Bernice King confronts difficult issues
 by Sierra Jenkins
Reverend Bernice King spoke at Lewis & Clark on Oct. 30 as part of the Chamberlain Lectures, established to bring Christian and Jewish leaders to campus, almost 40 years to the day after her father spoke here in fall of 1961.
Her speech was powerful in both content and delivery. Her speech was titled "Disturbing the Comfortable: Creating Social Change that Lasts." King certainly disturbed the comfortable with her straightforward message about the problems in America and the solutions she suggested. Debate about her speech spilled over into an animated reception afterward, mostly related to the strong Christian principles of her message, the continuing lack of minorities at Lewis & Clark, and the failure to recognize the racism that occurs every day on this campus.
Click here to read more ... Hunger and Houselessness Awareness Week hopes to create understanding and empathy
by Joe Clock
The week of Nov. 12-17 will be A Week of Awareness for Hunger and Houselessness at Lewis & Clark. The Hunger and Houselessness Awareness Club, a charter group, has organized a hunger banquet, a sleep out, a fast, a community service project, and a few speakers to raise awareness of hunger and houselessness on campus.
This is the third year that the hunger banquet has happened and the second year that a whole week has been devoted to raising campus awareness. Melanie Harsch, one of the week's organizers, said that the goal of the week is to "Let people who have not experienced poverty experience it for once, and to have empathy."
To Harsch the most significant part of the week will be Tuesday night's hunger banquet, which will show the unequal distribution of wealth in the world and how fortunate we are to live in the United States. The people who attend the banquet will be divided into three groups. 15% of the attendees will represent the proportion of the world population that lives in the richest countries, and will eat well. 30% of the attendees will represent the proportion of the world population that lives in slightly poorer countries and will eat decent meals. The remaining 55% of the attendees will represent the poorest countries and will eat little to nothing. During the banquet Rick Ukena from the Oregon Food Bank will speak. Last year's hunger banquet drew approximately 200 people.
New events this year include the Sleep-out on Thursday night. So far 24 students are signed up to spend the night at the flag pole on lower campus, reading poetry, reflecting on homelessness, and experiencing not having a warm place to go back to.
Another event that has not been part of Hunger and Houslessness Awareness Week in the past is the 24 hour fast that will begin on Thursday evening. There are currently 50 students signed up to fast.
On Monday Chuck Currie will give a speech entitled "Homelessness in the midst of War." Currie is a civil rights leader who works with community leaders and heads of non-profit groups on issues regarding the homeless. He is currently working to make the killing of homeless people classified as a hate crime. Looking forward to Currie's speech, Harsch said, "I think we're just luck y to get him."
Wednesday evening there will be an open mic night in the Rusty Nail, and the week will end on Saturday with a community service project with Growing Gardens, a group that teaches low income families to grow their own food.
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