamhill County to serve at a number of different organizations and agencies, such as Salvation Army, McMinnville Senior Center, Habitat for Humanity Restore, YCAP and the McMinnville coat drive to name a few.

“This year we have a bunch of new sites that we’re very excited about, and a great deal of families and groups signed up,” said sophomore Andra Kovacs, director of communication and publicity for Change

Kate Straube/Photo editor Linfield students participate in Make a Difference Day on Oct. 27 with more than 150 people from the community joining together to serve in areas around Yamhill County, such as the Salvation Army, McMinnville Senior Center, Habitat for Humanity Restore and YCAP. Corps, in an email. “We are just now beginning to build solid sustainable partnerships with, for example, Hearthland Sanctuary and the McMinnville Center for Community Subsistence.”

According to Kovacs, the already strong support for Make a Difference Day in the Linfield community is

continuing to grow.

“We continue to see more and more interest in service at Linfield, and with the past two service days, we have had more people registered than we have spots,” Kovacs said. “In Change Corps, we’re continually looking to improve, and so far we have really harnessed that goal.”

One volunteer group that made that goal possible, including junior Kristen Ursino, member of MEChA with LCLA/MEChA, served Miller Woods.

“There were about 20 of us to help out in the green house and clean up Miller Woods. We helped fill containers to plant acorns,

which would become oak trees, planted plants native to the Pacific Northwest and helped to recycle soil, ” Ursino said. “Overall, it was a great experience because I was able to get off campus to help out in the community.”

“Engaging with your community is such an essential part of life and can really

change a persons’ college experience in a positive and beautiful way,” Kovacs said.

For more information about Make a Difference Day and getting involved, contact Monique Ellefson at mellefso@linfield.edu.

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Chrissy Shane/Features editor Anatomy Lab instructor, Chris Hernandez, class of ’09.

nstructors in anatomy labs spend a lot of their work hours clutching a scalpel. But in his off hours, Linfield’s Chris Hernandez likes to trade his scalpel for an instrument of a very different kind — an orange Turtex guitar pick.

You would never guess it as he hoists a bag of frozen cat cadavers in his lab at Linfield, but he is simultaneously harboring a pair of seemingly incongruous dreams — becoming a medical examiner as his weekday gig and a professional musician as his weekend gig.

Hernandez, who graduated from Linfield in 2009 with a degree in athletic training, landed a job in Linfield’s anatomy lab in the spring of 2011. It’s ideal training for someone bent on earning his M.D. and becoming a medical examiner.

During the week, you can find him in the lab, wearing faded blue PF Flyers, a pair of Carhart jeans and seafoam green medical gloves.

Armed with a scalpel, probe and tweezers, Hernandez helps current Linfield students navigate their way through the masseter muscles of freezer-burned felines. He can brief students with consummate ease on the muscles that allow our mouths to masticate food.

Hernandez spends his weekends at venues like the Jackpot Recording Studio or the McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, playing guitar with Jack Ruby Presents. He can tune up his Fender Telecaster and churn out a rendition of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising” with the ease that only comes with long experience and lots of practice.

The band consists of a coterie of Linfield students who first played together at a campus concert in the fall of 2007.

“We had all been involved in groups during high school,” Hernandez said, “and we were all kind of missing it.”

During Thanksgiving break of Hernandez’s sophomore year, Jack Ruby Presents went on tour, playing eight shows at venues along the West Coast.

“I can’t remember who it was now, but somebody was sick on the trip,” Hernandez said. “By the time we played our Wednesday night show at the Caldera in Ashland, the vocals were severely lacking.”

But the band went on to have a lot of success. As it experienced its fifth anniversary Oct. 25, it was also preparing for the release of its second album, “Pale Road.”

“Every once and a while I’ll get an email from a student who addresses me as ‘Professor Hernandez’ because they don’t know me in person,” he joked, “and that kind of freaks me out.”

Hernandez says that he enjoys “working with other people who enjoy what they’re working on and who they’re working with.” He also says that he has become more comfortable since he doesn’t know as many of the students in his classes, as he did when he first started teaching last spring.

As far as these two different parts of Hernandez’s life go, he says there is little overlap between them. He doesn’t see much intertwining of the two big parts of his life, but says that he would one day like to record a song with some lyrics inspired by his work with the human body.

Chris Hernandez is yet another representation of the dynamically diverse faculty and staff at Linfield College.

Many have interests and passions that fall outside of their departmental designations. Hernandez, along with his band, performed at the Pro Cat Cab on Oct. 25 in the Fred Meyer Lounge, exactly five years after the band’s inaugural meeting.

Nic Miles can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

Rocker Photo courtesy of Katie Paysinger Chris Hernandez (left) performs with his band, Jack Ruby Presents during a 2010 Cat Cab.

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The 1,000-mile trek from their reservation in Southern Montana to Oregon has been one of the biggest journeys the Linfield women of the Northern Cheyenne tribe have ever embarked on.

In their first time this far away from home, freshmen Nicole Wilson and twins Arianne and Julianna King set out on a new life adventure this fall.

The Northern Cheyenne tribe sits on the 444,000-acre reservation and is made up of multiple towns, but is centered around Wilson’s hometown of Lame Deer, Mont. Julianna and Arianne King both lived in the neighboring town of Busby. While the entire reservation is made up of almost 4,939 people, Lame Deer is the home to the majority of the reservation with 2,052 people, according to the 2010 census.

The three had to travel off the reservation to attend school, often times traveling up to an hour every morning.

“We did this for 12 years,” Wilson said. “I’d have to be on the bus by 7 a.m. or I wouldn’t make it.”

With the towns on the reservation being small, there wasn’t always a lot to do for Wilson and the King sisters.

“Since there wasn’t much to do, we all played sports throughout school,” Arianne King said. “That took up a lot of time, especially with commuting back and forth.”

Other than school activities, the three participated and attended pow-wows.

“There’s a big [pow-wow] every year on Fourth of July,” Julianna King said. “There’s dances and other performances to watch. A lot of people come from all around. It’s just like a big [gathering], where people come back after they moved away, and we get to see a lot of friends and family.”

Both Arianne and Julianna King used to dance in the pow-wows when they were younger.

“We both used to jingle dance, until we grew out of our outfits,” Julianna King said.

Although the three freshmen grew up together on the small reservation, they were surprised by the differences between their home and Oregon.

“It was a big shock,” Arianne King said. “We were used to a place where everything was so spread out. There are highways to take you to one point to another.”

Coming from an area that doesn’t have consistent cell phone service, the busyness of the cities they’ve encountered has made for an Photo courtesy of Nicole Wilson exciting transition.

(Left to Right) Freshmen Julianna King, Nicole Wilson and Arianne King “The community [back home] is very are all graduates of Colstrip High School, class of 2012.

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Photo courtesy of Tommy Robinson Pow-wows are a time when people from all over come and celebrate their culture.

tight-knit,” Arianne King said. “There, everyone knows what’s going on with everyone.”

