February 25, 2002
 The Wild, Wild West Takes Over Templeton
On February 16, more than 1,000 students danced and gambled the night away in Templeton Student Center at Casino Night, Lewis & Clark's largest annual student event. In keeping with this year's Wild, Wild West theme, volunteers turned Stamm Dining Room into an old-fashioned dance hall and Fields Dining Room into a casino. Faculty and staff dealt blackjack and poker.
"The 2002 Casino Night Committee would like to thank all of the faculty and staff volunteers. Without them this night would not have happened," says Shane Ostermeier, director of student activities. "We would also like to thank Bon Appetit and the College Bookstore for their generous donations."
Pictured above is Evan Williams, professor of chemistry and environmental studies chair, dealing blackjack to student card sharks. Click here to see another photo.
 State Rep. Susan Castillo Addresses Graduate School's Latinas Forum
State Representative Susan Castillo delivered the opening remarks Saturday at the graduate school's Latinas en la Escuela: An Educational Forum. The graduate school's Office of Special Projects developed the program in conjunction with the yearlong course titled Developing Programs for Hispanic Youth. The forum integrated the voices of Latina youth, administrators, teachers, and school counselors in an effort to understand what girls need in order to be successful learners.
 Law School's PILP Auction Draws Crowd
The law school's Public Interest Law Project (PILP) held its annual auction on Friday. This year, auctioneers offered 473 items, including vacations in Rome, Hawaii, Alaska, Cabo San Lucas, and Vancouver, B.C. PILP students are currently tabulating Friday's proceeds. Last year's auction raised more than $50,000.
In 1990, law school students founded PILP to encourage and enable law graduates to pursue public interest careers. Proceeds from the auction benefit the Summer Stipend Program, which provides stipends for law students to take jobs with organizations dedicated to protecting the environment, constitutional rights, Native American rights, juvenile rights, victims of domestic violence, and other worthy causes.
 Thespians to Present Angels in America
The theatre department will present one of America’s most celebrated and provocative plays, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, during two weekends in March. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play will begin at 7:30 p.m. on March 7, 8, and 9 and March 14, 15, and 16 on the main stage of Fir Acres Theatre.
Directed by Stepan Simek, assistant professor of theatre, Tony Kushner’s play deals with the worsening AIDS crisis in the 1980s at the height of Ronald Reagan’s conservative era. It takes aim at the selfish politics of the 1980s, religion, the greedy and self-possessed power brokers in Washington, D.C., and other national themes. At the same time, it focuses on the problems of individuals caught in the web of AIDS, personal relationships, and life-changing decisions concerning sexuality, political allegiances, and individual beliefs.
Pictured above at a dress rehearsal are sophomore Kotaro Kawashima (left) and junior Zack Ross as Prior and Luis. Find out more at http://www.lclark.edu/cgi-bin/shownews.cgi?1013643120.0.
Bring Concerns to Monthly Construction Meetings
Concerned about noise, recycling, or other matters relating to ongoing campus construction? Come to the construction update meetings offered by Facilities Services on the first Friday of every month. Drop in and ask questions anytime between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Friday, March 1, in Miller Center, Room 207. Facilities Services will announce the time and location of future meetings via e-mail. For a project update go to http://www.lclark.edu/dept/connect/announcements.html.
Trustees Nix Student Fee Increase Tied to Kyoto Protocol
Last weekend, Lewis & Clark's Board of Trustees voted against a proposed $10 student-fee increase earmarked to help the College meet Kyoto Protocol standards for greenhouse gas emissions. Prior to the vote, trustees offered to table the student-generated proposal until it could be resubmitted as a general increase in funding for student activities, but students declined.
"Their decision didn't have anything to do with the politics of Kyoto Protocol," says Cody Hoesly, ASLC president. "They said very clearly that they would approve a general increase in student fees next year, but not one tied to a specific expenditure."
