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Saturday, April 1, 2000     



Akin feminists agree on shower cams to fund Women's Center Whether you're an angry or calm feminist you're bound to agree that having a Women's Center on campus couldn't hurt. The only problem is, as is the case with most causes, who is going to put up the cash for it? [Complete Article]

International Affairs Symposium decides to embrace gender
In a surprise announcement this week, the International Affairs Symposium student co-chairs and faculty advisor unveiled an entirely new format for the annual LC event. [Complete Article]

Atkinson named teacher of year
This year's Pamplin Society of Fellows Teacher of the Year Award went to Anthropology Professor Jane Atkinson. The other finalists were Michael Mooney, Professor of History, and Michael Ford, Visiting Lecturer in Communication. [Complete Article]

Residence Life offers new counseling program with Director Jon by Adam Corolla
Jon Eldridge, Director of Residence Life, recently announced that he will be following in the footsteps of his fraternal twin, Dr. Drew Pinsky, and will be be hosting his own version of the hit show, Loveline. [Complete Article]

Where's Roger Paget?
We at The Pioneer Log have often wondered where Roger Paget, Institutional Professor of Political Economy / Asian Studies, is. [Complete Article]

Callahan makes news for something other than Ellison

Student whining pays off! John Buck statues will be removed as a result of campus outcry
Spurning local art patrons Arlene and Jimbo Schnitzer and their generosity toward the College, the Board of Trustees voted on March 23 to remove the statues outside the Gallery of Contemporary Art. The statues, commissioned by the Schnitzers from some dude in Montana, were installed last fall. [Complete Article]

Football player breaks stereo-types, actually a good guy
Paul Johnson, the second string tight end for the Lewis & Clark football team is "not an obnoxious over masculine egotistical asshole like the other football players" according to sources that know the sophomore. [Complete Article]

Overseas Office announces new trip
Larry Meyers, Director of Overseas Programs for the College, announced a new trip to be offered in the fall of 2000. The Study at Reed program will include comprehensive classes in material relevant to today"s world as well as a first-class education, all just a short distance across the Willamette River. [Complete Article]

Bon Appetit recognized by national dietary organization
At their yearly Evian and celery banquet in St. Louis, the Anorexics and Bulimic United organization named Lewis & Clark"s Bon Appetit catering service a "major motivational factor in our dietary choices," with special accolades to the salad bar staff. [Complete Article]

Elliot Young redistributes wealth in Tryon Park
This past Tuesday, students of Assistant Professor Elliott Young were puzzled to find him missing from class. Students in Professor Young's Modern Latin American History class waited over twenty minutes for Professor Young, but to no avail. [Complete Article]

The truth revealed: Mabel Akin was involved in a secret plot under the direction of J. Edgar Hoover
In a recent Pioneer Log article (March 3rd), Angela Nusom attempted to get to the truth behind the Akin endowment‹without much success. Not satisfied with the vague answers given by the administration, this reporter set out on a personal crusade for answers and found them. [Complete Article]

Mooney wants more hippies at Lewis & Clark
In a recent Board of Trustees meeting, Michael Mooney revealed his irresistible urge to admit more hippies to our community. [Complete Article]

Jesus Christ's Last Lecture only attended by seven
On March 6th, Jesus Christ, the Son of God and savior of mankind delivered a lecture entitled "Why the Jews are going to burn in hell for killing me and how the Southern Baptists grossly misinterpreted my teachings on well... pretty much everything" for Lewis & Clark College's Last Lecture Series. [Complete Article]

Eisinger makes appeal for 'radical thinking'
Robert Eisinger, Professor of Political Science, recently asked his Quantitative Research Methods last Friday to be creative in their hypotheses. "Let's think outside of the box for a minute," Eisinger requested. [Complete Article]

Pioneer Log haunted by the ghost of editor past
Terror struck the Pioneer Log staff Wednesday, March 22 as a figure from the past raised heckles and made chilling accusations during a not-so-routine layout night. Attempting to put out an unprecedented "Spring Break Collectible Edition," the Pioneer Log editors were accosted by supernatural elements in an event that left many of the journalists questioning their futures with the newspaper. [Complete Article]