“Everyone is also related to everyone,” Wilson said.

While knowing each other most of their lives, Wilson and the King sisters are all looking at following similar paths. All consider nursing as a possible major, but the three are still undeclared.

The biggest difference they’ve found is the lack of other Native Americans nearby.

“I’ve noticed there are not that many Natives around here,” Arianne King said. “I’m not used to it, because we used to be surrounded by only Natives.”

The three Cheyenne women are all members of the new Native American Student Association.

“It’s made for a big transition,” Julianna King said. “But it’s a fun experience. I like getting to meet all the new people. It’s different, but I like it.”

Kaylyn Peterson can be reached at linfieldreviewcopy@gmail.com

Nesaa’evatonesenehele vo’estanehevehemetsemehaehesevo’estanehevetse.

Tsemona’e vo’estanehevestotse netosehene’enanone.

Netaveestanonestse moxeestonemdheondtse, nonohpa Neka ‘esko nehamaneo ‘o tseohketsehe’ohtseo ‘o.

Naa tsetdhene’enanove he’tohe tsemona’e vo’estanehevestotse.

We can no longer live the way we used to.

There is a new way of life that we are going to know.

Let us ask for schools, that way our children can attend them and learn this new way of life.

— Chief Dull Knife (Vooheheva)

Photo courtesy of Ann King (Left to Right) Arianne King and Julianna King compete in a Cheyenne pow-wow at 3-yearsold.

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France offers new opportunities for student Kaylyn Peterson Copy chief The chance to study abroad opens cultural doors for Linfield students every year, bringing new opportunities, as well as exciting new experiences. Traveling across the Atlantic Ocean, American and French students prepare for the cultural differences they find waiting when they land in France and America.

Although there are not many customs in France that Americans find difficult to adjust to, there are some changes that the average Linfield student might find hard to make.

Junior Katherine Thomas is studying in Marseille, France, and has noticed little things that she could do in America but has been warned not to do in Marseille.

“Not looking at people when you walk down the street, notably men. If you look a guy in the eyes, even if by accident, it’s an invitation, if you know what I mean,” Thomas said. “Not every guy will try to hit on you if you do, but especially in Marseille, most will.”

Along with the absence of the “Linfield Hello,” other differences include a lack of openness in France.

“The ‘private sphere’ in France is much more private than in the U.S., including the home,” Thomas said.

“For example, my host mom has asked me to keep my curtains always closed in my

room, so that the neighbors across the street can’t see inside. To me, I don’t care who sees inside my home, especially if it’s my own room. But here, seeing inside the home is the equivalent of seeing inside your private life. For the same reasons, it is not as easy to invite guests over. Of course every family is different, but that’s ‘typical’ for the French.”

While there are many differences between customs in France and America, Thomas has found many things she enjoys in France.

“I think for me it’s the satisfaction and confidence I have knowing I’m creating a little life here. As much as I miss Linfield, after this year is over I know I will have two homes,” Thomas said.

“Speaking French every day is awesome. I can never get enough of it. I’ve made some wonderful friends, French and American.

“There’s little aspects of the French and Marseillaise culture that I love, like going to have a coffee at a cafe with friends after school at 4 o’clock, or walking everywhere,” Thomas said. “In the two months I’ve been here I can count the number of times I’ve been in a car on two hands. That’s it!

[And] the fashion here and how you greet people [by] kissing each other’s cheeks.

It’s really just the simple things.”

Thomas is spending the entire school year in France. There are three other Linfield students attend-

Photo courtesy of Jennifer Derke Junior Jennifer Derke stands in front of The Leovre Museum in Paris, France. Derke studied abroad in France during the Fall Semester of 2011. ing schools in France for the exchange program this semester and an additional three will travel to spend their Spring Semester there.

The students will study in Angers, Aix and Marseille.

This year, there are no exchange students from France at Linfield, but there is one French teaching assistant, Stephanie Ohren.

Ohren describes American food as one of the hard-

est adjustments she had to make upon arriving.

“There are candies everywhere and some things we do not have in Europe and France, so of course I would like to try them while I’m here,” Ohren said. “The sizes of the packages [are] way bigger, so it implies an adaptation to how to cook and what quantity to buy.”

Another difference Ohren has observed is the

living situations and independence of the students.

“There is not as much advice [and] support by the teachers,” Ohren said.

“French students are much more independent, especially because you don’t live on the campus. It’s just buildings and students go and leave and have an apartment or live with roommates.

Dorm buildings exist but they are managed by public

organizations and not by the university.”

While in America, Ohren has come to appreciate what it “means to be an American. The culture of the big cars, the campuses, the landscapes, the food.”

“It’s like watching a movie, but it is reality,” Ohren said.

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

Mentalist Craig Karges mystifies audience with use of ESP Maddie Bergman Staff writer Communication or perception by means other than the physical senses.

This is how Linfield Activities Board’s performer, Craig Karges, introduced his performance Oct. 27.

As a mentalist, he explained the importance of extrasensory perception (ESP).

“Everything based in the mind is ESP,” Karges said.

For his first acts, he had a student from the audience look through a book and pick a word. Then Karges tried to guess the selected word. He wrote on a white board the word “photographer,” and then the student replied that his word was photograph. The audience was speechless.

Next, he put on a blindfold and asked a girl to bring up a Linfield photo I.D., which she did. He was able to describe the girl pictured in the I.D.’s smile, hair and earrings, followed by her name, only by holding it in his hand.

With the blindfold still on, Karges had a student

Joel Ray/Senior photographer Mentalist Craig Karges reads audience member’s minds during his performance Oct. 27 in Ice Auditorium.

Karges used ESP to perform all of his tricks. put a metal spike under one of four Styrofoam cups. He was able to accurately tell which Styrofoam cup had a metal spike under it. At this point in the performance, many students had puzzled looks on their faces.

For his next act, he had people write down their name, birthday and a ran-

dom word or phrase on a piece of paper, then hold on to it. He easily guessed a girl’s birthday and the word that she had chosen, “dolphin.”

A student had written down the phrase “Not Slytherin, not Slytherin,” which Karges guessed perfectly, as well as the phrase

“Nerdy Star Trek guys.”

After he guessed the phrases correctly, students were on the edge of their seats in amazement.

Perhaps one of his most astounding acts started with the phrase, “I am going to manipulate the block of wood.” He set a small block of wood slanted against a book. He walked away and began trying to move it. Sure enough, after about 10 seconds, the slanted block of wood sat up straight.

“He’s a witch,” an audience member yelled out.

Later, Karges brought up a student to help him move a wood table. With no magnets or glue, they were able to have the table move, levitate and float with only the tips of his fingers making contact with the top of the table. At one point Karges was holding the table with just the tips of his fingers of one hand. The audience was in pure astonishment.

He then called for four random students to describe their perfect car.

The first student replied with a new Camaro. The second described its color

as forest green. The third announced the license plate as MP171, and the fourth listed its price at $56,112.75.

