L&C Magazine | Winter 2010
Cover Story
Science in the Painted Hills
By Shelly Meyer
Exploring the basics of geology – and teamwork – in one of Oregon’s most scenic locales.
Read the storyExploring the basics of geology – and teamwork – in one of Oregon’s most scenic locales.
Featured Stories
The Stories Told by Lewis & Clark’s Historic Buildings
By Judy McNally
Historian Stephen Dow Beckham documents three early-20th-century estates.
Once Upon a Weekend
By Ben Waterhouse BA ’06
Each semester, the campus community packs the Black Box for rough-and-ready theatre in which original plays are cast, rehearsed, and performed in just 24 hours.
Science in the Painted Hills
By Shelly Meyer
Exploring the basics of geology – and teamwork – in one of Oregon’s most scenic locales.
Changing Careers, Changing the World
By Bobbie Hasselbring
Lewis & Clark’s teaching and counseling programs attract career changers interested in service, community, and systemic change.
The Best of Times to the Worst of Times— What’s Next?
By Romel Hermandez
Joe Cortright BS ’76, one of Oregon’s leading economists, tackles questions about the Great Recession.
President's Letter
Global Reach, Personal Connections
Interim President Jane Monnig Atkinson shares her thoughts this winter.
On Palatine Hill
Class of 2013
Statistics on the new class
Beauty is Campus Deep
Lewis & Clark has the ninth most beautiful college in the country, according to the 2010 edition of the Princeton Review’s annual college guide. The rankings in this and other categories are based on student input through online surveys.
Hot Classes
Two hot classes for undergraduates during the 2009-2010 school year.
Living a Language on Campus
These students are among the first participants in Lewis & Clark’s new Residential Language Communities (RLCs).
PioSports
Highlights of the fall semester’s sports news.
Kroger’s Book Award Win
John Kroger, Oregon’s attorney general and an adjunct faculty member at Lewis & Clark Law School, received the Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction for his book, Convictions: A Prosecutor’s Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves.
FYI: H1N1
As the fall semester began, many college students around the country encountered an unwelcome visitor to their cam- puses: the H1N1 influenza virus. Lewis & Clark was no exception.Preserving Oregon’s Poetic Voices
Oregon Poetic Voices, a project spearheaded by Lewis & Clark’s Special Collections staff, will create a comprehensive online archive of poetry readings that will complement existing poetry collections across the state.American History on the High Desert
Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling and the High Desert Education Service District, which serves central and eastern Oregon, have received a grant totaling nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Education.Preserving Oregon’s Poetic Voices
Oregon Poetic Voices, a project spearheaded by Lewis & Clark’s Special Collections staff, will create a comprehensive online archive of poetry readings that will complement existing poetry collections across the state.
Science Without Limits
The neurons of Lewis & Clark students got a vigorous workout in September when Vilayanur Ramachandran, MD, the so-called “Marco Polo of neuroscience,” visited campus for the 2009 Science Without Limits Symposium.Letters From Readers
Letters from readers of the Chronicle
Alumni News
Outstanding Alumni to Be Honored
Each year, Lewis & Clark honors alumni from the College of Arts and Sciences for their outstanding accomplishments and community service. We’re proud to announce the 2010 honorees, who will receive their awards at the Alumni Honors Banquet on February 20.
Profiles
A New Leader in the Oregon House
Jules Kopel Bailey canvassed Portland neighborhoods seven days a week during his 2008 bid for state representative of Oregon House District 42. He estimates he knocked on 10,000 doors in the space of five months, ratcheting up his efforts to 100 visits a day during the final leg of the campaign—all while holding down a full-time consulting job and hustling to raise money for the race.
Financial Therapist Delivers Reality Check
After his nine-year stint in Chicago, Brian Farr MA ’03 purchased and managed a San Francisco personnel agency, which he sold for a profit to a regional firm in 1993. He then moved to Oregon and cofounded a successful investment management firm. But something was missing.
A New Leader in the Oregon House
Jules Kopel Bailey BA ’01 canvassed Portland neighborhoods seven days a week during his 2008 bid for state representative of Oregon House District 42. He estimates he knocked on 10,000 doors in the space of five months, ratcheting up his efforts to 100 visits a day during the final leg of the campaign—all while holding down a full-time consulting job and hustling to raise money for the race.
Financial Therapist Delivers Reality Check
After his nine-year stint in Chicago, Brian Farr purchased and managed a San Francisco personnel agency, which he sold for a profit to a regional firm in 1993. He then moved to Oregon and cofounded a successful investment management firm. But something was missing.
Building Bridges Between China and the U.S.
When Ron Cai JD ’90 was a student at Xiamen University Law School in the early to mid-1980s, he served as an interpreter for Steve Kanter, professor of law, who was then a visiting Fulbright scholar. “Steve invited us to apply to Lewis & Clark Law School if we were interested in furthering our studies in the United States,” says Cai.
Creating Art for the Spirit
“I’ve installed that piece four or five different times, once for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations,” says artist Nancy Chinn BA ’62. “Like a theatrical set design, it integrates fluidly with the expansive architecture of Grace Cathedral. It’s a celebrative piece that takes your breath away.”-
Building Bridges Between China and the U.S.
When Ron Cai was a student at Xiamen University Law School in the early to mid-1980s, he served as an interpreter for Steve Kanter, professor of law, who was then a visiting Fulbright scholar. “Steve invited us to apply to Lewis & Clark Law School if we were interested in furthering our studies in the United States,” says Cai. -
Creating Art for the Spirit
“I’ve installed that piece four or five different times, once for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations,” says artist Nancy Chinn BA ‘62. “Like a theatrical set design, it integrates fluidly with the expansive architecture of Grace Cathedral. It’s a celebrative piece that takes your breath away.”
In Memoriam
Friends of Lewis & Clark Remembered
Recent passings
Afterword
The Story of Little Rabbit
As told by Roger Fernandes (Lower Elwha Band of the S’Klallam Indians
In a time before this time, the animals had a big problem. It was a terrible problem that affected each and every one of them, and they could not figure out how to solve it. They were perplexed.
Read the storyIn a time before this time, the animals had a big problem. It was a terrible problem that affected each and every one of them, and they could not figure out how to solve it. They were perplexed.
Galleries
Science in the Painted Hills, Oregon 2009
Faculty members, undergraduates, and high school students work together to unearth the basics of teamwork and field research.