The Mossy Log, Genus Edition, in consultation with the Student Media Board and Robert Murdoch, has adopted a new editorial policy

Duntley promises wrath of God or your money back
When Dean of the Chapel Mark Duntley learned earlier this year that the Princeton Review had rated Lewis & Clark students as "ignoring God on a regular basis" more often than any other campus, he knew it was a call to action. "To the majority of students at this school, it was all very funny. But to me, I heard a challenge from God," Duntley said. [Complete Article]

Atkinson named teacher of year
This year's Pamplin Society of Fellows Teacher of the Year Award went to Anthropology Professor Jane Atkinson. The other finalists were Michael Mooney, Professor of History, and Michael Ford, Visiting Lecturer in Communication. [Complete Article]

Playboy comes to campus and hosts 'Spring Break' events
On Wednesday, Michael Mooney announced his engagement to Ava Fabian, Playboy's Miss October 1986. The couple met, Mooney said, "at a fundraising event." Fabian says that despite the age difference she "couldn't be happier" with the match. The announcement came during the opening ceremonies for Playboy's popular 'Spring Break' events, which are being held for the first time at the Lewis & Clark College campus. [Complete Article]

Sync Masterpiece
Serious music has a new hero. The music that is long critically acclaimed yet commercially disappointing has finally found the group that can bridge these seemingly distant barriers. Simply put, No Strings Attached by 'N Sync represents the future of music in the 21st century. [Complete Article]

To the Tryon Creek Flasher

Dedicated women 'Take Back the Night', leave daytime to men
The recent Take Back The Night activities brought the issues of sexual violence and masculinity to the forefront at Lewis & Clark. With a showing of over 200 students for the march alone, this year's event was perhaps the most successful one TBTN has ever experienced. [Complete Article]

Charismatic prof leads Pamplin Society to mass suicide
In the early morning hours of March 31, the bodies of 20 student members and 3 faculty members of the Pamplin Society of Fellows were found in the Pamplin room in Watzek Library. Evidence at the scene, including half-empty paper cups and a large punch bowl, indicated mass suicide. [Complete Article]

Pope attempts apology in Holy Land, fails
The Pope gave a new meaning to the phrase "papal bull" recently when he issued a vaguely phrased apology for the sins of the Catholic Church over the last thousand years, apparently in the hopes of clearing the Church's name for the next millennium. He has been attacked by Jewish groups for not including any reference to the Holocaust in his apology. [Complete Article]

At home with Mike, pro wrestling and Miller High Life
This past Saturday, I was walking around downtown. It was a rainy day, and I wandered by the KOIN center. I had nothing really important to do, and I thought, 'Hey, why not stop by and pay a social call on Lewis & Clark's very own President, Mr. Michael Mooney..." [Complete Article]

Mathematics department finds Jesus
The LC Mathematical Sciences department surprised many of the College's math devotees this week when it announced that it would replace the current curriculum for the Calculus 1 and Calculus 2 classes with a new program based on the textbook Calculus for Christians, the newly published work of University of Portland professor Obadiah Ketsu. [Complete Article]

Mooney steps up Master Plan, initiates 'Final Solution'
In an unexpected decision last week, Michael Mooney, President of the College, and the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to speed up the 'Master Plan' into one Mooney has entitled the 'Final Solution'.[Complete Article]

LCTV produces quality episode; students amazed
Lewis and Clark's weekly news program, has captured the hearts of students and faculty alike in yet another hard-hitting, emotionally-charged episode. [Complete Article]

LC Hippies
How do they really spend their time? [Complete Article]

KLC reaches stunning record of eleven listeners
KLC Radio, in a triumphant news conference, announced the accomplishment of their goal of reaching over ten listeners at one time. The KLC "Double Digits" campaign went better than anyone expected. [Complete Article]

International Affairs Symposium decides to embrace gender
In a surprise announcement this week, the International Affairs Symposium student co-chairs and faculty advisor unveiled an entirely new format for the annual LC event. [Complete Article]

Residence Life offers new counseling program with Director Jon

Bond tales never looked so dark
This reviewer fully recommends the latest 007 movie, Back To Africa. LeVar Burton turns in another dazzling performance as Ian Fleming's famous spy/misogynist -- Kinte, Kunta Kinte. [Complete Article]

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