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Will date for charity
Photo courtesy of Alison Bouchard Seniors Taylor Avritt (left) and Kevin Coleman (right) interview senior Cole Bixenman (center). Bixenman became last week’s auction-high draw when two women pledged $125 to a charitable organization to win a date with him.
KSLC DJs raise funds for breast cancer awareness through a date auction during their live broadcast show. Joshua Ensler News editor What began as a harmless prank to auction off a friend turned into a serious fundraiser for two disc jockeys who wound up raising money to combat breast cancer on Oct. 18 and 25. KSLC 90.3 FM DJs seniors Taylor Avritt and Kevin Coleman raised $177 when they auctioned dates with several peers Their largest bid was for senior Cole Bixenman, who drew a $125 pledge. “We were going to auction him off because he was newly single, but with the amount of money he drew, we decided to find a suitable breast cancer awareness foundation to donate it to,” Avritt said. Coleman said they were obligated to find a good use for the money they raised. “Once it got over $50, we kinda had to,” Coleman said. “It’s a lot of money to donate.” Arvitt and Coleman donated the money to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer awareness organization, because it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Coleman said. They said it was at the behest of the winners of Bixenman: juniors Hilary Hastings and Allison Navarro. Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority raises money for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s efforts during
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Senior Travis Tocher (left) works the phones while seniors Taylor Avritt (right) and Kevin Coleman banter on-air. Senior Bryce Comfort (not pictured) assisted Tocher as they recorded the names and pledges of donors.
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A group of faculty members, administrators and students approved a recommendation Oct. 21 to solve the long-standing problem of grading seniors’ spring finals. “For years, faculty have been required to turn in grades for graduating seniors even before some exams are scheduled to end,” Brad Thompson, department chair and associate professor of mass communication, said. Thompson is in charge of the faculty Student Policy Committee. Last spring, the Faculty Executive Council, which oversees all faculty committees, was tasked with solving the grading issue, Associate Professor of History Scott Smith said. Smith is also the FEC’s chair. “It has always seemed to the faculty members a very peculiar way to do things,” Smith said about the grading problem. Thompson formed the Graduating Senior Grades Work Group, composed of three faculty members, two administrators and two students to investigate the problem and recommend a solution. The group ranked four solutions to the challenge of senior final exam grades: 1) Shorten Spring Semester by one day by moving Reading Day to the Friday before finals week and making finals Monday through Wednesday 2) Distribute diplomas after graduation 3) Eliminate Reading Day and hold exams Monday through Wednesday 4) Eliminate Reading Day and have exams Friday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Spring Semester final exams are currently set with Reading Day on Monday and finals Tuesday through Friday. The Associated Student of Linfield College Senate approved a proclamation Oct. 18, declaring
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Many of you are probably preparing for this weekend’s Halloween festivities. Whether you’re piecing together the last part of your costume or getting your house decked out for a wicked party, there is definitely a lot to look forward to during this exciting time of year. However, while it’s great to go out and have fun, safety is also important to keep in mind. When we were younger, our parents taught us about “stranger danger.” During Halloween, it is a common ritual for parents to go trick-or-treating with their children and then check their loot to make sure it hasn’t been tampered with.
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Our days of trick-or-treating are just a fond childhood memory for most of us. But this does not mean we should disregard safety precautions when it comes to going out on Halloween. For example, if you choose to drink, make sure you don’t accept a drink from a stranger or drink from any vessel that has been left unattended. You don’t know what could be in these potentially dangerous drinks. Avoid driving. Any holiday means drunken drivers will be hitting the roads after their functions. There has already been one serious accident at Linfield, and it would be
a tragedy if another one occured. You also must be cautious of children who are out trick-or-treating with their families and friends. If you have to drive, take extra care at crosswalks and stop signs and always be on the lookout for trick-ortreaters. Travel with a group of friends, look out for each other, and be cautious of who and what’s around you. You never know what kind of people will be out and about on Halloween, and safety comes in numbers. We hope you all have a safe and fun Halloween. -The Review Editorial Board
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Give the fans a break, let them see the game
Corrina Crocker Sports editor It was a little difficult to think of what to write for my first opinion piece. As the sports editor, I have quite an opinion about sports, but what does it matter? The 21-yearold girl who edits the sports pages for The Linfield Review: What does she really know? I am an avid Linfield athletics spectator. I am passionate about
Linfield College and seeing its athletics programs succeed is exciting, but how can we see if we are so far away from the actual game? The student section at the football games is getting pushed back farther and farther each week. Hey, football players, can you still hear us? As a senior, I have been attending football games for four years now. For as long as I can remember, standing along the fence at the end zone is the place to pack together and socialize. This year, however, it looks a little different. The student section has been pushed back several feet from where it once was. Why are we so removed? Isn’t our section important? Maybe we
don’t pay money to get into the games, but we do pay tuition. Isn’t that enough? As a spectator, I believe that our attendance and involvement is crucial to how the ’Cats play. If they can’t hear the support when they play at home, what is the point? I am a former soccer player at Linfield, so I know what it is like to have fans at games. It was always so exciting to have people show up, especially with soccer fans being so close to the action. I imagine football would be similar. How are the fans supposed to interact with the players if they are so far removed from the game? I think the solution to the prob-
lem is to push the student section up to where it belongs. Linfield students are passionate about the football team, and we want to show our support for the players. Move up the section, and let the students back in the game. Even better, relocate the student section. We are shoved to the end zone with tiny bleachers. You can’t even see the game from that angle. With such a good football team, the attendance of students should be higher, but without having a good place to see the game, it makes sense that the attendance would be down.
Corrina Crocker can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.
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Whatever happened to Halloween’s horror?
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Make safety a part of your Halloween ritual
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Joshua Ensler News editor Halloween is a holiday like no other. Evolving out of a pagan ritual to scare off monsters and other creepy crawlies, it is more or less unique to the United States. No other country celebrates fear the way we do. I wonder where the fear went. Hollywood hasn’t made anything truly frightening in a long time. Oh, there’s a great deal of blood and gore and things leaping out at the camera, but that’s not fearinducing. Take the “Saw” movies for example. The villain kidnaps people and puts them through karmic torture. That’s it. There’s no logical plot to the movie. No progression of ideas or build up of tension, and it’s not actually scary. It’s gross. Gross
inspires disgust, not fear. Turn back the clock to 1982, and we have an excellent use of gross to create fear — something Hollywood seems to ignore. John Carpenter’s “The Thing” used the most disgusting visuals available at the time to make the movie’s villain seem as inhuman as possible. The movie, unlike “Saw,” has a plot and actually makes use of fear. Set in a remote research station in Antarctica, a shapeshifting and malevolent alien has overtaken some of the researchers and is killing the rest. Carpenter has the audience on the edge of its collective seat, wondering what nightmare will erupt when they uncover who among them is actually the alien. Rising tension is also gone from movies today. “Paranormal Activity” and “The Unborn” both suffer from this. Events just randomly happen in both movies, with the devil as their alleged connection. But there’s no actual link. It’s like they were shot without a script. Rising tension is the core of a true scary movie, but not even
M. Night Shayamalan seems to understand. “Devil” contains the exact same random events masquerading as a plot. Movies about mundane creatures inciting fear manage to create a thread of rising tension, such as “Jaws.” It’s something missing that could create a truly frightening movie. Fear is a base emotion, and it’s wonderful to experience in a movie theater. Even better is when you’re glancing over your shoulder all night looking for something you know isn’t actually there. What we have this year is shock. You’ll jump up in your seat or cover your eyes (same if the movie is gross), but you won’t have that little pit of dread in your stomach. Hollywood should go back and look at its old successes and then not do remakes of them. “A Nightmare on Elm Street” is being remade and completely misses the point of the first one. An inhuman beast, a dead pedophile, stalks the dreams of its victims, only able to strike when they’re asleep. The new one, from
the trailers, looks like it humanizes him. That doesn’t work. Darth Vader went from fear incarnate to whiney little boy in “The Phantom Menace.” It will make Krueger considerably less frightening. Look at Rob Zombie’s remake of Carpenter’s “Halloween.” In the original, you meet young Michael Myers (the in-movie name of the villain) for one scene. He’s scary because you don’t know why he kills. The new one, where the kid kills more people in the first 5 minutes than the entire original, shows his horrible, bully- and abuse-filled childhood. The newer “Halloween” manages to make him too inhuman, as well. Without the mask, the original movie’s Myers could pass for anyone. In the new one, he’s a huge, monstrous, invincible gorilla who can’t be killed. He’s no longer frightening if he’s not a man. Give us a good scare, Hollywood. Make a good, frightening Halloween movie. Please.
