L&C Magazine | Summer 2007
Cover Story
Featured Stories
Conversations with Renaissance Students
by Ellisa Valo
Some say that the current trend toward specialization in education and work has left no place for Renaissance men and women in today’s world. To those, we extend an invitation to Lewis & Clark College, where the liberal arts tradition that encourages exploration and discovery is alive and well. Meet five Renaissance students.
Heroes of Color
by Shelly Meyer
To many teens of color who are studying U.S. history, the long parade of textbook heroes–mostly white, mostly male–lacks relevance and vitality. But what if these students were encouraged to think critically about their textbooks, identify the missing narratives, and study their own heroes of color?
Mile-High Art
Lewis Sharp BA ’65 leads the Denver Art Museum to national prominence.
Big Help for Small Businesses
Lewis & Clark’s Small Business Legal Clinic, located in the Old Town neighborhood of downtown Portland, is a real-world training ground that serves a real-life need: affordable legal services for hardscrabble businesses and bootstrapping entrepreneurs who couldn’t otherwise afford a lawyer.
What to Make of Boys?
A new program focuses on who boys are by nature and who they become by nurture.
President's Letter
Of Reputation and Rankings
When students apply for admission to Lewis & Clark, they are affirming their values and aspirations–and ours. When faculty come here to teach, they are affirming their commitment to advancing knowledge, original thinking, and collaborative inquiry–and ours. When individuals apply to work here, they are affirming their principles–and ours.
On Palatine Hill
Alumni News
Alumni Weekend ‘07 Takes Shape
Planning is in full swing for Alumni Weekend 2007, slated for October 18–21.
Profiles
SAAB at 25
Since 1982, Lewis & Clark’s Student Academic Affairs Board (SAAB) has helped students achieve a wide variety of academic goals. With projects ranging from attending anthropology conferences to researching snails in Africa, the program has distributed more than 850 grants to undergraduate students, totaling over $900,000.
A Career on the Wild Side
It was a chance encounter with a pileated woodpecker that sparked Linda Castaneda’s fascination with wildlife.
Emmy Award–Winning Composer
In March, John Henry Kreitler snagged his 17th Emmy nomination in 16 years. “Love Is Ecstasy,” a piece he composed with his writing partner for the daytime drama Passions, received a nod in the Outstanding Original Song category for the 34th annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, airing on June 15.
Take a Hike Seattle
Scott Leonard JD ‘07 has authored or coauthored three guides to Northwest hiking, including Take a Hike Seattle.
A ‘Russell Rocket’ of School Reform
Jeff Rose MAT. ’97 began his career teaching fourth and fifth graders in the West Linn/Wilsonville School District. His natural leadership abilities quickly emerged, and Rose’s principal encouraged him to pursue school administration. In fall 2000, after earning his administrative credentials at Lewis & Clark, Rose jumped at the opportunity to head what was then called Russell Elementary in the Parkrose School District.
At Home in the Wide Open Spaces
For Penny Harrison JD ’87 and her friends, “You’ll want that day back!” is code for a book that isn’t worth reading. This simple shorthand has saved them a lot of wasted time over the years.
Former Faculty, Staff, Friends of College Mourned
Elizabeth “Becky” Johnson, life trustee of Lewis & Clark and a recipient of the College’s Aubrey Watzek Award, Kenneth H. Pierce, former faculty and trustee of Lewis & Clark, Alexander “Sandy” Davidson BS ’59, who was instrumental in raising funds for Lewis & Clark’s class of ’59 scholarship fund, Doreen Stamm Margolin JD ’81, president of the law school’s Alumni Board, Harlow F. Lenon JD ’37, who served as a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge for 16 years and taught courses at the law school for 24 years, John Anderson, professor emeritus of religious studies, Dorothy Berkson, professor emerita of English,
Afterword
Spider Woman
Early one morning last year, when the streets of downtown Los Angeles were still mostly deserted, a strange figure appeared in the Goodwill store at 235 South Broadway, next door to the Guadalupe Wedding Chapel. She had on tennis shoes, dungarees, and a faded blue T-shirt, and was outfitted as if for a safari or a spelunking expedition. A khaki vest was stuffed with empty plastic vials; a black duffel bag across her shoulders held a pair of high-tech headlamps, a digital camera, and a venom extractor. She made her way to the front desk, past a rack of summer dresses on sale for six dollars and ninety-nine cents. Then she introduced herself to the store manager, Gina Torres, a statuesque woman with silver blond hair and thickly drawn eyeliner. She said that her name was Greta Binford and she wanted to hunt spiders in the basement.
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