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[as the year-to-year total energy usage and
energy prices fuctuate].
Before the meeting commenced, Dean
of Students Celistino Limas came in bearing
homemade chocolate-chip cookies as a token
of thanks regarding the ASLCs recent reso-
lution endorsing the Designated Smoking
Area (DSA) policy.
Said Senators Paterson, Rice and Murray,
ASLC previously passed a resolution requir-
ing the administration fx the DSAs, as they
no longer fulflled their purpose during in-
clement weather. Te resolution encouraged
smokers to fnd shelter [during inclement
weather] without breaking Oregon state law.
Celestino Limas spoke with us, voicing con-
cerns about the future of the DSA system,
and took personal responsibility to make the
committee in charge of DSAs more respon-
sive. Since then the DSAs have been restored
to a functioning level and a DSA email (dsa@
lclark.edu) was established to respond to any
complaints or reports within 24 hours. As a
result, ASLC proposed another resolution
which fully endorsed the DSA smoking poli-
cy [in all weather].
ASLC Vice President Xander Blair
echoed, Were glad theyre doing their job.
Trustees approve
student fee increases
Last weekend the Board of Trustees and
representatives met, donning their fanciest
formal wear, to make decisions regarding
various expenditures. Tey approved several
increased fees and campus renovations.
Previously 118 dollars a semester, the Stu-
dent Fee has increased to 180 dollars. In ad-
dition, the Student Fee will no longer be de-
termined through the Consumer Price Index
like it was in the past. Instead, ASLC will be
responsible for presenting a case to the Board
whenever if feels it is necessary to change the
Student Fee.
Te Student Media Board, composed of
KLC Studios, Te Pioneer Log, LC Review,
Polyglot, Synergia, Meridian, Living Mosaic
and Pause, will now receive funding through
a 20 dollar opt-out Student Media Fee. If
enough money is raised, the Student Media
Board will stand independent of ASLCs dis-
tribution of funds.
Both the increase in the Student Fee and
the institution of the Student Media Fee
passed unanimously.
I think student fees are important in
that students pay them and they go directly
back to students, said ASLC President Dith
Pamp (11), citing the Baking Club, sympo-
sia and the ski shuttle to Mt. Hood as ex-
amples of programs funded by student fees.
We had 60 percent of what groups mini-
mally asked for last year to fund them. With
the [Student] Fee increase, and the [imple-
mentation of ] the Student Media Fee it
puts us with no growth at pretty much 100
percent of what was minimally requested last
year, Pamp calculated.
Te Board of Trustees also approved a
4.8% increase in tuition, as well as making
ofcial the plan for a new residence hall.
Te new hall will be fve stories, including
a basement. It will also be LEED gold certi-
fed with additional energy and heat savings.
A capital budget for DSAs passed, which
means that DSAs will continue for at least
another year, and two permanent structures
will be built on the residential side of cam-
pus.
Finally, the side of Pamplin Sports Center
facing the track will be renovated.
According to Pamp, It is one of the few
highly visible spots on campus that has not
been renovated and is still in poor shape.
Tis will cut into parking, but will also im-
prove the view and function for the space.
Attending Lewis & Clark will cost more
during the 2011-2012 school year, but per-
haps the results will be worth the extra ex-
pense.
BY LAURA NASH
News Editor
Director of 3CE Minda Heyman reaches out to students through radio show
It is difcult to imagine cheerful and
professional 3CE Director Minda Heyman,
with her pale pink scarf and short bouncy
curls, sitting in the KLC ofce surround-
ed by grafti-covered walls. However, this
is where she is every other week, recording
After the Hill, an informational radio show
designed to prepare students for life after col-
lege.
KLC manager Becka Langum (11) said
that Heyman approached her at a Senior
Survival Seminar to inquire about the pos-
sibility of a 3CE radio show. Langum agreed
right away.
Te frst show aired Feb. 10. Heyman and
her co-host, alumnus Brian Federico (05),
LC sifts through trash to find out how much we
are wasting and what we can do to save.
Messy but Informative
A small group of students, administrators
and staf gathered on Tuesday to dive into
Lewis & Clarks trash. Assisted by represen-
tatives from TrashCo, LCs waste manage-
ment provider, and a representative from the
City of Portland, the group sifted through
waste to see what LC is throwing away.
Led by the schools new Sustainability
Manager Amy Dvorak, the group gathered
data about the composition of our waste
stream by digging through waste from sev-
eral sources spanning the three campuses, in-
cluding waste from several dorms, Pamplin,
the law school and the dining halls.