Joshua Ensler can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.
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Referees need to restrain aggressive players Matt Olson Columnist I always love the fall season. It’s cold and wet, and I get to stay indoors and take naps. When a girl recently asked me to take part on her intramural Ultimate Frisbee team, it wasn’t difficult to say, “No thanks.” She pushed me further, telling me I would enjoy the 9 p.m. games in the foggy darkness of November (she doesn’t know me well) and
that it would be “just for fun.” I almost laughed in her face at the latter suggestion. I’ve participated in IM sports before. And every single one of them has made me never want to play again. It’s not “just for fun.” It’s never “just for fun.” IM sports are just as cutthroat as regular sports. Teams regularly play so they can beat the living hell out of other teams — and they do. IM sports are so competitive that students handpick their teams based on perceived skill and exclude their own friends in the process. It’s not wrong — besides the obvious jerkiness — but it’s a far cry from the
casual competition many people would like to enjoy. IM sports have turned into another college sports team, in which winning is everything. The rules of intramural sports, of course, revolve around safety. People break the rules. That’s it. There’s no sugar coating it. Students hit, foul and shove each other to victory. They get away with it because everybody else is doing it. Again, this presents a problem for those who’d like to enjoy sports without the whole “curb stomping” aspect. IM sports referees might just be the worst refs (outside of Superbowl XL) the world has ever seen. Most
students have experienced more than one instance when a referee blew a game for them because they were not paying attention, were doing their homework or just didn’t know the rules It’s tempting to blame the job climate on campus, which has more than one desperate soul signing up for an IM job. But then you realize that these souls are given miniscule amounts of training and thrown into championship games. And those are the good ones. We end up with a number of physical, competitive teams with no competent arbiters to speak of. Sounds fun, right? Eh, I’m sure some people enjoy
it. But for the remainder, it’s actually more enjoyable to stand on the sideline and watch somebody else get repeatedly blocked in the back by an angry Greek member. It’s time to make things more consistent. Either make it a competitive league and get rid of all those rules nobody follows or find some referees willing to enforce their games. It isn’t possible to please everyone. There will always be some competitive players and some casual ones. By making the rules and the games consistent, at least people will know what they’ll be getting themselves into (9 p.m. foggy darkness
should be on the flier, too). By and large, IM sports often appear thrown together at the last minute. And students notice it. If IM sports were remarketed and run correctly, it could be fun for everyone. Hype up the competitive league with prizes and updated standings. Build a casual league system that works with preseason rankings and rules against running up the score. Have trained, competent referees who love to be there. A little bit of effort and thought and IM sports could be a well-run, fun for everyone program.
Matt Olson can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.
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Don’t walk toward the light: It might be a car Septembre Russell Copy chief
I recently took some time to sit, think and evaluate. I began to look at what’s going on within my environment. Let’s just say that I did not like what I saw. I worry about bikers; I worry about pedestrians. Maybe I worry too much, but I was talking to my sister, and she told me about a co-worker of hers who was knocked unconscious by Linfield students after
their vehicle struck when she was on her bicycle. The woman was helped to her home, where she vomited throughout the following day as a result of a concussion. She doesn’t even know who is responsible for hitting her. What happened to her highlights an honest fact: The streets surrounding our campus are dangerous. If you don’t believe that, then you’re not looking closely enough. The streets are too narrow. Turning left onto Linfield Avenue from Renshaw Avenue or onto Lever Street from Brumback Street is dangerous. There are cars parked along the sidewalk that obstruct drivers’ vision; inching out to increase vis-
ibility can be risky, and it takes less than a second for an accident to occur. The same can be said for the streets downtown. It’s always a gamble driving down a narrow road. It makes me cringe to imagine someone riding in the dark down Davis Street past Potter Hall. Now, more than ever, those narrow roads are shared by cars, bicycles and pedestrians. This increases the risk of potential accidents, especially when bikers refuse to be courteous and mindful of drivers and traffic laws. That is not to say that bikers are nuisances or that they need to face public trial, but how can they be kept safe if they don’t take an active role in
safety? Those same perilously narrow streets are tread on by “the big three”: students, faculty and staff. All of them have somewhere to be, something to do and someone to meet since, as has been mentioned, everyone is spread to the point of transparency. Rushing invites carelessness and a disregard for safety. The cars parked along the sidewalks are dangers for people walking across streets. Suddenly popping out from behind an SUV, or any car for that matter, is hazardous because no one can reasonably foresee a person emerging; that’s the epitome of a blind spot, no matter what.
Granted, there isn’t much that can be done about the narrow streets and blocked view, as that would require some serious budgeting and street reconstruction. But something can be done in terms of taking care of ourselves and initiating some responsibility and compassion. Open your eyes and ears; pay attention. To think that playing generic hip-hop music loudly and driving fast down a short stretch of road is more important than avoiding hitting someone walking or biking is frightening. The self-centered disregard we have for one another is ridiculous. Linfield community, we need to take more precautions and a more active role
in our overall well-being. We don’t think about what can happen to us. It’s all too surreal until one split second changes our lives. One mistake; one decision. We have to take care of ourselves, Linfield. We have to take care of one another. Our campus is one of the prettiest, most laid-back atmospheres I’ve been in. I don’t want the status quo to become inundated with injuries that could have been avoided. I just want us to do better for ourselves — to do a better job of being safe, reducing stress, becoming less preoccupied and increasing the pleasurable experiences we have.
Septembre Russell can be reached at linfieldreviewcopy@gmail.com.
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Students say upped bandwidth goes unnoticed Joshua Ensler News editor Despite a 30 percent increase in Linfield’s bandwidth, many students said they notice no difference in their Internet speed. Data supplied from Irv Wiswall, director of Information Technology Services at Linfield College, shows that the spikes in Internet usage no longer overload the network’s bandwidth. “We’ve added additional lanes to the highway,”
Wiswall said, explaining how increasing the bandwidth affected students. Even so, students claim the changes are not outwardly apparent. “I read the e-mail, and said ‘cool,’” freshman Aaron Hanson said. “But I haven’t really noticed any difference.” Students have not yet reached full capacity of the newly expanded bandwidth, although Wiswall said it is inevitable that they will. He said he was originally
going to wait until 2011 to expand Linfield’s bandwidth because the contract with Online Northwest, Linfield’s Internet service provider, will expire. The wording of the contract makes it uncertain how far into the next year the contract will last, Wiswall said. He said Online Northwest offered a new pricing scheme to expand the bandwidth available to Linfield, but it would have locked him into another year of the contract.
“There was a pretty good chance that we’d get a better deal [from someone else], and I didn’t want to lock us out of an opportunity,” Wiswall said. He said the proposed scheme, in which he would pay for 120 megabits of bandwidth each month and an average of 95 percent of any bandwidth use exceeding 120 Mbit, was too complicated, so he rejected it. He also said he did not want to extend the contract while he was still looking at
Students ‘Run Like Hell’
Photo courtesy of Rachel Mills Senior Rachel Mills (left), and juniors Mary Stevens, Cate Lever, Rosie Schoeppner and Lindsey Thomas competed in the “Run Like Hell” Halloween race at Portland’s World Trade Center on Oct. 24. Linfield Activities Board connected Linfield students to the event, which featured a half-marathon run and 5K and 10K runs and walks.
alternative deals. He said he is looking at large companies like Cogeco and Comcast for Internet alternatives as well as the Oregon Independent Colleges Association. Through the OICA, Linfield purchases longdistance telephone service from a company called Integron, which could provide Linfield with Internet services in the future. Wiswall chose to expand bandwidth capacity under the current pricing scheme,
in which Linfield pays $48 per Mbit per month. Wiswall said that the network backbone — the physical components such as the fiber optic cables and servers — will not be strained by the increase in traffic. Linfield’s internal bandwidth can handle a gigabit of data at a time or a thousand times the bandwidth of Linfield’s connection to the rest of the Internet, Wiswall said. Joshua Ensler can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.
