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Skateboarders want more freedom of movement
Bus route 39 debated
Lewis and Clark bicentennial celebrations
Type O Needed (by Red Cross)
Debaters do well!

Limited areas for skateboarders

by Rachel Schiff

Skateboarding is conditionally permitted both in Portland and on the Lewis & Clark campus. Yet the LC skateboarder often runs into problems, and must travel to a nearby skate park.

The LC Pathfinder states that skateboarding is only allowed on cement areas of campus, which excludes almost all roads and foot paths. The pathfinder goes on to say, “Lewis & Clark skateboarders will primarily use the cement area in front of Pamplin Sports Center and will limit skateboarding activities to late afternoon hours (after 4 pm) and on weekends.”

The situation is reversed in downtown Portland. There, skateboarding is prohibited on cement sidewalks and stairs, but permitted on the streets. Portland is one of the few cities in which skateboarding is legal in the downtown area. However, skateboarders say that limiting downtown skateboarding to the streets effectively limits most skateboarding downtown.

“We are allowed to skateboard on the streets downtown, but it’s definitely at our own risk. Who can skate that fast? It’s dangerous. You either get in the way of bikes or cars - both can hurt you,” said McKeever Donavan (’09), who received a $60 ticket earlier this year for skating on the sidewalk while waiting for the Pioneer Express in Pioneer Square. The policeman who gave Donavan the citation told him that there was no skateboarding allowed downtown, on the streets or anywhere else, although the law states otherwise.

“There’s definitely a stereotype of what a skateboarder is. He thought I was a young punk. It’s prejudice,” said Donavan.

On campus, LC skateboarders said they encounter less resistance, despite being restricted to small cement areas. Skaters find that if they are considerate, they are not bothered. “I usually manual down the path from the Chapel past the Library and the Dovecote,” said Clay Shank (’09). This path is not cemented, and technically off limits for skateboarding, but Shank is rarely confronted. “People don’t usually react to me, but I say excuse me and try to be polite.”

Although skateboarders are not always hassled on campus, they are limited by LC’s lack of skating facilities. “Basically, the only
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Lewis and Clark bicentennial celebrations underway

by Carmen Krol and Christie Wright

In order to celebrate the two-hundred year anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Lewis & Clark College has been holding annual symposiums and performing projects outside of the LC campus. Through these projects, the College hopes to enlighten the academic community and general public about the implications and history of the expedition, and to bring national recognition to the College.

Radio Program

Starting on October 21, OPB on NPR will be hosting a 13 part series about the expedition. This radio program will cover topics much broader than just the expedition - such as Native American medicine practices and comparisons of the expedition with the contemporary space race. Stephen Beckham, professor of history, Stephen Tufte, professor of physics, and Elizabeth Safran, professor of geology, will be featured in this series.

Publication

Lewis & Clark College published in 2003 “The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Bibliography and Essay.” This book contains an extensive bibliography of the expedition. The essays are written by Beckham.

Traveling Exhibition

Along with the other programs, materials of the Lewis & Clark expedition owned by the college are taking a tour throughout the nation. The materials have been on tour since 2003 and will continue until 2006. This world-class collection includes portions of the original journals as well as historic newspaper articles covering the event. The exhibition has already visited the Jefferson Library in Monticello, Virginia, as well as other prestigious libraries, and is currently in Denver, Colorado.

Rivers Symposium

The 2005 symposium, entitled “Rivers,” ran from September 29 to October 1. This symposium’s topics centered around the theme of rivers: how rivers influenced the original expedition and how rivers still influence American society today. This symposium is designed to show “history through various mediums,” said Sherry Manning, director of Bicentennial Programs. This year, these various mediums included literature, art, and politics. Professors Rachel Cole (English), Rishona Zimring (English), Stephen Dow Beckham (History), and Elizabeth Safran (Geology), all spoke at the symposium. The Hoffman Gallery showcased environmental photographers and American Rivers - a rivers advocacy group - held a workshop in conjunction with the speakers’ presentations. Two featured speakers at the symposium were Portland author William Kittredge and journalist and author Timothy Egan.

President Hochstettler described Kettredge as an “author and humanist” in his introduction to Friday morning’s lecture on “Rivers as Metaphor.” Kitteredge, winner of the PEN West Literary Award for his essay collection entitled Owning It All, spoke mostly on rivers as symbols of return and renewal.

