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Got Moola?

Lewis & Clark faculty and students are lending their artistic talents to the latest fund-raising craze: "Kows for Kids." For $7,500, a corporate sponsor commissions a fiberglass "kow" as a work of art, and auctions it for charity. The program's goal is to raise $1 million for outreach, treatment, and prevention programs for children and families served by New Avenues for Youth and Trillium Family Services in Oregon.

Phyllis Yes, professor of art and department chair (front right), is working with Josh Lease '05 (front left); Barbara Bartholomew, visiting assistant professor of art; Nate Rice '02; Robert Miller, senior lecturer in art and program head of photography; and Lindsey Maurer '04 on a "kow" commissioned by Bank of America. Working with black-and-white copies of dollar bills in a gel medium, the team is creating a piece titled Got Moola?

Stop by and see the "kow" in the upper lobby of Fields Center for the Visual Arts. After March 15, you can view the "kow" near Bank of America's ATM machines at the corner of S.W. Morrison Street and Second Avenue, located on the MAX line. For more information about the program, go to http://www.kowsforkids.com.

Students Have a Hankerin' for the Old West

Students dressed in jeans, boots, cowboy hats, sombreros, and other Western wear in keeping with Casino Night's Wild, Wild West theme.

Pictured here are sophomores Sherrie Takaki (left) and Gina Rios with friend Carson Lee.

Previously published on February 11.

Pretzel Protest

Making light of President George W. Bush's recent choking encounter with a pretzel, a blue-faced protestor threw bags of pretzels into the 400-member crowd gathered on the grassy circle between Frank Manor House and Pamplin Sports Center. The rally coincided with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's keynote address at the Wood Hall dedication. Those in attendance protested against Scalia's views on the Bush-Gore presidential election, the environment, abortion, civil rights, and other issues.

Lawyers Guild Joins Protest

"Bush v. Gore was the most intellectually dishonest piece of work I've seen in my life," said Barbara Dudley of Portland, pictured here with Steven Goldberg of Portland and Bob Bloom from the San Francisco Bay area. The group joined other members of the National Lawyers Guild outside the College's main entrance on S.W. Palatine Hill Road to voice their opposition to the views and judicial rulings of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Alumna Introduces Blumenauer

Kristin Casper '00 with Greenpeace U.S.A. introduced U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer '70, J.D. '76 at Saturday's greenhouse gas miniconference in Olin Center for Physics and Chemistry. Casper, who worked as an intern in Blumenauer's office, praised him for teaching her the meaning of grassroots activism. She later spoke on "Grassroots Organizing for Clean Energy." Portland's Green House Network sponsored the event. Read more on their Web site at http://greenhousenet.org/.

College Removes Trees for Albany Renovation

Last month, Cascadian Nursery removed 9 magnolias and 12 other trees from the area surrounding Albany Hall to make room for the renovation and construction project. Cascadian will resell the trees, valued at $10,000 retail, says David Lageson, facilities manager. In exchange for the trees, Cascadian Nursery will graft limbs from the aging historic apple trees in the Albany courtyard to apple trees in its nursery. In the future, when the existing apple trees begin to wane, Cascadian will replace them with clones of the original trees.

Crews Remove Wall at Olin

Crews removed a decorative wall, constructed of concrete faced with a three-quarter-inch brick facade, from the Olin Center for Physics and Chemistry last week to make room for the Albany construction project and to include a better driveway for emergency vehicle access, says David Lageson, facilities manager. Abatement for lead and asbestos is nearing completion.

She's Got St. Valentine's Number

Gail Guidoni, switchboard operator, spreads some St. Valentine's Day cheer with decorations that adorn the information desk in Templeton Student Center.

The Thinker

One of the many squirrels that reside on campus ponders some passing snow flurries last month in a tree near Templeton Student Center.