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Adult degree program’s blog receives honors
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The blog for Linfield’s online adult degree program, part of the Division of Continuing Education, was honored as one of the nation’s top adult education blogs by Accredited Online Colleges’ website. Established in January, the Linfield online education blog was one of four recommended in the categories of Back-in-School and Higher Degree. “The honor is even greater [than just making the top 40 colleges],” Janet Gifford, director of marketing for DCE and associate director of DCE, said. “Many bloggers also post links of articles from our blog with recommendations.” According to Accredited Online Colleges’ website, the blog was chosen as one of the national best online education blogs for its tips on career development and educational opportunities. Tips help current employees earn their bach-
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Students played Texas Hold ’Em, a popular variant of poker, 9 p.m. Oct. 22 in Fred Meyer Lounge as part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. The Health Promotion and Student Wellness Office sponsored the event.
elor’s degrees to continue their education. Two recommended posts on the website are titled “How to Gain College Credit for Work and Other Life Experience” and “How to Approach Your Employer about Going Back to School.” Gifford said she thinks they received the award because of their trustworthy information and numerous perspectives. Many sources are current DCE students and professors. She also said the blog especially helps new DCE students by serving as a colloquium-like class, allowing former college student to rejoin a college community. DCE students from 26 states and six nations read the blog. Some have never been to Linfield’s McMinnville or Portland campus. “The blog is a practical application of a resource that is beneficial for a current student and even a potential student looking for an advancement of his or her educational career,”
Steven Facker, a class of ’10 DCE student, said in an e-mail. “Instructors share a personal side of themselves. Information is provided that can help the casual or hardcore student.” Michelle Lagos, a hair and makeup stylist and business owner and a DCE student who has contributed to the blog, said posting gives her a sense of confidence. The program also taught her videotaping skills, which she could use for future interviewing and gave her some immediate exposure in the social media community. Talking about new plans for the blog, Gifford said the team managing the blog will introduce one of the degrees taught in the DCE each month, starting in November. The DCE offers seven majors, such as a registered nurse major and Bachelor of Science in nursing — the most popular degree. To find more information of the blog, visit www.linfield.edu/dce/blog. Jaffy Xiao can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com.
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the sorority’s annual Think Pink Week. “We couldn’t think of anything else,” he said. “There wasn’t much thought behind this. It was pretty spontaneous.” Hastings said she and Navarro did not intend to donate a large amount of money when they first bid on Bixenman. “We were going to donate $10 each just for fun,” she said. “$125 later, here we are.” Navarro said they started donating because they knew the money was going to a charity, and breast cancer research is important to her and Hastings. On the night of the second auction, Oct. 25, the women delivered an envelope of checks for the foundation to Avritt and Coleman. Bixenman also made an appearance on the show. “I found out about it from a Facebook group a day before the show,” he said. “I told [Avritt] no. He did it anyway. I can’t fault them for putting the money toward a good cause.” The bidding was not limited to Bixenman. Junior Jen Match donated $3 to win a date with Avritt. Match also made an
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appearance at the radio station Oct. 25. The show featured several other men who were auctioned off, including seniors Steven Dark and Beau Slayton. “It’s kinda fun and for a good cause,” Slayton said. Seniors Travis Tocher and Bryce Comfort assisted the DJs. While Avritt and Coleman bantered on air and discussed the auction, Tocher answered phone calls and recorded bids. Current and previous auctionees, last week’s winners and a pair of photographers crowded the control booth for the Oct. 25 show.
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This week, the auctioneers made $75, which will go to the foundation. Avritt and Coleman are planning on changing the recipients of their donations in November, as it will no longer be Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Avritt and Coleman began working for KSLC in 2010, during Spring Semester. Their program is called “Gettin’ Hard.” “It’s basically goofing off for other people,” Avritt said. “We’re trying to do something good with our show.” Joshua Ensler can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.
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Senior Kevin Coleman (above) planned on auctioning off senior Cole Bixenman as a prank. After Bixenman drew $125 in pledges, Coleman said he felt obligated to find a charity to donate the money to.
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Students serve during national Make a Difference Day
(Above): Junior Lindsey Thomas and senior Evan Hilberg assemble a swing set at Henderson House, a domestic and sexual abuse shelter in McMinnville. (Right): Sophomore Katie Tigue creates a weed barrier at the Salvation Army Garden Oct. 23 for Make a Difference Day. (Far right): Senior Maria Sandoval-Perez sorts dried beans at the Yamhill Community Action Partnership Regional Food Bank. All photos courtesy of Lizzie Martinez
Grades: ASLC offers alternatives to grading proposal << Continued from page 1 students support for distributing diplomas during the Commencement ceremony. Faculty members on the Graduating Senior Grades Work Group strongly considered mailing diplomas after the ceremony as a solution to the grading issue. “I’ve never, I don’t believe, been at a place that didn’t mail them,” Thompson said. The group examined the diploma policies of other schools in the Northwest, Thompson said. He said George Fox University, Lewis & Clark College, University of Oregon and others mailed diplomas, while schools such as Pacific and Willamette universities distributed them at graduation.
“I was surprised. It was a mixed bag,” Dean of Students Susan Hopp, an exofficio member of the work group, said. Student Center Director senior Evan Hilberg and Linfield Activities Board Special Event Chair junior Rachel Coffey, student representatives in the work group and the Student Policies Committee, said the proclamation represents student body opinion above and beyond what they can offer the group. Senators voted Oct. 18 to include three alternatives to mailing diplomas. They are: •reducing finals week from four days to three, •beginning Spring Semester one day earlier and •making Reading Day the Friday before finals week. Senators voted against
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-Brad Thompson, department chair and associate professor of mass communication the option of eliminating Reading Day altogether. ASLC President senior Colin Jones said the resolution was sent to various faculty and administrators Oct. 21. Thompson sent the document to the members of the work group. But he said it missed the point, as it centered on mailing diplomas, but the group did not even recommend this as its top solution to senior grading
issues. “It seemed to me like they were jumping the gun,” Thompson said. “So far as I could tell, there was no demand behind the proclamation. It was simply an expression of ASLC students’ opinion.” He said everyone on the work group was already aware of student opinion, too, so little discussion about it occurred. Hilberg said the procla-
mation may have come out too late to be helpful but was concerned about the lack of discussion. “No one voiced their opinion on the proclamation, which was odd,” Hilberg said. “I think Senate would have liked it to play a larger role. I don’t think they know exactly what role it has played yet.” In the end, however, the ruling is up to the faculty. “I hope that everyone involved can kind of see outside their world,” Hilberg said. “It’s very easy to be passionate and put a lot of effort into the side that you’re on and the side that’s going to affect you the most, but that’s not going to help anyone because the students don’t have a vote on this. The faculty are going to decide it regardless of what anyone else says. They have
the final vote.” Coffey said she hopes the students continue receiving diplomas at graduation. The work group’s recommendations are under discussion in the four faculty divisions: arts and humanities, natural science and math, Portland, and social and behavioral sciences, Thompson said. He said the Student Policies Committee will meet during the first week of November to talk about the divisions’ input and begin to compile a final proposal for the Faculty Assembly, which will ultimately vote on a final solution — perhaps. “It may just die,” Thompson said. “[But] judging by what went on in the division meeting I was at yesterday, it’s not going to die.” Kelley Hungerford can be reached at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com.
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World Wide Wildcats Everybody publishes content online. But there is more out in the World Wide Web than spam, viruses and get-rich-quick schemes. Legitimate jobs exist, and some of our own Wildcats have jumped on board. One Linfield student and an alumna have each taken their talents to a more professional level. Check out the following Q&As to see what they’re up to.
by Megan Myer/Online editor
When did you start your current job? Class of ’08 Dec. 2009 – I really got lucky, actuProfessional blogger ally. There was a website I read that called for open applications (joystiq.com). So, I What exactly do you do? just applied. I didn’t have any background I am working for WoW Insider and in blogging except high school and colJoystiq.com as a feature columnist and lege (but without a topic). I had a fantastic journalist. I’m also executive editor for two application. I got the job and I’ve been new, separate sites launching later this year. working there ever since. After I applied for One is a competitive gaming tournament it, I realized that almost every site you can website working with game companies and blog for, you could apply for an application. publishers to host and advertise tournaIt’s actually easy to get a job. Just submit a ments for them (e.g. StarCraft 2, Heroes sample writing and idea for a column. of Newerth,Tekken).The other is a sort of social networking site for [massively multi- What is your favorite part about player online games]. your job? I also own and operate a semi-popular 1. Technically I get paid to play videogaming blog, but I write under a pen name games for a living. for that, so I can’t tell you where it is.Two 2. Love the readers who comment and of the four gigs are paid (WoW Insider/ send me e-mails, basically my fans. I have Joystiq through contract and my personal about 20,000 readers. site through advertising revenue) with the other two eventually paying once we pay off our investors and re-contract.