He then reached into his pocket, pulled out a note and had a random student read it aloud.

“Today I will visit Linfield College. I will ask for four students to describe a car. It will be a forest green Camaro, license plate MP171 and cost $56,112.75.”

The audience was left speechless by the identical descriptions.

For his last presentation, Karges had Dan Fergueson, director of college activities, bring up his check. He then put it in an envelope and put two random pieces of paper in two other identical envelopes. He had a student randomly number the envelopes and shuffle them behind his back. Then he had the student pick one envelope to hold on to.

Karges then put the other two envelopes through a portable paper shredder.

He promised Linfield College that in the event that he had shredded his check, there would be no need for them to pay him. Finally, he

had the student open the envelope and, in fact, his check was in it.

It was clear by the audience’s reaction that the show was a huge success.

Some students were still skeptical of some of the acts, but there was no clear answer as to how they could be fabricated.

“During the whole show, I was thinking about the science behind his acts.

It makes you rethink everything we know about the human conscience,” junior Stephanie Stovall said.

On the weekend before Halloween, the Linfield Activates Board succeeded in mystifying students with their performer.

“We use 10 to 20 percent of our mind. It is possible to communicate with our minds and see things without our eyes,” Karges said. “What capabilities do you hold with your mind?

Technology is wonderful, but the most amazing computer is our mind, and it is only limited by your own imagination.”

Maddie Bergman can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.

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Kelsey Sutton/Managing editor “Think Out Loud” host Dave Miller (right) reads from Sherman Alexie’s most recent book “Blasphemy.” When asked about his inspiration Alexie said, “I wander the Earth telling stories. Watching the world influences me.”

Kelsey Sutton Managing editor A group of Linfield students were invited to be in the audience of a live radio show featuring author Sherman Alexie on Oct. 24 in Portland. The show was held in the Literary Arts Space in downtown Portland so the audience could be involved and ask questions.

Alexie’s literary works include a dozen books of poetry, four novels, four short story collections and two screenplays. He is often described as the greatest explorer and exploder of Native American stereotypes.

He began the program discussing what it means to be a “real” Indian and what kind of implications that stigma has.

“I was the first person in the family to leave the reservation,” Alexie said, addressing what he calls a necessary betrayal.

“I had to leave to survive.

The alternative would’ve

been substance abuse and emotional suffering.”

The only way to survive on a reservation is to be traditional, he said, embracing the roots of the tribe and practicing old ways. “I’m not sure I would’ve been that guy,” he said.

Alexie said Indians are obsessed with authenticity.

People’s ideas often drift in and out of what authenticity actually is.

“It makes you question what you are and aren’t,” Alexie said.

Stereotypes dictate that Indians are supposed to love nature, but Alexie is “so allergic to the outdoors.”

Indians are often regarded as highly spiritual people.

However, Alexie describes himself as somewhat of an Atheist.

He said Indians are either judged harshly or praised intensely for whatever they do. There is often no escaping these kinds of stereotypes.

“I was born for the city.

Born to hear helicopters and

Culture Briefs Faculty recital

Chris Engbretson, visiting professor of music and alumnus, performed during Family Weekend on Oct. 27 in Ice Auditorium. Engbretson played the piano, performing music by Antonio Soler, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt and Lowell Liebermann.

The event was held by the Music Department.

A hidden cultural gem: Wales Clara Martinez discussed the cultural gem of Wales. In her presentation, she explored the academic programs offered, national wonders and the Welsh culture. Martinez shared her experience in a Welsh summer program she attended and was accompanied by Cerys Bartlett, a representative from Cardiff University in Wales, UK. ~ Compiled by Chris Haddeland/Culture editor

wander the street with 10,000 strangers,” Alexie said. “The reservation is a white creation, a rural concentration camp.”

He added that most Indian writers don’t live on a reservation.

An audience member asked Alexie what advice he had for writers. He emphasized the importance of reading. Growing up, his father shared all of his books with him. The first literary novel he read, “The Basketball Diaries,” opened his mind to more kinds of books. His grandmother frequently brought him books from garage sales.

“My grandma was always bringing me those romance novels. I thought they were awesome,” he said. “Back then, I thought every book was real. It seemed like a dream world that existed outside of the reservation.” He soon discovered that everybody’s life is valuable enough to write about.

“I loved poetry books,

Kelsey Sutton/Managing editor Miller and Alexie laugh with the audience during “Think Out Loud” on Oct. 24. Alexie joked that he was, “broadcasting to 180,000 vegans right now.” short stories and novels, but I never felt connected to them.

It was through reading work

by Indians that I realized I could be in there too,” he said.

One particular line by a Paiute Indian poet, Adrian Louis, summed it all up for him. “‘I’m in the reservation of my mind.’ One could argue I’ve just been writing that line over and over again,” he said.

Alexie was recently named the 2013 Everybody Reads author for Multnomah County Library. To him, this means a chance to reach out to young readers.

“Young, poor, brown males need to be reading the most. ‘It’s the only book I’ve ever finished.’ I hear that all the time,” Alexie said. “The only things that are going to save you are books because it

transports you outside your circumstances. You fall in love with the outside and dream about going there. Reading is like a passport.”

Some audience members were Native American, and Alexie picked them out immediately. He made jokes with them and called it identity sharing. “‘You’re an Indian, aren’t you?’ It’s a tribal identification thing. It’s like the most exclusive club in the world.

It’s a connection. Most Indians spend all their time being the only Indian in the room,” he said.

He gave his advice for writing about Indians.

“Quit making us so dang smart. Quit idealizing. We’re portrayed as these incredibly wise, gentle Indians, almost like superheroes. Make them

interesting,” Alexie said.

According to Alexie, there are two kinds of writers. There are those who love their writing and those who hate it. Alexie is among those who are never happy with their work.

“I want to abuse my writing about 32 seconds after I write it. Nothing is ever as good as I want it to be, or fits into what I imagined. I’m a self-loathing kind of writer,” he said. “It keeps me motivated, never being comfortable.”

After counting on his fingers, he proclaimed that he only loves four of the short stories in his most recent collection.

“Everything else needs to get punched,” Alexie said.

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

Crowd participates during Pro Cat Cab Samantha Sigler News editor The Fred Meyer Lounge was dimly lit, Halloweenthemed and packed with fans as the band Jack Ruby Presents performed during the Pro Cat Cab on Oct. 25.

The band includes members Chris Hernandez, Melissa Davaz, Aaron Owens and Jesse Hughey.

The event marked their five-year anniversary of performing at Linfield College.

“It was really great to hear some of Jack Ruby’s newer songs, along with a handful of songs from their first album,” junior Melissa Green, an avid fan of the band, said in an email.

Throughout the concert, the band passed percussion instruments out to people in the crowd, and all the while, audience members sang along.

A crowd favorite was Jack Ruby Present’s original song, “Strange Fruit/

Three Men Hanging,” during which members of the audience appeared to become mesmerized by the music.