He drew on his experience as a young man escaping to Montana from southeastern Oregon. The rivers inspired him there.

Kitteredge criticized the wasteful American culture that has historically threatened the environment. He said that even the most innocent actions, such as failing to pickup a beer bottle, have unintended consequences.

Rivers also symbolize accumulations of power, he said. He encouraged the audience to imagine the Columbia or Snake River as William Clark and Meriwether Lewis would have seen them, or like a “moment of celebration.”

The date of the lecture, September 30, also marked the anniversary of the Corps of Discovery’s triumph over the Bitterroot Mountains. Humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson described this leg of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Timothy Egan, New York Times journalist and author, spoke about characterizing the West, in particular the Northwest - as Meriwether Lewis and William Clark had tried to do. He said that the stories that have been told about the Northwest are false. He had been trying to find a relationship with the Columbia River, hoping that such a relation might finally characterize the Northwest, and related his idea to looking at the Colorado River, where a multitude of towns exist, each with their own identity. Egan further emphasized that the stereotypical West does not cover the deep intricacies that truly characterize this region of America.

The Rivers Symposium allowed contemporary scholars to explore the American landscape of 1803 and relate it back to the landscape of 2005, said the symposium’s organizers.

“We are able to talk about things that still live with us today,” said Manning.
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Outside the Bubble

compiled by Tim Kelly

The death toll has climbed to 20,000 in Pakistan in the aftermath of an earthquake that devastated that region last Friday. Bad weather kept aid out of the affected region for several days, hindering the rescue efforts.

The German election, whose outcome has been an ongoing battle for several weeks, finally appears to be coming to a conclusion. Angela Merkel, the leader of Germany’s main conservative party announced a deal on Monday that would allow her to become Germany’s chancellor in a coalition government. She would be the first woman to hold the top leadership position in Germany, which is currently Europe’s biggest and most economically powerful country.

In the aftermath of Katrina, Bush pledged ‘bold action’ to confront the problems faced by America’s poor in terms of health care, housing, jobs and race. In a rapid reversal, many conservative leaders have said the failure of the response calls for a different type of action. Stuart M. Butler, vice president of the Heritage Foundation, says that spending cuts to balance relief expenditures should focus on ‘failed policies’ such as Medicaid and food stamps. Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) called tax reductions for the prosperous a key to fighting poverty. (Some notable critics have described this sort of thinking as more disgusting and repugnant than their kitchen floors the morning after a party.)

Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela has continued his rants against the US Bush administration. For the past several weeks, Chavez has been announcing that his country must ready itself for possible invasion and his own potential assassination at the hands of the U.S. It is unclear whether this is a political strategy aimed at increasing domestic support, the result of a paranoid mind, or if Chavez actually has evidence that has led him to believe this threat is real enough to require massive military and militia mobilization. The cause for Chavez’s concern may lie with celebrity televangelist Pat Robertson, who recently suggested on his television show that America should assassinate the president of Venezuela.