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Junior Writer for “Massive Pwnage” webcomic series. What can you say about your series? Massive Pwnage is about Ence, a struggling artist, and Locke, an ex-programmer, getting through life. The duo goes through misadventures that poke fun at the games we loved in our youth and the conventions of geek society. There is an overall story going on, but most of the comic is [about] Locke and Ence’s take on anything geeky — whether it be video games, movies, table top or collectable card games. While most of the strips are works of pure fabrication, much of the humor usually stems from real conversations and moments just because we don’t know who Jon is.
What is your least favorite part about your job? I guess the worst thing about the job is sometimes, like, you’ll work really hard on something, and it will take forever. It isn’t an hourly job, but a rate job.You get paid per story. Sometimes I will write a five-sentence article, and I will get paid well, and other times I will write a 2,000-word article and not get paid much. If you spend forever on an article, the pay equals to less, so your efforts aren’t always rewarded.You really have to stay disciplined on your schedule. You can make as much money as you want as long as you make stuff to sell. But you have to wake up in the morning and not just lay in bed. You have to work and work and work and work. And if you do that, you’ll be rich if not, you’ll just be there. The cool thing is that I wake up at 11 a.m. and sit in my underwear until 5 p.m. working. It’s pretty glamorous, if you think about it. It’s a great job.
an old friend from high school. He told me that he wanted to start a comic but was burned out on ideas. I sent him a comic about the iPhone months before its release with my personal feelings on it. He thought it was pretty good, and after writing two more comics, he asked if I wanted to be on board as the writer full-time. I promptly agreed. We’ve been writing them ever since, maintaining our schedule for the past three years.
featured us in their very first Summoner Spotlight, a monthly award page featuring the work of fans, with our recent League of Legends comic as a highlight. We actually got so many incoming fans it broke our servers. The system estimated that more than 60,000 users had attempted to view the comic at the same time. We get anywhere between 1,000 to 3,000 views in a day normally, so this is huge for us.
How popular is your comic? It’s definitely still pretty underground, although some game developers are pretty well aware of us and are fans. Most recently the developers of League of Legends, a massively multiplayer online game, liked our comic so much, he sent it to the entire development. To reward us, they
What do you plan to do after college? Freelance writing and continuing work with Jon Nielsen on Massive Pwnage and other projects. I plan on writing short stories and novels in the future and using this products to sharpen my skills in building narrative and character.
What are your plans for the future of Massive Pwnage? We’ve recently released “The Book of Pwnage,” which is a compilation of our first year of comics. We’ve already begun plans for Volume Two, but it’s still in the early stages of design. As for the future, we hope to start promoting the comic at conventions and connect with the fans. We also want our site to be more connected to the heartbeat of the community, providing reviews of movies, games and comics and the things we care about as a whole. How did you get started in writing for webcomics? In 2007, I was contacted by Jon Nielsen,
Comic courtesy of Josh Rivas Megan Myer can be reached at linfieldreviewonline@gmail.com.
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alloween is right around We have some last-minu budget-friendly ideas. Wheth star, sexy teacher or 1920s g and be creative!
Hippie boy All you need is: •Tie dye T-shirt •Sunglasses •Rolled-up jeans
Martial artist All you need is: •Black shirt •Black sweats •Scarf for belt
Ninja Soccer star All you need is: •T-shirt •Shorts •Knee-high socks •Cleats
All you need is: •Black shirt •Black pants •Black ski mask
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d the corner. Still need a costume? ute options for you. Here are several her you choose hippie style, soccer gangster, pick through your closet
Hippie girl All you need is: •Peasant top •Flowing skirt •Head band
Hawaiian girl All you need is: •Halter top •Flowing skirt •Belt •Flower
1920’s Gangster All you need is: •Fedora hat •Long black gloves •Nerf gun •Peal bracelet
Sexy teacher All you need is: •Blouse •Cardigan •Pencil skirt •Tall boots •Glasses
Photos by Jaffy Xiao/ Features editor and Megan Myer/ Online editor Graphics by Juli Tejadila/ Graphics/ads designer, Megan Myer/ Online editor and Sarah Hansen/ Photo editor
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October 29, 2010
Grad launches printing business Gabi Nygaard Staff reporter With skeletons and human anatomy contrasted against vibrant shades from orange to blue, Ryan Gerdes’ art evokes themes of life and death. At Linfield, Gerdes, class of ’09, displayed his art on the walls of the student gallery, but now you can find his bold designs on T-shirts. Gerdes and business partner Kyle Byrd recently launched a screen printing studio from Gerdes’ garage in Portland. The two have been working to set up the studio for six months and have been practicing different methods for screen printing T-shirts and sweatshirts. “Our studio is called 3Bird Press, and we hope in the next few years to be printing shirts and posters full time,” Gerdes said in an e-mail. “For now, we’re sharpening our skills and saving money.” As their business grows, Gerdes finds social networking websites immensely helpful. “With 3Bird Press, we’re networking and experiment-
ing,” Gerdes said. “Facebook is actually an incredible source for marketing. Just maintaining [our photo] album once to twice a week reminds people that we exist, and thus, when [shirt ideas] pop into someone’s mind, we ring in their memory.” During the beginning stages of launching the studio, Gerdes said he and Byrd have been taking every job they can find to gain experience. “We’ve printed anything from custom shirts to bachelor party tees, promotional business cards, our own shirts and hoodies — really anything that pops up,” Gerdes said. “For each consecutive shirt we print, we try and push our boundaries, so we’re constantly learning new techniques.” Gerdes said he finds screen printing an unexplainable amount of fun, a pursuit befitting of his art. “He has a really clean graphic style, and it lends itself well to screen printing,” Liz Obert, associate professor of art and visual culture and Gerdes’ former adviser, said. “I think he’ll do well.
He’s definitely very creative, and I think his design is really accessible.” Gerdes art is also currently featured in the National Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago. The group gallery show focuses on human anatomy in contemporary art and pop culture. The show, put on by the blog Street Anatomy, includes three screen printed pieces by Gerdes. He had been following the blog and submitting artwork to it when the blog creator invited him to participate in the show. “The prompt was very vague: do something anatomical. I did three memento mori screen prints — the Latin theme that is most prevalent in my work meaning: ‘Remember you will die,’” Gerdes said. “I was very flattered to have been invited to show with these awesome established artists that I’d been following on the site for years. I sold a piece the opening night.” Gerdes works as a fulltime contractor for HewlettPackard Co. in addition to
Photo courtesy of Ryan Gerdes Ryan Gerdes, class of ’09, works from his garage — home to a screen printing business, 3Bird Press, started by Gerdes and business partner Kyle Byrd. having numerous freelance clients. Beginning as a passion for creative endeavors, this career path developed through Gerdes’ years at Linfield. “I’ve always taken solace in drawing, writing and photography, for as long as I can remember. I only realized it could be a career [during my] sophomore year of college,” Gerdes said. “I took a design course with Liz Obert, and it opened the floodgates. I became obsessed; it was all I could
talk about and all I wanted to do with my time.” Gerdes’ art professors remember him as a standout student. “I rarely work with students who are as passionate and motivated as Ryan,” Brian Winkenweder, Art and Visual Culture Department chair and associate professor of art history and visual culture, said in an e-mail. “Driven by a sharp graphic sensibility, Ryan innately understood how to communicate complex ideas with an
economy of means.” Now an established graphic designer, Gerdes said his work is a perfect fit. “It’s a very gratifying career; that is to say, it’s really rad to see your logo or poster or [T-shirt] design out and about — to see it in action,” Gerdes said. For more information about 3Bird Press, visit Gerdes’ Facebook page.
Gabi Nygaard can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.
Singing competition showcases student talent Chelsea Ploof Freelancer Singers from across the state prepared and performed three songs in front of a judging panel Oct. 23, during the National Association of Teachers of Singing music competition in the Vivian Bull Music Center and Ice Auditorium. Each participant was given 10 minutes to introduce and perform his or her previously memorized selections. Participants were eligible
to perform if they studied with a member of the Cascade Chapter of NATS for at least six months. Several participants were selected to sing in the Honor Recital that evening, including sophomore Jenaveve Linabary. “NATS is a really good opportunity to see what other students are doing and get feedback from people who have not heard you sing before,” Linabary said. Linabary sang “Das Veilchen” by Mozart, “What Good Would the Moon
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NATS is a really good opportunity to see what other students are doing and get feedback from people who have not heard you sing before. -Jenaveve Linabary
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Be” from Street Scene and “Home” from Beauty and the Beast. The judges selected “What Good Would the Moon Be” for her to sing at
the Honors Recital. Music students were room monitors for the event. Several rooms were used as performing spaces.
