Friday, February 18, 2011

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Vol. 76, Iss. 4

BIZARRE ART
PHOTO BY ROSALIE KELLY

ALIEN BOY
84 ALUM DIRECTS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT LOCAL POLICE BRUTALITY VICTIM
BY DREW LENIHAN
Staff Writer

45 sta , faculty to step down at end of semester

PHOTO BY DANIEL SHAVER

NEW DOWNTOWN POWELLS EXHIBIT FEATURES PAINTINGS OF U.S. PRESIDENTS HOLDING HAMS. AND ITS ODDLY SATISFYING ARTS 11

SENIOR NIGHT
ENDS WITH WIN
SWIM TEAM MADE WAVES WITH A BIG WIN AGAINST COLLEGE OF IDAHO AT THEIR LAST MEET ON CAMPUS NEWS 14

BY ZACH HOLZ
News Editor

Lewis & Clark continues to lose coolness points for not having a lm department, but that doesnt mean the college cant produce world-class lmmakers and directors. One such lmmaker is alum Brian Lindstrom (84), director of the upcoming documentary Alien Boy: e Death and Life of James Chasse. Lindstrom has lmed numerous documentaries and movies in Portland since graduating just over 25 years ago from our humble institution with a degree in Communications . e young graduate became friends with retired professor Stuart Kaplan who inspired Lindstrom to pursue a career in lmmaking. For over 15 years now, Lindstrom has been writing, directing and editing numerous projects. His most recent lm, Alien Boy: e Death and Life of James Chasse, is in post-production and is expected to be released this spring. Lindstrom has been working to polish the lm with Kaplan and another LC alum, Andrew Saunderson (08). Saunderson connected with Lindstrom one day when the lmmaker visited the students class to discuss one of his lms. After class I went and talked to Brian and Stuart and ended up being fortunate enough to help on this project, said Saunderson. Alien Boy portrays the life of James Chasse, a Portlander who was a major player in the local punk scene of the late 70s and 80s, as well as a poet and artist. Chasse, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, died from blunt force trauma while in police custody on Sept. 17, 2006. His extensive injuries, including over two dozen broken bones, led to statewide uproar over the issue of police brutality. Lindstrom had been yearning to do a project with his friend Jason Renaud when the Mental Health Association of Portland approached him with the idea for the lm, along with funding. Renaud, who has worked as an advocate for the mentally ill for 25 years, immediately hopped on board as a producer. We wanted to show what happens when police and mentally ill [individuals] interact and the potential danger that can happen, said Lindstorm. For more information on the lm, visit alienboy.org

When May rolls around this year and the last of exams are handed in, after planes are boarded and the Commencement fanfare sounds its last chorus, the three schools that comprise Lewis & Clark will say farewell to over 45 senior faculty and sta who will be leaving under an early retirement plan. e schools Board of Trustees proposed the new retirement plan, named the Voluntary Employee Severance Program (VESP), in an e ort to reduce costs. e boards hope is to encourage tenured faculty and senior sta who would be retiring in the near future anyway to step down early.

VESPs bene ts include one years salary plus an additional 500 dollars per month to subsidize health care costs, along with full payment of any unused vacation days. To qualify for the program, applicants must be full-time employees at least 55 years of age who have worked at least ten years at LC. In an e-mail to faculty and sta last October, Vice President of Finance Carl Vance wrote that the administrations objective is to save at least $1 million annually through the VESP. We are putting Lewis & Clark in a better position, he continued, to ful ll our mission for the longterm future [with VESP]. Story Continued News 2

PHOTO BY LEO QIN

PHOTO BY HANNAH PRINCE

Senior Lecturer in Art and Studio Head of Photography Robert Miller plans to retire at the end of this semester after teaching at LC for thirty years.

STAMBAUGH SETTLES WITH BEAVERTON FOR $75,000

News 2

Law school hosts regional mock trial competition

BY ALLY HUBBARD
Staff Writer

Portraits of George Washington looked out across a Multnomah County courtroom last weekend as law students and volunteers testied and participated in mock trials as part of the prestigious National Trial Competition. Lewis & Clark Law School hosted the regional level of the competition. Not only was it the law schools rst time to host a mock trial competition in over ten years, but they also won the case. e mock trial was part of a regional competition for the Texas Young Lawyers Association moot court system and cosponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers. Over 20 teams from 11

Hustle and throw

PHOTO BY LEO QIN

Taylor Gatti (14) batting during practice.

PHOTO BY MAGGIE OLIVER

di erent schools throughout the Midwest and Paci c Northwest competed in the regional competition for the chance to advance to the national championship in Texas. LC Law School and Montana will advance. Story Continued News 2

SOFTBALL TEAM BRINGS THE HEAT IN STRIKING IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST YEARS PERFORMANCE
BY FIONA CORNER
Sports Editor

ETHICAL BUTCHERY
News 4 & Opinions 5

RA applicants reach record high

News 4

AUKEEM BALLARD WINS TEACHING FELLOWSHIP

Features 9

AND AND AND (and more!) AT THE CO-OP

Arts 13

e cloudy sky promised a rainout for the rst softball game of the season, but the showers held out until just moments after the double header concluded with backto-back triumphs for the Pioneers. Walla Walla University had no chance in the rst game of the series, falling to LC in ve innings, 8-0. e Wolves fought a little harder in the second, with a Pioneer steal of 4-3. eir rst double-header win since 2002, the Pios played well until the end, clinching their victory. Game one started slow, with zero hits by LC in the rst two innings. e Pioneers found their stride in the bottom of the third, starting with a single up the middle by Molly Donahue (11) and nishing the inning with four solid scores by Donahue, Jamie Moon (11), Taylor Gatti (14) and Catilin Basilio (14). Pitcher Paige McFeely (11) held Walla Walla o again in the top of the fourth, striking out

three batters in a row. e Pioneers swept the Wolves with four more runs in the bottom of the fourth, scored by Gatti, Moon, Jetaime Mullins (13) and Caroline DeVincenzi (12) respectively. e Wolves nished out game one with a single out to left eld and the last two batters striking out swinging. Game two of the double header again started slow, with no runs in the rst inning. LC picked up the slack in the bottom of the second with runs by Caitlin Relyea (12) and Mullins. Walla Walla managed to slide past LC with a run by Ashley Martinez in the top of the third. e Pioneers managed to score two more runs in the bottom of the fourth and the sixth to pull o game two of the series. Michaela Satter (11) led the Pioneers on Sunday with two runs and three hits. Moon, Gatti, and Mullins also had two runs each. Catch softball again Saturday Feb. 19 and Sunday Feb. 20 in Clackamas, OR where they face o Oregon Tech, Concordia, Col. of Idaho and Northwest Chrst.