On Thursday, junior Julian Dautremont-Smith took his case before ASLC's Chartering and Budgeting Commission to ask for $17,000 to buy environmental "offsets." The commission is currently reviewing the budget requests of all student groups on campus. For additional information, scroll down to the February 11 story below titled "Blumenauer Discusses Greenhouse Gas Emissions."
Also in This Issue
* Two Students Selected as Truman Scholar Finalists: http://www.lclark.edu/dept/connect/honors.html.
* Pios Beat Whitworth: Head to NCAA III Tournament: http://www.lclark.edu/dept/connect/honors.html.
* Meet Three New Staff Members: http://www.lclark.edu/dept/connect/faces.html.
* Read a Campus Construction Progress Report: http://www.lclark.edu/dept/connect/announcements.html.
* Students Kick Off 37th Annual International Fair (plus details on other upcoming events): http://www.lclark.edu/dept/connect/announcements.html.
* IT Offers Technology Workshops: http://www.lclark.edu/dept/connect/announcements.html.
* Sign Up for a Massage: http://www.lclark.edu/dept/connect/hrupdate.html.
* Got Moola?--a "Kows for Kids" Charity Art Project: http://www.lclark.edu/dept/connect/photogallery.html. Previously published on February 11.  Scalia Delivers Keynote Address at Wood Hall Dedication
Antonin Scalia, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was the keynote speaker at the law school's dedication of Louise and Erskine Wood Sr. Hall on Sunday. Wood Hall is part of a $15-million law library expansion project that includes the newly renovated Paul L. Boley Law Library, the largest law library in Oregon and the only law school library in the nation designated as a federal patent and trademark depository.
"We were honored to welcome Justice Scalia," says Scott Staff, vice president for college relations. "He is distinguished as an academic jurist, has written extensively on Constitutional law, and has taught at the University of Virginia Law School and the University of Chicago Law School."
Speaking to a packed house of invited guests in Pamplin Sports Center, Scalia talked about his views on the U.S. Constitution. As an originalist, he says his role is to decipher the original meaning and intent of the law, not bow to current interpretations of the majority. He believes Americans should pass laws to govern issues not addressed in the Constitution, rather than have the court rule on matters such as abortion and a person's right-to-die.
Also on Sunday, about 400 protesters gathered on S.W. Palatine Hill Road and later rallied on the grassy circle between Frank Manor House and Pamplin Sports Center, eventually moving down Terwilliger Boulevard in front of the law school. They protested Scalia's views and judicial rulings on the environment, abortion, civil rights, the death penalty, and other issues.
President Michael Mooney told the Pamplin audience that the College invited Scalia because of his intellectual prowess, not because it agrees or disagrees with his views. Read President Mooney's message to the community, "A Clash of Ideas," and find more information about the Wood Hall dedication at http://www.lclark.edu/dept/collcomm/woodhall.html. See additional photos from the rally at http://www.lclark.edu/dept/connect/photogallery.html.
 Blumenauer Discusses Greenhouse Gas Emissions
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer '70, J.D. '76 spoke on "Climate and the Political Climate" to about 70 participants from across the country at Saturday's miniconference on campus greenhouse gas inventories, climate science, and related governmental policies.
"If there are things you are unhappy about, things you want to change, always remember to lead by example," said Blumenauer, pictured here (left) with keynote speaker Ross Gelbspan, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author of The Heat Is On: The Climate Crisis, the Cover-up, the Prescription." Blumenauer plans to praise Lewis & Clark students on the House floor for their leadership in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and for their attempts to meet Kyoto Protocol standards.
The conference grew in response to collaborative faculty-student research conducted by Eban Goodstein, associate professor of economics, and Julian Dautremont-Smith, a junior majoring in environmental studies.
"I felt that doing an inventory alone is not really useful unless you actually do something to reduce emissions and stem global warming," says Dautremont-Smith.