“Every time I’ve seen them perform that one live, the whole room goes dead silent as soon as Melissa Davaz starts singing,” Green said. “It’s beautiful.”

Green has been a fan of the band for a few years and has been to other concerts around McMinnville where it’s performed at, such as the concerts at McMenamin’s and at friends’ houses.

“I really love the energy at all of their shows.

They’ve got a killer folk rock sound,” Green said.

“With Jesse Hughey’s rougher voice contrasting beautifully with the pure sound of Melissa Davaz’s voice, it definitely speaks to me and gets me dancing.”

During the Cat Cab, Hughey mentioned them being ideally a house party band, with that being the

Joel Ray/Senior photographer Jesse Hughey, lead singer of Jack Ruby Presents, performs Oct. 25 in the Fred Meyer Lounge. Jack Ruby Presents played folk music and got the audience involved by giving out percussion instruments to play along with. environment they are completely in their element in.

“They are truly talented song-writers and musicians, and we are so lucky

to have this connection with them,” Green said.

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

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Fey’s autobiography leaves reader wanting more Paige Jurgensen Staff writer Tina Fey’s autobiography, “Bossypants,” gives the reader a look into the world of sketch comedy through a series of sophisticatedly sarcastic stories.

I have always felt as though Tina Fey, star and writer of NBC’s “30 Rock,” can do no wrong. Therefore, I went into “Bossypants” with the highest of expectations and the only disappointment

was that the autobiography is only 275 pages long.

Tina Fey wrote the book as if telling her story to an old friend over drinks and a large amount of fried appetizers.

Fey shares stories starting from her childhood, such as when she had her face cut open by a random maniac, and continuing on to when she was simultaneously filming and writing a television series while planning her young daughter’s birthday party.

Mixed in with her personal stories, Fey shares her opinions on topics, such as body image vs. Photoshop, meeting Sarah Palin (the woman that she famously impersonated), motherhood and fashion.

Scattered along with the stories, Fey includes pictures from her childhood and family, the set of “30 Rock,” and magazine covers, as well as original scripts from “Saturday Night Live.”

“It’s a fair representation

of Ms. Fey’s self-image as a smart, unyielding woman who has forced her way to the top of what is usually a man’s profession,” wrote the New York Times’ Janet Maslin. “‘Only in comedy,’ she writes, about interviewing for a writing job on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 1997, ‘does an obedient white girl from the suburbs count as diversity.’”

From beginning to end, “Bossypants” will keep a smile on the reader’s face

with its witty and intelligent writing.

In my experience reading “Bossypants” there were many occasions where I had to set the book down to have my own little laugh riot and then calm myself down before continuing.

However, not all of “Bossypants” is comedic gold. A number of Fey’s stories are focused on her experiences and how she got the world view and morals that she has, which forces the

reader to think about how they feel about some controversial topics.

Hopefully now, with the last season of “30 Rock” underway, Fey will spend more time enriching the world with her literary works.

Tina Fey’s “Bossypants” is definitely a feel-good read that will brighten anyone’s day.

Paige Jurgensen can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

Abuse education needs improvement Dear Bailey, In middle school and high school, students are taught about abuse in health classes.

The classes usually seemed to make it sound like one would know without a doubt that they were being abused. But is this enough information for students when they get out of school?

I don’t think it is. What about emotional abuse? I personally don’t remember hearing much about it in school.

To discover if I was in an unhealthy relationship, I did some research. What I found had been happening but went almost unnoticed. The things people say and do that are considered emotional abuse happen slowly and start out small.

Of course I knew it was possible, but I had always envisioned it as not so subtle, and I would know when my partner was being abusive and be able to do something about it. Health class made it

sound much easier than it is.

Some people feel that emotional abuse is not as bad as physical abuse. Whether it is or is not isn’t as important as the fact that it is still abuse. Unlike physical abuse, there are no easy signs, such as bruises that can be photographed and documented.

Emotional abuse is internal.

Its effects can manifest physically, like weight loss, but they can also be within the person’s personality or mental health. Becoming depressed, withdrawing from friends or change in self-esteem are common for people being abused.

Emotional abuse is an

attempt to gain control over another person or to feel powerful, just like any other form of abuse. It is verbal but it can also be financial control or jealousy.

When the abuser takes control over someone else’s money, it is a way for them to control what the other person is able to do and to prevent them from being financially stable enough to leave.

Jealousy is a way for them to make their partner feel guilty for hanging out with friends or going places without them. It gives the abuser the image of the victim and the abused the image of the careless partner.

There are lists of abusive tendencies online at different organizations’ websites.

Above most lists is a statement saying that if you answer “yes” to anything listed, you might be in an unhealthy relationship. The lists include things, such as your partner threatens you, your family, or your pets, and your partner

puts you down or constantly wants to know where you are and who you’re with.

Henderson House is McMinnville’s abuse center.

The organization’s website has a list, and the building is not located far from campus.

It is a good outside resource for students.

Many of the signs listed on these websites are what someone would know as abuse, but the problem, and the area I think education in school needs to improve on, is how hard it can be to spot, how slow it can happen and how easy it is to excuse someone you care about.

This type of abuse may not happen right away or quickly. By starting out small, the abuser is able to get away with more as time goes on.

Familiarize yourself with the signs, and take time to evaluate your relationships.

Bailey can be reached at linfieldreviewbailey@gmail.com.

Oregon native sings about life, love and hope Vanessa So KSLC Assistant music director When I turned my ears to Annie Bany’s “Barefoot & Young,” I knew her voice sounded similar to Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott, and someone we’ve been hearing a lot about lately, Taylor Swift. Barefoot & Young, Bany’s debut album, was independently released in August 2011.

Bany, an Oregon native, wrote and co-wrote every track on the album, as songwriting comes naturally for her.

Growing up in Wilsonville, Ore., she wrote stories and songs and soon developed a love for music after receiving her first guitar.

Performing has always been her passion. Bany’s spark of imagination and creation has led to the debut of her first studio album.

According to Bany’s website, Barefoot & Young is “alternative country-pop.”

Immediately as the opening track, “Sweet Escape,” started playing, my mind went

“Barefoot & Young” album cover to Taylor Swift. Much like Swift, it’s difficult to identify Bany as a country artist, or one-genre artist for that matter. Her songs are here and there, and you become unsure of what kind of songs you’re listening to. Is it country infused with pop? Maybe it’s alternative with some hints of country and pop?

Or is it pop with sprinkles of country and rock? Nonetheless, Barefoot & Young contains a little bit of everything,

which could be ear- pleasing or off-putting for listeners.

Barefoot & Young contains themes regarding Bany’s experiences with life, love, and hope for the future.

Bany writes about the ability to overcome challenges in tracks, such as “Leap” and “Through the Storm,” and she writes about the understanding of love and heartbreak in “Here We Go Again” and “Too Far.” “I know this night won’t last

forever, is this the last we’ll have together?” Bany hauntingly asks in “Let Me Down Easy.” Though the title track, “Barefoot & Young,” is underwhelming, the production strengthens the lighthearted mood of the song.