october 14, 2005
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Skateboarders want more freedom of movement Bus route 39 debated Lewis and Clark bicentennial celebrations Type O Needed (by Red Cross) Debaters do well! Limited areas for skateboarders by Rachel Schiff Skateboarding is conditionally permitted both in Portland and on the Lewis & Clark campus. Yet the LC skateboarder often runs into problems, and must travel to a nearby skate park. The LC Pathfinder states that skateboarding is only allowed on cement areas of campus, which excludes almost all roads and foot paths. The pathfinder goes on to say, “Lewis & Clark skateboarders will primarily use the cement area in front of Pamplin Sports Center and will limit skateboarding activities to late afternoon hours (after 4 pm) and on weekends.” The situation is reversed in downtown Portland. There, skateboarding is prohibited on cement sidewalks and stairs, but permitted on the streets. Portland is one of the few cities in which skateboarding is legal in the downtown area. However, skateboarders say that limiting downtown skateboarding to the streets effectively limits most skateboarding downtown. “We are allowed to skateboard on the streets downtown, but it’s definitely at our own risk. Who can skate that fast? It’s dangerous. You either get in the way of bikes or cars - both can hurt you,” said McKeever Donavan (’09), who received a $60 ticket earlier this year for skating on the sidewalk while waiting for the Pioneer Express in Pioneer Square. The policeman who gave Donavan the citation told him that there was no skateboarding allowed downtown, on the streets or anywhere else, although the law states otherwise. “There’s definitely a stereotype of what a skateboarder is. He thought I was a young punk. It’s prejudice,” said Donavan. On campus, LC skateboarders said they encounter less resistance, despite being restricted to small cement areas. Skaters find that if they are considerate, they are not bothered. “I usually manual down the path from the Chapel past the Library and the Dovecote,” said Clay Shank (’09). This path is not cemented, and technically off limits for skateboarding, but Shank is rarely confronted. “People don’t usually react to me, but I say excuse me and try to be polite.” Although skateboarders are not always hassled on campus, they are limited by LC’s lack of skating facilities. “Basically, the only Back to top Lewis and Clark bicentennial celebrations underway by Carmen Krol and Christie Wright In order to celebrate the two-hundred year anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Lewis & Clark College has been holding annual symposiums and performing projects outside of the LC campus. Through these projects, the College hopes to enlighten the academic community and general public about the implications and history of the expedition, and to bring national recognition to the College. Radio Program Starting on October 21, OPB on NPR will be hosting a 13 part series about the expedition. This radio program will cover topics much broader than just the expedition - such as Native American medicine practices and comparisons of the expedition with the contemporary space race. Stephen Beckham, professor of history, Stephen Tufte, professor of physics, and Elizabeth Safran, professor of geology, will be featured in this series. Publication Lewis & Clark College published in 2003 “The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Bibliography and Essay.” This book contains an extensive bibliography of the expedition. The essays are written by Beckham. Traveling Exhibition Along with the other programs, materials of the Lewis & Clark expedition owned by the college are taking a tour throughout the nation. The materials have been on tour since 2003 and will continue until 2006. This world-class collection includes portions of the original journals as well as historic newspaper articles covering the event. The exhibition has already visited the Jefferson Library in Monticello, Virginia, as well as other prestigious libraries, and is currently in Denver, Colorado. Rivers Symposium The 2005 symposium, entitled “Rivers,” ran from September 29 to October 1. This symposium’s topics centered around the theme of rivers: how rivers influenced the original expedition and how rivers still influence American society today. This symposium is designed to show “history through various mediums,” said Sherry Manning, director of Bicentennial Programs. This year, these various mediums included literature, art, and politics. Professors Rachel Cole (English), Rishona Zimring (English), Stephen Dow Beckham (History), and Elizabeth Safran (Geology), all spoke at the symposium. The Hoffman Gallery showcased environmental photographers and American Rivers - a rivers advocacy group - held a workshop in conjunction with the speakers’ presentations. Two featured speakers at the symposium were Portland author William Kittredge and journalist and author Timothy Egan. President Hochstettler described Kettredge as an “author and humanist” in his introduction to Friday morning’s lecture on “Rivers as Metaphor.” Kitteredge, winner of the PEN West Literary Award for his essay collection entitled Owning It All, spoke mostly on rivers as symbols of return and renewal. He drew on his experience as a young man escaping to Montana from southeastern Oregon. The rivers inspired him there. Kitteredge criticized the wasteful American culture that has historically threatened the environment. He said that even the most innocent actions, such as failing to pickup a beer bottle, have unintended consequences. Rivers also symbolize accumulations of power, he said. He encouraged the audience to imagine the Columbia or Snake River as William Clark and Meriwether Lewis would have seen them, or like a “moment of