Lewis & Clark in the News Archive
Current news is now available in Expertise & Excellence. June 2007
The Chronicle of Higher Education (Washington, D.C.): Lewis & Clark Law School remains a leader in the increasingly popular study of animal law and presents its students with the ideological challenge of balancing idealism and pragmatism. Students and faculty affiliated with the program routinely negotiate between academia and advocacy, and they offer insights for others interested in the topic of animal rights. June 29, 2007.
Diverse (Fairfax, Va.): Professor of Economics Eban Goodstein’s Focus the Nation includes the Green World Project, which educates Hispanic and Asian immigrants about how America’s consumer culture impacts global warming in their native countries. June 15, 2007.
New Scientist (Oxford, England): Professor of Biology Kellar Autumn explains the secret behind the gecko’s extraordinary wall-climbing ability: their setae act as a unique quick-release mechanism that allows an animal to adhere strongly to a surface, but then detach with ease. June 13, 2007.
WDAF (Kansas City, Mo.): Kansas City's FOX affiliate ran a segment highlighting Lewis & Clark’s decision not to participate in a reputation survey that provides information used to develop U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of college rankings. June 12, 2007.
Eugene Weekly (Eugene, Ore.): Eugene-based painter, photographer, and fashion designer Marlis, who was educated at Lewis & Clark College, paints in a style that builds off the Japonisme woodblock prints of the late 19th century in music venues. June 7, 2007.
May 2007
Gresham Outlook (Gresham, Ore.): Chris Gragg, adjunct faculty member at the Graduate School of Education and Counseling, directs the Deep Roots Music Project, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The project, which teams budding student lyricists with local musicians to encourage student interest in writing and poetry, recently released a CD showcasing student works. May 30, 2007.
KATU (Portland, Ore.): Portland’s ABC affiliate ran a segment highlighting Lewis & Clark’s donation of 70 bunk beds and mattresses to the Community Warehouse, an organization that provides basic necessities to low-income families at no cost to the families. See the full segment: at KATU.com May 23, 2007.
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Yourhub.com (Denver, Colo.): Shelley Wood B.A. ’85 has been appointed as the Community College of Aurora’s Outreach Coordinator for a program that gives high-school teachers and students access to experiments and contact with the bioscience industry. May 21, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): James Moore B.A. ’97 is one of the artistic directors for defunkt theatre, an all-volunteer Portland theater company. May 20, 2007.
Corvallis Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Ore.): Amy Chesbrough B.A. ’05 and Cris Davis B.A. ’04 are working together in Ethiopia. They teach English and volunteer at orphanages for HIV-positive children and the only public library for children in Ethiopia. May 14, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Joey Alsberge B.A. ’07, an experienced researcher, traveler, and medical clinic volunteer, “displays an unusual combination of drive, intellect, curiosity, and humility.” Alsberge plans to become a doctor and work toward ensuring access to primary health care for underserved people around the world. May 5, 2007.
Willamette Week (Portland, Ore.): Cyrus Partovi, senior lecturer in social sciences for the Department of International Affairs, gives his perspective the relationship between the U.S. and Iran.
TomPaine.com: Robert J. Miller, associate professor of law, compares the “race” for new sea lanes created by climate change to “the actions taken by European and American governments in the 15th-20th centuries in their race to claim the lands and assets” in Africa, the Americas, and other areas. May 3, 2007.
Law.com: In an article focusing on the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council, Interim Dean of the law school Lydia Loren explains that the organization should focus on coordinating criminal prosecution, not to promoting the needs of corporate intellectual property owners who already possess effective lobbyists. May 3, 2007.
April 2007
KGW.com (Portland, Ore.): Portland’s NBC affiliate features the work of Greta Binford, assistant professor of biology. Binford “milks” spiders for their venom so that she can analyze the toxins in the venom. April 27, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Eban Goodstein, professor of economics, says that Portland’s ecological awareness and livability will make it a more attractive place to reside as climate change occurs. April 22, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): In an article evaluating tuition costs at the nation’s colleges and universities, Lewis & Clark President Thomas Hochstettler says that he is concerned about “ever-rising” tuition. Lewis & Clark gives financial aid to 70 percent of its students and plans to “constrain enrollment while increasing faculty to improve the student-faculty ratio.” April 21, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Sandra Osawna, a graduate of Lewis & Clark College, produced “Maria Tallchief,” a documentary about the legacy of America’s first prima ballerina. April 20, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): An article examining the increase in college-bound high-school graduates refers to the record number of applications received by Lewis & Clark this year. April 16, 2007.
The Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio): Steven Johansen, director of the legal writing program, says that the movement toward greater readability in legal briefs is gaining momentum. However, Johansen also admits that “clear writing is hard to do when you’re writing about complex issues,” which is why many legal scholars rely on forms designed in the distant past. April 16, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Kasi Fuller, assistant professor of education, coached a team of seventh-grade technology prodigies who came away with the Lego League World Festival’s top prize. Fuller says the judges were “blown away” by her team’s presentation and performance. April 15, 2007.
The Missoulian (Missoula, Mont.): Bob Miller, associate professor of law, says that the Louisiana Purchase was not the $15 million land deal of the century, as is commonly claimed. Rather, Miller explains that “the United States signed treaties and fought Indians for the next 15 years,” which cost it over $300 million. April 10, 2007.
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio): Lewis & Clark law student Charles Neal has been the driving force behind a project to honor York, the lone African American on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, with a permanent memorial on campus. April 7, 2007.
KOIN News (Portland, Ore.): President Thomas Hochstettler, in conjunction with presidents of some of the other private liberal arts colleges that make up The Annapolis Group, has announced that Lewis & Clark will not take part in the annual survey that U.S. News and World Report uses to rank schools across the nation. April 7, 2006.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Presidents of some of the 124 private liberal arts colleges in The Annapolis Group, including Lewis & Clark President Thomas Hochstettler, are refusing to fill out the reputational survey that U.S. News and World Report uses as part of its system for ranking colleges. Hochstettler believes that “the magazine needs more reliable ways to measure the qualities of colleges and universities,” which are “institutions of tremendous complexity.” April 6, 2007.
The Portland Business Journal (Portland, Ore.): Professor of economics and director of environmental studies Eban Goodstein, who studies climate change, argues that the Pacific Northwest would benefit from climate change legislation. A comprehensive international report found that Oregon’s ski and wine industries would be harmed by further climate change, but that the state’s economy could benefit as the market for more environmentally friendly products and energy grows. April 6, 2007.
March 2007
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Charles Neal, a law student at Lewis & Clark, led a student movement to raise institutional awareness about York, a slave who participated in Lewis and Clark’s expedition. Neal and others are raising funds to build a statue of York on campus and aim to create a public memory center to “help ensure that the stories of people like York, and thousands of marginalized others, will no longer be pushed aside.” Lewis & Clark President Tom Hochstettler hopes that York’s monument “will be a daily reminder of the terrible things that human beings can do to each other and that all human beings need to have the hope of redemption.” March 29, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Associate Professor of Law John Kroger, a formal federal prosecutor, explains that the manner in which Los Angeles food suppliers were charged “almost certainly means they struck a deal.” The businessmen are accused of bribing Oregon’s former prison food buyer. March 28, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): John Kroger, a former federal prosecutor and an associate professor of law at Lewis & Clark, argues that U.S. attorneys hold themselves to a strict system of rules and values that disavows politically motivated action. As such, the Bush administration’s dismissal of eight prosecutors “because of their perceived political disloyalty strikes at the heart of our system of justice.” March 23, 2007.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy (Los Angeles, Cal.): The USC Center on Public Diplomacy will host former U.S. Ambassador and Career Foreign Services Officer Edward J. Perkins. Perkins, who recently published a new book, “Mr. Ambassador: Warrior for Peace,” is a Life Trustee at Lewis & Clark. March 23, 2007.
The News Register (McMinnville, Ore.): Sara Johnson, who completed her administrative certification at the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education, was named Oregon’s elementary principal of the year by the National Association of Elementary School Principles and the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators. March 22, 2007.
KTVZ TV (Bend, Ore.): Kathryn Legace, who holds a Master’s degree in administration from Lewis & Clark, has been named the new principal at Mountain View High. Legace is currently the principal at Pilot Butte Middle School. March 19, 2007.