‘Celebration’ concert
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The Linfield Chamber Orchestra performed the first concert, “Celebration,” of its series Oct. 22 in Ice Auditorium.
Room monitors were in charge of keeping the judges and singers on schedule, collecting adjudication forms, tending to the judges
and monitoring traffic flow between performances. Freshman Izgi Gulfem Torunlar was a door monitor. “As a new voice student, I learned new songs, vocal techniques, and I enjoyed interacting with new people,” Torunlar said. To learn more about the National Association of Teachers of Singing, visit www.nats.org. Chelsea Ploof can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.
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Student mural adorns Withnell Commons Chelsea Bowen Opinion editor Sociology students are in the midst of painting a mural in Withnell Commons in the hopes of creating a welcoming space. The mural being constructed in Withnell Commons is open to anyone who would like contribute and show their artistic side. The idea for the mural was generated by Assistant Professor of Sociology Robert Gardner’s Sociology of Community course many years ago. The project progressed during Spring Semester last year, Gardner said in an e-mail. Gardner said in the e-mail that during Sociology of Community last year, the class looked at campus locations that could be redesigned. One group focused its efforts on Withnell Commons. After surveying faculty, staff and students, the group thought of the idea of painting a mural in Withnell Commons. Withnell is seen as an unwelcoming space for the community, Gardner said in the e-mail. “The mural was designed initially to represent the Lin-
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Nature-inspired art decorates the walls of Withnell Commons as part of a collaborative student art project to make the area more welcoming. The mural has been a work-in-progress since early September of 2010, when sociology students came up with the idea. field community, but rather than be too literal with our design, we decided to just open it up and see what people created,” Gardner said in his e-mail. Junior Jordan Jones, who was in Gardner’s Sociology
of Community course, said that students from the class began working on the mural during the second week of September. Jones said the theme of the mural symbolizes bringing nature indoors. He paint-
Ecstatic Dance
ed an array flowers along some of the window sills in Withnell Commons. “It represents a whimsical outside view,” Jones said. Junior Rosa Gimson drew for the mural and
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Ecstatic Dance gives students an opportunity to dance and express themselves in a free and nonjudgmental atmosphere Oct. 28 in the Multipurpose Room. Yoga and aerobics instructor Christine Kirk, who organizes the event, puts it on several times throughout the year.
For more information about the mural in Withnell Commons, contact Gardner at rgardne@linfield.edu.
Wilkie’s “Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the London Gazette Extraordinary of Thursday, June 22nd, 1815, Announcing the Battle at Waterloo;” Richard Caton Woodville’s “War News from Mexico;” and Paul Cézanne’s portraits of his father reading a newspaper. “The exhibit and presentation tied into the theme of the newspaper well,” junior Alison Pate said. “[Winkenweder] went back to the root, looking backward in time, whereas the exhibit was looking forward. So the whole thing ended up being circular.” The common themes for the paintings Winkenweder discussed were war and victory. “Newspapers have been a cataclysmic force for shaping opinion and patriotism,” Winkenweder said. “This has been a key defining point for modernism and is an interesting theory and philosophy to explore in the images.” Winkenweder, who had been planning his speech since last spring, presented his observations in a PowerPoint, which included detailed analyses of the paintings. “[Winkenweder] is my adviser, professor and boss,
so I wanted to go and support him,” Pate said. “It’s nice to get off campus, meet new people and go somewhere new.” Henry Pittock, the original owner of the mansion, became the owner of The Oregonian in 1861. The exhibit, in part, branched from this history, Wikenweder said. “The exhibit was really well put together, demonstrating a wide variety of newspaper history,” Pate said. “It was so appropriate for Pittock Mansion, and everything meshed together well.” Winkenweder has prior experience on the topic with a master’s degree and a published journal. He is currently working on a show about the demise of print newspapers, he said. “The news industry is always in flux, and we are just experiencing another transformation,” Winkenweder said. “Artists are aware of and are pointing out these transformations.” To learn more about the Pittock Mansion and its art exhibit, visit pittockmansion.org.
Chelsea Bowen can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.
Professor analyzes newspaper art history Jessica Prokop Culture editor
assisted in developing the idea. “The mural is looking beautiful, and I think the space is going to draw the Linfield student community closer together,” Gimson said in an e-mail.
In honor of the newest exhibit, “Uncertain Times: Contemporary Art Views on the Fate of the Newspaper,” at the historic Pittock Mansion in Portland, a Linfield professor discussed the symbolism of newspapers in 19th century paintings Oct. 26 in the Pittock Mansion Social Room. Brian Winkenweder, Art and Visual Culture Department chair and associate professor of art history and visual culture, analyzed artists’ responses to the everchanging transitions that print newspapers have endured through the years. The mansion’s exhibit featured artwork displaying the hardship and success of the print newspaper industry. It raised questions about the possible symbolism that newspapers present, Winkenweder said. “It used to be that newspapers were found at taverns and inns, where a literate person read to the illiterate,” he said. “The change in culture has had artists respond to the shifts.” Winkenweder concentrated on three artists and their paintings: Sir David
Jessica Prokop can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com.
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CoD: ‘Black Ops’ ‘Funk is back, and it is Blacc’ touts updated graphics engine Phil Yovetich KSLC 90.3 FM
Clayton Martin Freelancer Get ready all of you Call of Duty fanboys, Activision and Treyarch’s next big title, Call of Duty: Black Ops is just around the corner, and it is going to blow your minds. For all of you that thought this would be a cheap spin-off of the older installments, think again. Call of Duty: Black Ops has an entirely new system to offer for matchmaking along with brand new features that will probably keep you on your ass for months. You might want to warn your lady-friends you’ll be busy ... for a while. Ever get bored of simply killing people and gaining experience? Of course not! But for those of you that have, Treyarch has added some new features just for you. On top of all the glorious multiplayer options already present in the Call of Duty series, a new “wager” system has been added. That’s right, time to gamble boys and girls, and it looks awesome. The question may arise, “Gamble with what, gaming guru?” Well, with the new CoD Points currency system of course. After unlocking something via experience, players now have to purchase it with CoD Points. For Perks and Killstreaks, after a certain level (4 and 10, respectively) all of them become available for purchase. Going back to why people will love Wager matches; they let you gamble on your skill and CoD Points for a chance at winning more points than you bet. The system then chooses from a handful of different matchmaking types that take on a whole new of gameplay. In one game type, you start with a pistol and one bullet — have fun. Another starts you off with a pistol and gives you a new and better weapon to use after
each kill, but watch out for melee attacks. Those will set you back a level (similar to Gun Game, if you have played Counter Strike Source). On top of the new currency system and Wager match, you can pick up Contracts (for a small fee), similar to Halo: Reach’s daily challenges that have an in-game time limit to perform some feat of strength. If performed successfully, you will come out with more CoD Points than you put in and some experience to boot. Fail, and you lose the CoD Points you paid to purchase the Contract. Now if only you could view each match afterward to see how that MLG pro you lost to played. Oh, wait. You can! Another new feature is the ability to watch previous matches in a theater similar to Halo 3 and Halo: Reach. So all those sneaky hiding places the snipers like to camp in can be analyzed inside and out to find the best place to toss a grenade and do the most damage. You no longer need to laugh at that kid who ate a grenade to the face. You can watch it over and over and show your friends. Last but not least, and this is a small note, Call of Duty: Black Ops will be offered in stereoscopic 3D. So, if any of you have a 3D TV, be prepared for an entirely new feel to gaming. All in all, this is going to be one game that no gamer should go without. With a slew of new features and an updated graphics engine, along with being playable in three dimensions, Call of Duty: Black Ops will blow everything you knew about the CoD series out of the water. Make sure to get it when it drops Nov. 9. (And don’t forget to take those days off via vacation or being “sick.”)
