t n e m e c n e m m Co 1 1 0 2 e ! u 1 1 s ’ f o s Is s a l C tions May 27, 2011
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McMinnville, Ore.
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Issue No. 26
“Oh gosh, so hard to choose! I laughed the hardest during soccer games with the ‘Hooligans,’ had my life perspective changed while swimming with dolphins and singing ‘Karanga’ in New Zealand and loved every moment of Monday night dinners over at The Rack.” –Susanne Sayles • “My favorite Linfield memory encompasses doing baile folkario for LCLA, dancing the shuffle, shufflin’ with friends, riding scooters and bikes around McMinnville during the summer and springtime.” –Hilda Escalera • “Wednesday night community.” –Stephen Dennis • “I loved all of the faculty-student retreats, like Linhütte and the English Department get-togethers. I have too many great memories!” –Rivka Nipper • “CABANA!!!” –Quinn Murphy • “Driving 20 hours non-stop to Zion National Park in Utah with Tasha Cooper, Stephanie Anderson, Loren Liden and Brianne Ries for our Spring Break.” –Helen Kehoe • “My favorite Linfield memory was finding a bird stuck in the Emmaus House chimney and helping Nikki Anderson get it out with her hand and an oven mitt. It was a beautiful year spent with beautiful friends.” –Chelsea Hall • “Playing Frisbee golf throughout campus on those gorgeous sunny days.” –Alessondra Eckstrom • “My favorite Linfield memory is dancing in the fog in the academic quad with Becca Williams during an especially frustrating evening when I slaved away on a Methods paper. It was a moment in which I felt really alive.” –Dayna Tapp • “Snorkeling during Spring Break while studying abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico.” –Adriana Daoust • “Getting my first strike with good friends.” –Jennifer Worcester • “My favorite memory, besides the numerous times hanging out with friends, would have to be Wildstock 2011. I got to experience it with a great group of people, and I won’t be forgetting it anytime soon.” –Mackenzie Herrick • “Aside from roaming the streets of Dakar and going to absolutely groovy, packed Senegalese concerts, I’d have to say one of my fondest memories is with Hilda Escalera and Katie Paysinger practicing our shuffle for our graduation walk…or biking with them…or night drives and poetry with Jordan Jacobo…or cooking with Lauren Funtanilla or recording silly voices with Dayna Tapp.” –Lacey Dean • “Kappa Sigma good times.” –Arnbjørn Stockholm • “Meeting Caitlin Nevin.” –KayCee Hallstrom • “Going on a 30-mile bike ride around the most beautiful peninsula in Ireland while I was abroad last spring. My legs weren’t too happy about it, though.” –Cameron DuBois • “ZTA and random nights.” –Caitlin Nevin • “Mainly just the amazing people I’ve met recently. And probably hanging out in the English Department.” –Amanda Mattern • “One of my favorite Linfield memories is the first week back to classes or starting new classes because everybody is excited to see each other and start fresh again!” –Beau Slayton • “One of my favorite memories from my time at Linfield would have to be turning this campus upside down looking for shamrocks during the Shamrock Hunt each year with Hilda Escalera, Lacey Dean, Sam O’Connor and Lauren Funtanilla. Either that or convincing Jordan Jacobo and Tim Wagar to go to Poland with me to see a painting that ended up actually being in Hungary. My bad. Those two memories definitely make the top five.” –Katie Paysinger • “Scoring the opening touchdown against Willamette this year, then screwing up the celebration after by falling down. It was only fitting.” –Chris Saunders • “There are so many! All my Alternative Spring Break trips, meals with friends and, of course, getting my strike.” –Kady Kirkendall • “My favorite memory was studying abroad in Japan for a year. I met a lot of people who helped me learn about myself.” –Tiffany Ross • “Playing Frisbee golf throughout campus.” –Brian Richardson • “I really enjoyed all of the job shadows and informational interviews I did with Linfield alumni through the Jan. Term Career Explorations course. I can’t wait to give back to the school as a graduate!” –Allen Tyler • “Studying abroad in England and going to Poland with Katie Paysinger and Jordan Jacobo.” –Timothy Wagar • “Falling in the People Fountain my freshman year during the photo scavenger hunt.” –Jamie Bell • “Playing four years of football and the amazing memories made.” –Tom Juzeler • “Studying abroad in Quito, Ecuador, during my Spring Semester junior year.” –Scott Pinske • “Meeting my future wife.” –Ben Edmonds • “This past Pi Day (March 14), we got to pie three professors and an AD in the face with a pie. It was glorious.” –Christopher Michael Flores • “My favorite memory at Linfield is traveling to Normandy with a Jan. Term class to study