But could Bay be the next up-and-coming countrypop star? She has potential, but there’s a missing spark.

The album contains lyrics that have more style over substance. With more heart, soul, honesty and personal experiences, Bany could go far in the music industry.

With the help of her producer and friend, Rob Shrock, Barefoot & Young has a variety of songs. While Bany does sound best with country, only time and experience will reward her growth with a great second album.

Tune into KSLC 90.3 FM to hear Annie Bany’s Barefoot & Young. You can also listen online at www.linfield. edu/kslcfm or stream the station on iTunes.

Vanessa So can be reached at KSLCmusic@gmail.com.

Upcoming events Pizza and Politics: The High Stakes in 2012: Foreign Policy and Security

4:30 p.m. Oct. 29, TJ Day Hall, room 222

Student Cat Cab: Gulfem Torunlar and Kelly Yokoyama

9 p.m. Nov. 1, Fred Meyer Lounge

Marshall Theatre: Kickin’ Sand and Tellin’ Lies

7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 and 3, Ford Hall

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Soccer: Missionaries take win, 4-3 Football: ’Cats << Continued from page 16 Five minutes after the block, senior Tyler Sedlacek sent in a couple crosses to try to tie the score with a strong offensive side, but was blocked by a Pirate defender.

Senior Danny Snelgrow and freshman Domenico Del Prete both made shots at the goal for the Wildcats.

The Wildcats took on a tough loss against Whitman, losing 4-3 with a last minute

Del Prete goal costing them the game.

In the first half, the Missionaries scored the sole goal for the half. Both teams

had trouble keeping possession of the ball because of the harsh weather making field conditions poor.

Del Prete took a shot at the goal early on into the game, appearing to have went in, but the referee signaled to continue playing.

Sophomore Grant Loriaux made a diving save after the Missionaries attempted a lest shot.

In the second half, the Wildcats charged in three goals, with Snelgrow setting the tone with the first goal.

The Missionaries answered with two additional goals and a gamewinning goal two minutes near the end.

There was not enough time for the Wildcats to tie the game, causing them to have a close loss against the Missionaries.

The Wildcats will appear in their final match of the season against Willamette on Nov. 3 at 1:30 p.m. in Salem, Ore. Ivanna Tucker can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Wildcats hope to finish top in conference Carrie Skuzeski Senior reporter The Linfield women’s soccer team walked away from its weekend games with a feeling quite different than it’s used to. The Pacific Boxers terminated the ‘Cats seven game winning streak Oct. 28.

The 2-1 loss against the Boxers was the first for the ‘Cats in five weeks, and their second of the season.

“We played really well today. We had control of the ball basically the whole time. Losses happen sometimes and there’s not much you can do,” junior captain Emily Fellows said.

Despite aggressive offensive play from the Wildcats, including five corner kicks and eight shots in the first half, the Boxers pulled out the win with perhaps a little bit of luck.

The Boxers shot a measly total of four times, and managed to score twice in a somewhat unusual way.

The first goal was scored on their one and only shot taken in the half.

“It was just a fluke. It was

Fellows

Vukic

Collinsworth

literally the only shot they had all game,” Fellows said.

A goal scored by Fellows 75 minutes into the game tied up the score for another eight minutes. A free kick from 35 yards out accounted for the Boxer’s second goal and solidified their win.

The Boxers may not be the only ones experiencing good fortune, as the ‘Cats still have an opportunity to finish first in conference, and therefore continue on to the playoffs. Whitworth, who was sharing the top spot in conference alongside the ‘Cats, suffered a loss to Lewis and Clark. Therefore, Linfield and Whitworth remain in first place with Puget Sound in a close second.

“We have to focus on winning both weekend games. We want UPS to lose its game against Whitworth, and if we win out, we will win conference hopefully,” Fellows said.

To continue on a brighter note, the Wildcats achieved a 1-0 win against the George Fox Bruins on Oct. 27.

While the ‘Cats are proud of the win, they were expecting a little bit more, playing a notoriously weaker team in the conference.

“We didn’t come out with very much fight. George Fox isn’t the best team, and we had the attitude that we were better than them,” Fellows said.

Freshman Emma Vukic supplied an opportune pass

to Fellows, allowing her to allocate her 15th goal of the season. Fellows was the lone scorer for both teams, while Linfield amassed 15 shots to George Fox’s five.

Junior Taylor Collinsworth made three saves during the game. After a tough weekend, the ‘Cats still look onward with a hopeful attitude.

“Hopefully it will push us to come out and win this weekend. Hopefully, we will come out and leave it all on the field,” Fellows said.

Next, the Wildcats face Whitworth and Whitman on the road for their final conference games Nov. 2 and Nov. 3.

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

out work Bearcats in second half << Continued from page 16 a field goal attempt from 46 yards wide right and senior punter Josh Repp had a kick blocked, giving the Bearcats a short field at the Linfield 15-yard line.

Willamette capitalized on a 14-yard run by quarterback Josh Dean that knotted the score at 7-7. The Bearcats briefly took the lead on a 28-yard field goal, but Kay responded by converting a 35-yard attempt of his own to bring the score to 10-10.

After one half of football, the ’Cats had limited Willamette to a mere 50 total yards of offense but had only mustered 132 of their own.

“The weather was definitely a factor,” freshman running back Jonathan Shaffer said. “I give credit to the Bearcats’ defense, they came to play and they did.”

A five-minute stretch in the third quarter broke the game open for Linfield.

Senior quarterback Mickey Inns found junior receiver Deidre Wiersma for a five-yard scoring strike just before junior safety Colin Forman blocked a Bearcat punt and chased the ball 38 yards into the end zone for a touchdown.

Junior middle linebacker Kyle Wright then snatched a Dean pass out of the air, setting up a 38-yard missile from Inns to sophomore receiver Charlie Poppen that ballooned the Wildcats’ lead to 31-10.

“Our defense and special teams is what sparked us in that third quarter,”

Shaffer said. “Forman’s blocked punt really got us going.”

The game was put away in the fourth on another Inns-to-Poppen touchdown, this one from three yards.

With the game safely out of reach at 38-10, the reserve ’Cats saw game action and was able to capitalize. Shortly after another Dean pass was intercepted by junior linebacker Dominique Forrest, Yoder led a drive downfield that was capped by junior running back Mikkel Smythe’s oneyard plunge.

The Linfield defense continued to be unbreakable, preserving the final margin at 45-10, while limiting Willamette to just four of 29 third-down conversions throughout the game.

“Being a freshman, I didn’t realize how important this game was until Thursday or Friday,” Shaffer said. “To take it to them was a good feeling.”

Linfield, sitting atop the NWC at 7-0 (4-0 NWC) with just two games remaining, is in prime position for a fourth consecutive conference title and playoff berth.

Only the University of Puget Sound and Pacific University remain, teams occupying the NWC cellar with a combined record of 3-11.

