Vol. 71, no. 8
Fair trade meets trade fair: Ten Thousand Villages comes to LC
The latest segment of the “Missing Pieces and Whole Stories” series, put on by Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling, welcomed Portland representatives of Ten Thousand Villages on November 2. The fair trade organization has been representing international artisans for 60 years and is one of the founding members of the International Fair Trade Association.
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Nature offers own theatrics on closing night of ‘Tartuffe’
On Saturday night, during the Theatre department’s production of Tartuffe, audience members were surprised when the Fir Acres Theatre brought the outdoors in, showering several spectators with rain that had built up on the roof.
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Portland beat
Word on the street advocates for the homeless
According to a joint study by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, cities around the nation are increasingly turning to the criminal justice system as a solution to homelessness.
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ACTION workshop inspires students to reflect, change
On Friday, Nov. 3, the “ACTION” team from the Initiatives of Change organization visited the Lewis & Clark campus and led a workshop on leadership and conflict resolution.
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Despite low turnouts from student body, Residence Life Committee forges ahead
The fifth meeting of the Residence Life (and New Student Orientation Advisory) Committee occured on Thursday, Nov 2.
Although only two students were present at each of the two open forums hosted by the RLC last week, the group remains dedicated to presenting a cumulative report to the Dean of Students in the spring.
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Democrats seize House, Senate; Pelosi elected Speaker for House
“We took a thumping,” said President George W. Bush during a press conference Wednesday morning, regarding the Republican’s loss of their majority in the House of Representatives and Senate following the November 7 mid-term election. “I thought we were going to do fine yesterday, shows what I know,” Bush added.
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LC student body shakes while East Portland quakes
Lewis & Clark students, along with many Portland residents, got a shaking surprise on the night of Sunday, Nov. 5. At 9:34pm, an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.6 occurred 10 miles beneath the surface, just east of the Willamette river under the Laurelhurst neighborhood in Southeast Portland, according to Ian Madin, chief Scientist for the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.
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