the economics of D-Day.” –Hank Iba • “Broadcasting all the best D-III sports teams west of the Mississippi.” –Kurtis Williams • “Linfield gave me the fantastic opportunity to travel to the Galapagos Island in Ecuador. Spending hours on the top of the boat as we traveled between the islands, watching the sun rise and set and seeing all the spectacular wildlife is an experience I will treasure all my life.” –Carolyn Blood • “My favorite memory is singing ‘Blister in the Sun’ while stoking a kiln at Nils Lou’s East Anagama. I worked the midnight to 6 a.m. shift with a lot of kids from Storey Street, and it was truly a memory that I would not have gotten anywhere but from Linfield.” –Kelley Hungerford • “There are many good memories that I could mention here (too many!), but one of my favorite memories from this year was the Caleb and Sol concert, which I was very privileged to organize. My dad and stepmom drove down for it, and it was really neat to combine two of my worlds in a way — home and college life. A lot of my friends were there as well, and I’m so thankful to God and all the people that helped organize it and to Caleb and Sol and their band for how well the concert went.” –Sierra Stopper • “Playing Wildstock 2011 with Prowler.” –Garrett Garceau • “One of my favorite Linfield memories is moving in freshman year and getting to know the girls on my floor. We are still close to this day, and I will miss them dearly.” –Stephanie Burke • “One of my favorite memories from my experience at Linfield is the random videos we’ve taken. I will keep them forever.” –Ashley Farr • “My favorite memories include: late-night slurpee runs to 7-11, Red Boc movies, ‘Boy Meets World,’ Papa Murphy’s pizza, concerts, sporting events and nights out in Portland with my awesome roommates!!!” –Mackenzie Lowen • “My sophomore year in Larsell 110 with some of the best friends was so great. We laughed, we cried, we got rowdy, and we had a blast!” –Dulce Kersting • “Halloween Dance freshman year has got to be my favorite memory! My RA dragged me out of my room to go, and that was the first night I met my closest friends at Linfield.” –Leanna Agcaoli • “My favorite memory from Linfield is the night my roommates and I drank wine, smoked cigars on the track and talked about our past and futures. It was one of many.” –Benjamin Willis • “My favorite Linfield memory was Freshman Orientation; it was fun and exciting.” –Tyler Huynh • “Backpacking across Europe, from Rome, Italy to Krakow, Poland, with Tim Wagar while studying abroad.” –Jordan Jacobo • “My favorite memory would have to be when my friends gave me a surprise birthday party sophomore year.” –Megan Myer • “My favorite memory of Linfield is from my junior year. Every Thursday, myself and a bunch of my friends would get together and play video games and talk about what our weeks had been like.” –Stephen Guttridge • “Being an active member in the Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority and going to Costa Rica during Jan-term. “ –Lynnelee Baertlein • “Studying abroad in England.” –Danyelle Myers
“I will miss living just down the street (or hall) from my closest friends, spending hours on end in Math Alley with my Alley cats, spontaneous late-night conversations with beautiful friends, and Steve Bricher.” –Chelsea Hall • “More than anything, I will miss all of the people that I have met during my time at Linfield: my friends, my professors and all of the other faculty and staff that I have met. God has blessed me so much with such awesome people in my life!” –Sierra Stopper • “Kappa Sigma, the track team, Lily Allen and Arnie Stockholm.” –KayCee Hallstrom • “Kappa Sigma.” –Arnbjørn Stockholm • “I will dearly miss walking around campus and saying hi to so many people — the friendly community is unique here, and I will be sad to leave it behind.” –Carolyn Blood • “I will miss the IM sports, especially softball.” –Hank Iba • “My friends, my professors and late-night study sessions involving watching ‘The Office’ and ‘Family Guy.’” –Christopher Michael Flores • “The big, grassy fields and excellently manicured lawns and flowers.” –Ben Edmonds • “I’ll miss the relaxed feel of campus, the great professors and all the memories I’ve made here.” –Scott Pinske • “The abundance of late-night trips to Winco and laughs with friends when we should have been studying.” –Alessondra Eckstrom • “Faculty, great opportunities, campus.” –Jamie Bell • “Playing tennis and seeing Brent Kingzett put the team on his back. ‘I ain’t never seen anything like that before do.’” –Timothy Wagar • “All of the amazing friends I’ve made.” –Tom Juzeler • “Late nights in the music building, life talks with professors, sunny Linfield afternoons in the Oak Grove, midnight runs to Winco…and when Dr. B winks at people.” –Helen Kehoe • “Seeing familiar faces every day.” –Quinn