Some have said that funk is dead now — that it died off once the Bee Gees were done “Stayin’ Alive.” Others say that it was beaten to death by Les Claypool’s bass. Still others say that it gracefully committed suicide with Amiri Baraka’s “Twenty Pound Note.” But, come now, don’t be sad, for I am pleased to be the first to say funk is back. Funk is back, and it is Blacc. The second album by 31-year-old recording artist Aloe Blacc was released by Stones Throw Records on Sept. 30. The album, titled “Good Things,” may be familiar to some of you, as the opening track and leading single “I Need a Dollar” is the theme song for the HBO series “How to Make It in America.” Some local radio programs play other songs. You may also be more familiar with two of the collaborating producers Oh No
Photo courtesy of www.stonesthrow.com. Aloe Blacc’s second album, “Good Things,” was released Sept. 30 on Stones Throw Records. Aloe Blacc will perform Nov. 4 in Portland at Mississippi Studios. Doors open at 8 p.m. Visit www.mississippistudios.com for ticket information. and Madlib on Blacc’s first album, “Shine Through.” Blacc, along with the album’s cowriters and producers Leon Michels and Jeff Silverman, is breaking onto the music scene armed with his velvet voice, exciting energy and plenty of funk and soul. His performances have garnered flattering
comparisons to Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye by prestigious magazines NME and Dazed & Confused, while Blacc himself calls out to other greats such as Buffalo Springfield and Jay-Z in his lyrics (“Loving You Is Killing Me” and “Good Things”). “Good Things” is a fitting
name for the album, as there are plenty of them on it. In keeping with the political theme of the record, many songs (“Miss Fortune” and “Life So Hard”) serve as excellent vehicles for Blacc’s deeply rooted, social-minded conscience while just as many others, like the climactic title track and the horn-heavy postlude “Politician,” are upbeat and soulful enough to cheer up even the stormiest of days. Some songs do both. The album, being as cohesive as it is, gets you lost in the Shaft-like wahwahs of “Hey Brother” while still giving you plenty of time to get your groove on before having to class it up for the funk-waltz of “If I” and the soulfully honest ballad “Mama Hold My Hand.” Tune in to KSLC 90.3 FM to hear “Good Things” by Aloe Blacc. For more funk, listen to The Funk Hours with DJ Funky Phil, Mondays 4-6 p.m.
Phil Yovetich can be reached at kslcmusic@gmail.com.
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Sophomore Kayla Hamm performs a multitude of songs with sophomore guitarist Evan O’Kelly, sophomore drummer Wes Xavier Yurovchak and freshman bassist Caleb Goad at a student Cat Cab on Oct. 28 in the Fred Meyer Lounge.
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Wildcats struggle on the road Jerry Young Freelancer After road losses against the University of Puget sound and Lewis & Clark College, volleyball dropped to a 6-6 record in Northwest Conference. The team is still in fourth place. The first of the matches took place on Oct. 22 in Tacoma, Wash., against Puget Sound, which was 11-1 in conference play. The Loggers got off to a quick start and led the first game by seven points. Linfield fought back valiantly, forcing the lead to 17-15. But the Loggers regained control and won the first game 25-17. In the second game, the Wildcats appeared to get back on track. They dominated the first half of the game, leading 17-9 in the middle of the second game. After that, Puget Sound showed why they are highly ranked in the NWC. The Loggers battled back to tie the game at 20 points. They won the game 25-21. This took the air out of the sails for Linfield. In the third game, the team went down 18-25. Coach Shane Kimura
said he believes the team had chances in this match but gave up too many points in large bunches. “We didn’t play to our potential,” he said. “We gave up a lot of points in streaks and that hurt us. When you do that against good teams, it puts you in a hole.” Without much recovery time, the Wildcats headed to Portland the following night for a showdown with the Lewis & Clark Pioneers, who the Wildcats defeated earlier in the conference season. With the first game tied at 12-12, Linfield fell into another bad streak. The Pioneers scored the next seven points to take a 19-12 lead, eventually winning the game 25-20. Again, Linfield never seemed to recover. The ’Cats lost the next game 12-25, and the third, 20-25. When asked about the traveling the team has done lately, Kimura said that that can’t be an excuse. “It is always harder to play on the road, but the same is true when teams come to play us,” he said. “It is a little different that you have to travel and play,
Freshmen assist team’s climb to top Corrina Crocker Sports editor The Wildcats are on their way to a conference title, although the weekend ahead looks daunting. The women’s soccer team will make the trip to Eastern Washington, competing against Whitman College and Whitworth University on Oct. 30 and 31. The ’Cats are second place in the Northwest Conference — only one point behind first-place University of Puget Sound, a team that beat the ’Cats when they made the trip to Tacoma, Wash. But the women’s team is well prepared with another win under its belt as they beat Pacific Lutheran University 5-0 on Oct. 23. The win was the fifth in a row for the team and also the fifth shutout. Freshman forward Emily Fellows had two of the five goals for Linfield. Freshman forward Christine Tamamoto began the streak with an early goal in the game 5 minutes into the
first half. Fellows had the second goal shortly after. The second half began with a bang as the Wildcats started 2-0. Freshman midfielder Stephanie Socotch scored the third goal for the ’Cats. Senior Emily Grachek helped keep the lead with her second goal of the season. Fellows wrapped up the game with the 5th goal of the afternoon. “We came out, played and got the job done,” senior forward Emily Schulte said. “We come out each game like we are playing the best team.” The women’s soccer team has never won a conference title on the trip to Eastern Washington. “I feel everyone is taking this weekend more seriously,” senior forward Brittany Willis said. “Everyone is holding themselves accountable. Everyone wants to be a success this year.” This week was the fourth time Fellows received the honor of Northwest Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Student-Athlete of the
but it is part of being in a conference. We can’t have every match at home.” With four matches left on the conference schedule, Kimura said the key is to get the offense back on track. The offense has been something that Linfield has struggled with all year, relying on its good defense to win points. “We are hurting ourselves by making hitting errors,” he said. “Lewis & Clark had only one more kill than we did on Saturday night, but we had twice as many errors.” The next two matches for the Wildcats will take place Oct. 29 and 30 against Whitman College and Whitworth University, respectively. Kimura said the team has some fight left in it, which is evident in practice. “We are on the road again this week, so it doesn’t get any easier,” he said. “We are working at it in the gym, and that is what I ask of them.” The final home match of the season for the Wildcats will take place Nov. 5 at Pacific Lutheran University. Jerry Young can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.
Katie Paysinger/ Senior photographer Junior Samantha Lau sets the ball to a teammate during practice. The ’Cats travel to Eastern Washington to Whitman College and Whitworth University on Oct. 30 and 31.
Victor Zhu/Freelancer Junior Julia Vaughn dribbles the ball at home against Pacific University. Linfield shut out the Boxers 5-0 on Oct. 17. Week. Fellows ranked second in the nation with goals scored in Division-III women’s soccer as of Oct. 24. Fellows agreed with Willis about preparation for this
weekend. “This week in practice, we all came out with the mindset that we needed to play quickly and smart as well as be physical with each other
in order to prepare for the weekend,” Fellows said. The Wildcats will face Whitman at noon on Oct. 30 in Walla Walla, Wash., and then play Whitworth at noon
on Oct. 31 in Spokane, Wash. “Everyone has that belief that we can do it,” Willis said. Corrina Crocker can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.
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Harsh weather affects play Column: Fellows is the ’Cat to watch Tim Marl Staff reporter
The men’s and women’s golf teams placed in the top three at the two-day NWC Fall Classic on Oct. 23 and 24. The women played at the Lost Tracks Golf club and the men at the Juniper Golf Course in Bend, Ore. Tough weather conditions proved harsh against the teams. “It was extremely cold out, and we were exposed to rain, wind and snow for the entirety of Sunday’s round,” sophomore Brinn Hovde said. “The course was flooded, and coaches were forced to squeegee the greens just to keep the course playable. It is exceptionally challenging to golf when your hands are too numb to grip the club.” On the first day for the women, senior Brynn Hurdus tied for second with a score of 77 against Whitworth University’s sophomore Emily Guhrie. Hurdus fell to ninth place on the second day with a final score of 170. The women’s team on the first day placed third with 329 — one stroke behind George Fox University. “Our first-day team score was great, but unfortunately the weather made it extremely difficult to shoot a good score for the second round,” junior Sophie Corr said. Corr shot a career low of six-over-par 79, which put her in fifth place. By day two, Corr ended up placing sixth scoring a total of 166. For the final results, the
Photo courtesy of Kelly Bird Senior Katie Kilborn tees off for the Wildcats. The ’Cats tied for first place at the NWC Fall Classic. women’s team placed third with a combined score of 693. George Fox had a score of 659, and Whitworth scored 667. “Considering the conditions we played in, I am very proud of our team for even just finishing the round. That alone is better than the Pacific [University] team that chose to withdraw due to the weather,” Hovde said.