Linfield travels north to take on Puget Sound on the road Nov. 3 before returning home Nov. 10 to face Pacific in the Hall of Fame game.

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

Wildcat Sports Schedule Friday, Nov. 2 Women’s Soccer

@ Whitman

noon

Swimming

@ Whitman

6 p.m.

Volleyball

vs. Whitman

7 p.m.

Women’s Soccer

@ Whitworth

noon

Football

@ Puget Sound

1 p.m.

Swimming

@ Whitworth

1 p.m.

Men’s Soccer

@ Willamette

2:30 p.m.

Volleyball

vs. Whitworth

5 p.m.

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Lady ’Cats continue to struggle on court Chris Haddeland Culture editor The Wildcat volleyball team came up empty-handed in its last two matches.

The Wildcats faced off against 14th-ranked University of Puget Sound and Pacific University in the second to last week of conference play.

The Wildcats traveled to Tacoma, Wash., on Oct. 27 to play nationally ranked Puget Sound. The Loggers started off strong, taking the first two sets 25-21 and 25-12.

The Wildcats responded after the intermission, keeping up with the Loggers, tying the set up at 23-23.

The ’Cats would take the next two points on a kill from junior Kelsey Ludin and a Logger error, winning the set 23-25.

“We won the third game because our offense really stepped up and made aggressive plays to score, rather than just waiting for the other team to make mistakes,” sophomore setter

Audrey Frazier said.

The Loggers would not be denied their 11th conference win, taking the fourth, and final set 25-19.

The Loggers were especially dominant at the net, out-hitting the Wildcats .263 to .105 and winning the total block battle 7-1.

“We knew they were a strong hitting team and our defense adapted really well and picked up a lot of tough shots,” Frazier said.

Sophomore Kailana Ritte-Camara led the Wildcats with 13 kills, Frazier added 36 assists and six aces, and freshman Courtney Uyeda had 26 digs.

On Oct. 24, the Wildcats played the Pacific Boxers at home.

The ’Cats started out strong, jumping out to a 18-10 lead. The Wildcats would eventually take the first set 25-17.

The Boxers responded, taking the second set 20-25, hitting .211 during the set, the most efficient kill percentage out of either team all night.

The next two sets after

the intermission were relatively similar. The Boxers took the third and fourth set with scores of 20-25 in both sets.

The Wildcats were inefficient with their hits, posting attack percentages of .078 and -.036.

The Wildcats once again had trouble at the net, posting an attack percentage of .068 and were out-blocked 11-5.5.

Sophomore Leimomi Hookano led the Wildcats with 14 kills, Frazier added 36 assists and Uyeda had 26 digs.

“We played really well against UPS, so I’m hoping we can carry that over to our last weekend,” Frazier said.

The Wildcats play their final two games of the season at home. The first game is Nov. 2 against Whitman and the final game is Nov. 3 against Whitworth. Both games are at 7 p.m. in Ted Wilson Gymnasium.

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

Photos courtesy of Sports Information Sophomore Kailana Ritte-Camara jumps for an attack during a match. The Wildcats still continue to have issues gaining an overall win. They have been able to gain individual game wins but not enough to win the entire match.

New faces don’t affect program’s standards We all have confessions to make.

Some of us actually take a deep breath and make the confession, like Ross admitting to Rachel that he hooked up with the copy store girl on “Friends.”

Some of us pull luck out of nowhere and don’t have to make an admission (I’m looking at you, O.J. Simpson), and some of us will never make the admission no matter how long we live, like Chone Figgins.

Chone Figgins has to have been a mole from the Angels. They are paying him under the table. You can’t prove me wrong, and if you try to prove me wrong, I will show you his putrid Mariners stats and give you a place to throw up.

The crux of the matter is, admissions are hard, so I have one to share with you.

I tend to take our football team for granted.

I am not saying that they don’t get enough credit. We have football memorabilia and information plastered all over the gym, the football stadium, our recruitment packages and even in this newspaper.

But I need to take a quick moment to marvel at this team and this program.

Never mind the 56 (now

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Tyler Bradley Sports columnist 57) straight winning seasons or the video game type final scores.

The offense loses the guy who may have been their best player, senior Josh Hill, to injury, and they continue to roll on, with 63 points two weekends ago, and 45 points against Willamette last weekend.

Their defense… wow, the defense. They have also had some devastating injuries to some good players, and like the offense, it continues to do its best DivisionIII impression of the Seattle Seahawks.

Willamette’s quarterback comes into the game with 2,500 yards passing and a completion percentage in the upper 60s. He had thrown 29 touchdowns. It was almost as if he was Colt Brennan running the Hawaii offense from a few years back. This would be Lin-

field’s sternest test yet.

I think they passed the test with flying colors.

Willamette’s quarterback went 13-30 with just 96 yards passing. He threw two picks and was sacked seven times. For a guy who has an efficiency rating of 156.40 for the season, his game against Linfield (56.88 rating) is the outlier of the year.

Except, if you know Linfield football, it’s not an outlier at all. The defense was one of the best in the country last year, and it is most definitely rounding into form this year. Could this team add on to the school’s storied history?

They are ranked number three in the country. The defense just shut down one of the best quarterbacks in the country. The offense has not missed a beat.

I don’t want to get too overzealous with the predictions. Anything can happen in football. Florida State lost to North Carolina State a few weeks ago. Washington beat the Beavers on Oct. 27.

That’s right, Beaver fans, the Dawgs just ruined your magical season. Bow down (but please beat the Ducks in the Civil War, that would be magnificent).

Do you happen to remember Oklahoma State

losing to Iowa State last year, thereby dashing its national title hopes? Or UCLA beating USC 13-9 in 2006 to derail USC’s hopes during John David Booty’s last season?

You know the difference between all of those upsets and Linfield, however? This team takes care of business.

They could get tripped up every year by lesser opponents in conference play, and yet they always make the necessary adjustments.

They were tied at halftime yesterday, and they came out and scored 35 points unanswered in the second half. The best teams make in-game adjustments, and this team does that beautifully.

So, my admission is embarrassing. I shouldn’t take this team for granted.

Its last game was impressive, and we will see what it can do to end the year.

All I know is that I have full confidence in the squad (for what my opinion is worth, which is about as much as a signed Heathcliff Slocumb baseball) just as I have full confidence that Chone Figgins is a well-placed mole.

Curse you, Mike Scioscia.

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

Wildcats finish season in top 10 of conference Ivanna Tucker Sports editor The cross country team saw individual improvements at the Northwest Conference Championships on Oct. 27.

Junior Joe Gladow finished with a career-high time of 26 minutes, 20 seconds.

Gladow did not allow the wet weather to affect his performance, placing seventh overall in the conference.

The top Wildcat runner also received first team all-league honors.

Sophomore Calvin Howell was Linfield’s second runner to finish in the top-20.

Howell completed the course in 26 minutes, 59 seconds, placing 18th in the conference. He was only four spots away from receiving second team all-league honors.

