 Cooley donates historic home to Lewis & Clark
Sue D. Cooley, widow of Edward H. Cooley, the founder and longtime head of Precision Castparts Corporation, has donated the Cooley family home to Lewis & Clark College for use as a presidential residence. Her gift includes funds sufficient to operate and maintain the home and its gardens.
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 Scalia’s visit spurs clash of ideas
Liberal? Conservative? A pox on both houses, said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at a ceremony dedicating the law school’s Wood Hall on February 10.
Speaking before a crowd of more than 1,000 in Pamplin Sports Center, Scalia described himself as an "originalist," explaining that he interprets the U.S. Constitution according to the letter of the document and the meaning its authors intended for it.
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 NYC study program survives 9-11
It was September 16, just five short days after the tragedy of September 11. The students and I were on a walking tour of Manhattan’s Upper West Side when we encountered a firefighter from Engine Company 40/Ladder Company 35. His eyes told us that he wanted to show us something.
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| |  Azadeh ’02 runs for state office
On a cold weekend in December, Anthony Azadeh, a Lewis & Clark senior who is running for state representative in District 38, and 50 of his supporters bundled up good and warm and canvassed the neighborhoods around campus. They carried lawn signs and leaflets and talked to voters in the district about why Azadeh should be their choice in the May Republican primary.
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Ernest Gaines: A man of the word
I met Ernest Gaines the way a writer wants to be met. I read his work.
In the summer of 1970, I was teaching at Cal State, Hayward. One afternoon the poet Michael Harper rumbled into my office as I was about to leave for class.
"I say, look, man," he said. "Tell your class to come to the amphitheater tomorrow. I met this unbelievable cat—Ernest Gaines—he’s going to read from his new novel."
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The Afghanistan I remember
With an interim government in place and democratic elections on the horizon, Afghans can finally turn the pages of their political history to "burgeoning democracy," after surviving monarchy, Soviet occupation, regional warlordism, and Taliban rule. Once again, Afghan music can be heard in the marketplaces, women are daring to expose their faces, and young men are playing soccer in the stadiums. It is ironic that perhaps tomorrow’s Afghanistan will resemble the Afghanistan I remember from 25 years ago.
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