For the men’s team, junior Alex Fitch finished first among the Wildcats, scoring a 76. Fitch was three strokes behind Pacific’s senior Max Bonk, putting him in second place after the first day. By the end of the first day, the Wildcats, Pacific and Whitworth were in a threeway tie for second place. Each team was 10 strokes behind the University of Puget
Sound. Fitch remained in second place on day two with a score of 155 — still behind Bonk who scored 159. Two other Wildcats ended up placing in the top 10. Freshman A.J. Taylor shot a 158, receiving sixth place, and senior Yutaro Sakamoto tied for eighth place with 160. The men’s team placed third with a final score of 644, five shots behind Pacific. Puget Sound won the tournament scoring 632 strokes. “As a team, I think we were all disappointed with our play. We didn’t score very well. Part of that was the weather, but the other part was physical mistakes,” senior Beau Slayton said. The NWC Fall Classic is the last game of the fall season. Hovde said she is very excited for the women’s team’s upcoming season. “We all saw such a big improvement in our games this fall, and with even more time to work with in the spring, the tremendous potential that our team has is really going to show,” Hovde said. Slayton said he is excited for the men’s spring season, and he wants to work on being more consistent during tournaments. Sakamoto said he will not continue playing in the spring season due to the weather. “I cannot deal with Oregon weather anymore. I wish my team the best in the spring,” Sakamoto said.
Tim Marl can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.
Wildcat sports schedule Friday, Oct. 29
Swimming
NWC Sprint Pentathlon @ Salem
6 p.m.
Volleyball
@ Whitman
7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 30 Cross Country
NWC Championship @ Tacoma
10 a.m.
Football
vs. Menlo
Noon
Men’s soccer
@ Whitman
2:30 p.m.
Women’s soccer
@ Whitman
Noon
Swimming
NWC relays vs. NWC teams
11 a.m.
Volleyball
@ Whitworth
7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 31 Men’s soccer
@ Whitworth
2:30 p.m.
Women’s soccer
@Whitworth
Noon
<< Continued from page 16 left in the season. They’re on pace to challenge for, if not win, the Northwest Conference for the first time in years. Yeah, that’s right; the hottest coach in NWC soccer right now is the young gun Dominic Doty, who has been head coach for two years. If he isn’t coach of the year in the NWC, there’s going to be a riot in Mac. Mark my words. However, it would be impossible to write any more about the team’s success this season without mentioning a talented little lady named Emily Fellows. Be still, my beating heart, I think I may be in love ... with her stat line. On Oct. 12, midway through the season, Fellows broke the school record for goals scored and points acquired in a single season. That was two weeks ago. At this point, “shattered” might be a more appropriate adjective. To put it in perspective, the former records for goals and points were 16 and 38, respectively. This season, with four more games to play, Fellows has a staggering 53
points and 24 goals; she’s won the NWC player of the week award four times; she’s playing out-of-hermind good right now, and by the way, she’s a freshman. Holy. Cow. Last, and certainly not least, the final and single most important statistic I unearthed last weekend: Average attendance at home games is 109. Some of those 109 are parents; the actual number of students is probably closer to about 70 or 80. Really, Wildcats? Seventy students are all you’re capable of mustering for a team playing the best soccer it’s had in more than a decade? I don’t think so — not with the respect and love that I know the students and athletic programs have for one another. Last week I talked about the “Linfield Love,” and that if you could do one thing this week, it would be to spread some. Well, it may not be this week, but the ’Cats have one more home game left on Nov. 6 at noon. Give the women’s soccer team some love, folks; it has more than earned it. Chris Forrer can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.
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Wildcats have their paws on another winning season Chris Forrer Freelancer Riding another careerhigh outing from senior tailback Simon Lamson, the Wildcats gutted out a gritty victory against the Pacific Lutheran University Lutes and extended their NCAA all-divisions record for consecutive winning seasons to 55. In addition, the victory over the team head coach Joseph Smith calls Linfield’s “oldest and best rivals” puts the ’Cats firmly in the driver’s seat in the Northwest Conference title race. “It was a good game for us,” Smith said. “We haven’t had, from the players’ perspective, a good rivalry in recent years, but the coaches always enjoy beating [PLU].” Until early in the fourth quarter, the game was an all-out dogfight. The two teams traded scores — Linfield riding Lamson’s record-setting performance and the Lutes on the back of senior quarterback Jordan Rasmussen’s 269 passing yards and two touchdowns. Rasmussen, who averages 236.3 yards per game, made things difficult for the Linfield secondary, who, junior safety Drew Fisher said, was the most accurate and dangerous player the defense had faced all season. “Rasmussen was highly accurate all day — the most accurate I have seen an opposing quarterback be,” Fisher said. “They probably had the best passing attack we have seen so far. They played us tough.” The Lutes got a lucky break early when the game was still scoreless. After a punt was blocked by Fisher, Pacific Lutheran managed
to recover the ball and get a second chance at a drive downfield. After a Linfield penalty brought Pacific Lutheran to the Wildcat 43-yard line, Rasmussen was sacked with a bone-crunching hit by senior defensive end Eric Hedin for an 11-yard loss. Hedin strengthened his case for NWC defensive player of the year by collecting nine tackles and three sacks for a total loss of 26 yards. Penalties would plague the ’Cats for the entire contest, as the team ran up a season-high 11 penalties for 100 yards. “As a team we played decently but not up to our potential,” senior quarterback Aaron Boehme said. “We still need to get better and not commit penalties and make mental errors.” Boehme and Lamson led Linfield’s next drive, with the former completing a crucial 23-yard pass to junior receiver Deidre Wiersma and the latter accounting for 31 total yards, including a 17-yard burst into the end zone while breaking tackle after tackle. After the loss of junior tailback Aaron Williams to injury, Lamson stepped up and carried the bulk of the running game, and the results were apparent. “We found a way to attack them at a pace that really worked in our favor,” Lamson said. “I mean, I was getting four or five yards a pop initially before contact, and I would finish for a few more after that.” Both teams faltered offensively until the start of the second quarter, when Rasmussen jogged in from one yard out to tie the game at 7-7. The offense fired back with Boehme launch-
Danyelle Myers/Freelancer Senior Chris Slezak carries the ball to the sideline as two Pacific University Boxers push him out of bounds Oct. 16. The Wildcats won the game 66-14. ing a 21-yard strike to senior running back Chris Slezak. The Lutes chugged downfield on a long, 6minute drive that resulted in another score and another tie at 14-14. Sophomore wide receiver and kick returner Josh Hill responded to the tie with a game-breaking 69-yard kickoff return that set up a short touchdown pass from Boehme to Slezak. Boehme collected only 196 yards and three touchdowns with one interception. That pick set up a Lutes touchdown in the third quarter, and after a blocked PAT, the score was 21-20 in Linfield’s favor. “I wasn’t very happy with my play, personally,” Boehme said. “They do a lot of different things, blitzing guys from all sorts of places. They did a good job of bringing pressure, but we got it done when it counted.” Boehme threw his final
touchdown pass of the game to junior tight end Chris Saunders to lead 28-20. Sophomore kicker Maika Kunioka had a chance to blow the game open on a 31-yard field goal attempt, but the ball flew wide left and missed. Weather conditions were not ideal during the game, with gusts and rain falling for its entire duration. Kunioka was a perfect 5-5 on PAT kicks but was critical of his performance because of the field goal miss. “The weather conditions in Tacoma were pretty terrible. It was very rainy, and with a grass field, it made the playing surfaces very slippery,” Kunioka said. “I would grade myself with a C or a D. Even though I made all my PATs, I missed a pretty crucial and very makeable field goal.” Lamson put the final nail in the Lutes’ coffin with a
Danyelle Myers/Freelancer Freshman Logan Krellwitz runs the ball against Pacific during Linfield’s Homecoming game Oct. 16. 17-yard scoring burst to set the final margin at 35-20. With the victory and a 55th consecutive winning season in the books, the ’Cats return home for a non-conference game against Menlo College on Oct. 30. Menlo will bring a 3-3 record into the Catdome, and Smith said the team will continue to bring it hard at every
practice. “They’re very interesting on defense,” Smith said. “They seemingly change a lot and do different things which will pose some problems. Offensively, they’re not as prolific. But we’re going to come out and play hard no matter what.” Chris Forrer can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.