celebration.” The date of the lecture, September 30, also marked the anniversary of the Corps of Discovery’s triumph over the Bitterroot Mountains. Humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson described this leg of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Timothy Egan, New York Times journalist and author, spoke about characterizing the West, in particular the Northwest - as Meriwether Lewis and William Clark had tried to do. He said that the stories that have been told about the Northwest are false. He had been trying to find a relationship with the Columbia River, hoping that such a relation might finally characterize the Northwest, and related his idea to looking at the Colorado River, where a multitude of towns exist, each with their own identity. Egan further emphasized that the stereotypical West does not cover the deep intricacies that truly characterize this region of America. The Rivers Symposium allowed contemporary scholars to explore the American landscape of 1803 and relate it back to the landscape of 2005, said the symposium’s organizers. “We are able to talk about things that still live with us today,” said Manning. Back to top Outside the Bubble compiled by Tim Kelly The death toll has climbed to 20,000 in Pakistan in the aftermath of an earthquake that devastated that region last Friday. Bad weather kept aid out of the affected region for several days, hindering the rescue efforts. The German election, whose outcome has been an ongoing battle for several weeks, finally appears to be coming to a conclusion. Angela Merkel, the leader of Germany’s main conservative party announced a deal on Monday that would allow her to become Germany’s chancellor in a coalition government. She would be the first woman to hold the top leadership position in Germany, which is currently Europe’s biggest and most economically powerful country. In the aftermath of Katrina, Bush pledged ‘bold action’ to confront the problems faced by America’s poor in terms of health care, housing, jobs and race. In a rapid reversal, many conservative leaders have said the failure of the response calls for a different type of action. Stuart M. Butler, vice president of the Heritage Foundation, says that spending cuts to balance relief expenditures should focus on ‘failed policies’ such as Medicaid and food stamps. Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) called tax reductions for the prosperous a key to fighting poverty. (Some notable critics have described this sort of thinking as more disgusting and repugnant than their kitchen floors the morning after a party.) Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela has continued his rants against the US Bush administration. For the past several weeks, Chavez has been announcing that his country must ready itself for possible invasion and his own potential assassination at the hands of the U.S. It is unclear whether this is a political strategy aimed at increasing domestic support, the result of a paranoid mind, or if Chavez actually has evidence that has led him to believe this threat is real enough to require massive military and militia mobilization. The cause for Chavez’s concern may lie with celebrity televangelist Pat Robertson, who recently suggested on his television show that America should assassinate the president of Venezuela.	KLC renovated its space in Templeton earlier this year. The future of Line 39 by Abi Kurfman Students at Lewis & Clark College currently have two options to get downtown or connect to parts of Portland beyond Palatine Hill: the school-commissioned shuttles or Trimet Bus Route 39. On Thursday, Sept. 29, three Trimet officials held a meeting in the Council Chambers to discuss the future of line 39, one in a series of community meetings in the area the 39 serves. Line 39 is what Trimet calls a “low performing route.” Approximately 31 people board a Trimet bus during an average hour on a weekday, with an average operating cost of $2.43 per boarding ride. However, the 39 only averages nine boarders, and costs $8.21 per boarder in the same average hour period. The cost of diesel has been rising, and every increase costs Trimet substantially more. “Every 15 cent increase costs [Trimet] two million dollars,” said Jon Joseph, who works for Trimet in marketing and service. These costs are reflected both in the recent rise in bus fares and in Trimet’s examination of routes like the 39 that have a low-performance record. Trimet, however, wanted to make one thing clear. “We aren’t here to eliminate the route,” said Trimet service planner Patty Fink. “We’re here to look for ways to increase ridership.” However, many in attendance had come to the meeting with a different impression. “I thought [the 39] was in immediate jeopardy of being cancelled,” said Laurinda Marcello (’06), one of the handful of LC undergraduate students who attended the meeting of 25-30 students, staff, workers and community members. Trimet has not guaranteed to preserve the 39. “They don’t want to talk about eliminating the route and they don’t want to talk about keeping it,” said Mark Morgan, LC director of Transportation and Parking. When he sent out the e-mail to the student body announcing the meeting, Morgan said he was “giving information as it had been presented to [him] by Trimet,” and that “their plans at that time [earlier in the summer] had been to eliminate the bus in September.” The meeting was framed as an exchange of ideas about how to potentially increase the number of people riding the 39. Trimet brought several potential alterations to the route, and took feedback from those in attendance. A petition from the Bon Apetit workers, many of whom rely on Trimet, was offered as well. “I don’t know what I’d do if [the 39] weren’t there,” said Brie Gibson (’07), who attended the