He and Cody Hoesly, ASLC president, organized a special election on an initiative to raise student fees by $10 per student to bring the College into compliance with the Kyoto Protocol standards. Signed by the United States in 1997, the original protocol called for the country to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 7 percent below 1990 levels sometime between 2008 and 2012.
"Eighty-three percent of the votes supported the initiative," says Hoesly. "And 40 percent of students voted, which is a higher turnout than in any recent student election on campus."
Later this week, the Board of Trustees will vote on whether to adopt the initiative and raise student fees. The additional fees would buy "offsets" from Climate Trust, a non-profit company. Offset purchases fund projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as renewable energy sources like solar or wind power. If trustees approve the fee increase, Lewis & Clark will be the first college in the world to meet Kyoto Protocol standards, creating a model program for other schools, says Dautremont-Smith. For additional information on the miniconference, including a list of featured speakers, go to http://www.lclark.edu/cgi-bin/shownews.cgi?1012604280.0.
 Jenkinson to Portray Oppenheimer
Clay Jenkinson, humanities scholar in residence and one of the finest first-person historical interpreters in the nation, will present "The Ordeal of Robert Oppenheimer: The Moral Dimension of the Nuclear Age" on Monday, February 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber. This free event is sponsored by the College's Inventing America program.
In his presentation, Jenkinson captures the life, achievements, dilemmas, and visions of one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century. Oppenheimer, a complex and deeply moral man, was first praised for his role in developing the atomic bomb and then persecuted for not supporting its further development.
--Shannon Smith
 American Masters to Feature John Callahan
WNET Channel 13 in New York explores the life and work of influential author Ralph Ellison in American Masters' "Ralph Ellison: An American Journey," premiering Tuesday, February 19, at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS (OPB Channel 10 in Portland).
The television program includes first-ever dramatic recreations from Invisible Man; a tribute from Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison; interviews with critic Stanley Crouch, author Shelby Steele, Harvard’s Cornel West, and Lewis & Clark's John Callahan; plus rare archival footage and never-before-seen photos.
Callahan, Morgan S. Odell Professor of Humanities, is prominently featured. He is Ralph Ellison's literary executor and the editor of Juneteenth, Ellison's posthumous novel (Random House, 1999). Callahan also edited Ellison's Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison and Flying Home and Other Stories. This year is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Invisible Man, which was the first novel by a black author to win the National Book Award (1953) and make the best-seller list. Read more about the American Masters program at http://www.lclark.edu/cgi-bin/shownews.cgi?1012604700.1
Don't Miss Tuesday's Administrative Assembly
The third administrative assembly of the school year takes place on Tuesday, February 12, at 11 a.m. in the Council Chamber. Come and share your kudos and concerns. Mark your calendar for the next assembly on Thursday, March 21, at 11 a.m. in the Council Chamber and for the summer picnic on Wednesday, June 5, at 11:30 a.m. The picnic will take place in the arbor and outdoor swimming pool area or in Stamm Dining Room if it rains. Previously published on February 4. Celebrate Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, the Lewis & Clark community is invited to participate in these free events:
* Ralph Ellison Retrospective: 50th Anniversary of Invisible Man, through Friday, March 15, Aubrey R. Watzek Library. This exhibition includes the publication history of the award-winning novel along with other materials relating to Ellison's life and work.
* Spike Lee Film Festival, 7 p.m., Tuesdays, February 5, 12, and 19, Templeton Student Center, Council Chamber. The festival features three films by African-American director Spike Lee: Jungle Fever, February 5; School Daze, February 12; and Bamboozled, February 19. A discussion of each film's key issues will follow the presentation.
* Rosa Parks: A Catalyst in the New World, 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 26, Agnes Flanagan Chapel. Award-winning speaker Shandra Terry performs this one-woman play, which reenacts the famous bus boycott that sparked the civil rights movement.
See a complete list of Black History Month events in the Lewis & Clark calendar at http://www.lclark.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi?vw=monthly&month=2&year=2002. For more information, contact Ray Warren, director of ethnic student services, at 503-768-7051.
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