Soccer: Seniors provide motivation << Continued from page 16 is so close to each other in points that one game could be the difference between second and sixth.” Taylor agreed with Tipton. He said he expects the coming games against Whitman College and Whitworth University will be challenging but crucial to win. “We have our toughest road trip of the season this weekend, and we are playing a couple of the top teams in our league,” he said.“For
us to win both games this weekend, we need to show up both mentally and physically. Whitman and Whitworth aren’t just going to hand us the victory; it’s going to be a battle that all 11 players on the field have to acknowledge.” Elhabbassi stressed the importance of the final games as well. “It is all about pride now,” he said. “We don’t want to look back at the season and see that we finished sixth when we really can still theoretically finish in first.”
Elhabbassi is looking forward to the future of the team. He said winning will draw new players to the school. “Winning also helps the program for the future with recruits because they would rather go to a school that finished higher in the standings,” he said. Tipton echoed the sentiments of Elhabbassi, claiming success can help bring in talent. “The better we play now, the easier it will be to win next year,” he said. While the team races to
the finish line and fatigue sets in, Taylor said the team draws motivation from its seniors. “The real motivation factor, much like it is every year, comes from our seniors,” he said. “Their drive and determination help motivate us all, because we not only want to win for ourselves, but we want to win for them too.” The ’Cats begin their late-season push against Whitman on Oct. 30. Matt Bayley can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.
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Catline Northwest Conference standings Football Linfield
4-0
1.000
Pacific Lutheran
2-1
.667
Willamette
2-1
.667
Lewis & Clark
2-1
.667
Whitworth
2-1
.667
Puget Sound
0-4
.000
Pacific
0-4
.000
Sports Commentary Chris Forrer Freelancer
Volleyball Puget Sound
11-1
.917
Whitworth
10-2
.833
9-3
.750
Linfield
6-6
.500
Lewis & Clark
5-8
.385
George Fox
4-8
.333
Willamette
4-9
.308
Whitman
3-9
.250
Pacific
3-9
.250
Pacific Lutheran
Women’s soccer Puget Sound
11-1-1
Linfield
.885
10-2
.833
Whitworth
9-3-1
.731
Pacific
6-4-2
.583
Willamette
5-5-2
.500
George Fox
3-8-1
.292
Whitman
3-9-1
.269
Pacific Lutheran Lewis & Clark
3-9-1
.269
1-10-1
.125
Men’s soccer Pacific Lutheran
8-3
.727
Pacific
7-2-2
.727
Whitman
6-3-2
.636
Puget Sound Linfield Whitworth
5-3-3
.591
6-5
.545
5-4-2
.545
Willamette
1-8-2
.182
George Fox
0-10-1
.045
Big weekend away for ’Cats Women’s soccer travels to eastern Washington to compete against Whitman College and Whitworth University on Oct. 30 and 31. See page 13>> Golf places in top three Despite the miserable weather, the Wildcats came out in the top three at the NWC Fall Classic. See page 14 >> Sports schedule Missed out on the sporting events last weekend? Check out the sports schedule to see when your favorite teams play this weekend. See page 14>> Football returns home Linfield comes to the Catdome to play Menlo College after a weekend of sweeping Pacific Lutheran University. See page 15 >> Follow The Linfield Review on Twitter for Wildcat sports updates: @Linfield_Review.
gers sophomore goalkeeper Chris McDonald and into the net. Tipton earned his second shutout of the year, finishing the game with three saves. He said he was satisfied with how the team played against its rivals. “I feel we played with more heart than I have seen so far this season,” he said. With the win, the ’Cats hold a 7-7-1 overall record and a 6-5 conference record. The ’Cats face stiff competition in the coming weeks, as the season nears its end. Tipton said the final games are important to the team, and he pointed to conference standings implications. “These last three games are huge for us,” he said. “Everyone
Hey ’Cats. I was doing a little stat digging this weekend because, you know, that’s what columnists do for fun on the weekends (at least, theatre arts major columnists ... ). While poking around in a few sports I don’t usually read much about, I ran into a few numbers that made my jaw drop; not just drop, but drop, hit the floor and dig a hole to China. Remember last week when I talked about the women’s soccer team playing some seriously inspired futbol right now? To be honest, I knew they were on a hot streak this season, but I didn’t know to what degree. Did you know that, this season, the ’Cats are outscoring their opponents by 35 goals? How about that they’ve taken 191 more shots on goal then their hapless foes? These numbers are the most inspiring statistics I’ve read all year — more so than the video game offense the Ducks have put up this year (shameless plug). Keep in mind this team only won 10 games in the entire 2009 season. This year they’ve won 12 already, with another four games
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Victor Zhu/Freelancer Sophomore Harper Taylor heads the ball as senior Colin Bebee pushes off University of Puget Sound senior Peter Russell on Oct. 24. The ’Cats won 2-0 against the Loggers.
Team has crucial games ahead Matt Bayley Staff reporter Men’s soccer lost to Pacific Lutheran University on Oct. 23 before defeating the University of Puget Sound on Oct. 24. The ’Cats’ rainy battle against a strong PLU team concluded with a 1-2 defeat. Senior midfielder Carter Elhabbassi scored early for the ’Cats, lacing in a goal off of an assist from senior midfielder Kevin Donato — his seventh assist of the season. But the Lutes held the ’Cats scoreless in the final 70 minutes of play. Junior forward Spencer Augustin scored for the Lutes in the 25th minute. Pacific Lutheran outshot the ’Cats 9-4 in the first half. In the second half junior, PLU forward Surafel Wodajo set up
sophomore midfielder Mark Lee for a goal, giving Pacific Lutheran a 2-1 lead. The Lutes held on to the victory behind solid play from freshman goalkeeper Joe Rayburn. Rayburn finished the game with four saves. Sophomore goalkeeper Cody Tipton finished with six saves for the ’Cats, who were outshot 15-7. Linfield regrouped to edge out Puget Sound 2-0 the next day. Sophomore forward Harper Taylor drew first blood for Linfield, scoring his second goal of the season in the 35th minute. Senior midfielder Kevin Donato laced a pass into the box, where senior midfielder Colin Bebee fed Harper for the score. Freshman forward Tyler Repic added to the lead in the second half, striking the ball past Log-
Pinske, Seeley place first for Linfield Katey Barger Staff reporter The Linfield cross country team competed in the Puma Concordia Classic on Oct. 16 at Fernhill Park in Portland. The meet brought new competition, as the team battled against Northwest University, Concordia University, Lane Community College, Treasure Valley Community College and three Canadian universities. The Linfield men’s team ran an 8K race and finished fifth out of eight teams, while the women ran a 5K race and placed fifth out of seven teams. The University of British Columbia placed first on the men’s side and Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, B.C., Canada) finished first for the women. Senior Scott Pinske was Linfield’s
top placer for the men, clocking in at 20 minutes, 16 seconds and placing 20th. Four of the other Linfield competitors Pinske finished in the top 50 with 73 runners in the race. Freshman Joe Gladow, Linfield’s second place runner, took 26th place overall with a time of 26:25. Sophomore Cameron Chester finished in 37th place with a time of 27:03, while junior Alex Van Slyke followed close behind with a time of 27:21, taking 42nd place. Rounding out the top 50 was freshman Jason Hight, who took 48th place and crossed the finish line at 27:54. “We had a good showing by Gladow and Pinske,” Van Slyke
said. “Overall it was a good meet for everyone who raced.” Finishing first for the ’Cats on the women’s side Seeley was freshman Mimi Seeley, who clenched 25th place with a time of 18:42. Three other runners completed the race in the top 50. Freshman Siena Noe and junior Shanna Peaden paced each other, finishing in 46th and 47th places with times of 19:34 and 19:38, respectively. Freshman Hannah Greider sealed the top 50 with a time of 19:55. “Our girls’ team has performed very well up to this point,” Noe said. “I think we’re going to peak as individuals and as a team.”
Conference is coming up on Oct. 30. Both the men and women’s teams have solid top six competitors for the conference meet. The teams hope to make it to regionals, which fall on Nov. 13 in Salem, Ore. “It’s the end of the season so people are feeling anxious,” Van Slyke said. “We have a solid group of guys that have been working hard all season, and the past few weeks have been indicating nothing but good results for conference.” The womens’ team has a similar outlook. “We’ve consistently narrowed the gaps between each other during races, so we’re hoping this will make a big difference in our placing at conference,” Noe said. “If we come to compete, we have a shot.” Katey Barger can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.