Compared to the previous season, junior Jason Hight finished the course more than 30 places higher than in last year’s championships.

Freshmen Alex Mangan and Frankie Moncada finished 38th and 48th in their first conference champion-

ships appearance.

Willamette junior Parker Bennett won the individual title, and the Bearcats also earned the team conference title.

On the women’s side, sophomore Brooke Niemann was noted as Linfield’s top runner, finishing fourth at the championships. This is Niemann’s second time earning the top spot for the Wildcats. She received second team all-league honors for her 12th place finish, completing the course in 23 minutes, 34 seconds.

Sophomores Siena Noe and Audrey Lichten also placed in the top-20 overall.

Both almost finished backto-back, with Noe placing 18th and Lichten placing 20th.

Lewis and Clark claimed the individual and team conference titles. This is its third straight year of receiving the titles.

Both teams placed lower than their previous appearances in the conference championships in 2011.

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

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Keeping the Linfield tradition in the family Sara Miller For the Review This football season, Doug Hire’s 13th coaching the Linfield Wildcats, is a special year for him and his family.

Not long ago, his family would come to every game, even when he coached at Willamette, to watch him, including Willamette’s away game at Linfield. At that game, Doug’s wife Teresa was sitting with his two kids, Aaron and Miranda, when a man came up to them in Linfield gear.

He talked to Teresa for a time before bidding the family good luck.

As the man was leaving, Aaron stood up and said, “My daddy’s team is gonna beat your team.”

Little did Aaron know, that man was Ad Rutschman, the hall of fame coach that led Linfield to three national titles, two of which Doug was a part of, and who would one day be his coach.

As Doug now stands on the sideline as a coach for his alma mater, he can’t help but think how special this place is.

He looks down the sideline to see his son, Aaron, now a wide receiver for the Wildcats in his senior year. He looks to the stands to see his wife, an alumna just like him, and his daughter, who is now a freshman at Linfield, truly making this place a “Hire calling.”

Doug Hire is a household name for all those familiar with Linfield football. He has made an incredible impact on the program since he came to Linfield in the fall of ’93, recruited to play football.

“One of the best classrooms and the best classes I’ve taken is being a part of the football program,” Hire said.

“Coming to Linfield gave me opportunities entirely, mentally and physically.”

Although Hire excelled at Linfield, playing college ball wasn’t always considered an option for him. When Hire was in high school, he was diagnosed with Leukemia, which limited his college offers.

Upon coming to Linfield,

he still had three more years of chemotherapy treatment to complete.

“The coaches knew I had it when they recruited me,” Hire said. “I went and did regular blood work at OHSU in Portland and would have to head up to the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma for other treatment.”

But that didn’t stop Hire.

He pushed through that to become one of the most respected athletes and coaches in Linfield history with three national championship rings to prove it.

With the hectic schedule of a football coach, Hire wasn’t always around during his kids’ childhood activities. Now, however, he loves getting to sneak away to see his daughter’s soccer games or take his kids out to lunch whenever he feels like it.

“It’s a sweet reward for the many hours and years he’s invested at Linfield,” Hire’s wife, Teresa, said. “It’s his turn.”

It was the fall of 1984 when Teresa Hire came to Linfield for a liberal arts education and to play soccer.

Back then, women athletes coming to college wasn’t as common as men, but Teresa is proud that her daughter has followed in her footsteps, becoming one of few female legacy athletes at Linfield.

With her special achievements and everything she has done for them, Teresa’s children describe her as a role model and the glue that keeps everything together.

“She’s the one who did the real hard work,” Aaron Hire said. “She worked and handled all the finances, rides, doctors visits and food, which was especially important during football season.”

Doug Hire agreed, saying she is the reason they made it through all the long hours and taught them what they know.

She even would practice with Aaron before big games when Doug was at work.

Aaron Hire was born into the Linfield football program.

With his dad a prestigious alumnus and his family attending every Linfield home game, always in the far

Photo courtesy of Aaron Hire (Left to right) Teresa Hire, senior Aaron Hire, freshman Miranda Hire and Doug Hire all have or are attending Linfield. Doug Hire serves as the assistant head coach for the football team, Aaron Hire plays wide receiver for the Wildcats and Miranda Hire plays for the women’s soccer team. Teresa Hire used to play soccer for the Wildcats as well. corner of the south end zone, it was no wonder he ended up here.

Aaron always wanted to be like is dad. So, as a young child, his mom bought him a football helmet.

“I remember it was red with a blue strip,” Aaron Hire said, remembering the excitement of his first piece of football equipment. “But I was so mad that it was blue. I made my mom paint the stripe purple so it would be like Linfield.”

Linfield wasn’t always Aaron’s first choice of school, though. He first played football at Foothill Junior College in California.

Within his first year, however, he decided he wanted to transfer to Linfield. He grew up around the program and knew how much team, attitude and good, positive coaching was stressed.

“I’ve never felt any pressure from them to go here, they’ve always supported me in whatever my decision was going to be,” Aaron Hire said.

Even being the coach’s son, Aaron says he has never felt pressure or preferential treatment from his dad.

“I’ve earned whatever I’ve gotten,” he said. “I uphold

what he’s taught me and never take the pressure from judgmental outside people to heart.”

Now with his sister here as well, Aaron believes that these family values, and this red and purple clad school, have brought their family closer.

“It’s a full Linfield house now,” he said.

Even though he wasn’t always supportive of Miranda completing the Hire-Linfield connection, he has taken it upon himself to be supportive, in some ways.

“I said a lot to Miranda when she decided to come here,” Aaron Hire said with a slight laugh. “But I made sure to let the football guys know that she is off limits.”

That was said with no laugh.

Miranda said that even with his protective nature, she likes having her brother here and being able to go up and talk to him whenever she’d like.

“It’s nice having someone to look up to and know that they’ve got my back,” Miranda Hire said. “Even if he is protective a little too much with boys.”

Miranda Hire, a freshman on the women’s soccer team,

was valedictorian of her high school and had her choice of schools, one in particular in New York that really caught her attention.

“At one point, I was seriously considering going to RIT in New York,” she said. “I visited Rochester last spring, and I really liked it. It was a good fit, but I didn’t know if that was too far away for me.”

“When I came back to Oregon, I walked into my house and my dad had purchased a ton of Linfield gear.

Glasses, mugs, sweatshirts, hats, sweatpants, shot glasses, stickers… I couldn’t help but crack a smile.”

Although he claimed it was all on sale, Miranda knew he wanted to keep her close.

“I never wanted to push her,” Doug Hire said. “But it’s pretty awesome getting to see my kids everyday.”

Teresa agreed.

“In a selfish way, I was pleased that she ended up choosing Linfield,” she said.

“I am delighted that my daughter has the opportunity to compete, and to be a part of a winning program.”

Miranda knows she made the right decision. She says that their family has Wildcat blood running through its

veins and she considers herself to be one of the biggest Linfield fans there is, especially when it comes to football.