Murphy • “The people, the community, the sports.” –Kurtis Williams • “Being able to have the popcorn night sleepovers with my loved ones any night I need to!” –Lacey Dean • “I will miss the friendly atmosphere on campus as well as the very intellectual discussions that I have with people in and out of the classroom.” –Allen Tyler • “I will miss the laughter of friends over the high tink-tink-tinking of ice cubes in potent G&Ts on unproductive Sunday nights.” –Kelley Hungerford • “My teachers and friends and the beautiful campus.” –Rivka Nipper • “Late-night conversations with thoughtprovoking friends.” –Brian Richardson • “Things I will miss about Linfield, in no particular order, are: free newspapers, brunch, always being within two minutes of where I need to be, the Dillin Cobb from Caddy Shack, my professors and the ‘Linfield Hello.’” –Katie Paysinger • “The sense of pride, smiling faces and up-beat attitudes by students, faculty, grounds crew, maintenance and professors makes Linfield…LINFIELD!!!” –Beau Slayton • “The close proximity to friends; other than that, probably nothing.” –Amanda Mattern • “The homey feeling on campus and ZTA.” –Caitlin Nevin • “Pork sandwich Wednesdays.” –Cameron DuBois • “I will primarily miss the Linfield Hello. And by this, I mean all of the faces that I became accustomed to seeing. I will miss having the opportunity to meet my friends on a consistent basis. I will miss the people Linfield has molded.” –Hilda Escalera • “I will miss the always present blanket of support from folks anywhere I am and the ability to be comfortable in any environment. Linfield has quality people, all the way through campus.” –Susanne Sayles • “Our library.” –Stephen Dennis • “The support of professors who are invested in my future, the companionship of the best friends I have ever had and the opportunity to explore the world and myself.” –Halee Hyatt • “What I will miss most about Linfield will be the close proximity of friends.” –Megan Myer • “Hamming it up with my best friends, Brian Richardson and Ben Willis, as well as walking around the English Department and talking to my classmates and professors.” –Jordan Jacobo • “I’ll miss going to all the LAB events with my friends.” –Tyler Huynh • “I will miss my roommates, friends and professors and seeing them everyday.” –Benjamin Willis • “I’m going to miss the strong support system with my friends, my professors and the Admission Office.” –Leanna Agcaoli • • “Sorority meetings every Wednesday, long library study sessions with friends, and sleeping in.” –Lynnelee Baertlein • “I’m going to really miss the friendly, close environment. I’ve made so many friends and had such a wondrous time in college. I will really miss Linfield.” –Stephen Guttridge • “Being on the field, taking pictures of the home football games.” –Danyelle Myers “I will miss all of the smiling faces of the Linfield community. This really became my home away from home, and I will never forget it.” –Dulce Kersting • “I’ll miss the small classes, getting to know my professors and recognizing everyone as I walk around campus.” –Mackenzie Lowen • “I will miss getting to know people from all walks of life that have such different interests than I do.” –Ashley Farr • “I will miss seeing the people I have gotten to know over the last four years. They have become part of my family.” –Stephanie Burke • “The friends I have made and the Music Department.” –Garrett Garceau • “I will miss all of my friends and my professors who helped me throughout these four years. A big shout-out for Professor Keaveney and Itomitsu-sensei, who helped me in so many different ways, and for Kailey, Danyelle, Bree, Cynthia, everyone! Love you all, and I’ll miss you so much!” –Tiffany Ross • “I will mostly miss the unique atmosphere at Linfield.” –Kady Kirkendall • “I-Week.” –Chris Saunders • “I will miss my friends, the professors and the great environment that we have here. I will also miss the philosophical discussions that have occurred here on a regular basis. I will especially miss the talks between my darling roommate and myself.” –Mackenzie Herrick • “The family atmosphere that the Linfield community has.” –Jennifer Worcester • “Having so many people all my age living within 10 minutes of me.” –Adriana Daoust • “I will miss the professors and engaging conversations in their offices, the out-of-tune six o’clock song and the connections I have made with community organizations.” –Dayna Tapp
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Tyler Huynh
Commencement
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Stephen Guttridge
Wise wor ’Cats
Jordan Jacobo
Erick Loden
Ashley Farr
KayCee Hallstrom
Brian Richardson
“Go big or go home. Try things you normally wouldn’t.” –KayCee Hallstrom
“Always seek balance: in studies, in social life, in everything!” –Brian Richardson