Tough exact results from the dive are
not yet available, Dvorak provided a general
summary of the fndings. Generally, there
was a pretty large chunk that was straight
garbage, she said. So theres not much we
can do there. But there was also a lot of pack-
aging that could be recycled, just not with
our current program.
Conversely, the amount of organics and
recyclables found during the dive was mini-
mal, which speaks highly of the communitys
current recycling and composting program.
However, there are still several things LC can
do to reduce the amount of waste. According
to Pete Chism from the City of Portland, LC
is currently comparable to other schools in
the area. With a few small changes though,
such as Recyclemania, our overall consump-
tion and waste could be reduced signifcant-
ly.
Te data collected during the dive will be
used to help guide future decisions on waste
policy and management. As for now, the
prospect of another dive is uncertain. De-
pending on what changes the college makes,
Dvorak said, wed probably do it again to
see what impact our changes had on the
waste stream.
BY ALIX FINNEGAN
Staff Writer
PHOTO BY ELANA WEBB
Dumpster Dive determines that
waste production is normal
Mission statement altered in efort to maintain accreditation
BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer
As part of an efort to remain an accredit-
ed institution, Lewis & Clark has begun the
lengthy process of editing its Core Temes
and Objectives Statement. Te revision was
part of a process that galvanized student at-
tention and commentary from the entire
community. Te statement will be used by
the Northwest Commission on Colleges and
Universities to determine whether or not LC
retains its status as an accredited institution.
Every seven years the whole college is
reviewed to be reaccredited, said Associate
Provost Mervynn Brockett who has been
working on writing the statement. Schools
are asked to lay out their statement and
show how [they] measure up to it, show de-
monstrative results. Without accreditation,
LC could not receive federal aid or transfer
credit to other institutions.
While in the past, Brockett said, LC
would have to have writen a telephone di-
rectory-sized book, the commission is now
looking for a process of continual improve-
ment. Using the statement, inspectors sur-
vey the school at intervals over the next seven
years to see how LC is carrying out its goals.
Sarra Wynn (14), a SEED member who
began a petition to change the statement,
said, We wanted to see a stronger commit-
ment to a broader sense of sustainability, one
that would help support all aspects of insti-
tutional sustainability academic and other-
wise. Over 350 people signed.
Student eforts towards emphasizing sus-
tainability were matched by discussions on
the academic side. Jim Proctor, director of
the Environmental Studies program and
head of the current Sustainability Task Force
(STF), said that after the statement came out
he met with Vice President and Provost Jane
Atkinson, because I felt that [the students]
eforts ought to be cognizant of [STFs] ef-
forts.
One of the things Im conscious of is the
realization that an undergraduate experience
is so much more than what happens in the
class room, Atkinson said, referring to an
enhanced focus on experiential learning and
internships. Building stronger alumni rela-
tions was another new focus.
At the fnal public meeting, Atkinson ex-
pressed how glad she was that so many stu-
dents had commented, and acknowledged
that lines about sustainability had received
the most criticism.
Tom Lang, a student who attended one
of the meetings, agreed. I feel like the state-
ment is lacking concreteness in the initiative
of sustainability, Lang said, comparing the
statement to how much the school casts itself
as a green institution. But of the meetings,
he said, I think they were productive.
Te current statement can be found on
the LC website, and a system has been set up
that allows for comments. Te statement will
be submitted at the end of the month.
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS
discussed how a liberal arts degree might be
used to its best advantage in the current eco-
nomic state.
Brian and I did some prep work in ad-
vance to fgure out what we wanted to ask,
and wanted to talk about, but we wanted
to make it more conversational and not so
scripted, said Heyman.
In the future, Heyman and Federico plan
to have guests on their show including cur-
rent LC students, graduate students and job
recruiters. During the show they take call-
ins by way of instant messenger. Heyman
also uses the show to advertise 3CEs other
events and services.
As for the goals of the show, Heyman
said, We know that youre busy, and that
you have a lot going on, but if I can fnd
BY LAURA NASH
News Editor
multiple ways to try to connect you to what
were doing, and to the institutions, and to
the resources, [that would be great].
Te two hosts have three more shows
planned for this semester: Networking Ba-
sics for the Savvy Student: An Intervention
on Mar. 10 at 6 p.m.; Job Search 202: Stay-
ing on track and nailing the interview! on
Mar. 31; and Graduate School and Gap
Year: Planning Basics, on Apr.14. Although
these shows are aimed at upperclassmen,
Heyman thinks everyone can beneft.
After the Hill is part of 3CE After Dark, a
program series that began this semester and
which includes evening counseling hours
and meetings with alumni.
Recordings of After the Hill are available
on webdisk.
3CE on the Air