“Pride is the first word that comes to mind,” Miranda Hire said. “I am proud to be a Linfield Wildcat. I’ve grown up with that mentality, and I know it will always stick with me.”

It was 1984 when the Hire parents met at Linfield.

She was a young freshman with a boyfriend. He was a sophomore football star in the making. Friends at first, they didn’t expect how their story would turn out.

Now, it’s 2012. A long way from when they met, a lot has changed for them, but more importantly, one thing remains the same.

Doug Hire stands on the sideline of the place that not only has become home for him, but for the rest of his family as well.

“It’s my hope that, to some small degree, people will also see the contributions we as a family have made to Linfield,” Teresa Hire said.

“That’s how families operate, give and take. The Hires and Linfield. We’re family.”

Sara Miller can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Golf teams show improvement at tournament Chris Haddeland Culture editor The Wildcats golf teams finished the fall season Oct. 28 with the Northwest Fall Classic at Tri Mountain Golf Course in Ridgefield Wash.

The men’s team tied for fourth with Whitman in the conference tournament.

The team shot a 613, 37 over par, on the weekend.

The men improved drastically on the second day, improving from a 318, 30 over par, to a 295, seven over par.

The men were led by

sophomore Connor Magnuson who shot a 151, seven over par, on the weekend.

Magnuson improved his first day score of 81, nine over par, to a 70, two under par.

Magnuson’s weekend was good enough to place 12th overall.

Sophomore Taylor Klopp shot the second lowest score for Linfield with a 152, eight over par, tying for 13th.

Sophomore Ryan Noland shot a 154, 10 over par, tying for 17th. Sophomore Taylor Pirnke shot a 158, 14 over par, tying for 24. Junior A.J. Tay-

Noland

Harlow

Smith

lor rounded out the Wildcats’ team, shooting a 160, 16 over par, tying for 28.

The women’s team fin-

ished fifth in the conference tournament with a 705, 129 over par.

The Wildcats were led by

freshman Maggie Harlow and junior Alexandria Smith.

The two shot 170, 26 over par, on the weekend, tying for

10th.

Senior Sophie Corr scored the third lowest score for the Wildcats, posting a 177, 33 over par.

Senior Brinn Hovde shot a 188, 44 over par and freshman Erin Heltsley rounded out the Wildcats, shooting 217, 73 over par.

The Wildcats improved nine strokes, shooting 357 during the first round and 348 for the final round.

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

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Catline Northwest Conference Standings Football Linfield

4-0

1.000

Pacific Lutheran

4-1

.800

Whitworth

2-2

.500

Willamette

2-2

.500

Pacific

2-2

.500

Lewis & Clark

1-4

.200

Puget Sound

0-4

.000

Pacific Lutheran

13-1

.929

Puget Sound

11-3

.786

Pacific

9-5

.643

Whitman

8-6

.571

George Fox

7-7

.500

Whitworth

5-9

.357

Willamette

5-9

.357

Linfield

3-11

.214

Lewis & Clark

2-12

.143

Volleyball

Men’s Soccer Whitworth

10-1-2

.846

Pacific Lutheran

9-3-1

.731

Puget Sound

7-2-4

.692

Willamette

6-5-2

.538

Whitman

5-5-3

.500

Linfield

5-8-0

.385

Pacific

2-11-0

.154

George Fox

2-11-0

.154

Women’s Soccer Linfield

10-2-2

.786

Whitworth

10-2-2

.786

Puget Sound

10-2-1

.808

Lewis & Clark

7-4-3

.607

Pacific

6-7-1

.464

Whitman

4-8-3

.367

Pacific Lutheran

2-5-7

.393

Willamette

3-10-1

.250

George Fox

1-13-0

.071

Photo courtesy of Sports Information Freshman running back John Shaffer attempts to rush the football past an opponent during the game against Willamette on Oct. 27, beating the Bearcats 45-10. Shaffer rushed 23 times throughout the game with 59 yards gained.

Wildcats flood Bearcats, 45-10 Chris Forrer For the Review

At the beginning of the 201213 season, many questions surrounded the Linfield football program’s defensive unit. After its performance in the Wildcats’ 45-10 win against Willamette

University, it appears those questions can be fully put to rest. The defense throttled its chief Northwest Conference rivals in soaking conditions at Maxwell Field, holding the Bearcats to only 108 total yards, while picking up two interceptions and amassing seven sacks for 53 lost yards, three by

junior defensive end Brynnan Hyland.

“Our initial plan was to stop the running game,” junior cornerback Ian Zarosinski said. “The [defensive] line and the linebackers really dominated in the trenches.”

The first half of play was a

Sarah Mason Staff writer

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

See page 13>>

Hire family lives on The Hire family has been involved in the Linfield community for years as a coach, athletes and students.

See page 15>>

>> Please see Football page 13

Wildcats take in two tough losses Swim team plunges head first into season

Lady Wildcats split weekend The women’s soccer team took in one win against George Fox and a loss against Pacific See page 13>>

Football team pulls through Sports columnist Tyler Bradley discusses how even though the football team lost some of its strong players, the Wildcats still remain a strong competitor in the division.

See page 14>>

struggle, as both teams’ offenses repeatedly stalled in the pouring rain. Linfield struck first on junior quarterback Josh Yoder’s oneyard scamper into the end zone.

Senior kicker Josh Kay pulled

Kate Straube/Photo editor Senior forward Danny Snelgrow tries to dribble past the opposing team during the match against Whitman on Oct. 27, losing 4-3.

Ivanna Tucker Sports editor Eight seniors on the men’s soccer team appeared in their last home matches this weekend and had to face two close losses.

The match against Whitworth had to be delayed and relocated to McMinnville High School because of the harsh weather making the

field difficult to play on.

The Wildcats faced the No. 10 team in the division, Whitworth, losing 1-0. The sole goal was made

by Pirate freshman Karl Muelheim in the second half.

In the first half, both teams worked to keep possession of the ball but the Pirates had the lead in shots and corner kicks.

Senior Cody Escott pushed a

shot toward the goal but Whitworth’s keeper made a quick save.

The Pirates rebutted with a shot, but it went right over the crossbar.

Sophomore Scott Goodman recorded two saves and was able to stop a close direct shot at the goal. >> Please see Soccer page 13

It was a strong weekend of competition for the Linfield swim teams. They competed in a Pentathalon on Oct. 27 at Pacific University and a relay meet Oct. 28 at Lewis and Clark College.

Freshman swimmers stepped up to compete during the meets.

Ian White, Nikki Overton and Liz Fry were just some of the young swimmers that stood out this past weekend.

Senior Sean Iwamasa was also a strong contender for the Wildcats.

“Sean is a sprinter,” sophomore AJ Wagoner said. “It definitely showed during Saturday’s sprint meet.”

The Wildcats made a strong appearance during their first preseason meet.

“We showed promise and potential for our first meet,” Wagoner said. “Unfortunately we were still dominated by powerhouses Whitman and Whitworth.”

Sarah Mason can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.