The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, Mont.): Lewis & Clark graduate Kirtlye Lohof has been named the new girl’s track and field coach at Flathead High School. March 17, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): An article examining the dearth of student activism concerning the war in Iraq looks to the involvement of Lewis & Clark students in a Portland peace rally as an indicator of rising involvement in younger generations. Craig Gilden (’07), editor-in-chief of the Pioneer Log, explains that most students are opposed to the war but are not as outspoken as students were in the past. Adam Sanchez (’07), a student who helped to re-establish the Lewis & Clark chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, says that students are more focused on building leftist organizations. March 15, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Students at Lewis & Clark and Reed College have recently re-established campus chapters of Students for a Democratic Society, a student group known for its activism during the Vietnam War. Mary Sackley (’08), a member of Lewis & Clark’s chapter, says that she likes “seeing SDS as a real way for students to have a collective voice politically across the nation.” March 15, 2007.
The Northwest Progressive Institute (Redmond, Wash.): An editorial examines the history and utility of Students for a Democratic Society, which has recently re-established itself at Lewis & Clark. The author argues that the basic political conditions today are significantly different than those of the 1960s and warns that Americans won’t support “radical strategies and tactics” at this point in history. March 15, 2007.
The Times (Tigard, Ore.): Lewis & Clark student Hillary Esdaile (’07) has constructed 23 ceramic yellow-billed magpies for her senior art project. Esdaile received a $500 grant from the Student Academic Affairs Board for her project, which tracks, step-by-step, a flock of birds taking flight. The project will be on display at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art beginning April 5. March 15, 2007.
TomPaine.com (Washington, DC): An article by Associate Professor of Law Robert Miller argues that the U.S. government owes over 300,000 American Indians “up to $200 billion for the mismanagement of their property over the past one hundred years.” March 13, 2007.
The Willamette Week (Portland, Ore.): A traveling display of over 130,000 flags, meant to raise awareness about the costs of the war in Iraq, will spend one week at Lewis & Clark. The project was organized by the Iraq Peace Project. March 11, 2007.
The Keizer Times (North Keizer, Ore.): An article profiling Will Hornyak, who teaches at Lewis & Clark, calls his approach to learning, which focuses on storytelling, “the perfect tonic for youngsters battling stifled imaginations.” March 9, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Peter Cookson, Jr., Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Counseling, moderated a question and answer session at a meeting of the City Club of Portland. March 9, 2007.
The Docket (Fairfax, Va.): The Lewis & Clark Law School moot court team took top honors at the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, which was held at the George Mason University School of Law. March 6, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Counseling Peter Cookson, Jr. authored a piece arguing in favor of making high schools like Google. Cookson argues that such a school would “reward problem-solving, originality, and team play,” and “adopt an educational philosophy of abundance, not scarcity.” March 6, 2007.
The New Yorker (New York, N.Y.): Assistant Professor of Biology Greta Binford and her research on spiders are featured in an extensive profile. Binford milks the spiders for venom and has developed an antivenom for brown recluse bites. “It’s surprising to me how few of us study spider venom,” she says. “It’s just so cool.” March 5, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): A case weighing religious beliefs against high school sports traditions went before the Oregon Supreme Court. Oral arguments took place at the Lewis & Clark Law School. March 5, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Artists Dana Lynn Louis, who creates sculptural works and installations, and David Scharz, who works with glass, have presented their shows in the galleries of academic institutions, including the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art at Lewis & Clark. These shows may not produce long lines, but they “have value and are important” because they document “the achievements of local artists in a way that ensures future generations will understand the art of this place and time.” March 2, 2007. February 2007
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): The Lewis & Clark men’s basketball team finished the season as co-champions of the Northwest Conference. Their success is part of a larger resurgence in sports at Lewis & Clark. February 22, 2007
LawCrossing.com: An article featuring Lewis & Clark Law School recognizes it as the home of “the most respected and well-known environmental law program in the country.” LawCrossing notes that the Law School is strategically located and ranked as a Top 100 law school by U.S. News and World Report. Lewis & Clark also “encourages students to pursue public interest work.” February 21, 2007.
MSNBC.com (Redmond, Wash.): Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. Professor of Government Curtis Johnson explains that Charles Darwin’s personal correspondence demonstrates that his Historical Sketch was written prior to the first printing of The Origin of Species. February 8, 2007.
The University of Oregon (Eugene, Ore.): A study co-authored by Assistant Professor of School Counseling Danielle M. Torres finds that Mexican-American students “see more hurdles in their path” than do their white peers. February 8, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Chair and associate professor of Political Science Robert Eisinger participated in an annual political spin control exercise with 90 seniors at Lake Oswego High School. February 6, 2007.