Benjamin Willis
Cameron DuBois
Quinn Murphy
“Study abroad and see as much as you can while you’re there.” –Cameron DuBois
Lynnelee Baertlein
Leanna Agcaoili
Sierra Stopper
“Don’t be afraid to ask hard questions and to seek out the truth.” –Sierra Stopper “When it’s time for you to graduate, make sure you have the feeling that you have accomplished everything that you wanted while in college because these four years will go by too fast.” –Lynnelee Baertlein
Megan Myer
Helen Kehoe
“Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its struggles; it empties today of its strength. Do what you love, and everything else will fall into place.” –Helen Kehoe Lacey Dean
Mackenzie Lowen
“Participate in community service, go to ALL brunches, frolic in the rain in your undergarments, walk barefoot, and chat it up with your professors!” –Lacey Dean
Chelsea Hall
Sarah Watanabe
Amanda Mattern
Stephanie Burke
Garrett Garceau
Mackenzie Herrick
Kurtis Williams
“Only do what makes you happy.” –Amanda Mattern
Timothy Wagar
Beau Slayton
“Go to class from time to time.” –Timothy Wagar Photos by Katie Paysinger Design by Kelley Hungerford
“You have to be outgoing and try new things when you get to Linfield, even if you’re scared.” –Beau Slayton
Jamie Bell
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“Read voraciously.” –Stephen Dennis
Ben Edmonds
Joe D’Aboy
Alessondra Eckstrom
Caitlin Nevin
“Go on trips with LAB. They are awesome.” –Ben Edmonds
Scott Pinske
“You don’t want my advice.” –Joe D’Aboy
Halee Hyatt
Katie Paysinger
“Ask as many questions as you can think of, explore areas of study you never thought you were interested in, and invest in relationships that are intimate and honest.” –Halee Hyatt
Allen Tyler
“Do everything you can to have fun because it will all be over before you know it.” –Garrett Garceau
“Try a club, sport, organization or class that you never saw yourself doing. There is no way to tell where it might lead you!” –Allen Tyler
Christopher Michael Flores
Kady Kirkendall
Hank Iba
Adriana Daoust
“Study what you love and not what you think is practical.” –Adriana Daoust
Kelley Hungerford
Dulce Kersting
Jennifer Worcester
“Be honest with yourself. Major in passion, not practicality.” –Kelley Hungerford
Chris Saunders
Hilda Escalera
Septembre Russell
Arnbjørn Stockholm
“Don’t over commit yourself; your sanity is at stake!” –Dulce Kersting
Play just as hard as you work.” –Jennifer Worcester
Carolyn Blood
“Use the resources offered to you.” –Jamie Bell
Dayna Tapp
“Don’t be absent on your first day of class. Read your syllabus. Move the cheese grater, not the cheese. In other words: work smart, not hard.” –Septembre Russell Tiffany Ross
Tom Juzeler
Rivka Nipper
Danyelle Myers
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Week In Review
May 27, 2011
Photos by Joel Ray/Photo editor
Above: Freshman pitcher Shelby VandeBergh celebrates her team’s May 24 return to campus with congratulatory hugs. The Wildcats secured the national title that morning when they defeated the Christopher Newport University Captains 6-2. Left: Community members hold up a homemade poster while waiting in anticipation for the Linfield softball team’s arrival May 24. People from McMinnville and Linfield cheered the Wildcats as they returned to Linfield from Salem, Va. The ’Cats rolled up to the celebration with a police escort surrounding their coach bus.
Softball comes home with national title Rae Smith For the Review Linfield students, faculty, fans and a motorcade escort welcomed the National Champion softball team back to campus after back-to-back wins over the Christopher Newport University Captains in Salem, Va., on May 24. After losing 4-0 to the University of Texas at Tyler Patriots on May 21, the ’Cats had to battle their way through the elimination bracket, win-
ning three loser-out games to face Christopher Newport in two championship games. “We played nervous against Texas-Tyler,” head coach Jackson Vaughan said, “but we still felt like we were the best team there. It would be tough, but there was still a chance.” The ’Cats would get another chance at TexasTyler, but not before taking down Eastern Connecticut State University 9-1 on May 22 and the State University of New York College at Cort-
Commencement calendar Saturday, May 28
• Baccalaureate Service Time: 5 p.m. (Graduates line up at 4:30 p.m. in cap and gown.) Place: Ted Wilson Gymnasium
• Grad Finale/Senior Celebration Time: 6 p.m. Place: The Avenue of Nicholson Library Cost: Free for graduates; $10 for parents and family members
Sunday, May 29
• Commencement Time: 10 a.m. (Graduates line up at 9 a.m. in cap and gown in the Ted Wilson Gymnasium.) Place: Oak Grove Check out www.linfieldreview.com for an online exclusive interview with Commencement speaker Dave Hansen, professor of economics and dean of students emeritus.