meeting since she relies on Trimet when “the shuttle isn’t available—it’s too full, or too late” or not running since the school isn’t open. An issue voiced repeatedly was a lack of information, specifically for the law school, but also among undergraduates. Morgan, who said that the College already provides half-priced monthly bus passes and posts Trimet schedules in several key locations, is considering ways to address this concern. “Maybe we should post the schedule for the 39 at the same place we post the shuttle schedules,” particularly for those weekend hours when the Pioneer Express is overfull, and the 39 is running, he said. “You’ve got this option [for $1.60],” said Marcello. “If you want something that’s reliable, try taking it.” Riding Trimet has other benefits, since even though “the 39 doesn’t go downtown,” said Gibson, “it’s nice to already have the bus transfer to go to other places in Portland and not just downtown.” To provide feedback about the 39 or receive more information, Joseph or Morgan can by contacted at josephjo@trimet.org or mmorgan@lclark.edu. Back to top Red Cross seeks type O blood by Kevin Stark The Red Cross paid a visit to the Lewis & Clark Campus on Wednesday Oct. 5, encouraging students to start their Fall Break by giving a little bit back to the community. Beginning at 8:00am, students with appointments, and several walk-ins, donated blood and plasma to the association, to be distributed mainly to local hospitals in areas around Portland experiencing shortages of donated blood. Sixteen to twenty LC students were expected to take part in the drive, which had two different donating stations in Stamm Dining Hall. Each donation could help up to three patients in need of a blood transfusion. The blood can either be transfused as whole blood, benefiting patients with severe blood loss, or separated into different parts: plasma, platelets, and red blood cells, which could be given to three separate patients. The benefits of plasma donations are for patients with severe liver disease, clotting deficiencies or severe burns. The shelf life of plasma is about one year. Red blood cells are donated to patients with chronic anemia or acute blood loss, with a shelf life of about 42 days. Platelets are for patients undergoing cancer therapy or recovering from organ or bone marrow transplants, but only have a shelf life of about five days. Dr. Matt Clark, one of the two doctors in charge of the drive, said that while “anybody, everybody,” could donate, the Red Cross was specifically looking for type O blood, which is the most versatile blood type for donations. Clark explained that all of human blood is similar, but there are some distinct molecular differences separating human blood into four different blood types: type A, type B, type AB, and type O. When a person is in need of a blood donation, their blood type must be determined in order to find donated blood that is compatible, since mixing blood types can cause clumping in the blood, producing potentially fatal problems. Type O blood is unique because it is compatible with all other types of blood, so a donation of type O blood can be used in a patient with type A, B, AB, or O. Unfortunately, a patient with type O blood can only accept donations of type O. Another, larger blood drive will be taking place on October 25 in Stamm from 8:00am - 1:00pm. Donors can sign up for donations by emailing Kelly Hoover at Hoover@lclark.edu. Information regarding eligibility for donating blood can be found at www.redcross.org/donate/give/. Back to top LC debaters off to stellar start by Anne Swift Debaters from across the western United States converged on Lewis & Clark over Fall Break to attend the LC Pioneer Invitational, one of the most important debate tournaments in the Northwest and LC’s third tournament of the season. “It was a great tournament competition that was efficient, fair, and gracious and competitively successful for LC,” said coach Steven Hunt, professor of communication. The team of LC Debaters Meredith Price (’07) and Blaine Denton (’06) finished as quarter-finalists in the competition. Twenty-eight teams competed in the tournament, including seven LC entries. Individually, Price and Denton were ranked as the third and fifth speakers respectively out of a total of 143 competitors. Local schools attending the event included Willamette University, University of Puget Sound, Washington University, Pacific University, Portland State University, but teams came from as far away as UC-Berkeley and Rice University in Texas. “This year’s team is doing very well, especially considering we had three very strong graduating seniors last season,” said Price. Earlier this semester, the debate team also participated in a tournament at Willamette University. At that tournament, the high-scoring LC speakers were Andrew Wilson (’07), Blaine Denton (’06), Aaron Dawson (’08), Meredith Price (’07), and Kelly Garbarino (’08), who placed first, third, fourth, fifth, and ninth respectively. At the Willamette tournament, four LC teams made it to the semi-finals. LC judges for the tournament included Hunt and debate coaches Kyle Hunsicker and Travis Kennedy. At the Reed Tournament, which took place from Sept. 24-25, 33 teams from nine schools competed, including seven teams representing LC. At the event, LC alumnus Paul Bingham (‘05) acted as a judge. LC alumni who were involved with the debate program during their years in college are currently pursuing careers across the country as attorneys, teachers, professors, and federal judges. Future speech and debate events include a tournament at the University of Oregon on Oct. 14 and a competition hosted by the University of Puget Sound on Oct. 21. Back to top	news forum features arts sports
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