January 2007
The National Jurist (San Diego, Cal.): The Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center at Lewis & Clark Law School was recognized as one of the best clinics in the country. The PEAC “has seen a streak of outstanding wins” that “set a significant legal precedent” and has given students hands-on introduction to litigation. January/February 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): The Lewis & Clark women’s soccer team had the highest cumulative grade-point average of any Division III athletic program in the United States in the 2005-2006 academic year, proving that the student-athlete is not a “quaint anachronism.” Rather, the Division III model “promotes the development of the entire person.” January 31, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): “Unembedded: Four Independent Journalists on the War in Iraq,” a photo exhibit currently on display at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Art, “can render viewers speechless because what they’ve seen is so overwhelming, the social, artistic, and emotional impact of the work so breathtaking.” January 26, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Law professor Henry Drummonds explains that a racial harassment case dealing with a syndicated column called “Ask a Mexican!” identifies the tensions between competing American values. January 26, 2007.
The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.): An article examining Oregon’s Measure 37 and how it relates to Washington’s Initiative 933 cites the remarks of Michael C. Blumm, professor of law, who wrote that Measure 37’s “absolutist approach” to property rights is “unprecedented in this country or the world.” January 24, 2007.
The Lake Oswego Review (Lake Oswego, Ore.): “Unembedded: Four Independent Journalists on the War in Iraq,” a photo exhibit currently on display at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Art, “tells stories of heartache and tragedy while emphasizing that life does go on amid chaos and catastrophe.” January 24, 2007.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, Wash.): An article examining the evidence of global warming in Washington state was co-authored by Lewis & Clark Professor of Economics and Director of Environmental Studies Eban Goodstein. January 24, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): An article by Lewis & Clark law professor Michael C. Blumm analyzes fellow professor James Huffman’s stance on the proposed moratorium on Measure 37 claims. January 23, 2007.
The Portland Tribune (Portland, Ore.): Reynolds Wulf Inc., a publications design business that handles the Lewis & Clark alumni magazine, is co-owned by Robert Reynolds. Reynolds is the author of a new coffee table book featuring Portland in a way that “appeals to locals as well as curious out-of-towners.” January 23, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Law professor Arthur LaFrance explains that Nike’s victory in a legal battle with the city of Beaverton is significant because it will help keep school districts, cities, and other Oregon public institutions honest. January 21, 2007.
The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.): Among small schools, Lewis & Clark ranked ninth in terms of how many of its alumni serve in the Peace Corps. January 18, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): “Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq,” a photography exhibit featuring work by four freelance journalists, is on display at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art. The “extraordinary” show features images of “unspeakable violence, heartbreak, and chaos.” January 17, 2007.
Bend Weekly News Sources (Bend, Ore.): Kit Stafford, daughter of Oregon poet William Stafford, presented the keynote address at a birthday celebration honoring the late national poet laureate. William Stafford taught at Lewis & Clark prior to his death in 1993. January 12, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Elizabeth Hill “Becky” Johnson, a graduate of the Northwestern College of Law at Lewis & Clark College and a Life Trustee of the College, died Jan. 1. Johnson was also honored with Aubrey Watzek Award from Lewis & Clark. January 10, 2007.
The Portland Skanner (Portland, Ore.): Ray Warren, the late Associate Dean of Students and Director of Ethnic Student Services at Lewis & Clark, will be honored at the third annual Ray arren Multicultural Symposium. This year’s symposium is titled, “ ‘I, Too, Sing America’: Different Roots, Shared Future.” January 10, 2007.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Doreen Stamm Margolin, a graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School, died Jan. 8. Margolin was an attorney and the chairwoman of the Portland Community College Board of Directors. January 9, 2007.
USA Today (McLean, VA): Anthony Swofford, a former adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark College and the author of Jarhead, has written his debut novel, Exit A. January 7, 2006.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.): Robert H. Klonoff, a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and a Portland native, is the new dean of Lewis & Clark Law School. January 4, 2007.
The Catholic Sentinel (Portland, Ore.): Lisa LeSage, the Assistant Dean of Lewis & Clark’s Business Law program, recently helped launch the Small Business Legal Clinic. The Clinic provides legal services to low-income small and emerging businesses, especially those run by women or minorities. January 4, 2006.
The Hillsboro Argus (Hillsboro, Ore.): Sarah Jo Chaplen, Hillsboro’s new assistant city manager, graduated from Lewis & Clark College. January 4, 2007.
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