land 12-1 on May 23. In the second of three games the ’Cats played May 23, they avenged their loss to Texas-Tyler, beating the Patriots 7-1. The third game was the first of the two games that decided the national champion. Senior pitcher Claire Velaski and junior pitcher Lauren Harvey each gave up just two hits in the 6-0 shutout of Christopher Newport. Sophomore third baseman Karleigh Prestianni blasted a home run and contrib-
uted three RBI to boost the offense. The ’Cats faced off one last time against Christopher Newport on May 24. The ’Cats got on the board first when they scored one run in the opening frame, but after five and a half innings of play the score was tied at two, and the game was delayed because of lightning. When play resumed, Prestianni opened what would be a four-run inning for the ’Cats with a solo home run. Harvey held the Captains
scoreless in the bottom of the seventh inning to secure the 6-2 win and national title. “[The feeling] is unreal; there is nothing like it. After that last out it was just a rush of adrenaline and euphoria,” junior outfielder Jaydee Baxter said. “This was our goal from the very first time we met this year, so to go and be ranked number one and have that pressure all year and then to win it is amazing,” Vaughan said. The ’Cats finished the
season with a 51-3 record and six players were named to the all-tournament team including Velaski, Harvey, Prestianni, Baxter, senior shortstop Emily Keagbine, junior catcher Emilee Lepp and junior first baseman Staci Doucette. “I guess it hasn’t really sunk in yet,” Doucette said. “I think we’re all still a little shocked but it’s definitely exciting and it was a cool experience.” Rae Smith can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.
Seniors paint Linfield tradition Joanna Peterson Managing editor
Four seniors will carry on Linfield’s tradition of gathering during the night to paint the senior bench before Spring Commencement. Seniors Adriana Daoust, Jennifer Worcester, Arminda Gandara and Kaycee Hallstrom volunteered to represent the Class of ’11 by decorating the bench, Hallstrom, the group’s committee chair, said. “We know that we want it to be something different from other years and that we will include the school colors,” Hallstrom said. Hallstrom said that all seniors received an email inviting them to help paint the bench. Director of College Activities Dan Fergueson said
painting the bench has been a school tradition long before he started working at Linfield 12 years ago. He said it represents different themes and memories that are important to each class. “It gives the folks in the senior class an easy way to leave their mark,” he said. Fergueson said the Class of ’02 dedicated the bench to the tragic events of 9/11, while other classes painted light-hearted themes, such as Dr. Seuss quotes or signatures from graduates. He also said that it’s typical for seniors to paint the bench late at night before Commencement. “They stay true to form by putting it off until the last minute,” he said. “It’s one last chance for them to procrastinate on a project before they graduate.”
Joel Ray/Photo editor The senior bench sits between Pioneer and Riley halls, waiting for this year’s makeover. Fergueson said he recalled a particular year in which this procrastination led to some humorous difficulties. “About four or five years ago, they painted the bench the night before Commencement, and it didn’t dry in time for the ceremony,” he said. “I
was helping with rounds in the wee hours of the morning, and I remember seeing their cars circled around the bench with the headlights shining it on so that they could see to paint.”
most memorable moment while at regionals, senior catcher Cole Bixenman reflected on the tournament and his teammates. “Probably my boy Gunnar Cederberg hitting a huge two run homer in our win against Trinity. That was a big momentum play for us,” he said. While the Linfield experience has ended for the team’s seniors, Bixenman said that being a part of the
team has been great, and the experience will not soon be forgotten. “It’s been great to be a part of such a winning program for four years,” he said. “To go through the trials and tribulations of a baseball season is crazy, and to see how each and every year the different groups of guys pulled together as one will stick with me forever.”
Joanna Peterson can be reached at linfieldreviewmanaging@gmail.
’Cats drop final game of regionals Kaylyn Peterson Sports editor The baseball team’s journey at the NCAA Abilene Regional ended against Chapman University on May 21, when the ’Cats lost 7-8. The baseball team had continued in the NCAA Division III competition for two more rounds after its win against University of Texas at Tyler 6-3 on May 19. Linfield beat Trinity Univer-
sity 9-6 the next day. While the game against Chapman did not turn out in a win for the Wildcats, baseball team put up a fight. The score bounced back and forth between Chapman and Linfield as they fought for the lead. It wasn’t until the ninth inning when Chapman pulled ahead by a single run, which sent the Wildcats home. When asked about his
Kaylyn Peterson can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.